tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post8911504939712872319..comments2023-10-10T12:57:53.534+02:00Comments on Harry Hotspur: Spurs OutbidHarry Hotspurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06022966118295832998noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-92077660337816955362008-05-18T02:00:00.000+02:002008-05-18T02:00:00.000+02:009.37 Shame he's not a bit more Activia on the tran...9.37 Shame he's not a bit more Activia on the transfer <BR/>market.onedavemackayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10458048579136873873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-10165751228268265762008-05-17T23:10:00.000+02:002008-05-17T23:10:00.000+02:00Let's face it, Comolli has no easy task balancing ...Let's face it, Comolli has no easy task balancing his personal affairs with his professional responsibilities to Spurs medical, academic, scouting and secretarial departments.<BR/><BR/>Such a busy and stressful lifestyle can wreak havoc on the digestive system.<BR/><BR/>82% of people with digestive discomfort said that they felt better after eating Activia.<BR/><BR/>Activia - for all your player transfer negotiations.<BR/><BR/>9.37 AnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-89217843145622501092008-05-17T17:22:00.000+02:002008-05-17T17:22:00.000+02:00Reference Commolli, whilst he has had some success...Reference Commolli, whilst he has had some success, with the exception of Bale, last summers purchases were bad business. However successful Bent, Boatang and Kaboul may become 26 million was one hell of a gamble at the time and none of them have contributed much this season. Add to that the fact that both Ramos and Gus are less than impressed with the current squad and you wonder why Commolli is still there.onedavemackayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10458048579136873873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-79736950825552592192008-05-17T15:05:00.000+02:002008-05-17T15:05:00.000+02:00looks like we can forget about Eto'o lads..looks like we can forget about Eto'o lads..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-60882287418221854712008-05-17T13:51:00.000+02:002008-05-17T13:51:00.000+02:00Why on earth would we sign Adam Johnson? Do our am...Why on earth would we sign Adam Johnson? Do our ambitions merely stretch to trying to win the reserve league next season?<BR/>Slightly off topic and a bit geeky but Darren Bent has actually had a decent first season. He's managed to bag himself six goals and five assists in 1148 Premier League minutes. That's the equivalent of twelve and a half games. True, he hasn't got the touch or vision of Berb (and never will, he's a different type of player entirely) but he's still effective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-12143253196254884642008-05-17T13:28:00.000+02:002008-05-17T13:28:00.000+02:00Call security.9.37 AnonCall security.<BR/><BR/>9.37 AnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-3043506850418357502008-05-17T12:46:00.000+02:002008-05-17T12:46:00.000+02:00Adam Johnson seen at Spurs Lodge.Adam Johnson seen at Spurs Lodge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-33021463240489324122008-05-17T12:32:00.000+02:002008-05-17T12:32:00.000+02:00I mean Gilberto didn't have any sell-on value, of ...I mean Gilberto didn't have any sell-on value, of course.<BR/><BR/>9.37 AnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-28304210386267030312008-05-17T12:29:00.000+02:002008-05-17T12:29:00.000+02:00Couple of interesting articles in the papers today...Couple of interesting articles in the papers today, Harry. One suggests that Commolli is under pressure to turn around - in the current transfer market - a series of questionable and expensive previous signings. The other suggests that Eto'o's wage demands will far exceed what Spurs can offer.<BR/><BR/>Frankly, I'm dismayed at some of the issues facing the club. How, for example, do you make a profit selling Robbo: England's erstwhile Number 1 and current Number what - 3, 4, 5? It's no secret that he has been totally out of his depth this season, and it won't all be dismissed as a 'blip' in form? You would need a trememdous amount of confidence in his abilities of recovery and your own coaching-skills to invest in him as your future 'keeper.<BR/><BR/>And what of Kaboul and Boateng? Zokora was at least a better known commodity when he signed, even though, he also, is out of his depth. But the value of the other two falls commensurate to their effective redundancy at the club. Their effective exile from first-team games speaks volumes for the coach's confidence in them. On the pitch, they are a liabilty. How do you sell players who (implicitly) subtract rather than add to a team?<BR/><BR/>Gilberto, we are told, arrived at the club overweight and unfit. As a 31-year-old, I assumed that his recruitment was less of Commolli's doing, as the player did have any sell-on value. But maybe he was yet another dead duck. The times I've seen him play he has impressed and disturbed in similar quanities. Our exit from the UEFA Cup was made more likely through his error. Perhaps the error was Roamos', who ought not to have picked him for such an important game.<BR/><BR/>Bent, whom we've vilified and supported in equal measure, nonetheless cost us a lot of money. At the time, he was seen as a replacement for Defoe, who was expected to leave sooner than he did. It was unfortunate that Defoe stayed put, unbalancing further the family of (by then four) strikers. Plus, the financial outlay for Bent had to be swallowed without being offest by Defoe's presumed sale. I have no idea where Bent's future lies, but I strongly suppose it to be at Spurs next season - first, because he hasn't had much opportunity this season to prove his worth; and second (and consequently), he has surely dropped in value, following this largely anonymous season, in which he has suffered from a niggling injury and from the club pandering to Berbatov's histrionics. I absolutely abhor the notion of our proud club virtually begging and bribing the Bulgarian to stay.<BR/><BR/>As for him, it's great that the board won't favour considering selling him to another English club, but it obviously reduces their options. I suspect Berbatov has largely reduced his own options as well - here and abroad - due to his sulkiness. I want us to get as much money as we can for this man. If he doesn't owe us his loyalty for enabling him to showcase his talents to a wider and adulatory audience, he at least owes us the right to negotiate a whopping transfer fee for him. He's our piggy-bank and, when we crack it open, I hope it's stuffed with silver, not copper.<BR/><BR/>COYS<BR/><BR/>9.37 AnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-29853320868274012492008-05-17T00:44:00.000+02:002008-05-17T00:44:00.000+02:00... and the little Brazilian fella that played for...... and the little Brazilian fella that played for Boro.TMWNNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06006872078332759072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-62965282009918946852008-05-17T00:42:00.000+02:002008-05-17T00:42:00.000+02:00...Poyet, Uruguay. Ronaldo, Portugal too....Poyet, Uruguay. Ronaldo, Portugal too.TMWNNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06006872078332759072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-68242510125376722492008-05-17T00:14:00.000+02:002008-05-17T00:14:00.000+02:00...and to single out Bolivians is also a bit stran......and to single out Bolivians is also a bit strange. How many Argentinians were there in English football when we signed the truly great Ardilles, and not to mention a certain Bulgarian?TMWNNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06006872078332759072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-41944787691771809032008-05-17T00:03:00.000+02:002008-05-17T00:03:00.000+02:00"a ball winner hmmm well we did have carrick"btoth..."a ball winner hmmm well we did have carrick"<BR/><BR/>btotheman, although I agree with the majority of your post, I've never seen Carrick as a ball winner. He's a great link up player and has an eye for a good pass, but I reckon far too many people have over emphasised his ability to control a game. For me he'll always be remembered as being just a little bit light weight when it came to the big games.TMWNNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06006872078332759072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-18057298677548092112008-05-16T21:12:00.000+02:002008-05-16T21:12:00.000+02:0019.32 May I take this opportunity to highlight the...19.32<BR/><BR/> May I take this opportunity to highlight the cartoon which is hopefully still located toward the bottom of this page.Harry Hotspurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022966118295832998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-60863815391027962772008-05-16T20:46:00.000+02:002008-05-16T20:46:00.000+02:00anon 18.55Ramos has always preferred a 442, doubt ...anon 18.55<BR/><BR/>Ramos has always preferred a 442, doubt he'll change.<BR/><BR/>I also agree with the idea that most of our signings will come after Euro 2008. We're just going to have to wait, chaps.<BR/><BR/>I expect both Elmander and Huntelaar to shine. Elmander's a bit like Berbatov in that he's tall and creative with the ball at his feet (the anti-Bent!). Huntelaar's record is obviously intimidating, hopefully we'll be able to beat out the bigger clubs to get him should he become available. <BR/><BR/>Another Swede, we should cast our eyes back to is Kim Kallstrom. Remember him? Left-footed, strong in the tackle, scores goals from the midfield, great passer. Hopefully someone will read this and misinterpret it as an ITK and then publish it on their blog which will get picked up by the BBC Gossip Column which will be happened upon by Damien Comolli's son who will then suggest it to him.shanemachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03998372254163649506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-61251694187749974762008-05-16T19:49:00.000+02:002008-05-16T19:49:00.000+02:0019.04 As Jenas is 24 or 25 at what age might we e...19.04 As Jenas is 24 or 25 at what age might we expect to see his potential fulfilled ?<BR/><BR/>Maybe we can loan him out till then.<BR/>Maybe Berba is just wangling a better deal ?<BR/>Maybe we'll sign a left footed left midfielder.<BR/>Maybe Darren Bent might start scoring before we sell him.<BR/>Maybe a ref will turn up at the lane who favours the home side.<BR/>Maybe George Cole never carried cash.onedavemackayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10458048579136873873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-59904423770175332932008-05-16T19:32:00.000+02:002008-05-16T19:32:00.000+02:00On getting it right your argument comes with a fre...On getting it right your argument comes with a free "e". Which unless you are drug dealer with a BOGOF policy, is plainly wrong. And yes Arthur may well not have paid for his drinks but Terry certainly would not have poured it, and I think you'll find the "A large VAT please Dave" is the common declamation for a Daley in need of a drink. Oh and by the way if he wasn't planning payment a post script of "...on the slate" would be usual epitaph.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-83638258270935130602008-05-16T19:04:00.000+02:002008-05-16T19:04:00.000+02:00in 55milhartarshavinmodricdunnebostockvelosoout 25...in 55mil<BR/>hart<BR/>arshavin<BR/>modric<BR/>dunne<BR/>bostock<BR/>veloso<BR/><BR/>out 25mil<BR/>dawson<BR/>jenas(sorry cause defo got potential)<BR/>stalteri<BR/>lee<BR/>gardener<BR/>cerny<BR/>chimbonda<BR/>keep robbo, berba as he is truly a pleasure to watch every week!even though he is moody!!i think ledley will come back fit and suprise every1, him and bale will be like new signings!do we have 20mil?i think so!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-34905730315999593242008-05-16T18:55:00.000+02:002008-05-16T18:55:00.000+02:00harthutton woodgate kinglennon hudd bale mo...hart<BR/>hutton woodgate king<BR/>lennon hudd bale<BR/> modric arshavin<BR/> bent berbaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-66703705223646332542008-05-16T18:19:00.000+02:002008-05-16T18:19:00.000+02:00ok so a season of medioca football bar the carling...ok so a season of medioca football bar the carling cup win and our best striker is sulking so naturall like every summer the transfer rumours start.<BR/>Raul,Morientes particulary stick out in my mind and this summer its no different with us already being linked with players like Gattuso, Villa and Eto.<BR/>obviously the next one to start is about this moreno bloke. i watched the vieo and although he seems to be able to have a certain drive that some of our players lack and ys his posistioning and ability to get a shot away is class but lets be honest do we really want him? great so he looks like he's banging in goals for fun but in what league? the brazzilian and lets be honest defensive players are hardly priority in that league you can see that just by the clips in the video.plus he's bolivian! how many bolivians can u name that have ever made it in the prem, most brazillians dont make it in the prem except elano nd gilberto silva.<BR/>ok so say we get 30 mil for berba, in my mind we need two keepers after robbo and cerny go in the summer,a quality centre half,a ball winner in themiddle of the park,a left winger who is genuinly left footed and plays on the left rather than the " well he can play across the midfield" malbranque style and finally a top quality striker.<BR/>im sure we will sell quite alot too and evry summer we seem to get lots of money from somewhere eg last summer with bent. so lets call it 40-50 million<BR/>so kameni gets my vote for keeper so thats 5-10 mil already.<BR/>we want a rock at centre half because it aparent letting in 77 goals in one season isnt good enough and it shows from where we finished in the league.iv heard quite a few names mentioned with the likes of david dunne and daniel jarque from espanyol and i must say id probably have either, more likely to be jarque as we'll do a liverpool and buy spanish for mr.ramos. another 5-10 mil gone<BR/>a ball winner hmmm well we did have carrick but that went to pot as usual at spurs as soon as anything gets good it is usally to good to be true! i havnt heard too much about arshavin but he seems to be raved about alot on here so maybe he could be good. personally i think we will buy someone who plays well in EURO 08 as im sure the big four will have most of the pickings already.10mil+. the obvious choice for left wing is capel for many but again id be interested to see who develops well in the EURO's and sign someone from that.another 10 mil again thats already up to 40 million on 4 players:S<BR/><BR/>so berba goes and we need the finesse and utter class that berba had. Id bloody love Eto or Villa but its not realistic and those of u thinking that are living in dreamland. why would they come to a club that just about scraped european football this season when they could go to Italy or stay in spain and be guranteed champions league football and be payed a truck load more than we can offer them. they will go to either milans in italy or madrid or barcelona in spain.<BR/>personally id love Ajax's Hunterlaar who last season scored 32 goals and scored 34 this season.Not bad for a dutch team. and also on my short list is Real Zaragoza's Diego Milito. netted 29 goals last season but went a bit flat this season with only 18 but thats only 5 from berba's total this season. either way if Hunterlaar has a good Euro 08 and can be kept out of the clutches of he big four then we could be well within a shout.<BR/>so in total we could end up spending around 50 million on 5 players! whatever happens we'll spend big, we have to if we want to contend in europe and with the big boys of the prem.<BR/>coysBTOTHEMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13487992470621298564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-35218665550955178502008-05-16T17:18:00.000+02:002008-05-16T17:18:00.000+02:00Basically (and I hate sentences that start with 'b...Basically (and I hate sentences that start with 'basically', but basically), our midfield just isn't good enough.<BR/><BR/>You only have to look at the qualities Arshavin brings: vigour, directness, strength, fleet-footedness, fleet-mindedness, tricksiness and... and... go-for-the-jugularness.<BR/><BR/>By contrast, our midfielders are namby-pamby and indecisive. They wait for things to happen, jumping on opportunities, rather than forcing the issue. Ramos can coach them till he and they are blue in the face but (while fully acknowledging their effort) they're just not good enough.<BR/><BR/>As for Berba, I never thought I'd see the day when Spurs fans actually look forward to him leaving. His skill and brilliance is undisputed, but is it really acceptable that he has effectively put the brakes on the club's progress by not failing to come to a decision about his future (if reports are true). FFS, if it takes that long to decide, then he's hardly passionate about Spurs.<BR/><BR/>It may just be spin. But I hope the club is steaming ahead with the pursuit of new players and tieing them down, pending wherever Berba finally proposes to grace with his presence.<BR/><BR/>9.37 AnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-89651035068066301682008-05-16T17:11:00.000+02:002008-05-16T17:11:00.000+02:00drooling at the thought of Arshavin (hopefully) an...drooling at the thought of Arshavin (hopefully) and Modric..<BR/><BR/>Jenas won't have a hope...<BR/><BR/>just a side note on Berbs (yes i know..can of worms) but the fact that he seems to be thinking about what he's going to do next at least shows that he may want to stay after all.. a few more quality signings may swing him in our direction.. however the flip side of this is that he may not care ENOUGH about the club to want to decide straight away..<BR/><BR/>i'm inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt for now..some will agree with me, some won't..<BR/><BR/>i say again..imagine Berbs, Eto'o, Robbie, Modric, Arshavin and crucially NOT Jenas in the same team...<BR/><BR/>*wipes drool from mouth*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-28092730033712335142008-05-16T16:50:00.000+02:002008-05-16T16:50:00.000+02:00His goal at 2 mins 37 seconds is outrageous.His goal at 2 mins 37 seconds is outrageous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-4925911177006496612008-05-16T16:43:00.000+02:002008-05-16T16:43:00.000+02:00Like most of you I'm never 'too' impressed by yout...Like most of you I'm never 'too' impressed by youtube player mashups but the quantity & quality of arshavin's goals in this set of clips is pretty astounding.<BR/><BR/>Well I thought so anyway.<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?q=arshavin+&sitesearch=<BR/><BR/>Or just go to google video and type in: <BR/><BR/>Andrey Arshavin. The Best Russian Football Player 2006ELhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11264932149781351329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23687321.post-38927838089568349612008-05-16T16:38:00.000+02:002008-05-16T16:38:00.000+02:00Its always worrying when the 'YouTube Best of' vid...Its always worrying when the 'YouTube Best of' video has a few spooner shots going wide.<BR/>i could make a compilation of me thast more impressive and im shat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com