Comments on: Tottenham should stop blaming Berbatov; he didn’t betray them, they failed him!

By: Bailey

Bailey — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:02:13 +0000

ROFL I think it’s pretty obvious to any intelligent and unbiased person that it was a betrayal.

There’s no two ways about it, the guy’s attitude stinks to high heaven.

By: DarkDevil

DarkDevil — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:19:25 +0000

StephenPerth – Dude, what the hell are you reading. I said Berbatov himself had not come out and said which club he wanted to go to. Levy said Berbatov wanted to go to United. Berbatov said nothing directly to the press…You get your facts straight! And about acting the way he has, Lets look at the facts! When Gallas wanted to move from Chelsea to Arsenal he publicly stated that he would purposefully play poorly until he got his move. With Berba on the other hand Spurs have said he’s a bad influence on the team. Why? What’s the reason for it? Do you know? And don’t give me YOUR crap about how his head was not in it anymore and all those other speculative gossip. For all I know, it just means that Ramos has decided that since Berbatov wants to leave, he won’t play.

Since Ramos and Spurs are so adamant that Berbatov was a destructive influence, why then do they blame their 2 losses so far to a player they refused to play! If Berbatov played for 90 mins in each of the 2 games, and played poorly at that, then you can say, he was a destructive influence. But that didn’t happen! So don’t tell me I’m wrong and that I have my facts wrong!

By: Ahmed Bilal

Ahmed Bilal — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:25:47 +0000

over10yearold – thanks for senior journalist comment, much appreciated, if the Beeb were paying me I wouldn’t be sitting here looking at the news like you guys.

blaming the board for botching things up in the first place, what a novel concept…

Essexian76 – you missed the point. Berbatov signed the contract based on the verbal promise that the manager and the club would be playing in the Champions League in 2 years’ time. If they had qualified last season or the season before, I can guarantee that he wouldn’t have left. He doesn’t see Spurs as qualifying this season. What does that tell you about the board’s ability to convince their players that they will win titles?

I’m as 180 degrees from a gooner-lover that you’ll find on this planet – unless she happens to be a very cute gooner…

By: Essexian76

Essexian76 — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:18:35 +0000

Vlad, I couldnt give a monkeys toss, what age Berbatov is or what his motives are, all I care about is Spurs getting whatever they can from whoever they can, and getting this two-faced money grabbing lying piece of garbage off of our books,and I look forward to giving him a big ‘Sol’type reception when he comes back to the Lane..strange how many times Campball has gone AWOL when this game comes around..?

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:07:19 +0000

What a rubbish comment. Berbatov owes everything to spurs. We gave him his chance and yet he betrays us. I would never like him to come to the LAne again. If he does come in a red shirt then i hope the fans give him as much stick as there voices can give. He has done nothing but sing Man Utd’s praise on wanting to sign him. If he does want to move then fine but be proffesional about it. He is acting like my 3 year old in toys ‘r’ us when he cant have a toy. He should be putting in 100% even if he is going. I hate him more than i hate Sol and that is saying something. They are scum. Berbatov should at least come out and thank the Spurs fans for there support last season but he has done nothing. I also think Robbie Keane is an idiot. I would love Man U get knocked out of the group stage of CL and Spurs beat them in the final of the Uefa and Man U finish fifth behind Spurs who are fourth. That would wipe that smile of Berbatovs face. Then he would be crying to come back and we say on your bike.

By: DM-YID

DM-YID — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:44:51 +0000

As a Spurs season ticket holder i Actually feel let down by everyone involved with the whole matter. But overall a player should play football and show some loyalty to the club who gave him his chance in one of the best leagues in world football. He has shown nothing but petulance and has acted like a spoilt child. Woodgate, hit it on the head when he said that every professional footballer should be honoured to be paid as much as they do for doing a job they love doing. I was at the Roma friendly and the fans were singing his name, but he didn’t deserve it, he just doesn’t want to play for the club. Someone mentioned Sol, saying it was the same thing, but this is different in that Sol gave the impression all through the last season of his contract that he would sign a new deal. He dumped us and we got nothing for the time and money spent developing him from a boy. If he had been truthful we could have sold him in contract and got Â£12M for him, but he stuffed us. The club board and management have cocked up in the whole pre-season. We should have been improving the squad and in the end we have decimated it and there is no cohesion at all. The point yesterday was lucky as we don’t look like scoring. Because of so many changed this could be a mid table season and no European football next year. Overall, Berba is a spoilt child and the Red scum are welcome to him, but the Spurs board and management are to blame as well

By: over10yearold

over10yearold — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:15:15 +0000

Amazed that a senior journalist can’t be objective and unbiased. This idiot works for the BBC and we have help pay his obscene salary. We get no choice. It’s obvious that he is not up to the job. No chance of him being sacked then. Pure drivel through biased eyes. Don’t expect him to condemn Berbatov for effectively striking as Bilal is a typical leftie. Honesty and decency only operate one way.

By: SpursGog

SpursGog — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:10:39 +0000

I think the bosses at Spurs are right to make it difficult for any top player to leave. It will be a couple of years before Tottenham will get into the top four and they must send a message to each of the current squad to stick it out or suffer the same treatment as Berba.

By: vladimir mihaylov

vladimir mihaylov — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:37:40 +0000

stephenperth, do you know when a player asks for a transfer? Do you know how much money does he lose because of that? Can you blame someone, because he wants to improve and to make a carrer? Unlike most of the other jobs football players have only 10 years to make a carrer. Berbatov and Keane have 3-4 left. You can’t blame them for wanting to make one step further in their carrer. Won’t you accept a promotion on the job?! Will you reject it? Poor professionalists? Excuse me, but IF YOU BUY A PLAYER, THEN YOU OBLIGATORY BRAKE HIS CONTRACT!!!! Do you blame Giovanni, Modric, Bentley, Gomes and now Corluka for breaking their contracts with their teams? Why then blame Berbatov? Because he doesn’t play? Come on, do you really want 30 million or what?! And sth else – place yourself in his position and tell me you’d not get mad!!!

By: stephenperth

stephenperth — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:21:02 +0000

Your both wrong he did ask to move along with keane its on the spurs website levy sated they both asked to leave. so leys get the facts right. The guys a poor professional acting the way he has done so cut the crap! Personally i will glad to see him go you are welcome to him and you will sson see his attitude sucks he may be ok for a whiloe then you will see the poor body language