Tottenham Hotspur Season 2008/9

[devilsadvocate]

Sorry mate. I just realised what an insult that was.

Easily done - I do act like a complete wanker sometimes .

[johntheclaret]

Not sure whether to post this here or in the CCC discussion thread but being as it has been open season on Spurs this year....guess what.

thanks to Sportsmail


Spurs flop Dos Santos makes shock switch to Ipswich after failing to impress after Barcelona move

Tottenham striker Giovani Dos Santos has made a sensational loan switch to Ipswich - completing a remarkable plummet from the Champions League to the Championship.
The Mexican striker has failed to make an impact at White Hart Lane after joining in the summer for £4.7million from Spanish giants Barcelona.

Spurs have now incredibly loaned the 19-year-old to mid-table side Ipswich.
Dos Santos has made just five starts since his arrival in north London and it took him until the end of February to grab his first goal.

[devilsadvocate]

Bernabau - White Hart Lane - Portman Road.

What a fall from grace. I hope he dominates and returns ready for a first team place. Unfortunately, I can't see him making it in the EPL, but I hope I'm wrong!

Another loanee is Adel Taarabt, who has been loaned to QPR. Taarabt is an excitement machine and while he's a pretty raw talent who needs to learn the art of team football, I have no doubt that he'll be a top class premiership footballer in a couple of years.

[devilsadvocate]

Massive, massive win for Spurs today. Villa are struggling, but we still went up there and played them off the park.

Brilliant effort by our boys today, Lennon again was magic, Palacios was a bulldog in midfield, but had the touch of a rapist, Jenas did his job and Darren Bent and Keano actually worked well up front. Great work by our defense for a change with the exception of the blip that allowed Carew to score.

I'm chuffed to bits, as we're so, so, so close to safety now. 9 games to go, 5 more points required to guarantee safety. The way we're playing, it SHOULD be a no brainer. Heck, unbeaten in 5 - if it continues, we may still pip the Spammers for 7th!!!!!

COME ON YOU SPURS!!!!

[Bully]

Massive, massive win for Spurs today. Villa are struggling, but we still went up there and played them off the park.

Brilliant effort by our boys today, Lennon again was magic, Palacios was a bulldog in midfield, but had the touch of a rapist, Jenas did his job and Darren Bent and Keano actually worked well up front. Great work by our defense for a change with the exception of the blip that allowed Carew to score.

I'm chuffed to bits, as we're so, so, so close to safety now. 9 games to go, 5 more points required to guarantee safety. The way we're playing, it SHOULD be a no brainer. Heck, unbeaten in 5 - if it continues, we may still pip the Spammers for 7th!!!!!

COME ON YOU SPURS!!!!

yeah nice win, helped us out aswell thanks. see...its not all bad between us gunners and you spuds..we can all get along

[johntheclaret]

Massive, massive win for Spurs today. Villa are struggling, but we still went up there and played them off the park.

Brilliant effort by our boys today, Lennon again was magic, Palacios was a bulldog in midfield, but had the touch of a rapist, Jenas did his job and Darren Bent and Keano actually worked well up front. Great work by our defense for a change with the exception of the blip that allowed Carew to score.

I'm chuffed to bits, as we're so, so, so close to safety now. 9 games to go, 5 more points required to guarantee safety. The way we're playing, it SHOULD be a no brainer. Heck, unbeaten in 5 - if it continues, we may still pip the Spammers for 7th!!!!!

COME ON YOU SPURS!!!!

Nice weekend all round mate

[devilsadvocate]

Nice weekend all round mate

Yep, only complaint is that as Bully says, we inadvertently helped out the Gooners. Still, who cares what they're doing. Spurs are on the march and the Clarets are looking good for a playoff place.

[Tooting Bec]

"Palacios was a bulldog in midfield, but had the touch of a rapist"


Hilarious DA! We are on fire though, bring on the dirty rich bastards of Chelsea this weekend!

[Bully]

Nice weekend all round mate

Yep, only complaint is that as Bully says, we inadvertently helped out the Gooners. Still, who cares what they're doing. Spurs are on the march and the Clarets are looking good for a playoff place.

as long as you keep beating teams around us to help us hold that 4th spot the im happy

[devilsadvocate]

"Palacios was a bulldog in midfield, but had the touch of a rapist"


Hilarious DA! We are on fire though, bring on the dirty rich bastards of Chelsea this weekend!

Haha, yeah, love that saying - so true yesterday.

I honestly think we can do Chavski this weekend. We're on a roll, 'Arry is working out who our best players are for each position, there's competition for each position (except Left Midfield) and it's having a positive effect on performances.

We need Lennon to rip Cashly Cole apart, Palacios to hound the crap out of Lumpard, Modric to provide creative balls for Keane and Bent/Pav and Ledley and Woody to have another blinder to keep out Anelka and Drogba.

3 points on Sat and we're as good as safe.

[Pidge]

No way you guys will get the 3 points against Chelsea. Hopefully we win and cement 2nd position.

[Il Duce]

Going back to the lane to turn it into three point lane and make it another 20 + years before you beat us at your home again

[Pidge]

I tip a scoring draw.

[Il Duce]

na chelsea 1-0

[devilsadvocate]

"Palacios was a bulldog in midfield, but had the touch of a rapist"


Hilarious DA! We are on fire though, bring on the dirty rich bastards of Chelsea this weekend!

Haha, yeah, love that saying - so true yesterday.

I honestly think we can do Chavski this weekend. We're on a roll, 'Arry is working out who our best players are for each position, there's competition for each position (except Left Midfield) and it's having a positive effect on performances.

We need Lennon to rip Cashly Cole apart, Palacios to hound the crap out of Lumpard, Modric to provide creative balls for Keane and Bent/Pav and Ledley and Woody to have another blinder to keep out Anelka and Drogba.

3 points on Sat and we're as good as safe.

Found another cracker for you TB. This is from a spurs forum where posters are discussing Darren Bent:

"FFS, for 16m and 30K a week the very least you should get is a striker who can score a minimum of 15 goals a season, at least 8 assists, work his nuts off every game and not have the first touch of an elephant with a ******* septic toe.

I'm with DN on this one. I don't want to pay to watch a worse footballer than me."

Very harsh on Bent, but true in some ways. Funny as hell though.

[devilsadvocate]

No way you guys will get the 3 points against Chelsea.

Like no way we would totally outplay Villa away and take 3 points?
Like no way we would match and realistically outplay Utd for 120 mins at Wembley?
Like no way we would beat Chavski at Wembley last year?
Like no way we would come from 4-2 down in the 89th minute to snare a point at the Emirates?
Like no way we would beat Liverpool TWICE in a week when they were on fire?

I could go on. Sure Chavski will be favourites, but there's every chance Spurs can beat the Chavs this week. I really think we will.

Going back to the lane to turn it into three point lane and make it another 20 + years before you beat us at your home again

Maybe we don't have a great record, but I was at this exact fixture last year and we came from 3-1 down, then 4-2 down to match you 4-4.

Lets not forget the point we took at Stamford Bridge earlier in the season which is contributing to Chavski lagging in the title chase.

Just some food for thought.

[Bully]

No way you guys will get the 3 points against Chelsea.

Like no way we would totally outplay Villa away and take 3 points?
Like no way we would match and realistically outplay Utd for 120 mins at Wembley?
Like no way we would beat Chavski at Wembley last year?
Like no way we would come from 4-2 down in the 89th minute to snare a point at the Emirates?
Like no way we would beat Liverpool TWICE in a week when they were on fire?

I could go on. Sure Chavski will be favourites, but there's every chance Spurs can beat the Chavs this week. I really think we will.

Going back to the lane to turn it into three point lane and make it another 20 + years before you beat us at your home again

Maybe we don't have a great record, but I was at this exact fixture last year and we came from 3-1 down, then 4-2 down to match you 4-4.

Lets not forget the point we took at Stamford Bridge earlier in the season which is contributing to Chavski lagging in the title chase.

Just some food for thought.

no way you could come back and draw 4-4 at the stadium of the gods but you did

[johntheclaret]

You will be pleased to read this DA.

Thanks to the Daily Mail

Lennon is going nowhere after winger signs contract extension at Spurs

Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon today signed a two-year extension to his contract to keep him at White Hart Lane until 2014.

Lennon, whose recent form has seen him tipped for an England recall, was not thought to be among the top earners in Harry Redknapp's squad. Redknapp said: 'We're delighted to have him. He is still learning the game but he has real ability.'

The England Under-21 star, who joined Spurs from Leeds in 2005, has enjoyed an
upturn in fortunes since Redknapp's arrival.

He was linked with a move to Liverpool in this morning's papers while Real Madrid - now under former Spurs boss Juande Ramos - were also reported to bemonitoring his progress.

[Il Duce]

Going back to the lane to turn it into three point lane and make it another 20 + years before you beat us at your home again

Well set my self up for that one. F*#K!!!!!!

[devilsadvocate]

Going back to the lane to turn it into three point lane and make it another 20 + years before you beat us at your home again

Well set my self up for that one. F*#K!!!!!!

Hahahaha! Here you go mate, grab yourself a bowl, spoon, some cream, sugar and a pie slide and have a big serving of:



Couldn't help myself.

Actually, we beat you guys at the Lane in 2006 too, but it was a f*****n loooooooong time prior to that.