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