awesome dawson
Mitchell Thomas
markysimmo; Liverpool are planning a move to sign Emirates Marketing Project striker Emmanuel Adebayor with Tottenham unwilling to meet the wage demands of their loan star. [/QUOTE said:
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Transfer Rumour Thread
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braineclipse
Terry Dyson
Not that unrealistic is it? Adebayor has made it pretty clear that wages will be important, and Liverpool have had a habit of paying players loads of money. They will be outside CL, but so were we when Ade joined us.
nayimfromthehalfwayline
Andy Thompson
The sun say Dembele and Dempsey are out of contract next year, would mean they might go for a reasonable price this summer
braineclipse
Terry Dyson
Yeah. I think Jol has said that he won't stand in their way if they get a good offer or something similar to that as well.
I actually don't want either of them at Spurs, I don't see how they strengthen our starting 11, we have plenty of cover for central midfield (where Dembele seems to do the best) and we have VdV + we should have striker options for attacking midfield (where Dempsey seems to be at his best). I think they would do well at either Liverpool or Saudi Sportswashing Machine.
africanspurs
Justin Edinburgh
dembele though isnt a centre mid and he doesnt play there i dont think . he "wonky's" in there from the wing. and he's pretty good at it
i think he would be very good as wing back up for a 433 or 442 wonky
dont think we need dempsey at all unless we are losing squad players and he's willing to play as a squad player.
guys like him and dembele (who i think is very talented either way) have their abilities highlighted cause of the team they play in and the position the team is expected to be in. if you catch my meaning.
i think he would be very good as wing back up for a 433 or 442 wonky
dont think we need dempsey at all unless we are losing squad players and he's willing to play as a squad player.
guys like him and dembele (who i think is very talented either way) have their abilities highlighted cause of the team they play in and the position the team is expected to be in. if you catch my meaning.
nayimfromthehalfwayline
Andy Thompson
I could imagine Dembele playing in a front three, or in VDVs position (albeit in a different fashion)
Just struck me as two good players as possible bargains this summer.
Saudi Sportswashing Machine/Liverpool are good shouts as well - I could imagine them making an impact there
Just struck me as two good players as possible bargains this summer.
Saudi Sportswashing Machine/Liverpool are good shouts as well - I could imagine them making an impact there
Rossi22
Pedro Mendes
Think you're reaching a bit with Defoe's PL record being "scorching hot"
10
8
18
13
9
10
12
10
18
4
9 so far this season
Are his PL totals throughout his career, an average of about 11 a season, perhaps we have different definitions of scorching. As for the other argument about being PL proven well I'm not really convinced by this either, if you went through our signings over the last 6-7 years I'd say the "unproven" players from foreign leagues have done better on average than the PL "proven" players.
Dembele is playing as a central midfielder at the moment. Saw him against United on Monday and was very impressed. Judging by that game alone, I think he's actually pretty similar to Modric.
He did used to play in a more attacking role, and from what I saw I'm sure he could do a job for us in VDV or Lennon's position (though not 'role'). If he'd be happy with a squad role, could be a useful guy to have around as first cover for Modric, VDV and Lennon - I'd argue he's better than any of our current cover options for those spots (i.e. Hudd and Kranjcar).
africanspurs
Justin Edinburgh
i'm definately confused then...what formation were fulham playing? cause they had frei, dempsey, murphy, dembele, diarra playing in that midfield.
didnt they? arrgh , you're making me doubt myself now
Kingdawson
Banned
African Dembele has been playing cm most of this season and has been brilliant. Jol moved him there when he realised Murphy is past it.
Rossi22
Pedro Mendes
4231 - Dembele and Diarra central, Duff right, Frei left, Dempsey behind Pogrebnyak. Dembele has been playing there for a couple of months now.
Kingdawson
Banned
Yep thats how they lined up against united. Well no against united they played 4-1-4-1 but usually Dempsey has a more attacking role higher up the pitch.
Against united it was:
------------------------Diarra----------------------------
Duff--------Dempsey----------Dembele----------Frei
-------------------------Pog-----------------------------
Yup, although (to split hairs) I would argue it was more of a 4-5-1 as Dempsey was defending as part of a central midfield trio.
Murphy was on the bench, only came on later.
Can anyone who's seen a lot of Dembele this year say if the United game was a typical performance from him? Or was he particularly good that day? Was really impressed with his technique, composure, dribbling and 'progressiveness' on the ball, as well as his work- rate and athleticism off it.
I'm probably getting a bit carried away here based on one game, but IF Modric did leave in the summer maybe Dembele would be a decent replacement. Not necessarily as good as Luka, but a) who is? (that we could get), b) he's a similar style of player, c) he'd be cheap and d) he's entering his peak years.
Kingdawson
Banned
He's been exceptional this season. I did post on here for a few months now that the transformation of dembele to a cm is one of Jols smarter moves.
I actually remember a game earlier in the season where i saw Dembele drop so so deep to collect the ball and i thought wtf is he doing there...i then realised he was starting there. He dictates play now, can pass, has excellent movement too. anyway i think he's united bound (or maybe liverpool or Filth).
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Dembele would be an excellent understudy for Rafa next season. Doesn't have the defensive game for the Modric role though.
The only two players who could fill Modric's shoes IMO are Ever Banega and Javi Martinez.
Kingdawson
Banned
If Modric left it doesn't necessarily mean we'd need to replace him with a Modric type of player (which neither Martinez or to a lesser extent Banega are btw). I actually think a player like Gylfi Sigurdsson could benefit us more in terms of productivity. He has physical presence too which would help.
Kingdawson
Banned
Martinez has physical presence too btw but Banega is a weakling.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
He's bigger and tougher, but still think he's got the passing game to flourish long term in the Xavi/Alonso/Modric role for a top top club.