im going for 0-2 to spurs aswell...Bent and erm...Jenas...Great vid btw!...

I can not wait! It'll seem at lot longer for due to the time difference, Kick is at 6pm for me! Agggh! Going to watch the game with 2 'borough fans, could be interesting!

Bit Concerned that Peckhart did not get a squad number? Any one else think it's a bit strange.

COYS

BIOYC!!!!!!!!

can't fooking wait!

COME ON YOU SPURS! Cant remember when I was this excited about the start of a season. Actually I can, it was last season!

Like you say Harry, looking at boro's midfield and ours, there should be no problems. Theirs doesnt look any better than Roma's. Or Norwich's for that matter. We have to watch out for this new bloke of theirs Digard tho, he looks like he could be a bit of a player.

I am massively apprehensive about tomorrow, looks like the best lineup we have had in my living memory, but being Spurs fans we all know how things can turn quite quickly. I will close with another hearty COYS!!!!!!!!!!!

Cant wait.

A 1-3 Spurs win for me. Bent, Bale & Modric with a late home consolation.

I cant remember being so positive before a season starts for about 20 years. We need to get off to a great start, at least 16 points from our first 8 games. That will give us the confidence to kick on and grab 3rd or 4th spot.

COYS.

Where can it be seen?

My promised ticket is no more...

Harry, I have been wating for this season to start since we won the League Cup! I can't wait any longer.


The usuual pre-match reviews are leaden with worthless comparisons to this fixture last year or Boro's dazzeling thrashing of Man City on the last day of last season. What? Who cares? That is all superflous immaterial drivel. This is not last season. This is the new Tottenham. New goalie, who is aware of his surroundings, a confident cock who won't cower or panic. If King and Woody are fit with Gunther and Bale either side of them we'll have a titanium back bone. Buit the real revolution is in the middle. The fresh sweet filling that has all us hungary bastards qued up around the bakery salivating. Bentley, Modric, Gio, are more than boro can handle. They will be a force to be reckoned with. But the real punishment will come from Mr. Bent.
Oh, of course, Mishka's help would be nice, if he's snapped out of his funk. But we won't come to tatters if he show's up with face as long as a fiddle.

Last year? Who cares about what we did or did not do last year. This is the new model for a new age. Its super charged. The fucking carbon fiber turbo sports model.

Throw yourself into the road darling!

3-0.

Reply to BruceCastle:

Harry, I have been wating for this season to start since we won the League Cup! I can't wait any longer.


The usuual pre-match reviews are leaden with worthless comparisons to this fixture last year or Boro's dazzeling thrashing of Man City on the last day of last season. What?...

or 0-3 in case you missed my point.

I am going to go for 2-1 to Spurs!!! But i am still very nervous, we have to start the season in top form and learn from last season.

3-1 to the mighty Spurs.
Bentley, Bent, Jenas. Maybe Alves or Downing will get a consolation - but who cares?

I can't believe how excited I am about Bent getting his chance...I actually want to see him succeed more than watch DiMisera Blerbatov float around the pitch making nice touches but not fighting for the team. SELL HIM!!

Reply to DRB:

Where can it be seen?

My promised ticket is no more...

Best best is to try www.justin.tv or TVants. I'm sure that none of these sites are endorsed by Harry in any way.

my hearts pounding with excitment weve got rolls bentleys jags octapuss. dident lennon look like a miget alan gilzean when he scored with is head that shows what a talent dos is going to be if he can but the ball on lennona head then watch out defences.bentley scored last year against the red and white socks they won 2-1 lets have the same only 4-0 to the blue and white sockes .coys

dont need ticket. away end not full up. pay £30 at tournstiles.

pay cash at turnstiles

perkhart is playing for the under 18 has he done somthing wrong he should be on the bench any one no ewt

I'm not going to get too carried away just yet.

5-0 to Spurs.

Nice video, a bit over the top using Barber with Pre-season though.

looking forward to this season, wasnt too confident last year as i felt we didnt strengthen the 1st team, we just bought an expensive bench! however the 1st teams looking gd now and think we'll cause a few upsets, 4th place may be out of reach due to lack of quality depth...but we can still dream! 0-2, surely bents got to grab one after his stunning form and maybe a bit of magic from gio would suit me on opening day

Hello everyone, ive been a lurker on this site for quite a while now and all this pre match prattle has persuaded me to join in......well excited and fancy us to run riot. but my head tells me we could be brought back down to earth....2-1 to us.

Fuck off all you lilly livered pessimists.

WE'RE OUT TO WIN THE PREM NOT JUST QUALIFY FOR THE CL.

Danny Boy has traded well with a couple or more still to arrive and we now have some seriously good players and a World class coach.

If we all believe it will happen


BIOYC

COYS


GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Reply to BruceCastle:

Harry, I have been wating for this season to start since we won the League Cup! I can't wait any longer.


The usuual pre-match reviews are leaden with worthless comparisons to this fixture last year or Boro's dazzeling thrashing of Man City on the last day of last season. What?...

Scrubbbbbbers!

I can't say I got too excited about breaking into the Top Four last year. It was obvious that none of the deficiencies that supporters on websites like this had complained about had been remedied. Namely CD, DM, LM and Midfield Napoleon-type. Now that the rats have left/are leaving but Bent has shown his potential, El Ramos has an idea or two and the midfield looks like dynamite with a solid bottom (come on King, don't let those knees go all a trembly), I'm guessing 4th-7th with the variable being mentality.

"Irrespective of the outcome and futures of Robbie and Dimitar, we are continuing to seek to bring in quality, talented players for the future, who want to play in a Spurs shirt."

we have a team that looks like a team.

keane won't be missed like carrick was missed. he gave us 100% but we have a new chapter. 2008/09, year of the Yiddo.

COME ON YOU SPURS!

I'm so excited I could do a sex wee

Reply to Sinceyouasked:

I can't say I got too excited about breaking into the Top Four last year. It was obvious that none of the deficiencies that supporters on websites like this had complained about had been remedied. Namely CD, DM, LM and Midfield Napoleon-type. Now that the rats have left/are leaving but Bent has...

Bang on. It's in their hands now. At least any high hopes this time out are based upon the corrective action that's been taken. My guess is that that isn't over yet either and I don't mean this window. January there'll be a second wave.

Has anyone checked out the spurs site. On transfers everyone bought is on there as is everyone sold apart from steed malbranque.Has he been sold or is he just on loan. MIGHTY SPURS TO WIN 2 - 0.

have become a member!!! hooraay...

is there some sort of hazing ritual?

"Berbatov? Who knows or cares. He's been in the shop window all summer and to what purpose? Faded from prolonged exposure and dead flies his only companions."

Absolute solid gold comment Harry, keep up the good work!

Reply to McMuffin:

have become a member!!! hooraay...

is there some sort of hazing ritual?

Yes, it involves a wet fish and an effigy of Sol Campbell

I hate campbell and his turtle necks.

scouting report:

olympic womens football, china v japan....check out japan's no.8. she has an exquisite touch.

What devastating repartee from the gooner! Did you get your mum to help you?

this vid is better:
LINK
COYS!

Hey, it's past your bedtime young man.

Harry, as soon as he's off to sleep, I'll come back and talk dirty to you, just the way you like it.

Nothing better to do little boy.
Scared? Nervous?
What am i thinking, you need to know about the beatufil attitude that goes with the beautiful game to be a true fan.
Go and do your homework and get a sense of self awareness you sorry excuse for a human being

Reply to skinless:

What devastating repartee from the gooner! Did you get your mum to help you?

no his mum was busy sucking off the milkman to pay her bill, didnt make enough in the sauna the night before!

Alright?...Check out my latest Wallpaper of Darren Bent:

LINK

Cheers!

Evenin' all,

2-1 to the lads, The Boy Bale with a super free kick with Johnny Dos scoring the winner.

Really lookin' forward to this season. Something special WILL happen for us in 08/09.

Isn't the next chinese new year, the year of the cockerel? Doesn't Lennon's eyebrow have mystical powers? Surely Johnny's toothy, impish grin will dazzle opposition defenders? Is it possible that Juande will be able to conduct interviews in perfect english with Norff Landaahn accent?

I, as you do, await with trepidation for events to unfold....



COYS!
BIOYC!

Reply to skinless:

Reply to McMuffin:

have become a member!!! hooraay...

is there some sort of hazing ritual?

Yes, it involves a wet fish and an effigy of Sol Campbell

and a sex wee.

Sexual urine.....sounds like a Hot Chocolate song.

Azza went to bed as you said.

guys, drinking wine out of a tea pot....spohisticated and british.

COYS

Reply to McMuffin:

Sexual urine.....sounds like a Hot Chocolate song.

Azza went to bed as you said.

guys, drinking wine out of a tea pot....spohisticated and british.

COYS

Azza's busy, giving his dad a fresh dirty sanchez.

Reply to McMuffin:

Sexual urine.....sounds like a Hot Chocolate song.

Azza went to bed as you said.

guys, drinking wine out of a tea pot....spohisticated and british.

COYS

I am currently imbibing an ice cold bottle of Corona Extra from that fine country of Mexico, which is also responsible for the mother of young Johnny Dos, Gawd bless 'er.

Reply to Dimpys12:

"Berbatov? Who knows or cares. He's been in the shop window all summer and to what purpose? Faded from prolonged exposure and dead flies his only companions."

Absolute solid gold comment Harry, keep up the good work!

i know! he flew up with the rest of the players today and is in the squad for tomorrow!

I just want a melon! LINK

Am quietly confident that this is going to be an amazing year. Taken from the Guilhem Blague Website relating to potential Arshavin etc arrivals is this quote:

'...a source at the club said, "We'll just have to see how these melons taste when we open them up." '

Taken in a different context, it could just mean we're going to rip open Boro and enjoy every single minute. No more am I going to worry about tactics, players etc. We have a very very capable team and the operative word is 'team', coupled with an extremely astute and clever manager.

I've just watched Martin Jol and his new troop take on Klinsi's Bayern in the grand Bundesliga opener. Paul Potts (of X Factor shame) is for some reason a huge star in them parts, and actually opened the show with a rendition of 'nessun dorma' amid fire juggling acrobats, dancers and fireworks. The real drama however was the lack of disciplined defence, the long ball punts, and the we'll try and score one more than you tactics that MBJ has his new team playing.

I certainly won't miss that. No wonder we didn't really believe last year! It eventually got him a 2-2 result tonight, however having now seen the Ramos approach pre-season, even with as yet a still slightly incomplete Ramos moulded team, somehow the butterflies have departed and I am simply waiting for the 3 points come 5 o'clock.

However large the win is for Spurs, I will predict now that this will taste sweeter than any other season in my living memory.

Glory Glory awaits.

i got one for you fellas, i spoke to david bentleys best mate the other night and they are going up to watch the game. one of the lads is called "whale" and they are taking a blow up whale to the game. he said if DB scores he is gonna grab the whale and celebrate so look out for that one!

"dead flies his only companions"

C'mon lads, yous are bad, but not not that bad.

Flies are a horibble, disgusting, ugly, stinking, dieseased filled, sub-species who feast on shite...

Oh...

Reply to Azza:

"dead flies his only companions"

C'mon lads, yous are bad, but not not that bad.

Flies are a horibble, disgusting, ugly, stinking, dieseased filled, sub-species who feast on shite...

Oh...

LMFAO, I dont think he understands... bless him.

Reply to Azza:

"dead flies his only companions"

C'mon lads, yous are bad, but not not that bad.

Flies are a horibble, disgusting, ugly, stinking, dieseased filled, sub-species who feast on shite...

Oh...

azza, leave it out and fuck off will you, the adults are talking. Whats your summer holiday homework? take how many injured players you have, divide by your final league position=how many young frenchmans bollocks uncle arsene can fit in his mouth in one go - thats yid algebra for ya - now fuck off

Reply to calebray:

Reply to Azza:

"dead flies his only companions"

C'mon lads, yous are bad, but not not that bad.

Flies are a horibble, disgusting, ugly, stinking, dieseased filled, sub-species who feast on shite...

Oh...

azza, leave it out and fuck off will you, the adults are talking. Whats your summer holiday homework? take how many injured players you have, divide by your final league position=how many young frenchmans bollocks uncle arsene can fit in his mouth in one go - thats yid algebra for ya - now fuck off

dont worry about that little cunt, just shows theres nothing exciting going on the scum front to be looking on here. azza your a berk and i hope we meet at liverpool street on oct 29th you little prick.

'The life of every man is a way to himself, an attempt at a way, the suggestion of a path. No man has ever been utterly himself, yet every man strives to be so, the dull, the intelligent, each one as best he can. Each man to the end of his days carries round with him vestiges of his birth - the slime and egg shells of the primeval world. There are many who never become human; they remain frogs, lizards, ants.' Demian, Hermann Hesse.

You, Azza, are a subhuman frog eyed lizard, crawling among the ants.

Now fuck off.

Reply to johnnyg:

Reply to calebray:

Reply to Azza:

"dead flies his only companions"

C'mon lads, yous are bad, but not not that bad.

Flies are a horibble, disgusting, ugly, stinking, dieseased filled, sub-species who feast on shite...

Oh...

azza, leave it out and fuck off will you, the adults are talking. Whats your summer holiday homework? take how many injured players you have, divide by your final league position=how many young frenchmans bollocks uncle arsene can fit in his mouth in one go - thats yid algebra for ya - now fuck off

dont worry about that little cunt, just shows theres nothing exciting going on the scum front to be looking on here. azza your a berk and i hope we meet at liverpool street on oct 29th you little prick.

fair dues and on that note im of to bed with azza's mum and sister - going for the gobshite threeway
oh and another thing BIOYC - nighty night

Reply to TMWNN:

'The life of every man is a way to himself, an attempt at a way, the suggestion of a path. No man has ever been utterly himself, yet every man strives to be so, the dull, the intelligent, each one as best he can. Each man to the end of his days carries round with him vestiges of his birth - the...

or as Rage Against The Machine so eloquently put it - know your enemy!!!!
3-1 to the spurs tommorrow - ta t a

Azza has left the building.

I used a Nit Comb on him.

Problems wie arses I see HH.

Has he not been near any chip pans yet...

9/10 accidents happen in the home, eh?

He sounds like an accident in genetic engineering.

Just so you guys know and can sleep alittle easier tonight.
I was just on Will Hill playing some poker and heard from a close friend of Hutton's Dad, that he wil be back next week for the Sunderland game. So I'd guess he's training now.
I also here he's moving into Robbo old pad on monday, its a good thing he doesnt have to use his hands....... oh yer, he takes throw ins


Im not ITK, just thought I'd let you guys know we should be back to full strength in a week or 2

Team for Boro

Gomes
Zokora King Woody Bale
Jenas
Bentley Modric J2S
Berba-soonoff Bent

Reply to kwakspur:

Just so you guys know and can sleep alittle easier tonight.
I was just on Will Hill playing some poker and heard from a close friend of Hutton's Dad, that he wil be back next week for the Sunderland game. So I'd guess he's training now.
I also here he's moving into Robbo old pad on...

Nice one. Al's a gem.

Your team looks decidedly likely. I would only swap O'Hara for Berbatov and move J2S up 'a bit'.

What with last season's kippered opener leaving an underlying stench still hanging around my minds eye level grill, I predict a 4-0 Spurs win but would actually take a 1-0 og win as a triumph of relief over utter despondency.

I see that not only has maureenio given us his verbal jinx for the 2nd year running but that his replacement phat phil has taken up the baton by declaring us as one of eight teams (yes, you heard right) capable of challenging for the premiership title. A gentleman maybe but a scolar i don't think so.

I've been gazing at the two squads and their managers.

This ought to be a turkey shoot.

anyone know which site i need for spurs game tomorrow, downloaded the sopcast and wanna watch us get off to a flyer?

LINK

anyone know which site i need for spurs game tomorrow, downloaded the sopcast and wanna watch us get off to a flyer?

Reply to _el__:

What with last season's kippered opener leaving an underlying stench still hanging around my minds eye level grill, I predict a 4-0 Spurs win but would actually take a 1-0 og win as a triumph of relief over utter despondency.

I see that not only has maureenio given us his verbal...

That Phil bloke is using us to dilute... and make out the Big Boy competition starts from 8 out, not 4. And thus make his own task appear greater.

Slippery rogue.

Reply to al:

anyone know which site i need for spurs game tomorrow, downloaded the sopcast and wanna watch us get off to a flyer?

go to www.footballfreeview.com and scoll down to a game and click, it will take you to another screen where you have a tele with 31 channels, you can ask what channel the game's on or someone will give you a link.

Reply to kwakspur:

Reply to al:

anyone know which site i need for spurs game tomorrow, downloaded the sopcast and wanna watch us get off to a flyer?

go to www.footballfreeview.com and scoll down to a game and click, it will take you to another screen where you have a tele with 31 channels, you can ask what channel the game's on or someone will give you a link.

sorry that's www.freeviewfootball.com

Cheers mate, much appreciated!

appetite duly whetted Harry..

the thing about tomoro's game is that if we play anywhere as near as good as we've been playing all pre-season, then Boro just won't / don't have an answer...

however, it being the first day of the season and all, i'm sure the Boro faithful, god bless them, will be looking for blood..

so at the very least they'll put it up to us in a way that you just don't get in pre-season friendlys..

all signs point to a 4-0 win for Spurs.. but Spurs being Spurs it'll probably be 1-1..

exciting times though..

Berb to score if he plays, otherwise Benty...

line up vs boro:
gomes
zokora woody king ekotto
jenas modric
bently dossantos bale
bent

berbatov is dead to me. probly win 4-0, 2 bent, 1 bently & 1 GDS/jenas/bale.

BIOYFBC

Line-up for me will be:
................Gomes..................

Zokora...Woody...King...Bale

.................Jenas...................

Bentley.....Modric....Dos Santos

............Berbatov....................

................Bent...................

Score: 3-1 to Spurs - Bent x 2, Dos Santos x 1

Due to a longstanding social commitment it is highly likey that there willbe no new article after todays game.

101greatgoals.com is fab.

See you in a bit, my dears...

HH, as you are away, can we ask Azza to do the post match report? Could be pretty funny - especially if we destroy Middlesborough!

what's with the new fella on soccer am, what happened to goldstein? he was decent made the whole thing less of a farce.

rubbish, bring on uncle jeff

Hi guys fancy 3-1 spurs bent, bentley & j2s. Anyone know where I can watch online the Boro game without paying???

couple of random questions here guys...
1. has anyone looked at the players profile page on the website and if so could anyone tell me where Ghaly, Stalteri, Lee are cos they seem to have disappeared off of there and you hear nothing of them these days!! Which i might add i view as a good thing, even if there are only 20 players on there!!
2. Does anyone else think that (in pre-season at least) that Assou-Ekotto has really come back playing superbly at LB letting Bale have free reign of the LM role and giving Ramos option down the left, something we havent had for a long time!!
3. Anyone else as optimistic as me about the coming season?
Think im getting too excited but also have that slight expectation that things could go wrong after last year so keeping it all crossed, something the girlfriend aint too happy about but she'll get a shafting when we win... well, if im in any fit state to when i get home from the pub!!
My Prediction... 1-3 Spurs (Bent and Giovani and Bentley)
COYS! BIOYC!!!!!!

LINK

boys get on this... you can't lose. £50 quid just like that

sweet vid just reading Berba has put in a transfer request, hope he gets his wish, done nothing all pre so he can fuk off if the story of a discounted bumshaven is true

COYS!

yid aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmmmmyyyyyy

coys

Tbe Beeb says Berbatovs on the bench with Benty up front alone...it'll give him a taste of what to expect at manure

10am k/o here...just loaded the latest BIN file on my Sat box..Setanta coming in crystal clear ...Beer in the fridge....Kids and Girlfriend sleeping
COYS!!!

confirmed as 4-5-1. no king, no bale, zorka rb e-k lb. jenas modric, lennon, dos santos, bentley, and bent up front.

where is our fit skipper. makes it a proud day for Jenas though leading the team out

Lads, has anyone got a link to either streaming video or online audio?

here mate

LINK

Reply to scar88:

here mate

LINK

i tried that and it didnt work, this is better

LINK

Chingford Spur - try this one LINK

How's your foot, by the way? A victory would do it a power of good, no doubt.

0-0 half time. We better step in the second. Johnny Dos struggling a bit, to be expected I suppose..

Cheers for the links! Little bit better, but still in a cast Yeah a victory would help, but it ain't looking great is it? We're not creating any clear cut chances and Assou-Ekotto is looking a bit shaky! Why didn't Ramos start Bale??

we look like shit

Spurs probably fortunate not to go into half-time a goal down, as Boro had goal generously disallowed.

We started well, passing the ball around - although pace a bit slow, I thought - but Boro gradually forced us back from their final third, where we now seem a bit short of initiative.

Bent hasn't seen much of the ball, but Modric has a lovely turn and forward vision, and Gio has shown some class once or twice.

Whenever Boro get the ball I'm trying to knock it off their feet with my cursor, but I think I have software problem, as it doesn't work.

Reply to 2DayArry:

we look like shit

at least we aren't losing. could be 2 or 3 down. the people writin on the wall on that justin.tv website are a bunch of twats. none of them can speak english, they're all wankers

fukin wanker keane as ht enertainment

We were completely dominated in the 1st half. Quick observations:

- we're massively weaker down the left this season, especially on defence. Every Boro attack is down that side. WTF is Bale doing on the bench?
- Huge stepdown in class upfront with Bent & Dos Santos. 2 great crosses from Zokora & Modric would have been goals last season.
- 4 horrible mistakes by Dawson in 1st half. A better club would be up by 3-0. He has to improve or it's going to be a long season. Woodgate has been very strong, though.

Does this sound familiar?

1546: GOAL Everton 1-1 Blackburn
Mikel Arteta spots Blackburn keeper Paul Robinson is out of position and bends a delicious free-kick in at the near post. Clever from Arteta but not a great start to Robbo's Rovers' career.

Reply to Chingford Spur:

Cheers for the links! Little bit better, but still in a cast Yeah a victory would help, but it ain't looking great is it? We're not creating any clear cut chances and Assou-Ekotto is looking a bit shaky! Why didn't Ramos start Bale??

Try any from here LINK

Yes, not looking great. There's a lack of balls in midfield - by which I mean cojones, not the inflatable thingies.

If it's a reality-check for the lads, then all well and good after the pre-season euphoria. It's only half-time of the first game, so it's far too early to cast judgements. The quality and method is there, but the momentum may just take a little longer than we'd like it to arrive. Even so, I believe it will arrive.

Looks like Boro for the win atm

Have to admit Berba and Bale are making a difference.

Our goalie came for a cross........

and got it

Until the goal.

we are fukin shite

Oh bollocks....

Defending shite...yet again.

You wait all that time for the season to start

then wish it hadn't

:: nice dream ::

new season, same shite.

meet the new useless fuckers. same as the last useless fuckers.

Reply to jolsgonemental:

:: nice dream ::

new season, same shite.

meet the new useless fuckers. same as the last useless fuckers.

Word.....

or are we being a little premature

Mido's on for boro, should help our cause.

Gentlemen, whatever the result, I trust this match will actually be our pre-season. It has to get real from here.

Reply to Death:

Our goalie came for a cross........

and got it

Foot meets bullet

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Reply to RunPigRun:

Mido's on for boro, should help our cause.

Fuck.

oh how we crapped on now fukin mido scores fuk we are sooo gooood

Fed up of supporting this club, i really am

Is it me, or did the second goal stem from a Dawson error? My pic so grainy I couldn't tell, but it looked like a blond head that fcuked up on the sideline.

Dawson has been shocking

Reply to fatfish:

Dawson has been shocking

Second that, why does Ramos persist with him?
Why is Led on the bench ffs?

who's predicting the scores for next week

Absolutley terrible , the same old shit . i am shocked by how bad we were

2-1 Wheater o.g. too late

fuk fuk fuk fuk fuk fukf ukf ufk fukf fuk fuk fuk fuk fuk fukf ukf ukf ukf u

Only 1st game but, there was little creativity in midfield, Bent looked lost on his own up front, only Woody looked OK at back, no protection in front of back four.

hello darkness my old friend.

is it only me who associates the end of happy sunny summer days with the start of a new Spurs season?

3 points from first 3 games? havent we been here before?

I really should know better, been supporting this lot since…. Well forever, but I still get optimistic before every season. I convince myself that we have made clever signings and that the pundits and rival fans are full of shit with their “Same old Spurs” stuff.

Then along comes the first game and the rest is history… that keeps fucking repeating itself.

Bollocks

Same old sh*t! We were not fluid enough with our passing. I didn't even know gio was playing for the first 20 minuites. I still think we'll come good.....

same old fucking shit!

dawson is quite unbelievable. seriously, why are you so bad? am i the only one who can see this? you are slow, cannot read an attackers movement, nor a defenders!!!!!!

why did we take dos santos off? he was our best player?

plus points: gomes looks much better than robinson. dos santos is quality. we now know not to put bentley in the middle. (we didn't play him in the middle during pre season so why do it on the first day of the season?)

we need to win more headers. we won none. arshavin will not improve this side.

we need a replacement for dawson.

berbatov actually seemed to care (when we scored he told someone to collect the ball from the net).

bent was too isolated.

arsenal looked woeful, so not all bad. they were luck to play at home against relegation fodder.

middlesborough could challenge the uefa pack for 5th - 8th place.

why can we not play at home on the first day?

I'm not totally down about this result. We always get a tough away fixture to start off the season. However, I think Modric is going to struggle, at least this season. We desperately need an athletic, competitive and assured DM. And Ramos has to play Gunter (until Hutton fit) and Bale at FB. Zokora simply isn't up to the job in any position - why can't Ramos see that? And we need King to play CB - I thought he was supposed to be fit. What's going on there?!

No need for panic, can't say I'm that surprised with today's result. We were spoilt in pre-season but this team is going to take time to gel in the Prem. Certainly looks like Modric and Gio are going to need a few more matches under their belts.

Don't lose the faith and get on the player's backs,support the boys, the results will come and this is only one game. Fair play to Boro they did well, we'll still finish above them though.

COYS

Reply to McMuffin:

dawson is quite unbelievable. seriously, why are you so bad? am i the only one who can see this? you are slow, cannot read an attackers movement, nor a defenders!!!!!!

why did we take dos santos off? he was our best player?

plus points: gomes looks much better than...

arsenal looked shit but at least they have got 3 points.

In the words of David Byrne... Same as it ever was.

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i'm so thoroughly disappointed by this performance. we all thought we'd win and really on what basis?

pre-season?

its just bullshit. every year i get like this and it never changes. aaaaaggggghhhhhhhhh

we can never ever play one up top again. it doesnt work. neither does zokora at full back. i was just watching it towards the end, almost in tears thinking how stupid i was to get carried away. what a shite way to end berbatovs career at spurs... if he had any doubts they are gone now.

only consolation is that my three way bet on all possible outcomes saw me win 45 quid... at least that was worth the fifteen minutes it took setting up various gambling accounts.

So, it's official, we do indeed never learn. For the 3rd season running we have a good build up and then crumble at the first sight of the real deal after several players have used the national press to make premature statements to the effect that we now declare ourselves top 4 and even premiership challengers. How big a fool do we look now? And how I can't wait to meet the rival fans at work.

A midfielder in defence, a right footed left winger, a lightweight midfield in general, no midfield general, a 2nd rate centre-back.

It should have course been 3-1; the first goal was fine. And and how amusing that our first goal of the campaign was a gratuity from last season's 13th placed club.

Swearing's too easy so I'll just say, oh my!


Oh Fucking Cunting my!

Our problem is that we still cant accept Ledley is anything other than a deadweight.

And also Levy's insistance of thrashing the living fuck out of every negotiations we have.

I'm not doubting Ramos at all. . but what the hell were some of those selections today?
Zokora is not a right back, never will be. Asso Ekoto (or whatever the spelling is) was 3rd if not 4th choice left back last season behind Lee, Bale and O'Hara, yet he starts today? Bently can play right or middle, not left, surely Lennon would've been a better bet out there to test wheater. And bar Berbatov we had no match winner on the bench. Maybe we aren't as strong as I thought. Very defensive bench, we need more attacking players. Arshavin plus a striker. Santa Cruz please. Jenas was terrible, he really is an enigma.
Preseason optimism down the fucking tubes . . . fuck it.

in hindsight it is probably unfortunate that it was not Roma who gave us a good hiding.

Dont worry Bent can carry the line, he is gone and got all good now. what the fuck were we thinking?

Vincenzo fuck off!

Nobody cares about your consolation winnings...is this an online gambling site? You see that mentioned anywhere..so take your bets and fuck right off

Same Shit, diffrent year

I'd like to thank Luka Modric and Jermaine Jenas for sttsing that we can challenge the top four..

I'd like to thank Huerelho Gomes and our very own Dannyboy going one better and emphatically telling the world that we're going to win the league..

thank you one and all for making us the absolute laughing stock of the country..