Harry wants Taarabt to stay at Spurs?

Time to make ya mind up Harry. There were plenty of chances to play him towards the end of the season once we were safe but alas you played it safe

spot on jayspur, he should of tried him on the left wing or right when Lennon was injured, it wouldn't have hurt at all. He's never going to improve his distribution if he doesn't get regular football but he won't even get it when players are out injured. That's the one thing that annoys me about Redknapp, lack of substitutions and obvious replacements for players when out injured.

gazzalegend he was already loaned to QPR when Lennon was injured, and then he got injured himself after about 4 games. Anyway Ramos screwed his career up, had he been registered for Europe we would of definetly seen more of him in some of the UEFA cup games last season.

Holy s h i t, sorry for the rant fellas. Went off on one a bit there.

Good points "coopsieyid", he has the possibility of being a legend in the future, Is say, put him on the left. Clearly "Arry" knows something we dont, too, lets bare in mind "Arry's" own comments about Taarabt and that he has "ubelievable skills!"

yeah everyone thought that was just putting him on the shop window. This kid is good , quick feet and skills are amazing his vision is good, buh his decision making is poor but that will improve with age i guess?

Totaly agree coopsieyid, any attack on his character is totaly unfounded as have you seen him throw his toys out of the pram because i haven't. He has started playing full internationals while he was benched. While not playing he exicted the reserves for alot of last season gaining praise from CLive and others around him. While not doing that he has been spending his time helping with Spurs charities going round local schools to teach and be a positive role model for children. Skills wise it must be frustrating being told by the manager that your a genius and the rest of the squad saying publicy that your the most skillful person at the club yet still not playing. All of the last matches he played in he benefited his side, contributing with goals and assists while keeping the fans on their feet screaming for more. He was directly responcable for getting us to wembley when he came on against burnley and got us moving forward. Perhaps we would of won a few more tough away days had he been played. Yet a team in trouble will always justifiably have to rely on experience to see it through. Jol wanted to play him when we were comfortable and it didnt do us any harm. As for his distribution, one andy gray the man sometimes so bias against us it seems criminal, said that the boys passing and vision could only be matched by Berbatov and this was when he was 18. Also when of the main cries on here is for a midifielder with strength and bite. In Adel we have someone who has shrugged off the likes of Lampard and Ballack at the same time while keepin the ball clued to his foot. He has shrugged aside Essien one of the supposed strongest players in the league as well as countless others. We know harry has been looking for these types of players yet we have one in our own squad who has more natural talent than all those targets we have been linked to yet lacks experience. It was leaked about a week before this deal calapsed that Harry had a word with him and told him he wanted him in the firsts. So give him his time on the pitch and let him link up with Modric and Lennon, while doing all the skillfull passing and footwork for the ball winning Wilson.

This is what a wrote on the forum in regard to how he has been talking in the press. "Made my thoughts about this on the front page. Alot of people really know ***** all and are quick to judge. The boy hasn't been playing and we are retarding his career. At a time when city are buying dozens of players who wont be able to play and there are vocal attacks of lazy unprofessionals who are happy to sit on the bench and collect their wage and who are destroying football because of it. This boy is putting football first, which is a rarity, by asking to play football whether its here, abroad or in the championship and you have the testicular fortitude to try to slate his character because of it." Dont take offence to the language it wasn't directed at anyone just the situation.

Is it really so rare for a footballer to come out saying they want first team football? Personally I'm fed up with players coming out thinking they know better than the manager. They aren't being picked for a reason, and most seem to have trouble figuring out why. Take last season for instance, who should we have dropped to start Abel? He plays off the striker or as an attacking MF so really its either Keane's or Jenas's place that he could naturally fit into, now neither of these two were exactly setting the world alight, but would you really want Abel on instead of them? Maybe as a sub, but Harry obviously did'nt rate him enough otherwise I'm sure he would of been on the bench. In the end though Abel didn't make the team, and we picked up lots of points, so by what right does he get to criticze the management by demanding to play? Maybe I'm reading into his comments wrongly, maybe he understands he is not good enough to play in the first team thats why he wants to move on time will tell.

Manilla, Harry COULDN'T PICK TAARABT OVER JENAS OR KEANE BECAUSE HE WAS ON LOAN TO QPR AND THEN INJURED AND SENT BACK. He was NOT ignored and would not have been sent out on loan if he was just being discarded without a further thought. Seems that this could be a case where somany of us are wrong and you're right?.

also if we had a centre mid of Wilson and jenas i would drop keane in a heart beat. It would be nice to see our support striker trying to get the ball into the box.

let him go i would rather harness gio talent at spurs

Great shame if we lose him.We need players with character and flair.He always excited when he came on for ten mins and looked a terrific if naive prospect.That fool Ramos(why did we stick with him for so long?) ruined his chances by not registering him for European selection.Except for Lennon and occasionally Moddy we have a pretty boring squad...Pav,Bent,Jenas,Bentley,Zokora etc(yawn...boring and predictable).At least when Taraabt came on we were entertained and although he was naive,he did create panic in other defences.Our present set up is just too predictable and defences eat us up.Come back Gazza or Ginola ...all is forgiven.It used to be boring Arsenal but now its boring Spurs.

His best chance of playing in Spain maybe a kickabout on the beach in Benidorm.

Hopefully 'Arry is going to play him more this season, but he has to start matches this season too. Not just coming off the bench, he is no use to anyone if he is only going to get 10-15 minutes at the end of a match.

loads of people say he is too selfish and not a team player. He is obviously taking that on board as I thought in his last run out he was too eager to try to pass the ball and gave it away a lot - which made him look poor.

this player is quality, harry is right to have pulled then plug and it takes guts to do so so late in the deal. from the snippets i have seen of him he has shown he has the potential to be immense. i remember seeing him come on as a sub against west ham when we won 4-3 a few seasons ago. nobody could get close to him and he won us the freekick which drew us level (before stalteri became a hero). defo one to keep for this season.

I think Adel could definately get a run out in the cups, especially in those pesky midweek Carling Cup games. Saying that, i'd prefer he went out on loan to another English club and returned next season with more to offer.