Player ratings against Sheriff ( with reasons )

Friedel - 7 didn't do much wrong, couldn't have saved the goal

Walker - 9 played well, defence and attack 

Kaboul - 7 pretty average 

Vertonghen - 7 again pretty average wasn't on the top of his game

Naughton - 7 Not a fan of Naughton but he played ok 

Lamela - 10 Played a blinder, won penalty and scored a goal

Eriksen - 6 wasn't up to usual standards 

Sigurdsson - 6 didn't really get into the game properly

Holtby N/A didn't play much

Capoue - 8.5 played very well on his return, solid

Lennon - 5.5 - Didn't do much at all

Defoe - 7 - didn't get into the game, scored penalty

Kane N/A didn't play much

Spurs vs Fc Sheriff - Match review

Kick off

2 Lamela good attack but tackled

4 Lamela goes down but is ok

6 We have had possession of the game so far

6 Dembele running on and hits a great shot but sent out for a corner

9 Chance Capoue 1-2 with Lamela and Capoues shot was hit hard but wide

16 Naughton very long range shot high wide and ugly

18 Free kick edge of the box (side) foul on Lamela - headed away

19 Penalty shout ! Lamela went down but made the mistake of trying to stay up

Lamela playing very well I can see him scoring today

24 Isa chance hits the post after a block from Kaboul - corner 

26 Ricardinho chance, edge of the box just wide

5 minutes of sloppy play from Tottenham

28 Spurs should have scored on the attack but Lamela's shot was well blocked by Sheriff

28 Lamela shot earns corner

34 Capue and Lamela both having a blinder

44 Spurs have been keeping possession but have can not make the most of our chance 

45 Should have scored - great cross from Lamela to Defoe but he can't get a touch

45 +1 Ricardinho away but Kaboul makes a great tackle to prevent the shot 

Half time

51 Yellow card Eriksen for pulling a sheriff players arm

53 Luvannor edge of the box shot - Friedel catches 

55 Eriksen dribbles forward takes a great shot from range - good save keeper - corner

57 SUB - Paulinho on for Capoue

58 Friedel punches corner away

59 GOAL 1-0 Lamela well deserved goal for Lamela falls to him and he puts it low in to the near post ! I was right !

65 Penalty! Spectacular play from Lamela astonishing dribbling and gets taken down - Defoe steps up

66 GOAL 2-0 Defoe top corner left 

69 SUB Kane for Sigurdsson

71 GOAL 2-1 Friedel saves Isa first shot but can't get up for shot number 2

77 Chance ! Ball fell for Paulinho and he tries the acrobatic ! Just over

80 SUB Our last change - Holtby for Eriksen

85 Defoe through but offside

88 Chance Kane hit low, saved Holtby gets rebound but not good enough - corner 

3 minutes extra time

Full time 

Spurs ahead of kick off !

Etienne Capoue returns to the Tottenham Hotspur line-up in the Europa League today after returning from injury.
The French midfielder, who joined the club in the summer, sprained his ankle in the defeat to Arsenal at the beginning of September and returns to the team for the visit of FC Sheriff in the Europa League on Thursday night.
Under-fire club record signing Erik Lamela is also included as is striker Jermain Defoe. Goalkeeper Brad Friedel is also in the starting line-up as number one stopper Hugo Lloris recovers from the much publicised head injury he picked up in last Sunday’s draw at Everton.
On Jan Vertonghen and Kyle Walker are survivors from that game as boss Andre Villas-Boas looks to rotate his squad ahead of the Premier League game against Newcastle at the weekend.


Spurs starting XI: Friedel, Naughton, Walker, Kaboul, Vertonghen, Dembele, Capoue, Eriksson, Lamela, Sigurdsson, Defoe

Spurs news today 04/11/13

Quotes

Here are some quotes from headway charity regarding the Hugo Lloris concussion incident in the goal less draw with Everton yesterday.

"By continuing to play, the player may have caused greater damage to his brain.
"He should have been removed from the game immediately and taken to hospital for thorough tests and observation

What happened you may ask?

Hugo Lloris was injured in a collision with Romelu Lukaku that left him prone and apparently unconscious.
With his team-mates clearly disturbed, Tottenham’s medical staff rushed to the goalkeeper and decided that he was not fit to continue.
After receiving nine minutes of treatment, however, Lloris defied club doctor Shabaaz Mughal and captain Michael Dawson, both of whom pleaded with him to leave the field, and stayed on.
The French international was praised after the game by manager Andre Villas-Boas for his attitude, but the decision was described as "irresponsible" by brain injury charity Headway.
A spokesman for the charity said: "We are hugely concerned that a professional football club should take such an irresponsible and cavalier attitude to a player's health.

Jan Vertonghen

Jan Vertonghen expresses his desire to play at centre-back instead of left-back and that he feels like a stopgap.

Arsenal to join us in the race to sign Alexandre Pato.

Everton vs Spurs - Match report 3/11/13

Kick off!

Everton start with possession but our early pressure makes them send the ball out 

2mins great long range effort from Sandro forces Tim Howard to put it out for a corner 

3mins another corner won

4mins Townsend long range shot well wide

5mins Vertonghen through cut back couldn't be met by Soldado

6mins Lennon crosses Soldado header wide

11mins great attack nothing from it, Townsend had his shot blocked

13mins more pressure Townsend shot goes out for a corner

15mins Spurs 55% possession

16mins free-kick edge of the box

18mins Walker drove hard a Tim Howard who parrys, Townsend won corner

20mins Vertonghen causing havoc in attack 

22mins Vertonghen pulled down in the box by Coleman but no penalty!

24mins good break, Soldado chips to paulinho but it gets intercepted, corner

24mins Holtby hits at Howard after corner is cleared

26mins Good skills from Holtby in the patient build-up

27mins Osman shot outside of the box was over

31mins Everton win their first corner

37mins Townsend right foot shoot caught by Howard

44mins Vertonghen shot blocked, Soldado  shot well over

Half time - should be winning

45mins Holtby shot blocked 

53mins Corner cleared by paulinho

54mins Pienaar shot from inside the box blocked

56mins Vertonghen into Paulinho who turns but can't get a shot away - Distin receives  treatment but gets up and runs it off

60mins SUB Dembele on Sandro off

62mins SUB Delofeu on Mirallas off

             SUB Barkley on Osman off

64mins Barkley shot over

65mins huge penalty shout for Everton, bad foul from Vertonghen.

Certain penalty

68mins SUB Sigurdsson on Lennon off

69mins Everton win corner

71mins Good Everton pressure

71mins McCarthy cross for Lukaku, well done Dawson getting in front

75mins Sigurdsson shot needed to be saved by Howard

77mins Lukaku collides with Lloris

79mins Sub Friedel on for Lloris who is extremely dizzy looked to happen but Lloris bravely runs back onto the field - the doctor disagrees 

85mins SUB Jelavic on for Lukaku

            SUB Eriksen on for Holtby

87mins Delofeu 1on1, great save Lloris

9minutes added on

90mins + 3 Eriksen corner across box, touches nobody

90mins + 3 Eriksen half volley edge of the box gets blocked

90mins + 4 Sigurdsson shot dragged wide 

90mins + 6 Townsend shot caught by Howard

Finishes 0-0 

Funniest football moments 2013 - Team of laughs *With Clips*

Team of Laughs

GK - Marshall

Funny fail from the keeper leads to an easy goal for Chelsea!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_3637853037&feature=iv&src_vid=rVIsJp9lVCc&v=jLeNOqHA6r0

RB - Jones

We all know about Phil Jones' funny faces this year and here's a video gallery of all of them!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_2131276985&feature=iv&src_vid=rVIsJp9lVCc&v=P5i__Or3x8k

CB - David Luiz

David Luiz laughs at the camera after getting tackled by Rafael and watching him get sent off!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_1558732825&feature=iv&src_vid=rVIsJp9lVCc&v=oBj7znOFNu8

CB - Jan Vertonghen

Our man Jan Vertonghen pulls down the shorts of a Villa player!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_176770743&feature=iv&src_vid=rVIsJp9lVCc&v=ZAFYwptWhHE

LB - Patrice Evra

Evra took a dig at Suarez here by biting an inflatable hand!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_3161382239&feature=iv&src_vid=rVIsJp9lVCc&v=KbWIssaFbxo

CM - Joey Barton

Barton mimicks Ibra's big nose in an argument with him!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_3988304537&feature=iv&src_vid=rVIsJp9lVCc&v=ejIYkmXQIJA

LM - Leroy Fer

Fer bizarrely put the ball in the back of the net against Cardiff after the game was stopped due to an injury!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nXh6Ar8184     

RM - Jason Puncheon

Crowd chant ' he went for a shit ' after running off just before he gets subbed on!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_1636735703&feature=iv&src_vid=rVIsJp9lVCc&v=wThzwxLDgAI

CM - Mario Gotze

Mario Gotze has a piss on the pitch and after realising he was being filmed he just carried on!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_4230624815&feature=iv&src_vid=rVIsJp9lVCc&v=uWhxE8DsXjg

ST - Danny Welbeck

Welbeck failed his step overs and sent the ball of the pitch!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_4174503455&feature=iv&src_vid=rVIsJp9lVCc&v=YVhKLOGcfr0

ST - Fernando Torres 

Torres misses from the 6 yard yard box yesterday,absolutely skies it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhVS7CaAAk

Match report: Chelsea Vs Manchester City

Kick-off !

2mins Cahill puts 8yard volley over the bar

4mins zabaleta sends cross into Cechs hands

5mins pressure from City but goes out for a goalkick

6mins lob ball to Torres who heads for Joe hart to catch

7mins pressure again for silva and fernandinho but like before it goes out for a goalkick

12mins Nasri shot just wide, whistle had been blown free-kick Chelsea

13mins Silva wins corner

14mins great ball from half way, silva was in cutback but cleared to aguero  who's shot was deflected for a corner

16mins A total of 3 corners for City all wasted

18mins scrambling through defence and hart picks up the weak shot 

19mins Yaya Toure turns defender and passes it back but cleared for corner

21mins Lampard yellow card, 2 bad challenges now

27mins Torres can't meet dangerous cross

28mins Torres does what he is known for, blasted it over from 7yards

 31mins dangerous clichy cross isn't met

32mins Torres cut across goal to Schurrle who taps in from 3yards

36mins Good play from Chelsea but offside  

36mins Torres burst of pace, cuts in and a cracker from Torres hits the bar

38mins Chance for City but miscued volley

41mins Save - Aguero fires it in to cech from a tight angle

42mins Torres causing havoc and causes a corner headed wide by Terry

45mins +1 Oscar gets through but nobody gets his cross 

45mins +1 Toure hits over that bar from 20 yards

Half Time 

47mins Zabaleta shot over

7 chances each

48mins Goal, Aguero! Left foot top of the net near side. Cechs near post

51mins City freekick, headed at cech by Garcia

55mins Hazard dives in penalty area but Webb doesn't fall for it

57mins Lampard free-kick, header from Torres caught by Hart 

60mins Cross to Terry who volleys it over

64mins Silva through but Cech makes a good save with his feet 

78mins Ramires great effort just dipped over the bar from a long way out

84mins Aguero is down

85mins Chelsea free-kick from the edge of the box

86mins Freekick across box Hart couldn't reach and it just went wide with out getting a touch

90mins Goal Torres! Joe Hart comes out and the header back to him goes over just infront of the goal for Torres 

It's all over Chelsea 2-1 City

Match Report - Spurs vs FC Sheriff

Kick- off !

2 mins early pressure from pressure from sheriff corners good punch Lloris 

4 mins spurs great passing

Sheriff look like a hard team to break down

7mins 3 corners now sheriff showing more pressure

10mins spurs still show good passing and finding it hard to break sheriff down

Chiriches fancy skill over attacker

1-0! 11mins short corner to Eriksen who crosses to back post and Vertonghen with the easy header

14mins Sheriff through but offside

14mins sheriff through around Lloris and Chiriches shows spectacular pace to fly Infront of the ball and block the shot what was a sure goal - corner 

17mins Sandro has been a key aspect of the game so far

18mins sheriff attack and Vertonghen clears to sheriff and the shot goes wide

19mins Sublime Eriksen flick gifts a 1on1 for Lennon but he hits it at the keeper, easy save

23mins Defoe pressure on keeper forces him to send it of the pitch

24mins great ball from Eriksen  to lennon who sends an over hit cross 

25mins great patient build up Dembele sends over the top of the defence but keeper meets before Defoe 

26mins poor sheriff defending. Spurs corner

27mins another fancy flick from Chiriches but this time he takes two attackers, great stuff

28mins Eriksens 25-30 yard shot blocked

30mins Disallowed goal Sheriff! Brilliant top net finish, offside

31mins Low ball in Chiriches blocks falls to Isa and he nearly finishes far post, should have scored

32mins Treatment for Fryers and he gets subbed for Dawson 

Chiriches pushes to right-back, Naughton left and Dawson and Vertonghen centre. Dawson also takes armband from Vertonghen 

36mins Defoe shot over the bar

37mins Sheriff close! quick freekick sends them away and shot blocks and the second attempt just over

38mins sheriff should be infront

41mins offside again from sheriff 

 43mins should have scored, Chiriches great skill to get it to Eriksen and he sends a brilliant ball to Defoe but poor touch

44mins sheriff offside again 

HALF-TIME. 1-0 up

Half-time news, Anzhi have beaten Tromso meaning we cannot qualify tonight.

Kick-off again and some great early passes, Holtby is warming up.

48mins Sheriff offside yet again

51mins Spurs chance. Eriksen through ball for Defoe but the shot was weak easy save

52mins ball through Lloris runs out and clears

55mins Sandro shot deflected for a corner Sheriff players collide together and treatment was needed

58mins Lamela elbows Paye in the face and Sheriff have a promising attack shortly after and there were huge penalty shouts when Sandro brought a player down with 2 feet but, the ball was won

60mins Spurs sub: Lamela for Chadli

 

66mins Lennon chance dribbles and hits the post from 25 yards, goalkeeper was beaten

68mins hamstring problems for sheriff causes a change of face 

70mins Sheriff should have scored but Dawson blocks

Spurs keeping possession well

73mins Chirches dribbling through but 30 yard shot goes over

74mins 2-0 Great goal Jermain Defoe, top corner 25 yards keeper didn't move, assist for Chadli

After that goal Defoe equals the record Martin Chivers had set

75mins Defoe in again, just wide and Holtby replaces Sandro

Holtby and Eriksen look great together on the pitch

81mins Sheriff through but Lloris comes out and makes himself big, the shot goes wide

83mins Defoe offside, could have been a goal

84mins Sheriff make their final change

86mins Treatment for Naughton

3mins added time

Full-Time. 2-0 away win

             

Line-up and what I think of the front three tonight

So the line-up for tonight is:

Lloris

Naughton

Chiriches

Vertonghen

Fryers

Sandro

Dembele

Eriksen

Lamela

Defoe

Lennon

This is a great starting 11, especially attacking wise. For our attack we have Lennon who is returning from injury tonight and tonight he will show his pace and have an impact on the game. I hope lennon can get some crosses in tonight and create some play for the right wing.

Lamela is very likely to score tonight as he hasn't done yet and he needs to prove to us he is worth the 33million we paid for him, that is why I think he will have a huge impact on the game tonight. Also, there is Defoe who is very desparate to make his way into the England team and feature in the World Cup next year and has had a huge impact on the Europa league so far and he is of course going to keep that up tonight with at least 1 goal.

New Christian Eriksen song

lyrics-

Eriksen, sen, sen; Came to play for AVB.
To the left to the right; He’s our midfield Dynamite.
When he plays for the Lilywhites; He makes Özil look shite

Tottenham Hotspur vs Tromso

1-0 goal to none other than Jermaine Defoe, he scores on his second chance at goal and amazing finish calmly chipped over the goalkeeper aster 20 minutes of play. 

Lamela looks hungry for goals.

Sigurdsson looks hungry for goals.

Danny Rose looks hungry for goals.

Defoe looks hungry for goals.

Sandro looking good in the middle.

4-0 at a bare minimum is my guess but could easily be more. 

Kaboul nearly scores from corner just wide half volley.

Danny Rose - Tottenham Hotspur

This post is going to be about Spurs left back Danny Rose. 

Rose is a very young player and I'm sure the reason AVB chose him this year ahead of Assou-Ekotto because is because of the potential Rose has. £86m player Gareth Bale was once in the shoes  of Danny Rose as a young Spurs left back who could bomb up and down the wings taking on players and always getting back and winning the ball back with his great strength.

I wouldn't be surprised if Rose scores a few goals in the premier league this season and he has already picked up one great goal in the Europa league.

I don't think we have a left back problem.

Starting line out against Tromso

 Here's our team for today - Lloris; Naughton, Dawson, Kaboul, Rose; Dembele, Sandro; Lamela, Holtby, Sigurdsson; Defoe. Come on you spurs 

Spurs News Today

Danny Rose is good enough as a first team player and is looking to prove to Spurs fans he is up to the standard and has had a great start to the season, can he keep it up?

Emmanuel Adebayor has reportedly ask Spurs to buy him out his contract!

Spurs could bid on El Sharaawy in January.

AVB may use the side that faced Norwich again after he said it worked so well and our passing made Norwich physically exhausted!

Tottenham could battle it out with Chelsea and Arsenal to sign Spanish striker Fernando Llorente in January.

Erik Lamela's 18 year old brother was held hostage by armed gunmen on Friday night but is this the reason Lamela didn't start yesterday's game against Norwich?

Match Review With A Twist - Spurs Vs Norwich - Midfield

Here is how the team started:

Lloris
Walker
Dawson
Vertonghen
Rose
Paulinho
Dembele
Townsend
Eriksen
Sigurdsson
Soldado

The team today had two extremely good options for creativity today ( coming from Gylfi Sigurdsson and Christian Eriksen )  and having them two in there certainly worked  very well as Sigurdsson scored two goals and also created many chances. Eriksen also played a huge part in the team today grabbing one assist and earned my personal choice of man of the match and I'm just thinking on a whole Spurs fans should be so excited for what is to come with the 21 year old! I also noticed that in todays match Eriksen took set pieces trying to earn himself some more assists and helping the team the put the ball in the back of the net. It is obvious them two have a great partnership and work well together.

Paulinho was very solid in the centre of midfield today running himself ragged and appearing box to box and playing a huge part in the win today and I'm very happy with his performance. Paulinho picked up a crucial assist today and I am sure his goal tally by the end of the season could reach double figures!

We also had Townsend bombing up there causing trouble having shots and creating chances! I feel Lamela may of also made the starting 11to maybe put goals in!

Possible starting 11 - Spurs - EP.7 - Class

This team is another suggestion for AVB :

                                                                 Lloris
              
                Walker            Kaboul            Dawson         Vertongen          Rose

                                                       Paulinho  Eriksen

                              Lamela                                                      Townsend
                                                             Soldado
                                               

Possible Starrting 11 - EP.6 - Central team

Personally, I don't like this team but I made it for fun. Here it is:

                                                                     Lloris
                                        Chiriches             Kaboul            Vertongen
                                                        Sandro            Capoue
                                                                   Paulinho
                                                 Eriksen                         Dembele
                                                             Defoe   Soldado

Possible Starting 11 - EP.5 - You will either love or hate this team

Here is todays team and it's a different one, take a look:

                                                                                Lloris
                                      
                                     Kaboul                     Dawson /Chriches                      Vertongen
                                                              
                                                                  Sandro           Paulinho      

                  Lamela                                                                                                         Townsend   

                                                                             Eriksen
                                  
                                                      Soldado                                  Defoe


I have gone with a 3-5-2 team which I think would be a great squad for AVB to play and I think it will be very successful.


                                                                      
                                                                       
                                                       

Possible starting 11 - EP.4 - something different

This time I am going for a different approach and an effective one at that and it involves all our current players. Here's the team :


                                     Lloris.
     Walker.      Vertongen.        Kaboul.        Rose.
                                   Paulinho.      
              Lamela.                              Townsend.
                                    Eriksen.
                          Soldado.      Defoe.

So, I would love the master AVB to play this team and I think it would be amazing.

Spurs new today ! Worth a read !

The date for our third round of the capital one cup against Villa has been confirmed! The game will be played on Tuesday 24th September and the game will kick off at 7:45pm!

Very, very weirdly Spurs have out in an offer to Chelsea as a straight swap with Emmanuel Adebayor and Fernando Torres.

Paulinho is said to be the fifth best premier league signing of the year!

Stay tuned to our twitter @SpursHQ_ for more !!!

Don't let the NLD loss get to you!

Right, I'm not saying we should not be upset and annoyed about the loss to the scum because it is a great, great shame but don't let it destroy your faith in the club as we look like a much, much brighter side than the scum and I'm very sure we will finish above the scum.

Here's why, Spurs have brung in so many great talented in players including some of the best in the world such as Erik Lamela, Roberto Soldado, Christian Eriksen and Paulinho! These players will be in our first team for sure and when they have played together lots in training and work well as a team we are going to be one of the best teams in the league and compete for the league title!

This will be our best season for a long time and I'm sure we will got 75+ points.

Possible starting 11 - EP.3 *Best one yet*

This is a great, great team ( probably the best yet and it includes our very new signings what have happened in the last two days.

                          Lloris.

Walker.  Chiriches.   Vertongen. Contrao. 

                       Paulinho. 

     Lamela.                          Townsend.

                 Eriksen. Dembele. 

                       Soldado. 

I think that team is probably the best team we could hope for now unless due to personal preference you could change Chiriches with Dawson or Kaboul and of course put in Danny Rose if Fabio Contrao doesn't sign. If you wanted to be really hopeful you could hope Gareth Bale stays and put him in the team in replace of Andros Townsend!

Keep tuned to our twitter account @SpursHQ_ 

Club Records - Spurs

Here are Tottenhams club records  -

Record WIN: 

13 - 2 against Crewe Alexandre on 3rd February 1960

Record WIN on AGG:

15-1 againt Iclandic team Seflavik (Iclandic team) UEFA Cup in September 1971

Record Loss - 

 

0-8 against Fc Koln in the UEFA Intertoto Cup on 22 July 1995

Record Attendance -

75,038 against Sunderland in the FA Cup in 5th March 1938.

Most League Goals -

115 in 1960-61

Most Club Goals - 

266 by Jimmy Greaves from 1961-70

Most goals in 1 season -

49 by Clive Allen in 1 season 1986-87

Most  Appearences -

854 by Steve Perryman in 1969-86

Youngest first team player - 

John Bostock, 16 years old and he played against Dinamo Zagreb on 6th November 2008

Oldest First team player -

Brad Friedel - 42 ( current player )

Transfer record ( paid by us ) - 

Roberto Soldado from Valencia for £27million in August 2013

Transfer record ( received ) -

Luka Modric £33million from Real Madrd in August 2012

Possible Starting 11 - Spurs - EP.2

             

Here is team number 2:

                          Lloris

Walker.    Dawson.   Vertongen.  Contrao

                   Sandro

                            Paulinho

                      Dembele

    Lamela                            Townsend

                       Soldado

This team is probably my favourite team and I feel there is a huge, huge chance we could sign Lamela and Contrao as Lamela is meant to be announced in the next couple of days and Contrao will not be needed at Real Madrid and Madrid would be happy after the signing of Bale and Modric and they will be generous and sell Contrao to us.

Anyway the team is much like the Kay but this one is better as Lamela replaces Chadli and Contrao replaces Rose for more pace, skill and creativity! They would be a great pair and I would be over the moon if we were to complete the deal.

        

            

Possible starting 11 - Spurs - EP.1

This is a new series for our Spurs blogs where I list 11 Spurs players or possible signings we may make before the deadline and I will make loads of different teams and we will have to wait and see if any of them come into action next season! So here is the first team -

                            Lloris.

Walker.  Dawson         Vertongen.  Rose.
                         
                          Sandro.
                     
                         Paulinho.
Townsend.                            Chadli.
                         Dembele.
                         
                          Soldado.

This is the first team and in this team I have involved only players who are currently in the Spurs team so this team could definitely be used! It involves our first choice goalkeeper Lloris, a great back four which will be very successful next season, a solid Sandro in front of the defence, Paulinho being a box to box central midfielder, Townsend and Chadli on the two wings and Dembele playing just behind striker Soldado!

Come back for EP. 2 later today and you will see some potential signings making the 11!

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Keeping players happy.

Over this window I have been thinking, how are we going to keep all these attackers happy and play them often?

We have a huge range of attacking players and here are a list of the players in our squad who play or sometimes play up in attack and also attackers we are likely to sign :

Holtby
Sigurdsson
Dembele
Soldado
Chadli
Townsend
Lennon
Bale
Willian
Kane
Defoe
Adebayor
Lamela

Ok I may have missed one or two but the point is we can only play around 4 of them players a good amount of time every week out of the thirteen players listed which gives me the reason to wonder how the hell are we going to fit all these players in and why do we need so many? I really don't know why we signed Chadli, why we have kept Adebayor, Holtby and Lennon. I suppose Harry Kane doesn't need to be counted as he is not a first team player, Lamela and Willian haven't signed but there's a good possiblity they could join and ok Bale could be on his way out. I think we need around 7 of these and mine would be - Lamela, Townsend, Willian, Soldado, Dembele, Defoe and Sigurdsson as first team attackers!

Crystal Palace game

We start -

 Lloris, Walker, Dawson, Vertonghen, Rose, Lennon, Demble, Sigurdsson, Paulinho, Chadli, soldado

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Liverpool vs Stoke match review

The first game of the season was a brilliant one and it was enjoyed by everyone watching.

Liverpool absolutely dominated this game right from the first whistle until the final whistle! 

Liverpool had many, many chances; including hitting the bar once, a disallowed goal and some other good chances on goal.

The two goalkeepers Simon Mignolet and Begovic were on another level, Mignolet made around 5 great saves including one penalty save and even the rebound! We all like a keeper that can pull off quick double saves. And for Begovic - the man of the match in this game well, he was even better than Mignolet making more saves but letting in one great strike from Daniel Sturridge. Although, Simon Mignolet did make a few mistakes including the one where he basically set up Robert Huth for an open goal where he unfortunately for him hit the bar!

So this extremely eventful game finished 1-0 to Liverpool and the win was deserved!

What will happen for Tottenham next season

End of the window -

I feel Spurs are in a very good position right now and even if our squad stays the same I would still be more than satisfied with our progress in the transfer window. Although, I'm very sure Levy and AVB will sign more players and I'm sure they will bring the best out of us, also, another reason that backs my point that we will get even better and make more progress is that AVB stated himself : " The squad is not finished and it will take until the very last day to complete the team". 

Gareth Bale -

In my opinion, our star man Gareth Bale despite all the rumours and the tenptation to swipe £100m from Real Madrid we won't sell Gareth as he is just too crucial to our team to sell for any price but the main reason is again due to something said- this time from Levy and he insisted he will not do business when Gareth Bale is involved. Although Gareth may miss the first game(s) when he comes back and gets back into that Spurs shirt he will make a huge impact on the team, just like last season.

Objectives -

Obviously our main objective, Champions League. One we missed out on last season but are really dedicated to conpleting. I'm sure if we can get 75 points, what I know we can- we will finish 3rd in the table and qualify.

So, as mentioned before I think we can manage to get 75 points with the new talent brought in and the big, big  money going out this could be our season!

I also think we can have a good cup run in a domestic cup and my way bet is the FA cup and in my opinion, we can win the FA cup in the upcoming season.

Awards - 

Star man - Gareth Bale

Top goalscorer - Roberto Soldado

Best defender - Jan Vertongen 

Biggest Improvement from last season - Kyle Walker

Fan favourite - Sandro

Disappointment - Nacer Chadli

Most assists - Gareth Bale 

Most consistent - Jan Vertongen

Summary -

Obviously I might be totally wrong with the awards of course but that is just my opinion. 

Overall,  I feel Spurs will have one of their best seasons for a while and beat their record again that was beaten last year with 72 points, lets hope we can get around 75 this year.

Transfer news today

Hull City Tottenham have agreed on a fee for Spurs midfielder Tom Huddlestone and the fee is believed to be around £5.5m which is actually a club record fee for Hull City. 

Luis Suarez has now said that he would like I stay at Liverpool despite the desire he had to leave the club at the start of the summer window.

Wenger wants to bring Swansea star Michu and Man City poacher Edin Dzecko to Arsenal. Although these two are not for sale Wenger still hopes to swipe them.

Jake Livermoore also looks to goe on loan to Hull City as part of the £5m.

Roberto Martinez confirmed he has not received any bids for Leighton Baines despite Manchester Uniteds enquiry in June.

Spurs news now 13/08/13

AVB insists he will keep both Defoe and Sigurdsson as he has them in his plans for the new season.

Talks about 21 year-old Porto winger Atsu are back on and he looks like a possible replacement if Bale leaves.

Another 21 year-old Erik Lamela who plays for Roma and scored 15 goals last season and he has already started featuring in the Argentina national team.

Yet another 21 year-old Danish central midfielder Eriksen from Ajax has admitted he would love to join Tottenham from Ajax and reunite with top class defender and ex Ajax captain Jan Verthongen.

 

 

Spurs could win the Barclays Premier League 2013/14

This blog will feature Liverpool FC, Arsenal FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC, Manchester City FC, Chelsea FC and Manchester United FC.

It is going to be about the events of last season, what has happened in the transfer window and what the changes have been. I will include what I think will happen for each team next season and why others will finish infront of others.

Let's start by saying what will happen with Tottenham. Spurs have got a real good chance this season and have already signed 3 almost 4 players and they can all only make the team better than it already is and Spurs have also got back two vital players back they missed out on last season due to injury ( Kaboul and Sandro ). Besides the fact Spurs have an outstanding first team for next season and it will be hard for any team to beat their competition they have to come up against are at a disadavantage, the reason for this is that the teams finishing ahead in previous seasons haven't made nearly as much transfer progress.

Arsenal for example, they have not spent a penny this window and have hardly improved at all over this window and that is great news considering they are our main rivals and knowing we have more chance at this season than them is great because it narrows down the teams that could finish above us next season.

Almost in exactly the same situation as Arsenal is Manchester United but this window they haven't stayed the same or made progress but they have gone down hill... the reason for this is losing the heart and soul of their team Sir Alex Ferguson and after all those years at Old Trafford everyone knows United will never be the same. Sir Alex is the main issue but obviously aswell as that they haven't signed many significant players and again this puts Tottenham at an advantage over Arsenal and United.

Onto Chelsea, a team that has improved from last season as former manager Jose Mourinho rejoins Chelsea and we all know what happened last time Mourinho bossed Stamford Bridge, he was amazing and he brang the best out of Chelsea and showed he was one of the greatest managers in the world. With one of the greatest managers in the world Chelsea were a brilliant team and the league title was what they were after but ever since he left they have been signing new managers non-stop and they have just not been as successful. On the other hand, Chelsea haven't signed as much players as they should be and everyone knows they have been wasting all their time trying to sign United striker Wayne Rooney.

The other two options City and Liverpool, let's start with Liverpool a team that really weren't contenders for anything last season but have massively improved and signed some good players. I predict they will finish 6th this season and that finish is good considering recent years for Liverpool. City, the rich team from Manchester have improved significantly since last year splashing the cash and making their team incredible, they also have a chance at the title next season.

Overall, I feel Arsenal, Man U and Liverpool cannot get the league title this season and in my opinion it will end like this;

1 - Chelsea
2 - Manchester City
3 - Spurs
4 - Manchester United
5 - Arsenal
6 - Liverpool

Tottenham Hotspur vs Espanyol Match Review !

This was Spurs' last pre season game before the start of the season and to be fair more positives came out of the result that negatives despite a rather poor result. It was a very exciting day at the lane where Soldado, Paulinho and Chadli all appeared in front of the Tottenham fans in North London but that wasn't the only excitement because fan favourites Younes Kaboul and Sandro made their long awaited come back from injury.

We started extremely well and in the first five minutes we should have been one up. A Gylfi Sigurdsson free kick found Paulinho's head who headed the ball into the corner but was denied a dream start to his Spurs career as the offside flag went up when it arguably shouldn't have. Spurs kept up the pressure with Soldado looking extremely dangerous. After 29 minutes of excellent football we were finally rewarded a penalty when Danny Rose was taken down in the box by Javi Lopez. Soldado stepped up and put the ball right into the corner, he couldn't have asked for a better first thirty minutes for his new club. But the tempo slowed down after the goal and Espanyol who were kept in their own half in the first thirty minutes were allowed to push forward. The lack of defensive players was visible and they looked quite dangerous going forward. Just before half time Espanyol managed to get the equaliser from a corner where David Lopez was able to head the ball into the near post. The second half saw the return of Kaboul and Sandro but despite a near winner from Andros Townsend the substitution of the two was the biggest excitement of the second half.

Overall I was very impressed by the performance of the team especially in the first half. Chadli really impressed me with his great skill and in my opinion he was the man of the match. Paulinho was denied a dream start to his Spurs career but nevertheless he still performed excellently and definitely looks to be a great signing but out of the three new signing the one that excited me the most was Soldado. He looked extremely dangerous and has already scored at the Lane. He is what I think we were missing last year and now that we have him I think if we keep Bale we can challenge for the title, the football played yesterday was great and it proved a real difficulty for Espanyol to defend against and in my opinion I can see us challenging at the top with that style of football. But yesterday also proved some things we need to work on. The defending from corners was atrocious and we were lucky to only concede once from a corner and the final thing that needs to be worked on is the defence. Yesterday I was not comfortable watching Fryers and Dawson at the back and I think that another defender is desperately needed before the end of the transfer window. Next stop Crystal Palace.

Man united recent news

Manchester United FC - 07/08/13

Manchester United have given up their chase for Barcelonas Cesc Fabregas as they have been rejected twice and have moved on to Evertons Marouine Fellaini, Fellaini played for Moyes before whilst Moyes was at Everton and he played very well so it's obvious Moyes would want him to play for him again! United would have to pay up to £24m. It looks possible United may do a deal of Anderson + cash for Nani.

Left midfielder at Man United could be close to joining Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of around £8m. This move would be much more likely if Bale left the lane and Nani could be part of a replacement.

Nemanji Vidic has been out for a while due to injury and he is aging on now being 31years old, Vidic wants to get more appereances for United under his best so he would love to be a regular next season

What we do if Bale goes Pt.2 - What I think of our transfer targets !

Fabio Contrao -

Yes, I would love to see Contrao at Spurs! And to be honest if Bale leaves I can see it happening in one of these two ways ; a player and cash deal or buy him with the money made from Bale. The reason I would like Contrao at Spurs is because we are in a situation where the left back spot is a weak link as it looks like AVB is going to give the position to young boy Danny Rose who in mybopinion, is not quite strong enough for the premier league yet and with Contrao it would be one of our strongest positions as he can bomb it down the wings and whip balls in aswell as being able to run back and defend!

Luis Suarez -

Wow wouldn't Suarez be a good replacement of Bale? He can score just as many goals as him and even more as he showed last year in a Liverpool shirt with a grand total of 30 goals in the season. Spurs may attempt to buy Suarez with the money they get from selling Gareth if it goes ahead which would be around £100million and they could take Suarez for around half of that amount, which is still a lot of money and I do wonder if Levy would be up to spending that much money! 

Erik Lamela -

Erik Lamela would be a replacement winger for Bale if he left and Lamela is a very young player and he likes to show off his skills in game! Erik Lamela will be one of the players we would turn to straight away if Bale left which we all hope doesn't happen and we would have to pay around £35million for the young Roma star!

Bernard -

Bernard is another young player this time Brazilian and he is a very, very fast player who could also replace Gareth on the wings! We actually put in a £15.7 million bid for Bernard but we actually pulled out for a reason I'm not sure of and I can only guess it's because of money as we have already payed around £51million this window and no one knows if there's more AVB and Levy have their eyes on!

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Player Expectations for next year ! (Roberto Soldado)

We recently signed Soldado from Valencia for around £26 million so it is hard to now what to expect from him in the Barclays Premier League but based on his past career in Spain this is what I expect from him in a Spurs kit.

The fans of the Tottenham Hotspur have been desperately wanted a top class striker as we never really got a replacement for our last one Dimitar Berbatov and in my opinion AVB and Levy could not have brought a better striker. Last year in La Liga, Soldado scored 24 goals and had the second best conversion rate just behind Lionel Messi but beating Cristiano Ronaldo. He is an out and out goalscorer and will guarantee you a goal. I expect hims to score 20+ goals next year and I think he is what we were missing last and if we can keep Bale I think he will turn Tottenham Hotspur Football Club into title contenders.

Player Expectations for next year ! (Jermain Defoe)

In my opinion last year was the beginning of the end for Jermain Defoe. He didn't receive a lot of game time due to various reasons and when he did he didn't seem his normal self. He didn't seem to be the finisher we have always seen, he seemed to not take his chances as well and didn't show the same determination. Despite this he did at points show some brilliance.

Their has been strong links to him moving to QPR and re-uniting with old gaffer Harry Redknapp and with the departure of Loic Remy to Newcastle looking more likely by the second it wouldn't be a surprise to me if Defoe moves to the Championship side. I expect him to find it hard to get a first team place with the signing of Roberto Soldado and I think that he is getting on a bit and will find it hard to keep on playing at the top level.

Player Expectations for next year ! (Adebayor)

Adebayor ... well where do I start ? Last year Adebayor was terrible in my opinion. He could not score to save his life and the Striker that was at Spurs in the 2011/12 season who scored 17 goals had gone missing. He scored only 5 goals which is in my opinion appalling and is only one more goal than our centre back Jan Verthongen.

Their has been speculation around Adebayor leaving North London for Besiktas but only if they manage to lose their european ban for match fixing so therefore I do not expect Adebayor to leave however I hope he does. Adebayor needs to work on his attitude and his positioning next year if he is to win over the Tottenham fans again. Last year he always seemed to be out of position and was never there to be a target man and when he did get in the right position he never worked hard enough to get the ball. Even if he improves in these areas I do not see him being a starting player but only a bench warmer for Jermain Defoe and Roberto Soldado.

Team expectations for season 2013/14 - Everton

Team expectations - Everton

To be honest, I'm sure Everton will never be the same without the terrific manager that is David Moyes because he done so well for them and I just don't think anyone else can do that with Everton. If Moyes stayed my prediction for Everton would be 6th or 7th but now under Martinez I predict 9th or 10th despite them having some great players such as Leighton Baines and Marouine Fellaini who both looked likely to go with Moyes to Machester. In my opinion, Everton will start out not too good but they will get better for Roberto Martinez and show that they're a very strong side like they did under David Moyes!

Player Expectations for next year ! (Gareth Bale)

Sorry for the brief pause in the Player Expectations for next year series we faced some problems but thankfully we have resolved these and now to focus on our star man ...

Last year Gareth was easily the best player in the Barclays Premier League. He made his name
throughout the footballing world for his incredible performances. The skill and class he showed against the greatest defenders was unreal and whenever the opponents knew that they had to play against Bale they new that they were going to have an incredibly hard afternoon. This is why he is valued at over £100,000,000

To be honest even though I hate admitting this, I do not see Gareth Bale playing in the Blue and White of Tottenham Hotspur next year. However if he does then I expect him to have another season like he did last year and I expect him to show that he is just as good as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi but if I am was to say that is what I expect from him then in all fairness I would be lying. If he does stay then I cannot see him being able to perform like he did last year. This is not because he is not capable of it, it is because he does not want to play at Spurs anymore so he will not be putting his heart and soul into every game.

Join us tomorrow where I will be talking about my expectations for our strikers next year !!!

Tottenham Hotspur FC vs AS Monaco - TEAMS

Spurs starting 11 -

                    Lloris
Walker, Fryers, Livermoore, Rose
Lennon, Dembele, Parker, Chadli
                 Sigurdsson
                    Defoe

Subs -

Friedel, Naughton, Stewart, Bentaleb, Carroll, Huddlestone, Townsend, Kane

Monaco starting 11 -

Subasic, Kurzawa, Carvalho, Moutinho, Falcao, Rodriguez, Ferreira, Obbadi, Abidal, Raggi, Toulalan

Subs -

Tavares, Ocampos, Isimat-Mirin, Ndinga, Tisserand

Team expectations for the 2013/14 season - Crystal Palace

Team expectations  - Crystal Palace

Crystal palace earned their place in the premier league by doing well in the Championship last year and getting promoted. The main reason for doing so well last season was due to their star winger Wilfried Zaha who now plays for Manchester United, I believe he joined United of a fee around £20milliom which to a club like Crystal Palace is a lot of money! 

Onto how they will do in the coming season,  I think Crystal Palace have a 75% of getting relegated this season unless they can do something great with that money. I know it's not loads considering a player like Gareth Bale could sell for five times that amount but I can definitely get them a couple of useful players.

2013 Transfer XI

Goalkeeper -

GK - Simon Mignolet £9million

Defenders -

CB - Maicon

CB - Wanyama £12.5million

Midfield -

RM - Jesus Navas £14.9million

CM - Paulinho £17million

CM - Fernandinho £30million

RM - Neymar £53million

CAM - Mario Gotze £32million

Attack -

ST - Radamael Falcao £50million

ST - Edinson Cavani £55million

ST - Stevan Jovetic £22million

What do we do IF Gareth Bale leaves Spurs?

As you may know according to reports Gareth Bale is close to leaving Spurs and joining Real Madrid but, the reason I blog about this especially and not any of the other many transfers is because it's not in anyway shape or form a normal transfer because if the transfer of Gareth Bale goes ahead it will be the most expensive transfer in football history! Gareth is valued at £100million by Spurs manager AVB and in many interviews other managers such as Laudrup, Ancelotti and even Arsene Wenger have agreed that Gareth is worth up to a whopping £100million. 100 million pounds could buy a club a whole new team and not a bad one either, I'm confident in AVB and Daniel Levy (club chairman) that if Bale goes they will make the most of the summer transfer window and sign some more players like they have done recently signing 3 great players; Paulinho, Chadli and Soldado !

No one knows exactly who AVB has his eyes on but I'm sure he has a wide range of possibilities if his prize possession does happen to leave the club.

Here are some of the rumoured targets and players I think would do the club well and achieve our targets:

Fabio Contraeo
Luis Suarez
Erik Lamela
Vlad Chiriches
Daniel Opare
Bernard
Luka Modric

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News Today 02/08/13

Atletico Miniero President has revealed that Spurs have made a £15.7 million bid for Arsenal target Bernard.

Reports are saying that a deal of £105 million for Gareth Bale has been agreed from Real Madrid.

Carlton Cole is currently training with Spurs.

Daniel Levy has ruled out a move for Modric in a Bale deal.

Spurs have stopped their interest in Chiriches and instead are now focusing on Lamela.

Soldado Transfer Completed !!!

This morning Spurs made an official statement saying "We are delighted to announce that we have reached an agreement with Valencia for the transfer of Roberto Soldado subject to medical." This finally means that as long as Soldado passes the medical we finally have that World Class striker we have been looking for. The fee is £26 million which is the players release clause but was also believed to have been triggered a while back but the deal could not go through because of certain difficulties with the players agent.

I am so glad that we have a striker of Soldado's level at the club again. Since Berbatov left we have been missing a class striker and finally we have him. This deal may not only get us goals next year but could also tempt Bale to stay as it shows that Spurs have an intention to win. If Bale does stay the better Soldado will be, with Bale whipping in the balls we finally have that man who can win the header and put the ball in the back of the net. I cannot wait to see Soldado in a Spurs shirt.

Here's what to expect from our new signing !!!

Caulker leaves for Cardiff !!!

This came to a bit of a surprise to me as Tottenham Hotspur agreed to sell promising young centre back Steven Caulker to Cardiff City for a reported fee of £9 million which is Cardiff's transfer record.

The former Spurs player has already completed a medical and has agreed a four year deal. The Welsh side were reported interested in Steven Caulker but it seemed like they were going to find it extremely hard to get the player with Manchester City and Liverpool looking at the player but surprisingly they landed the young centre back but for a hefty price. After signing he said "I'm delighted to be here and excited for this fresh challenge.

To be honest I am disappointed we have let the youngster go, I think he has great potential and could become a legend but £9 million is too big an offer to refuse. I think he will do well at Cardiff as he will get regular playing time unlike if he was at Spurs where he will be on the bench for most of the time and I wish the best of luck to him and hopefully we will see him performing great in an England top.

News Today 31/07/13

According to reports Roberto  Soldado is really close to completely a move to Spurs with it being expected to be finished today

AVB wants to sign young Tiago Ilori as a centre back replacement but Sporting Lisbon want £8 million for the young defender

Spurs have reportedly made an enquiry for PSG playmaker Javier Pastore as a replacement for Bale.

Spurs would consider an offer of over £80 million plus Luka Modric

Spurs have Luis Suarez on their shortlist of replacements if Bale leaves for Madrid

News Today 29/07/13

According to reports everything has been agreed for the Soldado transfer and all that is left to do is the medical.

Chelsea are planning to hijack the young brazilian defender Doria off of Spurs.

Real Madrid are to offer £51 million plus Di Maria and Fabio Coentrao for Bale.

Adebayor is still a target for Besiktas but only if they can lose their ban for Match Fixing.

Jermain Defoe has said that the hat-trick he scored against South China has given him a huge boost come the new season.