WIN A CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL PACKAGE

yea! ill join

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Im game

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Something went wrong there. Trying again. LINK

can't seem to get into the minileague...

I had this incredible team picked and then went to submit and no-go. You must have fill all 4 sub slots before you can set your team.

At first I was really upset, but then thinking about it, they have it setup so you can only pick 2 or 3 stars. Now all I have to do is choose between Gerrard & Bentley as my captain.

Told you it was light.

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Told you it was light.

You're not wrong there!!

Maybe its because deep down we all know Champs League football is a long way off!!

Oh that's much better!

Good work 9__37

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Told you it was light.

good shout, now where were we

I think we were trying to remain positive toddspur.......i'm struggling!

Magoolio

Calm yourself my friend! We are two weeks and two games into a 38 game season. Thats not to mention the UEFA cup, FA cup & League cup. There is plenty of opportunity for trophies and wins before the season ends in May.

We have a strong squad. Ok, its light in some areas but look at the players we have at the club. Players like Hutton & Bale are the best their nations have to offer whilst players like Gunter are eagerly waiting in the wings. King & Woodgate are 2 of the most talented CB's that England have possessed in decade, we just have to allow them to form a partnership (injuries permitting of course!). In midfield we have the Croat schemer Modric who once he's adapted to the PL will run games from the middle of the park. Alongside him we have David Bentley, a boy from the wrong side of North London who couldnt deny himself the glory of Tottenham Hotspur, he wanted it so much he "Tried his nuts off" to get the move. Three words - Giovani Dos Santos, signed for a mere £4.7m the 18yo wonderkid, graced with speed, skill, trickery and one of the worlds greatest talents. And despite his strange start to the season we have Juande Ramos; a shrewd, stoic, spaniard who given time will mould this bunch of players into a cohesive unit. We just have to be patient and wait for all theses players to gel and then we'll be onto something good.

The ramos revolution has not stopped it has merely faltered, we need to keep the faith and I'm sure we'll be rewarded

Heres a quote from a man who knows about revolution:

"Revolution is not a bed of roses, it is a struggle to the death between the future and the past" - Fidel Castro


Lets hope that keeps Magoolio from topping himself!!

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Magoolio

Calm yourself my friend! We are two weeks and two games into a 38 game season. Thats not to mention the UEFA cup, FA cup & League cup. There is plenty of opportunity for trophies and wins before the season ends in May.

We have a strong squad. Ok, its light in...

yeh, good speech JS. We are just as likely to perform our tits off against Chelskum to raise our confidence levels.

We also will sign players this week so I'm very excited to see what becomes of us

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I think we were trying to remain positive toddspur.......i'm struggling!

hang in there (not literally )

Pass the Borriello, someone.

Cheers lads! That seems to have rubbed off on me!

I think i am just struggling with being back at work after the 3 day weekend and constantly looking on the internet for some positive spurs news!

I hear that it is "make or break" time for DC this week. He has been told to get some results in the transfer market or he is out of a job.

p.s. You can blame me for our poor start to the season as i put 3 spurs players in my fantasy footie league team.......sorry lads

lol

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Pass the Borriello, someone.

Now Boriello's missus is hot!! Far hotter than Mr Jamie Redknapps lady. This will defintiely cheer up the rest of you!!

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On a serious note though.... Boriello had one good season in Serie A, much like Rolando Bianchi had one good season. Shevchenko couldnt cut it in the premier league and he went to Cheavski as one of the best strikers in the world. I dont think Boriello is the amswer. I'd definitely go for his missus though!!

Good thinking 9.37
Thought it was just me having trouble reloading the page. I mentioned it to HH the other day (before he diisapeared), if it was possible to split each topic into a number of pages, rather than one mega long one.

Triple Brazilian? LINK Palacio would be my 1st choice.

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Pass the Borriello, someone.

Now Boriello's missus is hot!! Far hotter than Mr Jamie Redknapps lady. This will defintiely cheer up the rest of you!!

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On a serious note though.... Boriello had one good season in Serie A, much like...

dont see his missus on there JS; i sure looked hard enough (excuse any double meanings)

Ok, I'm a fool, one's Colombian, one's Brazilian and one's an Argentinian.

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Ok, I'm a fool, one's Colombian, one's Brazilian and one's an Argentinian.

is there a joke to follow this one TMW?

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Pass the Borriello, someone.

Now Boriello's missus is hot!! Far hotter than Mr Jamie Redknapps lady. This will defintiely cheer up the rest of you!!

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On a serious note though.... Boriello had one good season in Serie A, much like...

dont see his missus on there JS; i sure looked hard enough (excuse any double meanings)

Number 10 mate

In fairness they are all fantastic.... Svensson's young lady is positively stunning.

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Pass the Borriello, someone.

Now Boriello's missus is hot!! Far hotter than Mr Jamie Redknapps lady. This will defintiely cheer up the rest of you!!

LINK

On a serious note though.... Boriello had one good season in Serie A, much like...

dont see his missus on there JS; i sure looked hard enough (excuse any double meanings)

Number 10 mate

In fairness they are all fantastic.... Svensson's young lady is positively stunning.

gotcha, sorry didnt realise i had to cross ref their names, when i look at Porn i dont take much notice of that sort of trivia

its not really porn but by god if Carlsberg made porn........

some of you lot can type quite fast with one hand....

If only I were 30 years younger I'd be a footballer, too.

Then all these lovely women would be potentially mine.

That is, if they didn't mind being on the arm of a stopper in a nondescript league sponsored by Poundland.

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If only I were 30 years younger I'd be a footballer, too.

Then all these lovely women would be potentially mine.

That is, if they didn't mind being on the arm of a stopper in a nondescript league sponsored by Poundland.

Doesn't it make you want to go home and start exercising to the point of obsession? In the vain hope that you will become an adonis and then said ladies or most likely, ladies of high street levels of beauty will want to be on your arm??

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If only I were 30 years younger I'd be a footballer, too.

Then all these lovely women would be potentially mine.

That is, if they didn't mind being on the arm of a stopper in a nondescript league sponsored by Poundland.

Doesn't it make you want to go home and start exercising to the point of obsession? In the vain hope that you will become an adonis and then said ladies or most likely, ladies of high street levels of beauty will want to be on your arm??

no

I think i am quite fortunate with my other half to be honest. I think the term is "punching above my weight" lol

I love her to bits but she knows that Spurs and i have had a 25 year relationship.

It's a different world, jamiespurs. As a married - and maturer in age - man, there's a gulf between my world and it. Heigh ho.

The world I'm looking forward to is the glory glory one that Juande will bring to Spurs. This final transfer week is a furnace, and I expect him and the board - at the end of it - to draw forth a shining sword of a team.

I want him to use that shining sword for piercing a few top four hearts.

p.s. balls to working out lol

Well i'm on a health kick anyways. That bevvy of intercontinental beauties has given me extra impetus to hit the cross-trainer hard & double speed!!

9_37 dont be disheartened, every dog has his day and all that

I really hope that Levy hasn't spent too much time playing silly buggers with Berbatov and has had time to beef the squad up before the window slams shut. We need a striker a midfielder and a defender each position needs to be strengthened.

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I think i am quite fortunate with my other half to be honest. I think the term is "punching above my weight" lol

I love her to bits but she knows that Spurs and i have had a 25 year relationship.

Lets just hope your missus doesnt get Robbie Keane syndrome!!

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If only I were 30 years younger I'd be a footballer, too.

Then all these lovely women would be potentially mine.

That is, if they didn't mind being on the arm of a stopper in a nondescript league sponsored by Poundland.

Doesn't it make you want to go home and start exercising to the point of obsession? In the vain hope that you will become an adonis and then said ladies or most likely, ladies of high street levels of beauty will want to be on your arm??

I am at home and exercising like mad, my left arm is now huge!
At my age the real things too much like hard work, give me an empty house and the internet!

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If only I were 30 years younger I'd be a footballer, too.

Then all these lovely women would be potentially mine.

That is, if they didn't mind being on the arm of a stopper in a nondescript league sponsored by Poundland.

Doesn't it make you want to go home and start exercising to the point of obsession? In the vain hope that you will become an adonis and then said ladies or most likely, ladies of high street levels of beauty will want to be on your arm??

I am at home and exercising like mad, my left arm is now huge!
At my age the real things too much like hard work, give me an empty house and the internet!

Thats disturbing!!

Did anyone else think England not being at EURO2008 was great?? Not only did we not have to put up with all the false hope and see Steve Maclaren blag his way through a tournament. We also didn't have to put up with the chavvy wag's and wannabe slags that follow the england team everywhere.

Aside from Cheryl Cole the rest of them are pedestrian at best. Not in the same league as the eurowags.

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I think i am quite fortunate with my other half to be honest. I think the term is "punching above my weight" lol

I love her to bits but she knows that Spurs and i have had a 25 year relationship.

Lets just hope your missus doesnt get Robbie Keane syndrome!!

LOL!

I hope not mate!

Three favourite websites
Redtube.com
Pornhub.com
Harry Hotspur
In no particular order and for different reasons. Oh & ESPN.com for my basketball fix!

As the days go by I'm inclining to feel more and more sympathy for Ramos, as the man stuck in the middle of a dirty bunfight, and awaiting the protracted outcome of targeted transfers.

Although I accept that uncertainty is in the nature of things, and that football is no exception (particularly nowadays, when players decide on a whim to 'follow their dream', and motives are rooted in monetary gain), I can't help but feel that this is no way to treat the coach you seduced to your club.

Sure, Ramos will be a rich man, whatever happens, now or in the months and years to come. But, as a professional, his desire is to get the job done, and to get it done well. The reputation Spurs have for being hard-nosed negotiators is commendable, but when does hard-nosed become stubborn, fixed, inflexible?

Meantime, a team-spirit - so buoyant in pre-season - is withering in the media glare pointed at Berbatov. But that's only part of it - because there must have been other potential recruits, whose signature was in no way contingent upon the rat leaving. Where are they? Where is Veloso? Where are the men when we need them?

Talk of the team-spirit withering is one thing. But there is also the spirit of the fans, and that can wither, too. When the fans get behind the team, or players, the positive energy is phenomenal. Encouragement breeds confidence and a belief of 'I can'. The forward momentum of only two weeks ago has not only stopped, but sufferd whiplash.

Of course, the board can't be held responsible for the extravagent expectations of fans. But they need to be aware that there are consequences to all things, and that optimism needs nourishing - in the players and in us.

Has anyone seen Citeh are linked with Thiago Neves & Craig Bellamy, I thought they were skint!
As put on previous posts can't understand why we've not gone in for some of the players recently signed by other clubs, especially when they fill such blamant voids within our squad (Kompany, Cisse) and at decent prices.
We had better sign somemore players by the end of the week. I get up every morning and spend most of my day refreshing all the usual websites (newsnow etc) in the vain hope of seeing our new signing, we don't appear to be linked to anyone very strongly either!

My support of spurs will never ever wither. Unfortunately, my love for the club dwells deep inside me, its an emotion I cant turn off no matter how hard I try. I feel the joy of every victory and the agony of every defeat. You see being a Spurs fan isn't some badge you wear like Chelsea and Arsenal fans do, walking around in pseudo-fan mode pretending to love the club when you know little about it. Being a Spurs fan is something you are, its a lifestyle choice, some of us are lucky to be born Spurs fans but others are even luckier to become Spurs fans. We are part of something, part of history. Its upto us Spurs fans to ensure that the club never dies, players come and go as do managers, coaches & chairman but being a fan is in your blood, like an eternal flame that burns inside us all. Don't lose heart my friends, for even in times of trouble, we are the lucky ones.

COYS

Hi guys my first post on here (don't all run away yet)

i'm getting a horrible feeling of deja vu, the season again starting badly, and now im thinking that our preseason games were against teams much like those we will face in the UEFA. As such I'm eagerly awaiting our first European fixture, it certainly pulled me through the last dark winter!

I've read a million posts on here deriding the board, the team and even each other(!) but over-analysis will just give us a headache. In both games that we've had there have been a number of opportunities for the game to go either way. Now that isn't a glowing endorsement of our shakey first XI, but when u look across the park at a team struggling at home to WBA and then losing to a team far worse than our opponents, suddenly the sun starts shining again. Man U have struggled too, in fact even Liverpool looked strained against Sunderland and only pulled through againt Middlesborough.

Its obvious to the whole world that we need another striker, and I will remain confident that something happens before the close of the window. Surely our board can't fuck that up??

p.s. is my sunny optimism gonna piss off everyone?

It's true that we'll remain fans but, this year, we all felt we had a golden opportunity to begin the campaign well. We even looked as if we would. The players looked fit, hungry and happy. The looked like greyhounds straining at the leash.

But it's hard not be be suspicious that business has come before the good of the club. It's all about making profits, or at least making financial ends meet. Isn't it? I'd like someone to demonstrate otherwise.

With such a talented array of individuals it's hard to believe that we will struggle to achieve lift-off velocity from the bottom of the table. Yet struggle we may, if Magic can't wave his wand and pull some rabbits out of his hat. Or, rather, the board can't do that on his behalf.

Opinions vary over the Chairman. Some say he's just a hard-as-nails acquisitive businessman, with a head for realising the maximum values of his assets. Others say he's a genuine fan of Spurs and adores the club. Others say he's both.

All of those ways can spell trouble. The acquisitive businessman will always put money first. There's no mystery there. But the man who loves his club? You wouldn't imagine that to be a problem, really. Unless, of course, a man's heart ruled his head, and he got carried away making emotional and irrational decisions. But I can't see our Chairman falling regular prey to that behaviour. So how else could loving your possession be destructive? Because you can hug something so close you can't see its face.

And perhaps the Chairman can no longer see the face of Spurs, because he holds it too jealously. And, if he can't see its face, he can't see its nature.

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It's true that we'll remain fans but, this year, we all felt we had a golden opportunity to begin the campaign well. We even looked as if we would. The players looked fit, hungry and happy. The looked like greyhounds straining at the leash.

But it's hard not be be suspicious that...

Levy cant win either way can he then?

If he sells to Manure for anything less than 30mill some spurs fans will say he buckled; if he puts the judas in the ressies he will get pelters for not realising a valuable asset.

From my side (and i would challenge anyone honestly to admit differently) i'd rather he rot in the ressies at least till xmas and we borrow against TV rights (like Citeh) and replace the f*cker forthwith.

we cant sell him to our long term rivals unless they pay through the nose 937. Remember (as stated earlier) we are on a stable financial footing which is more than can be said of two of the top 4, maybe even 3 if roman loses interest

toddspur - I don't know. I'm just thinking random thoughts. Sometimes I think our position is not so bad, sometimes I think we're close to hitting the rocks.

I suppose the feeling we try to hold back is the feeling we've had so many times before. It's the deflation of apprently sailing so close to some golden shore, only to find we ebb away at the last minute.

Whatever Levy's doing he's doing a far, far better job than I could, even if I played at Fantasy Chairman. But our privilege and strength is to see things objectively. You might say it's impossible to be objective about things that are largely secret, which is true, But we witness the outward effects of these secrets, and infer the invisible machinations.

You're right about the financial stability we have. It's a glory to behold, when you consider the positions of others. But everyone thinks that relegation is a word that doesn't deserve to be in the vocabulary of their club. The league seems even more competitive this year. No easy games means no easy safety.

No, I'm not expecting this worst-case scenario. But wheels turn. All things pass. Nothing stays the same.

Tomas Pekhart has gone on loan to southampton

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Tomas Pekhart has gone on loan to southampton

Link?

Surely this is a good sign for incoming striker transfers if we are willing to let Pekhart, an ideal Spurs 4th Striker, out on loan.

Or can Spurs quickly call Pekhart back from loan? Not sure how that works honestly.

peckhart gone for year as crust suggested.

this is quite an important move, we now know they have strikers lined up and ready to sign
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Hi guys my first post on here (don't all run away yet)

i'm getting a horrible feeling of deja vu, the season again starting badly, and now im thinking that our preseason games were against teams much like those we will face in the UEFA. As such I'm eagerly awaiting our first European...

No mate, but unless we come out the otherside of that window with some damn fine players, This place will become negativity city. Roll on midnight Monday and roll out some shiny new quality players.

PS The draw for the first round of the UEFA Cup is on Friday, might take our minds off the transfer window for all of about 20 minutes.

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Tomas Pekhart has gone on loan to southampton

Link?

Surely this is a good sign for incoming striker transfers if we are willing to let Pekhart, an ideal Spurs 4th Striker, out on loan.

Or can Spurs quickly call Pekhart back from loan? Not sure how that works honestly.

Agreed. We must have striking options lined up to let him go. This is a positive sign as it means somebody is lined up and Peckhart should get some good experience.

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peckhart gone for year as crust suggested.

this is quite an important move, we now know they have strikers lined up and ready to sign
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Clearly now they will have the funds to outbid Real for Villa now!

hey peeps been a long time observer and figured i'd start chipping in on the best spurs chat site. just read some random thing on news now about pavluchenko. sounds a bit suspicious to me though.

ne one think harry's a goner? not like him to stay away as long as he has over the past few days.

p.s the best pornsite is boysfood for n e spurs fans who still have the house to themselves. that or brazzers

caught offside tripe has posted this; for once can they actually be correct?

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This could be a load of crap, and there is plenty of that at the moment and i am sorry if im adding to it but the russian version of uafa.com reckon we are signing Roman Pavlyuchenko.

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my friends i feel things are starting to happen, could be a long night of rumours

slight change of subject but is there a harry hotspur premier league fantasy football league going?

another night sitting at pc clicking the refresh button all night

crust my friend god gave u two hands for a reason. why not use the other to check out boysfood. it changed my online masturbating life!!!

i see saltana have jumped on the Roman Pavlyuchenko story. LINK

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crust my friend god gave u two hands for a reason. why not use the other to check out boysfood. it changed my online masturbating life!!!

yeah but two pumps and a squirt and im done, can do that in the time it takes my pc to refresh this page

On this side now any news on the Pavlyuchenko rumours. Where is harry??

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On this side now any news on the Pavlyuchenko rumours. Where is harry??

welcome slim, no HH has gone awol, but theres plenty going on without hum, Pavlova might be heading our way, i am optimistic given peckhart has been loaned to soton

team for after the transfer window

gomes

hutton woodgate king bale

veloso
bentley dos santos

modric

arshavin
pavylechenko

subs bench

cesar
huddlestone
o'hara
taarabt
lennon
jenas
bent

n e thoughs? all olf a sudden with those signings things wont look as bad

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On this side now any news on the Pavlyuchenko rumours. Where is harry??

welcome slim, no HH has gone awol, but theres plenty going on without hum, Pavlova might be heading our way, i am optimistic given peckhart has been loaned to soton

But didn't the Pav rumors come out a bit too quickly after the loan move was announced?

Seemed like only a few mins passed. Seems a bit fishy, especially considering this of course does involve the Russians.

its on skysports now. glad we seem to be getting him. now all i want is the defensive mind and gillette rump

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On this side now any news on the Pavlyuchenko rumours. Where is harry??

welcome slim, no HH has gone awol, but theres plenty going on without hum, Pavlova might be heading our way, i am optimistic given peckhart has been loaned to soton

But didn't the Pav rumors come out a bit too quickly after the loan move was announced?

Seemed like only a few mins passed. Seems a bit fishy, especially considering this of course does involve the Russians.

i think the timing is the key, if there wasnt any rumour for us to chew on after peckhart then we would all be pissed right off....this will happen IMO

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On this side now any news on the Pavlyuchenko rumours. Where is harry??

welcome slim, no HH has gone awol, but theres plenty going on without hum, Pavlova might be heading our way, i am optimistic given peckhart has been loaned to soton

But didn't the Pav rumors come out a bit too quickly after the loan move was announced?

Seemed like only a few mins passed. Seems a bit fishy, especially considering this of course does involve the Russians.

no they want him signed before the new cold war starts, looks like harry really pissed them russian's off. And now harrys gone awol. hope he didn't go for TEA at the ritz

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On this side now any news on the Pavlyuchenko rumours. Where is harry??

welcome slim, no HH has gone awol, but theres plenty going on without hum, Pavlova might be heading our way, i am optimistic given peckhart has been loaned to soton

But didn't the Pav rumors come out a bit too quickly after the loan move was announced?

Seemed like only a few mins passed. Seems a bit fishy, especially considering this of course does involve the Russians.

Another spin for you all;

If Berbatoss is gonna stay (in ressies) then we ar 25 mill light, hence why smoothbutt aint comin. To be frank do we really need him with our midfield?, so we spend our Keano cash on Pavlova and get CB & DM from the balance of Keano and the sale of the sunderland lot and others heading out in the next week, now that makes sense to me......doubt it does to anyone else. What i am saying is smoothbutt was a luxury IF berbatoss leaves in good time.

I have got a good feeling about this rumour it could be bull like the rest of the rumours but Im gonna start thinking positive Pavi is coming.

pavlova and stubblecheeks up front with dos santos bentley and modric feeding them while veluso chills infront of the back four. thats all i want for xmas

Brian Alexander on 5live said that he has spoken to the club today.
They said we will not let Berb go for a penny under 30 million endof.
Not interested in Arshavin
Might be looking at Falcao
Ditto Huntelaar


Harry is quite obviously on his hols

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I have got a good feeling about this rumour it could be bull like the rest of the rumours but Im gonna start thinking positive Pavi is coming.

check this out, bit scary the first clip bit gets better

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Brian Alexander also said the club told him the Corluka deal may still be on

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On this side now any news on the Pavlyuchenko rumours. Where is harry??

welcome slim, no HH has gone awol, but theres plenty going on without hum, Pavlova might be heading our way, i am optimistic given peckhart has been loaned to soton

But didn't the Pav rumors come out a bit too quickly after the loan move was announced?

Seemed like only a few mins passed. Seems a bit fishy, especially considering this of course does involve the Russians.

i think the timing is the key, if there wasnt any rumour for us to chew on after peckhart then we would all be pissed right off....this will happen IMO

Really you would have been up in arms over the loan move for Pekhart if it wasn't followed with transfer rumors of Pavs?

I understand that a transfer was expected to occur after the Pekhart loan, but a just a few mins seems a bit short to me. I wouldn't have flipped out until for at least a few more hours had passed.


Maybe Pekhart's loan move was to open up some playing time for Berbs in the reserves!

u reckon he is kosher 1daveymack? i really think arshavin could be our new keano

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u reckon he is kosher 1daveymack? i really think arshavin could be our new keano

Dunno. But he said he had spoken to the club today and he is BBC not the Mirror

Here we go: Russian denial - Pav staying at Spartak? LINK

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On this side now any news on the Pavlyuchenko rumours. Where is harry??

welcome slim, no HH has gone awol, but theres plenty going on without hum, Pavlova might be heading our way, i am optimistic given peckhart has been loaned to soton

But didn't the Pav rumors come out a bit too quickly after the loan move was announced?

Seemed like only a few mins passed. Seems a bit fishy, especially considering this of course does involve the Russians.

i think the timing is the key, if there wasnt any rumour for us to chew on after peckhart then we would all be pissed right off....this will happen IMO

Really you would have been up in arms over the loan move for Pekhart if it wasn't followed with transfer rumors of Pavs?

I understand that a transfer was expected to occur after the Pekhart loan, but a just a few mins seems a bit short to me. I wouldn't have flipped out until for at...

consider also that 5 live have spoken to spurs. this all looks kosher to me; stream of events as follows;

1. Berbs makes cock of himslef - Saturday
2. Gen Levy digs his heels in - Monday
3. Peckhart loan - Tues pm
4. Rumour on Pavlova - Tues Later PM
5. Brian Alexander Radio 5 gets to speak to Spurs who gets us all excited (ish)
6. Next me thinks is Spurs OS announcing Pavlova - maybe tomor or realistically Thurs
7. Other rumours come true.

All of this is linked to Berbs pissing everyone off and Spurs going hell for leather to sort the club out and appease us morbid lot

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Here we go: Russian denial - Pav staying at Spartak? LINK

dont believe it, lost in translation maybe??!! ,

If Pavman is coming, surely Arshavin will be come too. Either way, good news.

that russian website denying it has put me in a bad mood. these russians get on my titties.

by the way im over in the states at the moment and it annoys me that yanks have heard of the players that play for us but have never heard of our beloved team. bastardos!!!

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that russian website denying it has put me in a bad mood. these russians get on my titties.

by the way im over in the states at the moment and it annoys me that yanks have heard of the players that play for us but have never heard of our beloved team. bastardos!!!

Loving the website boysfood for me tonight with the Mrs away, that and refreshing newsnow for transfer news!

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Here we go: Russian denial - Pav staying at Spartak? LINK

dont believe it, lost in translation maybe??!! ,

This is Pav's yesterday statement and it's old news. I saw a lot of russian websites today and it seems he is coming to sign after he gets his visa. Still no contract thou, just verbal agreement.
COYS

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Here we go: Russian denial - Pav staying at Spartak? LINK

dont believe it, lost in translation maybe??!! ,

This is Pav's yesterday statement and it's old news. I saw a lot of russian websites today and it seems he is coming to sign after he gets his visa. Still no contract thou, just verbal agreement.
COYS

Excellent (old) news

lets hope u r right my friend, cant stand it anymore, will check you guys out in the morning with hopefully news that general levy has come good

in spurs we trust

Good news, it looks like we could well be signing Roman Pavlyuchenko from Spartak Moscow. He is their Captain. Quote from the Guardian website says:

"Russia's Pavlyuchenko says he is joining Tottenham

MOSCOW, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Roman Pavlyuchenko is poised to join Tottenham Hotspur, the Russia striker said on Tuesday.
"I can confirm I'm joining (Spurs)," the Spartak Moscow player told local media. "Right now I'm getting my visa and as soon as it is ready I will fly to England to sign a contract."

For more info on him see: LINK

But a word of caution, according to Wikipedia website: "Unlike other European football leagues, the Russian Premier league typically runs in summer, from March to November, to avoid playing games under the cold and snowy weather in winter."

If we sign him, he would have already played two thirds of Spartak Moscow's season's games, so how much will he have left in the tank for us this season?

COYS

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The Russians will love our warm winters

Those mugs on Spurs Community ITK have said fuck all about this all week.
After it's all over the web and the player himself is quoted as saying "I'm moving to Tottenham", Paul Smith, in his ultimate wisdom, declares "I have just received a text from europe to suggest this is true and also that Arshavin is close again".

What a bunch of cunts.

Lads, how many times through this transfer window have we said "In Ramos we trust"? I know I've signed off a few posts with this and you know what - I still feel it. In spite of the Berbatov situation which in some ways, it would have been nice to have seen resolved a lot sooner and of course unexpectedly loosing PSB, Wendy will still sort it out. A lesser manager would have crumbled by now but I think he's just had to work his spanish meatballs off!
Lets get to Monday and then reflect upon what we have - I don't know about you but i'm done with the speculation and rumours, what will be will be

COYS

I know this berbatwat thing has pissed us all off but I think Levy thinks he must take a stand against the big 3 at some point otherwise he will have the same problem every summer I say well done levy stick to your guns big boy. And with Pavalova being the first of I hope to be many this week. COYS..

Hello I'm an ITK

I can confirm that Pavulo....Puviolo....Pyvluch....some Russian bloke is on his way! er maybe
So remember i told you first.
My mate confirmed by text, he lives in Norfolk, near Russia

So ITK can you let us know about anybody else who may be coming??

My mate's gone to bed, will update 2moro after he's checked his sources at the newsagents

Not sure about this, but "Tottenham Hotspur have launched a bid to sign Milan striker Marco Borriello, according to the Corriere dello Sport." £14M he would cost us. See:

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Not sure about this, but "Tottenham Hotspur have launched a bid to sign Milan striker Marco Borriello, according to the Corriere dello Sport." £14M he would cost us. See:

LINK

Mate, you've got to be the biggest mug out there if you're seriously putting links up to "caught offside" on this blog. Of all the bullshit sites on newsnow, caught offside are the biggest bunch of hit sluts of em all! Its knobs like you that give sites like them, tribal football and the spoiler any sort of lifeline.....you make my world a little darker.

I did say I was not sure about it!!

Milan have already said he's not for sale and he's injured

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I did say I was not sure about it!!

Thats not the point - neither are caught offside - in fact their whole purpose is to get hits with ridiculous headlines and completely unoriginal thought.

I don't want to pour water on the pavlova affair, i hope its true of course, but...

these articles that confirm the rumour appear to use exactly the same direct quotations as the articles published across the web confirming that he will in fact NOT be joining us.

The simple difference being that in half of these articles he says " i can confirm that i will (not) be joining tottenham hotspur"...

again i hope i'm wrong. we shall see

you know what? i was gonna find links to prove what i was going on about... and then realised that events have overtaken me somewhat...

its all over the tinterweb now...

I saw that Sovetsky Sport article on Pavlova not wanting to join us at about 11 am yesterday (26th) - the news on him coming over to speak to us appeared later in the afternoon so looks like he's had massive change of heart then! As usual I will only rest easy once he's parading a Spurs shirt at the Lodge. I know a Dutch lass (on a par with those EuroWags JamieSpurs!) in Amsterdam and I'm sure she knows someone who works at Ajax. Don't worry I'm no ITK but I'm just going to probe her gently at first and see if she knows anything about the Huntelaar thing. She's sort of a Yid as well as she started to follow us when Martin Jol first came over! Just waiting for an email back so will keep you posted but I'm not going to promise anything. Promise - i'm not some ITK - I don't deal in bullshit

Well, don't like to jump the gun but it all looks pretty definite

LINK

Fingers crossed, do rate this geezer

COYS

So then Jimbo.....

Heard from your europiece??? lol

I am having vivid daydreams of an attacking trio of Bent, Pavyluchenko and Klaas Jan Huntelaar!!! That sounds much better than Defoe, Keane & Berbatov doesn't it??

I just hope Ramos gets it right on sunday and plays his best 11 in their CORRECT positions. Lets hope there's not a whiff of Dawson or BAE about the starting line-up!

I'm hoping that this is the first of 3/4 signings we'll make this week aswell as offloading Berbatov, who apparently got the cold shoulder from all the Spurs players at training yesterday.

JS, by the time people realise we're posting here, we'll have to move again.

Too true but while it lasts........

TMWNN..... What do you think about the signing of young Mr Pavyluchenko??? I must of admit hadn't heard of him until he came of the bench and ruined Englands EURO2008 qualification but think he is definitely a more well rounded striker than Bent (even though I still think Bent deserves his chance) I'm still hoping to see Huntelaar join, I think if we signed him it would be a massive coup

and by the way.... I know he's a scummer but this is a good piece from Lee "goonertwat" Dixon on how to stop Chelsea playing their game>>

LINK

Like you JS, haven't seen too much of him (apart form on youtube)
Good with his head, good shot with both feet, if he settles in, should be a good signing.
LINK
-is-this-pavluchenko-chap-then#comments I think it's important that Arshavin comes with him.

Try this LINK#comments

Like you I think if he settles he will score lots of goals. Certainly the shot in the arm we have been needing this week. I still think we need a CDM & CB before the window slams shut. I would bet on another striker coming in too, seeing as Pekhart has been loaned to Southampton.

morning all;

So i think it is safe to say Pavlova is our man. 12 mill for a 26yr old is about right and not in the realms of ridiculous price that comes with smoothbutt. Think we need to move on from him and concentrate on another striker (pls Hod let it be Huntelaar) and not heskey/ashton....etc....

So,

Keepers - sorted
Defence - One CB/utility required (corluka likely)
Midfield - Sorted
Strikers - 1 x required assuming Pavlova arrives

Sales Pending;

Stalteri - 1m
Po (not teleltubby, the asian chap) - 2.5m
Rocha - 1.5m
Ghally - (jan window) 3.5m
KevPB - 4m
Taraabt - loan (do not sell unless over 5mill)

Total - 12.5mill

That would buy a CB

The balance of our Keano sale less Pavlova equates to say £7.5mill

use that for another striker


SORTED

Midfield sorted Todd?

I think expecting £2.5m for YPL is optimistic as is £4m for KPB. I think £1m for YPL & £2.5m/£3m is likely KPB. I would like to see Taraabt loaned out to a prem side maybe Hull or WBA would be interested, if not a championship side like Palace, who always seem to give youth a chance.

Realistically I dont think money is a problem especially as I expect Berba to be gone in the next 36-72hrs & the money from his move will be able to fund a miriad of players.

Like i said with Pekhart being loaned out I fully expect another striker to come in. Please let it be Huntelaar!!!

Say we sell those players for a revised £10m & Berba goes for £28m = £38m + the keane sale (£20m) = £58m - £12m (pavyluchenko) = £46m to spend on another 2-3 players.

Huntelaar would cost us £20m IMO and that leaves us with £26m on a CDM & CB. Thats good maths and good money. Levy must be able to do something with £38m-£46m

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and by the way.... I know he's a scummer but this is a good piece from Lee "goonertwat" Dixon on how to stop Chelsea playing their game>>

LINK

Yes good article, even if it is tarnished by the pen of a scummer.

O'Hara could be our Cattermole. He's got the pace, stamina and determination.

I'm probably going to get slated for this, but I'm noticing some scary extremes occurring on this site.

Just as I despise the deafitism posted by some, I'm also extremely wary of the jubilation and over excited nature of posts related to the possible signing of the relatively unknown element that is Roman Pavlyuchenko.

Since seeing him in action for Russia during the Euro's, I've seen him play a couple of times for Spartak, and of course the various youtube compilations. As such I'm not treating this with the same high level of excitement expectations as some have shown, as I only reserve this for 'known' entities. It's never going to happen but a Van Nistelroy would have been my first choice. In my dreams, had we signed him - he would guarantee goals and assists by the lorry load. Playing off Horseman would have greatly enhanced Bents game.

However Pavlyuchenko seems more like a poacher than anything. It would be great if he turned into a Russian version of Lineker, but I'm not holding my breath. Everytime I've seem him, his movement has been great but his conversion rate hasn't. If we were complete his signing, I would cheer him on as much as the next spurs player, but like others I would really want Arshavin to come in with him as a pair.

I really can't see him developing an instinctive partnership with Bent - although with their pace and any potential delivery from (Arshavin) Modric, Bently, Bale, Gio, this can be a starting pairing that could score goals. We still don't know what other strikers are being lined up or whether this is it, and if/when they do come - we will not know how quickly the understanding develops.

By all means, keep the faith and look on the bright side, but be prepared. We are still to strengthen our defensive side be it a CH or a DM or both.

To summarise, my plea to you is not to take into the names/prices too much to consideration - what we need is the quality and balance in the team. We won't see this until the lineup is complete.

TMWNN

I completely agree. I think its time O'Hara was given a chance this season. I love his intensity, his passion & drive and of course HE'S A YIDDO!

When thinking about who could be our Cattermole i thought it could be O'Hara or Zokora. O'Hara IMO is by far and away the better footballer of the two.

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TMWNN

I completely agree. I think its time O'Hara was given a chance this season. I love his intensity, his passion & drive and of course HE'S A YIDDO!

When thinking about who could be our Cattermole i thought it could be O'Hara or Zokora. O'Hara IMO is by far and away...

there you go, no DM needed, obne of our own little rottweillers ready to step in. he is a good player and can be assured he will run his tits off for the spurs

Trembly

Cant see Bent & Pav playing up front together. I think Ramos is pretty set on the 4-5-1 / 4-3-3 formation. I'm sure if we can get the chances to him then he could do a job, thats if he is as you say he is a poacher. A fact I welcome as we very rarely seem to score scrappy goals from inside the box.

That said, Bent has been presented with very little in the way of chances so far this season. A fact I put down to absoloutely mind boggling & unreasonable tactical changes by Ramos.

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Midfield sorted Todd?

yes mate, we have enough quality in there, the only way i would change my mind is if we got a Senna type player for 5-8 mill, we need to spend our cash on the CB/utility and another striker.

If we were chelski and had a bottomless pit then happy days, we aint so just think we need to spend in these two critical areas

of course its just IMO

I think its a good thing that JS posted that D*xon assesment on how to stop Chelscum. I also saw that last night, but you posting it on here makes me rejoice that other spurs fans don't just expect to attack attack attack.

Whilst we have the makings of a spectacular attacking flair team, we need to balance this out with steel and the unattractive side of the game. Breaking up the oppositions play, and countering with pace and skill is key to our new game. Ideally, we would have the majority of possession so that we'll be doing more attacking than countering, but it has to be well thought through tactically.

In saying this, I believe that the best 11 should be the best 11 suited for the match - not the best 11 on paper or the best 11 for fantasy football leagues. Hence I would also push for the idea of a 4-2-3-1 formation (with Thudd and Ohara as the 2) and in so doing sacrificing say a Jenas and Lennon from the starting lineup. the 3 would be Gio, Modric and Bentley with Bent up front.

It may be that we just try and nullify their game and end up with our only chances to win the game through fouls on front 4 when quickly counter attacking and the set pieces from these.

A low scoring game would be my ideal outcome, with us scoring the odd goal from a set piece to make it 1-0, or 2-1. Perhaps I'm being overly optimistic about our defence?

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and by the way.... I know he's a scummer but this is a good piece from Lee "goonertwat" Dixon on how to stop Chelsea playing their game>>

LINK

As I said, I think O'Hara could do a Cattermole job against the Blue scum on Sunday, but he's only a young lad with not much experience. In time, I think he could be an excellent DM. We need a leader with experience in the middle, we need it now.

As for the money, don't worry about it, we've got bundles (TV money/Rat money/Profit/Deadwood)

Trembly, that line up looks familiar.

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TMWNN

I completely agree. I think its time O'Hara was given a chance this season. I love his intensity, his passion & drive and of course HE'S A YIDDO!

When thinking about who could be our Cattermole i thought it could be O'Hara or Zokora. O'Hara IMO is by far and away...

Jamie, whilst I rate O'Hara and love his heart in his sleeve approach, I wouldn't go so far as to say that he's a better footballer than Zokora. I would even say that Zokora has the more accomplished defensive skills which is what we are referring to in this particular slot.

IMO Gunter is probably seen as someone that needs more bedding in time - doing it slowly which is what you should do with young talents - and so Zokora who has done well in the last two games, should remain at right back unless deployed instead of O'Hara as a destroyer in the middle of the park.

A benefit of O'Hara in the middle, is that his distibution would be welcome although if he was employed as the destroyer, then all that is required is a simple pass to Thudd. The fact that Jamie's a natural lefty is another benefit giving further balance to the side, and not leaving Baler/Gio as sole attacking options down the left flank.

I'd actually like to see some focussed responsible play down that flank, so that if/when Baler bombs forward - OHara naturally slots left back to cover that in the event of our attack breaking down. In a 4-3-3, or what for this game my preferred 4-2-3-1, we're in danger of being too narrow. Having a natural lefty of the 2/3 could be the difference.

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and by the way.... I know he's a scummer but this is a good piece from Lee "goonertwat" Dixon on how to stop Chelsea playing their game>>

LINK

As I said, I think O'Hara could do a Cattermole job against the Blue scum on Sunday, but he's only a young lad with not much experience. In time, I think he could be an excellent DM. We need a leader with experience in the middle, we need it now.

As for the money, don't worry about it,...

great minds...

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Reply to jamiespurs:

and by the way.... I know he's a scummer but this is a good piece from Lee "goonertwat" Dixon on how to stop Chelsea playing their game>>

LINK

As I said, I think O'Hara could do a Cattermole job against the Blue scum on Sunday, but he's only a young lad with not much experience. In time, I think he could be an excellent DM. We need a leader with experience in the middle, we need it now.

As for the money, don't worry about it,...

great minds...

or perhaps you brainwashed me yesterday?

Zokora is a more cultered player, but IMO, plain dopey. O'Hara is much more switched on and will get right amongst it.

Trembly

the thing that worries me is that Ramos has been picking such random starting 11's this season. I dont quite understand where he is coming from after seeming to build such a cohesive team in pre-season he's changed the team twice in two games. I just don't get it.

I definitely think we need leadership in CDM but i think O'Hara's energy & terrier like style could benefit us on sunday. Remember how he marked Ronaldo out of the 1-1 game at WHL?? He was playing out of position at LB but Ramos gave him instructions and he stuck to them by the letter. It was a fantastic perfromance & one that meant that I won't worry if I see his name on the team sheet on Sunday lunchtime.

I think we could definitely nick it but of course Chelsea's home record is fantastic and all though my heart says we could win it, my brain says a good display and a draw would be fantatsic.

Reports suggest Pavyluchenko's deal could be wrapped up by Thursday which means he'd be available for Sunday.

Can anyone else see the russian coming off the bench score the winner & dent Mr Abramovich's pride?????

*cultured even

I'd go as far as to say that Zokora is the footballing antichrist!! He can't pass, shoot, or cross. His effort is commendable but his skills are deplorable.

He was majorly to blame for Sunderland's winner on Saturday. His inability to close Murphy down and stop him from putting the cross in cost us a point at least. Gunter is a RB & had an outstanding pre-season & impressed whilst on first team duty last season particularly in the FA cup against ManUre. I think he deserves his chance.

In regards to O'Hara's defensive talents please see my rant about the ManUre 1-1 game when he marked ronaldo out of the match(2nd paragraph last post)

HH has a new post!! He's not dead!!

shall we keep posting on here or join the sure to be masses on the new blogpost??