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Spurs No 9 shirt
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awesome dawson
Mitchell Thomas
Berahino. Pritchard on loan is a sweetener plus best part of 20 million.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
I reckon Chadli might take it in the summer with Son and Lamela having taken 7 and 11
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
A lot of our best #9s have worn the 10 shirt, including Kane
K.D.D.D.D.Soc
Paul Walsh
Aren't numbers irrelavent now players have names on shirts? Numbers have not been an indication of where players are positioned for many years.
parklane1
Vic Buckingham
Indeed.
DublinSpur
Scott Parker
Exactly. Numbers are still useful in conversations between fans (is the new striker more a #10 or a #9? and so on) But these days the new striker is just as likely to wear #23 as he is to wear either 9 or 10.
If Chadli wanted the number 9 shirt he would have taken it in the summer. He'll likely remain number 22, he also had that number at Twente.
Pirate55
The Last Man Standing 17/18
That is indeed a truism. But some shirts carry with them a history. No 9 at Spurs is one of them
parklane1
Vic Buckingham
Pirate55
The Last Man Standing 17/18
You sound just like a Saudi Sportswashing Machine supporter
9 at Spurs and Saudi Sportswashing Machine, 7 at Liverscum, 14 at Arscum etc.
parklane1
Vic Buckingham
9 at Spurs and Saudi Sportswashing Machine, 7 at Liverscum, 14 at Arscum etc.
I do understand your point, but football has changed and most of it for the worst
Gazza Dazzla
Chris Perry
Chrissy Waddle!
stinkfoot
Eidur Gudjohnsen
90sSpursBook
Erik Edman
Shirt #9 has been a bit of a graveyard for us...certainly since squad numbers were introduced in 1993. When I first started watching Spurs in 1988 Chris Waddle always wore the #9 - I think he was ever present that season; after he left Gazza (8) and Lineker (10) were the most high profile players - if we played with a second striker it was either Stewart, Walsh or Durie who tended to wear #8. Nayim and Samways wore #9 most frequently between 89 - 92 - Samways was our #9 in the FA Cup Final 1991.
Darren Anderton, another midfielder rather than a striker, wore the #9 shirt in the latter period of the 1992/2 season with squad numbers introduced at the start of the following season. Anderton was our #9 until 1999 when there was a reshuffle of numbers - Anderton took on the more traditional right winger #7 shirt allowing Les Ferdinand to switch from #10 to #9 - the most befitting 'traditional number' based on his playing style.
We had Les in the twighlight of his career and whether as a #9 or #10 he was unable to recreate the form of his QPR and Saudi Sportswashing Machine days. When he moved on in January 2003 the #9 was unused for the remainder of the season,
Fredi Kanoute joined from West Ham in Summer 2003 and was a natural fit for the #9; despite a promising start and some stunning goals against Leeds (on debut) and Everton Kanoute's relationship with the fans and performances flat lined and he was phased out by Martin Jol midway through the 2004/5 season.
The less said about our next #9 - Grezgor Raziak the better. The giant pole, signed from Derby on tfr deadline day 2005 is quite simply the worst player I have ever seen in a Spurs shirt. Things may have worked out differently had his headed goal counted against Liverpool on debut - alas the linesman (correctly) spotted that the corner he converted had drifted out for a goal kick before swinging back into play. Raziak was quickly moved on playing his last game for Spurs in January 2006.
From the ridiculous to the sublime....Dimitar Berbatov was everything Spurs players should be about...style, elegance and beauty....he was breathtaking for much of his 2 years at the Lane although he was perhaps more of a traditional 10 than a #9. Sadly his departure left a bitter taste.
Tottenham's next #9 had the incredible ability to look as elegant as Berbatov one minute and then in the next attack show the composure of Raziak. Roman 'super Pav' Pavlyuchenko will go down as a cult hero but divided opinion throughout his 3.5 years in North London.
Gareth Bale once wore the #9 in pre-season 2012 but instead chose the vacant #11 shirt to create 'Brand Bale' in 2012/13 and so #9 was left vacant for the season.
Becoming the club's record signing (for the period of 6 weeks) Roberto Soldado had a track record to suggest he would join the likes of Les Allen and Martin Chivers as Spurs' next classic goalscoring #9. A combination of bad luck, unsuited tactics and an inane ability to find the crossbar or the Paxton Lower from inside the 6-yard box meant that the spaniard was packed off back to his homeland with his tail well and truly between his legs.
Darren Anderton, another midfielder rather than a striker, wore the #9 shirt in the latter period of the 1992/2 season with squad numbers introduced at the start of the following season. Anderton was our #9 until 1999 when there was a reshuffle of numbers - Anderton took on the more traditional right winger #7 shirt allowing Les Ferdinand to switch from #10 to #9 - the most befitting 'traditional number' based on his playing style.
We had Les in the twighlight of his career and whether as a #9 or #10 he was unable to recreate the form of his QPR and Saudi Sportswashing Machine days. When he moved on in January 2003 the #9 was unused for the remainder of the season,
Fredi Kanoute joined from West Ham in Summer 2003 and was a natural fit for the #9; despite a promising start and some stunning goals against Leeds (on debut) and Everton Kanoute's relationship with the fans and performances flat lined and he was phased out by Martin Jol midway through the 2004/5 season.
The less said about our next #9 - Grezgor Raziak the better. The giant pole, signed from Derby on tfr deadline day 2005 is quite simply the worst player I have ever seen in a Spurs shirt. Things may have worked out differently had his headed goal counted against Liverpool on debut - alas the linesman (correctly) spotted that the corner he converted had drifted out for a goal kick before swinging back into play. Raziak was quickly moved on playing his last game for Spurs in January 2006.
From the ridiculous to the sublime....Dimitar Berbatov was everything Spurs players should be about...style, elegance and beauty....he was breathtaking for much of his 2 years at the Lane although he was perhaps more of a traditional 10 than a #9. Sadly his departure left a bitter taste.
Tottenham's next #9 had the incredible ability to look as elegant as Berbatov one minute and then in the next attack show the composure of Raziak. Roman 'super Pav' Pavlyuchenko will go down as a cult hero but divided opinion throughout his 3.5 years in North London.
Gareth Bale once wore the #9 in pre-season 2012 but instead chose the vacant #11 shirt to create 'Brand Bale' in 2012/13 and so #9 was left vacant for the season.
Becoming the club's record signing (for the period of 6 weeks) Roberto Soldado had a track record to suggest he would join the likes of Les Allen and Martin Chivers as Spurs' next classic goalscoring #9. A combination of bad luck, unsuited tactics and an inane ability to find the crossbar or the Paxton Lower from inside the 6-yard box meant that the spaniard was packed off back to his homeland with his tail well and truly between his legs.