TOTTENHAM ARE STILL A BIG CLUB!

Is Ramsey the geezer that stands nearby on the touchline looking worried?

he's one of them, yeah

not using soldado instead of the utterly worthless harry kane when he wasnt going to play soldja boy vs arsenal is almost criminally stupid or craven or nepotistic or whatever

sherwood bears witness to the london fitba mafia pretty well, see rob shep shepherd and neil ashtons encomia, he clearly spends time in the right herts cokehead hostelries, much like joe kinnear who chatted up mile ashley second time round in a gastropub whose name escapes me, fairly safe to imagine that timmy has exchanged knowing glances over tinkling urinal cakes with paul kemmo kemsley and anthony kastrinakis

extramarital beeeeejes

Has he registered for the Pro Licence yet?

I heard another TS interview tonight.

He had said some players were up to it and some weren't. He was asked which were world-class.

Rather than declining to be so divisive, he started going on about - who else? - Adebayor. (But not Bentaleb!)

All bad enough so far, but the first punchline is, he praised Adebayor for his "world class ATTITUDE."

After he'd finished talking about Adebayor he couldn't really think of any more, but (second punchline) he added: "and the goalie".

Ha

it's worth watching his press conference (not interview) highlights on youtube to witness how dense and cynical he is, he just mumbles incoherently in an affectless, slightly depersonalized way like an educationally subnormal killer on a police interview tape, then occasionally gets baited by a hack and sort of wakes up briefly to give a sarcastic putdown or sententious platitude like i'm a winner, i've always been a winner

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/10733516/Tottenham-manager-Tim-Sherwood-defends-right-to-sit-in-stands-following-defeat-to-Liverpool-at-Anfield.html

Kinda sad but mostly lol.

“They are entitled to have an opinion,” he said. “I have sat up there for the last few games and I get a better view of the game. It’s a learning curve for me because when the team is not going so well they want to see you. But they know me well enough to know I am not shirking any responsibility. I am in it with the team. It’s my responsibility as well as the guys on the pitch. At 2-0 and the game going away and then 3-0, I am going to learn more from my players from sitting up there and having a good look at it, rather than getting involved and maybe getting myself in trouble of the touchline.

“You have seen enough of me ranting and raving, but it’s time for me to start assessing and taking a step back and looking what we need to do for the future, because our performances against teams in the top four and the teams above us have not been good enough, so I learnt a lot there today.”

This quote is a masterpiece, genuinely it is. Only a truly stupid man would set out to defend himself like this.

Can't even bring myself to dislike him at this point. This is all on Levy for appointing a spiteful clown with zero management experience to oversee one of the most expensive squads in Europe.

Pretty sure AVB will guide Zenit to the Russian league now, just to rub it in.

"I have to sit here because I am too much of an idiot on the touchlines, I don't really know what's going on if I stand next to the pitch, and there's not much point in me talking to the players anyway because I basically just don't know how to turn things around".

Joe Lewis's patience with Levy can't last much longer, I'd imagine, especially if we find away to bungle the Van Gaal thing.

Levy owns a lot of the company, though, doesn't he? I always assumed he was an employee but he owns about 30%, i think.

He's a major shareholder in ENIC, about 30% I think, but he could theoretically be shuffled into a non-exec role with regard to the club itself.

"sitting up there and having a good look at it, rather than getting involved and maybe getting myself in trouble of the touchline. You have seen enough of me ranting and raving,"

Saying "it is better for me not to be near the touchline because I can't control my temper" isn't really going to get you a gig outside Newcastle.

is it impossible that lewis is making some of these decisions himself?

It seems impossible that they are being taken at all tbh, so the who isnt the hardest bit to swallow.

Still say avb out, just wtf at sherwood in

Didn't realise that Naughton is 25! Thought he was like 21 or so and learning. 25!! He's not gonna get any better, bin him.

Tim Sherwood: I need Champions League qualification to keep Spurs job
Sunday 19 Jan 2014 8:23 pm

‘We know there are going to be tougher tests ahead, but it’s been a good start for me,’ Sherwood said. ‘If the season were to end tomorrow I don’t think the chairman [Daniel Levy] would be too happy because we are fifth.

‘The final league position has to meet the expectation of the club otherwise it’s ‘‘goodbye Charlie’’.

‘The club needs to finish in fourth place. Anything other than that will be a disappointment but realistically we should be in amongst it.’

Tim Sherwood says record makes him Spurs' best Premier League manager
Saturday 26 April 2014 00.50 BST

"It was never the brief when I came into the club that we had to finish in fourth place," he said. "What was said to me was: 'Can we make the team a little bit more attractive and score more goals?' and I think I've ticked that box."

omg these guys are so cute
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bm9l9PVIEAA3j_Z.jpg

pointed lack of plea for Gomes playing time

Not sure what to think about Pochettino. He's obviously a good technical manager, could potentially sort out the defence and should help get the best out of players like Lamela but it always worries me when managers seem to have difficulty getting clubs out of terrible slumps. That period of four wins in eighteen games towards the end of the season is a concern, as is the end of his time at Espanyol.

I have no faith in any manager, chairman nor player nor act of any god to effect any change at spurs.

"In Mauricio I believe we have a Head Coach who, with his high energy, attacking football, will embrace the style of play we associate with our Club. He has a proven ability to develop each player as an individual, whilst building great team spirit and a winning mentality.

“I am delighted that Andre has agreed to become our new Head Coach. He has an outstanding reputation for his technical knowledge of the game and for creating well-organised teams capable of playing football in an attractive and attacking style. Andre shares our long-term ambitions and ethos of developing players and nurturing young talent, and he will be able to do so now at a new world class Training Centre.”

"With his great knowledge of the game and his excellent motivational skills, Harry has inspired his teams to consistently over-perform, whilst his preferred attacking style of playing the game sits comfortably with our Club's history, heritage and the type of entertaining football our fans want and expect to see."

“Juande’s arrival is great news for Tottenham Hotspur. He brings with him a wealth of experience, a proven track record and a winning pedigree. Now is the time for us to regroup and look to deliver the results and performances that everyone associated with the Club wants to see.

“Martin is a highly experienced coach and I am delighted that he has accepted what to me is one of the most prestigious positions in the Premiership. He has a reputation for creating well-organised teams capable of playing attractive football. He is very technically minded with a good knowledge of both English and European football, in addition to first class man management skills.

The announcement of the exciting appointment of current France coach Jacques Santini as our new Head Coach after Euro 2004 has sparked an huge demand for Season Tickets for the new campaign - make sure you don't miss out on the action!

its true its all true

5 yrs ffs

At least they didn't have the brass neck to trot that guff out for tim

"We have a great squad and we owe them a Head Coach who will bring out the best in them and allow them to flourish and enjoy a strong, exciting finish to the season. "We are in the fortunate position of having within our Club a talented coach in Tim Sherwood. "We believe Tim has both the knowledge and the drive to take the squad forward."

delight admittedly tempered

Southampton had a small squad that had basically run themselves into the ground by Christmas, I'm not sure it'll be as much of an issue at Spurs, even allowing for lol injury crises.

despite none of them being on the england plane, there are fourteen spurs players past&present going to brazil. that's not far off barca

Lloris, Vertonghen, Dembele, Paulinho, Modric, Chadli, Bentaleb, BAE, Dos Santos, KPB, Palacios, Zokora, Postiga, Pletikosa - right?

The last couple took me ages to get.

Corluka is in the Croatia squad, isn't he?

sixteen! forgot about postiga & pletikosa but yes there's corluka and also dempsey

looking over our squad, if vertonghen will play lb with a decent attitude that's 1 worthy first team defender. best of the rest are crocked or shakey or both, worst of the rest are awful or dgaf and can't be picked.

regardles of attitude i don't think jan is a fullback. agree that there are plenty of questions about the rest of em.
supposedly bidding 5M for jamaal lascelles who... has a cool name. don't know anything else.

http://thepremierleagueowl.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Screen-Shot-2014-07-08-at-16.01.41.png

I wish I'd found that website, took me an hour in excel. tho I will as able to add a fairly pithy comment field.

lloris
vertonghen- if no prob at lb
kaboul- replace if possible
chiriches- replace if possible
walker- watch like a fuckin hawk, try to sell for decent cash, replace
Sandro
dembele
eriksen
Lennon
lamela not sure how adaptable he is at LW
Adebayor - flaky as fuck but its not gonna happen for soldado let's face it

flog- Dawson, siggurdson, paulinho, naughton, everyone, sell the club, stadium, buy gold or oil futures, learn peace, fuck hateful football

With Vertonghen, Walker and Chiriches it's a problem with decision-making, not ability or technique - Poch knows how to organise a defence and should be able to work those problems out, ideally with Vertonghen at CB. Kaboul is finished and should be offloaded as quickly as possible, he's either injured or a disaster area, but I don't think anyone would take him. Dawson I suspect will be gone by the end of the summer.

It appears we're hawking Sandro around which strikes me as madness, if we're going to play the sort of pressing game then he's essential in midfield. I was hoping the World Cup would illuminate something about Paulinho but he appears to be the ultimate water-carrier really.

Stoked to see what Poch will be able to do with Eriksen and Lamela.

yes to the three, being hugely optimistic, that being the outlook then kaboul being fit and not killed in a high line is no further of a stretch IMO matt. just can't see it!

bae back at lb or is the ship sailed?

Sandro is our best player alongside eriksen and lloris and our best leader alongside kaboul and it beggars belief that we're not fending off huge bids for him, never mind trying to sell him off our own bat.

paulinho is awful, not even showing ability in flashes like gylfi or chadli

I'm psyched to see what poch does with holtby and townsend

I still think paulinho has the most potential of our more attacking MFs, hope poch gives him a go

yeah tbf I would be uneasy about writing off anyone but Dawson, naughton from p much our entire squad there's a us able squad player at least in each of the rest and none of last summers purchases came near to their potential

would a move for di maria be out of the question

yes

i mean LFC probably had/have the money to buy Pogba but cmon now.

lascelles is talented but unless poch is v v diligent then moving to spurs at 20 now will surely turn him into another jenas/walker/naughton feckless pissflap

lack of midfield distributor still painfully obv from that stack of squad names there

jordy clasie would do nicely imo

depends on distribution method envisaged IMO, holtby can do metronome, for all the lack of form paulinho can surely carry it and provide simple links, dembele also capable of travelling with it if that's required, bentaleb p decent simple link. was prob the most overlooked/neglected part of avb setup maybe? and Sherwood wasn't gonna put it right, but I don't think individual ability is a huge prob in the midfield set

doesnt have to be thudd hollywood pings but u need more about u than those water carrier types to improve the laborious transitions you have right now

dembele capable, yeah gl with that

sorry the lackofform() function had more than just paulinho as an input but dembele is in no way a write off just yet imo