re: January 2013 Transfer Window (Soon to be featuring Crazy Jim & Sexy Natalie)
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Originally Posted by Cookie Monster
I reckon he will be out for the season.
Holtby needs to join now. I wanted him in before Sandro was injured and now we need to push it through. I mean if Parker gets injured, then we're fucked. I know Holtby isn't a defensive player but he has superb work rate and CAN play defensively. Although if we were to play two central midfielders or even three. I imagine we'd just play Dembele deeper as he can play there.
Yeah I think we urgently need to bring in Holtby just for better options. My worry is Parker having just come back from a big lay off we can't guarantee he'll be able to stay fit for the rest of the season. I think Dembele could cope with being a holding midfielder but it also restricts his attacking play and driving the ball forward. Hopefully Levy can work some magic from now till the end of the transfer window.
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Originally Posted by Renegade™
Huddlestone is a decent player, can pass fairly well. Not the most mobile of players but he's in better shape than he was last season, and when AVB's called upon him so far he's been pretty reliable for Spurs this season. Don't understand why he'd let both him and Livermore go even if Sandro was still fit, then he'd still only have Sandro/Parker/Dembele/Sigurdsson to pick from for CM spots.
loves lil Jake Livermore tho doesn't he?
Unfortunately since Hudd broke his ankle he isn't quite the same as he once was. It also doesn't help that our game now requires constant pressure and playing at a higher tempo generally doesn't help him. Give him time and space and he'll pick out passes but he isn't able to do that anymore. He'd be a perfect fit for someone like Everton or Fulham IMO. Livermore just isn't that great. I mean he is ok filling in here in there but I don't see him being good enough to start in the Premier League.
re: January 2013 Transfer Window (Soon to be featuring Crazy Jim & Sexy Natalie)
Agree with Cookie. The Huddlestone that burst on the scene and the one now are totally different. Really thought he was going to be a star. Range of passing is brilliant, but just not mobile enough for modern day top football.
I'm sure his thunder shot is still there though. We got hit with left footed one of those in 07-08 at the Lane, in that epic 4-4.
re: January 2013 Transfer Window (Soon to be featuring Crazy Jim & Sexy Natalie)
This Zaha lark is going on and on and on. come on, 5 goals in 25 games, in the championship! this is not the stats of 'the next big player' that palace tout. yes he's got skills, but he should be doing a lot more than he is in this league. surprised Manu are chasing him so bad, when a mr tom ince at blackpool is playing better, has a better all round game, and has scored more than double Zaha has. IMO, ince is the better player and should be the one everyone is raving about in the championship.
re: January 2013 Transfer Window (Soon to be featuring Crazy Jim & Sexy Natalie)
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Originally Posted by Parison Sapphire
Yeah I think we urgently need to bring in Holtby just for better options. My worry is Parker having just come back from a big lay off we can't guarantee he'll be able to stay fit for the rest of the season. I think Dembele could cope with being a holding midfielder but it also restricts his attacking play and driving the ball forward. Hopefully Levy can work some magic from now till the end of the transfer window.
Unfortunately since Hudd broke his ankle he isn't quite the same as he once was. It also doesn't help that our game now requires constant pressure and playing at a higher tempo generally doesn't help him. Give him time and space and he'll pick out passes but he isn't able to do that anymore. He'd be a perfect fit for someone like Everton or Fulham IMO. Livermore just isn't that great. I mean he is ok filling in here in there but I don't see him being good enough to start in the Premier League.
Yeah I agree. He'll need rest for Europa League games and FA Cup games etc. We can not expect Parker to just sit out and rest with out a respectable replacement. Livermore is a decent young player but I really don't think he is top Premier League class. A midfielder should have always have been on our list this window anyway, with Sandro injured it should now be the main focus.
I agree. Games really do just pass him by. I was really hoping he'd get that loan to Stoke that was talked about in the summer but I believe they didn't want to take a gamble due to his injuries, is that right? Shame really, I feel he needs game time if he is ever going to get back to the player he once was, although I think it may be past him.
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Originally Posted by Joel
Agree with Cookie. The Huddlestone that burst on the scene and the one now are totally different. Really thought he was going to be a star. Range of passing is brilliant, but just not mobile enough for modern day top football.
I'm sure his thunder shot is still there though. We got hit with left footed one of those in 07-08 at the Lane, in that epic 4-4.
He was really good back in 09-10. I think that was round about the time he earned his first England cap too. He was at times bossing games in the middle, this was at a time when Modric was left midfield too and he was partnered with Palacios.
I will certainly miss some of his shots, unreal technique. I remember his first ever goal for us against Man City, some of the best technique you'll ever see from a player.
Here it is actually, found it on Youtube:
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Originally Posted by WWE_TNA
I remember the one he scored vs arsenal a couple of years back when i think arsenal were 2-0 or 3-1? up quite early.
Van Der Vaart scored a pena that game.
Yeah, I believe this is the one you are talking about, superb technique:
re: January 2013 Transfer Window (Soon to be featuring Crazy Jim & Sexy Natalie)
Not all about goals as a winger, he has 4 assists which doesn't really help the case I'm trying to make but I remember seeing a Palace fan (can't remember if it was on here or another forum) that said he is pretty much involved in every single one of their goals even if he doesn't have the stats to prove it.
January 2013 Transfer Window (Soon to be featuring Crazy Jim & Sexy Natalie)
re: January 2013 Transfer Window (Soon to be featuring Crazy Jim & Sexy Natalie)
loves lil Jake Livermore tho doesn't he?
