Not even the most dour faced, unbelieving, narrative seeking fan can deny there is a feel good factor around Spurs at the moment. Vass Koni looks at the player at the heart of this and asks that we find him a song.
A song for Toby
I am not going to sit here and assess the stats on any of our players or performances so far this season. That’s for others to do and to be honest I find stats fairly mind numbing after a while. But without question this season has given us cause for optimism and whilst that has always been a cue for a kick in the teeth as a Spurs fan, the visible upward trajectory in the club performances has reignited us all as fans I believe and long may it continue.
And nowhere is it more apparent now that at the football grounds both home and away. We seem to have started singing players names once more and this is usually a good sign. It means that we as fans are re-engaging with the players again after a period of moody despondency where songs were somewhat limited to anything containing the “Y word” or “singing what we wanted” and we’d pepper this with “stand up if you love/hate” something and of course there’s always “Oh when the Spurs” as a staple part of the singing diet.
[linequote]In my opinion the star of the season so far has been Toby Alderweireld. A much needed signing that has brought out the best out of some of the players around him[/linequote]
Now we have a real “one of our own” and some in between “ones of our own”, but we are all in love with Eric Dier and of course he loves us back. And whether we are singing “Oh Mousa Dembele” “always taking Lamela with you”; or thinking Jan is pretty “super”, it is clear that with every song there is an adoration and respect for that particular player and what he does for the team. As the joy and attachment builds so does the repertoire.
In my opinion the star of the season so far has been Toby Alderweireld. A much needed signing that has brought out the best out of some of the players around him. Alderweireld has been a calming influence in our defence and he seems to have brought the best out of Vertonghen and they have formed a great understanding together. So much so that Toby seemed visibly unhappy at the fact that he was partnering Wimmer in the recent cup game versus Leicester but that could only have been a blip. The guy has been immense. He has (according to @spursstatman) only committed six fouls in 1980 minutes of Premier League action this season which is Ledley King standard; oh and he has a crossfield pass that Michael Dawson would probably sell his mum for. Plus he has chipped in with goals.
[linequote]There is an intelligence in his play and a reassurance that has been missing since the departure of the ‘one-kneed’ one[/linequote]
Suffice to say that Toby has been awesome this season. Defensively he has brought calm and composure (OK so we are still somewhat prone to the occasional defensive panic but not as often as we have been used to). There is an intelligence in his play and a reassurance that has been missing since the departure of the “one-kneed” one. And not only that, he offers a genuine threat in the opposing box from corners and set pieces, and given that we never score from corners you can appreciate what an aberration this is for us Spurs fans.
But we have yet to hear a song for him and this is something that I think needs addressing. OK he doesn’t have the easiest of surnames to use but I am sure that there is someone in our ranks that can come up with something.
So instead of breaking out into a somewhat arrogant chorus of “you’re sh*t” to opposing fans (to the tune of Hey Jude) why not put your thinking caps on and let’s see if we can’t muster something unique up for Toby. Give Toby some love people. I’m sure you can do it. COYS.
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21/01/2016 @ 12:18 pm
I always think that anything “new” is difficult to catch on, so why not go for the generic “We love you Tottenham, we do…” and simply change it to “We love you Toby, we do…”. It also gets round the problem of his surname!
21/01/2016 @ 12:19 pm
I loved the one 1882 sang to the tune of Status Quo’s Rocking All Over The World – “And I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it, la la la like it, la la la like it, oh oh oh… Toby Alderweireld
22/01/2016 @ 3:58 pm
Gotta say. I like this :)
21/01/2016 @ 12:20 pm
What’s it all about, Aldi?
21/01/2016 @ 12:37 pm
Sung to the tune of ” around the world ” by daft punk it’s something that will be original and hasn’t been sung before…
21/01/2016 @ 1:45 pm
Toby, Toby, Toby, Toby, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah – to the tune of Ruby, Ruby, Ruby Ruby… obvs!
21/01/2016 @ 2:21 pm
Top one this!!!
21/01/2016 @ 2:22 pm
I like this one!!
21/01/2016 @ 2:20 pm
Sund to the tune of “The Hockey Cokey”
Oooohhhhh Toby, Toby. Oooohhhhh Toby, Toby. Oooohhhhh Toby, Toby. Toby Alder-weir-eld!!
21/01/2016 @ 2:46 pm
Sung to the tune of Cilla’s “Your my world”
Alderweireld, long passes are his way
Alderweireld, he heads in goals all day
And if midfield, ceases to be
Then in defence is Alderweireld, Toby
21/01/2016 @ 3:44 pm
To the tune of Oasis ‘all around the world’
Alderweireld, you’ve got to spread the word
Tell them what you heard, he’s gonna make a better day
‘Cause all around the world, you’ve got to spread the word
Tell them what you heard, you know he’s gonna be okay
21/01/2016 @ 4:12 pm
At the Nashville Spurs supporters group we sing, to the tune of The Doors’ Hello, I love you, “Toby, we love you, how you say your last name.” Admittedly, not great, but always gets a good laugh.
22/01/2016 @ 12:55 pm
A simple one often used at the Darts at Ally Pally
There’s only one Alderweireld, One Alderweireld, walking along, singing a song, walking in a Toby Wonderland
22/01/2016 @ 4:05 pm
Loads of great suggestions. I agree its always hard to get a new song started. Seeing as I started this I may as well have a go too and at the risk of sounding a complete idiot :) . How about to the tune of Coldplay’s Paradise
Toby, Toby, Alderweireld
Toby, Toby, Alderweireld
Toby, Toby, Alderweireld
22/01/2016 @ 4:54 pm
Oops. One too many Toby’s on each line. :)
22/01/2016 @ 6:02 pm
Or maybe not. Told you I was crap at this lol.
30/01/2016 @ 8:38 pm
I hope people see this, because I think it could be the one!
* To the tune of “Gold” by Spandau Ballet
Crowd: al-der-wei-RELD!
ALWAYS BE SHIELDING OUR GOOOAL!
YOU’VE GOT THE LONG-BALL TO KNOW,
YOU’RE GETTING CHAMPIONS LEAGUE!
ALWAYS BELIEVE (in) TOBYYY!
AL-DER-WEI-RELD . . .
And so on and so forth. Fighting Cock, if you’re reading this, please try and make this happen. I don’t know whether you could get in touch with some of the major Spurs supporters clubs, but I’m desperate to see the word get spread about this one. As Mr Koni rightly said, this needs addressing, and a British 80s mega-hit like this one is no more than Toby deserves. If anyone doesn’t quite recognise the song, look it up on Youtube, Gold – Spandau Ballet. Those who feel what I’m feeling here can let their fellow Yids know. Heck, you could even embarrass yourselves by belting it out down the pub when we’re on! Seriously though, let’s do this for our man Toby Alderweireld!
10/02/2016 @ 5:58 am
Oh, Toby Toby, Toby Toby Toby Toby Somethingorother.