I think that's part of it and then being played closer to goal does hurt either. Also I think he favors a 3 man central midfield like he played in for Porto and Portugal.
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Chelsea kinda ruined everything when they let Anelka to do the playmaking and then subbing Torres instead of Anelka,Lampard was lost,again Chelsea have themselves and Petr Cech to blame for the loss,nevertheless some great defending by Liverpool and Kenny knows what he is doing,good job by the manager..
Niko Kranjcar was honest enough to admit to the two reasons that he is still at Tottenham.
Kranjcar did not want to leave London in January with his wife Simona about to give birth and he did not get a good enough offer anyway.
Croatian winger Kranjcar also admitted he does not expect his injury-time winner to change his fortunes at White Hart Lane and he could still leave in the summer.
It may not be what Tottenham fans want to hear but his honesty should be applauded along with his insistence he will never be happy just to sit back and enjoy his big fat wage packet.
Kranjcar did get an offer to go to Werder Bremen but that was not enough to tempt him to leave even though he has barely played for the past year.
Supersub Kranjcar said: “I’m like every other footballer in the world. I’m not happy just to get paid my money, not play and just come to train. I want to play football.
“I did everything in my life to become a professional footballer – and not just to sit on the bench and cheer my friends on.
“I’m in my best footballing years but I don’t think I got the opportunity I was waiting for. My wife is one month away from giving birth to our first child and I wanted to stay with her.
“For now I decided to stay here for family reasons and because the right offer didn’t come for me anyway.
“Listen, I don’t think for ten minutes that one goal is going to change my position. It’s what you do throughout the season.
“I’d be a fool to stand here and say because I scored the winner against Bolton I deserve to play now.
“The gaffer has his choices. He’s the one that picks the team, he’s responsible for the results. I’ve never questioned him as to why I’m not playing.
“Everyone thinks they’re the best in the world but the gaffer takes the decisions and it’s a really difficult one because of the talent and the squad we have.”
Kranjcar is the perfect antedote to most footballers – searingly honest, and realistic.
He came on late, tried hard and ended up sidestepping Zat Knight, letting fly and then watching as his fierce shot flew past Bolton keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen.
Kranjcar then enjoyed the celebrations with his team- mates and the fans and yet admitted that there is only one club in his heart and it isn’t Tottenham.
“There’s only one club I feel a connection and that’s my home town club,” said Kranjcar.
“Since I came here, I felt all the love from the fans here, you feel it in your heart but there will only be one club for me and that’s Dynamo Zagreb.
“At everywhere else, you are happy to feel comfortable and I’m happy to be part of this great set-up and great club which has a great history.
“There was a lot of frustration behind that goal. I haven’t been playing for a whole year so for myself, for the lads, it was a great moment.
“Of course we all want to play, there’s always frustration but the most important thing was that we won and we’re still in the chase for the Champions League place.”
Listening to Kranjcar, it is obvious that the winning goal did little to ease his frustration. In fact, the way he stormed down the tunnel afterwards proved that.
But he is a good professional who will give everything for Tottenham’s cause and they will need him to challenge in the Champions League and also to cling onto their place in the top four.
Especially as Rafael van der Vaart limped off with a calf strain to add to their injury worries.
And Tottenham also have penalty worries, too.
Van der Vaart scored one after five minutes, netted another two minutes later, only for referee Mark Clattenburg to order it to be re-taken for encroachment and the Dutch forward fired wide.
That is 11 penalties this season for Spurs, six scored and five missed and yet in every game they have missed a penalty this season they have won. There’s a lucky omen in there somewhere for Harry Redknapp.
Bolton were also unlucky as Clattenburg booked Gary Cahill for diving and yet TV replays showed Benoit Assou-Ekotto tripped him.
On-loan Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge levelled for Bolton and looks as if he will get more starts than Kranjcar.
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What a fucking great guy. We really should have tried and signed him in January. He wouldn't have costed much and would even take a pay-cut to join a club like Juventus. He rejected Werder because of family reasons, wife giving birth and all, but he would have jumped at the chance to join us. Would have offered a lot to us at this point in time and be a valuable squad player in the future.
Kranjcar did not want to leave London in January with his wife Simona about to give birth and he did not get a good enough offer anyway.
Croatian winger Kranjcar also admitted he does not expect his injury-time winner to change his fortunes at White Hart Lane and he could still leave in the summer.
It may not be what Tottenham fans want to hear but his honesty should be applauded along with his insistence he will never be happy just to sit back and enjoy his big fat wage packet.
Kranjcar did get an offer to go to Werder Bremen but that was not enough to tempt him to leave even though he has barely played for the past year.
Supersub Kranjcar said: “I’m like every other footballer in the world. I’m not happy just to get paid my money, not play and just come to train. I want to play football.
“I did everything in my life to become a professional footballer – and not just to sit on the bench and cheer my friends on.
“I’m in my best footballing years but I don’t think I got the opportunity I was waiting for. My wife is one month away from giving birth to our first child and I wanted to stay with her.
“For now I decided to stay here for family reasons and because the right offer didn’t come for me anyway.
“Listen, I don’t think for ten minutes that one goal is going to change my position. It’s what you do throughout the season.
“I’d be a fool to stand here and say because I scored the winner against Bolton I deserve to play now.
“The gaffer has his choices. He’s the one that picks the team, he’s responsible for the results. I’ve never questioned him as to why I’m not playing.
“Everyone thinks they’re the best in the world but the gaffer takes the decisions and it’s a really difficult one because of the talent and the squad we have.”
Kranjcar is the perfect antedote to most footballers – searingly honest, and realistic.
He came on late, tried hard and ended up sidestepping Zat Knight, letting fly and then watching as his fierce shot flew past Bolton keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen.
Kranjcar then enjoyed the celebrations with his team- mates and the fans and yet admitted that there is only one club in his heart and it isn’t Tottenham.
“There’s only one club I feel a connection and that’s my home town club,” said Kranjcar.
“Since I came here, I felt all the love from the fans here, you feel it in your heart but there will only be one club for me and that’s Dynamo Zagreb.
“At everywhere else, you are happy to feel comfortable and I’m happy to be part of this great set-up and great club which has a great history.
“There was a lot of frustration behind that goal. I haven’t been playing for a whole year so for myself, for the lads, it was a great moment.
“Of course we all want to play, there’s always frustration but the most important thing was that we won and we’re still in the chase for the Champions League place.”
Listening to Kranjcar, it is obvious that the winning goal did little to ease his frustration. In fact, the way he stormed down the tunnel afterwards proved that.
But he is a good professional who will give everything for Tottenham’s cause and they will need him to challenge in the Champions League and also to cling onto their place in the top four.
Especially as Rafael van der Vaart limped off with a calf strain to add to their injury worries.
And Tottenham also have penalty worries, too.
Van der Vaart scored one after five minutes, netted another two minutes later, only for referee Mark Clattenburg to order it to be re-taken for encroachment and the Dutch forward fired wide.
That is 11 penalties this season for Spurs, six scored and five missed and yet in every game they have missed a penalty this season they have won. There’s a lucky omen in there somewhere for Harry Redknapp.
Bolton were also unlucky as Clattenburg booked Gary Cahill for diving and yet TV replays showed Benoit Assou-Ekotto tripped him.
On-loan Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge levelled for Bolton and looks as if he will get more starts than Kranjcar.
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What a fucking great guy. We really should have tried and signed him in January. He wouldn't have costed much and would even take a pay-cut to join a club like Juventus. He rejected Werder because of family reasons, wife giving birth and all, but he would have jumped at the chance to join us. Would have offered a lot to us at this point in time and be a valuable squad player in the future.
Redknapp about Bale and Modric:
"Gareth is coming on okay, he's training today, running and he should be back for next weekend."
"Luka shouldn't be too long, he should be back within two weeks, hopefully,"
Asked if he'll be fit to face AC Milan on February 15, Harry replied: "Yes, we'd like him to be available, but if he's not, we won't rush him into it. We have to make sure he's right."
Good to see Bale will be back for Milan, but hopefully Modric is back too. Still, it's important that Modric will be available for the 2nd leg at White Heart Lane. The home match is where Tottenham should explode and eliminate Milan, the same way they spanked Inter.
"Gareth is coming on okay, he's training today, running and he should be back for next weekend."
"Luka shouldn't be too long, he should be back within two weeks, hopefully,"
Asked if he'll be fit to face AC Milan on February 15, Harry replied: "Yes, we'd like him to be available, but if he's not, we won't rush him into it. We have to make sure he's right."
Good to see Bale will be back for Milan, but hopefully Modric is back too. Still, it's important that Modric will be available for the 2nd leg at White Heart Lane. The home match is where Tottenham should explode and eliminate Milan, the same way they spanked Inter.
