As I write this blog in the company cafeteria, a long-haired techie is filling the otherwise-silent ambience with a string of confident babble about some multi-ring network stretching from Dublin to California via Virginia or something like that. It’s all a bit of an exercise in self-satisfaction. A bit like the way this blog is […]
I’m hardly the most positive or optimistic of Spurs fans. The truth is I’m not sure I really care like I used to – but that’s a blog for another day. Last night Spurs lost for the third time in four league games and were utterly, utterly hopeless in the 1-2 home defeat to Aston […]
Newcastle are nothing if not consistent; consistently disappointing on the pitch, consistently failing to reward their fans and consistently tripping over themselves in public. The latest faux pas is a public broadside, launched on their website, aimed at former boss Kevin Keegan. Keegan maintains that he could not manage while the board continued to interfere […]
It’s hard to know where to start these days given the mentalness of the Borebatov saga, the takeover of Manchester City, the departure of Alan Curbishely from West Ham and the resignation of Kevin Keegan at Newcastle. Fall guy #1: Mark Hughes I do think the most pertinent place to start is with the biggest […]
As the old block of cheese – which has been holding the transfer window open – gets chewed by some vermin, I’ve decided to have a look at some of the recent deals and evaluate what they might mean for the clubs involved. Confirmed Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea – AC Milan, loan) Well, that didn’t work. […]
You’ll hear several different stories about what really happened on Saturday. Some say that Dimitar Berbatov considered himself mentally unfit to play; others say that it was the manager who dropped him from the match day squad due to his attitude and state-of-mind. One thing is for sure, if Berbatov’s move to Manchester United does […]
Well, it’s not entirely random. It will be thought-out and specifically about certain events or people. Mad Rafa He’s still bleating on about not being able to sign Gareth Barry. It seems the board do not share his view that Gareth Barry is good value for money and don’t believe that he is needed to […]
Given the pasting Spurs got at Middlesbrough this weekend a knee-jerk reaction from some fans was expected. The message boards have been frothing with a sizable minority lambasting manager Juande Ramos for his team selection and tactics; other fans hitting back, saying that the “fickle” nature of Tottenham supporters is well earned. But I defend […]
Middlesbrough 2 Spurs 1 Vantage Point: Setanta Sports, big screen TV. Middlesbrough Jones, Wheater, Huth, Pogatetz, Taylor, Aliadiere, Shawky, O’Neil, Downing, Alves (Mido 82), Sanli (Digard 72). Subs Not Used: Turnbull, Emnes, Adam Johnson, Williams, Grounds. Booked: Digard. Goals: Wheater 71, Mido 86. Spurs Gomes, Zokora, Dawson, Woodgate, Assou-Ekotto (O’Hara 76), Lennon (Bale 65), Jenas, […]
It’s part 2 – the part that contains Newcastle. 11th Manchester City Last season: 9th Transfers in: Jo (CSKA Moscow, £18m), Tal Ben-Haim (Chelsea, undisclosed) Transfers out: Andreas Isaksson (PSV Eindhoven, undisclosed), Sun Jihai (Sheff Utd, free), Geovanni (Hull City, free), Georgios Samaras (Celtic, undisclosed), Matthew Mills (Doncaster, £300,000), Paul Dickov (Leicester, free) While Manchster […]
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