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George Hunt
I thought it was a stupid idea loaning out Pienaar and rated him above Niko at the time.
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I thought it was a stupid idea loaning out Pienaar and rated him above Niko at the time.
If the Spooky ITK is to be believed then his loan back to Everton makes more sense. One could envisage the situation where Pienaar was bought by Levy to sell on at a profit and to pander to our South African sponsors. And it was by no means a bad gamble as he is decent little player as can be seen by his Everton form.
But how often does a player bought by the chairman with no input from the manager work out? The manager often marginalises the player on principle irrespective of form. In saying all that Peinaar didn't perform at all for us except one notable outing against Milan. He really didn't deserve his place.
Aside - I believe that Kranjar's best position is the number 10 as backup for VDV, but that's another thread
Aside - I believe that Kranjar's best position is the number 10 as backup for VDV, but that's another thread
You would have thought Harry would have known that too since he had Niko at Portsmouth, shame he was never played in that position
Well, to be fair - we've had VdV for that position over the last 2 years and no manager in their right mind would start Krunchie ahead of him
Fact is, modern Spurs is suited to players that naturally are either quick of feet and/or mind, and technically very good, I don't think Pienaar fits any of those categories.