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The Tottenham Strikers Department

By Jaymes Payten-Marsh
For THBN

With Kanoute and Keane being linked with so many clubs, and Mido seemingly wanting out, it poses the question of who will be in the Tottenham strikers department come Saturday 13th August 2005.

If reports are true, then it would seem as though Kanoute is no longer wanted by Martin Jol as his patience with the Mali international snapped when Kanoute decided not to go on tour with the squad to Mauritius.

Jol even accepted a bid from West Brom, only for Fredi to turn down the move. I still believe that he’ll be at Spurs come the opening game against Portsmouth. To some fans, the news of Kanoute staying will go down well, but to many others, including myself, it won't.

And what of Robbie Keane? It seems as though the Irish striker has made his mind up about quitting the club he said he would spend the rest of his career at.

The subs bench fiasco didn’t help either. Martin Jol said that they would get on and that the dispute was now firmly behind them. But how true is that? Towards the end of last season, I saw a change in Keane’s attitude. He didn’t get up after he was tackled, instead he would run after the ref for the next five minutes asking him to book the player.

Then he openly says that Strachan is the best manager he has ever had. I mean, come off it Robbie! You are a great player, but for heavens sake, show some respect to Jol. With only a year on his over-inflated salary, I believe he will try and sit out the 05/06 season at Spurs until he can get his wish granted and play for Celtic under the guidance of Strachan.

Last but not least, Mido. The Egyptian striker has been ordered by his national coach to get fit, lose weight and play regularly. Mido feels he may not be able to hold down a regular position at Spurs. I believe that if he takes his national coaches advice and does finally get fit and lose the little excess weight he's carrying, he will play alongside Defoe.

Unfortunately for us fans, we will have to wait and see what fortunes, if any, the merry-go-round will provide the somewhat questionable Tottenham strikers department.

18 comments

  1. Since the Man City game last season, Kanoute seems to have impoved in vast amounts, all he needs to do is to maintain this, and maybe go a bit further, to get Jol back on his side. Mido, did not get bought by Roma because he was shit, the fact that he is overweight is one that can be easily over come and maybe if we are lucky he may turn his potential into reality. Finally Keane, i have been a long time admirer of keane and think he is a great player. It is obvious to everyone that him and defoe do not work well as a partnership and for aDefoe he needs a big man by his side. After buying two strikers in the last transfer window, it may be better for tottenham in the long run to let keane go. Firstly for the reason that we would be likely to receive a fair chunk of money for him, and it would then allow the youngsters that we had bought in january to come through if defoe is rested or injured, whilst we would always still have the option of playing mido and kanoute togetehr. So by Jan…
  2. there's always lee barnard, our white-hot academy striker... i think he'll come real good in the next few years
  3. I agree with you about Kanoute. i definately think we should hold onto him. Away from home to Newcastle, Arsenal, both games that we incidentally lost, he was the shining light.

    P.S. Could you do me a favor and tell me exactly how to submit my blog to newsnow so it gets featured on the site. Do I have to click on XML feed??? What URL do I submit? It's not a Spurs blog so it won't be competition. I would appreciate it lots if you could help.

    Thanks..

    If you don't want to reply here you can contact me at grahamtravis@btinternet.com... you can also delete this post if you want.
  4. 'I agree with you about Kanoute. i definately think we should hold onto him. Away from home to Newcastle, Arsenal, both games that we incidentally lost, he was the shining light.'


    Kanoute the shining light against arsenal at the library ???

    Were you even watching the same game ? He was a disgrace to the shirt in that game & should have been hauled off at half time.

    He's nowhere near consistent enough, flashes of brilliance when you feel like it doesn't make you a premiership quality player.
  5. i agree with bringing in english players but i think we need to go dutch for a quality striker.
  6. Kanoute is a lazy striker. if you want a good partnership you have to go for defoe a christian vieri or defoe and jan vennegoor of hesselink who plays for psv
  7. If only Kanoute could apply himself properly in a game. He annoys me so much! He has bags of talent, but we rarely get to see it.
    He has been given too long in a Spurs shirt. Its time he moved on.

    Bring on Vieri!
  8. Lee Barnard our great hope is awfull i watched him several times last season and many times in previous seasons.. Mark Yeates is a much better prospect coming through as is Mounir el Hamdaoui who rarely gets a mention but has looked good whenever i have seen him play.. Give someone a chance till January could save alot of cash!!!
  9. Sometimes i like ti stick my finger in my arse while I wank. Oh you laugh but it's actually rather satisfying when you get a good grip on the prostate.

    cheers,

    see you next season

    Marlon Harewood
  10. Bring back the legend Klinsman, enough said
  11. Marlon Harewood, give me strength! Never going to happen, can see it now. The west hams fans will be creaming themselves at the thought of a great striker in Keane coming to the club! Keep dreaming you sad hammers! Defoe and Midi is the way forward...
  12. kanoute is a bum send him packing.hope keane stays
  13. Has anyone studied Keano's goal scoring " record " for us. Nowhere near enough goals for our main line striker, you don't win anything unless you have a Van Nistelroy or Henry banging in 20 plus a season. We don't get penalties so that lets out AJ, the best goal per game ratio is Owen, so what are you all talking about, he is the obvious choice and should be gettable.
  14. I seriously don't think Vieri is that bad of a choice. Our striker department lack experiencer and he is a proven winner. Get rod off Kanoute, sign Mido permanently and bring in Vieri for 2 seasons. How would this look:
    Strikers from:
    Keane, Defoe, Vieri, Mido, Slabber

    Lethal I say
  15. My worry about the stikers is that Defoe will move on quite soon. Our best partnership is easily Keane & Kanoute.
    We might let Keane & Kanoute go to have Defoe walk out on us at xmas, leaving us striking with an expetionaly talented but overweight Egyptian and ... er ... emergency yuf players at best.
    Not a top 4 line up.
  16. Keane & Kanoute work well together as long as Kanote can be bothered on that paticular day. He's a lazy slob and we should cash him in while we can still get good money for him. Keane's worth keeping but if he's decided to move on let him go. We need a good partnering striker for Dafoe as well as a back up. Mido seems ok but still yet to proove anything
  17. 2nd is nowhere!? I agree, but tell that to the player who has a choice to play with....
    a) European champions league runner up......... or
    b) finished 9th in prem

    eerrrrr, let me think. Be realistic about our chances of signing these players.... you talk about Alerdyce having more connections in Europe... I think we try to sign players that are always going tosay no.... Big Sam is more realistic with his targets.... Djorkaef (however you spell it) for starters, he is someone Spurs could well have signed had we gone for him, but we didn't, we think we're too good for him now he's older, so we go for Vieri.... No F'ing chance, unless no other club bids for him, even Big Sam would've failed on that one.

    So it's not a case of Sam having more connections, it's that he has a more realistic view of where his club stand's in the opinion of other players. He is also a great manager and well respected in the game, as was Robbo, which also makes it easier to sign play…
  18. I have seen Mido play several times in Egypt and in Italy and believe me if he is fit he would be one of the world's top forwards!! He heads the ball faster than most people shoot and he has great determination. please give him a chance im sure he will set the premiership alight this season.