Craig_J
Andy Sinton
Comolli was very hit and miss with little inbetween. He got in Bale and Modric, two fabulous buys but also got Bentley and GDS (forgot all about him till just now) who were dreadful.
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Ex-managers: I'm pining for the past and cannot move on
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Comolli was very hit and miss with little inbetween. He got in Bale and Modric, two fabulous buys but also got Bentley and GDS (forgot all about him till just now) who were dreadful.
In pretty sure you can find the quotes where he admits wanting them if you wish.
Pretty sure he was after Downing too.
Jurgen the German
Steve Sedgley
I can also find quotes stating he wanted Cahill, Aguero, Remy and Samba. I can also find pictures of us signing Walker and Naughton too if you wish?
You'll find quotes from him flapping his gums out the window of his Range Rover like a bulldog on a motorway about most players. I'm sure you can find quotes of him talking up Ronaldo if you look hard enough.
Fact is, of the choices that were realistic to a club like us, the options were pretty poor.
milo
Jack L. Jones
I read somewhere that the only player he signed for us that he discovered was BAE. I can't remember where I read though, it was a while ago.
Jurgen the German
Steve Sedgley
So when he talks about Neville it's 100% the truth, when he talks about Cahill or under one sub 30 it's *******s, cracked it.
Nope. When he talks about realistic options like Neville/Downing/Cole it's true and when he talks about players that went to City and Chelsea it's true.
He just listed two types of players - awful ones and ones we couldn't ever get. Somewhere in the middle there's the likes of Berbatov, Modric and Bale who he thoroughly failed to identify.
SteveAWOL
Jimmy Cantrell
I recall the FA Cup final day being a huge event back when we last won it in 1991 but am not old enough to remember the days when it was as glorious an achievement as becoming league champions... just hope I live long enough to see Spurs win either of those major trophies again [-o<
https://twitter.com/thfcnostalgia/status/493484479043076096
https://twitter.com/SpursOfficial/status/533585715787870209
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Lemonade Money
Dimitar Berbatov
So the votes are in, and the verdict is (excluding Interim Tim):
Old school pie and chips managers - 40 votes
New school tapas and paella managers - 14 votes
Old school pie and chips managers - 40 votes
New school tapas and paella managers - 14 votes
BMJ is something of an inbetweener.
milo
Jack L. Jones
That's the Dutch for you
thfcsteff
Vic Buckingham
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Jurgen the German
Steve Sedgley
You mean we couldn't get players like Remy and Cahill? One of them played for Bolton FFS!
I'm not quite sure what your point is regarding the second paragraph. Are you saying he should have signed Bale, Modric and Berbatov whilst he was at Portsmouth? I'm not entirely sure why any of those players would ever want to play for Portsmouth whether Steve Kean is the manager or Rafa Benitez.
milo
Jack L. Jones
What made signing Cahill difficult wasn't where he was playing but the other club that was interested in signing him
Jurgen the German
Steve Sedgley
Yeah I agree but Chelsea weren't interested in him as long as we were as far as I recall.
milo
Jack L. Jones
He signed for them in January 2012. Us, Chelsea, United and Arsenal had been linked with him before then.
SUIYHA
Scott Parker
IIRC we had a deal in place for Cahill on deadline day in of the August 2011 window, but pulled out at the last minute because we couldn't agree a suitable fee to sell Bassong with whoever it was. It was considered that King, Kaboul, Dawson, Gallas, Bassong and Cahill was a bit much.
Really regret that one now.
Really regret that one now.
How would you or any of us know how long any club is interested in any player before making a move? All we know is that when Spurs finally made a move for Cahill, Chelsea immediately followed suit (or perhaps even made their move just before us).
Besides all which, in the specific context of whether signing Cahill would have meant qualifying for the Champions League in 2011-12 (which is what this discussion is about, after all), it's arguable that Ryan Nelsen was no less dependable and capable an addition to the squad than Cahill would have been. Of course, Cahill had relative youth on his side and has since matured into an excellent Premier League central defender. But at the time, there was little to choose between them.
Bassong was really good that season we first finished 4th, such a shame he seemed to peter out in to nothing
Jurgen the German
Steve Sedgley
That really isn't the point. Scara talked about players we had no chance of signing, players from Bolton shouldn't fit in to that list. We have managed to beat both Liverpool and Arsenal to numerous signings. All I know is, we were linked with Cahill in the press long before Chelsea.