Who do we miss more...

[punk_is_back`]

If we had kept all our star players we would have been lining up like this


===================Lloris======================
Walker=======Kaboul========Vertonghen=======BAE==
============Carrick=======Modric================
Lennon=============VDV===================Bale==
=================Berbatov======================

So much technique in that team its unbelievable. What we have right now is a serious lack of footballing technique in the team apart from dembele.

 

[camspur]

Neither, if we win today we'll be sitting in 4th or 5th (depending on Everton's result), where did we finish last season with them in the team?

 

[Marlowe]

I know who I personally miss more. Sylvie (oh and Rafa)

I'm afraid to say I miss Sylvie more than VdV! But we were never going to keep Modric!

And we miss Greavsie, Jennings, Hoddle and Mackay more than all - showing my age?

 

[Robbo]

Modric, no doubt.

 

[Jurgen the German]

Rafa! We miss his goals and assists, especially at home. Dembele can do modric's job alright but siggy has not replaced VDV yet.

Don't think he ever will tbh. A good player, but not anywhere near VDV's level.

 

[billyiddo]

what with signing Dembele i think we miss Rafa more as he is filling the Modric gap quite nicely whereas Dempsey & Sigurdsson are yet to step up and replace VdV's contribution

 

[Hotshot-Tottenham]

I think Dembele has more or else helped us forget Modric. But we still lacks the VDV type player who can get us 10-15 league goals a season. Just can't see Sigurdson or Dempsey getting us more than 5 league goals. In fact, will be very surprised if Sigurdson score a league goal at all this season. He looks very clumsy in front of goal.

Well, Dempsey has 2 so far, so he's almost halfway to your target after less than a quarter of the season, and he's not an ever-present. if i was a betting man i'd take you up on that.

Sigurdsson got 7 in 19 iirc in a mid-table side last year, so he clearly knows where the goal is. he's obviously taking a while to settle in, and not playing regularly won't help in that respect.

 

[AllRise]

Gary Doherty

 

[ArcspacE]

Van der Vaart for me - top class player whose cretiivity and drive in the final third has been sorely missed this season

An experienced 'winner', capable of a match-winning moment of brilliance, much like Berbatov and Ginola were.