Eulogy
It’s happened. The day has come and I’m feeling a sickness that permeates my every mood. We’ve still got a great squad. We’re still on the up but I can’t help think of the great potential that has been, looks certain to be, stolen from our club later today.
I’m not sure what hurts the most? That he refused a new deal? That we let him go? The way I’ll miss the gasps from my own mouth at White Hart Lane as he threads a ball through the toes of 3 defenders and onto the run Jermain Defoe, Robbie Keane, Aaron Lennon? He was our linchpin; the beating heart of our rising stars and I worry that without him we may just be that fraction too ordinary a side. I was beginning to feel unstoppable; like we were finally ready to make a serious challenge to the four clubs above us and now I don’t know.
Is there something I could have done? Should I have written him a letter?
“Dear Michael,
The Bagel loves you. We all love you.
Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Fergie’s a wanker. Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go! Don’t go!”
Could of a come across a little psychotic.
I loathe my doubt and my despair but I fail to see the silver lining. The £18m is like bitter ashes in my mouth and right now I cannot see its use, except to wipe away 360,000 tears with each and every hollow fifty.
I’m sure it’s the right thing for him. There are certain knocks that you just can’t ignore. Perhaps that’s why it hurts do much? It’s the right thing. You can’t blame him for going and you can’t blame us for taking the money. I want to hate him and hope he has a torrid time, never plays and breaks his legs but he’s too good for that. He doesn’t deserve it and I wish him the best and I do hope we treat him fairly when he comes to see us again. But there is undeniably a hole in the heart of our Lane today and more than one hole in this Bagel of mine.The truly strange thing about all of this is that none of the tabloids have jumped on the story this morning. The broadsheets, the BBC and every website under the sun are as sure as I am right now but no word from the usual media vultures and there’s an eerie silence on the Spurs official site.
‘What’s happened to our Bagel,’ you may be saying, ‘one man does not a Tottenham make?’ And once again you fine fellows, you happy few, you’d be right. We do have cover, some excellent promising cover and plenty to discuss but there’s a time to mourn and that time is now. We’re none of us alone. Call your fellow Yiddos. Watch your old tapes. Get smashed. Get it out. Tomorrow we rebuild.
The Bagel grieves.
RIP Michael Carrick (2004-2006)
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July 28th, 2006 at 10:48 am
sadly, the inevitable seems to have come to pass. I look to the Bagel to provide some much needed optimism, although I feel that had we got 4th place, it may have been different.
still, a good profit, a good contribution by master Carrick over the past 2 years. Time to go shopping Mr Jol, but who for…?
July 28th, 2006 at 7:03 pm
Carrick… £18m? If it really is that much (and I have to say I doubt that somewhat), Jol/Comolli/Levy really do know how to drive a hard bargain.
No doubt, his Yeast was pure: anyone that witnessed that run and nearly finish at the library would testify to that. But was he really that good? Not quite the midfielder this bagel was looking for - he couldn’t tackle that well, and while the passing was good, he didn’t appear in the opposition box anything like as much as he should have. As a result, not enough goals - 2 in 75 games is not the kind of return bagels should be happy with.
So if we really did get £18m, I suggest we have a good old laugh at the Imperial Lord Ferg as his marbles slowly desert him (or the increasing desparation of ManYoo’s situation become more apparent). £10m would have been a fair shout (and as likely as not would have left me with some mourning to do). What price a 4th place Spurs finish this term, ahead of the mancs in 5th?
But with £18m, Tony can fulfil his dreams of cornering the market for midfielders, and actually buy the left winger and right back we need. But leaving those other positions aside, I’d like to finish by returning to the middle of the park… bring on Tom Huddlestone, who surely must be the man to fill Carrick’s boots. I hear he likes his bagels too…
July 29th, 2006 at 7:10 am
I get the impression it was always his intention to look for a move to ManU and would have left anyway so it was good business to take the money and run.
This situation shows that we still have a way to go in becoming the proverbial ‘big’ club since we can still lose players we want to keep….and that’s what bothers me the most.
Forget him….no player is bigger than the club.
July 29th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
These are all valid comments and none more sad than Mr. PantherX’s on the stature of our beloved club. I feel we’re a hair’s whisker away from being a place that good players will not leave and it pains me to say that the effect we feel is still the sting of the last game, last season.
Although Carrick didn’t score many and wasn’t that tough in the tackle, his distribution was second to none. We had found a way of playing with either Tainio or Davids in the middle to protect Michael and give him the time he needed to pick a pass. This worked very well for us and anyone who saw the change in a well serviced Robbie Keane will testify. The only downside of this system was that with both central midfielders playing relatively deep roles, yes, we did miss the goals from that area and the odd closer final ball but then with wingers like Lennon and Mr.X on the left, who would have cared?
I had initially felt that Alex ‘Sarah’ Ferguson is probably not aware of Carrick’s limitation in this manner, as suggested by my honourable fellow Mr. SSCC but I’ve just noticed that he’s still in for Senna, who perhaps he intends to use together with Carrick rather than one covering for another. With Rooney dropping deep to provide that bit of creativity, it may just work. We’ll see.
As for the mega bucks now lining the urinals at WHL, on last count the Bagel believed the sum to be a flat £15m with a bonus £3 on completion of such terms as appearances, European football and the servicing of certain of Fergie’s parts that other players will not reach. Yeah, it’s a lot of cash. I just worry that it means we’re going to pay over the odds for players like Chimbondabonda and the mystery left winger (Peg Leg Downing?). Right now it’s harder to find the players than the cash.
The final point is of course, the freedom for choice that we now have in the middle of the park but I’m not going to get bogged down in that one just now. I’ll save that tasty treat for us all to chew on the week before the season starts when we know who’s in the squad.
For those of you going to our Mecca on Sunday. Have an excellent time, shout nice and loud and let me know what Ghaly, Zokora, Berbatov & Assou-Ekoto play like and whether time has been good to Reto Ziegler.
The Bagel