Adel Taarabt mistake

[Frenchy]

I read today an article in a french newspaper about the folly with which THFC are treating adel taarabt. In France, which boasts one of the best training academies in the world. clairefontaine, many trainers are dismayed that adel taarabt is not being given a fair chance. In his performance against the Czech republic recently, he got a standing ovation from the 80,000 fanatical moroccan crowd after he terrorised the Czech defence. He also bagged his first international goal in 3 appearances for morocco against angola.

At his age, he is still very young but has immense talent. The great Jean Tigana predicted that Taraabt will become one of the worlds great footballing talents. Spurs only have to look at how they treated Mounir El Hamdaoui, the Moroccan international has taken the Erdivise by storm and recently scored his first international goal in 2 games. Adel Taarabt is a diamond in the rough and needs to be nurtured, and without a shadow of a doubt he will become an amazing player. In my opinion, he has to play more games, hes had a major impact at QPR and if spurs let him leave, i believe it will be one huge huge mistake.

[T.K. Massive]

It's definitley going to be sad to see Taarabt go, but he has been patient, and 3 managers have overlooked him on a constant basis; although as you put it above, he is very fun to watch on the international level.

I also think that if we sell Taarabt (as well as Huddlestone and Jenas for htat matter) it will come back and bite us in the ass.

[stroud_jm]

a lot of people are really high on this guy, he's never had a proper run here. although, I can't see him cracking our lineup if he stayed here next season tbh.

[CmonyouSpurs]

I rate the kid very highly. I'd really like to give him a proper run at LW so that Modric can move into a central role. Oh well, let's see what 'Arry does then.

[P UNIT 1980]

Most will agree with you my friend but he is seen as a one trick pony.

He at present has no end product while other kids around him are producing on a consistent basis and leaving him behind.

I personally don't want to see him gone as I think with the right training and the right attitude from him he could become a fantastic player.

Bear this in mind though..... He is the one sounding off stating that he needs to leave to get more football. Now while you cant disagree with him and have to admire his ambition you do have to question his commitment to THFC in the long term if he isn't prepared to keep his trap shut and work his thrupnies off for his place in the team.

[berby999]

I agree mate, he will become a great footballer with the right training. He needs to learn to disrabute the ball a bit better and maybe when to disrebute it.

I will be gutted if he goes

[Frenchy]

Most will agree with you my friend but he is seen as a one trick pony.

He at present has no end product while other kids around him are producing on a consistent basis and leaving him behind.

I personally don't want to see him gone as I think with the right training and the right attitude from him he could become a fantastic player.

Bear this in mind though..... He is the one sounding off stating that he needs to leave to get more football. Now while you cant disagree with him and have to admire his ambition you do have to question his commitment to THFC in the long term if he isn't prepared to keep his trap shut and work his thrupnies off for his place in the team.

I dnt think that adel is a one trick pony, he reminds me of cristiano ronaldo when he first came to the premiership. Flashes of genius and skills, but was very naive. Now i dnt know what mr roger lemmere, the coach of morocco, has been teaching adel because when he has put on the morocco shirt he has been brilliant, he passes the ball when he needs to, produces defence splitting balls, has strength and pace. He doesnt show this at spurs, maybe harry redknapp needs to re-asses how he handles taarabt.

[thfcire]

hes not even in the same world as ronaldo never mind the same league.noone is doubting his talant but his decision making is terrible ,he never passes at the right time and hes not suited to the premier league.im sure he would be a superstar in france italy or spain where you get much more time on the ball,but if i had to watch his 50 step overs again id pull my hair out and i havnt got any in the first place

[basskadet]

He needs to learn A LOT before he can be considered a good footballer. His decision making is appalling & his final ball is shocking. Unfortunately, those are the 2 things we appreciate most in Britain.

People forget his age, he is only 19. In order to be able to play week in/week out in the Premiership you need to play with a maturity that exceeds your age & Taarabt does not yet do that. Yes he has heaps of skill with a football & Spurs recognise that. Harry himself described him as a genius. Unfortunately, such is the standard of the Premier League, if you fail to track back or you give the ball away in bad positions, you will get punished. I have no doubt Adel will learn this soon enough & whhen he does he will become a great player. It will only take a couple of times of him doing 1 too many step-overs in his own half, not scrapping & tracking back properly, or passing the ball to nobody & losing possession before his team lose because of it, it'll be his fault & he won't do it again. Unfortunately, this season Tottenham could not afford him that luxury.

I think you could make a comparison with Ronaldo. When he arrived at United he did the same thing, he was young & naive but thought he could take on the world. He screwed up a few times & got it in the ear from SAF & as such learnt & subsequently matured very quickly into a sublime footballer. However, United were in a position whereby they could allow him that time to get it right.

Personally I think Adel should stay at Tottenham & fight for his place. He has to realise that he still has time on his side. His style is not suited to England at the moment and he can accept that, leave Spurs for somewhere that does suit him & be very good but fairly ordinary, or he could stay, learn to adapt & deal with the English way &, like Ronaldo did, become excellent and extraordinary.

[P UNIT 1980]

He needs to learn A LOT before he can be considered a good footballer. His decision making is appalling & his final ball is shocking. Unfortunately, those are the 2 things we appreciate most in Britain.

People forget his age, he is only 19. In order to be able to play week in/week out in the Premiership you need to play with a maturity that exceeds your age & Taarabt does not yet do that. Yes he has heaps of skill with a football & Spurs recognise that. Harry himself described him as a genius. Unfortunately, such is the standard of the Premier League, if you fail to track back or you give the ball away in bad positions, you will get punished. I have no doubt Adel will learn this soon enough & whhen he does he will become a great player. It will only take a couple of times of him doing 1 too many step-overs in his own half, not scrapping & tracking back properly, or passing the ball to nobody & losing possession before his team lose because of it, it'll be his fault & he won't do it again. Unfortunately, this season Tottenham could not afford him that luxury.

I think you could make a comparison with Ronaldo. When he arrived at United he did the same thing, he was young & naive but thought he could take on the world. He screwed up a few times & got it in the ear from SAF & as such learnt & subsequently matured very quickly into a sublime footballer. However, United were in a position whereby they could allow him that time to get it right.

Personally I think Adel should stay at Tottenham & fight for his place. He has to realise that he still has time on his side. His style is not suited to England at the moment and he can accept that, leave Spurs for somewhere that does suit him & be very good but fairly ordinary, or he could stay, learn to adapt & deal with the English way &, like Ronaldo did, become excellent and extraordinary.

Although I think he has made his mind up (from his comments) I hope you are right and I hope he has the oportunity to have that exact point of view put to him.

[Frenchy]

well in that case, he might not be getting te right education at THFC. What adel is worried about is his place in the national team, this is why he want to play regualr football. He has 5 players fighting for the same position in the national team, the recent surge in pool of extremely talented young player available for mr lemmere means that adel needs to be playing.

Whe he did get his chance against czech republic, he was impecable. His passing was excellent, he tracked back, and made all the right decisions. Now maybe the mentality when roger lemmere has great young players on his hands is different to mr redknapp, i dnt know, or maybe the language barrier is hampering his stay at spurs. But I dnt think that spurs is the right club for him, because he needs that freedom to do what he does best and that is not being afforeded at THFC. El hamdaoui is another player that spurs didnt treat too well, thought he was a surplus to requirements, but he isnow being tracked by arsenal, liverpool and barcelona after his brilliant season showings in holland , not just this season but also last season.

[Pitseleh]

the fact is he isnt going to get first team football at a club better than spurs at the minute, so if hes got anything about him (im dubious) he'll stay and fight for his place

ronaldo takes alot of stick, and often rightly so, but hes been through the mill and come out as the worlds best player so you cant knock the bloke

[basskadet]

Frenchy, the guy is 19. You are talking about him as if he is 25. He is getting absolutely the best education here at Spurs and he is typical of a kid his age. I agree with you when you say he needs 1st team football to develop but he won't get that regularly in a top division, & certainly not the Premier League, at the moment. He is already ahead of most kids his age, having already played for Spurs & his country. He will get more chances to play for our 1st team next season & he will certainly have more chances at Spurs than anywhere else. He will move on & find himself back at square 1, unless he moves down a division or goes abroad to a less strong league, to a less strong team.

Personally I think this will be a mistake on his part. Is his contract out this summer? I thought we only signed him last year? If it isn't then it is not up to him anyway.

[Frenchy]

Well we will see how he gets on next season then, I think he has learnt alot from his loan spell at QPR, where he gave a good account of himself in the games he played in.

From what harry redknapp has said about him, he may get a few more starts, but there is no doubting his extreme talent. I really hope he can prove it next season.

[basskadet]

I definitely agree with you there Frenchy, & his loan to QPR helped him greatly. Harry knows exactly what young players need & Adel won't find another manager in the Prem who cares more about his youngsters & their development than Harry.