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Carling Cup sacrifice only worth it with Wigan win

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:38:00 +0000

The Carling Cup is a funny competition. It seems to creep up on you at the start of the season – especially if you are in Europe – and there is no grand fan fare ahead of each round like there is with the FA Cup. Teams generally pick reserve sides, while the fans vote with their feet, leaving...

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Write Us Off At Your Peril

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:42:00 +0000

Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Liverpool. Yes, that's four, nil. Isn't it great that all the limelight is surrounding the Manchester clubs and Arsenal? We can get on with our business of chalking up the wins. That's two wins on the bounce, but more importantly, two clean sheets. Modric is looking like...

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Do We Miss Comolli?

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:43:00 +0000

I don't know about you, but I am fed up at our transfer activity, or lack of it, this season. We've needed a striker since January, yet it seems no proper moves to bring one in have happened. Is anyone asking why? Apparently, we've got money to spend. Apparently, Levy and the board are committed...

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Europa League Afterthought

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 08:55:00 +0000

By William Taylor With Manchester City and Liverpool dominating the transfer window in the Premier League this season, it would appear unlikely that Spurs will be considered favourites among bookmakers to win the title. However, it appears as though manager, Harry Redknapp has the title in his...

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Redknapp still struggling to convince Modric to stay

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:13:00 +0000

Why is Harry Redknapp continuing this tug of war with Chelsea over the future of Luka Modric? Last week, he told us that he will attempt to convince the Croatian midfielder of the club’s ambition. But how is he going to do that unless we sign anyone? Talk is cheap my friend. Central to Modric’s...

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"We've got him and we won't sell him to anyone!"

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 15:35:00 +0000

Well, that was Redknapp's rant on TalkSport just now in reference to the Luka Modric transfer situation. "The chairman has said that we ain't selling him and that's good enough for me...we've got him and we won't sell him to anyone. He's worth 40 or 50 million easy and he's under contract. I want...

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Has the Modric Non-Request Shocked You?

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 06:11:00 +0000

Personally, it hasn't shocked me. I watched Luka live in the last three to four matches last season. You could tell something wasn't quite right. He looked frustrated. For the first time, it looked as though he had developed Keaneitis - the degenerative disorder some footballers unfortunately...

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Redknapp really could leave Tottenham Hotspur

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Tue, 31 May 2011 10:48:00 +0000

Staying? Going?As I am sure you've heard, Harry Redknapp has emerged as the shock favourite to fill the position left vacant by Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea. Redknapp’s odds to replace the former AC Milan manager have been slashed as owner Roman Abramovich goes in search of the man who he believes...

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Pablo Osvaldo In, Defoe Out?

noreply@blogger.com (PoshSpur) — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:52:00 +0000

It must have been a frustrating season for Jermaine Defoe. Anticipated to lead the line in Tottenham’s maiden Champions League campaign while expected to score the goals that would keep Manchester City at bay long enough for the club to secure their place in European football’s premier competition...

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Joe Cole's Mistake

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Yes, that's right, his mistake. When asked if he was happy at Liverpool, he gave the same run-of-the-mill answer, but did manage to let on that things weren't going to plan. No sh*t Sherlock! You know it's only a matter of time before the mainstream media junkies start writing headlines like "The...

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Sandro; Take a Bow Son

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:46:00 +0000

So that's why we signed him? I had always thought our young Brazilian was a diamond in the rough. Tonight's performance shined him up brilliantly! Watch your back Huddlestone, it looks like we've got a player that can fit in nicely alongside The Modfather. Slowly but surely, Sandro has come of...

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7 Years Happy

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:01:00 +0000

Don't you just love upsets? Well done Birmingham! I know this may be a bit premature, but it looks as though Arsenal could go yet another year without adding a trophy to their cabinet after just losing to Birmingham City in the Carling Cup Final. I make it 7 years. Fair enough, they could win...

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La Liga's Coming To The Lane

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:57:00 +0000

With Harry at the Villarreal vs. Almeria game, possibly watching Giuseppe Rossi or Pablo Piatti, and football agent Barry Silkman telling Sky Sports News that loan moves for Real Madrid's Karim Benzema and Lassana Diarra maybe coming off, things could look whiter than lilywhite in and around White...

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3 Points Today Please

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:57:00 +0000

Newcastle United are in town. Let's send them home with nothing. In fact, while we're at it, we may as well talk business with Ashley and sort Andy Carroll's transfer out here and now. Having just come off of a massive 10-man victory at Aston Villa, a game in which I saw a Spurs side play the best...

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Scott Parker; The Leader We Require

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 11:59:00 +0000

Harry Redknapp spoke with Colin Mafham of the Express in a frank interview and laid out the facts about our intended title challenge. "If we could find someone who would make a big difference to us then I know the chairman would go for him. "But it's hard to find somebody like Terry or Carragher...

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Defender on the move

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 19:28:00 +0000

I think the wisest news I've heard this festive period is that Harry Redknapp's trying to get Jonathan Woodgate a loan move so as to beef up his fitness and especially match fitness. It also gets him off our wage bill until he's back to his very best. I still remember the Carling Cup winning goal...

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Bassong: A Lot Like King

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:01:00 +0000

Excellent display from BassongTottenham Hotspur 2-1 Liverpool. But the final scoreline could have read something entirely different had not a certain Sébastien Bassong intervened with two of the best timed tackles I've personally witnessed at The Lane this season. Both times, our stand-in...

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Liverpool set to lose

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 09:45:00 +0000

I really can't see anything but a Spurs win today. Fair enough, we may be without Rafa (Harry rates his chances of playing 50/50), but against Bremen, the side showed that he wasn't missed at all. You could make the argument that the Champions League differs from the Premier League and that Werder...

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"Spurs don't stand a chance!"

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:50:00 +0000

That was the remark from the Arsenal contingent in the office today in relation to tomorrow's impending North London Derby. The truth is that we've not won there for such a long time and according to the Arsenal fans I know, it will be an even longer period of time before we win there...

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Jekyll and Hyde Spurs

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:17:00 +0000

How pathetic are we? There, I've said it. I have called Tottenham Hotspur "pathetic". Am I wrong in my assumption? If so, please let me know, although I think the majority will agree with me. First off, why did Harry Redknapp decide to rest a lot of the players that played so well against Inter on...

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Can we start to believe?

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:22:00 +0000

Do the players believe?After our superb win on Tuesday, BBC Fivelive commentator and presenter, Darren Fletcher, made the following statement: "I truly believe that after tonight's amazing win against the European Champions, these Tottenham Hotspur players can begin to believe that they are good...

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Rio Ferdinand's Twitter Account Explains it Clearly

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 10:00:00 +0000

@rioferdy5 "Linesman was saying it was handball, ref never gave it. Play on...." Why was Clattenburg overruling the very linesman who explained to him that he'd seen the handball? I've replied to Rio and asked him what gave him the right to shout at the ref and linesman while all the Spurs...

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Spurs Could Go 3rd

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:14:00 +0000

The City result went our way today with them slipping up against a worked up Wolves side. The Goons beat the Spammers and Chelsea won against Blackburn. If we can beat Manchester United, and it's more than likely that we can, we will go 3rd in the Premier League. We are in 5th at the moment with...

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Winning at Old Trafford

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 13:27:00 +0000

Well, it's been a while, so what makes this time round any different? Well to start with, the Manchester United side we will face today is not the one of yesteryear. Gone are all the world class players and more importantly, their world class mentality. United used to win even when they weren't...

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Where has our Bentley gone?

noreply@blogger.com (Jaymes) — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:08:00 +0000

With the season entering November, David Bentley has had just one Carling Cup appearance in which to persuade Harry Redknapp he's worth a place in the Spurs first team. Bentley can't afford to have another season playing reserve team football and if things don't improve on the field, maybe our...

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