(25-01-2022, 07:52 PM)TBP Wrote:(25-01-2022, 06:35 PM)DeepBlue Wrote:(25-01-2022, 05:04 PM)TBP Wrote: I too thought he was OK. It was Rednapp that never seemed to quite rate him.
Is that a joke ? Redknapp bust a gut to sign him, forcing Benjani out against his will to pay for him, and then signed him again as soon as he got to Spurs. How does that equate with not rating him ??
But when he got him he was loath to play him.
I don't think you are remembering correctly. He signed at the end of the transfer window in Jan 2008 and played 12 games out of 14 till the end of the seasons, and one that he missed was to Spurs (perhaps part of the deal to sign him), and then played 12 out of 13 of the games at the start of the next season before Redknapp pissed off to Spurs.
Did you mean he was loathe to play him in the FA Cup games ? That was because he was cup-tied.