Good afternoon.
A footballless Saturday and here in jolly old Blighty I can tell you that direct and immediate action needed taking to prevent a severe attack of the Collywobbles setting in. There are only so many times a man can watch Carry On films…
Mind you. Nothing a Chinese meal for at least three ordered for one, several thousand ice cold beers and Sexy Beast on DVD can’t cure. Wallop.
The End of Season Survey was a success in terms of participation, a good couple of thousand joined in; so a big thank you to all those who had a go. Always appreciated.
Question 1. This was about the goalie situation. Interesting stuff. 58% of you want to shop again. Retaining Brad appealed to 35% and 6% of you would give poor old Gomes another spin. Carlo was on the floor here, I guess the Wembley fiasco didn’t help. Just 2% would give him another go.
Question 2. Kyle Walker. The people’s choice. 50% believe he needs coaching. 47% just wanted opted for ‘what a star’, with a brave lunatic fringe supporting the idea we play him as a winger.
Question 3. Benny Barnet. This was interesting. 84% said he wasn’t perfect, but he was first choice. The remaining 16% split themselves down the middle. 8% wanted shot of him. 8% suggested coaching.
Question 4. I do hope someone at the Club above the pay grade of Megastore Coat Hanger Manager is reading this. 93% want Vertonghen or similar. Only 7% thought that Eunice & Daws were the future. The jig is up. The existing pair are decent men, but we need to shop. And now.
Question 5. Modric is as could have been expected split opinion. 71% adnitted his sale would be a killer blow. 29% said they didn’t get the hype. So on balance Levy & Co. did the right thing.
Question 6. Pienaar. The man who never was. 64% want him just sold. The remaining 36% want him recalled.
Question 7. Adebayor. More sharp voting. 70% want him permanently on a deal that doesn’t cripple us, the other 30% don’t.
Question 8. This could be argued that it was a set up. But here goes anyway. 86% expressed shock at the quality of set pieces. 14% felt things were going just fine on the coaching front.
Question 9. This was about naming your most improved player. Top 3 were Kyle in pole with 35%, Sandro in second with 26% and Jake on 18%. Everyone else was in single figures.
Question 10. This was about naming your player of the season. Top 3 were Scotty in pole with 36%, Raging Kaboom in close second with 30% and Kyle with 11%. Everyone else was in single figures.
Looks like Barton is off SAF’s Christmas card list. Once a scumbag…..
I was in Munich just before Euro ’96 and spent most of my time in The English Tea Garden. I think if I lived on the continent, it would be Munich (although
being a Spurs fan I’d probably support Munich 1860).
Bayern losing 5-2 the other day in German Cup Final to Dortmund is worrying to say the least. 3
Just saving themselves for the biggie.. :-(
To be fair, they were thumped by the runaway winners of the Bundesliga.
Season over, thank Christ. My summary
1. HR took the second best team in the league and placed them 4th. He has to go.
2. Mod started like a world class player. Ended like a moron. He has to go.
3. Sandro is world class. Keep him at all costs.
4. Kaboul what a fantastic CB. Anyone who disagrees has shit in their eyes.
5. An abundance of young talent that needs a little more direction. Walker, Livermore possibly Caulker.
6. Ade although one of the best forwards we’ve had for a while. 16 goals is not enough. Thank you and goodbye.
7. Time to bring in a CB, Striker and left winger. If we keep him Bale has to stop trying to be a CM and stay on the wing. LB could be a possibility.
Thanks to all on here for keeping me entertained throughout the season. Its been once again ….Emotional. Now we all have the fun of the press trying to sell our best players. Bon Voyage
And a special thanks to HH, who despite the put downs and the berating, continues to chuck out the garbled goings on as quick as his little fingers can move. Top man. Top job. :daumen:
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Some excellent points but disagree with 2(Don’t know that we could better him at the moment with out wage structure and Levy has stated publicly that he’s going nowhere) and 1(Not convinced that we could better our current manager and I’d be concerned about how the players would respond)
In all honesty point no.2 was a bit “off the cuff”, just a little frustrated.
would agree with most points:
Additionally:
Sell Modric (£40mil)and give his role to Pienaar.
Bring in Goalkeeper (e.g. Krul, Vorm)
Throw Redknapp from the train
Keep Adebayor
Let Adebayor and Defoe develop a proper striking relationship ala Keane and Berbatov
Bring in goal-scoring midfielders (e.g. Hoilett, Dembele, Moses, Jarvis, Gyan)
Verthongen and Caulker should cover us for CB position
Happy St, Totts you bunch of ‘mind the fucking gappers’
Nah seriously
Congrats on the season U fuckers…..So close yet so close and with some pretty tasty football at times…
Let’s all hope for the sake of football justice we see you lot in the CL
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A strange season; on the one hand the newest oil baron club in town does what must be expected of a club operating on a level no others can match, and on the other we’ve seen the most open, exciting and genuinely interesting last day of the season for many a year. Stopping man shitty from running away with everything for the next few years may prove difficult.
Looking at out situation in terms of the big picture, we’ve finished one point behind arse. We are definitely closing the gap and must build on our recent relative success, keep our best players and get a few better ones. The new stadium and a higher wage ceiling looks to be just a 2 or 3 years away. A top centre back and goalscorer this summer must be at the very top of Levy’s busy agenda.
Go on the Spurs.
We were better than Arsenal this year. They say the table doesn’t lie but a one point lead which was greatly helped along by the most shambolic goal-keeping performance of the season puts the final standings in a clearer light.
Still think ‘Arry blew it last week, playing out the point that we never needed.