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I think it was in his 'the spurs show' interview , he talks about how his injuries were mismanaged and how the welfare of the player was not always the priority.
I couldn't remember off hand his total, but the 299 stuck in my mindAnderton played 379 games for Tottenham.
299 was just the league games.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/jun/05/theknowledge.sport:
"Throw international caps into the equation and Anderton shoots even further ahead, bringing his average number of senior appearances for club and country to a whopping 40.9 matches per season."
That's not too shabby, I'd say. He had a spell of three years, from 95-95, where he only played 43 games for us. Apart from that I don't think his injury problems were very extraordinary.
The Secret Footballer said:I met up with my friend, an Arsenal scout, last week.
We talked through players and clubs and he noted that Chelsea’s problems are all being caused by in-house feuding among the players, who are all pointing fingers at one another.
The worst, he told me, is Cesc Fabregas.
I pointed out that Tottenham Hotspur’s summer recruit, Son Heung-min, is one of the most impressive players I’ve seen at White Hart Lane since Gareth Bale.
Immediately, the scout took his phone out of his pocket and showed me a scouting report from last season. This is how it read …
* Scares the life out of defences. Feet are scarily quick, can turn in any direction.
* Keeps his shape, good discipline, counters quickly, carries the ball a long way up the pitch, aware of team-mates in better positions.
* Scores goals from great positions in the box that others don’t take up (Ljungberg). Hard to pick up and track.
* Fit, doesn’t stop working.
* Different to anything that we have in the building.
* CAN PLAY FOR US ALL DAY LONG!!
That was one of several reports he showed me that got better and better.
Arsenal watched Son almost 30 times last season, with all the scouts in agreement that the player would be a fantastic addition.
So what happened?
“It’s Arsene [Wenger],” the scout said. “He’s so indecisive it’s frightening. We had [Morgan] Schneiderlin done and dusted last January and, by the summer, the gaffer had changed his mind. Son was 100 per cent perfect for us.”
As somebody who can spot a player in a Category 5 hurricane, I’m telling you that Arsenal should have signed Son.
Arsenal watched Son almost 30 times last season
He was, indeed, perfect for them and, before he sustained a foot injury, he was the standout performer for Spurs.
At £20.7 million, he may well prove to be the bargain that got away where Arsenal are concerned.
Incidentally, I asked the Arsenal scout about Borussia Dortmund’s Marco Reus, who I know the club have watched extensively for two years.
“Not for us now,” the scout said. “We’ve got enough of those players.”
Reus scored two goals in Dortmund’s 5-1 win over FC Augsburg on Sunday, by the way.
Sorry, Arsenal fans.
WTF is going on here, plays for 2 mins and now a crock, is this an anderton thing all over again
WTF is going on here? Player picks up one injury (after 4 games and close to 300 minutes played for us) and now people react with statements about him being a crock.
It's an increasingly ugly trait of the human race I'm afraid, not exclusive to some Spurs fans..
Serial offenders are Spurs fans!But we can be some of the worst for bad news one day and positive views the next
It's an increasingly ugly trait of the human race I'm afraid, not exclusive to some Spurs fans..
I agree to a point, all clubs have their share of bitchers but it does seem we have a lot some times.
Probably that he should have taken his shoes off and washed his feet first.I think it comes from unrealistic/unreasonable expectation expectation... Noisy neighbours... And costs of attending
Combine that with recently much more successful clubs that were so far beneath us in the huercahy like city and Chel53a and we have that stigma if it's the right word
We also have a lot fountains who focus massively on one individual (not the same one each time) and feck me they moan... Even if that player walks on water they still would complain that he contaminated it
to early for tonight's bench? 20 min cameo?
cracking news if true.