Spurs vs ‘Boro - just a quickie
April’s always a funny time for football and this April doubly so; the sunshine in your eyes, the warmth on your face - often followed by snow - but that undeniable feeling that summer’s just starting to win the fight against it’s rival, and summer’s great but it does mean the end of the season.
The end of the season. Where were we all those months ago, when the only pleasure in the end of the hazy days are the hopes of a new campaign. August, funny to think back then. We thought we had a good chance at fourth, maybe we did. Looking at the strength of Liverpool yesterday and the weakness exposed at arsenal’s lack of depth is a stern reminder. Even if we hadn’t lost that first game, if luck had gone our way, if MJ had worked out, there would still be more reasons why the task was so unlikely to be bested.
But then who would have expected Ramos, 5-1, Wembley, the cup, all of it? The reason I ponder this seemingly premature end of season review is of course because the season ended for us a few weeks ago - according to the papers - but on Saturday, against ‘Boro, the season ended for me too.
Lackluster was the word of the day, for all save the ‘Boro fans enjoying a rare day out. Our team showed nothing and our fans showed less. As soon as The Bagel arrived, all murmurs about the Lane were of exactly which eight players we’re supposed to be losing and the nearly unanimous agreement that Dimi’s doing the off.
Until Saturday, I was a believer but I just can’t see it now. The scales have fallen from my eyes and I’m convinced this is it for our affair with the beautiful Bulgarian. He may have talked of flattery and a respect for Man United before but he’s always say he was staying with us but now all his quotes seem to finish with “but I’m a Tottenham player, for now…”.
Every swish of Dimi’s arms seemed laden with a weight of final resignation, of a decision finally made, that enough is enough and no more will he suffer some hospital pass from a second rate, second string keeper or an invisible run missed by an unseeing forward be it Bent or Lennon. Were it not for the likes of Keano, Woody, King and the full-backs and signs of life from JJ and Tommy, perhaps he would have left a long time ago.
Saddest of all is the way we watch his enthusiasm peter out as our season does. Nothing to play for, nothing to watch, nothing worth shouting about and it’s been such a good season too. Such a sorry way to end such a wonderful year.
We did another wonderful job of making a very pedestrian team look quite reasonable. In the first half the game was so open and the forwards so blunt that it’s of little surprise that we needed them to finish off our goal-scoring move. Their goal in the second, from a deflection was equally pathetic and the only thing watching all day was moments of what’s to come from Alfonso Alvez - a confident, clinical finisher with the verve of a player too good for for McClaren’s ‘Boro. We’ll have to see about Southgate’s.
We wondered how many of the Tottenham players we’ll see again? “We won’t recognise next year’s XI,” was the chat around the ground. Does that mean we’ll have to wait another season before they gel?
I don’t want to remember those leaving as we saw then at the weekend in the listless throws of tail of season tale that’ll we’ll barely remember to forget. I couldn’t help but think back to the hunger of our League Cup winning side. The ferocity at which they played, the do-it-or-die aggression, the vigour, the life they had; every one of them bristling with athletic energy and winning desire.
You just wouldn’t recognise it in the Lilywhites now. My advice to those coming down to the Lane for the rest of this season is don’t. I’d held hopes for a final blast against Liverpool on the very last day but my hopes of that one faded on Saturday and sunk deeper watching the Reds on Sunday. We used to play like that.
Perhaps most telling of all was when the ‘Boro fans sang “He’ll never play for Tottenham” over and over after Downing’s deflected goal. Nobody ever wanted that no-talent clown anywhere near our squad and we couldn’t even be bothered to tell them.
Look, I can’t even be bothered with a film quote.
The Bagel.
April 14th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Bagel, I agree.
I also wonder what motivation mid-table managers have at this time of year? Why would someone in Ramos’ position want to end a campaign with a series of strong finishes and folourishes of excitement, when he really want the owners to share his frustration and then whip out their chequebooks in the summer?
Owen Hargreaves’ freekick was more of a highlight this weekend
They won Fuck All!
April 14th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Hope we get a big fat novelty cheque for Dimi. £30 mil would be appropriate and probably gettable.
That said, I also hope it’s not got a giant Red Club Crest in the corner, in fact I’d rather the sum wasn’t in Pounds Sterling either.
Don’t really want to play against him next season.
However, just think of what Ramos could do with that wonga. It’ll be like the exact opposite of Bolton when they sold Anelka.
April 14th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Straight swap with him for Ibrohimavich. Will probably never happen but it makes me feel better.
April 14th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Chaps
I couldn’t resist digging this quote out from WHS / KiKi / Oi Oi.
He made it after our cup win. He is indeed a visionary.
“.. and I am looking forward to winning the league again and once again challenging Europes finest for the Champions League.”
Can anyone spot what is wrong with this statement?
April 14th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
‘Atleast we’re in the champions league’ he’ll say. Yes you are. No we are not. Next.
April 14th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Gooner helpline: 0800 10101010. That’s 0800 One-Nothing-One….
April 14th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
New Spurs kits to be unvailed May the 9th.
April 14th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Just about the only thing I can get exited about at the moment…
April 14th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Is Daniel Alves a suitable replacement for Czar Dimitar?
Ramos is said to want to buy Daniel Alves, who will “smash Tottenham’s transer record” at a cost of £25 Million. That would send the wonga for Berba straight out of the coffers again.
P.S. If have a taste for some subtitled Bulgarian Comedy featuring Berbatov,
try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhsV0YGnq5g
April 14th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Why would we pay that much for a right winger who doesn’t score that many goals?
April 14th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Hi Wilson
Please read my comment on the previous post
COYS
April 14th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Bagel
I know what you mean, I understand & feel every single sentiment. But it’s just put me on a right downer for my trip to wigan on saturday
Don’t get me wrong, I know you’re right, but I’m at the wrong end of the week, trying to convince Mini Yid & myself that the trip to the home of the wierdest pier in the world & meat ‘n’ potato pies will actually be worthwhile & mean something
New Spurs kits to be unveiled on 6th May, not 9th
April 14th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Thanks for the correction YOTN.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Well, it would seem we all feel the same then. When did that arsenal-slaying, cup-winning pride fade to complacence? I always know things are bad when my dad doesn’t call me after every game but turns his attention to the rugby or the golf or, even worse, the cricket.
Does anyone know any jokes? (Cue Oi Oi / Kiki with some “hilarious” anti-Tottenham gags…)
Rosie x
April 15th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Haha fair play YOTN. Comments duley retracted.
April 15th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Hi Wilson thanks for the retraction, I do tend to react to being called a norverner. My pride will always be with the lillywhite side of North London as will my heart. As for my son, if just makes my heart swell with pride knowing he’s third generation Spurs. My dear old Dad, a yiddo through & through, may if rest in peace, would’ve been proud of his Grandson COYS
April 15th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Amen.
April 15th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
I totally agree Bagel. That will be my last trip to the lane this season. It was one of the most un-energetic performances by the team and fans alike.
It is a shame that professional players need to have Europe, silverware, or survival to motivate them to play… professionally.
April 15th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
“Nine years of winning nothing had generated an impossible pessimism”
Interesting quote from ‘the Perfect One’ - originality not being a highly weighted skill for spuds players obviously, a bit like their fans - I note that he uses the past tense, correct me if I’m wrong here. But reading all this negative karma on here, I wonder, is it correct that he should use the past tense ?
Are spuds fans truly relieved that the wait for any kind of result has ended or disappointed that their fleeting moments of infamy results in the start of a new decade long marathon of disappointment.
A friend of mine just completed the marathon des sables, the highlight of this challenge being the 84km ‘long day’ trek through sand and rubble in 40+C temperatures. His elation at finishing this minor miracle was soon eclipsed by the fact that in a couple of hours he had to run another 40km.
While we came up empty this season, I, along with my compadres are confident that that elusive silverwear is in the post. Despite our capitulation at the hands of our rivals, we know we’ll be back and stronger next season, time is clearly on our side.
I suppose a new £40M war chest will be demanded, assuming you can attract decent players, whether Enic can offset these funds is a different matter, Joe still smarting from the £500M dent in his personal treasury. Would that be enough?
Your requirements would include a goalkeeper, a centre back, left back, central midfielder, a decent winger and a back up striker. Pricy players in this day and age.
We just need a winger, maybe two.
April 15th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
And Hornchurch,
Did you miss this gem then:
“Mathmatically it’s still feasible, but in all probability this sunday will see the end of our challenge.”
Should I dig out all those ‘watch us pip you to 4th place’ posts from august, shall I rifle through and strain out those ‘the Mighty Arsenal are finished’ quotes from pre-season, how about all those ‘watch us next season’ predictions from last season ?
Hindsight allows a new perspective to anyone experimenting with originality, my claims were just as sincere as any others made here, in some cases just as inaccurate, in some cases, not.
I see you have ambition at least, you have promoted your cut and paste efforts to include quotes, excellent improvement.
April 15th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Isnt Flamini is out of contract in the summer? He’s yet to sign another so it looks like he’ll be off, Philip Senderos (at fault for 2 of the goals scored at Anfield) is a poor mans Pascal Cygan and needs replacing. Lehman is off, thankfully for the country as a whole, so you’ll need a new keeper, especially as Almunia is still suspect. Van Persie is injury prone and Adeybyor has gone missing in nearly every game of importance you’ve played this half of the season.
You’ve got a idiot for a captain, no right back (Toure is no right back, Hoyte is never played and Eboue is suspect defensively) and your most talented player (apart from Fabregas), Walcott, is used sparingly. I’d say a winger is the least of your concerns.
Not that we’re doing much better mind, need a left and right back - be warned there’s lots of talk of us bidding for Alves in the summer too- a left winger and another decent striker minimum really. First we have to sort out the warring factions and keep Rafa tho…
April 15th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
You criticise us for “Watch us next season” type remarks when you are indulging in the same game.
Your first post, 5th para.
Oh dear Oi Oi. You are starting to sound like a Spurs fan.
April 15th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
I agree with most of your comments red, gotta disagree with the Adebayor remark. He scored in both ties against your lot, has popped up with important goals all season and despite his being described as rubbish and a clown etc, still has 26 goals this season and that’s not bad in anyones books.
Sagna is a great right back, but we have no back up.
My personal jury is still out on Senderos, he is very young and may grow into a very decent defender.
Flamini - agreed
Almunia - agreed
Van Persie - agreed, however you forgot Rosicky
Gallas - agreed
Hleb is lazy and needs to be challenged for his place.
Eboue is a better right back than right midfield, but thats not saying much.
I’d like to have seen more of walcott in recent weeks, he is being used as an impact player, and does do a job, when he has started he doesn’t really get into the game as well. All said though, he offers far more that Eboue.
April 15th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Excuse me chaps do you mind continuing this conversation elsewhere?
April 15th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Sorry Wilson,
We seem to have interupted your doom and gloom love-in.
Don’t panic, you may return to your ‘woe is me and spuds’ outlook directly, feel free to continue your tarniching of the players ambitions and professionalism forthwith.
It still makes me giggle, on a Mighty Arsenal site describing how to get out of white hart shame without being attacked:
“Walk 100 yards from the exit and look miserable, you are sure to blend in”
April 15th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Oui Oui, 99.9% of arse fans know exactly how to leave The Lane: leave as quietly & as quickly as possible via the nearest exit with hardly an hour played when the mighty Spurs are beating you 5-1 COYS
April 15th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
I’m not panicking mate I just don’t think a Spurs blog is the place for you to be talking about arsenal and Liverpool.
April 15th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
And you really did set yourself up for that from YOTN. Nice one!
April 15th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
RedRum’s assertion that ‘Arsenal have no right-back’ comes as a slight surprise, since Bacary Sagna has been, by all accounts, one of the Premiership signings of the season.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Hi Wilson, glad to be of service, even if it was just too easy but hey, no doubt Oui Oui is feeling the pressure being an investment banker (I’m still sure that’s rhyming slang) during a credit crunch COYS
April 15th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
YOTN,
Do you really want me to bore you with the details of just how the credit crunch affects investment banks ?
In a nutshell, it doesn’t.
There are always people with money to invest, the credit crunch means that the opportunities for leverage* have lessened, essentially it really only affects people with more need for money.
My feelings are that while banks are trying to unwind positions created by the high percentage returns from CDO instruments that didn’t materialise (perhaps known to you as subprimes?) they look for safe investments, however there aren’t that many safe investments and greed will win through.
I’m more concerned by sterlings weakened position against the euro, perhaps an indication of the domination of europe in world markets, perhaps it wont be long before oil is traded in euros, hastening the demise of the dollar.
Oddly, if you were a conspiracy theorist you would believe the rumours that Saddam Hussein threatened to sell Iraq oil reserves in euros, therefore accelerating the onset of the gulf war.
* Leverage: think of it this way, if you put a 10% deposit on a house and it goes up by 10% you have a return to investment of 100%, but if you put down 100% deposit your return would be 10% - hence leverage.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
The bit of that which concerns me most is that I won’t be able to buy suitcases worth of clothes on the cheap in Europe this summer. Ah well.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Oh dear Oui Oui, trying to take the higher ground after being made appear silly with a couple of remarks made by myself & others on this blog site. The comments must have hurt you deeply. Anyway, you keep setting up & we’ll keep knocking them down. You do occasionally provide some minor amusement
April 16th, 2008 at 8:17 am
Wilson,
Go buy suitcases full of clothes from america instead?
YOTN,
Once again you have proved you are the master of quick wit and ready repartee by knocking me down again with your hilarious, well constructed retort, why do I keep walking into these things so blindly.
I just wonder what kind of amusement my posts bring to you, are you still in awe of the pc, new words appearing whenever you go to a page? Seeming like some kind of magicians smoke and mirrrors trick, more than once you check behind the screen to confirm there is no one there.
Perhaps it’s some kind of word fetish, the words and letters so seductive to your eye, their curves and san serifs looking to you as sensual as Kiera Knightly in a black leotard being devoured by the cast of St Trinians. Those sexy words have no remorse, they are insistent, too often you slip upstairs with a box of hankies, the wife aware of whats going on watches her soaps while blinking back the tears.
Or maybe it’s just me, do I fascinate you ? Every so often I catch a glipse of the hedge twitching in the garden, more than once I have had that paranoia of being watched, is it you, have you become a stalker? I hope this adoration is just this weeks rubiks cube, one day you will realise that I’m not godlike, I fart just like the next person, except mine dont stink.
April 16th, 2008 at 9:38 am
It’s all got a bit strange in here…rants on banking, wanking and stalking? Sorry, I thought this was a football blog.
April 16th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Ok this is just getting wierd.
April 16th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Oh dear oh dear
A lot of guff from oui oui again in order to stroke his own damaged ego. Surely oui oui, you should be the last one to talk of being watched, hedges twitching, etc… When all you’ve done is exactly that by your leaving comments on this blog site. You are constantly twitching the hedge from over at the efemerates to see what’s the latest at The Lane. You’re looking like the stalker.
This all confirms my comment in my previous entry, “The comments must have hurt you deeply”
April 16th, 2008 at 11:57 am
RosieRoo & Wilson
Fair comments from both of you, that’s for sure.
Let’s just move on & if we ignore oui oui, lah lah, po & all his other odd manifestations he may just go to an arse blog instead… Don’t hold your breath though!
COYS
April 16th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
”99.9% of arse fans know exactly how to leave The Lane: leave as quietly & as quickly as possible via the nearest exit ”
Well said YOTN, I remember the gold old days when they would be lucky to back to Highbury without a good kicking….then came along CCTV, shame..
April 16th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
1992Yido
I just thought it summed it up nicely & was more than appropriate for oui oui, la la, noo noo, tinky winky, dipsey, po…
COYS
April 16th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Yep that summed it up well, it would have been difficult leaving looking so glum after the league game though.
April 16th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Six points off us and you still didn’t win the league, ha!
April 16th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Six points off us and you still didn’t win the league, ha!
Repitition is comedy
April 16th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Let me introduce to you the spuds fans of today:
1992Yido & Yid of the Norf both find it funny that spuds gave up 6 points to the Mighty Arsenal.
Anyone else see something fundamentally wrong with that ?
April 16th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
You also gave up 6 points last season.
I see what you mean, Repetition is funny !!
April 16th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
You also gave up 6 goals over two legs. Excellent.
April 17th, 2008 at 4:51 am
To Oi oi,
you sound like a twat.
but keep up the good work you sad British Scrotum Wizard.
You just keep proving to all us Spurs fans what Pulsating Thunder Cunts all you Gooner fans are.
Thank you for your time…………Cunty, McCunt Chops. \m/ \m/
April 17th, 2008 at 7:32 am
Oui Oui, nice try at comedy but you need to work on your material, delivery & timing. Better still, just quick with “investment banking” you seem to be goodat that, if you know what I mean
April 17th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Nice work Bris Yid. Slam Dunkin in at no. 1 with….
“Pulsating Thunder Cunts”
It’s an inspired choice.
It’s refreshing to read new ways of cunting off the scum cunts.
Bagel, how about a top 10?
April 17th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
I cant imagine how you can provide 10 examples of beating the Mighty Arsenal, assuming you stick to occasions within living memory.
Cue glory glory 60’s reminiscance, the wondrous times when spuds went on an astonishing league title winning run, beating the likes of burnley and wolves to the title.
After spending records amounts and breaking all known transfer fees in 1960, spuds managed to deliver the glory days. Unfortunately the glory days didn’t last and by ‘61 they were over.
April 17th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
“Beating Burnley & wolves to win the title”, so it begs the question “where the #@€¢ were the arse?”
April 17th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
No Oi Oi
A top 10 of ways to call you and your lot a bunch of cunts. This kind of thing..
1. Pulsating Thunder Cunts
2. Woolwich pikey cunts
3. Scum cunts who won fuck all…..cunts.
..and Bagel, it wasn’t a serious suggestion.
Pay attention Oi Oi and stop daydreaming about what might have been.
April 17th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Ah I see now, kinda like a similar thing about spuds:
1) Overcelebrating, underachieving cunts
2) The footballing equivalent of herpes cunts
3) Incurable bed wetting cunts
4) Cut and pasting waste of bandwidth hornchurch dwelling cunt
5) Feebly educated k-clunk-shhh-plunk machine operating cunt
6) Nightshifting, dole dodging bread-ring eating cunt
7) Tight as fuck, ‘no really I’m from London’ norf cunt.
9) Fair weather, whats the point in going to WHS after february cunts
10) Give up points to derby rivals and still think it’s a result cunts
….
this the kind of thing you mean ?
April 17th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Exactly!
Bagel, maybe this idea does have legs?
Maybe not?
April 17th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Hornchurch Yids
You’re on to something. This is the most entertaining I’ve seen out of oui oui
Long may it last
COYS
April 17th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
YOTN
It keeps his mind off of things like,
Played 8
Drawn 5
Lost 2
Won 1
Now that is a spectacular slump in form.
April 17th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Some would say it is the form of C…
April 17th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
…unts
April 18th, 2008 at 1:48 am
Hey lads,
check this page out.
http://nickhornby.campaignserver.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/arsenal-treehouse-0642.jpg
There’s only one Arsene Wenger,
only one Arsene Wenger,
with a packet of sweets,
and a cheeky smile,
Wenger is a fucking paedophile.
all together now !!!!
April 18th, 2008 at 2:07 am
By the way……
did you blokes know about oz spurs?
it’s the offical spurs supporters club in Australia.
just letting ya’s know that there’s heaps of supporters down here sticking it up all those gooner cunts. They can run to Australia…..but they can’t hide from the Mighty Tottenham.
Coz we’re fucking everywhere…..worldwide Spurs. Stickin’ it to all you gooner scrotum wizards where ever they try to hide.
HAHAHAHA.
Every game against the gooners, chelscum and the west ham scum there are scraps. We out number them all.
Check it out.
http://ozspurs.com/gallery/d/12723-2/IMG_1147.JPG
April 18th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Cheers for the photo Bris.
I do check on your site every now and then to see what you lot get up to. Great to see so many Yids across the whole of Oz.
The NYSpurs.com is a good site too. There are quite a few posters on this blog from far flung parts of the globe.
Keep the faith and respect to all you Yids down under.
April 18th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Oui Oui, what on earth do you mean by “tight as f*** no I’m really from London Norf c***”? Please explain but (this is to all not just you) keep the profanity to a minimum as I have a young son win also reads this blog