The Spurs Thread

[shock33]

I read something (possibly on here) that said every club Robbie Keane has left has been relegated shortly afterwards.

When he gets bored of being played out of position by Benitez, well, he's more than welcome to return for some Championship action.

Funny if true, but I'm pretty sure Wolves and Inter weren't relegated after he left

[Troublegum]

See, I forget sometimes that he played for Inter as a lad.

PREDICT-O-TRON: Wisla Krakow 2 - Spurs 1

[DC]

I cant understand why Dos Santos hasnt started more for you lot. From what I've seen he looks really bright and creative.

[Shimmyhill]

1-1 and sneaked into the group stages

[redbloodcell]

I cant understand why Dos Santos hasnt started more for you lot. From what I've seen he looks really bright and creative.

He's being eased in I think, although Ramos comes across as too cautious to me with both him, Modric and King.

I think we played a decent game today, had a long period where we looked excellent but then we switched into defensive mode and became shaky. If we kept our attack going today we would have gotten one or two more as they became more desperate.

[Troublegum]

So, who is looking forward to today's inevitable draw against Hull? I can't wait!

If we are true to form we will start playing 4-5-1 and then get booed off at half time after going behind. Then we can make some changes, switch to 4-4-2 and go all out for an equaliser.

I was going to put a winking smiley in, but then I read it again and realised that I don't think I'm joking at all.

COYS!

[redbloodcell]

I'm praying Ramos doesn't make too many changes, but during the week he said he was baffled by the criticism of his rotation so I'm not hopeful

If we can play like we did for the first half of the 2nd half against Wisla we'll win, but that means we need Lennon and Frazier on.

[Troublegum]

If we are true to form we will start playing 4-5-1 and then get booed off at half time after going behind.

Okay, so I got the formation wrong but... ;)

[redbloodcell]

Seriously, the team we've put out today should be doing so much better than this. OK so it was a great FK that put us behind but we've let them have at least 2 more they should have scored. Styles isn't helping either, blatant FK on the edge of the area and he doesn't give a thing!

In other news, there's a rumour in The Mirror that the Asian looking to buy us is Anil Ambani looking for a London alternative to Everton. I think if we lose today then the pressure for Levy and co. to get the hell out will be pretty massive, and might speed the sale along if true.

[Troublegum]

According to Wikipedia, Anil Ambani is the 6th richest person in the world as of this time last year.

He's going to need every penny he's got to turn around this disaster.

[redbloodcell]

We're only really missing one player IMO, unfortunately that player is a lynchpin midfield General who can run the team. Its no coincidence the games we've competed in have been the ones King has played in.

[Troublegum]

We can't rely on King, though, as he is made of glass and balsa wood. Unfortunately, there is no one else in the team who can take lead and drag us back up when we are down.

[redbloodcell]

Exactly, we lost our only other proper captain to Liverpool's dodgy dealings and we seriously need a replacement. To hell with Arshavin from Zenit, we sohuld try and get Tymoshuck.

[redbloodcell]

That's it, if Ramos doesn't go now then Levy is just as clueless as he is.

[Troublegum]

Congratulations Levy, Comolli, Ramos and team!

We are now in a relegation scrap for the rest of the season.

Forget europe, forget domestic cups, it's now about survival. It's over.

[Shimmyhill]

Sounds like we played ok and should have scored a couple.

Derby had more points at this stage of the season Still early days but 4th isn't looking good

[redbloodcell]

We had our chances and Styles robbed of us a Penalty and a FK at the edge of the area apparently, but we should have been out of sight in the first half for pity's sake! We had about 14 corners today, and only one of them was anywhere approaching decent. We've got Bale and Bentley, both renowned for their set piece play, but it looks like they've never hit one in their lives when they step up! There's something seriously wrong with the coaching when a problem like that is persisting game after game after game.

[Shimmyhill]

So Moyes for Spurs apparently !

[footle]

Still early days but 4th isn't looking good

Well, it is for Hull :-o

[V3zna]

We're only really missing one player IMO, unfortunately that player is a lynchpin midfield General who can run the team.

Surely defensive cover and a half decent striker is needed as well?

[V3zna]

Exactly, we lost our only other proper captain to Liverpool's dodgy dealings and we seriously need a replacement.

What dodgy dealings? We enquired about Keane, Levy named a price, we paid it.

[redbloodcell]

You admitted to not being completely proper with your approach, that's why you paid us a large charity donation on top of the transfer fee.

[shock33]

Should probably change the subtitle to "the futures shite", interesting comments from Jol in the Sunday Times about the change in approach since he left...

[Smoothy]

Link?

[redbloodcell]

Should probably change the subtitle to "the futures shite", interesting comments from Jol in the Sunday Times about the change in approach since he left...

I miss Martin

[DriveBy]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/foo...icle4882238.ece

My wife's one of your lot. Hope things start picking up soon, there's not much time left to start turning it around.

[DC]

We had our chances and Styles robbed of us a Penalty and a FK at the edge of the area apparently, but we should have been out of sight in the first half for pity's sake! We had about 14 corners today, and only one of them was anywhere approaching decent. We've got Bale and Bentley, both renowned for their set piece play, but it looks like they've never hit one in their lives when they step up! There's something seriously wrong with the coaching when a problem like that is persisting game after game after game.

I thought Bale was extremely unlucky to miss with his free kicks I saw on MotD. He's real quality in my book.

[redbloodcell]

That was the one good FK we've had in all of our games this season, we should at least be testing the 'keeper when we get a chance, most of them haven't even cleared the wall this season!

Something will happen I feel, we've got 2 weeks to sort ourselves out before Stoke. If we don't at least score and get a point there we'll be completely screwed.

[Troublegum]

A point?? A point?? Anything less than a win is another disaster when the four games after it are considered.

Fixtures

Sunday, 19 October 2008

Barclays Premier League

Stoke v Tottenham, 16:00

Saturday, 25 October 2008

Barclays Premier League

Tottenham v Bolton, 15:00

Wednesday, 29 October 2008

Barclays Premier League

Arsenal v Tottenham, 20:00

Saturday, 01 November 2008

Barclays Premier League

Tottenham v Liverpool, 17:30

Saturday, 08 November 2008

Barclays Premier League

Man City v Tottenham, 15:00

Stoke and Bolton are the only games I can see us realistically picking up 3 points from. Even a 'glass is half full' kinda guy would think it's a stretch to get anything from those last three games other than a draw at best.

[redbloodcell]

That's a good point, we really are in need of a win. Still, the only big club we've faced so far we took a point off away from home, mainly because King was playing and we had someone on there to organise the team. He wanted to play the Hull game apparently so I'm hopeful that he may be able to play some games in a row sooner rather than later.

I still think we should try to get Appiah, but only if he brings his (reportedly large) wage demands down. Give him a couple more weeks without a club and I expect those will fall though.