There's an interview with Ade in The Sun today and it comes across as very "Me, Me, Me".
The ex-Arsenal striker admitted: “I had the chance to go to a club where I could earn more money. But as I always say, money is not everything.
“When I was in Africa I was living on maybe two or three pounds a day and I was living very fine.
“I love the game and I want to play football. That’s what is important to me. A lot of players have said to me ‘Why didn’t you go?’ I said ‘I haven’t finished my job at Tottenham’.
“When I first came here on loan a couple of seasons ago I remember I was in a hotel room with manager Harry Redknapp. He told me: ‘Adebayor, I know you can take me to the Champions League’.
“That particular year I loved playing, I helped the team finish fourth and I finished as the top scorer in the team with 17 goals and 13 assists.
“I went back to Man City, I came back last year and things didn’t go my way. But I had a lot of injuries, the African Cup of Nations, problems with planes... everything.
According to the Mail, Besiktas might be back in for him in January
Interesting stuff about Lamela as well .. AVB has revealed he still can't speak English. His family have apparently arrived in the country this week though which could certainly make things easier for him.
But when asked if the fee paid for Lamela meant there was pressure to pick him Villas-Boas replied: ‘Not really, no.
‘We have been speaking a lot with him. I think getting acquainted to the Premier League is important but he doesn’t know the language. [Roberto] Soldado had some knowledge of the language before (he came) so it was a little bit easier for him.
‘With Erik it was a little bit more difficult but we have given him massive, massive help and his family arrived this week,’ he added.
‘He knows he isn’t producing half of what he can produce but he understands the situation now is that he has to compete for his place.’
he's talking bout himself because (I presume) he's being asked about himself. even though I regularly defend him, I can see the merit of some of the arguments made against/about him, even if I disagree. but not in this case.
he's talking bout himself because (I presume) he's being asked about himself. even though I regularly defend him, I can see the merit of some of the arguments made against/about him, even if I disagree. but not in this case.
The interview is about his "Tottenham Hell". Obviously you're going to talk about yourself in an interview of this nature, but it just comes across as quite self centered to me
It's our small pitch that's the cause of us not scoring many goals at home according to Dembele here.
Most pitches seem to be a metre wider than ours, which means we cant get out wide so much. How did Bale and Lennon manage so well a couple of seasons back? Did we widen it for them?
those Dembele comments have been spun from when he first made them. from what I understood, he was saying that the smaller pitch made it easier for teams to bunker up and park the bus, not that it's not big enough for us to play on.
'We know that some teams are going to come here and make a block, and we don’t have a big pitch so it’s even more difficult.
'A small pitch makes it harder. If we have more space, it’s easier for us but we have to find a way
League and cup sides seem to all but pick themselves at the moment. We never used to be this afraid of Everton so why start now ?
Some stats from Spurs Official ..
Picked up 72 Premier League points against Everton - more than any other club.
Won 19 of 42 meetings with them - only beaten City more times in the Premier League era (20).
We've scored in 7 of the last 8 games against them
We've scored more Premier League goals against Everton than any other side
We've picked up 30 points at Goodison Park - more than any other Premier League club.
if Lennon is indeed our best route to goal, then we will have serious problems. I still can't see how anyone can conclude he poses more of a threat than Townsend, but hey....to each his own
10 attempts but only 4 on target and they were all straight at the GK. Twice at least Lennon had the ball in a dangerous position and chose the wrong option. We need toturn our dominance into goals.
if Lennon is indeed our best route to goal, then we will have serious problems. I still can't see how anyone can conclude he poses more of a threat than Townsend, but hey....to each his own
For me, the difference is that Lennon will usually look to play someone in or to dink the ball over. Townsend will look for a shot first and foremost, often at the expense of a better option.
Both are great flair players and both have their faults, but I do think Townsend's selfishness can be a problem
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Perhaps he has healing hands!
According to the Mail, Besiktas might be back in for him in January
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2478615/Besiktas-target-Spurs-striker-Emmanuel-Adebayor-January-move.html
Interesting stuff about Lamela as well .. AVB has revealed he still can't speak English. His family have apparently arrived in the country this week though which could certainly make things easier for him.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2478358/Erik-Lamela-struggling-adapt-Premier-League-speak-English.html
The interview is about his "Tottenham Hell". Obviously you're going to talk about yourself in an interview of this nature, but it just comes across as quite self centered to me
It's our small pitch that's the cause of us not scoring many goals at home according to Dembele here.
Most pitches seem to be a metre wider than ours, which means we cant get out wide so much. How did Bale and Lennon manage so well a couple of seasons back? Did we widen it for them?
Subs - Friedel, Kaboul, Dembele, Eriksen, Lamela, Sigurdsson, Defoe.
Some stats from Spurs Official ..
Picked up 72 Premier League points against Everton - more than any other club.
Won 19 of 42 meetings with them - only beaten City more times in the Premier League era (20).
We've scored in 7 of the last 8 games against them
We've scored more Premier League goals against Everton than any other side
We've picked up 30 points at Goodison Park - more than any other Premier League club.
Have we won yet?
COYS!!!
COYS!
Again he's in acres of space and nobody passes to him
Our best routes to goals are Lennon and Soldado.
yet we persist with "give it to Townsend so he can set himself up with a Hollywood goal."
Lone man mentality..
He is by no means a Gareth bale.
Ironically his only goal came from an attempted cross. His selfishness is holding back the 10 Team
Players we have on the field.
For me, the difference is that Lennon will usually look to play someone in or to dink the ball over. Townsend will look for a shot first and foremost, often at the expense of a better option.
Both are great flair players and both have their faults, but I do think Townsend's selfishness can be a problem
Sigurdsson to the left and
Townsend back to watch his England performance and revel
In that a little longer