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Diop Tehuti Djed-Hotep Spence
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Eddie Yates
Steve Chettle
Oh, quality put down from the Captain thereNo: your Mrs is safe from me
Est.1865
Screw The PL
Big time Charlie.
That said, I don’t mind that if you have the right manager to work him. Great.
Wrong manager….utter dog shit.
That said, I don’t mind that if you have the right manager to work him. Great.
Wrong manager….utter dog shit.
Collymore!
Grenville Morris
I want to stick up for Djed for what it's worth and I also think it's a little low that we jump on the "bad attitude" bandwagon, when we should be the one fan base to go to bat for him. Our whole experience with Djed was that he went through the wall for us and was a huge part of our promotion. At times we single-handedly played down the right through Djed and Brennan. He was so good that teams were having to man-mark or double up on our RWB by the end of the season! The "Warnock said that Spence was shite" chant was a big part of the spirit of that season.
Warnock at 'Boro was public with his criticism, and now Farke at Leeds has hinted at similar neither great managers at clubs doing absolutely nothing. It's probably tough being mediocre, and easier to criticise young players, rather than try to put an arm around them and realising not everybody is the same. Not everybody is motivated by the same things or responds to criticism in the same ways. f*** them Djed, small minds discuss people and all that.
Imagine for a moment that you'd been criticised by Warnock and decided that you'd prove him wrong at Forest. You proceed to do the very thing people want by "improving your attitude" and proceed to have one of the best seasons a young player has had. You then make your dream move to Spurs and in week one your manager says "Spence is an investment of the club. The club wanted to do it." and proceeds to not give you a chance worthy of the name. Yeah, I'd be hugely motivated by that too. So then you're shipped out on loan to France, and the backwaters of the Championship again.
Showing that the difficult decision you made to "change your attitude" i.e. change a fundamental part of yourself, and "do as you're told more" was all for nothing on the pitch.
In this world where everybody is out for themselves, Warnock, Farke, and Conte etc just reaffirmed that. I'd argue that their job is to deal with lots of different attitudes and egos of which Djed is one, and they actually failed him. Djed is probably a character who needs an arm around him and regularly a little chat to remind him how good he is. I mean, get a chauffeur to pick him up for training if it's true that he's late - it's probably not something he does deliberately and is so easily resolved in this footballing world of excess!
There are many on here questioning his quality because it hasn't worked at Spurs or Leeds. A shame we've already forgotten what we saw with our own eyes less than 18 months ago. Farke has been playing him LB after just returning from injury, shocking they didn't see the best of him!
If we still had more of the promotion squad, Cooper, and played a back-five I'd have him in our starting XI.
Make the next step a positive one and prove them all wrong again Djed.
Warnock at 'Boro was public with his criticism, and now Farke at Leeds has hinted at similar neither great managers at clubs doing absolutely nothing. It's probably tough being mediocre, and easier to criticise young players, rather than try to put an arm around them and realising not everybody is the same. Not everybody is motivated by the same things or responds to criticism in the same ways. f*** them Djed, small minds discuss people and all that.
Imagine for a moment that you'd been criticised by Warnock and decided that you'd prove him wrong at Forest. You proceed to do the very thing people want by "improving your attitude" and proceed to have one of the best seasons a young player has had. You then make your dream move to Spurs and in week one your manager says "Spence is an investment of the club. The club wanted to do it." and proceeds to not give you a chance worthy of the name. Yeah, I'd be hugely motivated by that too. So then you're shipped out on loan to France, and the backwaters of the Championship again.
Showing that the difficult decision you made to "change your attitude" i.e. change a fundamental part of yourself, and "do as you're told more" was all for nothing on the pitch.
In this world where everybody is out for themselves, Warnock, Farke, and Conte etc just reaffirmed that. I'd argue that their job is to deal with lots of different attitudes and egos of which Djed is one, and they actually failed him. Djed is probably a character who needs an arm around him and regularly a little chat to remind him how good he is. I mean, get a chauffeur to pick him up for training if it's true that he's late - it's probably not something he does deliberately and is so easily resolved in this footballing world of excess!
There are many on here questioning his quality because it hasn't worked at Spurs or Leeds. A shame we've already forgotten what we saw with our own eyes less than 18 months ago. Farke has been playing him LB after just returning from injury, shocking they didn't see the best of him!
If we still had more of the promotion squad, Cooper, and played a back-five I'd have him in our starting XI.
Make the next step a positive one and prove them all wrong again Djed.
David Layne
First Team Squad
I doubt he had a choice, he was not a Forest player but a Middlesbrough player.
Statto
Free Kick Specialist
Potentially, but considering Boro didn't want him, he could have said to them he wanted to come to us not go to Spurs.
Thomas
AMERICAN IDIOT
Boro didn’t want him but kept an absurd price tag, just like f***ing United…TWICE.
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Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
IF... Spence had signed for Forest at the beginning of last season...
Would he have torn up the PL? Would he get in Nuno's team? Would he be still here?
Would he have torn up the PL? Would he get in Nuno's team? Would he be still here?
Redemption
Chief Eye Roller
He'd have gone to Oly, most likely.
YellowBelly Red
Viv Anderson
According to my Leeds mate, he was sent back to Spurs for being a disruptive influence. Threw several strops when not being played (Leeds were actually playing a 17yo LB at RB instead of him), and then final straw was refusing to take his headphones off when on the subs bench. Farke sought out the Directors after the match, and half an hour later, he was asked to leave and not come back.
Cooper definitely got the best out of him.
Cooper definitely got the best out of him.
A great player and no doubt he will benefit from brenans being at spurs, ange looks like the kind of manager that will get him going. Look forward to them 2 playing together again, they were an absolute joy to watch. Who cares what leeds fans think hope the scum stay another 10 years in the championship
youreds1986
Geoff Thomas
Spurs have immediately transfer listed him. He won't play for them again, most likely.
He's simply not that good and has clear attitude problems.
Rubics
Bin VAR!
Be interesting what they get for him vs the £20m they paid for him. Be surprised if it’s more than a couple of million with a big sell on. Further evidence that most transfers are a gamble - you’re not going to win them all.
No, no and no.
JohhnyM
Viv Anderson
He’s clearly not averse to making his feelings known, so this exactly.
Wanted him to come at the time, but in end I think we did better.
SC will sign him if he ends up in the Championship.
It was clear from the start he wanted to live in London, his probably on a decent wage aswell. In hindsight if he plays again it will still have been a good move for him, in terms of money
Gyros Peter
Sauce salad?
It would be interesting to see if he targets him at palace should he go there. I suspect not.
They signed him on a 5 year contract, on 25k a week, i dont see any prem sides coming for him and no championship teams are gonna be able to afford that. Seems like a ridiculous move by spurs to immediately put him up for sale without really giving him a go under ange but then again we have frozen out Dennis and look to be sending him out on loan again without nuno having a look.
Danga
Formerly JLingz
He had agreed to join Spurs in the January transfer window, I have that from a pretty good source. If you remember, 'Boro had a recall clause, Marinakis sweet talked them (and threw them a few quid) for him to stay. Spurs were going to sign him in that January but there was a gentlemans agreement between the three clubs that in the summer, he was going to Spurs. That is my understanding from what I have been told, it may be right, it may be wrong.
If what I said above is correct, best of luck to Djed in the future but personally I feel we have outgrown him. I don't think he is a better Premier League player than either Neco or Aurier and definitely not Montiel. With Cooper leaving, and Dane Murphy, that ship has long sailed.
If what I said above is correct, best of luck to Djed in the future but personally I feel we have outgrown him. I don't think he is a better Premier League player than either Neco or Aurier and definitely not Montiel. With Cooper leaving, and Dane Murphy, that ship has long sailed.
Mr. Blonde
Jack Burkitt
I think it's a stretch to even call him a Premier League player now given he hasn't played a game for Spurs in a year
He made his choice to go to Spurs, which I don't blame him in any way for, but it would've been better for his career if he'd stayed with us and progressed under Cooper in the Premier League
But we've massively moved on now and in the nicest possible way we have better, and can do better, than Djed
Wish him the best of luck though and I hope he manages to get his career back on track somewhere
He made his choice to go to Spurs, which I don't blame him in any way for, but it would've been better for his career if he'd stayed with us and progressed under Cooper in the Premier League
But we've massively moved on now and in the nicest possible way we have better, and can do better, than Djed
Wish him the best of luck though and I hope he manages to get his career back on track somewhere
Haych
John Robertson
Do people genuinely want him back? If so I’m assuming they still think about their ex girlfriend from when they were 21 during a lonely night.
Djed was great for us in the Championship but we have much better now, Neco is better than him and he’s currently second choice.
On top of that we already have about 6 RB’s in our very lopsided squad.
Djed was great for us in the Championship but we have much better now, Neco is better than him and he’s currently second choice.
On top of that we already have about 6 RB’s in our very lopsided squad.
Mr. Blonde
Jack Burkitt
No.
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
Chris Bob-Williams
First Team Squad
Loan move to Genoa as part of a deal for Dragusin
bit out of the blue
bit out of the blue
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
Blimey!