Good morning. And may I be the first to say, Let the shipwrecks of others be your markers in the storm, mush.
For those of you wanting to a fill a comedy void in your lives …there is a full scale meltdown occurring at The Emptycrates and I suggest that we all suspend our prejudices and take a passing interest…
Arsenal haven’t won anything, not a pot or a pan in years. But what they have done is followed a business model that delivered a whopping big stadium and Champions League prestige and Champions League monies, season after season. And it hasn’t been enough.
Which isn’t to say it’s been rubbish or it somehow doesn’t count, but it just hasn’t been enough. Players want trophies and to earn as close to a million quid a month as they possibly can. And thems is the facts.
The badge is something schnooks like us make an emotional attachment to. If you think otherwise, then please get in touch with me urgently as I need to borrow some money from you.
It is clear from reading the Van Persie statement that he’s put a gun to the club’s head. Reading between the lines he wanted to buried in diamonds and rubies on payday and guarantees that they would build a side around him that would rock the casbah. Reading the club’s reply statement they offered him some discount vouchers for the club shop and mumbled something about the local council being a bit touchy about loud music being played after 10pm.
Losing The Amazing Mr Ed and now Van Pervert has been completely disasterous for them. But what is more to the point is that they don’t have anything approaching a strategy in place.
We are embarking on a similar journey and it’s important that we choose a very different path. We all know that there is little you can do when faced with a player that wants a million a month or he’s off. But you can make your negotiating position stronger by making sure that you shape your playing staff so that they actually win something.
Under the last bloke, final league positions were apparently all. Which is to say there wasn’t anything else. Without opening that can of worms yet again, rather looking to the future it is vital that Spurs attack on two concerted fronts. A domestic trophy and a Champions League spot. The winning of a pot won’t indemnify us from players holding us to ransom but it would prove a positive distraction.
Next season we face a the Europa which is frankly hard work. What is it, an additional eighteen games or something if you go all the way? That’s adding another half season onto your season. So I hope that we have a strategy in place. Football has changed forever since the inception of the Champions League and there’s nothing anyone can do about that.
Trudging away and pointing out that we finished 5th so hurrah! simply doesn’t cut the mustard anymore. Old school fans will emerge from the woodwork and tell me I’m wrong. Old school fans will tell me that slow and steady wins the race. Once upon a time yes. But these days you need to be proactive just to keep up.
I don’t want to hear about players being tired and I don’t want to hear about the coach not getting on with certain personnel. I want the squad used to its broadest extent. We have an exceptional squad of players and they need to work harder. Tough love is what’s needed at the Lane. We can’t afford to have nearly men hanging about anymore. How long has Huddlestone been threatening to set the world on fire? When will we get an entire season out of Lennon?
There are rumours galore of investment in Tottenham is on the cards. Let’s hope that Levy & Co. take advantage of this ‘new dawn’ to make sure we don’t go down the same road as the Scientologists of soccer …the Arsenal.
Just want to mention that in the Europa we should play with respect.We dont have to play first teamers or at least not a lot but what we could do is devise a plan B through the Europa and Carling that has more of a tactical edge to it rather than just throw players out there with no direction.
Have respect and respect will come back
If you go out and advertize the Europa to sell tickets and fans go then you should come up with a product that is capable for it.
i’m a fan of trying to win any cup but as is pointed out many times you would be a fool to flog your best players at the expense of fighting at the top for league position,as we have said for as long as i can remember the ropa and fa should have a Champions place,it is hard to see why they don’t,
our complaints were put to platini and he said it is not all about the english,which is fair enough but surely it should be made into a just knock out competition,it would be a lot more exciting,why don’t they do this
Serious question, If Spurs won the Europa this season and finished 5th, would you be happy with that as an achievement?
Or would you look at our league position and wonder how much further we could of gotten if we didn’t have obligations elsewhere?
well you’d be happy with it at the end of the season,but that’s the point,if you are actually battling top 4 you wouldn’t run your first team into the ground to go all the way in the ropa because its not worth it financially
when you are in CL and battling you have no choice,sounds weird but is how it is
The point is with a capable squad if you are clever you can create 2 teams,intertwined andcapable of playing well in both.
We were not used to that.
For the second group you need even more of a syetem.
it doesnt mean you can win both but it does mean that you do actually play to the extent of the wholes squad.When plsyer are treated with little respectthey give little.
Lacking an oil sheik sugardaddy, we’ll struggle to have the depth it takes to perform well in the PL and in tournaments. If AVB can accelerate the development of our youth team players and incorporate them into our first team, he’ll be the big improvement over Harry that we’ve been calling for.
Wonder what AVB’s reputation is regarding Fitness Training.Lack of rotation aside, perhaps a tougher program would help prevent the post February slump?
no redknapp will prevent the post february slump
reading ure post makes me spellz likes a fuckt4rd