Good morning.
Apologies for lack of activity but I am assured that thanks to the sterling efforts of the world’s finest digital minds the damp sellotape holding the server together has been replaced with stout British string.
The game against Newcastle goes straight into the Top 10 of the best I’ve ever seen. The stage was set for a tough ol’ showdown. Newcastle it could be said, still had the wind up ’em. Pardew has almost reached the point where he can travel to and from Sid James Park without an armed guard.
Newcastle may have in part inexplicably failed to have shown up, but we didn’t win 5-0 because the pitch was on a slant and the ball rolled in of it’s own accord.
Highlights? Krankie proved a noble stand in for the missing Dutchman, who for keen eyed kids was in a box, on the wine wearing one of those foam musical birthday cake hats.
Walker’s defending is visibly improved. That’s all I ever asked for. I never said he needed to work on his conversational Japanese. Pathe News Boy is the N17 Enforcer. Bale was a bit off the boil. Adebayor was a sensation. A revelation. Saha may well be mounting the greatest comeback since Lazarus.
The stars of the show were the home crowd and the manager. I like lots of singing. I like the manager going bonkers when the goals go in. So I was a very happy boy with all of that business.
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7 Carling Black Label
8 Man of the people.
7 He’s passed his fizzical.
7 A lotta bottle.
7 The Avenger.
8 Don’t take away our Breakaway.
7 Cinzano.
9 Buy British.
9 As much fun as an Atari in 1981.
10 Plink plink fizz…
9 Action Man Sharp Shooter
For 67 minutes Saha showed us everything the waste fo space Russian lacked. I loved the instant understanding with Ade – it was almost as if they speak the same language or summink.
It might not come as a surprise that Abe and Saha were a pretty tidy scoring unit when they played together at METZ some 12 years ago…I’d like to think that this was the principle reason of going for Louis (with Abe having a word in Arrys ear about it of course…)as few people seem to be aware of it.
Could be the begining of a very beautiful thing, and if I was Jermaine I’d be a tad worried right now.
Can’t remember feeing this “toe curlingly” cuffed with the SPURS after several decades of support, long may it last.
Chrissy Waddle was co-commentating on ESPN and he was very frustrated with how easily Newcastle kept losing possession. All of our guys are very comfortable in possession (am I right Daws?) and they worked the barcodes from one side of the pitch to the other to make space / an opening. Defoe looked he had got the message when he came on – looked busy outside the box; excellent control on a ball coming out of the sky.
How you can award anyone less than a nine is beyons me – it was a 5-0 thrashing of a team supposed to be a direct rival for a Euro spot, with two strikers that we are all supposed to prefer to ours.
Oh and the video links dont work (videos expired)
You’d have given Bale a 9? Fascinating.
Links fixed :-D
A magnificent match and atmosphere.
When you watch stuff like that you fall in love with the game again.
Especially after that lunchtime pile of bile.
Saha’s comments in the Times’ “The Game” bode well for a love affair with the Club.
He’s never played in a team playing such fast football.
If he enjoys his footy…he’ll stay fit.
VdV must be a little worried.
Triffic result , triffic performance. Why would anyone want to give this up to manage a team who have huge expectations but never deliver. Then get blamed all over the gutter press when it goes a bit Pete Tong.