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Offline Derry-Yid

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Rafael van der Vaart
« on: May 17, 2011, 07:57:03 PM »
Tottenham midfielder Rafael van der Vaart has vowed to stay at the club despite Spurs' failure to reach next season's Champions League.

The London club can still automatically qualify for the Europa League if they defeat Birmingham on Sunday.

And the Dutchman denied he will leave to pursue top-level European football, telling the London Evening Standard: "I want to stay. It's great to be here.

"Do I see myself at Tottenham for the next few years? Of course."

Thats great mews for the club...thats him..Bale, and Modric now that have come out and said there happy with the club and happy to stay...brilliant news.

Hopefully now Gareth Keown can STFU about them being sold. :up:   
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Re: Rafael van der Vaart
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2011, 08:20:29 PM »
Good good news yids. Modric's commitment was key thought...
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Re: Rafael van der Vaart
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2011, 09:40:00 PM »
Love the bloke.
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Re: Rafael van der Vaart
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2011, 11:48:07 PM »
Its always good when players come out for us supporters and make such statements to the media.

I hope Levy and co will reject any offers for our key players and ship out the deadwood to raise the required funds, no point buying if we ship of our best assets!

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Re: Rafael van der Vaart
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2011, 06:42:19 AM »
Time will tell I guess. A lot of promises are made in May that don't last till September. I hope he is genuine and if so we should build our forward line around him, and bring in a quality striker to play in front of him. He's a bit of an enigma, and his late arrival undoubtedly upset the balance of our team this season. But if we know we have him next year we can design a system that is built to make the best of his talent.
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Re: Rafael van der Vaart
« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2011, 07:21:01 AM »
VDV is a one-off, in terms of us having to play 4-4-1-1 to accomodate him. We would need a 2nd VDV to slot in there if he is injured or our style of play will be upset again. Having said that, Modders can play in that role equally well, which is why its a shame that it it looks likely that Krankers will go as he can fill in for Modders in central MF as well as on the left. Hopefully, Harry will have a proper gameplan for next season instead of switching things around inorder to shoehorn VDV into the side as per this season. Good comment to the press though...................from my perspective, Modders is the main man though to build a team around.
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Re: Rafael van der Vaart
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2011, 05:25:59 PM »
Maybe all these players coming out and saying their happy to stay may have something to do with the manager ?
 
I'd get rid of Keane and Pav and bring in Gyan from Sunderland, also keep Crouch and Defoe because they can't be that bad again !!!
 
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Re: Rafael van der Vaart
« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2011, 05:29:04 PM »
Defoe has lost that yard of pace which was crucial for his game, he won't pick it up again.
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Re: Rafael van der Vaart
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2011, 06:07:54 PM »
Quote from: ugs on May 18, 2011, 05:25:59 PM
Maybe all these players coming out and saying their happy to stay may have something to do with the manager ?
 
I'd get rid of Keane and Pav and bring in Gyan from Sunderland, also keep Crouch and Defoe because they can't be that bad again !!!
 
 8D

I don't think Sunderland would part with Gyan unless we pay about 50 times what he's worth. Isn't he their only fit striker?
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Re: Rafael van der Vaart
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2011, 06:41:56 PM »
Quote from: aspursfan on May 18, 2011, 06:07:54 PM
Quote from: ugs on May 18, 2011, 05:25:59 PM
Maybe all these players coming out and saying their happy to stay may have something to do with the manager ?
 
I'd get rid of Keane and Pav and bring in Gyan from Sunderland, also keep Crouch and Defoe because they can't be that bad again !!!
 
 8D

I don't think Sunderland would part with Gyan unless we pay about 50 times what he's worth. Isn't he their only fit striker?

Good, because he really isn't that good.
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Re: Rafael van der Vaart
« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2011, 06:45:58 PM »
The Wigan lad up front looks good (N'Zogbia? or something like that?)..........if Wigan go down, he could be a 2nd to an out and out top drawer striker that hopefully we can get. The Wigan boy is young too, so has time to get even better
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Re: Rafael van der Vaart
« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2011, 06:51:39 PM »
Rodallega? He's s**t.
 
N'Zogbia is a winger and is quality, would be fantastic for us.
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Re: Rafael van der Vaart
« Reply #12 on: May 18, 2011, 07:31:55 PM »
N'Zobbia.thats the one............winger  :-[ we have Aaron, so guess thats a non starter, unless he plays on the left as I think Bale will go
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Re: Rafael van der Vaart
« Reply #13 on: May 18, 2011, 07:36:12 PM »
He plays on the left. Bale won't leave but N'Zogbia would be fantastic cover.
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Re: Rafael van der Vaart
« Reply #14 on: May 18, 2011, 08:48:28 PM »
Quote from: Spurs218 on May 18, 2011, 07:36:12 PM
He plays on the left. Bale won't leave but N'Zogbia would be fantastic cover.
Sounds ideal to me then...........watched him a few times.......looks pretty awesome and if he gets the service from our guys would be even better..........time to dictate a letter to Mr Levy
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