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  • Has There Been Any Real Improvement Then…?

    Those who forget history are bound to repeat it…but we sort of tried to ignore it, so does it count or not? As I write this, I am seething at a whole year’s hard work undone by one result. Whichever result it is, argue amongst yourselves as I haven’t got the energy to argue after [...]

  • Could This Really Be About To Happen?

    Could This Really Be About To Happen?

    Firstly I don’t think there is anyway Daniel Levy would shell out £12m for a player who is almost 32 years old in David Villa however I do think there may be some truth in the rumor but I am sure he will get us a better deal than £12m if true. It’s not the [...]

  • Wigan Shirts On

    Wigan fans, oh yes we are, well for tonight anyway. We will be hoping The Latics can get a result at The Emirates just like last season and leave us firmly in pole position going into the final day on Sunday. Just 2pts ahead of Arsenal so anything other than an Arsenal win will do [...]

  • Pardew Does Major U-turn On Arsenal Match Statement

    Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has started to backtrack on yesterday’s comments when he said that he didn’t care if Arsenal beat his Newcastle 4-0 next Sunday after The Magpies secured their survival against QPR. Much to the anger of Spurs fans and no doubt the FA had picked up on his comments the Newcastle boss [...]

  • Spurs Win Could Be In Vain As Padrew Admits He Don’t Care About Arsenal Match

    We done well to beat a resilient Stoke today at the Britannia Stadium but it could all be in vain unless Wigan can pull off another shock result as it doesn’t look like we can rely on Newcastle. Once I saw Newcastle and Norwich win today I knew that was bad news for us as [...]

  • Still Up There But We Are Playing Like S**t

    We are still up there fighting it out for a Champions League place but it might have no escaped your attention as it hasn’t mine that we are currently playing like sh*t. Since the turn of the year we have only had the odd game where we really played out of our skin, we concede [...]

  • Starting XI – Wigan v Tottenham – AVB Goes 3 Man Midfield

    Words can’t describe how massive this game is today, in fact all of our remaining matches will more than likely have the same importance as today’s match at the DW. Wigan are fighting for their lives and we all know how capable they become at this stage of the season, this really could be an [...]

  • Wigan Game, I'd Drop Parker For This Man

    Wigan Game, I’d Drop Parker For This Man

    I do think Scotty Parker has been again one of our best players again since Sandro has been injured but for the Wigan game this weekend and a game we must take 3 points in I’d drop him, well not so much drop him but give him a rest for a week. My reason for [...]

Is This The New Worst Kept Secret In Football?

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Jun 302012
 

George Graham To manage Spurs was dubbed the worst kept secret in football as he departed Leeds in the late 90s even though no official announcement was made until he officially joined everyone was fully aware that Spurs were after George Graham.

AVB taking over from Harry is likely to be announced either tomorrow or Monday but this has to be one of the worst kept secrets in football as well. Under the terms of his severance package from Chelsea, AVB can’t officially start a new job until 1st July which incidentally is tomorrow, so it won’t come as much of a surprise is the club announce it tomorrow or Monday at some point.

People are already talking about AVB as if it has already been announced, that’s how badly this has been kept under wraps, probably even more so than the George Graham saga, even Redknapp is already supporting  AVB to succeed at White Hart Lane.

Take a bow, AVB the new Tottenham manager in the waiting and the new worst kept secret in football.

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Charlie Exit Good News For One Spurs Player?

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Jun 272012
 

Vedran Corluka completed a £6m move to Lokomotiv Moscow earlier today after losing the right back spot last season to Kyle Walker. It doesn’t matter either way to Walker as he would have remained first choice for next season regardless but this could be the chance for someone else to show what they can do.

Kyle Naughton spent last season on loan at Norwich City and had a fairly impressive season, although maybe not as good as Walker we should keep him next season as cover. Walker could get injured which will leave us with a like for like swap or if needed maybe one of the Kyles could get the odd game on the right of midfield due to an injury to Lennon.

I saw enough of Naughton last season to think he is good enough for a place in our squad and give Walker some competition for his place. We may however go out and buy cover for right back and loan Naughton out for another season but at the age of 23 now he will want to be involved at Tottenham or move out of the club on a permanent basis, with Charlie moving on, now could be his chance to get into the team at some point and show the Spurs fans what he is about.

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I’m moaning am I? Gylfi as Charged.

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Jun 262012
 

I’ve been very hard-line about midfielders taking up space on the bench and now we have Gylfi Sigurdsson [who should really be a striker] possibly coming to Spurs in a surprise £8m swoop.

However, maybe I should now stop dismissing our new midfielderS (assuming Gylfi’s ‘SIG-nature’ will be put to paper). Our squad is full of midfielders already, but good ones. Parker has been a talisman for us just like when we was at West Ham. So really I should zip it and watch the magic happen as Sigurdsson graces The Lane to blast a screamer in FOR us instead of against us this time.

However, with Van Der Vaart, Modric, Parker, Livermore, Sandro and Huddlestone to choose from, will we ever call it a day on midfielders? Can’t we go for the players who really matter to the strengthening of this team such as a new free-scoring striker???

Arsenal have done the business again by bringing in Podolski and Giroud. We’re lagging behind in the striking department, something which may have boosted us up a bit more than 4th place. Adebayor looks to be on his way somewhere else as I’ve not heard anything about him lately.

Saying all that though, what could our shiny new team look like next season if we get who everyone’s saying we’re getting?

If Sigurdsson arrives, just like Parker – he will slot straight into the team.
And he is intent on playing regularly too. I would play 4-3-2-1

Friedel in goal, Walker, Dawson, a cardboard cutout of Vertonghen (the way this deal has been drawn out) and Disco Benny at the back.

Lennon on the right, Parker in the centre and Bale on the left, in midfield where they should be.

Van Der Vaart and Sigurdsson have great strikes in them but aren’t recognised as strikers in positional terms, so they could go just behind Defoe as second strikers AND playmakers providing service to Defoe.

With such a world-class team mentioned above, we HAVE TO make good use of it in the upcoming season, OTHERWISE – in all honesty – we NEVER will.

COYS!

Levy To Do Us Proud Out Of Luka Deal

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Jun 262012
 

The chances are that Luka Modric will be off to Real Madrid this summer, we will need a playmaker replacement but will Daniel Levy and his new manager be able to deliver a quality player to fill his boots?

I have my reservations as I suspect he is hoping to fund the new stadium with any spare funds we get and may look for a cheap options. We never really replaced Berbatov after selling him to United for over £30m.

Nuri Sahin is one of the Madrid players touted as a possible inclusion in the deal and it looks like we may be about to land  Gylfi Sigurdsson. Madrid signed Turkish Sahin but he has never really been favoured by Mourinho and maybe has not been able to show his full potential and Sigurdsson had a very impressive season at Swansea last season.

There will be other possibilities but whatever happens will Levy recognize the importance of having that playmaker who can keep the ball in midfield and do something about it when the moment comes for Modric to depart? Levy is a very clever business man but his expertise are there, he is not born and bread in spotting football talent so will need massive advice from his staff or to seek the advice of his pending new manager.

Faith…. is it there?

 Posted by at 21:12

What To Expect For The New Season…

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Jun 252012
 

Harry’s gone and the Tottenham we have come to watch over the past couple of seasons may be a thing of the past as we wait to appoint a new manager. The word is that a deal for AVB is done but the terms of his severance package from Chelsea meant he can’t work again until July which is why no announcement has been made.

Harry and Levy’s relationship started to crack last summer when Harry was in favour of selling Modric while Levy was standing firm. Harry felt let down by Levy in the transfer market as source say Redknapp asked for his chairman to attempt to get him Gary Cahil and Carlos Tevez last January but ended up with Ryan Nelsen and Luis Saha.

It looks as though maybe this summer Luka Modric may be allowed to leave the club but Gareth Bale says he is staying. Jan Vertonghen and the longest transfer deal in history continues, a deal is close to being done but then again it has been for about a month or more now.

Nobody knows where the departure of Harry leaves the Adebayor deal, I’d happily take Ade but we still need another goalscorer as well but after saying this for 2 seasons has the penny finally dropped for Levy and will he deliver?

It will be a summer of action, managers and players both coming and going. We might get £30m for Modric but there should have been funds available on top of that anyway but we thought this after the Berbatov sale but yet only spent a fraction of what we expected. What Tottenham will look like next season is anyones guess and letting Harry go is definately a gamble.

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