tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28689091355312858152024-08-31T13:59:13.168+01:00I never feel more at home than at the Lane supporting the famous Lillywhites. COYS!Terry Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09226034586492670019noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868909135531285815.post-74228201315548953162017-12-19T02:44:00.000+00:002017-12-19T02:44:45.441+00:00

Hello everyone! Wow the last time I wrote something on this blog, Andre Villas Boas was still manager. My god where have I been. Actually I have been watching Spurs playing some of the best football I have seen in my nearly 40 years of watching Tottenham. So this season we seem to have hit the wall and the usual naysayers are out there bitching about everything and everyone. Let me just say, I

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I am a typical armchair critic. I think I know the answers, but rarely do. Having said that I will throw my hat into the ring and give my opinion on AVB' current tactics. 4-2-3-1 I don't necessarily have a problem with the formation in principle, but the way it is deployed. Spurs play with 2 holding/deep midfielders with 3 supporting/attacking midfielders and a striker. No problem so far. It's

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So again we come to the Bi- Annual North London derby. As has happened in the media so often in recent years, there is talk of the shift in power. With Tottenham's spending and Arsenal's lack thereof, it is expected Spurs will prevail this season over their North London rivals. In my opinion, Spurs have been a better team than Arsenal for the last 3 years or so, unfortunately an inability to win

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With news today confirming the deal for Paulinho is as good as done, and David Villa seeming a pretty good chance to join Spurs, there remains one position needing immediate filling. Tottenham last season lacked an alternative to Gareth Bale. There were calls of Spurs being a one man team, and in my opinion they were partly right. With the lilywhite rank and file always looking for Bale and

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With all the will in the world, Tottenham again failed by the smallest of margins to overcome our nearest rivals. It seems bad luck follows Tottenham around season after season, perhaps we can balance the ledger when it comes to luck next season. Tottenham have improved from last season as far as points are concerned, even after selling our two biggest drawcards from last season in Modric and

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As the season rolls down to a conclusion, even with a very important 3 games left for Spurs, my thoughts are moving towards our summer transfer activity. There have been deficiencies in our squad this year that will need to be addressed as soon as possible. Each season it is getting harder and harder to stay competetive with the elite, and for the last 8 years or so, apart from the blip we

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It is interesting warching Spurs from the journalist point of view. Tottenham rsrelt receive positive coverage and most of the stories seem to be about Gareth Bale  leaving rather thanwhat we are doing on the pitch. Whenever Spurs are mentioned as far as Champions League qualification, it is always can we sneak into fourth. I am the sort of supporter who always thinks anything is possible.

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I wont go into details of this game fantastic game beweeen Spurs and West Ham at Upton Park, but did anyone notice that amongst the Spurs team that finsihed the game included Carroll, Livermore and Caulker. All products of our youth set up. Not to mention the likes of Lennon, Bale, Walker and Dawson. Its good to see that Tottenham are getting into the habit of promoting British talent. This

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To paraphrase a line from the Righteous Brothers, but there has been nothing righteous about our season so far. Three games we have scored not enough, three games we have conceded three late goals. It is early in the proceedings but it isn't looking good so far. Harry's very often quoted "two points from eight games" is looming. I don't necessarily think we made any errors in the transfer

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Every new season brings new hope, but if you are a Spurs fan, ultimate disappointment. In a game which provided very little opportunity, Spurs managed to concede 2 goals against a side more keen on defence than attack. Newcastle did what teams teams do against Spurs. They defend deep, keep a narrow shape and frustrate. Gong forward Newcastle offered no pace or guile for most of the match. The

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Back in February, the same queston was asked, and unfortunately Spurs responded by throwing away any chance that was offered to challenge for the title, but also thre awau their advantage over Arsenal. While it is still early in the transfer window, the challengers, being Manchester United, Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea have already added to their squads. Manchester City have yet to make any

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As expected, Tottenham have announced Andre Villas Boas as the new Head Coach. This is a return to the previous structure whcih spreads the responsibilites between Coach and Technnical Director. It appears that Tim Sherwood will have a major say in future transfers. The first thing that will need to be addressed is the future of various players. Luka Modric, Jermaine Defoe, Rafael Van

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As it now appears Harry Redknapp is on his way out from Spurs, the media is putting its collective arm around the now former Spurs manager. So many comments from the press show a complete lack of understanding of the situation at Spurs as the media have so often failed to see what is happening as hey only seem to lookat the table and match of the day. As a Spurs fan, I have got extremely fed

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UEFA president today said that the rule only allowing four clubs in any one season to compete in the Champions League is not a punishment for Tottenham. While I agree with that view, this rule is anti English. The rule change which occurred in 2005 due to Liverpool winning the Champions League and finishing fifth was to prevent more than four teams from one nation playing in the 

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Ultimately it was just a single goal that would have made all the difference. Having spent the majority of the season in third place, not only did Spurs have to be content with fourth position but also after Chelsea won the Champions League final, a place in next seasons Europa League. But it was all about that one goal. At home against Norwich, Wolves and Chelsea, lets not forget Adebayor's

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This has been the day I have been waiting a long time for, and its funny but it is somewhat of an anti-climax. To finish above Chelsea I saw as being just as important to finsh above Arsenal, because surely that would mean being close to the top. So for the first time since 1996 we finish the season ahead of Chelsea. How we found ourselves in this position I don't know as we are here

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Why oh why, do we keep doing this to ourselves. We should have third place wrapped up by now but yet again we have blown our chance. I seem to have made this a slag off Redknappp blog of late, but for gods sake, Parker for Van Der Vaart? You are seriously having a laugh. When our manager shows no imagination when he needs to, how can we expect the players. Levy, whatever happens, please

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Interestingly when it became apparent the FA wanted Roy Hodgson as the next England manager and then his subsequant appointment, Spurs win back to back games. Good news for this season maybe that we can finish the campaign with a little more certainty. The bad news is that we will be stuck with Harry Redknapp for a while yet. This summer we can expect more thirty plus signings and high wages

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Ther man played in more than 600 games, represented his country on over 70 occasions and won FA Cups, Premier League Titles and featured in a Champions League Final. However all of his playinf achievements will be over shadowed by that one decison he made in 2001. Sol Campbell, Tottenham captain, club hero and lynchpin crossed the divide to Arsenal. He could have gone to Liverpool, Manchester

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Many fan, player and pundit alike have tried to explain the drop in form at Spurs. In the last week our on-loan defender Vederen Corluka stated that the players were tired and it was due to lack of rotation. Of course the old wheeler-dealer, who has an opinion on everything and usually lets everybody know it, rubbished this saying most players had only played an average of thirty games. He then

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Another Tottenham Blog!: The end is nigh - bye bye Harry

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This season started off disastrously, exploded into life, then fell away calamitously. That run of 11 wins in twelve matches, was the best I can remember, but the last three have been the worst. It is no suprise there is now unrest amongst the players, due to tactics and match preperation. This week Corluka has said that the lack of squad rotation is the cause of the current slump, ann opinion

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After what has been a horrendous last month or two, every game now is a must win. Today Spurs face Swansea in a match that could see Tottenham return to third in the league with a decisive win. I must admit, I am quite surprised to see Swansea in the position they are in, I expected to see the Welsh team rooted to the bottom of the table. Brendan Rodgers has done a fine job with his team but I

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We should all be shouting from the rafters, Spurs are on their way to Wembley, however having lost our previous four FA Cup semi finals, I am just filled with dread. Any game with Chelsea is always going to be tough no matter where each finds itself in the league. This is the biggest stage for our guys to be playing on. This is the home of football, 90,000 fans will be screaming both teams on.

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Towards the end of last season, on the way to a game, I was asked if I considered the season a success or not. We finished fifth in the league and made the quarter finals of the Champions League. I said no, we set out at the start of the season to finish in the top 4 and failed to do so. Ask me that two seasons earlier and I probably would say yes, as supporters expectations shift the more

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