Official Tottenham Hotspur Thread

[Baphomet]

I watched Schalke vs. Hannover earlier, and wow, Holtby is the real deal.

The game finished 5-4 to Schalke (I guess Massimo was right about Bundesliga defences ) and he had a goal and two assists. He was instrumental in Schalke's play in the second half. I wasn't expecting much from the game from Holtby or anyone else to be honest but boy was I proven wrong, check out the highlights if you can.

[Massimo]

Oh no man. What the hell are you talking about? Bundesliga is where the best defensive mentality teams are playing. Even better than Serie A.

Anyways, I am going to Caribbean for a week. Take care guys.

[Foye]

I watched Schalke vs. Hannover earlier, and wow, Holtby is the real deal.

The game finished 5-4 to Schalke (I guess Massimo was right about Bundesliga defences ) and he had a goal and two assists. He was instrumental in Schalke's play in the second half. I wasn't expecting much from the game from Holtby or anyone else to be honest but boy was I proven wrong, check out the highlights if you can.

Because EPL defenses never have 7-3 results?

[J-Mezzy]

Yeah there have been some crazy scores in the EPL too.

[Baphomet]

Haha, you guys are right. I was just kidding anyways, it's just kinda funny that one of the Bundesliga games I tuned into this season would end up being a 9-goal thriller given the recent debates on here.

I don't know why I'm excited about the Man United game tomorrow, I personally don't think we have much of a chance without Sandro, but somehow we beat them last time at Old Trafford so who knows...

[5DOM]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... t-Ham.html

[SlavaMedvedenko]

Looks like Torres and Bale had a child.

[and1GS]

lol, that's insane.

Looks like we're going to complete Holtby's early move by mid-day Friday. The kid reminds me so much of a young Modric - brilliant first touch and great vision. What he lacks in Modric's passing ability he seems to make up for in physicality. He'll be an interesting piece to our puzzle.

Sidenote: read from some dude on a Spurs forum that played with Holtby that he's more of a 'mercenary' who will use teams as stepping stones to get to the next level. But meh whatever, took Modric a while to get to where he is (was) now and I expect Holtby to follow the same career trajectory.

[Foye]

lol, that's insane.

Looks like we're going to complete Holtby's early move by mid-day Friday. The kid reminds me so much of a young Modric - brilliant first touch and great vision. What he lacks in Modric's passing ability he seems to make up for in physicality. He'll be an interesting piece to our puzzle.

Sidenote: read from some dude on a Spurs forum that played with Holtby that he's more of a 'mercenary' who will use teams as stepping stones to get to the next level. But meh whatever, took Modric a while to get to where he is (was) now and I expect Holtby to follow the same career trajectory.

I accidently gave you an and1... So the 5th best offensive midfielder in Germany behind Özil, Kroos, Götze and Reus looks like a young Luca Modric? Must be good times in Germany.

[and1GS]

I'll take the and1's any way I can get em

I don't make it any secret that I don't follow other leagues, just too damn hard while living in America, so I really have no response to your post. I will say that when we initially got Modric he was still kinda feeling himself out, but had IMO the best first touch in Europe. Also, I don't think he's as amazing as he was hyped up to be prior to his departure. Game changer at times? Sure. Brilliant passer? Definitely. But he wasn't even the best player on his own team...or even arguably not the best in the center of the pitch on his own team.

Ozil is better than any CM I've seen in the EPL this season, with Cazorla the closest to him whenever he drifts to the middle of the pitch. Haven't watched the others unfortunately.

[5DOM]

Lewis Holtby interview:

[Baphomet]

Thanks for that 5DOM. A lot of positives from that interview, like how good his English is and how much he knows about the EPL already. His English heritage should help him transition very quickly, though I hope when he's actually out there playing football the German half of him shines through more. I wonder if he'll be involved in the Norwich game tomorrow? Provisional team sheets would indicate that he isn't, but if he's already trained with the team I guess there's always a chance.

Spurs still need a striker. We're linked with Leandro Damiao, Alvaro Negredo and Gary Hooper. I'm not particularly enticed by any of them, and I can't help but feel like we missed out on a bargain in not going for Demba Ba. Should be an interesting couple of days to close the window at least.

[and1GS]

**** COYS, I bet we see Holtby in this half. Dempsey looks like **** and Lewis was warming up before the half ended.

[and1GS]

Thank god, hit the bench Dempsey.

[and1GS]

2 minutes in and I can already see it, Holtby is what we were missing.