25 Man squad from my time supporting Tottenham.

When I posted in the Harry Kane thread earlier DH suggested that H is now probably the best player he has ever seen in a Spurs shirt. I am not going to argue with that statement. He is certainly the best ‘centre forward’ that I have seen. I am just too young to have seen Greavsie, so Martin Chivers was my go to CF in my youth and he remains a player that I have a lot of time for. We have seen many excellent forwards at our club, in some sort of chronology from the 80s to now Archibald, Allen, Lineker, Sheringham, Klinnsman, Ferdinand; Keane, Berbatov, Defoe, Crouch and now Kane, with Harry at the top of the tree.

But having thought just about strikers I started to consider who compares to him in other positions, DH mentioned Modric and I would throw Bale, Hoddle, Waddle and Gazza into the mix.

And from there I have thought about picking a 25 man Tottenham ‘squad’ from the 50 years that I have been watching.

3 x GK, 9 defenders, 9 midfield, 4 Forwards

GK – Jennings, Clemence, Lloris

DF – Walker, Perryman, Hughton, Knowles, King, Mabbutt, Vertonghen, Alderwiereld, Roberts

MF – Hoddle, Ardiles, Gascoigne, Modric, Eriksen, Anderton, Waddle, Dembele, Son

ST – Kane, Bale, Sheringham, Berbatov


Lots of room for debate I am sure, but currently I would rather look back, because looking forward is filling me with dread!

 

And no place for Ginola, Klinsmann, Clive Allen, van der Vaart…to name but four.
Spurs have had some good players. Just not necessarily all at the same time!

 

Great thread! Glad I could be of unintended inspiration

Had to go 3, 9, 8, 5 though instead of 3, 9, 9, 4, as those five strikers were just too good to drop any one of them. From my time of watching Spurs I'd go with:

Lloris
Robinson
Friedel

Walker, Woodgate, King, Ekotto
Corluka, Toby, Jan, Rose
Dawson

Bale, Modric, Dembele, Son
Lennon, Eriksen, van der Vaart, Ginola

Kane, Berbatov
Defoe, Sheringham
Keane

It's fair to say I've gone a bit Dutch total football though with no defensive midfielder .

Midfield was very tough to pick... Carrick, Davids, Huddlestone, Parker, Sandro and Wanyama all missing out feels crazy!

 

Nice thread CM, a much needed break from us endlessly debating the state of affairs at the club.

Counting players I'm old enough to properly remember, I'd go with:

Lloris, Robinson, Friedel

Charlie, Carr, King, Dawson, Jan, Toby, Ziege, Benny

Bale, Modric, Dembele, Anderton, VDV, Ginola, Eriksen, Sandro, Wanyama

Kane, Keane, Berbatov, Sheringham, Defoe

 

I`ve been supporting Spurs since the early 80`s.

Clemence, Lloris, Robinson

Perryman, Walker, King, Roberts, Vertonghen, Mabbutt, Hughton, Rose

Ginola, Waddle, Hoddle, Ardiles, Gascoigne, Dembele, Modric, Eriksen, Anderton

Kane, Klinsmann, Lineker, Son Heung Min, Berbatov, Bale

 

GKs: Lloris, Robinson, Thorstvedt
FBs: Walker, Carr, Assou-Ekotto, Ziege
CBs: King, Vertonghen, Dawson, Alderweireld
DMs: Sandro, Davids
CMs: Modric, Dembele
Wingers: Lennon, Bale, Son, Ginola
AMs: van der Vaart, Eriksen
Forwards: Kane, Sheringham, Keane, Klinsmann

 

As Lutons most famous fan might have said

 

Way-hay!

What do you think of it so far?

 

My first live match was 1968

GK – Jennings, Thorstvedt, Lloris

DF – Walker, Perryman, Carr, Ziege, King, Mabbutt, Vertonghen, Alderwiereld, Roberts

MF – Hoddle, Ardiles, Gascoigne, Modric, Eriksen, Bale, Van der Vaart, Dembele, Son

ST – Kane, Greaves, Lineker, Berbatov

 

For my squad
Jennings, Clemence, Lloris
Walker, Perryman Knowles,Gough,King,England Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Hughton
Bale,Modric, Ardiles, Hoddle ,Gascoigne, Mackay ,Blanchflower (capt) ,Peters
Greaves,Kane ,Berbatov ,Klinsmann Gilzean
Alfie Conn missed the cut

 

Jennings, Clemence, Lloris
Walker, Perryman, Knowles, King, England, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Benny
Bale, Modric, Ardiles, Hoddle, Gascoigne, Mackay, Peters, Waddle
Greaves, Kane, Berbatov, Keane, Gilzean, Ginola

And still not finding room for Eriksen, Son, VDV, Chivers, Carrick, or Archibald

Edit: or Lineker

 

Surprised so few are picking Lineker.
Interesting to see if one of our 1960s fans will pick John White.

 

Lineker! Back to the drawing board!

 

Personally I'm more surprised no one has picked Winks.

 

I only vaguely remember him , I could have included the whole double team and the likes of Mullery Chivers Crooks,Archibald , Sheringham Defoe, Keano Waddle and Sick note
For some reason Lineker never clicked with me as a Spurs legend while I have great fondness for Bennie ,Sandro, Conn, Armstrong ( Gerry and Chris )

 

Thorstvedt, Lloris, Robinson

Carr, Kyle Walker, Chimbomba, Vert, Toby, Mabbut, King, Naybet, Benny

Dembele, Modric, Gazza, Fox, Leonhardsen, Bale, Hoddle, VDV, Son

Kane, Klinsmann, Keane, Defoe

 

Some totally bonkers ones in there mate...

 

sums me up

btw Lineker is a good shout…I think he would be next in for me…before Berbatov

 

I am still thinking about my team, I am trying to get a squad that would go well in the 2120’s, but John White will definitely be there.