2014-15 English Premier season

[Johnny English]

JE...you were right about Townsend. I cannot watch him for one more minute. He doesn't pass. He doesn't think. He rarely hits the net. He is trash. I really expected more out of him once Bale left, but I'm done being hopeful.

He needed to learn to play in a team when he went out on loan, but he was billy big bollocks from the Premier League determined to demonstrate why he was so much better than everyone else. He has pace and skill to burn but as you say, he runs down blind alleys all the time. He needs to watch Theo Walcott play.

[guinness77]

He needed to learn to play in a team when he went out on loan, but he was billy big bollocks from the Premier League determined to demonstrate why he was so much better than everyone else. He has pace and skill to burn but as you say, he runs down blind alleys all the time. He needs to watch Theo Walcott play.

There were rumors in the Summer window Southhampton was looking at him for £12 million. I had my fingers crossed.

That's what kills you, he can run for days and has a decent shot but he is a toilet on the pitch. You're right, a step down would probably humble him but make him a more useful player.

[Johnny English]

That's what kills you, he can run for days and has a decent shot but he is a toilet on the pitch. You're right, a step down would probably humble him but make him a more useful player.

Except it didn't. He went to a few clubs; Ipswich didn't use him enough (reading between the lines: he didn't fit in) so Spurs recalled him, then he went to Watford and they sent him back early (never a good sign). The following season he went to Leeds but then walked out because he didn't like it there (he and his girlfriend got into big slanging matches with the Leeds fans on Twitter who had been daring to question his performances). There were other loans as well, those are the ones I remember.

[guinness77]

Except it didn't. He went to a few clubs; Ipswich didn't use him enough (reading between the lines: he didn't fit in) so Spurs recalled him, then he went to Watford and they sent him back early (never a good sign). The following season he went to Leeds but then walked out because he didn't like it there (he and his girlfriend got into big slanging matches with the Leeds fans on Twitter who had been daring to question his performances). There were other loans as well, those are the ones I remember.

I'm talking about now...and you're probably right, it wouldn't do much.
Too many Spurs fans thought he was going to be the next Bale and it probably fed his (apparently already) big ego. 

[Johnny English]

You couldn't really send him on loan anywhere outside the Premier League now, he's a full England international. He'd refuse any loan and have the PFA kick up a stink on his behalf. A transfer would seem like the best option. It is of course possible that he gets his head round how to be a team player at some point, he's still only 23; I don't know enough about Pochettino to know if he's the sort of manager who would be able to shape him. He's the sort of player that Wenger or Mourinho love to take on though.

[guinness77]

Harry freaking Kane.

That's all.

[guinness77]

Haaaarrryyy Kaneee, he was born to play for Tottenham Hotspur!!!

[ScotlandJet]

Haaaarrryyy Kaneee, he was born to play for Tottenham Hotspur!!!

Great game, great win and love to see a football player playing with a smile on his face

[Johnny English]

I'll put it here because we don't have a general soccer thread.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/31600194

Can't see any problems with that then. freak Blatter and freak FIFA.

[Ignatius J Reilly]

^It's the best possible solution.  Move it into the middle of the season to have a direct impact on the tables for everyone BUT the dominant MLS.  Plus, everyone knows that people in Qatar are planning to completely reform themselves in the 6 months between June and December.

[Italian Seafood]

Fiorentina knocked off Tottenham in UEFA round of 32. They're on a roll lately.

[Johnny English]

FIFA confirm 2022 WC Final in Qatar as being December 18th. freak everything about FIFA.

[Badger]

I don't understand why you're so offended by FIFA.

[Nope.]

FIFA confirm 2022 WC Final in Qatar as being December 18th. freak everything about FIFA.

I still feel theres a 50% chance they get it pulled from Qatar.

[Matt4776]

Just found this thread.

Go Gunners.