Ex Spur thread

Nkoudou’s Besiktas won the Turkish Premier League yesterday. So he’s now joined Eriksen in winning a league title this season, whereas Tripps is two wins away from winning La Liga.

 

And it's things like this that must dwell on Harry Kane. Players below his level moving on and winning titles.

 

I think everyone’s dwelling on it now! Lol.

 

Those DH listed are the latest additions to a list of players that have won league titles after leaving us - including the obvious ones like Modric and Bale, Walker, and Berbatov, to Defoe (another winner this season), and Keane in Scotland, Janssen in Mexico, Corluka in Russia and Paulinho at Barcelona!

 

Tottenham Hotspur - Kingmakers, never the kings

 

Sky have been dwelling on it since 2017

 

A section of our fanbase have been dwelling on it since 2017

 

Well there’s a quiz question coming out of tonight’s Everton Sheffield game. Which outfield player has made the most outfield appearances in the PL over the past 9 seasons?
It’s our former player Gilfi Siggurdson.

 

Really? I seriously doubt he's had the most minutes, by a long shot.

 

I did wonder at this too but he did say "most outfield appearances". So coming on as a sub for a few minutes does count as an "appearance".

 

Just staying in the division for 9 years is quite rare now, I'd have thought, so he's got a big advantage there.
No serious injuries and not that much European football probably help, too.
Not sure how he's made more than someone like Jordan Henderson, though.

 

Just had a quick look. I don't think O.Spurcat was correct. Players like Gareth Barry, Ryan Giggs, Frank Lampard and many more has appeared in the PL more times.

 

"over the past 9 seasons".

 

Over the last 9 seasons? Those players haven't played at all in recent seasons.

 

Aha...that explains it! Thanks.

 

Barry has. Retired at the end of last season and spent a couple in the Championship.
Still managed 187 Premier League appearances in those 9 years, though.

 

His last 2 years were (as you say) in the Championship and he barely played in his last season. So if I add "in the Premier League" then my post stands up. I'll confess I assumed he had quit a couple of years ago though.

 

I was quoting the commentator who said this when Sigurdson came on last night. I assumed he knew what he was talking about !!

 

He might be right. Sigurddson's made a consistently high number of league appearances over the last nine years.
33, 25, 32, 26, 38, 27, 38, 35 and 33 = 287. Missed 55 games, so it's possible but probably unlikely.
Henderson made 253 in that time, though he'd close the gap if you went back to a 10th season, with 19 appearances more than Sigurdsson.

 

Final day drama in La Liga today, if Tripps' Atleti win they take home the title.

Gwaaarn, Tripps!