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Kyle Walker and the Zen Geezer Movement

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by The Fighting Cock
This article originally appeared on the excellent An Evening with Lustdoctor. Click through and read more. It’s the balls. My old boxing pal Dominic Negus once told me, ‘If you spent your time knocking out the wankers in life you’d never do anything else’. This inspiring moment of ‘Zen Geezerism’ immediately entered my head in […]

This article originally appeared on the excellent An Evening with Lustdoctor. Click through and read more. It’s the balls.

My old boxing pal Dominic Negus once told me, ‘If you spent your time knocking out the wankers in life you’d never do anything else’. This inspiring moment of ‘Zen Geezerism’ immediately entered my head in the fallout of Spurs’ 2-4 reverse against a clinical Chelsea.

After likeable full-back Kyle Walker’s fallow form continued against a sharp Blues’ outfit, packed with a trio of talented and highly-paid midfielders, a few faceless keyboard warriors were almost inevitably directing abuse at the rookie defender from behind the shield of a laptop screen. Walker duly deleted his Twitter account which in the best case scenario may concentrate his mind on more important matters like defending.

But footballers, we must remember, are not infallible, computerised drones. They have problems, too. FIFA13 has fooled us. The sheer brilliance of Lionel Messi makes it seem as if players can perform flawlessly without error, but they are people dealing with the same mind-bending domestic problems as the rest of us. Walker has been poor since the tail end of last season, for whatever reason, but he’s talented, young and will surely find form in time. He will certainly play more effectively and positively with our encouragement rather than guileless cyber-derision or mindless stick from recent lobotomy patients in the stands.

Gareth Bale’s decision to miss the game to attend the birth of his child was also met with criticism. It was a personal choice and one most people will respect. Bale does appear to be a rare British footballer in a long-term and loving relationship so his reasons were nothing but sincere. The great news is Gareth’s good lady will not be dropping a 7lb wing wizard on the day of the Europa League and FA Cup finals. If someone can put a contract out on Charlie Adam, the Welshman might actually play at the scenes of our double trophy triumphs. Don’t wake me up from that dream!

An unfortunate complication of ‘baby mama drama’ meant I was bizarrely at home with the miniature doctor rather than beating my chest like a wildman at White Hart Lane and therefore I (thankfully) missed this league fixture for the first time in 14 years. Given the reserve heavy line-up, a draw seemed the best case scenario. It was not to be.

The starting XI sent shivers down my spine. Tom Huddlestone lacks the mobility to influence a game against clever, mobile, high quality midfielders like Hazard, Mata and Oscar and his decision to grow his hair until he scores means he will probably end the season looking like Captain Caveman. The midfield was the key battlefield in this fixture and shorn of the drive of Dembele, bite of Parker and electricity of Bale, Spurs often looked second best despite fashioning a creditable number of chances.

[linequote]But footballers, we must remember, are not infallible, computerised drones. They have problems, too. FIFA13 has fooled us.[/linequote]

But we should remember that Chelsea top the table for a reason and, given the inequality of the first half, the response in the second was worth appreciating. A blank chequebook is an almost unbeatable opponent at the best of times. Spurs gutted it out in the trenches and made a game of it and pressing for a late equaliser always leaves a team vulnerable at the back.

The AVB revolution is a work in progress. We must greet the downs with resolve and not a whining sense of entitlement. Foundations are being laid for something progressive and potentially special. Let’s show true support and not turn off our loyalty like a tap after a single setback.

We remain fifth and North London’s premier team. That ain’t too shabby. Ask any zen geezer.

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5 Comments

  1. wiltshirespur
    22/10/2012 @ 6:05 pm

    mate it was fucking quality when we went ahead. I hadn’t given us a chance before the game so to come back from 1 down was brilliant, the lane was absolutely rocking for the first time this season. Far as I’m concerned the game ended at 65 minutes ;)

  2. spur1950
    22/10/2012 @ 8:51 pm

    spot on after 65 mins went into relapse mode we just switched off ,and wiltshire it was rocking mate ,so stewards stop telling people to sit BLOODY DOWN SOD THE MISERABLE BASTARDS who moan about people standing ,going to be fun next EUFA cup game sold out and with those 1882 lot should be fun cant wait

    • Jon
      23/10/2012 @ 8:43 am

      Quite agree regarding the stewards. I haven’t been to a game at WHL for about 8 months now as the last 2 times I have been the stewards have threatened to ‘eject’ me from the stadium for the awful crime of standing at the game. Much more fun at away games

  3. DAVSPURS
    22/10/2012 @ 8:52 pm

    You don’t no how true your statement is about the game ending on 65 mins this was when i stopped watching because i knew what was coming. What i am going to tell you has got me called stupid by some of my own fans all because i found out what a team not far from me who used to win trophy’s and helped them to stay in the top four for years was using to help them. When England’s game got called off it opened a can of worms i discovered five seasons ago but could not get any fans to believe me . This is what i discovered a team who dominated the ball from start to the last second and won most games. Then things started to go wrong players broke there legs with reckless tackles caused by to much energy racing through there veins so the next season things had to change so then they would be known for being the comeback Kings and would nearly win the league only to miss out in the closing weeks. The following season and a famous comeback in there History firmly established the team started to suffer burn out through playing at a high tempo for 90 plus mins the star striker suffered the most and results got worse by the week and eventually the manager was sacked. I had found out why this team could play and win even when they where losing by a few goals with limitless energy teams would suffer wave after wave of attacks till they got a pen or scored. To this day the team are striving to get back and if i had not discovered the reason then i wold be none the wiser and blame dept but sadly like the revelations of the great shamed cyclist Lance Armstrong this way of playing would never last and this is why i no Chelsea style wont last not there attack but the way the full team defend when they lose the ball because Chelsea beat Spurs by extra work rate by pressing the ball when we escaped we scored but we paid the price by playing old legs and hands in our defense and a tired Walker and Caulker from there England games and Caffeine induced energy levels. You see how i knew Chelsea would come back was one of there players played for the team who could come back and win using something unlike Caffeine taken off the band list but a drug even more dangerous and still band Ephedrine . So when i see Spurs chase the ball and Penn the opposition in there half and win the ball and in the second half do the same after ten mins when it kicks in again just think is this a fit team or is there more than the Caffeine and energy drinks highlighted by England’s washed out game in Poland. This why i stopped watching when we took the lead i knew when the energy boost came back normaly after half time we would struggle unless we got more goals like at Utd and hang on Gallas and Walkers push in the back and gifts seen to that. I hate repeating this tale but i have become an expert spotting this form of cheating and the teams who play like this all have players from the famous comebacks Barcelona Madrid Chelsea and the funny thing is two of these teams won the very cup the comebacks won when all the players who have left played for them.

  4. stevo
    23/10/2012 @ 3:17 am

    He DavSpurs
    …………………………………………………………..
    These are the punctuation marks you lost.
    If you put them back in I might have an idea of what you are on about.

    Cheers

    Stevo

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