Guten Abend. Going to Ikea on a weekday is undoubtedly a good thing. No crowds, not fussing and most importantly of all no one to witness me trying fruitlessly to load part of an office desk top into the back of a suddenly tiny Hyundai. I’d have stood a better chance of lassoing the moon with my paper tape measure. Anyway, to the fussball. I’ll tell you this, the more I start thinking about tomorrow’s game the more I believe we’re in with more than a chance Here are my picks for our tea-time time. Let me state now that…
Author: Harry Hotspur
Good afternoon. Ten games this weekend, 8 on Saturday 1 on Sunday afternoon and 1 on Monday night. Here are my thoughts on what might happen.Chalkboard for Manchester United when I get back from Ikea. Arsenal vs Chelsea The cheapest ticket at the Emptycrates for this game is £62.oo or at least that’s what they were saying on the radio. No wonder those defending poor atmosphere and attitude by fans at games are quick to mention the cost. Of course there is an obvious solution: don’t go. To spearhead this initiative I am refusing to attend this game in order…
Good morning. The morning after the night before and a job well done. There’s only one piece of footage of highlights of the goals only. It’s shockingly poor and it is here. I know close to nothing other than the score and that it’s been alleged that a Carlisle fan lost his mind and decided to take on stewards, coppers and anyone else who fancied a piece of him. Games like this need to be televised. It’s not complicated. The cameras are there, sell a stream for a fiver a pop, cut Carlisle in and everyone’s happy. What was infuriating…
Good morning. The Capital One Cup then. The boss’ selection will be interesting given the fact that Manchester United are lying in wait to pounce Saturday teatime. That said, it is Carlisle. Our opponents are currently 10th in the NPower League 1. To perhaps give you a reference point Orient are 14th in the same division. The Yanited vs Toon game is the one on the telly here in the UK but it’s difficult to believe our game will be featured anywhere other than on the wireless [clicky]. Last night’s games were a mixed bag. Cheatski battered Wolves 6-0, Swansea…
Good afternoon ladies. There have been so many attacks on the boss since his appointment it’s just a pleasure to slowly watch them all be revealed for what they were. The work of low rent hyenas. All of the nonsense that was spun seemed destined to appeal to the cheapest kind of fan, the sort that claimed to support Spurs, yet also harboured an irresistible desire to shout ‘I told you so’ in some twisted, utterly pointless game of one upmanship. The one that bugged me was the assertion by some that Villas-Boas lacked the necessary passion. What was this…
Good morning. Of course some of you will have known this, but my guess is that some/many won’t. I only noticed this morning for what that yardstick is worth. The Midget Gem, the Master Swordsman himself has equaled the goalscoring achievements for Spurs of Robbie Keane. Both men have burst the onion sack 122 times from the same number of appearances for the mighty Tottinghams. By complete chance I was comparing the two in conversation with ODM last night. By comparing I mean I was comparing the similar way I felt and the way fans felt about both. You tell…
Good morning. It was a combination of things. After the intensity and focus of Thursday’s performance invoked the Tottingham malaise of not quite being at the races for their next game. QPR pressed and pressed. The first half and indeed good spells of the second were miserable. A key issue we have is that the physical absences of Modric and Rafa have been filled but the overall creative footballing IQ of the group has dropped. Now this is in part to players still finding their way. But right now we aren’t as mentally dangerous as we were. Or at least…
Good morning. The second wave of the weekend’s Premier League pickings. Yesterday’s hunches were a mixed bag accuracy wise. Laudrup’s remark about bungs to encourage teams to win matches was clearly a cry for help. I was closer on the Cheatski game who struggled, dived and dived again to nick a goal against the Potters. I was pleased to see Southampton get back on the their feet. Villa fans will spend today on the settee eating ice cream, watching Bridget Jones’ DVDs. The Baggies ground out a goal in what looked like an uninspiring business from the bits I caught.…
Good afternoon. The headline isn’t sarcastic. I expect a number of you expected to see a tale recounting one of the first team MMS’ing a snapshot of his nether regions to an Only Way Is Essex star (Ooops sorry Jake, me and my big mouth).Dempsey, Adebayor, Dembélé and Vertonghen. All clever cookies. Now these quotes from Ben Pearce talking to Hugo Lloris in the Hornsey Journal. I know I banged on about the Daily Mail but they made stuff up and I’ll be damned if I’ll put up with it. No, Hugo strikes me a fantastic addition. Bright, talented and…