Comments on: Issues For Next Season: The Keane-Defoe Problem

By: piano concerto in

piano concerto in — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:26:33 +0000

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By: TMWNN

TMWNN — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:33:28 +0000

….once leaving Spurs, most players of his limited ability disappear off the map altogether. He (PSB - Keane) should just be grateful he was allowed back in at all. And what was that star shaped (Christ like) goal celebration all about on his return? The bloke hasn’t an ounce of humility about him and if there is some sort of idiot clause in his contract that states he can’t be dropped then we can wave goodbye to any chance of top 4 right now.

By: TMWNN

TMWNN — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:21:21 +0000

I like Michael L’s formation, but rather than give into Keane’s demand for a place in the team, I’d rather play Modric where he has Keane and a left sided midfielder where he has Modric. It leaves a lot of work for the Palacios, but he can handle it.

If Keane can’t sit on the bench without looking like a smacked arse, he can fuck right off.

By: phil

phil — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:40:13 +0000

been playing pro evolution lately with 4-3-3, Gomes in goal, Corluka, Woodgate, King, Assou-Ekoto in defence, Palacios, Jenas/Zokora, Modric in midfield, and Lennon wide right, Keane wide left and defoe up front. works a treat. why not real life.. modric has jenas/zokora and palacios to back him up. Then keane cutting in, lennon tearing it out of the full-back.. could work nice.

By: Michael L

Michael L — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:16:27 +0000

I personally like the idea of a 4-1-2-1-2 with keane in the withdrawn role behind the strikers (he usually drops back for link up play anyway, so this should be nothing new) and defoe partnering a target man up front (peter crouch, perhaps). modric and lennon on the wings, wilson at DM. not only does this solve the keane/defoe issue, it also gets jenas off the pitch!

By: Rez

Rez — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:51:57 +0000

They have played up front together before, under Jol and it was productive if not spectacular. I think maybe we’ve been spoiled by the Berbascum/Keane pairing of the previous two seasons.

I think that what we’ll end up seeing is rotation of three strikers. Possibly Bent will be let go this summer and we’ll have one of the yougnsters step up to fill in any gaps. Maybe Obika is ready for the main stage?

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:02:49 +0000

Harry will need all of his man management skills now, my preference is for a little/large partnership so one will have to sit on the bench sometimes, but we need both for squad depth and I’m really hoping for some cup runs. He’s talked about the value of competition for places before, and it seems to have worked with JJ stepping up his game with Palacios’s arrival and Bent working harder with Keane, so I’m hoping he can convince them to just compete for one spot, perhaps with one preferred for cup games and the other for the league.

Another possibility is starting with 4-3-3 with a hold-up striker - Pav didn’t work because he’s a poacher and not that great at hold-up play, but someone in the Berba/Viduka mold could work so Keane doesn’t have to drop so deep. Modric-Palacios-Lennon in midfield sounds scarily lightweight though!