Morning.
What an uninspired load of old tosh. For those of you with any Champions League related memorabilia such as Investec shirts or match programmes etc I suggest you put them somewhere safe as you may have inadvertently stumbled upon a collector’s item.
You tell me.
We are linked with every striker in Europe with two feet and pulse. Our noble leader Redschnapps actually went as far as telling us that he had a chairman who was pushing him to splash out.
What we got was the equivalent of a man throwing himself on his own sword and then as the blade sinks through him – he decides to take – an Asprin. Charlie Adam? For the love of God, who’s brainwave was this?
This top of the range, executive class donkey was bought from Rangers for half a million quid. Yes he’s had a cracking season. At Blackpool. Blackpool. Rusted fairground rides, white dog muck, unfunny ‘adult’ novelty gifts, racist comics, people living on chips, donkey rides, varicose veins, dripping ice creams, Blackpool. Blackpool.
Levy & Co are culpable here. As the Van der Vaart deal demonstrated, you let Arry do the tapping up when it comes to garbage like Scott Parker, but when you want to land a big fish you need an adult to help you reel it in.
This window was exciting for a number of clubs and a variety of reasons. It reflected the lack of confidence that’s currently doing the rounds. Only Manchester United and Arsenal feel that they can hold a steady course with their current crew. Cheatski and Liverpool had to trade. They had to.
And I fully believe that Tottenham were in the very same position.
Are we waiting for Defoe to ‘bed in’? For Crouch to find his groove? The Russian is the closest thing we have to a top notch striker and Arry won’t play him because he doesn’t really rate him.
He doesn’t rate him because he can’t relate to him. When he talks to him, the boy just looks back at him. Occasionally smiling. I can picture it. Arry turning to Bondy and muttering, ‘I can’t get frew to ‘im.’
Do we need a Director of Football? Do we need someone who can scout decent players in Europe without literally having his trousers pulled down and his watch and credit cards stolen? Someone who speaks a version of English that humans born outside the sound of Bow Bells can actually understand?
If the rest of this season was a movie it would be called, Day Of The Triffics.
Get ready for a lot of hoofing and a slip down the table. Irrespective of Bale, it just isn’t possible for Spurs to sustain the positives they’ve had with the current squad. This isn’t a delayed rant and rave after the Fulham debacle, this a wimper from a guy who’s depressed that we were so close, but in the final analysis lacked the gumption to see the job through.
I think the whole stadium thing coincided with this transfer window very nicely. All the soundbites about not being able to compete unless we have a 60 thousand stadium. Then we dont sign anyone of real note. I think this is Levy’s way of beating the ‘stay at the lane’ crew with a big stick. We either move or stay the same.
Not finishing top four this year will only hurt us if it means we lose the players like Bale and Modric. Champions league qualification doesnt ensure you get the best players. Nor does a big transfer fee. Big wages do get those players, Spurs dont pay those big wages. Thats why no one came this window.
Not qualifying for europe at all might be a blessing. you could see over Christmas some of our players are already spent forces. I think HR not rotating the squad is hurting us now. Overused Bale etc. If we tale off next few games we should start resting players and just have a go at the champions league.
But what the hell. Woodies back. Marquee signing ?
Very interesting point on the spending capacity, I wouldn’t put it past Levy to think that way.
I also wouldn’t put it past him to hold the reins in case HR hops it to the England job at the end of the season. Last thing he’d want (After doing the same before) is to blow a wad of cash on players that the ‘new broom’ wants got rid of – Especially next season when no club has any money to spend.
Still, onwards jolly onwards.
Hopefully our chaps will feel suitably enthused after the rest at the weekend and fancy kicking a ball over no-man’s land while a few whizz-bangs pop overhead.
Blackburn away. Pre-match celebratory prattle tomorrow Harry for the newly reunited HH brotherhood?
Pav came good this time last year and am sure he can do same again if given a proper run. Crouch must be benched now
i wonder if the aguero £38.5m bid was true or not because that shows they would take the risk with the big boys
i’m not saying it is right or worth it but you do need these type of players to improve
we so need the win 2moro,lets hope the lads are clicking
so is woody going to play and is bale out?
Testing…
Hah! More later…..
Too late, sites crashed again!
posting too fast,do you wish to continue :winke:
Aaaaalllltogether nowwww
GOUT!