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22nd October
2003
And
What a load of rubbish, but a lovely finish !!!!!
I was standing outside The Hind, near
First
thoughts on the new ground ? “Fuck me, I’m at St Marys” It was apparently built
using the same plans, and somehow I ended up standing where I was for the SCBC
cup game last season – Right next to the home fans – Lovely.
Somehow Pleat again convinced himself that Gus had more to offer than Dalmat. How he works that one out is beyond me. At least Ricketts was playing, but Gus and Shaggy is a combination that can’t work. We can carry one, but not both.
The actual game was dire. We were outfought for everything, didn’t pick up any loose ball and then Kasey made a total bollocks of a pathetic ‘shot’ from a Scummer to put us 1 down. Halftime came and no one could believe it when Gus reappeared for the 2nd half, with Ricketts coming off for Dalmat. Ricketts wasn’t his usual self, but he should have stayed on instead of Poyet. If Hoddle had made that decision (and indeed the one to start with Gus & Shaggy) he would have been caned, but the caretaker gets away with it. Eventually, Poyet went off for Mabizela, and Konch for Bobby Z, and we started to liven up a little bit, with Dalmat taking the leading role, making some good runs and bringing others into the game.
And
then it happened, Long ball forward from Shaggy, Bobby slipped in the box but
managed to get the ball back to Mabizela and BANG, Walker is laying on the deck
and the Spurs fans are going mad – What a goal. I don’t think however, I made
any friends with the
At this stage, I would have gone home with a point, counting my blessings but Dalmat and Fredi had another idea. A great run from Dalmat, starting around the halfway line, jumping over tackles saw him through on goal and he tried to bend the ball around Walker, but he hit the post and up pops Kanoute with a cool finish to slot home – Cue manic scenes from the travelling support !!!
That all happened in the 90th minute, but we still had time for the horrible little Chelsea reject prick who is Izzet to stamp on Fredi’s ankle like he was trying to crush a Coke can. The dirty little bastard was never gonna get the ball, and wasn’t even looking at it. He got away with a booking, but surely the FA must do something ? That was a fucking assault. Whether the FA do something or not, rest assured Muzzy, come the revolution, you will be one of the first fuckers against the wall, and we’ll see you in February – If you don’t shit out, that is. So now we have lost Fredi for some time. Step forward Helder & Bobby – Your club needs you.
To
be honest, this performance was on Par with
Review of last 4 matches
– Saints, City and the Blue Scousers.
Mixed bag really, the bad (SCBC) the Ugly (City) and the Good (Everton) – Also Cov in the Cup.
SCBC (
God
this was awful, and rightly or wrongly cost Glenn and Gormless their jobs.
Ultimately it was the right decision, but I still think Glenn should have gone
in the summer or had another month. Anyway, the fact is that we were turned
over by a decent outfit, who know how to take their chances, but getting beaten
by these pricks (SCBC are moving up my hate list rapidly) is not good enough
for Spurs. Let’s hope the new manager can sort it out.
Pleat’s first game as caretaker couldn’t really have been much easier could it ? Good night out for the fans too, not a bad drive up to the Midlands, decent away friendly pub, large allocation, loads of singing, 3 goals and a quick exit to the M6 – Delightful.
Keane
and Fredi looking like they’re getting an understanding going, fantastic ball
for Fredi’s goal from RK. A nice (if slightly fortunate) goal from Robbie, and
a great solo effort from Ricketts against what has to be said, a poor
The
day started well, with a little drive up to Brum and a quick beer in Nutty’s
local (it’s starting to feel like my local !!) before we set off for City. We
arrived and tried to find a Spurs friendly pub whilst trying to avoid 2 certain
pubs which we had been told might not be healthy for Spurs fans. Needless to
say, we managed to find the 2 City pubs and not the Spurs one. Why is their new
ground here ? OK, it’s a nice ground (One of the better new ones anyway) but
it’s still in a shit area. Shouldn’t complain really, cos it felt safer than
We really should be up on a Police charge for this one, for stealing a point. I thought we were every bit as bad as Vs SCBC, if not worse. We were absolutely clueless all over the pitch (apart from KK) and it was lucky for us that in Wanchope, City have a player who could not finish his breakfast – Let alone a goal scoring chance. After bringing Dalmat and Ricketts on, we looked a little better and right at the end it looked like we might even nick a winner. That really would have been funny, apart from we still had to get back to the car !!!
Home we go, delighted with our stolen point, pissed off with the M6 and gutted that my Cambelt went as we rolled back into town, costing me more than a Spurs season ticket – BOLLOCKS.
Everton (Home)
This is more like it.
Much, much, better. Well done lads, but WHY THE HELL DIDN’T YOU DO THAT FOR HODDLE (AND US) BEFORE ?
Overpaid tossers may be the answer, who knows but 3-0 against one of the more solid teams of last year is not to be sniffed at. A ‘Goal of the season’ candidate from Fredi (with Me having £20 @ 5/1 for 1st scorer) a glancing header from Gus – Who STILL shouldn’t be starting – and a typical Keane goal wrapped up the points. Everton may have looked a little disappointing, but I thought that they only played as well as we allowed them. Outclassed and outplayed by Tottenham ? They must have been well pissed off !!!
Special mention to Prem from
Well, here we go again.
First
of all, may I just apologise for the delay in the writing of this column. It’s
sometimes hard to find the time and inclination, especially when things aint
going too well on the pitch. Also a big welcome to (in no particular order) :
Helder Postiga (Who apparently comes from
Fredi Kanoute.
Mbuleo Mabizela.
Bobby Zamora.
Stephane Dalmat
Paul Konchesky.
And farewell to:
Ted – Take care mate.
Fraud – Off you trot.
Etherington – You are now where you belong son.
The Hoddle debate – My view
If you read down this column as far as the last game of last season, you will see that I wanted Hoddle out, but things have changed a little. The club SHOULD have parted company with Glenn in the summer, but now they haven’t I don’t want him ousted – YET.
We now have a new look team, and apart from the defensive midfield problem (which I agree is a bloody big problem) he seems to have addressed most of the issues from last season. I really think we should give Glenn another 1-2 months to see if he can get this set of players gelled properly. Personally, I would like to be IN NO DOUBT AT ALL that he is not up to the job, before we out him. Besides that, I don’t see who we could get next. If Glenn don’t cut it for us in the next couple of months, then he clearly has to go, and I couldn’t argue with that. I just want to see what this new look team plays like after 10 – 12 games together, not just 5. There have been some over reactions to some of the results this year, in my opinion, and although the end of last season was awful, I’m gonna give Glenn a little more time.
Can someone please remind me of that statement when I am demanding that Glenn goes after a drubbing by SCBC !!!!!!!!
Right then, down to business. What’s been happening ?
Brum Away
Well,
the day started well, getting up to Brum for about 10, and the early opening of
Nutty’s local allowed us to get a few beers in before the stupid 12 O’clock KO.
A drink with Nutty and Shaz, then off by taxi to the shithole that is
Well, in my opinion, we played quite well against a Brum team that are full of fight but in the end we were outdone by that cheating little shit Savage, and a ref who was looking to patch things up with Bruce and Brum. A clear foul on Ant, resulted in Savage throwing himself to the floor and getting a penalty. Absolute bollocks.
Postiga looked very lively and Ricketts looked good too. Back home, pointless but reasonably upbeat.
Leeds Home.
Looking good !!! Plenty of pre match activity in The Park, with Jesper & Chanette, IrishDen and Oystein & co coming over. Left for the game hoping that Spurs wouldn’t send them away with a wasted journey, and they didn’t.
After a poor start when we
let Smith score, we controlled the game and battered
Night shift, up early, crap traffic, 10 ¼ hours in the car, straight back to work – Was it worth it ? YOU BET IT WAS. A good, solid performance, in which a draw was probably a fair result. We had about 15-20 mins in the first half when we totally dominated them, but unfortunately our best chance in that period fell to the feet of a 6’ 5” centre half - Never mind Ant.
The
second half saw
Fulham Home
Not
too good this one. Pretty poor first half, and then Anderton came on to change
the game and change it he did. From 1-0 down, but not totally out of it, we
were buried after Shaggy first played a crossfield ball without looking up,
passing it straight to a Fulham player. Then when the whole ground could see a
Fulham player behind him, somehow Dazza let the player get in front of him to
score. Three-Zip, game over – Bollocks.
Didn’t
really expect anything from this game, but still pissed off to lose to them.
Good first 30 mins in which Kanoute scored, sparking some quality celebrations
from the Tottenham following but then some defensive mistakes and some real
class (Mutu) and that was it.
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13th May 03
Action, or
relegation
Well ? Was it Glenn’s last game on Sunday ? It is with great sadness that I say it should be. No one wanted him to succeed more than I did, but enough is enough. We had nothing out there on Sunday – NOTHING, it was fucking shocking and I never want to see anything like that again. Season ticket books on the pitch by the dozen, fans singing (rightly) “You’re not fit to wear the shirt”, reports of ‘Spurs on Spurs’ aggro, chants of “We want Hoddle out” and the winger who can’t cross, beat a player or score telling a fan to fuck off.
Sorry, but Glenn’s got to go. I don’t mind not winning anything yet (we should be used to it) and I’m not really THAT upset about missing out on Europe (well, I am really !!) but what has finished it for me is that I CAN’T SEE WHERE WE ARE GOING. Actually, that may be a slight lie – I can see where we are going – Backwards and fucking quickly. Keano apart, we have no real pace, our midfield have not got a bollock between them, Keano is upfront on his own, Si aint what he was and we are carrying too many players that are not good enough (see Treacle/Bunje/Toda/Matty/Milo etc), or are too old (Ted, Gus).
We need 2 more forwards with REAL pace, not just in their head please, 2 mobile midfielders that can tackle and get up and down the pitch, cover for the fullbacks (although Marney can be one of these) and a proper goalie – Keep Kasey for No2. This, in my opinion, is a minimum requirement, along with giving youth a chance and a manager who knows what he is doing.
While
I’m having a rant – Matty E, take some of your own advice – FUCK OFF. Who the
fuck do you think you are, talking to someone who pays your wages like that ?
Face it, you are a winger who can’t cross or take a player on, and that aint
the best combination is it ?
It would be terrible to see a hero like Glenn leave WHL, but we must have the best interests of the club at heart. I for one don’t want to sit in the 1st division with a Spurs legend at the helm. I’m gutted, but in my opinion he has to go. Also, I want him to go before he is universally hated by Spurs fans. The bloke is a legend, and should be seen as such.
Dear Mr Levy……….
………………would
you please accept the following claim for compensation. I am sure that this
paltry amount will not break the bank, due to all the season ticket money,
sponsorship, shirt deal and money that people spend in the shops. I would like
to claim for the money I spent on a ticket, travel and various other expenses
incurred on my recent trip to watch Tottenham Hotspur play
Man U and other stuff
Remember
when Ivo came to The Lane ? Inter and AC both wanted him, Man U wanted him. The
bloke was hot property, and turned out to be crap. His
END OF RANT – Sorry !!!!!
Mixed bag
The day after……..
What a load of shit. Outplayed and outfought by fucking
I can honestly say that I have never seen Ted play
worse. Even his limited pace has deserted him, he barely got a pass to one of
ours, and those poncy little flicks are getting right on my fucking tits. Bunje
was his usual Bollockless (is that a word ?) self, Poyet ? Well was he playing
? – I didn’t bloody see him. I can’t be arsed to go on about the rest of em,
cos they were mostly shit.
http://www.geocities.com/lynford_thfc/free_pies.jpg
Some info on Teddy and Hoddle
Oh
dear, oh dear – I’m getting more worried about Spurs by the day. Living out in
the
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3rd March 03
Well, here goes
A few people have been asked
by Jim to write a piece or two about their beloved Tottenham. I have to say
that although I realised that the site was big, it was not until I have done
this, that I realised just how many files make up this monster – It’s bloody
huge. All credit to the Webmaster for the time, effort and skill to piece it
all together.
What
worries me a little is that unlike the message board, my rantings and views
will not disappear off of the bottom of the board after a day or so, but will
probably come back to haunt me when I change my mind (I am merely a fickle
Spurs fan after all !!!) Well, if you like it or not, my E mail address is on
the top of the page – All slatings gratefully received.
Wham and Hoddle
Wham – Well what can you say
? After driving down to Barking to
get a ticket, we made our way down the district line to Tower hill and the
Topspurs meet. After a few beers with the lads, we made our way back up the
line to Upton Park station. As we neared the station, some Spurs on the train
started singing. Bearing in mind that they were not ‘lads’, we found that somewhat
stupid, and pretty bloody dangerous !! We walked up the road (pretty quietly)
and into the shithole that is Upton Park – What a fucking pit. The game was a
mare, anyone could have told you that Les would score but the lack of ideas and
effort were shocking. Was this Turf Moor revisited ?
Ted missed a header that was easier to score, and it surprised Matty so much that he bloody missed it as it went across the face of goal. Bunje was embarrassing in the middle of the park, but taking him off for Fatcha ? Christ glenn, is that shop window time for Fatch ? If so, could you not do it some other time ? Wham got another and then just to cheer the fans up, Glenn put Fraud on.
The man with no goals in 129
appearances got the ball and to the delight of the silly fuckers who demand
that he shoots every time he gets the ball, he did. I don’t know where it
ended, because I turned away. I think it was to tell Jim that Fraud was the
last straw, and that I was going to leave early for the first time since ????
Let me see, should I :
1) Stay till the end, listen
to everyone adoring Fraud and laughing when he misses and then get a slap from
some Neanderthal prick from Hornchurch.
2) Get out of that hole
ASAP, and go home to kick the cat and sulk.
This brings me to Glenn, and
what I have to say really hurts. I am not sure anymore if he is the man for the
job – In fact, I am starting to think that he Isn’t. Can he not see that NO ONE
IN THE LEAGUE will worry about Ted & Doc up front. Can he not see that we
DESPERATELY need some pace up front. Can he not see that Doc is a Centre Half
(and not a great one).
Now I for one, don’t believe
that ENIC are forthcoming enough with the chequebook, but until the end of the
season Glenn has to cut his cloth accordingly. Why not give Matty a go up front
while Keane is out ? He won’t be any worse than Doc (bless him) and his pace
just might scare someone. We are so lightweight in Midfield that it is making
our defence look crap. Any defence in the world would look shit if they had to
defend for as long as our lot do !! We have enough Centre Halfs in the club to
try Led in Defensive midfield and it is blatantly obvious that Bunje and Fraud
aint up to the job, so give him a go. For the record, I think Toda is a shirt
seller, and nothing else.
Whatever
the level of funding from Levy and co, Glenn has made some mistakes and MUST
learn from them. I desperately want him to be the man, but not as desperately
as I want us to be good. The lack of spending and poor team, plus getting all
of those wages off of our books in Jan leads me to believe one of 2 things:
1) ENIC are trying to do
everything on the tightest of budgets, taking our money and not spending it,
leaving us with the bare bones of a squad and lining their pockets. If this is
the case, then Hoddle is keeping quiet, so is no better than them (I don’t want
to believe that) Do ENIC see free transfers as buying players in instalments ?
(weekly wages)
2) ENIC and Glenn have seen the
transfer market go tits up, and are lightening the squad for an all out assault
on the market, raping clubs of their best players for small fees, as we have
got the money to afford them.
WE LIVE IN HOPE – COME ON YOU SPURS.
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