Just over nine months ago, as Chelsea’s improbable Champions League triumph knocked us into this season’s Europa League, it was hard not to contemplate the likely ramifications to a Spurs side at a crossroads. At that point, successful navigation of the junction into the established top four seemed a distant prospect, with near rivals further […]
Here’s some old news for you; Spurs collapsed last season, picking up 16 points from their last 13 games, having reached mid-February on 53 points from 25 games. All Spurs fans have been wary of the same happening again this year. Was the cause physical, psychological or a combination of both? A settled first XI […]
Ins: Lewis Holtby [reported £1.5m from Schalke], Zeki Fryers [£3m from Standard Liege] Outs: Jermaine Jenas [undisclosed to QPR], Andros Townsend [loan to QPR], Tomislav Gomelt [loan to Espanyol], Simon Dawkins [loan to Villa], Ryan Mason [loan to Lorient], Alex Pritchard [loan to Peterborough], Heurelho Gomes [loan to Hoffenheim], Yago Falque [loan to Almeria] A […]
As a Spurs fan there are supposedly three certainties in life; coming away from a trip to United with no points has long been one of them. The statistics are trotted out every time we head to Old Trafford but they bear repeating again. Since Big Ears poached the winner against the Red Devils in […]
Tottenham head coach André Villas-Boas today admitted his preferred style of play would never succeed at the club. In a short address in front of a packed press conference, the Portuguese said he was disappointed that his energetic, pressing mode of football was unsuited to the Premier League. In a stark message to his critics […]
The time has finally come. As was echoed in the views of many fans last night on Twitter, Harry’s position had become untenable. Redknapp’s comment last week that he needed a new long-term deal to ensure the players had certainty in his position was laughable given previous statements that the constant speculation linking with the […]
At the time it seemed an inspired appointment. The FA dillied and dallied for the best part of three months, but when they announced on 1 May that Harry Redknapp was the new England manager a nation rejoiced. The written press, in particular, was ecstatic at the decision, having long trumpeted Harry’s credentials over lesser […]
This is going to be painful to type. For all Spurs fans there are a number of difficult issues to confront at the end of a rollercoaster season: was fourth place an under or overachievement? Will Levy get the cheque book out? Can the club afford to allow another Modric saga to drag on throughout […]