Only Tottenham would sack a manager for finishing 4th, 5th and 4th.
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Only Tottenham would sack a manager for finishing 4th, 5th and 4th.
Should rename the thread the "mind the gap" thread.
Have heard you lot are in for villas boas.
Could be great.
Season objective was to finish 4th. Job done. And lets be honest. For a long part of the season Spurs were playing probably the most attractive and entertaining football seen in a long while by any team in the league until that idiot from Wales got a big head anyway.
Couldn't care less who manages Spurs to be honest provided they play good attacking football that is also entertaining to watch and we beat the Gypsies from Woolwhich.
So new Spurs manager announced.
Not my preferred choice but I'll give the guy at least a chance.
give him a target to achieve, he'll probably achieve it, then he'll get sacked.
the possibility of replacing mini-croat & bale is a bit scary for spurs. they always get their purse out, and this year should be no exception. if they're serious about playing champos, they need to be spending on a bigger overall squad with better depth. all it takes as the squad stands is for 2-3 players to be injured and the team is awful.
ahhh spurs :P mind the gap classic....
Spurs next in line for a buy-out from a wealthy Arab. May be percentage share or full buy-out. This is to be determined.
Can you see an Arab buying I to a historically Jewish club?
Spurs are ripe for massive investment, they sit in a similar situation to Chelsea before Roman turned up.
Would be good for the league, but bad for Arsenal as I just can't see our two billionaires ever agreeing to spend money.
Why would they need to sell out?
Joe Lewis (born February 5, 1937 in East London) is an English businessman who currently lives in Albany, Bahamas.
Lewis' total wealth is estimated at $3.8 billion, and he is listed as the 290th richest person of Forbes’ List of billionaires (2012). Forbes reports Lewis is the seventh wealthiest person in Britain.
Just a rumour I read on a number of different sites. The rumour is gathering pace across the UK sites. This Liverpool one I read has all these people going off worried about how Liverpool will now compete, etc.
As you guys pointed out there are things that may go against what the club stands for and who currently own them, but i thought I would share it with you regardless.
I'm sure money turns heads, and any club would welcome a money pit owner.
wouldn't the liverpool one have been going off for quite some time now, as they're pretty much not deemed as a top four club anymore and barely compete as it is?
Whilst it was well know that the guy was on his last legs. He couldn't train but Ledley King announced his retirement today.
Whether you like Spurs or not, the guy was an absolute legend for the club and for the game.Quote:
LEDLEY CALLS TIME, BUT IT'S FAR FROM GOODBYE
Notable high points came with the lifting of the Carling Cup in 2008 after victory over Chelsea at Wembley, with Ledley steering the team to Champions League qualification for the first time in our history in season 2009-10.
His performances for the Club were recognised on the international front and he made his England debut against Italy in March 2002. Ledley won 21 international caps in total and appeared in both the 2004 European Championships and the 2010 World Cup.
"Ledley has made a magnificent contribution to this Club - as a wonderful player, Captain and ambassador," said Chairman Daniel Levy. "It has been well documented how he has battled against injury over the years and it is testament to the character of the man how he managed to sustain such high standards of performance on the pitch, while providing such fine leadership.
"It is in an ambassadorial capacity that Ledley will continue, playing a crucial role in supporting the Club's work in the community and the ongoing regeneration of the Tottenham area, whilst also being a hugely positive role model for our younger players.
“I have been here since I was a boy, I have always considered it my Club and have always found it hard to imagine wearing the shirt of another team," reflected Ledley.
“I know that being a one-club man is a rarity these days, but I have always enjoyed being part of the set-up here and the challenge of putting this Club up with the elite where it should be.
“I would like to say thank you to everyone at the Club and to the fans. I have missed a lot of football over the years, but the Spurs fans have always been patient and incredibly supportive with me during difficult periods. Sadly my injuries and inability to train have now finally brought an end to my career.”
"I have been in Tottenham for around 17 years, having started at Spurs when I was 14. It is a second home for me and I pleased that I can continue to work within the Club and for the local community, especially after the devastation caused by the riots last year. I am already heavily involved with the work of Spurs Foundation and the new stadium scheme will be a major factor in the regeneration of the area, so I am delighted that I shall be part of that.'
All the best Ledley!
out of all the players in the world who seem to spend most of their career injured (ledley, kewell, rvp, michael owen, michael bridges) ledley is the only one i have true respect for as to me it seems all the guys that keep getting injured are just looking for the easy option out all the time, whereas whenever there was the slimmest chance ledley could play, he was there. and in fine form. to me, ledley was/is the only always-injured player that seemingly WANTS to play football every week.
it's cool that a club saw the guy through so many hard times, just like your arsenals do with their injured guys, and respect to them for doing that. it's good that sperms are holding onto a club legend too.
That's a very good summary. There isn't many players of the King, Giggs, Gerrard, Scholes, Carragher ilk any more who only play for one club and it is good to see they are looking after him. Great to see a player give his all for a club and the club also doing what is right for him.
You know a study was done on this right?
Of some huge number (like 100,000 or something) of Londoners who support spurs only like .2% or something are actually Jewish, However almost 80% "associate" with being Jewish due to supporting the club. Also the area around Tottenham is actually populated by lower middle class anglosaxons.
Compare this with say arsenal who like 30% actually are jewish, but only .2% will actually admit to it.
The rumours of Spurs Jewishness comes from chelsea once chanting "you have no foreskins" at the spurs away support who responded by figuring out who actually did not have a foreskin and peer pressuring them into a mass cock showing to the chelsea support. The club has no actual Jewish affiliation, unlike say Ajax.
Unlike the Scousers in here making excuses or demanding blood.
I thought Spurs played quite well. Newcastle was always going to be a hard team to beat and without Modric, Parker and Adebayor to only lose to a late penalty away to Newcastle was alright.
The pressing of Newcastle was intense and Newcastle could barely to anything other then lob the ball over and hope to try to catch Kaboul and Gallas to far forward. When Parker comes back, him and Sandro are going to boss the Midfield.
Get a replacement for Modric and a decent striker and Tottenham should look the goods.
I read that AVB is going to use the Modric money to buy a striker (which you lot desperately need). Will you have the cash to also go out for another midfielder?
a lot of time
We will see if it takes as long as Fergie did when he took over porksey
Apparently you lot are close to signing M'Vila, you can take him, another hype machine gone cray cray.
dembele signs for spurs. really good signing but seriously disappointing for me.
There goes our ****ing season. And FFS if Modric was worth 30 then VDV was worth ****ing 50
vdv & modric replaced by dembele & dempsey. yikes.
look on the bright side - you aren't liverpool & won't be forced into signing michael owen due to having no strikers :lulz:.
At least you guys got Lloris for very cheap, £8 million or so.
He'll be a great signing. Very solid keeper, probably one of the best in the world, and he's only 25 FFS.
**** you Ferguson!
What a cracker of a match.