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£5.5m to qpr... decent player. would have him at outs no problem...

Spurs have sold Bassong today also, the excesses of Harry being shed pretty quickly. Surprised AVB didn't fancy Dawson, was he not club captain?

bobby brows wrote:Spurs have sold Bassong today also, the excesses of Harry being shed pretty quickly. Surprised AVB didn't fancy Dawson, was he not club captain?

word is he's too slow for AVB's liking. not as good as agger but i'd have him at city as backup - english and PL proven.

BmoreBlue wrote:

bobby brows wrote:Spurs have sold Bassong today also, the excesses of Harry being shed pretty quickly. Surprised AVB didn't fancy Dawson, was he not club captain?

word is he's too slow for AVB's liking. not as good as agger but i'd have him at city as backup - english and PL proven.

Seriously ?

gallas, vertonghen, and kaboul with sandro being able to fill in. not bad.

phips wrote:gallas, vertonghen, and kaboul with sandro being able to fill in. not bad.

Don't forget Caulker.

I'll give villa boas untill xmas.

bluebananamilksheikh wrote:

BmoreBlue wrote:

bobby brows wrote:Spurs have sold Bassong today also, the excesses of Harry being shed pretty quickly. Surprised AVB didn't fancy Dawson, was he not club captain?

word is he's too slow for AVB's liking. not as good as agger but i'd have him at city as backup - english and PL proven.

Seriously ?

seriously what? that AVB thought he lacked pace or that i'd have him as a backup CB?

BmoreBlue wrote:

bluebananamilksheikh wrote:

BmoreBlue wrote:

bobby brows wrote:Spurs have sold Bassong today also, the excesses of Harry being shed pretty quickly. Surprised AVB didn't fancy Dawson, was he not club captain?

word is he's too slow for AVB's liking. not as good as agger but i'd have him at city as backup - english and PL proven.

Seriously ?

seriously what? that AVB thought he lacked pace or that i'd have him as a backup CB?

Seriously back up CB.He's no better than Kolo, if we are going to buy a CB it should be to provide competition for a starting spot not just back-up.
Although I would not be averse to a straight swap for Savic.

bluebananamilksheikh wrote:

BmoreBlue wrote:

bluebananamilksheikh wrote:

BmoreBlue wrote:

bobby brows wrote:Spurs have sold Bassong today also, the excesses of Harry being shed pretty quickly. Surprised AVB didn't fancy Dawson, was he not club captain?

word is he's too slow for AVB's liking. not as good as agger but i'd have him at city as backup - english and PL proven.

Seriously ?

seriously what? that AVB thought he lacked pace or that i'd have him as a backup CB?

Seriously back up CB.He's no better than Kolo, if we are going to buy a CB it should be to provide competition for a starting spot not just back-up.
Although I would not be averse to a straight swap for Savic.

We'd be lucky is Rochdale take Savic off our hands.

Hmm, seems like he's getting rid of the (albeit average) defenders & keeping the blokes who think they can play football.

Danger Will Robinson, danger!

Nigels Tackle wrote:£5.5m to qpr... decent player. would have him at outs no problem...

Me too,England international for 5.5m experienced centre half definitely.

Dawson is not what we want. he fearlessly heads whats in front of him but is easily by passed down the sides and can't play it out of defence on the ground. but he is what QPR need, someone who attacks the ball. However, the Taffia's coaching will soon reduce him to indecision..

The Italian Job wrote:

phips wrote:gallas, vertonghen, and kaboul with sandro being able to fill in. not bad.

Don't forget Caulker.

If he's sold Dawson for being too slow, whats Gallas? AVB struggled at Chelsea because he wanted them to play a higher back line and the defense resisted. I can't count the number of times I saw England's Brave and Loyal John Terry on his arse spread eagle in the first half of last season.

Dubciteh wrote:

Nigels Tackle wrote:£5.5m to qpr... decent player. would have him at outs no problem...

Me too,England international for 5.5m experienced centre half definitely.

England international for £5.5M...I can think of one we could get.

Afraid England international means about as much as Australian international these days.

It's 10 million apparently.

So Dawson is worth two Adebayors,Crazy times indeed.

The only way this is being considered I think is for homegrown quota, I'd rather give Savic the chance to come good, and I have absolutely 0% faith in that happening.

bobby brows wrote:

The Italian Job wrote:

phips wrote:gallas, vertonghen, and kaboul with sandro being able to fill in. not bad.

Don't forget Caulker.

If he's sold Dawson for being too slow, whats Gallas? AVB struggled at Chelsea because he wanted them to play a higher back line and the defense resisted. I can't count the number of times I saw England's Brave and Loyal John Terry on his arse spread eagle in the first half of last season.

Caulker is hardly a sprinter. Seems strange to me that Spurs are letting Bassong and Dawson go. Only time will tell for them

He's a 28 year old crock, no thanks. More great business by Levy if he gets £9 million from QPR.

Dawson is and always has been average top flight centerback. Good in the air and shows great commitment and has constant lapses of concentration and is pretty slow. I can't see how he would've been coveted by club like ours. And it's laughable to use Savic as any sort of measure for anything. Two wrongs (well one wrong and one complete disaster) don't make right.