I have never claimed that Spurs "have the bestest players" except to say that in some positions we have players who are up there alongside the best in Prem. Nor have I ever claimed that Spurs are the "bestest club in London".Nah, not really, I've nothing against you, I'm just waiting for the day you find anything remotely negative about your club and become objective when discussing them. No matter what THFC do, it's dandy, Arry is a genius, sun shines out of Levy's arse, got the bestest players at the bestest club in London etc, try giving it a rest before you bitch about people having an agenda against your agenda(again highlighted by your bumping of this thread because you feel the need to tell everyone you are right about yet another THFC issue). If you wanted to just pass on news of Sandro's deal, bump the thread about that player not a thread dedicated to Modric just so's you can tell us all "told you so" about Spurs being able/unable to retain or attract the top players.
Palacios was a squad player towards the end of his time at Spurs, Parker has been brought in as much more than that and you know it. What with Sandro being injured, Parker being the marquee signing of your summer, and Modric being as good as you say he is, I'll bet that Sandro is the biggest loser in the whole sorry saga of holding onto the unhappy Modric and buying a 31 year old, overrated, flavour of the month player.
Dress it up all you like, Friedel, Parker, and gobshite aren't going to get you to where you aspire to be or where Harry says you should be(challenging for the title apparently), nor is Walker who although has potential, probably won't even be 1st choice RB. You may see Walker and some of the young players that you've signed bear fruit in the future but they won't deliver CL this season nor will they in future unless you have better summers than this one which despite your protests to the contrary, has been a poor one for Spurs, especially in the context of what the other club's around you have done.
I have also criticised Harry and the club in several respects. For example, Harry for being a motor-mouth to often damaging effect and for bringing Keane back from Liverpool. I have also, for further example, said that signing Bentley was a costly mistake (and expressed my doubts about signing him at the time) and that Jol was badly treated.
But you don't wish to register any of this, preferring instead it seems to try and put your words in my mouth.
Beyond all this I make no bones about supporting Spurs, who IMO have done pretty well (since Levy took the helm) in at least staying in touching distance of a top 4 place (despite there being two sugar daddy clubs and three other clubs whose income greatly exceeds that of Spurs) ... and showing that we are capable of doing well in the CL.
As for Parker, yes he is much less of a squad player than Palacios, but this doesn't mean that Sandro is going to be frozen out. For a start he's just been offered (and accepted) a new 5 year contract, and secondly there may well be many games in which both Parker and Sandro will play together in a 3-man CM, alongside Modric for example.
You say that Parker is just a "flavour of the month player". Well, actually he was voted player of the season, which covers a number of months I believe ... and that was despite playing for a team that got relegated.
You also say this summer has been poor for Spurs "especially in the context of what the other club's around you have done". I say: Arsenal have lost their two best players (and several others besides), Chelsea have failed to get Modric and ended up instead with a "Plan C or D" player and Liverpool have spent a fortune to hit-and-miss effect.
