Sallow, low functioning beings wander, existing on an intravenous of deep fried nothingness and corner shop booze, swathed in sweat shop seconds. There’s a post war fatigue feel minusthe relief, etched into the faces of this tribe.
They are the near dead battery in your man draw. The tea bags that weren’t kept airtight; now just pouches of tea flavoured ash. The tepid ladle of baked beans spludged upon a hot breakfast. They are the tickets you can buy on Groupon. They are millionaires made from publishing snaps of housewives wearing horse brasses as nipple rings and the sales of crotchless knickers to beasts on a beano to Brighton.
A win for us today would put us 2 points off second place. A win for them would allow them to leapfrog Norwich and let Stoke know they have company. A draw does very little for either at all.
We beat Villa 0-4 of course, and there was Fulham 0-3. But it was Defoe, the Midget Gem who scored a brace in both of those games. So what must we do now? Well the ball must be kept on the floor, West Ham need to be passed out of this game. Whilst they like to think of themselves playing in some mystical, ‘West Ham way’ in reality it’s merely a marginally more sophisticated version of hoofball. If we join in with fat Sam’s strategy we’ll achieve nothing.
Our team sort of picks itself. I’ve run this time with what I suspect the gaffer will choose. Prediction? I’d be delighted to see us thump them, but am struggling to look beyond a 0-2 …that’s where we are these days and it feels good.
Starting to think Walker has been given enough chances to put in a shift, time Ade woke up and earned his wages also.
You’ve lost a day somewhere TBH, been on the vino ?
Nothing wrong with starting early (now and again)
On the run.
On the Rum
CockSpur Rum back up to full price at Tesco, didn’t try it, thought it may be rough, stuck to the Glayva Best Liqueuer inthe World.
The difference in price is usually a good indicator of what’s rough and what isn’t.
i think dawson will be chosen in light of the long haired pony tialed one who can actually head the ball
so billy on the bench
1-3 the score
need to get their heads around the emotion of bobby moore tributes and work hard at the beginning, really hard, to get their crowd to quieten down.
No offense to Bobby Moore, but these pre-game ceremonies are energy and concentration suckers, and Spurs can ill afford to lose an ounce, especially over the opening 20 minutes
5 minutes in and they will swap Booby Moore chanting for Adolf Hitler, scum that they are!
We must win, should win and we need more players to play above average.
Dawson for Galllas I agree
Ron hasn’t realised that tomorrows thread is up and running yet, must be engrossed in the City v Chelsea battle, almost any result suits us.
Im still reading up on the Palestinians and Israell who both are playing at home according to the demographics in every year that has a one at the end of it
Forget Bale,there is little room.
Better go with Dempsey and put Bale on later if we have to.
Holtby and Azza have to run more of the attack than Parker as Parker is short on ideas
Sure to be a physical game
I see the logic in dropping Bale but I doubt AVB will.
I don’t…..
I see the logic in dropping Parker, Adebayor and Gallas.
It will be a physical game with little room,so no need to play Bale at first.
Parker and Gallas are aggressive and Adebayor can be nimble with his feet.
It wont be pretty and shouldnt but it will be physical I think
Bale will score tonight. Stick it to the home fans who will chanting chimp at him all night.
I’m hoping WetSpam actually give us a game after that dire Lyon match. If they’re stupid enough to throw everything they have at us then we’ll punish them for sure.
Adebayor needs to find form.
I thought Ade has a good second half in Lyon.Our worst player in the first but our best player in the second
Yeah, true. But we need to have a striker who can really contribute. Lately it’s felt like we’ve been playing with 10 1/2 men on the pitch. I’ve always rated Ade and still do. Solving this piece of the puzzle is key to our CL qualification hopes. Eventually that wonder goal in stoppage time won’t be there.
Ade is a talented play but pisses about too much.For some reason in the last game he stood there doing nothing for a half and then came to life at some point.
Hopefully he thought a little about it and willstart to make a contribution.Its obvious we need a Drogba/Lukaku player in the box but there are not a lot around and if they are they cost mega.
Defoe is injured but I find his game suits some fluidity where he can pick the ball up earlier and run but we have somany of those player,we need a finisher.
Not easy to find.Meanwhile it Ade can add some energy and creativity and desire in the box it would help a lot.Weare relying for goals outside the box.Its iffy at best
I like Upton Park.What will the townsfolk around the streets of the ground do when they move to the sparse Olympic stadium?
I cans ee them all going to the game,Trousers rolled up,white shrits rolled up,handercheifs on the heads knotted and rolled up,blowing bubbles that takes weeks to make to the field
33 minutes at the Etihad with City driving most of the time and little penetration
I’ll be pleased with a win……
I’ll be disappointed with a defeat.
I’m expecting a draw.
The pikeys will be up for it. This fixture is their annual cup final after all.
Years ago, people used the word N1gg5r and Pakk1 and dyk3 – nowadays, everyone now realises that these words are unexceptabe.
Just saying…… innit
Pikey is a derogatory term. I don’t like West Ham. That’s why i exchanged one for the other.
Just saying…….innit.
Oh, I see what you did there. You exchanged ‘Derogatory’ for ‘racist’
You clever….. innit?
Quite a few of us on here use the term Yid. Many find that term offensive/racist/anti-semite. Is that what we are?
I’ve been accused of being a few things on this blog in the past, but racist?
I’ve invariably found you charming.
But I have terrible taste.
Only invariably H?……….I’m deeply hurt and (easily) offended.
Ooh I say…
Someone’s been taking lessons at the Peter Herbert School Of Incomprehensible Bullshit. I’m calling Ofsted
Parker is pony, is that how poor our midfield is :Sad:
Parker should never pass the half way line,ever
He did play a beauty of a ball in the first half against Lyon. For Holtby I think? Although I may have zoned out and imagined it…..
I thought that was a Holtby through ball
You’re probably right.
His job should be to nick it, then pass to the nearest man (Not Walker).
Yes as long at the player he passes to is not more than 5 yards away
“but where is he”
“he is standing right beside you”
Parker will score tonight. You read it here
Parker has the Energy, Drive and Commitment to tackle the Spammers, leave Holtby on the Bench until the hour mark then bring him on for Siggy, that’s when he’ll do the most damage. Tell Walker, yellow card and you’re subbed, no stupidity. Will be great to see Lloris back catching, punching and sweeping.
Raz I noticed every time Holby plays he understands where space is an finds it..That means he can create and open up a defence.
He doesnt seem to be an impact player who can score as much
Id like to see Dempsey get indie in this one and make it happen as he can in tight quarters
You miss the point Ron, if Holtby starts WHU will have measures in place to counter him, if he comes on after an hour they will be forced to re-adjust, his trickery will reap dividends a-la VDV.
Holtby has similar strengths to VDV in the sense of his talent and vision but not sure about his ability to knock one in although he probably could.
If he is not on in the first 60 minutes,who will create holes? Lennon? Maybe
But we have too few who can.
Holtby also has the strength to press.That will be important in the first 15 minutes when they are getting some legs from home field advantage.
Sigg has talent but hanst been able to develop it at Tottenham
“They are the tickets you can buy on Groupon”
everyone is going nowhere at the Etihad no wonder Fergie must be laughing his head off
Silva and Aguero great football
OK, that was a nicely worked goal
Great goal by Yaya. Yah.
Are Chelsea looking doable or what?
let parker stay in the middle as a hate magnet for the spammers to try and kick him out the game ,we should then by pass him get on with the game elsewhere on our terms and crack in 3 while playing the beautiful game.
Noting wrong with Groupon,me and the wife are off to santorini in July,Paddy power paid for it and Groupon sorted it.Now to get some Primark shorts and sunglasses
Fernando Torres is Ginger, is it catching ?
I don’t buy this “Adebayor is lazy in his 2nd year” stuff – he’s put in the running for us since coming back, he just hasn’t really been any good. Partly due to the nature of the opposition – 10-11 men behind the ball is very difficult to play against. Wondering whether we should be countering more rather than pressing to be honest. What price Jovetic at Fiorentina?
Adebayor will score tonight. You read it here
Chelsea thoroughly outplayed,now can AVB get the advantage on a weak managing Rafa?
We have to win tommorow
Worried about this one. And the next one. 6 points would be so sweet but it feels a little too much to ask.
I’m worried about the next 12!
Let’s worry about these two first!
I prefer to consolidate all my worries into one package.
I ve been supporting Spurs for so long I always expect the wheels to come off at some stage during the season
There’s always a CTFU (Classic Tottenham Fuck Up) just around the corner.
I hope we used up all our CTFU credit at the beginning of the season- fingers crossed!
Huge opportunity tomorrow. A London derby with the chance to to 3rd ahead of two other London rivals.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2283567/Gareth-Bale-says-Tottenham-better-Arsenal.html
Last para in particular.
Scenario number 1: we win our next two games, open up a seven-point gap and all but secure a place in the Champions League next year.
Scenario number 2: we lose tomorrow, scrape a draw next week and endure two more months of nail-biting.
Place your bets please.
Posted in completely the wrong place, but there you are.
As for Bale, he doesn’t sound to me like he’s planning on jumping ship in the summer.
I’ve said for a while that this is a defining period in the season.
Two derbies and a Liverpool visit.
Come out of this unbeaten and we’ll be ok.
Arse. We need to do them.
A bonus win at Anfield.
Fulham and Swans to follow. Hope Swans win today to get them in to Europe early. That’ll help put less pressure on them for our game.
First things first. Spammers to lose tomorrow.
BIOYPCs
This is West Ham, an inconsistent yoyo team, why should they hold any fear for us, if we don’t beat them easily then we have been deluding ourselves. 0-3
This is exactly the kind of fixture that we fluffed in our post January slump last season. That’s why there is concern, especially with Arsenal looming. Draw this and lose to Arsenal and they are in front of us in the league. Win both and the goons will be miles behind us hopefully never to catch up again.
If the team show the same apprehension as some supporters we are beaten already, where’s the optimism, the will to win or should we be Doom and Gloom until min May. Believe for in belief is the Ability to Achieve.
Agreed. We have to move on from last year. 3rd looks very comfy and if we’re going to let wetSpam deny us what should be ours then we don’t deserve a damn thing. If this squad with this coach grab third then I can’t see them letting go of it. It’s time for revenge.
I’ll move on from last year when the team does, which is to say puts some distance between us and the chasing pack.
Let’s hope no West Ham fan gets to read this blog, he’ll be telling his mates what a load of pessamistic nonces Spurs fans are, they are afraid, very afraid, let’s get on their case tomorrow night, they’re only a bunch of fairies.
Yeah, because what I write on this blog and what some bellend in Romford thinks of it will have a big influence over what happens on the pitch.
What you write is tripe, everyone knows that, on Thursday evening at 7:12 you posted that you didn’t care about us remaining in the Europa League, just over half an hour later you were Delighted, how can anyone even begin to take you seriously ?
I always want us to win. But my priority is winning 4th. Get it?
Anyway, leave me alone, talking to you is a real chore.
Fourth? Why so pessimistic?
Alreet, 2nd then.
Can’t even get the simplest statement right. Not a Tottenham Fan at all.
Leave you alone, you are the one persistantly argueing with everyone else on the Blog and when i prove you to be an idiot time and again it’s leave me alone. You are not a genuine Spurs fan, your posts prove it, you have little worthwhile knowledge of the clubs history and you know FA about football.
Don’t need to log posts, they are there for all to see, all the lies and stupid remarks, and the inconstincies.
I genuinely have tried to avoid responding to any and all of your cretinous posts over the past few days as there is nothing to be gained from it. You aren’t very bright and seem to have a screw or two loose. My opinion. So yes please, leave me alone, I have no interest in exchanging insults with you any further, and seeing as how you always come up short in that competition, I don’t know why you have such an appetite for it anyway.
Don’t you like to be challenged about your invisible Gooner friends then, the ones you were going to the pub to meet the other night, oh yes you didn’t go in the end, you stayed on here and continued to talk crap. Did they miss your company ? Doubt it, even invisible blokes would be glad to see the back of you.
No, I don’t like talking to you because you’re a mad fool with an irony bypass.
You’re so mad that you are now attempting to tell me I wasn’t in the pub last Tuesday night… See what I mean by not worth talking to you?
Thought you were not going to reply to my insults, but you just did. Contradiction or lie ? I think it was a LIE.
That would be the Gooner pub then, they were showing the Bayern match, you must have been late after you left the blog. Hard to see the invisible lads in the crowd, or is the Pub invisible too ?
The fact that you are logging the times of my posts I find slightly unsettling too.
You are a bit of a prat, though.
You have to admit that.
At least.
That’s nice, isn’t it?
Sorry.
I played the man – not the ball.
True though.
It’s a fact though, here for all to see.
Bruxie: you have to admit that you are a little wet behind the ears though, don’t you? Not the brightest bulb, eh? Bit of a dimwit, what?
You have to admit that, at least.
I mean, you mean well but you don’t well know what you mean. You have to admit that surely?
I don’t know whether or not you take advice.
Post less.
Get a life.
Stop f’ing arguing for the sake of it.
Very well written posts – and I’m not being patronising – but you don’t endear yourself to the average poster.
You know what you do.
Make a few friends in life.
Just ask!
Get typing!
Why would I take your advice?
Plenty of people post as much or more. Do they need lives too?
Btw, A life? I have quite a rich one, thanks very much for your insincere concern.
I never argue for the sake of it, I just disagree with a lot of stupid stuff people say. Especially when I’m bored or distracted.
I don’t care to endear myself to anyone, and less so online. I’m secure in my personal life and have plenty of friends. You don’t know me whatsoever, but feel you can judge these things – that’s weird. Want my advice? Stop offering advice, it’s misplaced and in spite of what you say, is patronizing. Not to mention, lose the pointless insults, like your buddy Raz here, I don’t think you’re best equipped to win such a battle of ‘wits’.
He’s clearly had issues throughout childhood that remain unresolved to this day. A loner with a keyboard and imaginary friends. Either he uses the Blog or it’s the Samaritans as a last resort.
I make no apologies for htis.
You are a complete knob.
I picture you in your iron lung.
Nothing else better to think about.
I feel sorry for you.
Typing with your teeth.
Then again…
I do feel sorry for you.
You guys are quite a pair. Quite strange the lives and minds of ‘regular’ folk.
I like you LLL,even if that disappoints you.Keep stirring that pot.
I think you’re alright too Frontman. I did used to think you were like some of the ‘others’ but you’ve got a little bit more wit about you, it turns out. Keep, erm, doing that kind of stuff, okay?
Regular folk, others, someone’s got a little complex going on there !
LLL 7:12, a love story has just blossomed, think there may be a Wedding, LLL takes it up the *****, might need to buy a Hat TBH.
(up the Aisle).
No acca up Raz?
Didn’t do any today, yesterdays well beat, can’t expect to wim ‘em all. Was in Dublin yesterday at the RDS.
Give us time Raz,we’ve only just got past the cake baking part of our relationship,but fingers crossed.
But what Support fans give on and off the pitch can make a difference (And believe it or not some players have compooters and stuff and look at what is being said about them on the tinternet)
We have the talent but as shown last year we are a bit fragile mentally and while it isnt the main ingredient the positive fan support can help psycologicaly.
Bonzo only makes so many mistakes because he is too busy worrying about what HH is going to write about him if he doesnt make 6 goal line clearences adn get 3 assists and a goal
Raz it will be ok if the players would react to our emotions unfortunately it doesnt work that way rather the other where we react to what we have seen.For me ,we are doing ok,good league position and all but there is that niggly feeling that we have squeaked by and not put our stamp on many games.Its this that makes people nervous I think. It does me.We can show moments of brilliance and overall steadiness but lack that edge at times,only Bale has showed
Only Bale has showed the killer instinct.Everyone else either plays well or doesnt.We cant afford to play Bale all the time so some players have to take that role on.We have too few that have that desire,determination and resolve.
At WH more players have to show that mentality.
Its something thats lacking and that passion doesnt seem to be inspired by AVB.Its seems its all about technique.A little less technique and a little more blood and guts is needed
Who better to get them at it than Parker, Get Stuck In, or should it be …Parker GSI.
GSI Parker, sounds like a good title for a TV programme, an all action, Thrill a Minute Rollercoaster.
Parker is a tiger but offers little over the half way line.This game is for a Dempsey to show some resolve which has been lacking and Dembele to push forward a bit more.Lennon should do ok but we need that inside threat.
A pub owner from Listowel, Co Kerry was fined for serving 51 Nuns after hours, seems it’s becoming a bit of a Habit.
These gooners are a bunch of mouthy wankers,very big headed for an ordinary football team.As for wet spunk,they will try to kick us of there dirty allotment.Strong ref needed.Anyone saying bale should not start needs there head looked at.yids
I just get the feeling that one of these ‘no hoper’ teams would love nothing more than to kick the crap out of him for 90 mins and/or put him out for the remainder of the season.
Ronaldo didn’t always start for Manure.
Dawson for Gallas agreed, more for pace and allows Jan to get forward on ocassions, whereas if its Jan/Gallas, Gallas edges forward instead of Jan which imho is flawed.
Bale must start, he will scare them and if they predictably double up on him, it should (optimism is tomorrow’s key word for us fans) free up some of the others. I do see the counter argument and it might add another dimension if it is stuck at 0-0, but he is our talisman, he is currently our main goal threat and if we want to win games we need as many players on the pitch that can score.
3 points tomorrow, 3 against The Arses will put us in a great position : fingers crossed emoticon
COYS!
I’ll be surprised if Gallas and Holtby start. Think it’s almost certain to be Dawson and maybe even Caulker to counter Carroll with Dempsey behind Ade.
After recent performances and the fact we’ve only lost two Prem matches in the last 4 months I expect us to win. And if we win the next two we’ll be set fair for at least 4th if not 3rd.
Dawson was supposed to be the aerial force against the Baggies and didn’t win a ball. I say stick with stick with Billy. You need to keep the elderly active or they seize up.
Seems to me that Andre sees Daws as 1st choice these days and Billy tends to feature in cup games. A B also tends to rotate the CBs more than most other positions.
Thats because it’s the only position we can comfortably rotate. Shame we don’t have as many options in attack.
So who owns CBS these days or is that an anagram?
Guarantee it won’t be Vert/Caulker after the Leeds game.
Gallas got wheeled out Thu to keep Brad company.
Dawson a def starter tomorrow.
I would leave Bale out of this one until we really need him.
Play:
Lloris
Walker Gallas Vert Benny
Parker
Dembele
Holtby
Lennon
Ade
Dempsey
No not in a line but Parker just ahead of the back 4
Then Dembele on the left ahead of Parker
Then Holtby central ahead of Dembele
Then Lennon on the right
Ade in a number 10 left of centre ahead of Lennon
and Dempsey up top
Nobody on the left at all then or is Walker pencilled in for that wing. I think WH will suss that out very quickly, that frees up their RB and RM to attack Benny and Verts at will.
I like the personnel Ron, but feel that the formation is a little narrow.
On the left you have Benny,Dembele,Ade/Dempsey and Holtby Roves but Benny would be overllapping Dembele basically
On the right you have Walker,Lennon with Holtby roving and Parker covering
They key also ois the interplay between them including Dempsey/Ade
with Holtby in the Silva role
We have a really difficult time with packed defences and generally getting into the box.Our strikers have either been covered in the box and come out on occasion but have had littlke of actual movent where another players goes into the box. Usually everyone waits for Lennon or Bale as there is more room on the wings
We have to get more inside move movement and more dynamic into the box
You already stated that Dembele was central, Ade at #10 left of centre of Lennon and Dempsey “up top” central so how are they on the left as you state 8:57 ?
‘No not in a line but Parker just ahead of the back 4
Then Dembele on the left ahead of Parker’
and
‘Ade in a number 10 left of centre ahead of Lennon’
all 8.57
sorry it was 7.39In effect the back four
Parker Central
then:
Dembele Left
then:
Holtby central
then:
Lennon Right
Ade central left
Dempsey up top
then explaining at 8.57 the interchanging
Both Parker who is just in front of the back 4 and Holtby just in front of the front two rove across
Ade and Dempsey interchange going forward
Two backs over lap
Ron are you mixing it up with American Football ? 4-5-1 or 4-2-3-1 and 4-4-2 are not complicated.
That’s a 4-1-1-1-3 formation, bet AVB never considered that one.
Isnt it really like that.I mean when have you EVER seen 4 forwards in a 424 in real terms or a 4-3-3 unless Barc is playing it.
Water find its spot in the space thats open.Its the same in football.Most of the times those formations are just reference points and not actual except before the game stars and they are waiting for the ball to be kicked
What you’re saying is we should be fluid, isn’t that what Harry meant when he said run around a bit ?
it doesnt mean that.Fluid means that you use you instinct rather than a system because once you have to think of it,its gone.
Being fluid is good but there must be some plan.
The think is indicuduals make fluidity or flow,not systems.its about finding space and creating space.
If you dont its just choppy.This doesnt relate to systems.
Its relates to space in motion and players that can see it or not
Baca and Brazil just use the triangle passing to watch for space and then they hit.The triangle uses angles and bevause they are so good at control they are just angling for a pass that beats one man as once they do that the defence often unravels trying to fill the holes.
I find we do this passing but often dont go any further.It often ends up back and a big boot ensues.
It takes a player or two who sees the play ahead.Thats what creative thinking players do. Once you get one player ahead of the opposition in numbers good teams will make them pay
But wjat Parker dowa it just pass the ball and back again and back again.
Dembele less so because he can have a pop too.He is a bit more dominant.
Thats why we needed Moutinho etc but maybe Holtby can do that.He has shown he can but doesnt get the ball enough
Best leave it to AVB Ron, you would have them so confused they would just go out and run about a bit.
That was Plan B
I notice every game that Holtby is the only one in the final third actually moving looking for space,but Parker messes about with it and then it ends up on the wing only for them to cross it to nobody.
We do need to play the wing but need to create inside with players running off the ball.Only Holtby runs off the ball (all the time) It itself creates space
We need Dembele distributing from further forward, he is the key, Parker to act as DM. Holtby to pace himself and Ade to put in a shift. If Bale feels in the mood he could help out.
I dont think Demebe is a distributor.he is more of a facilitator.Dembele can distribute like Parker distributes except Dembele at least goes forward,Park goes only sideways once he gets to the half way line.yes he passes further than Parker but thats about it.
We have very few that can thread the needle.Holtby is one and maybe the super slow Hudd is two.
Dembele is good but not for that.
its about seeing the play develp and Im not sure Dembele can
You don’t think he’s a distributer but you think he’s a facilitator, what’s the difference in footballing terms ?
I think he can pass the ball but Im not suite sure if he can read the play and pass the ball to where a player might run to and not where he is.
A through ball is like that.It creates the space if the attacker reads it to,to run onto and shakes open the defence.
A pass ahead to a player is ok but doesnt unblock a defence.
I think either a midfielder say beats a man and creates space and then finds the attacker running into an open space or he passes it into a space where the attacker runs. The defence then is pulled out of position.
Parker and Demnbele pass but I dont see so many defences split.
A facillitator just moves the ball from one player to another.
a distributor (and these are just my terms for sake of this discussiion,sees the opening and passes the ball creating a vacum which te attacker can get to.
This kind of move you see Silva do on a regular basis. and Aguero gets the idea as he has a vision too.
Passing by itself means nothing.
Its creating space that makes things happen by either beating the man or splitting the defence.
Ive seen Ade (not lately) do that,Hudd,Benny,VDV,Bale,Lennon and Holtby. Modrix was king of this.
But I havent seen Dembele or Parker do that very much. They play usually simple balls.Maybe Dembele beats a man occasionally and does it.
Holtby is in a perfect position to create space and the extra man as we know he can do thatas every game he has once or twice set a player up with a pass like that.
Triangle passing is good but therev has to be a means to an end.
sorry this was an addendum..
Barca and Brazil just use the triangle passing to watch for space and then they hit.The triangle uses angles and bevause they are so good at control they are just angling for a pass that beats one man as once they do that the defence often unravels trying to fill the holes.
I find we do this passing but often dont go any further.It often ends up back and a big boot ensues.
It takes a player or two who sees the play ahead.Thats what creative thinking players do. Once you get one player ahead of the opposition in numbers good teams will make them pay
But wjat Parker dowa it just pass the ball and back again and back again.
Dembele less so because he can have a pop too.He is a bit more dominant.
Thats why we needed Moutinho etc but maybe Holtby can do that.He has shown he can but doesnt get the ball enough
A Distributor is responsible for the act of supplying, a Facillitor makes it easier for something to happen, in footballing terms Goals win games so both describe the midfield Dynamo role.
You are getting too tied up with the term Raz and not the concept and the point.
Maybe thats because you are confused as to what word to use when they both have the same end result. As i said good job AVB is Head Coach and not you, confusion leads to errors.
Raz,we are not talking about managing.Who manages here?
We are talking about concept.
So I obviously didnt get the point across.
I sometimes wonder if Dembele should switch with Holtby.
Holtby has a much better sense of position.Dembele is strong but Holtby sees the space and opening and we should play through him.Dembele plays much more straight ahead. I see Dembele more in the Lampard/Gerrard role but Holtby more in a Silva role
I think the only reason we play Holtby up top is so he can drift left when Bale moves inside. I see Dembele as the kind of guy you want further up-field running at defenders. I’m sure Holtby would be great in a Modric role.
He is in a Modric role but the problem is when he gets open as he does ever game Parker looks for somebody laterally like a back to pass to as he cant see anything else.The back then passes back to Parker. Holtby gets covered.Parker passes to the other back on the other side and then they cross the ball 45yards to Defoe or Ade who are actually having a cup of tea on the sidelines.
Good point, I think you’re right there. It’s a shame we don’t have Sandro in the squad atm.
We have to win the physical batter and then take control,Billy has a go,Hoiltby has a go Parker has a go,Ade can create and has presence and Dempsey must get back to scoring
razspur has a go then LLL has a go then bruxie comes in and has a go.
Maybe they should all be strikers
:Crazy-Mad:
:Afraid:
Third place beckons, lets expect it instead of just hoping for it.
I saw that program about Maureen the other night and AVb said what Maureen did at Porto was to change the mentallity. I suspect AVB has done the same at Spurs considering we have started scoring goals in the last minute this season. We’ve got a good oppotunity for the next three games, lets be brave not nervous.
I don’t dislike many on this blog, and if I had a list of all those that I don’t dislike LLL would be at the top of that list.
Am I fourth with a game in hand
At this moment…..yes, let’s beat those primark pikies
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What’s the point of having a blog if everybody agrees all the time?
I remember a few months back after highlighting the shityness of Super Scotty Parker before it became fashionable, everyone disagreed, in fact I got called a goon twice……it’s all part of the fun innit?
Piss off,what do you think your are talking about you snotty nosed nitwit….og sorry I thought it was Abuse. Sorry….where is that one that says contradiction again….political contradiction….aha…This is the Syrian Contradiction channel…..
:Conceited:
Your top of my list Spurstacus.
Most disturbing avatars.
You watched the film ‘silver linings playbook’ ?
I have watched that film notso… But now I’m nervous…
As to the avatars; I pick them according to my mental state at the time.
Have you lost weight Spurstacus?
Thanks for noticing. It means a lot. It’s a lonely journey that I have to take day by day. My goal is to be able to use the TV remote by myself by the end of 2013. Fingers crossed… well you know what I mean.
Anyone give me a idea of a price from a tout for the scum game next Sunday please ?
4-7 us to win
Too much, try the club’s exchange mate. Or ask on Twitter. Touts are nasty.
Cheers H
Nice read – with a bit of trickery and pinch of patience, this time tomorrow night we too will have ‘spludged’ 3 points into our pockets and be on or way home, safe in the knowledge that the next time we visit the ancestor’s again they’ll be in their new enclosure.
Got a feeling Adebayor is going to play up – Apparently, we, the fan, don’t live in the real world! In Ade’s World, machine guns chafe clavicle’s and coach seats come in one colour: A Negative. Twat! London’s a war zone mate. Just shut the fcuk up and earn our keep.
chels r there for the taking, possibly. its going to the wire again that for sure. next 5 or 6 games, brown trousers alert. :Afraid:
, pre PL pre www and a more innocent time tbh. 
anyway i recommend Jonathan Pearce’s article on BBC website re Bobby Moore, great stuff and i remember the old Capital Gold days
This will actually be a tight affair, sort of one of Gold’s less celubrious chick flick type of things, but I still reckon Bale’lll stcick it up em
47 – 3 to us
That is tight!
Guten abend, Sidney. I trust your socks are better. Regards to mother.
We need a performance of immense proportions tomorrow night, just to take the wind out of the goons sails. They will be crowing otherwise.
Whoops, I’ve just noticed the time – I mean tonight.
Just looking at the Oscars. How ordinary they all look. Just like these footballers that we give our lives to. How ordinary they look. Sorry too much Jack Daniels and strange 12th century music. Bad combination.
Gregorian chant B.C.? Intrigued to know if footballers used to look odd. Shame nobody in the squad is called Gregory… then we could have a 12th century-themed song for him
AVB goes into tonight’s game knowing that a win not only will give us third but also will prove a point to his former employer that he f*cked up big style when he got rid of him……I just hope and pray that he’s a spiteful person.
LLL disagrees with the clique and he’s an argumentative [insert name here].
The smug clique disagree with LLL, but can never be wrong.
They are free thinking, clever and full of rationale. Expert in all things Spurs but especially patting each other on the back. Continually posting every dreary thought in the hope of the ultimate acolade: a nod or a wink from head boy Hotspur. A bit sad really.
Going back a few months I thought you,LLL and a bunch of other bumders who have since disappeared were the groovy clique crew,sadly for you the Spurs are going well and in 4th,hopefully 3rd after tonights game.I’m sure if we slip up your missing comrades will come dancing back to shout”I TOLD YOU SO”.As for Getting a HH Oscar,yes it brightens my day
Anyone outside ‘HBHotspur-think’ obviously wants Spurs to lose, and if proven correct, is an ‘I told you so’ merchant.
The other ‘bumders’ have probably lost interest due to the enthralling accounts of dog walks, bets, what people are presently drinking and thinly veiled trumpet blowing dressed up as trips down memory lane.
…not to mention the 6th formesque debates and social commentary on the world’s ills.
@TMWNN,tonights acca
Tottenham
Levante
Monaco
Hertha Berlin
Did you place that bet whilst out walking the dog and reminiscing with some bumders about Spurs glory days?
I hate you!
Walking my dog around Paddy Powers,with a bottle of Cockspurs and all the above,not a pance morning
That bet hasn’t got a leg to stand on. It’s crutchless pance.
I bet you done it
I hope you never done it,who cares we won
I reckon he did it the way that he places all his bets – in a stolen moment snatched between frenzied refreshing and neurotic scanning of the blog to see if ‘@TBH’ has noticed and responded to anything he’s said.
My question is, Why do you even bother dropping in on the Blog if it offends you so much ? Now you know what tosspots we all are i’m sure you have much better things to be getting on with.
Agreed
Cheers Joey & Harts.
Aligning yourself with LLL, another who uses capital letters as a username, full of your own deluded self-importance. Who in their right mind would name himself The Moaner With Nothing New ? For the past year you have at least been consistent, moaning at every opportunity with little of substance to offer, LLL and you should form a clique, you could call yourselves Whinge & Lackit.
Yes, the ‘smug clique’ reminds me of some sort of desperate support group (Alcoholics, gamblers, paedos, you name it) who have to keep telling each other that they’re right (that the next drink won’t do any harm, that the next horse will win, that the kid was gagging for it, or that AVB will expunge the bitterness of last season, because Redknapp was the devil incarnate, the man responsible for every failure at WHL for the past thirty years) – absolutely pathetic! The biggest mystery though is why the likes of LLL put up with the avalanche of abuse that dissent invariably brings – surely he can see that the only rule on this PC, anti-racist, ILWT site is ‘disagreement will not be tolerated’.
I disagree.
Although I disagree, with your disagreement; I fundamentally agree with your right to agree with disagreement of others; that I agree with in part; not wholly in agreement with. Please let me know if we’re in agreement?
Nail on the head
What’s wrong, with being, anti- racist; are you pro-racist?
The problem with Parker is age I’m afraid. He came to us a little to late for us to see the best of him. At his prime he was a box to box goal threat, which was still evident during his stint with West Ham. I remember taking my footbal loving French Brother in Law to a Game at the lane v Charlton many years go, to show off my club, my team, and at the end he pointed at one player that impressed him – Scott Parker.
Unfortunately, our issue with Demebele’s recent performances all stem from an incidental heirarchy in the centre of midfield; When Parker, as the new boy, played with Modric he sat back and let the Rat carry the ball, and he morphed into the slide tackling break up player that got him back into the England team (Old school Hodgson, and Capello betraying their dated tactical leanings). When Parker was out this season, Sandro played that role, with the very rare foray into the oppositions last third, freeing Dembele up to carry the ball into dangerous areas, and get within shooting range. It is no coincidence that Dembele looked a more effective attacking threat with Sandro alongside, but now he, as the new boy in the partnership, seems to gravitate toward the holding role because of Parker’s habit of heading off on a mazy to nowhere in particular.
The good news is that AVB seems to be aware of this, as he has taken Parker off late in the last two games v Lyon. Everyone seemed to be perplexed by the appearance Livermore on the sidelines so late in the game when we were chasing a goal , but it released Dembele and others to attack without having to worry about protecting the back four for the final few minutes – Livermore may push forward at times but it tends to be in central areas where he can get back into position quickly, unlike Parker who could head off to the corner flag and lose possession. This change from AVB seems to be the modern version of sticking your centre half up front for the final few and desperately lumping it up to him (a la Wanger/Mertaslacker ha ha). Since his last stint before the hip-injury hiatus, when AVB seemed to regullarly sub Dembele to protect leads, but instead hand the impetus to the opposition (that used to drive me spare), he has kept him on the pitch and sacrificed Parker. He has done this on the last four or five occasions we have been chasing a game. He even brought on Hudd, for Scott in the Man U game for the last ten minutes, and Dembele stayed on. This is put into stark relief when Huddlestone starts, as whoever is unlucky enough to be alongside him tends to cover both holding, and ball carrying responsibilities, and eventually runs themselves into the ground leaving us vulnerable in the latter stages of matches.
Granted, a lot of this has evolved through circumstance due to injury, and the fact that of late, we are chasing games rather than trying to hold onto leads, but what encourages me is that AVB seems to see what I personally think is obvious, and deals with it. Quite obviously he is not doing that because of my opinion, or anyone elses, but just go and ask a suicidal Gooner about how it feels to have a stubborn dinosaur in charge that will not address what is blatantly obvious to everyone else on the footballing planet and sit back while he rages toward cardiac arest.
One last word on those that give Dempsey (part-time midfielder), Parker, and even Dembele up until recently a hard time during our 1 loss in 11 run, please take this sobering thought on board : J***s has actually played for us in the league this season!!!
Thepin, great post, i must say i agree entirely and AVB will no doubt address the situation during the Summer Window.
Pin I agreee with your sentiments here,especially regarding Scott Parker and his capabilities especially on the defensive side and also what happend to Dembele since Sandro got injured but this now can easily be remedied.
What we have been lacking is a player to create since Modric went.Its not Dembele or Parker or Sandro and we have seen the quality of Holtby often but he hasnt been getting the ball enough.
Parker has been running up the field and he gets to the point where he does in circles or stops and passes it to side to side wheile the opposing defence gets gets more sollid.Even with Dembele there is a lack of ideas although he is good physically and has power when he is moving up. If they gabe the ball to Holtby more and let him look to open the defence I think we would be better off. Parker is better from the box to the half way line,not box to box and Dembele is a strong player good for the middle third but Holtby can connect more with the forards and create space.
Lets leave out Dempsey out of the equation as he isnt really a midfielder as he is not creative,not defensive but could notch some goals in a ulility role
Best fact to come out of yesterday: Bradford City have beaten more Premier League teams this year than QPR.
Doesn’t J***s play for them
Not Bradford the other lot
Wigan, Arsenal, Villa all lost to Bradford. QPR have only won 2 fixtures.
Good piece there Pin.
I have given Parker some negative reviews, but only because he frustrates with his slow passing, pirouetting and ocassional forays too far into enemy territory, searching for his first ever goal. He is good at breaking up the play, a good hard tackler,but lacks vision and the creativity we so desire. It’s not working with him in the distribution dept. so time to try something else?
Last season the Sandro/Parker (when Modds was out) partnership didn’t seem to work. Hopefully AVB will restrict him to doing what he does best, protect the back 4 and as you say, allow Moussa to do his proper job.
I think every man and his dog on here want to see Moussa in a more advanced position but it is how to get him up there without leaving the door wide open that is the problem.
We must beat this team of Stoke wanabees tonight and I reckon we will 1-3 with Holtby on the score sheet.
What’s a bumder?
Boy Charioteer
February 25, 2013 at 11:37 am
What’s a bumder?
Might I suggest you watch the Inbetweeners? Great series.
Sounds like pance.
Thanks I’ll give it shot. Anything to while away my retirement till death. May I say without a hint of sarcasm that the breadth of knowledge on this site is breathtaking.
Don’t waste your time BC. I tried it once — five minutes was all I could stand. Another in a log-line of lowest common denominator teen shit.
Agree, it is pance indeed.
If half an hour of really puerile, turgid stupidity is your thing BC, give it go, you may even discover the mentality behind of some of the posts?
yup, utter shite
Its not pance BC.the Inbetweeners is double fab
BC- I couldn’t imagine you enjoying the Inbetweeners, knowing you as well as I do.
It is culture, but of the kind you might find growing under the toe nails of a tramp.
I found it funny in places.
If you want to picture it, it’s literally Grange Hill with nob gags. Not so funny nob gags either.
It is to sophisticated comedy what Shostakovich is to rap.
Blend of bummer and bender (both derogatory terms for a male homosexual).
Courtesy of wiki.
an Ar5eana1 fan…..
A midfielder who played for the Blue Racists in the 80′s.
You would have to ask tmwnn that one, he must know a good number of them.
You seem to be slipping back to the Raz of old.
Thank you Spurstacus, i have missed a few happy pills lately.
Sod the pills, stick to the Glayva
Got a bottle in for tonight, it goes down a treat.
A polite request: Some of you when replying to a post, hit the reply button and your reply (that I sincerely want to read by the way) ends up chronologically wankered.
If you could, when replying to a specific post, copy and paste the post (if short) and then reply, or if it is a long one like one of Ron’s (love you really Ron) then simply quote the op’s moniker and the time and then reply, then we would have a thread that was in time order and could be read more easily, rather than having to trawl back to read the whole thread again.
Thank you in advance gents.
Yes, this would also help those lesser alert and easily confused types who can’t follow a straight line and get the impression that people are in some way endorsing their belligerent gibberish when in fact it appears the exact opposite.
Surely the whole point is to read the whole Blog rather than just the replies to your own posts, that would simply lead to self inflated Ego.
Why am I so nervous about tonight. Their team is shit on paper.
Typical it has to be some 20th anniversary of Bobby Snores death too.
Gives them extra impetus.
(Sorry if im covering old ground but Ive been away)
Think you are out of sequence again L.O.S.
You are nervous because we are Spurs, they are West Ham, this is their cup final and we will, in all probability, lose.
Damn you. I thought that was it…. Couldnt put my finger on it.
As for Sunday…..
Don’t let the WHU players hear you say that!
Damn — that’s my afternoon just gone up the Swanee.
TMWNN
February 25, 2013 at 11:50 am
Sounds like pance.
Funny in my book, but each to their own.
Jews must be protected, but gays are fair game.
That’s how it goes it seems.
Hate words can either be embraced or rejected. We just chose to embrace ours.
“Jews must be protected, but gays are fair game.”
What about if your name happens to be Quentin Goldberg?
Then you are 50% okay.
Tarquin Rosenblatt?
Loveday Goldfinger?
Moses Rimmer?
Nice switcharoo there!
jacov Ramsbottom
Razspur
February 25, 2013 at 11:57 am
Sorry Raz, was that a reply to me or LLL? If it’s to me, you seem to have missed my point, I don’t want to read replies to my posts, I just want to read the thread and then if I came back to it later on, I could carry on from where I left off.
If it was meant for LLL, then no harm and I’ll let you 2 carry on as you do.
Razspur
February 25, 2013 at 11:59 am
The beautiful game?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HICbPkXAt9E
Sam Allardyce trying to unsettle Bale. Quoted by SkySports, he has determined the price that we will have to sell Bale for. What’s more it will apparently be decided by the “rest of the footballing world”. Wouldn’t it be fab if Bale offered his guesstimate on Allardyce remaining at his club next season.
As mentioned on a previous thread:
The Eyeballer would start Dawson and Caulker
Play Naughton at RB, Bonzo at RW – Lennon needs a break, cant remember his last meaningful contribution (Sunderland away?)
Wouldn’t rest Bale – he is on fire and needs to continue his momentum
Holtby to start too with Ade up top.
Would like to see Siggy start but, sure you can’y have everything…
Hugo
Knots Daws Corker A+E
Bonzo Parker Carroll Bale
Holtby
Ade
The facts are all wrong in this post. Defoe did not score a brace against Villa and a win does not put us 2 points off 2nd. Laziness. Very sloppy indeed.
Is that you Jermain?
Are you attempting to endear yourself again?
Hugo
Naughton Daws Verts Benny
Parker Dembele
Lennon Holtby Bale
Ade
We will need Daws for the Spam Hoof balls, and Naughton deserves a run on the right now..
Holtby’s sheer grit & slick passing now warrants regular starts… i like the presence of so many natural left-footers in our starting XI… makes us more unplayable
2-0.. Holtby to score…. COYS
@LLL.
Without having to resort to google do you know what nemo judex in casua sua means?
I didn’t, but out of curiosity I obviously did resort to google. Is there some advice there for me?
Or were you just interested in testing my knowledge of common Latin phrases?
…and yes.
No…
Well anyway I think I know what message you’re sort of conveying, but if so it’s quite subtle, and will fly over most heads.
Or then again you could simply be the quizzical Latin enthusiast you claim to be.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/stats-not-for-me-avb-29092423.html
If we lose tonight it will feel like being punched in the stomach by Henry Cooper in his prime. The feeling of malaise will last for days. I can’t believe for one moment anyone here wants Spurs to lose simply to prove a point. The only difference is the degree of hatefulness of the other team. Losing is the worst feeling in the world, a sliding scale with the Blue Racists and A*****l at the extreme end.
1-2
il go with 1-0 with the prolific Adebayor to stick it in the onion bag
It would be like losing in the sartorial elegance stakes to the local tramp, or Kasparov losing at chess to the fat ‘blonde’ bint from Towie.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2284083/Andre-Villas-Boas-says-Sam-Allardyces-Prozone-stats-useless.html
Interesting insight into AVB management style I thought.
Monsieur Spur Chaud, that was fucking poetry. Brought a tear to me eye.
Treble for tonight :
Tottenham 6/5
Maastricht 4/5
Monaco 8/11
£20 treble if successful will pay out £136:80.
Play the ball, not the man. Baboons are fair game.
BIOYPPC!
Looking forward to the game. Recent history would tell us that we won’t pick up all the points, but we should have too much for this lot, shouldn’t we?
TWNN-?, Surely it should read… The Turd That Won’t Flush?
Fix Bayonets!
it’s a no contest tbh… THB.. For me Ii’s like cuffing a two year old around the head, which probably explains it’s personality disorder?
Tin Hats At The Ready!
Starting Team: Lloris, Walker, Dawson, Caulker, Vertonghen, Parker, Dembele, Lennon, Bale, Holtby, Adebayor.
Subs: Friedel, Assou-Ekotto, Gallas, Naughton, Carroll, Livermore, Sigurdsson.
I think Benny needed a kick up the backside
0-3 Parker hat trick!
followed by a double pike somersault with twist, 5 crazy turns and a quicky shifty at the old sat nav just in case
Walker gets the nod again, how many chances does he have to get ? No cock ups tonight please, Dempsey not even a sub, i suppose it’s Siggy on for Holtby on 65 then.
Carroll made the bench for once, I wonder if we’ll see him instead of Livermore for Parker later on.
Dempsey not even a sub?! Happy days!
now now, one of his eyeballs popped out of his head, hes back soon
Deuce picked up a calf injury.
Who are you wanting to replace walker out of the current squad?
If you say naughton I will just laugh.
Kaboul will be an option when fit but I think I would prefer him in the centre with Jan (Who was rubish last night) or Daws
Would’ve thought Dumpers hurly burly brawn might’ve been useful against these cloggers. Is he injured?
calf injury.
That sucks.
Not half as much as Dempsey does.
Much more. Who else are we going to play? Lancaster anyone?
Burt?
Hopefully the manager has finally realised what a waste of space he is and Siggy has jumped ahead of him in the pecking order.
Sorry, that should have read “he’ll be fine once he’s settled in”.
Yes, a player who gets the winner and equalizer in two games against ManU is usually pretty shit.
His list of notable contributions ends there. For the rest of his time here he’s been a liability.
Don’t think we’ll agree on this one, Unk.
Ade is our only available striker. That is scary.
Looks like we have gone for Caulker, Les and Jan to cope with the high balls to Carroll and from set pieces.
Is it just me or does our run in look much tougher than our closest rivals ?
our run in is tougher than the goons for sure, i see them as our only rivals for 4th
As long as we don’t have a repeat of last season. Trouble is, you can see it happening.
“Ade is our only available striker. That is scary.”
Shh.. you don’t want to upset the natives.
Getting more anxious with every game that comes along.
They all look like banana skins, clearly a hangover from what happened at the back end of last season.
Yep lack of a striker was another disaster.
Ade was very poor last night ignoring the miss and the 1 good header on goal he was not in the game and didnt look like he was really putting the effort in
Defoe back very soon according G Mabutt, it would be nice if he can make sundaybut probably a bit soon
Has our bench ever been this poor in recent years?
COYFS
Wetspam have more forwards than us.
I think perhaps Big Sam has worked out if they injure Ade and get him off the pitch, then we are a lacking any replacement.
Is it really 20 years since Brian Moore died?
Sure I saw Roger Moore on’t telly last year.
Nice tackle Dembele.
Another slow start by us. Seem very hesitant.
I am a Yid in every sense of the word. They say if you put 3 Jews in a room you will get 4 opinions . By that reckoning everyone sounds like a real Yid.
They don’t?
Ok so sue me.
Do caulker and dawson ever actually tackle anyone?
Why is everything we are doing so slow ?
Bale!
HAHAHA!
The Spammers were just singing ‘he looks like a chimp’
They aren’t singing that anymore.
Juan manteam strikes again.
Gareth Bale he looks like a chimp ….. Gareth Bale he scores when he wants! Loved the timing of their song.
no way is bale worldclass, no chance, so inconsistent, dives, fails to turn it on with regularity
He’s crap Rich, we should swap him for Arshavin.
He’s definitely on the right path at the moment…..
we should drop him he is a joke
Didn’t get realize we had kicked off
COYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! f
Wakey wakey Ron.
Mind you, half our team were asleep for the first ten minutes.
Do not let up now!
Early goal exactly what we need, we’re well set up for the counter attack.
Stating the obvious about the early goal. But hopefully you know what I mean. I reckon Bale should go out left now we are 1 up as we will definitely be playing more on the counter
That Joke Hole looks a traffic player….
Triffic….
We’re not a one man team… It would be nice for someone else to demonstrate that ‘tho.
Cheating bastard!
Parker got the ball there surely
Why is is that that donkey only scores against us?
pen, all day long, parker….
Is Adebayor gonna join in this half?
He’s not being paid enough, why should he?
Not convincing at all from us, but been like that for much of the season.
What is this pass back to Hugo lump it and lose the header? Great tackle Walker.
We seem disjointed, like we are waiting for Bale to make something happen. Half our side have been anonymous so far.
Looks like a team of Jenases. Or Penises. Either way they are passing sideways and going nowhere.
Really not enjoying this at all.
What is the collective noun for a Jenas?
A gash of Jenases
Is this an Inbetweeners script?
You’re all trying to talk me round to watching it aren’t you?
Its very juvenile BC,but its fun if you like smut.
Just ignore em BC, they’re all bus wankers!
I’d take the dog for a walk bC, it ain’t very pretty so far.
Holtby is due something
Another shitty performance, hope we can squeak a winner out of the 2nd half like we’ve done in loads of the other games we’ve won this season. This one’s really important, and we have the better players, why doesn’t it look like that?
With half the team not really playing (Dembele, Adebayor, Parker, Lennon, Vertonghen) we have still been the better side. Dawson, Caulker, Walker and Lloris look good at the back, Holtby is making things happen and Bale is pure quality. Benny for Parker, move Vertonghen into midfield and hope we nick one before Holtby runs out of steam. COYS!
sounds good to me!
It won’t happen Jim…..but it just could work.
Don’t think it was a penalty as he did take the ball. But I can’t see why he’s going to ground in the box like that, surely standing in front of him would suffice?
I would have expected a peno if it was one of our players,agree he should have just on his feet,silly boy
Was a pen but have seen them not given.Webb loves us mate.
I only hope Foys a lino.
Penalty all day long. Carroll made the most of it but Parker clearly played the man before the ball.
It is murder watching Spurs at the moment, you know that if we slip up the scum will take full advantage.
What was Parker thinking? That was a desperately poor challenge for a novice to make, let alone one of his experience.
We’ll do this bunch 1-3.
Yes please.
Jason Statham is Parker coming soon to a Cinema near you.
Dembele fancies an early bath.
This is getting worse. Bring Lennon on.
They are starting to push us around a bit. Think we DO miss Dumper here. Holtby is looking a bit Keanesque tonight with his over-elaborate, ineffectual flicks
fucking mess
this is bad
Ade misses a sitter and then they score.
Real half arsed performance from us and why is Lloris trying to save the shot with his feet ?
Loris should have saved that
But Vert was shocking letting him in behind and trying to step up, real sunday league playing of the off side trap
Fine the players 2 weeks wages. EVERY SINGLE TIME we have a chance to press on in the league we play like shite.
Pathetic defending. Ade is useless
Bale single-handedly trying to get us Champions League football. Adebayor single-handedly trying to stop him.
Ade needs to make up for that miss. Sick
Keep the faith were better than them…
Where is the urgency ? We take 20 passes before we try to move into their half.
are you suggisting hoof ball instead?
sometimes calm down using possession and let the inferior team run around a bit
No, I am suggesting we play at pace and increase the tempo, which is what we did in the last 25 minutes and the difference was obvious.
Who’s on the bench that we could bring on to make a difference? No way is this squad strong enough for CL.
Must win game. A point is useless. A loss could be season defining.
But this is shit. We all know it, it’s like the Emperors new clothes.
Yes, it’s pance. Crutchless pance. And anyone who says it isn’t in some way very predictable is fcuking delusional.
Heading practice for Ade and Caulker.
no point for ade, he’s got the form of a turd, caulker needs to learn how to defend as does vertogen
is lennon playing today?
Parker is a feckin liability!
Why do keepers always play blinders against us?
Press the second ball..and that not 2 balls on the pitch.
Nothing on the bench. No point in bringing one.
If we can’t beat these, I don’t fancy our chances Sunday.
Deja vu anyone ?
So can you explain to me, very slowly, why we didn’t need to buy a striker?
B………….
A………..
L…………
E…………
and then defoes back soon. New striker would have been nice tho but at the moment Need is like a dole dosser needing a car or mobile phone
Here comes our battering ram CF, Tom Carroll. Hope he has done his school homework for tomorrow.
Get in there
Game on, now lets finish this fecking shitty game!
2-2. We are getting pretty lucky lately. About time too.
evens out the half dozen saves and the post thingy
Get in Siggy!
Ade even missed the ball in the scramble!
Ade will claim an assist for that.
Looks like the effort they have put in to shut us down is starting to catch up with them.
We might yet get a winner but so might they.
To be fair, this is the best goalkeeping show I’ve seen all season.
joking?
most of the stuff he saved has been poor finishing straight at him
Ok, maybe not the best of the season but you can’t deny he had a good game, without doubt their best player on the night. Carroll was good at being big, but the keeper kept them in it for most of the second half. ANyway, what does it matter now?
We’re due another late goal, for who I don’t know
Me neither, but we have improved since their second goal.
Brilliant Baler
Haha
Not World class ?
Kiss my arse.
Bale goal, Carroll assist, great substitutions
As assists go, that one was almost as much of a contribution as Ade’s air kick for the Sig equalizer!
But not as much as Dempsey’s brace of assists against Newcastle.
inconsistent, wenger was right, walcott was the better buy
We want four
Fuck me running. Would you look at that!
My stream is pance. I actually got a text from the future from a pissed off Spammer about the goal about 3 minutes before I finally saw it!!
F*CK ME, that was fun!
Still going here…
Done. Next!
they just showed coles goal celebration, funny given the context of the final score….wanker
Bring on the other scrum
Get in the Baler, we do late goals, it’s official!! Now who said he shouldn’t start? Come on, own up………..without Bale, where are the goals coming from?
Brilliant stuff, chuffed to bits
It was Ron….
Yes it was Ron.
The same Ron who three months ago said he’d rather have Suarez.
Who’s Ron?
Ron Bacardi
Yeah I also kind of maybe said he shouldn’t start……
But he did start and thank buggery he did!
Who’s in better form right now anywhere in the world?
Bring on the Arse. This is a team of destiny.
I think this calls for a big group hug mmmmmmmmmmmmm
?mmmmmmmm.
Even LLL.
Nah, you’re alright guys, go ahead.
Good man.
Xxx
Join in you old slag
Your boyfriend doesn’t want me to. And to be honest, that’s Ok with me. You two have fun.
Come here big boy
Such a beautiful goal, gets knocked down, gets up, gets the ball back and such a sweet strike and then the great team celebration with the bench and coaches.
from twitter:
After 27 PL games at Chelsea AVB was sacked, after 27 PL games for Spurs, AVB’s Tottenham leapfrog Chelsea into 3rd place
Magnificent.
Magic, another nice treble tipped for you from Raztips, hope most of you were on it, can’t stop winning. If you have been punting a flat tenner on my tips you are now in front by £225:90 in the last 11 days.
Another lucky win. Bale just hits and hopes with his eyes shut.
Good job Howard Webb played the advantage.
Just think how good Bale will be when he opens his eyes…
wasnt advantage just didnt want to give us a free kick,which made the monster so wild he got up an whacked it in in disgust.
He could do the hokie cokie for all I care, if the keep going in
Well done Raz.
Just saw Ade’s fluffed header after Siggy hit the post…………..how on earth did he miss that? Currently, without Bale, goalwise, we are in a dangerous situation, someone else needs to step up and start scoring.
Siggy looked decent when he came on as did Carroll………….brilliant result, now bring on the Goons.
3rd fukin 3rd I shaking ssoooo bad wwwowowowwowowowowowoowowowowowowowowowow
Gareth
How many Spammers got booked. CADS beaten cads
West Ham kicked seven barrels of shit out of our players all evening and Big Sam has just come on the telly complaining that Dembele wasn’t sent off for an innocuous foul on Joe Cole. Tw*t.
I know,what a graceless Nerk
No class, that’s why he is the West Ham manager. Can’t stand it when managers are looking to get players sent off for petty incidents.
SlurAlex’s favourite pet poodle. Fuckim.
Bale ain’t no chimp. He is King Fuckin’ Kong.
fucking A
Praise is also due to Lloris for a truly outstanding save when they were 2-1 up. He comes sprinting out of his goal to foil Taylor who is in acres of space. Two minutes later we equalise.
There is no way on Earth that Friedel makes that save.
Did think when it happened both that Friedel isn’t doing that and that it could be a game saver. Two minutes later, I said to myself that I told me so.
didnt you tell yourself ,you didnt think that?
No, I told you that I said to myself that I told me so.
What a sorry bunch of twats Wetspam are booing Parker, though out the game. We were poor, but a victory was still well deserved.
BTW…Aunty today: ‘We have 2nd well within our sights.’ What a laugh, the man’s deluded!
A bit ironic considering he fails to see anything going on during a fuckin’ match
I hope my sweetheart Karren Brady isn’t too upset
She’s got a face like thunder!
Thunderbolt and lightning, very very frightening me………………….
Shouldn’t but i am listening to Talksport, it was Harry who turned Bale from a failure at Left Back to one of the Greatest players in Europe. That’s why we are above Chelsea and 3rd in the Premier League, it’s all due to Harry.
Just ignore them and enjoy him mate, he won’t be around forever and it will be a while before we see someone as good again.
Gary Hooper has tweeted, Gareth Bale is a Joke, what’s all that about ?
Half pissed, over the moon and £342 richer thanks to Gareth Bale and we are up to 3rd, does it get any better ?
Next weekend perhaps?
lloris , bale, AVB’s subs (again making a difference), karen brady lookin like an old granny, booing parker, ade’s air shot and weak header but in final few mins holding up the ball really well..
great nite. but..we need defoe back.
i liked avb’s post match i/vie. big sam bitter bout some technical yellow card, shaaadap.
bale against mertesacker? anyway what a game its gonna be sunday.
coys!
Enjoyed the ending but still not sure why we only played at pace after going 2-1 down.
Need to play for 90 minutes on Sunday to win.
We seem to have a tougher run in than Arsenal or Chelsea.
Have no fear that our tempo will up for the big games which is an advantage for us
was hoping that joke hole was gonna score again so webb could send him off.
In case I haven’t said it lately: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! AVB Out!
Supported Spurs for 50 years and I cannot recall any other player influencing results as much as Bale.
He turns games in our favour on his own.
I agree.Thats why we also need a Plan B. if he gets injured we will need it
Errr… Pretty sure you said drop him for Dumper…
he did, and some other melt agreed with him, keep our best players on the bench for when the oppo are tired, childlike logic
I think Bale is over-rated. Since when does a chimp command this much adulation. Dont get me wrong, I like PG and all that, but Planet of the Apes put me off the 4-4-2 for good.
Clyde was
nother brace from Bale. Can the experts inform everyo
n when Bale reaches world class status peas
Surely if every team in the world want him,…. Hes world class. The thing that Ire’s me is when newspapers write things about how much clubs are going to pay for the lad. How could they possibly know that pre transfer window. World class status peas hmmmm……ask sid!
If I were to write in English, that would read something like, can the emotionally detached tell me exactly when Bale is world class?
Just starting to watch it now.Great rendition of that stupid song from the spammers fans in honour of their great Bobby Moore.
Nice, can you let us know what happens as the game plays out?
fuck you just made me miss the first goal
lucky I recorded it
I love you AVB, no I love you GBhttp://www.cartilagefreecaptain.com/2013/2/25/4029476/west-ham-vs-tottenham-gareth-bale?
Ongoing Delayed Comments:
Never seen so many back passes by a player in my life as Scott Parker this for 20 minutes
Don’t worry Ron, i’ve got a good feeling about this game……………..
he thought he was still playing for the spammers,he was having a psychosomatic game
Cant understand how the game ended 1.35 a.m. Tuesday.
Lloris 7.5
Walker 7
Caulker 7
Vert 5
Parker 7 defensively 6 passing
Dembele 7
Lennon 7
Holtby 7
Ade 5
Sigg 7.5
Bale 9
Carroll 7
Dawson ?
I give Dawson a 7 but take of .5 for a hoof right to a west ham player so 6.5
As soon as Parker leaves the field we score the winner…….again.
Against the bumders we should sub him after exactly one minute, or better still give him and the moneywhore a well earned rest.
He’s just not fluid enough at the moment. The thing is with parker he never has an awful game because of the effort put in. A real immature penalty though. Gylfi keeps coming on and making the midfield look more settled, hes got to be getting a start soon.
agree with Sigg
Regarding Parker.He has a go and to be honest we cant ask more from he.He doesnt have that much talent in terms of reading anything and his passes are simple at best but he does have a go more than most
Our weakness is again at striker with Ade not giving us what he can give us.he has talent but is a schmuck
Vert is getting worse than any of the backs if you can believe it
Really concerned with Verts form, he was quality before christmas but his form has slid dramatically since
Really RonWol? have you seen Benny play recently?
Bale himself is not world class ,he just scores world class goals
He was great before when he has space.Doesnt need space now he has that shot
He will be something else when his right foot can emulate his left foot
Puskas was crap with his right foot come to think of it.
Spurs sights set on City…
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/unbelievable-bale-places-city-in-tottenhams-sights-8510708.html
While at times we dont look so impressive we continue to do well and other teams must be taking note.
Lloris 7 Llovely
Walker 6 Better
Dawson 8 Captain
Caulker 7 Steady
Vert 6 Bothered
Lennon 6 Lacklustre
Dembele 7 Engine
Parker 6 Duracell Bunny
Bale 9 World Class
Holtby 6 Fellover
Ade 5 Yuck
Siggy 7 Impetus
Very pleased for Siggy hope he can capture some form for the run in.
bale is pance ,should of had at least 5,he misses more than he scores :Sad:
The Visuals:
1 Manchester United 27 22 2 3 64 31 12 0 1 34 15 10 2 2 30 16 33 68
2 Manchester City 27 16 8 3 50 24 10 3 1 31 11 6 5 2 19 13 26 56
3 Tottenham Hotspur 27 15 6 6 47 32 7 4 2 20 13 8 2 4 27 19 15 51
4 Chelsea 27 14 7 6 55 30 7 4 2 30 12 7 3 4 25 18 25 49
5 Arsenal 27 13 8 6 52 30 8 3 3 35 19 5 5 3 17 11 22 47
6 Everton 27 10 12 5 41 34 6 6 1 22 16 4 6 4 19 18 7 42
7 West Bromwich Albion 27 12 4 11 38 36 8 2 4 21 13 4 2 7 17 23 2 40
8 Liverpool 27 10 9 8 49 34 7 3 4 27 12 3 6 4 22 22 15 39
9 Swansea City 27 9 10 8 38 34 5 6 2 26 19 4 4 6 12 15 4 37
10 Stoke City 27 7 12 8 26 32 6 6 1 18 14 1 6 7 8 18 -6 33
11 Fulham 27 8 8 11 37 42 6 3 5 22 17 2 5 6 15 25 -5 32
12 Norwich City 27 7 11 9 27 41 6 5 3 16 15 1 6 6 11 26 -14 32
13 Newcastle United 27 8 6 13 38 48 7 1 6 21 20 1 5 7 17 28 -10 30
14 West Ham United 27 8 6 13 31 41 6 4 4 23 17 2 2 9 8 24 -10 30
15 Sunderland 27 7 8 12 29 36 4 4 5 14 13 3 4 7 15 23 -7 29
16 Southampton 27 6 9 12 38 49 4 5 4 18 15 2 4 8 20 34 -11 27
17 Wigan Athletic 27 6 6 15 33 51 2 4 7 17 27 4 2 8 16 24 -18 24
18 Aston Villa 27 5 9 13 26 52 3 4 6 11 19 2 5 7 15 33 -26 24
19 Reading 27 5 8 14 33 51 4 6 4 22 27 1 2 10 11 24 -18 23
20 Queens Park Rangers 27 2 11 14 19 43 1 7 6 8 21 1 4 8 11 22 -24 17
If we type in Barclays Premier league Table it gives all the stats, games played, won, drawn lost etc and they appear in a proper table, looked at it quite a few times last night.
I think I need the Enigma machine for that one Ron.
This is a code we have been trying to break since 1960-61
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/premier-league-match-facts-west-ham-united-v-052342701.html
AVB’s reaction and celebration are of immense human proportions. Bales running straight to AVB to celebrate the 2nd goal. Pwopa.
Was very nice to see wasn’t it. Remember when Sandro did that with Redknapp and he got an earful for getting too forward?
Bale wouldn’t be doing this if Defoe was playing… Or would he?
The Eyeballer is one happy Eyeball today!
Carroll should be given more game time. The Eyeballer believes he has class and anyone who says he needs to ‘beef up’ needs to realise that by making his own space he doesnt need to – ref Iniesta….
The Eyeballer was also delighted for Siggy – if anyone deserved a goal it was he.
Lennon needs a rest. Seriously. Although he did show glimpses once Pogatetz came on – that bloke was a f*ckin’ joke – the Pikies Ramon Vega!
‘No noise from the pikie boys, no noise…..’
Any youtube footage of Bale’s screamer?????
A West Ham fan said this morning: “If it wasn’t for Jussi we would have lost 2-8.
BC his saves were good but most were straight at him. Ade is getting very frustrating now. He managed to jump over the ball for the equaliser, still he landed straight on Collins so a good second prize. We could really do with some form from him.
If it wasn’t for Bale, they would have won.
If it wasnt for Jussi, ade, caulker and sig would have scored.
If it wasnt for parker they would have only scored 1
If it wasnt for Vert they wouldnt have got a second
If the ref hadnt blown the whistle to start the game they still wouldnt have kicked off.
Bale is our player in form at the start of the season it was defoe, verts and dembele
Harry, please call maintenance there’s a floater that needs seeing to!
Scores on the Doors.
Lloris 7
Walker 6
Dawson 6.5
Caulker 6.5
Verts 6
Parker 6
Dembele 6.5
Lennon 6.5
Holtby 6.5
Bale 8.5
Adebayor 4
Subs: Siggy 7, Carroll 6.5, Livermore not on long enough to rate.
AVB 62%
Team Performance 64%
Harsh to be critical of a 3-2 away win but what’s up with Ade and Verts ? Walker, Parker & Lennon need to up their games.let’s just hope Baler does not get injured in the run in or we are scuppered. COYS.
Totally agree with you about concerns over Ade. They just ran through all of Bale’s goals since Jan 30th on Sky Sports News. After every goal you see teammates going ballistic, hands in the air, jumps, hugs, the lot. At no point did I see Ade celebrating with the team.
If you see a replay of Bale’s last minute wonderstrike last night, you can see Ade just turn around. Not raise his hands in the air or start running towards Bale. Most of the team are involved in the big group hug, but not Ade.
Make of it what you will…
I’ve been noticing that foe weeks now. Watch the injury time Leon goal…Ade doesn’t move…same again last night.
Do you reckon he likes to be the main man?? Surely you have to earnt that rite.
I honestly do not know what has happened to him, he was immense last season. AFter missing that header (where it was easier to score) I was shouting at the TV that he should donate his weekly wage out of embarrassment.
Verts very dissapointing for several games now.Yesterday I thought he was our worst player
But he’s an improvement on BAE though, mind you that’s not too difficult!
Great not having Dempsey to shout at! The team moves much better without him.
The Eyeballer has noticed that the way we close out games under AVB is so much more controlled than under Troutychops – AVB has instilled a much better emphasis on keeping / controlling the ball, thus the longer build ups and more ‘sideways’ passes. Under Redknapp it seemed the ball always had to move forward. The lads are enjoying their time on the ball….and this without Ratface to orchestrate. Players like Bale and Lennon can change the pace of possession play drastically – perhaps only Man U can do likewise (and they have been doing it for years)…
The future looks good
COYS!
The Future Looks Tottenham
Harry..the Tee Shirt Please!
Our corners are getting better,we must be working on them in training.If we start getting joy from them,it waill add a threat to our game that’s not been there for years.I’ve still got an erection.
Did Bruxie not finish you off?
Mine needs a lot of polishing.
That’s it,no more homo erotic,carry on up the khyber type shite.I’ll start posting my preferred team and my reasons behind it,promise.
Yep, majority of corners were into the right area last night, big improvement, just need to get Caulker, Verts or Ade on them now. Carroll has potential, needs more game time. Will Kaboul be on the bench for Sunday ?
Loving the look of the Barclays Premier League Table, hope i can say that on Sunday Evening.
To be fair, caulker got on a couple but Jussy saved em and i think someones ass
Have to leave for work but I must say Holtby had a very average game.He was far from our worst player (I give that jointly to Ade and Vert) but didnt offer us something we needed actually that Sigg offered when he came in and thats the inside threat. We are very weak and badly need options to Bale.
we are very weak at striker I meant to say
Not alot will like this. Can you imagine where we’d be with Berba.
…and Modric.
Holtby was ineffectual, and his flicks etc most frequently led to a turnover of possession. Plus he seemed pretty surprised with the rough treatment from the spammers and the lack of protection from the ref. Welcome to the PL, seems your boy wonder has a bit to learn still
Its expected that he still needs to learn, hes Still young 3L’s he wasnt rubbish but was his most average performance so far,
Hopefully he wil continue to learn and settle in and improve, stil think he shows a bit of vision bags of enthusiasm and a very high work rate
The evidence so far would seem to suggest he’s better off coming on as a sub for the time being. If Bale is to be deployed through the middle against Arsenal hopefully Siggy can occupy the wide left berth; he’s done enough and been patent enough to deserve that.
We sold Pienaar and bought Holtby. I wonder why?
He’s good player we bought 3 months to early out necessity.He needs to adapt to our style of play and the EPL in general. I’m sure he’ll come good in the same way it took Sandro a while to settle in. At the moment however he looks like O’Hara on speed and we’ve looked better balanced when he’s gone off.
Everyone has gone even more Bale-Crazy this morning. Great result last night. It’s typical that Spurs get labelled a “one man team”, I seem to remember Ronaldo having a similar run for Utd on the way to one of their many titles.
Tbh I don’t really care, I guess ‘cos we didn’t buy another striker that AVB planned to use Bale in this way. It’s working, he’s scoring goals and we are winning matches. Siggy scoring last night was a bigger bonus, hoping he can now push on as a super sub or create a role for himself in the 1st team.
I can’t help feeling that this time last season (and the season before) we would have lost that game. We seem to have that energy and desire we’ve lacked before. I know we were really lucky that Taylor didn’t score, but, again, I don’t give a monkeys. It’s all about the 3 points…
Lucky? Is that LLoris’s nickname then?
Or we were unlucky we didnt score more or that the rebound from sigs shot went to ade
lloris is a diamond
A massive “yep” to that!
Best Goalkeeper in the Premier League, no doubt. Could have done better for their second though.
Premier League be damned, you’d be hard pushed to find anyone better in the world right now I reckon.
I think it’s coz Cole miss hit it that fooled Doris. If it had been hit cleanly I think it would have been saved. Just one of those shots.
I thought that was Bale who came rushing off his line a couple of times and I’m sure it was Bale who set Bale up, to run on to Bales through ball, which Bale hit first time, which Jussi parried ,but Bale was on hand to square it to Bale who scored.
Pick a pick a pick a Bale…
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH Lordy, Lordy preaddd de Lordy
I’m still buzzing after that result. Massive ,massive win for us last night.
I like the way he owns the whole box.not just the little six yard one.
Just a thought on the striker business (Yes Ade was pance)
if we had brought Leandro would bale have been given the same role.
If not would he still have scored the same amount of goals? and finally
Would leandro have scored as many goals or would he have needed time to settle in?
Is this a sign of AVB taking a calculated risk not to blow the budget and use tictacs to solve the sriker issue?
Answer to last line is no. Only a fool wouldn’t want more options in attack than we have. Calculating a risk based on Bale going on an unprecedented run of match winning world class goals would also be quite foolhardy.
No No I get the want need thing. we all want a need more than we have whatever the topic and no matter how well off you are.
As for foolhardy, I may have agreed with you 6 weeks ago but now it clearly wasnt foolhardy. Defoe is coming back (some saying this weekend but I will beleive it when I see it).
Even the most die hard ‘we didnt need a striker ‘ supporter wouldnt have bet on the goals coming like they have.
However if we had brought a striker its quite possible that it would have been Ade and new guy with Bale on the left hence the initial questions. Its unlikely that the likely candidates for being the new guy would have come straight in all guns blazing. I understand that Leandro has not been firing on all cylinders himself for a while
I just wonder if AVB new this had seen bales potential and took a gamble on Ade and defoe. I think he may have done when the leandro business got too expensive
Ade has made a massive impact. Defenders are so shocked at how poor he is they are losing concentration and allow Bale to peper the goal with shots from aroubnd the box. Its genius really
You’re also ignoring the fact that Adebayor is on the pitch – quite easy to do atm admittedly. But if we had bought another striker they would likely be there and one would hope having a bit more of an impact than him
‘We don’t need another striker’
To the tune of Tina Turners ‘We don’t need another hero’.
Did any one notice how’s Daw’s set up the winner by starting the move from our six yard box when we was under pressure ……
Yes super superb goals from Bale. But he chose to celebrate with AVB first, followed by other team members.This says so much about the relationship between manager/ training staff with Spurs players. Fabulous
Ade redemption – hatrick at the weekend please. None of this getting sent off malarky.
Lloris was fantastic, caught so many crosses and the speed in which he came off of his line to thwart Taylor’s effort was first class. He is a top, top keeper.
I reckon/hope Sigg will get a start on Sunday.
COYS!
All the talkshite boys seem a bit worried that their(wants)predictions of a total Tottenham collapse earlier in the season seem in some danger of being wrong.I’m not a violent man in any way but if I seen Durham on my travels I’d find it very hard not to biff him on the hooter,as for fat boy Quinn,the lads special needs.
Same thing goes for Warren Barton
Siggy made the difference in his last two sub appearances and deserves a start…maybe at Holtby’s expense. Holtby will make a great impact as a sub against Arse.
Scores on the Daws (doesn’t Fat Sam looks like a toad special)
Lloris – I was terrified that this bunch of lolloping ‘big units’ would trouble us at every set piece…not with Hugo catching everything in the air. Good show, some great saves and quickly off his line as ever plus kept the counter attacks flowing thanks to his quick throws out. Kept us calm at the back 8/10
Caulker – steady game, didn’t notice him too much which is a compliment of sorts. Did notice him fluff a free header 7/10
Dawson – took some risks in his distribution under the assumption this lot aren’t all that deadly, think it paid off more than it failed. Looking more and more confident, you’ve got to feel happy for him really 7/10
Vertonks – back on the left, had his moments going forward, then screwed up for their goal. Not awful, not as good as we’ve previously come to expect 6/10
Walker – had his usual two cracks from 30 yards with the usual result…zilch. Our right hand side as an attacking outlet was really limited, Lennon and Walker – two of the fastest players in the league…please isolate defenders, overlap, run into the box, beat your men, sheesh 6/10
Parker – could he have been any more worked up over facing his old team (errr, he could have done an Adebayor I suppose…). The lad is limited, in physique and in his technical abilities – it was funny watching him try and do a Bale taking on five of the wrong ‘uns at once, and fair play he even won a free kick at the end. Loads of heart…but we miss Sandro desperately 7/10
Dembele – silly booking, quite a tetchy performance all round, doesn’t seem to like the claret coloured ones and who can blame him. Kept us ticking along and fluid on the break – sad thing is that when paired with Sandro he is sublime, with Parker he isn’t quite at it to the same degree 7/10
Lennon – I don’t enjoy bashing the lad, he was really good for a coupel of months back before christmas, but our right wing of late is a quiet zone. He finally took on and beat a West Ham defender at around the 70 minute mark and won a corner – why wait so long? I’ve always referred to him as the nuclear deterrent…when was he disarmed? 5/10
Bale – Bale for PM? The best ever argument for human cloning? The next evolutionary step for mankind? Perfect 10/10
Holtby – the most over enthusiastic German since Freund, sort of bounces and is buffeted around a bit at times, when he’s settled down he could be some player but needs to get to know his new buddies a little better first. Steep learning curve but holding his own thus far 6/10
Adebayor – has always looked a little languid at times but now appears strangely weak. Get him on the protein shakes and put in something stronger to wake him up while you’re at it. Can’t keep missing sitters! Infuriatingly there are glimpses he is still the same Ade we know and love from last season 4/10
Siggy – looks focused, grit and determination, enjoyed the goal – could be on the comeback trail 7/10
Carroll – looks like he could be ripped to pieces out there but has a sweet touch and keeps his cool, could be the kid to break the mould and come through the ranks to become a squad regular 7/10
Livermore – survived the transfer window N/A
AVB – great celebrations, the subs seem to be getting better timed plus a brave choice to take off the much hyped and super keen (though a bit erratic last night) Holtby, loves it when we win but doesn’t go loony spouting rubbish when we lose – the philosophical one? To early to know for sure but is he changing the Spurs mentality (players and fans)? 8/10
i may be shallow but to hear chelsea fans saying they wish they had avb (and got rid of him too) early makes me feel a little bit warm inside.
coys and coygfg
Calebray, call me shallow too then.
I’ve come over all gay for spurs like the rest of this lot: Let me Lucky Pierre!
http://www.cartilagefreecaptain.com/2013/2/25/4029466/west-ham-vs-tottenham-gareth-bale?
Tonights Raztips Quad, i suggest £10 on;
Port Vale 4/5
Gillingham 8/11
Rotherham 4/6
Sheffield Utd 4/6
A £10 Quad would return £90:36 if successful.