Tottenham transfer window round-up: “Meh”

In a blog earlier this week I bigged up Tottenham’s chances of netting Niko Kranjcar and Martin Petrov while nervously hoping that we’d avoid an ‘Arry brain-fart and sign David James.  Two from three ain’t bad. Kranjcar was signed for a curiously small £2.5m while David James remained at Portsmouth as he was apparently not the […]

Premier League Preview 2009/10 [Part 2]

Part two of my Premier League predictions.  Yawn, etc. 11th Fulham Last season: 7th Transfers in: Stephen Kelly (free, Birmingham), Bjorn Helge Riise (£2m, Lillestrom) Transfers out: Moritz Volz, Julian Gray (both released) I enjoyed Fulham’s charge to the UEFA Cup last season – even as a Tottenham fan who saw his team pipped at […]

Crouch back after nine years

Peter Crouch returns to Spurs after 9 years away. It’s a sometimes-forgotten fact that the big man started out at Spurs, leaving for QPR for £60,000 in July 2000.  It was considered a surprise when George Graham sold him as youth game reports indicated that the 6’7″ striker was showing improvement and was highly rated. […]

Selling viruses and spineless sackings

“I wouldn’t sell a virus to that mob” – Alex Ferguson on his relationship with Ronaldo-suitors, Real Madrid Does anyone outside of Glasgow inner-city suburbs know what that even means?  You won’t sell a virus?  Unless it’s in the hands of terrorists a virus is hardly a commodity. “It is spineless, the man who employed […]

News Ticker Thoughts [21 Apr 2008]

The Premiership Party Carlos Tevez did an Eric Cantona this weekend: popping up with a vital goal after an undistinguished display a la the Frenchman’s final season in football. The late equaliser at Blackburn could be the goal that will win the title at United. Even if Chelsea beat them 5-0 at Stamford Bridge, two […]