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A strange night at The Lane.

Spurs hadn’t won since that famous win against the Arse, Dave Mackay died, we had just lost a final. It seemed only fitting that Swansea player would kick off proceedings by attempting to fake his own death.
Emmanuel Adebayor was seen shouting into a mobile phone, “Mom, I told you to quit it!

Gomis didn’t die, the referee let him off with a caution for time-wasting.

This was a vital win. As all wins for the remainder of the season will be, given the untold amount of points we’ve dropped to date. This takes us to 2 points off Southampton, who are themselves are 2 points off Liverpool in 5th place. Perilously close to that Europa booby prize spot.

I’m seeing plaudits for Swansea this morning which I basically don’t agree with. My view is that we made hard work of the game, and had we been playing someone decent, then we would have lost.

Hugo Lloris pulled off a save that had it been in movie, I’d have said it was CGI. Insanely instinctive, a wonderful piece of onion bag bulwarkary.

Eric Dier Did nothing remarkable but was reliable. A rare trait. Danny Rose racked up another game that shows he’s been worth the patience. Bonzo delivered another slice of Hanna Barbera pie with this week’s special feature saw him spectate as the cross for their second goal went in.

As per this week’s Hotspur’s Half Hour, I’ve got faith in Ryan Mason. He’s in his way to being a very good player. Last night we were treated to many glimpses as to why. It was a much more disciplined performance than say, the final, and credit to him for looking to see where he can fine tune. This time he was on par with Bentaleb, opposed to playing second fiddle.More please.

Nabil had yet another a decent game, bar one or two rogue passes.

Townsend scored and it was a cool finish. But his overall contributions weren’t great. Somebody needs to sit him down and have a long chat with him about what it means to be of substance as a footballer. He’s unreliable as a team player and that’s something I don’t know that he is actually interested in addressing.

Christain Eriksen graced us with another one of those games where it took him 30/40 minutes to warm up. He’s a fabulously talented player but he’s in the habit of short-changing us. Pep it up, son.

Old Chadders had a good time of it. I think he’s secretly one of our best players, and am struggling to work out why Poch only seems to get a tune out of him ‘now and again’.

The Harry Kane drought of 2015 has begun. Has the newfound celebrity, or the pressure got to him? What’s fracking into your mind dude? How can we ease the angst? He’s gone from being an unselfish, out of the box thinker, to a lunatic who won’t look up, who only passes when he has to.

Please don’t become the white Defoe, Harry. Trying to dribble through clumps of opposing players, or trying to blast one in from an improbable angle isn’t the way forward.

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