Match Thread: Tottenham Hotspur vs Newcastle United

[Neil_Vaughan]

Talk about the game in here before, during and after.

[olly27]

we definitely need to win this one..am expecting quite a few goals..going for a reverse scoreline at st james park...3-1 to the spurs!

[Welsh Spur]

we definitely need to win this one..am expecting quite a few goals..going for a reverse scoreline at st james park...3-1 to the spurs!

I'll go with that....3-1, Berbatov ain't scored in a while so I'll go with Berbatov, Defoe and Huddlestone. Dyer for the barcodes.

[TomMcLaren]

Hard fought 2-2, them to score in the 80th minute.

[MaccYid]

Very positive, i reckon we will do them 4 - 0, goals from defore, 2 from Berba and Steeeeeeeeed

[spurs_craig]

yeah id be happy with 3-1...hatrick from keano

[Spur]

Lennon and Dawson to score.

Where's Jrio?

[SurreySpur]

Lennon and Dawson to score.

Where's Jrio?

Im putting my money on right now!! ;)

[Chewy]

Who do you think will start? Defoe or Keane?
And who do you WANT to start between the two?

Personally I want Keane to play!

[Spur]

Who do you think will start? Defoe or Keane?
And who do you WANT to start between the two?

Personally I want Keane to play!

I want Keane to play left wing. With Defoe and Berba up front and Steed in the middle with Hudd and li'l Lennon on the right.

I'd rather Gardner at left back than Lee right now, so bring back Benny.

[spurs_craig]

berbie and defoe have been playing well...but im glad keanos back...he links the play so well!!!

[SurreySpur]

Yeah i want Keano to start. He's always fired up when he gets back from a lay-off.

[olly27]

its a tough one..I think defoe and then bring keane on later if needs be..maybe start keane against cardiff...definitely bring back benny please..have a feeling zokora may start this one...he's had a kick up the arse lets see if he responds!

[MiloMinderbinder]

its a tough one..I think defoe and then bring keane on later if needs be..maybe start keane against cardiff...definitely bring back benny please..have a feeling zokora may start this one...he's had a kick up the arse lets see if he responds!

He'll respond to the kick up the arse by appealing for a pen. Hope he doesn;t have to kick anyone else up the arse - he'd miss.

[jrio]

Lennon and Dawson to score.

Where's Jrio?

Is that another dream?

[hastingsyid]

2-1,but dont really give a **** what the score is as long as we beat theses geordie mugs

[Spur]

Is that another dream?

lol, I should have saved it for the Chelsea match, would that have been to predictable though?

[Indianspur]

hopefully Ledleys back and we keep a clean sheet as havent won without him.Also hope berby gets back to scoring as i want him to be the best striker in the premiership having paid so much for him.

[jrio]

Ledley's only just back in training so at least a week away, unless Spur's had a dream about him playing...:D

[laspur]

I think it will be close considering Newcastle has played quite well compared to their early form, and honestly Martin's pace and skill scares me without Ledders suiting up. With Ledley not in the squad, a 2-1 scoreline seems reasonable, but if we destroy them, i'll be very surprised and equally elated.

[singapore spur]

its a tough one..I think defoe and then bring keane on later if needs be..maybe start keane against cardiff...definitely bring back benny please..have a feeling zokora may start this one...he's had a kick up the arse lets see if he responds!


agree with all this , 2-1 to spurs

[Spur]

Ledley's only just back in training so at least a week away, unless Spur's had a dream about him playing...:D

Not had a dream no but I do see him playing.

His fitness couldn't have dropped as all the time he's been 'injured' he's been working in the gym, so I would imagine he'll slot straight in.

[Welsh Spur]

Lawros' predicted we'll be the victors, with a 2-0 win!!!

OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[spurs61]

I'm very worried about Martin's (Obafemi, not BMJ!) pace assuming that Leders won't be available to play. Also concerned about Duff/Dyer breaking from midfield, especially down the flanks. I've got a funny feeling this will be a 2-2 draw. Berbatov to score one at least, he's due a goal or two.

[hastingsyid]

Lawros' predicted we'll be the victors, with a 2-0 win!!!

OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats us ****ed then:confused:

[jrio]

Not had a dream no but I do see him playing.

His fitness couldn't have dropped as all the time he's been 'injured' he's been working in the gym, so I would imagine he'll slot straight in.

Still 10 days for King along with JJ according to the club site. Maybe you should go back to the dreaming.:D

Mido out with a groin injury(hmmm) and no sign of Davids yet again. This would be a very good game to bring Ekotto back.

[spurs61]

This would be a very good game to bring Ekotto back.

And watch him get ripped apart by Dyer, Duff and Martins? I definatley wouldn't play BAE as he's dreadful in one-on-ones. I'd still think about playing Davids at left back if only to add some aggression to the side.

[MiloMinderbinder]

And watch him get ripped apart by Dyer, Duff and Martins? I definatley wouldn't play BAE as he's dreadful in one-on-ones. I'd still think about playing Davids at left back if only to add some aggression to the side.

oh that's a good idea, why didn't I think of it.....:)

Too late anyway he's not likely to ever be seen in a Spurs shirt again. Also I do not like seeing players who are clearly on their way out given games over those that have a future - Murphy!

[jrio]

And watch him get ripped apart by Dyer, Duff and Martins? I definatley wouldn't play BAE as he's dreadful in one-on-ones. I'd still think about playing Davids at left back if only to add some aggression to the side.
Duff's injured, Dyer will probably be playing(if fit) centrally as support to Martins, whilst Martins won't be anywhere near him.

Maybe I'd consider Davids at left-back if it was 3 years ago but it's as fanciful as playing Hoddle in midfield.

[Spur]

They made it sound like Ledders would make it, I feel we actually really need him for this one. I don't support either left back playing, but i'd rather play Benny just because. Good argument I know. Lee has been poor recently - there you go.

I would prefer Keane left wing with the other two up top. I realise that this has about as much chance of happening as Halley's comet passing us by in the morning so i'll go with the same team (bar Lee) that has been so dreadful lately.

And i'm not very optimistic.

[Billywhizz]

I'll go for a 3-1 win, reversing what happened to us @ St James Park
with Berba hitting the back of the onion sack, along with Defoe and Steed

Intresting that Zokora according to reports is up for this one, maybe recalled, hope he's 1st touch has improved and is prepared to do some tackling.

[JJ]

I'll go for a 3-1 win, reversing what happened to us @ St James Park
with Berba hitting the back of the onion sack, along with Defoe and Steed

Intresting that Zokora according to reports is up for this one, maybe recalled, hope he's 1st touch has improved and is prepared to do some tackling.

I'm with you.

3-1.

2 for Berba, 1 for Defoe.

[nuttyhotspurs]

I'm with you.

3-1.

2 for Berba, 1 for Defoe.

i hope we win and berby bags a few. hes done naff all for my fantasy team in recent weeks

[JJ]

Doesn't relate to the game at all, but Jamie Redknapp getting Everton's Anichebe's name wrong and calling him Anchovy is just fabulous.

[highlander]

Doesn't relate to the game at all, but Jamie Redknapp getting Everton's Anichebe's name wrong and calling him Anchovy is just fabulous.


yeah i noticed that, jokes

[highlander]

line up is as follows

Robinson, Chimbonda, YP Lee, Dawson, Davenport, Lennon, Huddlestone, Tainio, Malbranque, Berbatov, Defoe. Subs: Cerny, Gardner, Zokora, Ghaly, Keane.

[SurreySpur]

Newcastle are without Scott Parker, Nicky Butt has apparently go out of his sick bed to play, he's been ill all week and hasn't been able to train. We need to start quickly and get three points.

[highlander]

its going to be a real test of Daws & Davenport to see if they can keep Martins quiet, his pace will be a problem

[nuttyhotspurs]

****in come on lads!!!!

[nuttyhotspurs]

great start. steed takes too long on the ball at times

[highlander]

very bright start from the lads, Defoe showed a bit too much to Given but we are really applying pressure

[SurreySpur]

If we can get an early goal we can go on to get a hatfull today.

[highlander]

great volley from Malbranque. we are playing some top stuff, we deserve a goal

[highlander]

and there it is, well in Defoe. great ball from the Hudd and a good run from Malbranque

[nuttyhotspurs]

Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Eassssyyyy!!!!

[nuttyhotspurs]

****in hell

[SurreySpur]

For **** Sake!!!

[highlander]

how the **** did that happen

[nuttyhotspurs]

well done lads. lets let them back in the game. it would be too easy to stuff em. ****in wank, there goes our momentum

[highlander]

that newcastle goal has really slowed us down, we've gotta keep up the pressure

[nuttyhotspurs]

defoe a yard offside for the goal. it looked like steed was aswell when the hudd played it too him. what is the linesman doing???? why do we always let in dodgy shitty goals at home

[highlander]

and now we're missing open goals, great stuff

[nuttyhotspurs]

what doesnt lee ever look up. negative peice of shit. **** off back to korea

[highlander]

if they go in on level terms then they'll have agood half. we need to capitalise before Roeder can regroup them

[nuttyhotspurs]

chimbo should of buried that

[nuttyhotspurs]

weak from berby. come on

[highlander]

Shay Given has kept them in the game, no doubt about it

[highlander]

and now its all kicking off

[SurreySpur]

Whats all this about, its all getting a bit naughty.

[nuttyhotspurs]

cant believe we arent winning this. nothing is ever easy for us. switched off at the back once and we paid the price.

shay given has had a good half but to be honest most of the shots have been straight at him. better finishing and he wouldnt of stood a chance.

tainio is having a good game , althought it is against a clearly unfit butt and ramage (who are ya?!)

we should be hammering them on the wings though nobed solano at right back and a youth player at left back and 2 shite centre halfs. we have to win this

[highlander]

well from what i saw; chimbo & given ran in each others paths, Butt took issue with it nd had an arguement with Chimbo who then slapped Butt, Butt pushed Chimbo back and got booked, Chimbo walked away and Butt started kicking off in the tunnel as well

[nuttyhotspurs]

butt for england.....

[Ioang]

Could easy easy be a red card as soon as chimbo gets back - slapping a player in the face in front of an official.

[london0998]

I'd love to see Lees stats for the season, just to see how many times he has given the ball away. Personally I think him a Ghaly are consistantly poor

[Spur]

One day someone will do Nicky Butt, he's always been too big for his boots.

Weak goal to concede, Given has kept them in it. But we are playing well. Nothing more than that really, there have been times when we have played the wrong ball but nothing too bad.

I'm just waiting for someone to blame Robinson or Jol for the goal.

I also take it Defoe is pissing people off by being too selfish by going on a mazy dribble and having a 40 yard shot...?

[nuttyhotspurs]

I'd love to see Lees stats for the season, just to see how many times he has given the ball away. Personally I think him a Ghaly are consistantly poor

they both give the ball away but at least ghaly looks up and virtually every time wants to move forward or play it forward . lee on the other hand either passes back or to the side and rarely ever overlaps. hes unbelievably negative at times, considering he has pace. whenever he does get forward his crossing is disgraceful with either foot

[SurreySpur]

The ref went to the dressing room and booked chimbonda. He is a lucky boy, the linesman was looking straight at them and was only about 4 feet away, must be a spurs fan.

Put your money on a red card being shown in the second half!!!

[highlander]

we've still got the 2nd half to get at them again and restore our lead which we need to do.

[london0998]

they both give the ball away but at least ghaly looks up and virtually every time wants to move forward or play it forward . lee on the other hand either passes back or to the side and rarely ever overlaps. hes unbelievably negative at times, considering he has pace. whenever he does get forward his crossing is disgraceful with either foot

Completely agree mate! Would like to see zokora in the second half. Think he'll be similat to berbatov ie take a while to get to grips with the prem, them be one of our key players.

[nuttyhotspurs]

One day someone will do Nicky Butt, he's always been too big for his boots.

Weak goal to concede, Given has kept them in it. But we are playing well. Nothing more than that really, there have been times when we have played the wrong ball but nothing too bad.

I'm just waiting for someone to blame Robinson or Jol for the goal.

I also take it Defoe is pissing people off by being too selfish by going on a mazy dribble and having a 40 yard shot...?

what you talking about jol clearly should of told the announcer to yell "mark up" over the loudspeaker when they were on the attack and robbo should stand with his legs together in the box at all times.defoe should stop shooting and lay them up for lee to shoot

[nuttyhotspurs]

an early 2nd half goal wud be magic. berby to poke one in

[highlander]

Nicky Butt is a weak link and our passport back into the lead, if we push Tainio right up onto him and play 1-2's into feet and let him spin off then we could have some more luck

[hastingsyid]

Nicky Butt is a weak link and our passport back into the lead, if we push Tainio right up onto him and play 1-2's into feet and let him spin off then we could have some more luck

yep agreed .........

[highlander]

an early 2nd half goal wud be magic. berby to poke one in

oh how right you are

[london0998]

an early 2nd half goal wud be magic. berby to poke one in

Any advice on the midweek lotto?

[hastingsyid]

get in berby.............COYS

[highlander]

i think a lot of credit should go to Malbranque for that goal, he battled well to keep the ball and kept going before a quality pass into the channel for chimbo to knock it across

[london0998]

**** sake...TYPICAL! Bring on keano!

[Ioang]

I ****ing love Malbranque. He knows EXACTLY how much pressure you can put the opposition under without condeding the free kick.

Tainio's useless.

Why can't we kill games off.

[highlander]

we should be in a position where they cant come back but in all honesty there was nothing we could do about the Martins goal.

but how the **** have we gone 3-2 down to a Butt goal

[Ioang]

We've been so ****ing arrogant all game

[hastingsyid]

****ing Hellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

[SurreySpur]

I cant believe what im seeing, ginger ****. come on boys...........

Come on Keano!!!!!!!!

[london0998]

We've been so ****ing arrogant all game

SPOT ON MATE!!

[hastingsyid]

****ing Helllllllllllllllllllllllllll

[Ioang]

4-3-3, fantastic. So steeds coming off and not Tainio? WTF?

[hastingsyid]

****ING HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL,,,,im calming down

[highlander]

Tainio off for Zokora, should see more strength in the middle and should free up Lennon a bit more

[denis-cro]

Martin Jol should be sacked ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad:

[SurreySpur]

Thats a penalty surely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ioang]

hope you're being ironic denis...

[SurreySpur]

Huntington is a dirty ****

[highlander]

Ghaly should come on for Lee and be pushed up to left midfield to give us the man over in their half

[hastingsyid]

Huntington is a dirty ****

All them geordies are dirty ****s

[highlander]

****ing close

[wayne wonder]

I cant even be arsed to watch it now its shocking im ashamed

PUNCHING ABOVE OUR WEIGHT as usual

[Ioang]

Are we even punching?

[peterc]

Why do we always **** up ??, we could have easily wrapped up the game, Jol takes ages to decide to change players, we really need to improve or else we will never become a Champions league team.

[hastingsyid]

Had enough of this ****ing shit

[wayne wonder]

it's typical mate we're shit end of story we all need to wake up and smell the coffee

[highlander]

absolute bollocks, i dont know how we didnt get a point, let alone the 3 we deserved and needed. thats more ground lost on the top 6

[SurreySpur]

This is ****ing shocking. How have we ended up losing this??? Serious questions need to be asked of both players and management.

[Ioang]

Another few losses and the league seasons over - we may, this season, have to be content with midtable. Hope we can win a few cups - three'd be nice.

[highlander]

i wonder how many would be willing to change their previous answers to the question over Jol & Mourinho

[hastingsyid]

Can sum this up in three words...TYPICAL ****ING TOTTENHAM

[peterc]

I feel sorry for all th fans who pay all that moeny to go and watch, not worth it, were, are and will be always inconsistant. We are an embarassment.

[AssaTM]

Just stop complaining ffs, we played great, but sometimes this happens in football, just look at man utd vs newcastle a few weeks ago, we played fine, newcastle got a few lucky breaks and that was it, accept it and move on, our football was great and on any other day we would have won, full stop

[highlander]

our football was great and on any other day we would have won, full stop

but we didnt and this has been the case too many times this season

[JJ]

We did enough to win it and then some. The amount of shots we had on target was silly.

Solid goalkeeping by Given, and not clinical enough finishing from us and that's what happens.

[nuttyhotspurs]

saying jol should be sacked is daft its the players, esp our defending at the mo that is letting us down, its switched from the forwards. at some point this season we will get it right across the park (it'll be too late)

however jol made another of his bizarre substitutions. taking off davenport then pushing dawson up front. then telling zokora to play centre half. wtf???? the mind boggles.

i think the award for the most domination you can have and lose goes to spurs.

we just keep finding different ways to lose. how many have we lost in the league already this season. i know its too many

[Ioang]

Jol's assessment: Dawson=only player with enough ****ing passion for the club to potentially pull it out of the bag late on.


Very true tho, this happens in football. We played well - so congratulations are in order for the lads. Hopefully wont hurt their confidence too much.

[Spur]

This is ****ing shocking. How have we ended up losing this??? Serious questions need to be asked of both players and management.

Just the players. I think Jol should deserve credit for how he managed this game. From our point of view it was in the bag - it's up to the players to make it happen and they didn't.

Whoever said we were arrogant - I said exactly the same thing.

That Geordie **** should of been sent off the one who done Lennon from behind. Dyer is the only Geordie player to come out with any credit from me - the rest weren't all that, we were miles better.

Loss of concentration at points cost us. You'll see it was Teemu who was defending for the Butt goal where was Calum? Without Ledley we look weak at the back. What else to say? Huddle didn't dominate the game like he should have/needs to.

Defoe MOM, great play, deserved more than the one goal but for some inspired keeping. In my view the two best keepers in the Premier on show today - even though Robbo hasn't shown it this season just quite yet.

Serious work needs to be done on set pieces. I feel like shit.

[peterc]

Just stop complaining ffs, we played great, but sometimes this happens in football, just look at man utd vs newcastle a few weeks ago, we played fine, newcastle got a few lucky breaks and that was it, accept it and move on, our football was great and on any other day we would have won, full stop

Sorry mate, did u watch the same game??, how can one say that we played well, all those chances missed and very poor defending, absolute embarassment.

[suBerb]

I have been saying for months that we won't have a good season in the league this season but will have an excellent season in the cups, especially in Europe. Next season, however, we will be a top three team in the league. That's absolutely certain.

[JJ]

However jol made another of his bizarre substitutions. taking off davenport then pushing dawson up front. then telling zokora to play centre half. wtf???? the mind boggles.

Sticking Dawson up front for the height, and he's better in the air than Davenport.

Zokora on at centre half for the pace to stop Martins breaking away as Sibierski dropped back to defend in the air.

It was odd, but there was logic behind it.

[nuttyhotspurs]

Serious work needs to be done on set pieces. I feel like shit.

i feel physically sick. i agree on our setpeices. they are absolutely crap. i think we should boycott crosses direct from a corner. ive cant remember the last time there was a decent delivery let alone scored direct from one? must be 3 or 4 seasons ago????

this is the best we have played for a while. cant believe we lost. for gods sake!!!! defoe so unlucky. berbys shots were a bit weak today even though he scored.

we definitely had no luck today whatsoever. devastated

[SurreySpur]

Just the players. I think Jol should deserve credit for how he managed this game. From our point of view it was in the bag - it's up to the players to make it happen and they didn't.

Whoever said we were arrogant - I said exactly the same thing.

That Geordie **** should of been sent off the one who done Lennon from behind. Dyer is the only Geordie player to come out with any credit from me - the rest weren't all that, we were miles better.

Loss of concentration at points cost us. You'll see it was Teemu who was defending for the Butt goal where was Calum? Without Ledley we look weak at the back. What else to say? Huddle didn't dominate the game like he should have/needs to.

Defoe MOM, great play, deserved more than the one goal but for some inspired keeping. In my view the two best keepers in the Premier on show today - even though Robbo hasn't shown it this season just quite yet.

Serious work needs to be done on set pieces. I feel like shit.

I didn't mean from a tactical point of view, i think the mental side of our game needs some serious work. We started the game like we wanted to rip them to shreds, we were on fire. Then it goes pearshaped when they equalise, we completely go to peices, we looked completely clueless. I understand that it knocked the stuffing out of us but we looked like we didnt know what to do. It seems to be something that plagues us season after season.

[coys]

Bollocks,Complete bollocks we lacked heart,passion and fight all for a few exceptions (daws,defoe and chimbo literally) the sooner ledley is back the better2 goals in the space of a minute or two is just down to sloppyness and shite defending

[nuttyhotspurs]

roeder " i think we fully deserved the win today" lmfao!!!! that just shows his intelligence. wat a tosser

[SurreySpur]

I seriously need to get drunk!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nuttyhotspurs]

no amount of alcohol would make this result any better for me. having danielle lloyd naked, bent over in front of me begging for it...........now ya talking

[highlander]

its not as though there was a clear weakness or poor performance in the side. we werent outplayed either, i dont know how we lost and i dont know how we can respond

[nuttyhotspurs]

by absolutely spanking cardiff then the scum

[SurreySpur]

I really is the worst sort of defeat. I feel completely robbed.

[jrio]

Sticking Dawson up front for the height, and he's better in the air than Davenport.

Zokora on at centre half for the pace to stop Martins breaking away as Sibierski dropped back to defend in the air.

It was odd, but there was logic behind it.
True, yet sticking the centre-half up front has never resulted in a goal. How many times has it been tried?

Great strike from Martins but yet again a distance shot from their left. A goal from Nicky Butt away from home shows great weakness on our part. We allowed a side with great injuries too much of the ball. I thought Tainio was quite insignificant once again.

Three home defeats compared to 2 in the whole of last season and yet to play ManU. More witheringly, goal difference for the two sides we beat last season but lost this season: 7-2 last, 2-5 this.

[Spur]

Three home defeats compared to 2 in the whole of last season and yet to play ManU. More witheringly, goal difference for the two sides we beat last season but lost this season: 7-2 last, 2-5 this.

That's baffled me :confused: please explain.

[hastingsyid]

I seriously need to get drunk!!!!!!!!!!!!

im ****ing off out at 8pm and not coming home until someone ****ing carries me,after my trip to sunny shithole cardiff i was gonna go to this one but change my mind this morning,i just knew it was gonna be one of those games,these ****ing geordies have done the double over us and that i just cant ****ing stomach

[hastingsyid]

That's baffled me :confused: please explain.

Then can you explain to me:confused:

[jrio]

That's baffled me :confused: please explain.
I'm not sure which part. We've lost 3 times already(Everton, Liverpool, Newcastle) and are yet to play ManU who won here last season and are leading the league so will expect to win.

The goal difference; Everton 5-2; Newcastle 2-0 both last season. Everton 0-2; Newcastle 2-3 this season. Tellingly neither of these sides are in CL contention.

[Spur]

I'm not sure which part. We've lost 3 times already(Everton, Liverpool, Newcastle) and are yet to play ManU who won here last season and are leading the league so will expect to win.

The goal difference; Everton 5-2; Newcastle 2-0 both last season. Everton 0-2; Newcastle 2-3 this season. Tellingly neither of these sides are in CL contention.

Ahh ok. The 5-2 was two seasons ago now, when Marney got his brace. We beat them 2-0 last year. Don't good times fly by.

[jrio]

Ahh ok. The 5-2 was two seasons ago now, when Marney got his brace. We beat them 2-0 last year. Don't good times fly by.
Ah, how could I forget! Jenas rubbish in the first half but lays on the goal for Mido and then scores with a header. I guess it's because it was this time 2 years ago. Still, more revealing figures: 4-0 v 2-5. In fairness, both sides have paid big money for strikers who have scored against us in both games.

[derek zoolander]

****ing hell, this is the most pissed off ive been for a fair while at spurs, yeah we played well and im happy with that but as i was saying to my mates in the bar, supporting spurs is like having a girlfriend that you know is going to cheat on you, you want to love her but you know she will **** about.

jol is a legend and whoever says he should be sacked is odviously some kind of remedial. the alarming thing for me is that the management cant see the odvious defensive shitness.

why oh why oh why do we back off and off and off until they are given a shot? fair enough its gonna be some effort but a goal is a goal.
and before people start saying that when king is back it will sort it, he did a shocking example against these ****s up north for dyers goal.

i think im gonna have a go at the lottery this week as well, said 10 secs before martins goal that we always give away ridiculous goals from distance (campo, tugay, makelele, martins, shorey, barry etc) and when we do concede it always looks like they are gonna score again.

[jrio]

...and before people start saying that when king is back it will sort it, he did a shocking example against these ****s up north for dyers goal.


Disagree. King made sure Dyer didn't waltz past him and have a clear shot at goal. Dyer was looking to do that and only had a shot as a last resort. I do feel Robinson should have stopped that but he just looked completely mystified. He looked as though he thought it was going wide.

6 goals against Toon stiffs! Shocking. I just think it shows, despite the money spent, we are no nearer the top 4 and in fact further behind. I supported all the signings so I have no complaints about that.

I think it has to be taken into account that Spurs have only been consistently high finishers under Bill Nick. There is nothing in our history, in contrast to the Big Reds, that means we should usually be in the top 4. Titles are very much exceptions - Rowe's push and run side and Bill's double side. Even Bill could only do it once. It's very much the nature of Spurs. I was fortunate that my early years coincided with a number of top 4 finishes. Even then the shelf was complaining and constantly demanding Clough and Venables!

[sundancer]

Can not believe we lost that game, trouble is thats happened too often this season. We are running out of games and we have to sort out what our best midfield is, the back four are not getting any protection and we need to sort it.

[mjbmedia]

WTF is Jol a legend?????? one season we finish 5th after losing our bottle and a big enough points lead over the scum to be pipped at the post , all this despite having lost feebly to two lower division teams in both cups and that makes him a legend??? what the **** were pleat and burkinshaw then???

Sorry but we scored after totally outplaying them for all the match until that point. then the Toon kick off and surprise surprise we do it again and sit back , straight away we stood off them despite having ran the game earlier we decided to let them play cos we were 1-0 up , same old negative shit, then we start playing again once they equalise go 2-1 up and take our foot off the gas again. ok ok we had many more chances than them and deserved to win but we still AGAIN!!!! lost the momentum .

The bench can shake their heads all they like, MAN U and the scum wouldnt have lost the initiative yet alone the ****ing game.

we need a cup win for Europe next season, as for 4th forget it

[Chewy]

For those idiots who say we played shit...I think that is the best we have played all season. What happened to us today was the same thing that happened to Man United Vs West Ham. We dominated the game but luck wasn't on our side at all. I think MJ will have told the guys the same and told them to keep their heads up as they have done nothing to be ashamed off.

In saying all that, I am extremely gutted that they did the double on us and had to do a few sambucas after the game to calm me down...was ready to tell the girl to leave the bottle!

This game just describes football and how it ruins our life but we love it lol

I don't think we will be in europe next season unless its through cups so lets ****ing go through the scum and cardiff!!

[Billywhizz]

Absolutely ****in speechless, how the **** did we get beat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well that blows finishing 4th out, best chance is in the cup's for European qualification if we get that far. :mad: :mad:

Right i'm off out down the pub, to laugh @ the Wet Spam fans

[JJ]

True, yet sticking the centre-half up front has never resulted in a goal. How many times has it been tried?

Great strike from Martins but yet again a distance shot from their left. A goal from Nicky Butt away from home shows great weakness on our part. We allowed a side with great injuries too much of the ball. I thought Tainio was quite insignificant once again.

Three home defeats compared to 2 in the whole of last season and yet to play ManU. More witheringly, goal difference for the two sides we beat last season but lost this season: 7-2 last, 2-5 this.

Well we had to get numbers up there as Newcastle were going to sit very deep and defend. Isn't much alternative really when you've already brought as many attacking players on as you can.

[wayne wonder]

We're wank at the back slow in the centre of midfield and SHIT down the left

I swear to god if he doesn't buy aleft back and a left midfielder + a central defender i'll kill him and chris hughton myself!!!

[Ginola's Son]

My take on the game is total disappointment!!

There are three instances where I can swallow defeat

1) When we have played utterly shit and deserve to lose (example - Arsenal this season)

2) Where we have played very well, but not quite as well as the opponent (Liverpool away, this season)

3) Where both teams have played very well, but someone nicks it (5-4 Arsenal, 2004)

But this is the dreaded 4th instance where I just cannot and will not accept defeat...when we are the better team by far and still lose. Thats a sickener and blame just has to be handed out.

Robinson - You do not get beaten on your near post, yes, Davenports defending should have been better, but it was still a goalkeeping error for me

Davenport - Ruined all his hard work of late, with an inept Doherty-esque performance. He looked nervous throughout the match,

Lennon - I HATE criticising him, but at 2-1 up, hardly a commanding lead, to start showboating and doing wasteful backheels is the sort of thing that can cost you...and it did.

Huddlestone - Anonymous for most of the first half, not what he have come to expect from him. I just hope he isn't starting to beleive his own hype.

Tainio - Why Jol is starting him is anyone's guess, against Portsmouth and Cardiff he was our worst player, how he can earn a starting berth over Zokora is beyond me. He was terrible yesterday and was to blame for their winner.

The rest of the team all played very well. We dominated the game for the most part, and look much more of a threat in attack, Given made some superb stops, but after we went 2-1 up, will really should have made it 3 or 4, we just collapsed, in true Tottenham-under-Pleat-or Hoddle stylee. I don't like to see that from a team managed by Martin Jol. You do not lose home games in that fashion.

If we do not bounce back immediately, we will be savaged by those red bastards!

[JJ]

We didn't really collapse at all. We dominated near the entire match, and conceded goals during very brief lapses of concentration.

For the first goal, Huntington was Huddlestone's man, but he got caught up in the movement of everyone, then ended up getting blocked off by Sibierski.

The second goal was freak. Dawson was tracking Martins, and doing the right thing by easing him further out wide. It was an awesome strike. Some might say Robbo shouldn't have been beaten at his near post, but it was hit very well and noone could have expected that to happen.

The third goal, although well pulled off by Newcastle, was again a lapse of concentration. Ball fed into Sibierski (I think it was him?) which meant Davenport had to follow him out to stay close. Butt kept running, Tainio didn't track him well enough, one-two is played and Butt finishes well. (Not sure who asked why it was Tainio defending against Butt for that goal, but that's why)

You get slack and you get punished.

[Ginola's Son]

JJ....how can a 2-1 lead that is turned into a 3-2 losing position within a couple of minutes, vastly against the run of play described as anything less then a collapse.

It may have been a brief collapse in that we went for the equalizer for the remainder of the game, but in those 3 minutes, 3 points turned into none. Thats a collapse for me.

Martins was the only goal that couldn't have really been prevented

And we should have really had at least 4, we didn't take all of our chance, thats not including the great saves by Given.

[JJ]

If we'd collapsed we would have been thrashed. They had 5 shots on target, we had 13.

There's no collapse there, just a poorly defended free kick and then 2 minutes of substandard defending which lead to 2 goals.

The best part of the other 87 minutes of play was us. We created chances throughout the whole game, right up to the final whistle.

[dommo]

We simply cannot defend --- End of ---

[JJ]

We simply cannot defend --- End of ---

We generally defend pretty well. I think we have more of an issue with the area between midfield and defence. Alot of the time there doesn't appear to be any sort of clear shape, so players tend to get lost between the two and we get punished.

I thought Tainio's workrate yesterday was good, but beyond that i still struggle to see what he brings to the team as far as the football is concerned.

[Ginola's Son]

The best part of the other 87 minutes of play was us. We created chances throughout the whole game, right up to the final whistle.

Creating chances without converting them is for nought. End of the day, they got the points and for all our endeavor, we got sod all

[JJ]

Creating chances without converting them is for nought. End of the day, they got the points and for all our endeavor, we got sod all

Oh i agree. We have noone but ourselves to blame at the end of the day.

[spurs61]

There is a serious lack of aggression amongst the players. It seems to me that they think they have a divine right to play football and not get thier hands dirty. There is also a very damning lack of responsibility taken by the majority of players, not one of them ever attempt to take the game by the scruff of the neck in the way that Butt did yesterday.

[spurs61]

Martins was the only goal that couldn't have really been prevented.

Sadly it was preventable. Teemu's stupid and sloppy ball (symtomaptic of our season) to Defoe on the edge of the area put us in real trouble. As soon as Newcastke started to break I knew they would score, it's just SOOOO much like Spurs. I'm afraid Tainio was also at fault for Butt's goal, a weakassed challenge and no strength shown to prevent Butt from turning him. Teemu the Terrier? More like Teemu the poodle.

[olly27]

I thought we were superb yesterday (bar the defence lapses!) and am gutted that we didn't take the three points..even the newcastle fans know they rode their luck big time yesterday.

The crux of this is that we'r a couple of players short of being a top four side..we need a more aggresive player in the middle of the park (whether zokora is going to manage this remains to be seen) a lefty and a left back (even though lee wasn't bad yesterday and am not his biggest fan). A centre back is aslo required...to deputise for king or daws.
Above all though we are lacking serious leadership on the pitch.

I must add malbranque battled well yesterday and was very busy..can see him being a big player for us..I also knew it would be the new year before we started to see the best of him due to his long injury lay off.

[Ginola's Son]

Olly, exactly, we played so well, which I why I find defeat so unnacceptable, bloody Newcastle, it happened in the cup in 05 too, totally outplayed them, yet, they get the result. It's not fair...but that is football, unless you are a top 4 four team, you just don't get the luxury of good fortune.

[jrio]

The crux of this is that we'r a couple of players short of being a top four side..

Not that old chestnut! That's generally what we were all thinking at the end of last season and we brought in 4 players in the summer, yet we've gone backwards. Even if you discount Zokora and Ekotto as not having performed well, there's still Berb and Chimbo who have. I feel we'll be a couple of players short of being a top 4 side for a while yet.

The weakness of the left side is chronic and no early solution looks in sight. Whilst Mal has been an improvement there, he and Lee can too easily be forced off the ball or forced inside. No central midfield combo has been truly convincing and without King we look too likely to concede goals. Nearly a quarter of our games have seen us concede 3 goals.

[Ginola's Son]

Have to agree with the last post. We are way off being a top four team at the moment. We lack the self-discipline to not choke once we get in front.

[spurs61]

Have to agree with the last post. We are way off being a top four team at the moment. We lack the self-discipline to not choke once we get in front.

I'm not sure that it's self-discipline which is to blame, the players are clearly told to play in the manner they do having gone a goal up. We had exactly the same problem last season and it resulted in the loss of the Champions League place (blessing in disguise), it appears that neither the management nor the players have learned their leason.

I just can't figure out the thought process behind some of our tactics and especially the substitutions. Yesterday, for a few examples, Newcastle lined up with one of the least experience left sides I've ever seen in the Premiership whilst we had a very quick and dynamic right hand side. Can anyone explain why we were not constantly attacking Newcastle's left side? A further observation is the mind boggling substitutions, as far as I could see Teemu had a very poor game whilst Steed buzzed around busily and was a constant thorn in Newcastle's side. why in the name of everything holy did Jol decide to withdraw Malbranque? What was wrong with putting Steed in the middle to continue what was his best performance in a Spurs shirt? One more question, when will we accept that Calum Davenport is a liabilty who has no clue how to defend or dominate his centre forward? Does Calum think that by marking space he is doing his job properly or is it just another abdication of responsibility?

[Ginola's Son]

I'm not ready to turn on Calum just yet, because I have seen him play well, he's inxperianced at this level and is not the finished article yet. He know's he's in King's shadow and he is trying...but yesterday he was not good enough by half.

Steed was fabulous yesterday, I always knew he'd be at Spurs one day, and you are right, we need to give him 90 mins, he looks fit to me, yet Jol has pulled him off (not literally) in every game. I think Tainio must be Jol's little bitch.

[spurs61]

I'm not ready to turn on Calum just yet, because I have seen him play well, he's inxperianced at this level and is not the finished article yet. He know's he's in King's shadow and he is trying...but yesterday he was not good enough by half.

The guy is 24, he's spent quite a bit of time playing in the Championship (and looked distinctly average) and has spent two seasons trying to make the step up. He has not convinced in any Premiership game he has played and we have conceded stupid and sloppy (that word again) goals in every game Davenport has played. Dawson looks a shadow of his usual self when Davenport plays and I have nothing but sympathy for him. I actualy thought that Davenport had one of his better games by his standard but he's patently not good enough and should be nowhere near the first team. Added to that is the fact that the club are clearly trying to include him as a makeweight in the Ashley Young saga which is not going to help either his confidence or concentration.

[Ginola's Son]

Davenport had been playing quite well up to yesterday. He looked quite assured, but yesterday he did lose the plot at select occaison. He's certainly not the worst defensive option.

[olly27]

The guy is 24, he's spent quite a bit of time playing in the Championship (and looked distinctly average) and has spent two seasons trying to make the step up. He has not convinced in any Premiership game he has played and we have conceded stupid and sloppy (that word again) goals in every game Davenport has played. Dawson looks a shadow of his usual self when Davenport plays and I have nothing but sympathy for him. I actualy thought that Davenport had one of his better games by his standard but he's patently not good enough and should be nowhere near the first team. Added to that is the fact that the club are clearly trying to include him as a makeweight in the Ashley Young saga which is not going to help either his confidence or concentration.


I pretty much agree with all of this..I know a lot of people rate davenport as a good replacement but for me he is not good enough..I have said it before and will say it again..every time he plays I feel nervous.

[olly27]

on a more optimistic note...I have a feeling that we will play newcastle in the latter stages of the uefa cup - REVENGE IS ON THE CARDS!

[spurs61]

I pretty much agree with all of this..I know a lot of people rate davenport as a good replacement but for me he is not good enough..I have said it before and will say it again..every time he plays I feel nervous.


Mmmm, so do Robbo and Dawson!

[canadaspur]

It's not that difficult,we squandered a pile of chances,defended like shyte & started to showboat at 2-1 instead of burying them!This one felt about as bad as Spurs 3 - citeh 4 in the Cup a while back...all I can say is that we'd better win a cup as we're going nowhere(at least nowhere upwards)in the league!

[Spur]

It's not that difficult,we squandered a pile of chances,defended like shyte & started to showboat at 2-1 instead of burying them!This one felt about as bad as Spurs 3 - citeh 4 in the Cup a while back...all I can say is that we'd better win a cup as we're going nowhere(at least nowhere upwards)in the league!

First post and pretty much spot on. Although the defended like shite part can only be attributed to three moments during the match, the rest of the time we was laughing.

[SurreySpur]

It's not that difficult,we squandered a pile of chances,defended like shyte & started to showboat at 2-1 instead of burying them!This one felt about as bad as Spurs 3 - citeh 4 in the Cup a while back...all I can say is that we'd better win a cup as we're going nowhere(at least nowhere upwards)in the league!

Yep, that pretty much sums up my feelings this morning. At least my hangover has just about gone now.

[MiloMinderbinder]

Hello chaps, I have now slightly calmed down, although my knuckles are still sore from punching the seat in front of me, sorry girlie in seat 109 row 1 Block D East Upper!

We started with all the right moves got our reward and then folded faster than Superman on laundry day. Why the hell did we stop carving them open down the flanks? I dare anyone to say that the manager can't be held at fault for that.

Davenport:mad: needs to be put in the same category as Zokora:mad: , i.e. neuter the **** so he can't breed and prevent further generations of incomptence - the boy is a complete shambles and Dawson suffers as a result. Who taught him it's a good idea to follow the deep lying centreforward over the halfway line - ******.

All 3 goals were eminently preventable, why was Chimbonda bombing forward at 2-1 and why the hell was Martins shown onto his LEFT side, do the team not do basic research and analysis into the oppositons strengths?! The 1st and last goal were individual sloppiness from Davenport:mad: and Tainio respecively although Robinsons position for the 2nd and 3rd goals was also questionable.

As it happens Tainio had a decent game, the problem was that Hudd is so immobile that Teemu had to cover his ground for him as well. I wonder if we don't need to play two central mids with Hudd to do the fetching and carrying for him.

And two last points, why did Steed come off?, why oh why oh why are we so ****ing annoying, can we please have valium distributed at all home games now.

[SurreySpur]

As it happens Tainio had a decent game, the problem was that Hudd is so immobile that Teemu had to cover his ground for him as well. I wonder if we don't need to play two central mids with Hudd to do the fetching and carrying for him.


Maybe its time to play a midfield three behind three forward players ala Chelsea. We could have Tainio/Zokora, Huddlestone and Jenas in a three with Berbatov spearheading the attack with keano/Malbranque and Defoe/Lennon playing off him.

[wayne wonder]

Davenport is just a liability, Lee im not even gonna waste my time on that c*nt!!

Dawson needs a rest and i think needs to work on his distribution as whacking it ip the pitch sometimes doesnn't help

Hudd - Starting to believe his hype a bit too much and needs to be brought back down to earth a bit

Ghaly - I dont care what you ssay he's wank end of!!!

Berbie doesn't like it away from the lane and needs to sort that out right now!!!

AND finally Tainio - WHAT THE F*CK?????????

[Spur]

Maybe its time to play a midfield three behind three forward players ala Chelsea. We could have Tainio/Zokora, Huddlestone and Jenas in a three with Berbatov spearheading the attack with keano/Malbranque and Defoe/Lennon playing off him.

I fear we don't have the midfield for it. Maybe if Steed plays in the middle with Huddle plus 1 out of Zoko, Teemu, Ghaly it would work. He seems the only one capable of hitting a long range shot. Keane, Lennon, with Berba up front - we're currently 1 and 0 with it as we had it for half hour against Chelsea.

[canadaspur]

Well KingKeane,I'm sure you've thought long about this...why did Keano try & return the ball to Berb after he had been put clean through,surely he should've smashed it across the keeper for the far corner????

[Welsh Spur]

I fear we don't have the midfield for it. Maybe if Steed plays in the middle with Huddle plus 1 out of Zoko, Teemu, Ghaly it would work. He seems the only one capable of hitting a long range shot. Keane, Lennon, with Berba up front - we're currently 1 and 0 with it as we had it for half hour against Chelsea.

Huddlestone and Zokora are both more than capable of shooting from distance - the only thing is Zok is out of form and nothing like the player I've seen for the Elephants over the last 2-3 years, and Hudd, well, maybe wayne wonder's right about him.....

[hastingsyid]

Davenport is just a liability, Lee im not even gonna waste my time on that c*nt!!

Dawson needs a rest and i think needs to work on his distribution as whacking it ip the pitch sometimes doesnn't help

Hudd - Starting to believe his hype a bit too much and needs to be brought back down to earth a bit

Ghaly - I dont care what you ssay he's wank end of!!!

Berbie doesn't like it away from the lane and needs to sort that out right now!!!

AND finally Tainio - WHAT THE F*CK?????????
finding it hard to disagree there fella,anyway theres no swearing on this board:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[hastingsyid]

It's not that difficult,we squandered a pile of chances,defended like shyte & started to showboat at 2-1 instead of burying them!This one felt about as bad as Spurs 3 - citeh 4 in the Cup a while back...all I can say is that we'd better win a cup as we're going nowhere(at least nowhere upwards)in the league!
well said my friend,anyways we gotta win a cup coz ive made a promise to streak,im sure other members will fill you in:p

[MiloMinderbinder]

Well KingKeane,I'm sure you've thought long about this...why did Keano try & return the ball to Berb after he had been put clean through,surely he should've smashed it across the keeper for the far corner????

it was Ghaly and it's becaue he's not a centre forward.

[wayne wonder]

finding it hard to disagree there fella,anyway theres no swearing on this board:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:


Haha yeah i'll go and wash my mouth out with soap!!

I needed that rant mate i've had a crap morning and my mate who's a geordie's been on my case all day saying they beat us with their reserve side grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr:mad:

Hows you mate?

[Chaydle]

[QUOTE=wayne wonder;35027]
Hudd - Starting to believe his hype a bit too much and needs to be brought back down to earth a bit

This is ridiculous, the boy is only 19, he is allowed the odd bad game ffs!
Hudd is going to be the cornerstone of our team for the next 5 yrs hopefully longer.......give him a break!

[hastingsyid]

Haha yeah i'll go and wash my mouth out with soap!!

I needed that rant mate i've had a crap morning and my mate who's a geordie's been on my case all day saying they beat us with their reserve side grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr:mad:

Hows you mate?

Chin the ****

[canadaspur]

it was Ghaly and it's becaue he's not a centre forward.

Ghaly has an Irish accent then!

[hastingsyid]

im good wayne my friend,just hoping all ok for feyenoord,im obviously a glutton for punishment

[JJ]

it was Ghaly and it's becaue he's not a centre forward.

Plus the misses he's been guilty of in recent games were probably fresh in his mind so decided to pass it.

[MiloMinderbinder]

Ghaly has an Irish accent then!

What you heard Ghaly all the way from Canada? how "aboot" that, must have been some cry of anguish.

[canadaspur]

What you heard Ghaly all the way from Canada? how "aboot" that, must have been some cry of anguish.
LOL,you sound like an old Wallyboarder....anyway,I'm ex-pat.

[Welsh Spur]

Haha yeah i'll go and wash my mouth out with soap!!

I needed that rant mate i've had a crap morning and my mate who's a geordie's been on my case all day saying they beat us with their reserve side grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr:mad:

Hows you mate?

Reserve side? From what I saw their team looked like it has for a while and included, erm, two players who they could claim to be non first teamers, Huntington and Pattison. We, by the same page had Lee, Davenport, so that makes it two each. Pah.....Reserve side. ****ing ******.

[wayne wonder]

im good wayne my friend,just hoping all ok for feyenoord,im obviously a glutton for punishment

U really are aren't you!!! they probably hate us more than chelski, spammers, scum and milwall put together haha

[MiloMinderbinder]

LOL,you sound like an old Wallyboarder....anyway,I'm ex-pat.

a what? Do they really have flappy heads up there, and do the French still cause untold problems for the English contingent?

[wayne wonder]

Reserve side? From what I saw their team looked like it has for a while and included, erm, two players who they could claim to be non first teamers, Huntington and Pattison. We, by the same page had Lee, Davenport, so that makes it two each. Pah.....Reserve side. ****ing ******.


I know mate i hate them now dirty bar codes

[Welsh Spur]

I hated them anyway. ****ing deluded pricks.

[Spur]

It was passed onto Ghaly's left boot anyway, so he obviously isn't very confident.

[canadaspur]

a what? Do they really have flappy heads up there, and do the French still cause untold problems for the English contingent?

Les Quebecois,bless 'em mate....'Wallyboard',unofficial Spurs site I use which is having technical problems at present.

[MiloMinderbinder]

Les Quebecois,bless 'em mate....'Wallyboard',unofficial Spurs site I use which is having technical problems at present.

oh right so you are just passing through, how fickle typical Spurs fan;)

If Spurs are "Wallyboard" does that mean gooners get "****board"?

[canadaspur]

oh right so you are just passing through, how fickle typical Spurs fan;)

If Spurs are "Wallyboard" does that mean gooners get "****board"?

Fickle,I wish sometimes...first time at WHL for me,Ted Ditchburn was in goal for us & Tom Finney was playing for PNE....scum can have that name if you wish,works for me!

[MiloMinderbinder]

Fickle,I wish sometimes...first time at WHL for me,Ted Ditchburn was in goal for us & Tom Finney was playing for PNE....scum can have that name if you wish,works for me!

God that makes you nearly as old as Hasting!;) 1st game I went to was rained off LOL.

Incidentally folks, spurs61 was in the programme yesterday getting his 15 mins of fame - he'll do autographs later:)

[Welsh Spur]

Can you maybe link us to a picture or someone scan it in or something?

[MiloMinderbinder]

Can you maybe link us to a picture or someone scan it in or something?

You really don't want me messing around with technology, the site will be wiped if I do!

Ask him what he said verbatim, he's being cryptic with me and won;t tell me how he weasled his way in there.

[Welsh Spur]

No worries - It's nice to hear about members activities with regard to this sort of thing - like getting published, (F365!) or like Tom McLaren's advert!

[spurs61]

If you really must know you nosy gits. I had my question to Clive Allen published in the program yesterday. Clive is one of my all time favorites and I think he has conducted himself admirably throughout his time as a Spurs player and coach. My question was this;

Firstly I'd like to take the opportunity to praise you for the excellent role you play as a high profile ambassador to the club, your eloquence and passion for the club is evident for all.

You spent some time in the French league with Bordeaux; what made you decide to move across the Channel? Was the influence of Messrs Hoddle and Waddle a factor in your decision or did you feel (as I did) that the standard of British football at the time was poor in all aspects including player salaries? Do you consider your time with Les Girondes a success given your spectacular scoring rate in the Lilywhite shirt?

I think it might be a good idea for the forum to submit questions on a regular basis as we will raise the profile of the forum and attract the fans who go to the games. Thought/comments?

[MiloMinderbinder]

If you really must know you nosy gits. I had my question to Clive Allen published in the program yesterday. Clive is one of my all time favorites and I think he has conducted himself admirably throughout his time as a Spurs player and coach. My question was this;

Firstly I'd like to take the opportunity to praise you for the excellent role you play as a high profile ambassador to the club, your eloquence and passion for the club is evident for all.

You spent some time in the French league with Bordeaux; what made you decide to move across the Channel? Was the influence of Messrs Hoddle and Waddle a factor in your decision or did you feel (as I did) that the standard of British football at the time was poor in all aspects including player salaries? Do you consider your time with Les Girondes a success given your spectacular scoring rate in the Lilywhite shirt?

I think it might be a good idea for the forum to submit questions on a regular basis as we will raise the profile of the forum and attract the fans who go to the games. Thought/comments?

Yeah, answer my question as to how you got to pose the question in the first instance, and they kind of cut your question down a little as the programme is only 50 pages or so:D

[spurs61]

answer my question as to how you got to pose the question in the first instance

****in' 'ell can't you bleedin' read? You a gooner or somethin'? :rolleyes: You can pose questions on the Spurs website. Every home game they pick a current or former Spurs player and you can e-mail questions to them, this was my first time.

[Spur]

So what did Clive say?

[spurs61]

So what did Clive say?

Dunno I can't find a anyone with a copy of the program. If anyone does have it I'd be grateful if they would scan the page onto the forum.

[Spur]

Dunno I can't find a anyone with a copy of the program. If anyone does have it I'd be grateful if they would scan the page onto the forum.

LOL, so how you know your question got printed? Bit silly not to buy a programme now aren't you?

[spurs61]

I didn't go on Sunday but a friend called me yesterday to tell me I was in the program. Now I'm going to have to find a copy next home game. You would have thought the club would at least e-mail me to tell me they were using my question!?

[Spur]

I didn't go on Sunday but a friend called me yesterday to tell me I was in the program. Now I'm going to have to find a copy next home game. You would have thought the club would at least e-mail me to tell me they were using my question!?

Give it a week or so and they will put it in the club shop. All old un-bought programmes can be found there.

[Welsh Spur]

Correct me if I'm wrong but by my recollections this is THFCTalk's first 200-post thread?

[spurs61]

And? Are you suprised given the abject nature of our capitulation?

[Welsh Spur]

I was just pointing it out is all. A bit of history like.....!

[Spur]

I was just pointing it out is all. A bit of history like.....!

Like what? You either stopped halfway through a sentence or your trying to sound like a Scouser :confused:

[Welsh Spur]

Then you haven't been to South Wales, obviously.

'Like' comes after everything. For example:

"Well Y'know like..."
"No worries like"

I dunno, it's just the slang round here. The lingo, if you will.

[Spur]

Then you haven't been to South Wales, obviously.

'Like' comes after everything. For example:

"Well Y'know like..."
"No worries like"

I dunno, it's just the slang round here. The lingo, if you will.

Isit like?

Do you think me an you could cause this 200+ thread to become a 300+ thread with completely uninteresting chatter?

[Welsh Spur]

Isit like? - That's it. You got it!

Do you think me an you could cause this 200+ thread to become a 300+ thread with completely uninteresting chatter?


I think we could, yes! But being as it's a forum I think we'd have to invite everyone else too. And Neil will probably 'unstick' this thread before we make it.

[Spur]

I think we could, yes! But being as it's a forum I think we'd have to invite everyone else too. And Neil will probably 'unstick' this thread before we make it.

So we can keep bumping it up. I don't mind if others join in if they have to like. Anyone want to join in?

[Welsh Spur]

Ok, let me pose a question:

How did we lose to a team 3 days ago that just got whupped 5-1 at home by a championship club?

[Spur]

Ok, let me pose a question:

How did we lose to a team 3 days ago that just got whupped 5-1 at home by a championship club?

I'm going for A. We're shit Brian.

Your not Brian are you? That's Choda. Who are you again?

[Welsh Spur]

I'm Nathan. :confused:

[Spur]

Are you sure?

Don't make me trawl through the record books for your publised article. Like.

[Welsh Spur]

I'd love to find that. I only had a copy of it on my old work's computer and I don't work there no more so it's gone. Didn't think it would still be on here. And yeah I am sure. Nathan Flint.

[Spur]

I'd love to find that. I only had a copy of it on my old work's computer and I don't work there no more so it's gone. Didn't think it would still be on here. And yeah I am sure. Nathan Flint.

I think you should look for it it might be here. You know what Nate, it's about time I donated to the site seeing as I said I would do it ages ago. How much did you line Neil's pockets with?

[Welsh Spur]

About 3 quid i think. Last of the big spenders me. :p

[choda]

I think you should look for it it might be here. You know what Nate, it's about time I donated to the site seeing as I said I would do it ages ago. How much did you line Neil's pockets with?

You haven't donated! (Cough) What a tightwad.

Man, I'd say whenever your asked for money your ass wouldn't pucker up tighter than a drum.

How long have you been enjoying this forum for? And you wouldn't even donate a the price of a pint. :rolleyes:

And he's been privately harassing me about Gary's £2 membership site and whether its the 'real deal'. :o You should change your nickname to McSpur.

[singapore spur]

Ok, let me pose a question:

How did we lose to a team 3 days ago that just got whupped 5-1 at home by a championship club?


well all brums chances went in , ours didnt , and martins didnt score a goal from a seemingly unscorable position .

[spurs61]

Ok, let me pose a question:

How did we lose to a team 3 days ago that just got whupped 5-1 at home by a championship club?

Funny you should ask that, I was frothing at the mouth last night watching that games. Did anyone else notice the paper thin Newcastle defence and their childlike lefthand side? So if Steve Bruce, that managerial colossus, can spot the weak link in the barcodes , namely their total lack of competant defenders, why can't Martin Jol?

Oh and LOVE the avatar singapore!

[JJ]

Funny you should ask that, I was frothing at the mouth last night watching that games. Did anyone else notice the paper thin Newcastle defence and their childlike lefthand side? So if Steve Bruce, that managerial colossus, can spot the weak link in the barcodes , namely their total lack of competant defenders, why can't Martin Jol?

Oh and LOVE the avatar singapore!

Well, to be fair the Newcastle defence didn't do much against us either.

The only difference last night was that Birmingham scored their chances.

[spurs61]

And Newcastle scored......once. No, the only difference is that Birmingham went out with a game plan and stuck to it. They also didn't allow Newcastle to hit them on the break at pace which is their only real asset. The fact is that once again we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, another inept tactical display.

[JJ]

And Newcastle scored......once. No, the only difference is that Birmingham went out with a game plan and stuck to it. They also didn't allow Newcastle to hit them on the break at pace which is their only real asset. The fact is that once again we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, another inept tactical display.

So 13 shots on target and the majority of possession all game isn't sticking to a game plan?

Creating chances from start to finish isn't sticking to a game plan?

And we got hit on the break once and they scored a freak goal from it. There was nothing tactically inept about it at all. Huddlestone didn't mark Huntington properly for their 1st, and Tainio didn't track Butt for their 3rd.

Don't blame the loss on tactics if it was down to slack individual defending during vital moments.

[Spur]

Well this thread is coming along nicely. Keep up the good work people.

I'm going to donate don't worry Neil, stop sending me those e-mails.

And as for me PM-ing you Choda I do not know what you are talking about. Who is this Gary you talk of? :cool: :rolleyes:

As it goes Neil, I did buy something off of Play.com through the link you provided...surely you got 20p or so off of that?

[jrio]

Brum should have had at least 4 goals in the first half, all clear chances. As it was only 2-0, Newcastle were back in the game after Milner's long range effort but then Taylor was sent off 2 minutes later. Newcastle didn't get an easy goal back early as they did against us and that made all the difference.

Worth remembering our home game against Blackburn last season where we were greatly outplayed yet won 3-2. It's not all one-way traffic.

[choda]

And as for me PM-ing you Choda I do not know what you are talking about. Who is this Gary you talk of? :cool: :rolleyes:

For everybody else, Gary is the guy from flfooty. I don't need to tell spur that because he knows exactly who I'm talking about.

[Spur]

For everybody else, Gary is the guy from flfooty. I don't need to tell spur that because he knows exactly who I'm talking about.

No I don't and neither do you.

(Stop it it's supposed to be kept secret!)

[Welsh Spur]

I knew that, he gave me the address to his new site, I mean I've got his msn address, he's always online!