Norwich Away Pre Match Prattle

gomes
hutton/gunter woodgate dawson/ledley bale
jenas modric hudd lennon
berba bent,
or
same back four
lennon jenas modric hudd steed
berba
in a side note, keanos a cunt.

lol Yido1. Nice postscript there. I'm going to go for what I believe our strongest line up is:

Gomes
Hutton/Gunter Woody King/Dawson Bale/Gilberto
Lennon Jenas Thudd Modric Dos Santos
Berbatov

If we play 4-4-2 then put Bent up front and sacrifice Lennon (can't cross anyway).

Also - as soon as I see Keane in a sh1tty red scouse shirt I already know I amactually going to shed a tear.

Yours,

disillusioned

My prediction for the team line up:

Not a clue!

Except no Keano...:-(

my predictions are always wrong, but I predicted the welsh nationalists would win the glasgow by election so I'm getting closer.
Gomes
Hutton Woodgate King Gilberto
Jenus Hudd Modric
Lennon Berbatov Dos Santos

Subs Bale Bent Blow Blot and Butt

Gomes
Gunter - Woody - Dawson - Gilberto
Lennon - Thud - Bale
Modric - Dos Santos
Bent

gomes
gunter, woodgate, dawson, gilberto
jenas, hudd, J2S, O'hara (Modric as sub)
berba, bent

Fuckin' docherty will score for Norwich, then probably do a "comedy" robbie "the cunt" Keane rolly polly celebration. Seems Coral don't want to offer a price for the Doc. Strange that.

Oh. There's only one Keano. He's manager of Sunderland and he's buying all our shit for big money.

Gomes
Gunter Woody King Gilberto
Hudd
Lennon Jenas Modric
J2S
Berb4tov

Obviously Bale & Hutton would play, if available. Just cant wait to watch it.
Would be nice to see Bostock come on for Jenas.

I think J2S will do well in PointyShouty's old position. Can t wait to see his face on the bench mid-season when he realises the grass isnt greener. Bob I mean.

I may even start a chorus of "there's only one Keano"......... when we play Sunderland.

Are Hutton and Bale injured then? Any confirmation of Hutton's injury anywhere? I understand Bale may not be ready yet (from seeing his ankle strapped in Spain).

There's only one smoothbum!

3-1 Spurs

1 for Johnny. 2 for Bent.

Reply to jolsgonemental:

3-1 Spurs

1 for Johnny. 2 for Bent.

Benty to recover his mojo on Championship soil, then... ?

Bent is THE man for pre-season friendlies.

Rather scarily I can see a role for bent in a Ramos formation.

Reply to jolsgonemental:

Bent is THE man for pre-season friendlies.

Rather scarily I can see a role for bent in a Ramos formation.

nothing scarey about that. Bent didn't much of chance last season. He was a real asset at Charlton, and could play an important role for us now that we have some midfielders that are more capable of feeding him chances.

Reply to jolsgonemental:

Bent is THE man for pre-season friendlies.

Rather scarily I can see a role for bent in a Ramos formation.

Bent's only 23 and worth hanging on to (at least until we can recoup closer to what Damion C. paid for him!)

I just noticed he grew up as an Ar5na1 supporter. Fuck it. Sell him at a loss.

Bent just gets on with the job. He doesn't waste energy pointing, shouting or frowning. As a true professional, he understands that it takes 33 muscles to frown and only 13 to smile*, thus saving vital calories for the real issue of winning football matches.



*Probably bullshit.

Watch the game tonight at www.live-footy.org
COYS

_________________________________ | | Gomez | |
| __________ |
| Gunter Woody Dawson Gilberto|
| |
| Jenas Thud O'hara |
|Lennon J2S |
| Bit Dodgy (Bent) |

.....and thats how bored I am!

GTNS

Well that looked different when I typed it! I made a fucking pitch and everything.....gutted

ah Harry i've missed the Pre-Match Prattle..

looking forward to the game tonight.. i'm hoping Bent has grown a brain during the Summer..

i'm also looking forward to posting my first player ratings of the season..

talk to you all after..

COYS

Robbie's move just been officially confirmed..

Been leaving the transfer talk to one side of late thus a lack of responses from my person on this delightful site.

That and coming home from work to see 140 comments already left can result in my ear bleeding after getting halfway through.

That aside, a bit of footy on the telly will be grand. I predict a healthy 4-0 with one fuck up from Gomes that DOESN@T result in a goal.

GUTTED massively about Keano. Will not be booing him at the Liverpool game though. Or in general....maybe.

Reply to WhiteyThomson:

Been leaving the transfer talk to one side of late thus a lack of responses from my person on this delightful site.

That and coming home from work to see 140 comments already left can result in my ear bleeding after getting halfway through.

That aside, a bit of footy on...

i won't be booing him either Whitey as we're stuck with him over here in Ireland..

however i will now refrain from calling him by the affectionate names of "Robbie" or "Keano" but instead i will revert to simple "Robert" or "R. Keane"

he doesn't deserve our boos but he certainly doesn't deserve our affections..

Personally, I'm quite grateful to him for funding the purchase of Arshavin. Cheers, Robster. You leave Spurs a better place.

Fair point Bimitar and also 937. Provided we get the whole amount of £20 million-ish then at the end of the day it cash well made.

Barry must be feeling a bit gutted that they forked out for R. Keane and not him!

Dear All

Fair fuckin play to Levy, the announcement on OS is top drawer stuff................would still sue the cnuts

Wonder if Mitka will befriend Arshaver as fellow slav and then decide to stay?

Hey, Andrei? Want to come and feed my squirels?
Or fondle my nuts?

Well, seeing as it looks like I'm going to be working through it, any of you kind sirs suggest any decent streamers you can use to watch through the pc?

Reply to Nunchucks:

Well, seeing as it looks like I'm going to be working through it, any of you kind sirs suggest any decent streamers you can use to watch through the pc?

LINK

Berbatov not in the squad for tonight, that'll be another £25m in the bank then..... The Milky-Bars are on us! I expect a big announcement tomorrow or at a push late tonight.

Dimitar feeds gray squirrels coz red ones don't come that far south.

anyway...

Modric, Berba...and possibly Arshavin?

The new Eastern Bloc at White Hart Lane!

anyone missing Robbert Keen? his departure has been quite cathartic for me, i mean he was hardly Steve Perryman was he? Liverpool is what? his 23rd club?

Bent up front with Modders just off tonight...sexy, no? hope to see J2S at some point.

Reply to WhiteyThomson:

Reply to Nunchucks:

Well, seeing as it looks like I'm going to be working through it, any of you kind sirs suggest any decent streamers you can use to watch through the pc?

LINK

Good show, sir. However, the link returns a 404 Page Not Found.

Are you linking into a site you had to sign up to first?

Reply to Nunchucks:

Reply to WhiteyThomson:

Reply to Nunchucks:

Well, seeing as it looks like I'm going to be working through it, any of you kind sirs suggest any decent streamers you can use to watch through the pc?

LINK

Good show, sir. However, the link returns a 404 Page Not Found.

Are you linking into a site you had to sign up to first?

no mate

Reply to Nunchucks:

Well, seeing as it looks like I'm going to be working through it, any of you kind sirs suggest any decent streamers you can use to watch through the pc?

Try this link, Nunchucks. LINK

Sometimes just watching Spurs can seem like work. Not tonight, you Lilywhites.

COYS

Bootiful, 9.37. Just bootiful.

Atleast we know Bale aint injured

Two Saints; I think I love you.

Cocking Euro 2008 music when people score. WHY?!!?

At Halftime I like - Modric's passing and fakes using a clever shift of body weight. Dos Santos being direct. Zokora being steady. O'Hara getting forward. Jenas getting back. Huddlestone running. Gilberto overlapping. Darren Bent.
I don't like - Gunter has been average, Gomes looks clumsy, Dawson will need plastic surgery, Norwich are trying to kick us off the park, Ledleys right knee, Dos Santos' right foot.

Reply to jolsgonemental:

3-1 Spurs

1 for Johnny. 2 for Bent.

That was a Dos Santos Goal. Dont care what anyone says - he obviously played for that.

Bale and Hutton will be vital next season. Dawson can't cope. JJ looks like he is being trained to play a holding role (but still taking wild shots).

It is clear that Gio and Modric were good purchases. Bent may be waking up.

Oh and Ledly. Sadly he has seen better days.

You know things are different when you anticipate moves you've seen a hundred times before and another move happens instead.

Passes seem short, direct, on the floor. Focus on movement to get forward and movement to create movement. JGM for prophet.

At least we know what Assou-Ekotto has been doing while out injured..... Growing that outstanding Barnet! Must say there is a different look about our play, small tight triangles, people breaking from midfield past the front line.... I wont say what it reminds me of. Oh and JGM, I'm giving you that Dos Santos goal all day long.

JGM

Darren Bent has turned into a MACHINE!

and how good is J2S? Phwoar...methinks we are gonna be alllllllllright, but it'd still be nice to get Arshavin and Villa and Pavlyuchenko (apparently, these deals are in the bag...or so says a mate of mine who said he heard it from a very reliable source)

Robbie who?

I hope he's watching.

Silvester Bent the Canary Killer.

Reply to Park Lane Nomad:

At Halftime I like - Modric's passing and fakes using a clever shift of body weight. Dos Santos being direct. Zokora being steady. O'Hara getting forward. Jenas getting back. Huddlestone running. Gilberto overlapping. Darren Bent.
I don't like - Gunter has been average, Gomes looks clumsy,...

Personally think Gunter has been great. He's massively overshadowed by Hutton but considering his age he has been all over Norwich.

I was more disapointed with Modric but only because Dos Santos has been outstanding.

Bent is proving me right, long may it continue.

And....dare I say it...A Eketto or whatever he is is actually not bad. Honestly thought he was well on his way like so many other young Spurs. Would like him to stay and prove me wrong, we've had enough faith in the lad to keep him this long!

Reply to Park Lane Nomad:

At Halftime I like - Modric's passing and fakes using a clever shift of body weight. Dos Santos being direct. Zokora being steady. O'Hara getting forward. Jenas getting back. Huddlestone running. Gilberto overlapping. Darren Bent.
I don't like - Gunter has been average, Gomes looks clumsy,...

WAAAAAY! HatTrick!!!

Wonder if the Bent slaters will still be slating him? Probably.

Reply to MysteriousStranger:

Wonder if the Bent slaters will still be slating him? Probably.

Even after his 4th goal...

Darren Bent Bent Bent!!!

One more and I'll embrace him as one of our own

I know its a friendly and I hate to say I told you so...

Reply to WhiteyThomson:

Reply to Park Lane Nomad:

At Halftime I like - Modric's passing and fakes using a clever shift of body weight. Dos Santos being direct. Zokora being steady. O'Hara getting forward. Jenas getting back. Huddlestone running. Gilberto overlapping. Darren Bent.
I don't like - Gunter has been average, Gomes looks clumsy,...

Personally think Gunter has been great. He's massively overshadowed by Hutton but considering his age he has been all over Norwich.

I was more disapointed with Modric but only because Dos Santos has been outstanding.

Bent is proving me right, long may it continue....

Gunter's been better second half, was a little shaky first half. For me Modric added class short range passing, which sounds a bit silly, but those short passes around the corner in the final third are the hardest to play and he plays them for fun.

Fair point! Just want the new season to start ASAP!!

Want them new signings first. I know the score line doesnt show it tonight but I am still worried about our defense as well.

well that was better than a bag of spanners wasn't it?

firstly, binzy top man!! got to see some of the match on that web site!!!
Robbie who???? May be Bent will come out of his shell now? i agree with you HH, keano ha slet us down, says he wants to stay but then soon as there is real interest hes off!!! tosser!!

Through playing-time, Bent will achieve lift-off velocity, then soar. He offers less silk than Berbatov, but more dynamite.

I do wish he wouldn't answer every question in the post-match interview starting with 'Yeah, definitely', though. Think of the ramifications:

'Will you, Darren Bent, take this woman...?'

'Yeah, definitely.'

Reply to 9__37:

Through playing-time, Bent will achieve lift-off velocity, then soar. He offers less silk than Berbatov, but more dynamite.

I do wish he wouldn't answer every question in the post-match interview starting with 'Yeah, definitely', though. Think of the ramifications:
...

Yeah definitely agree with that.

well that was nice wasnt it.

I sometimes forget what good players Huddlestone and Lennon can be when they are harnessed to do what they do best.

Purposeful, incisive, intelligent football.

ninethirtyseven,

sheer genius, i had observed that in the past about benty, sure he's wonderfully polite, but a bit of creativity wouldn't go a miss.

he's having a stormer tonight tho...

BENT TO INHERIT NO 10!

Well that was a bit good, but I saw something awful - Ekotto's hairdo
That was the worst haircut in the history of bad footballing haircuts

Great second half, as well as the more obvious players, I thought O'Hara had a great game.

Well chuffed with J2S, knew when to do the tricks, when to lay it off and when to run with it.

Replace Jenas with someone less invisible and I think we could be in for a good season.

More chance of our new striker signing being Robbie Keane.

Well, its only a PSF I know but fuck it, I'm excited! I thought the boy Gunter had a great game, Modric showed a couple of glimpses, Gio got stronger and better as the game wore on - unlucky not to score. Gilberto showed he can still do a job and I liked Lennon starting in a more central position (new role anyone?). Jenas I thought had one of his "oh, was he playing" type of nights and what can you say about Bent? Awsome - albeit against limited opponents. I thought Ekoto was excellent and the Thud looked as good as ever. I even thought Zok was ok tonight!

As a Yid I feel that optimism that is eternal positively gushing through my veins - false dawns - never!

COYS

Only saw second half, but that was right pleasing, the way we bent them out of shape and that

Couldn't quite tell on the stream, but was O'Hara playing DM cover role for a lot of 2nd half? Seemed to be doing well if it was him, and interchanging with JJ (I will use affectionate affectations for him - reckon he's gonna be useful in this new free-flowing responsive midfield).

All the tricky triangles high up the pitch were very appetising indeed - with the overlapping fullbacks and that. The back line is still shaky, but if we turn into a 'goals from anywhere' team this season, i'm not sure i'll care

Robert David Keane has moved on. We need not mention him again.

To the future! (shaved)bottoms up!

OK so for the benefit of us "one up front" theorists if Bob the pointer was still with us where would he have played?

Okay, this is it.

I've been hitting the busy button for the last few days on Vladimir.

Ce Soir, after a few sherberts I text him back.

'What is the exact situation with Andrei? My club is hungry for him but maximum including all commissions twenty five million euros.'

This is the bomb.

He replies..

"No one goes anywhere. We wait for you in St Petersburg...with AS agent and director you know of club. You are long time in this profession and became a victime of PR. If you ever see Arshavin in a Tot t- short I will eat it."

All I have. Verbatum.

And this as I come home from the juicer. No Harry Hitspur nonsense.

Now if the boy signs as my old mate Paul Smith says, then fair dues. All any of us want is a bite at recovery after this Keane fiasco.

Your pal, Harry (insert surname)

the KGB will be knocking on your door...


BENTY 10

'arry (which I always thought was short for 'enry and not 'arrold), Go and see your back manager, you're about to beat every club to the punch and end up with an extremely expensive Rusky lodger.

missed the whole match any high lights knocking about harry?

Reply to BruceCastle:

'arry (which I always thought was short for 'enry and not 'arrold), Go and see your back manager, you're about to beat every club to the punch and end up with an extremely expensive Rusky lodger.

correction: go and see your BANK manager and watch your BACK.

Reply to HarryHotspur:

Okay, this is it.

I've been hitting the busy button for the last few days on Vladimir.

Ce Soir, after a few sherberts I text him back.

'What is the exact situation with Andrei? My club is hungry for him but maximum including all commissions twenty five...

That confirms it


The Bumshaver is on his way



What you haven't heard of that old Russian custom of eating the shirt of someone you love ?

Nice one your juiced-ness

If it is so, so be it. I do have a slight fear that the AS of his text actually means 'Anal Scorcher', and they've rumbled you.

On the plus side tho, that'd mean baldy bum might still try our tshirt on for size

mmm beetroot flavoured.

Great work HH.

Peter Kenyon is a total cock.

Not that I needed any further reason to hate Chelsea, but really...

When I have highlights, YOU have highlights...

Bent scores four goals against lower league opposition in a pre-season friendly and now he is the replacement for the departed Keane. Wow I am giddy with excitement. Behave! Bent was not worth the money we paid for him, is an England wannabe and will not be able to help us break into the top four - period. Let's have an outbreak of common sense.

LINK
Rub your eyes and it will be ok

Reply to Superspur10:

Bent scores four goals against lower league opposition in a pre-season friendly and now he is the replacement for the departed Keane. Wow I am giddy with excitement. Behave! Bent was not worth the money we paid for him, is an England wannabe and will not be able to help us break into the top four -...

Not on this shift... Well said.

All I will add is that his finishing was superb. Sure their keeper wasn't this and he sure wasn't that.. but Benty done good.

HH scores him a 6.78/10.

Reply to BruceCastle:

LINK
Rub your eyes and it will be ok

You mentalist. Thank the sweet Lord it wasn't demanding... .. sorry, as demanding as scouring every bleedin' football sites. You Tube, you say...

hi all,
was at the game tonight, just got home...
well what a day, the irish one f**ked off,
gutted i couldnt vent my splean at him,booo!
back to the game, modric looked great, classy
passes around the box, hardly gave the ball away,easily pushed off the ball though..
dos santos? a bit of a star, if he could do
it against the best.. bent was roundly boooed
at the start.... afraid the canary fans pissed
him off!
badger got a game! looked better than i remember him..(not the hair..)
king looked a bit lame.. gunter was good
going forward but dodgy in defence.
gomes dodgy kick early, but we have a huge
goalie who will be out on the 18yrd line
catching.... just get out of his way.. only
1 big kick up field!
formation seamed to be one up front, 4 doing
what they like, one in front of the defence.
all was far too close together.
we need a defensive midfielder, and centre back
big time.. loved seeing the spurs play where i
live, think 40% of fans were yidos.. could even
jump up and down in the main stand, yid army!

Boogiedoctor, thanks for your apraisal. What a day its been. I am worried about CM and CD too. I am sure JR has his eyed peeled for someone to replace dawson.

im worried about very slow king..
if he was a race horse..

Just got back from game, and enjoyed it. I rated pretty much all of the players very highly; Dawson looked shaky at the start but then didn't have long until subbed off through injury. Bale looked great coming back - shame about the missed bicycle kick. Assou-Ekotto looked very good, as did Gilberto, Gunter and Zokora. Huddlestone was fantastic, as was O'Hara, Bent, Dos Santos, Lennon and Modric. Jenas did an alright job, and Taarabt knows how to pass now, and pass well. My man of the match would be Huddlestone - simply flawless.

Reply to BruceCastle:

LINK
Rub your eyes and it will be ok

Good man Bruce.
Just come to my notice that Johnny Two Saints is listed as a striker on the THFC website adding more weight to the suggestion that the coaching staff may not be as upset at Pointy's departure as they are letting on.

Reply to 9__37:

Through playing-time, Bent will achieve lift-off velocity, then soar. He offers less silk than Berbatov, but more dynamite.

I do wish he wouldn't answer every question in the post-match interview starting with 'Yeah, definitely', though. Think of the ramifications:
...

I'll take that over Jermain Defoe's "you know"s any day of the week.

The man was a "you know" machine.

Reply to HarryHotspur:

Reply to Superspur10:

Bent scores four goals against lower league opposition in a pre-season friendly and now he is the replacement for the departed Keane. Wow I am giddy with excitement. Behave! Bent was not worth the money we paid for him, is an England wannabe and will not be able to help us break into the top four -...

Not on this shift... Well said.

All I will add is that his finishing was superb. Sure their keeper wasn't this and he sure wasn't that.. but Benty done good.

HH scores him a 6.78/10.

???

Bent scores four goals and displays his finishing prowess and he gets 6.78? I dunno it just seems like half the spurs fans desperately want him to fail so they can be right about him being a waste of money. He is a good player, given a chance. I know it was only Norwich, and their keeper isn't exactly Buffon, but Bent was good, give the lad some credit. I'd have Bent over Pavlyuchenko anyday (one is proven in the premiership, the other is not.)

As for the rest of the team, they really look good. Modric was good when he was on, not quite as fit as the others tho. Gunter was handy. Lennon was effective, also looks like he has learnt to cross, good times. Dos Santos was good, but he seemed to fade out after he got kicked around a bit, can see that being a problem. Defence looked shaky, but then it was makeshift at best. Gilberto looks good going forward, but terrible defensively, looks like a chimbo clone to me (with a little more class). I like O'Haras drive, he seemed to want a part in everything. Jenas had a quiet game , but broke up their play and made a few really good tackles, new position for the lad?

Reply to Nunchucks:

Reply to 9__37:

Through playing-time, Bent will achieve lift-off velocity, then soar. He offers less silk than Berbatov, but more dynamite.

I do wish he wouldn't answer every question in the post-match interview starting with 'Yeah, definitely', though. Think of the ramifications:
...

I'll take that over Jermain Defoe's "you know"s any day of the week.

The man was a "you know" machine.

Agreed! I also like how Jermain is telling all the newspapers how worried he is about us selling Keane and Berba.

I thought Bent took all 4 goals really well last night. showed good finishing and confidence, the 4th was a great nutmeg on the keeper, lets hope he can keep his confidence up because if he does i'm sure theres lots of goals in him. J2S showed that he can handle it when players like to get rough with him, I was quite impressed by some of the strength he showed in the first half when shielding the ball and of course with his control and technique, gutted he didnt score but he showed that he's in the mix for a 1st team place.. Modric, did look like he needed more fitness but that will come, liked some of his incisive passing and prompting of the play, felt he had a few chances to shoot that he turned down but i'm sure he'll be all set for Aug 16th. Gunter was great at RB, showed willing to get forward and was strong and clever when he needed to defend, its good to see that he's adequate cover for Hutton. Great to see Bale back, obviously he's trying to get his match fitness and sharpness back, he looked good going forward last night though. BREAKING NEWS...... Aaron Lennon looks like he has learnt to cross a football!! I was very pleased and quietly impressed to see him ripping Norwich apart last night, him and Gunter operated very well down the right, I would still like to see Bentley come in but if Lennon can keep on playing like last nights showing will be fantastic back up / impact sub. O'Hara looked good and its nice to see him get really stuck in. He's a bit of a dynamo and his versatility will be very useful over the season.

Anyone else think Gilberto was pony?? He has played football with Brazil over the summer but last night looked average at best. Showed one moment of quality when he controlled a throw in then flicked it over the defenders head. The rest of the game he was pants, he's a full back who doesnt track back!! CHIMBONDA MKII!!!

Talksport Sports bulletin at 12.00 noon today.

Arshavin due in London tomorrow, Bentley deal 100% done & Milito 99%.

Jamie some news you may be interested in. I was in the same maths class as gemma bentley (david bentley's sister) My friend still hangs out with gemma and has told me that David Bentley has not yet had a medical at spurs but is booked in for one thursday.

jamiespurs i totally agree about Gilberto, i thought he was shocking. He looked like a right loose cannon and was so slow in tracking back!

Dos Santos surprised me with his strength and also his commitment to tracking back and working hard for the team (i thought he would be a show pony but he clearly isn't).

Bent took his goals well especially his first and the header.

Shelfside
Good stuff. Its been one of the longest transfer stories of the summer!! You watch the game last night?

Reply to jamiespurs:

Shelfside
Good stuff. Its been one of the longest transfer stories of the summer!! You watch the game last night?

Yeah dos santo= quality personified
Lennon looked on his game bent clinical in finishing. I'm going to the Orient game tomorrow corperate so i'll see if between the prawn sandwiches there's anyone there itk.

Reply to fatfish:

Talksport Sports bulletin at 12.00 noon today.

Arshavin due in London tomorrow, Bentley deal 100% done & Milito 99%.

Was it Moose who said that coz he said yesterday bout 8p.m that Villa was "DEPERATE" to join spurs and tha pavylechenko was a done deal along with arshavin and we are stalling on milito to see if we can get villa.

It was the West Ham tw*t. No mention of it in Ian McKenna's bulletin at 1 pm.

when will you lot learn that talksport is for morons only.

listen to six music or at least 5 live for proper news

According to Blackburn ITK Bentley deal was put on hold while we sorted out a new striker.

Bentley talks back on suggest deal for new striker has been done.

I'm fairly happy that Gardener has only gone on loan to Hull. Okay, we all know he is not good enough, but he is an honest pro and gives 100% If Ledley breaks down early on in the season and with Woody's injury history, that don't leave us a great deal more, Daws, Rocha & Zokora filling in. At least we have someone we can call back from loan in an emergency. Apart from Miera a week or so ago, I cant remember seeing us linked with another CB (I don't think that Jar Jar Binks at the Spammers was a serious link)

Another reason to boo?

Just read on White Hart Pain that Keane and Poyet are rumoured to have had a bust-up after Keane told Poyet he was a chump for turning down ManYoo.

If it were true it would erode even those vestiges of respect remaining for Keane that some fans have. How could a player do that to a club he professes to love? It's shafting, back-stabbing treachery. Credit to Poyet, though.

The truth, of course, may not be so black and white. Who knows what it is? We prefer our heroes pure and our villains putrid when, in fact, most people are varying degrees of both.

In the end, it's wiser to support principles over personalities, because personalities let you down. Principles, however, can be eroded. That's why I was interested to see how Fergie and Wenger dealt with the tapping up of Ronaldo and Adebayor respectively. Much as I'd like to see each coach humiliated (and each player), there's a principle at stake which will turn round and bite you in the bum if you ignore it for opportunistic short-term gloating.

As it is, we've had our bum bitten anyway - through Keane and through Berbatov. But, at least our Chairman has been able to negotiate from a position of moral strength - even if that morality should turn out to be only a veneer.

Apologies for the lecture. I don't mean it to be. I simply found Keane's attempts to justify his move risible, and Benitez' efforts to avoid the moral issues contemptible. Red cards to them both.

And probably a red card to me, too. Because, while I'm decrying Keane's disloyalty, I'm not-so-secretly content to see him go, as I believe superior reinforcements are coming, partly funded by his transfer.

Which kind of makes me a hypocrite. But don't follow me. Follow principles.

Principles or not, Keane going has left us in a better place, Levy openly said he had become a negative influence in the dressing room. £20m is a great price and will more than pay for a suitable replacement.
I think tomorrow night we will know a lot more about Berba's situation at Spurs.

Reply to PLN:

Principles or not, Keane going has left us in a better place, Levy openly said he had become a negative influence in the dressing room. £20m is a great price and will more than pay for a suitable replacement.
I think tomorrow night we will know a lot more about Berba's situation at Spurs.

At the time I thought it was the poor reception of the online streaming when, at one point in the game, I heard a long, splitting noise like the sound of something cracking. But, in hindsight, I'm inclined to think it may actually have been an incidence of Berbatov breaking into a smile.

Robbie Keane what a cunt.

The Keane/Poyet story does sound a bit like propaganda to me though.

However. Robbie Keane, what a cunt eh?

Let's move on. Robert is no longer with us.

"I am at the stage now where I want to kick on a bit and win a lot of trophies. I believe that Liverpool can do that with the squad of players we have."

So says Robert David Keane.

And, by implication, he's saying the Spurs squad is incapable of that. And that Ramos is incapable of assembling one. Tsk.

Meanwhile, I suppose Berbatov's future to be already decided, just not announced. And the longer the club delays his sale the less time he'll have to prepare with his new club, wherever that may be.

Which is nice.

Reply to BruceCastle:

Let's move on. Robert is no longer with us.

Fair comment. Next!

I too was watching the game from one of the generously posted stream links when I saw something "Setanta" scroll across the picture. And then I was like, WTF? Switched on Setanta Sports, and there it was! Live, on my telly. Obviously not everyone subscribes to that, but still, it made me chuckle.

Is it time to say sod off to that sour faced Bulgarian yet? Don't forget, it's entirely my fault if he leaves... I read it here months ago

I welcome the change. Ship em'out. I wish Dawson and DZ were on the way out too!

I think we should definitely sing "There's only one Keano" on Pointy's return.

1. To remind him what he's lost.


2. Because we'll have replaced 'pool in the top four by then.

According to Graham Roberts: "It is also reported that David Bentley is at Spurs Lodge..."

Reply to BruceCastle:

According to Graham Roberts: "It is also reported that David Bentley is at Spurs Lodge..."

Sorry. I am dozy git...it looks like Fatfish already conveyed that message -- to Paulhasissues' -- chegrin ages ago.

Reply to MysteriousStranger:

I too was watching the game from one of the generously posted stream links when I saw something "Setanta" scroll across the picture. And then I was like, WTF? Switched on Setanta Sports, and there it was! Live, on my telly. Obviously not everyone subscribes to that, but still, it made me chuckle....

Mate, don't want to appear smug, but (!) I did post that it was on Setanta a few days ago; not paying attention was you?

So who is signing next after Bentley? How come Berbatov didn't even come on for 45 minutes last night? Hey, only Norwich, sorry Norwich, but did we look awesome or what ?!

Spurs Odyssey is claiming bentley deal is 100%, Milto is in advanced stages 99% and arshavin is in london to wrap up deal. Lastly the veloso move could still come to fruition.

Fingers Crossed!!!!!!

When will the Daily Fail stop making a mockery of itself? How can they run a 'Berba sulks' picture gallery where he looks perkier than usual, and even, y'know, laughs?

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High time they realised the robots are ready to take over their jobs (they can peddle shite twice as fast y'know)...

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HH. I have to say I love the site and the articles you post balence out some of the fantastic creative journalism we have all seen on other sites with some good writing and great insight. The HH buys Arshavin piece being nothing short of brilliant! One question that I do have 4 ya though is why we havent seen or heard more of spurs being linked with Huntelaar? Hes young, scores great goals, is a perfect ramos arget striker and does seem according to PSV to be available for the right price. Looking at this vid: LINK it is baffling why there has been nothing from spurs or even less from some sites?

Reply to Steve:

HH. I have to say I love the site and the articles you post balence out some of the fantastic creative journalism we have all seen on other sites with some good writing and great insight. The HH buys Arshavin piece being nothing short of brilliant! One question that I do have 4 ya though is why we...

Bottom line friend is he's a fab footballer but transfer wise isn't going anywhere. He has a sensible agent and lots of self control... Boring answer, but the truth.