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Tottenham Hotspur 2011-2012 Official Thread

London_Calling said:
Last I read we had six injured midfielders... bare bones, etc.
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No problem for this game IMO.

Friedel​
Walker Dawson Kaboul BAE​
Lennon Huddlestone Livermore Rose​
Defoe Pav​

It's not the strongest line-up in the world, but it should be enough to see us through to the home leg.​

Seriously looking like we might have Adebayor on the books within the week. Club have even admitted talks now, which by Levy's standards means we signed him yesterday.​

Consistent "information" leaking that another 2 or 3 should be coming in before the window closes. I fucking hope so, and one of them (in addition to Ade) better be a striker.​

And if it's true, there must be more shipping out. Keane's gone (Thank fuck, the pointy shouty arsehole. Thanks for the goals though Robbie). Persistent rumours about Crouch and Wilson being part of a single deal. Rumours about Niko but I have a hunch he's staying - and he's travelled which points that way. Gio off somewhere apparently, good. And Hutton and Bentley have been training with the Academy, which leads one to believe they're unlikely to be first choice picks.​
 
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I don't actually know who's out...sets see:

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp could be without up to six midfielders for Thursday night's Europa League play-off first leg at Hearts.

Sandro, Wilson Palacios (both knee) Steven Pienaar, Luka Modric (both groin) and Jermaine Jenas
(Achilles) are all out while Tom Huddlestone is a doubt with an ankle problem, meaning that 21-year-old Jake Livermore is almost certain to start just his second game for Spurs.

Ledley King and Alan Hutton are sidelined with knee injuries and William Gallas is also out with a calf problem.
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8-9 injuries then.

Tottenham (from): Gomes, Friedel, Cudicini, Bale, Kaboul, Bassong, Dawson, Corluka, Walker, Assou-Ekotto, Huddlestone, Lennon, Van der Vaart, Kranjcar, Rose, Livermore, Pavlyuchenko, Defoe, Crouch.
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At least Bale appears to be fit....
 
That'll do nicely. Liked the look of the young ones, they looked very comfortable.

Did Gomes look a little porky to anyone else??
 
Good result certainly, some great play at times. Could see Hearts frustration near the end, that hockey shoulder charge followed by him shouting fuck off when booed, could see the coppers there laughing.
 
Cech and Reina both made dreadful errors at the weekend and it was barely mentioned by the commentators. Gomes made a great save tonight and the comment was... that he was out of position. It's fucking ridiculous.
 
I'm not too fussed about whether he's flabby but surely everyone can see he's still flappy, even against this level opposition: waving and drowning.

A nice exhibition match to get warmed up for Old Trafford on Monday.

Defoe still irks me, a complete plank and hugely overrated. IMO.
 
London_Calling said:
I'm not too fussed about whether he's flabby but surely everyone can see he's still flappy, even against this level opposition: waving and drowning.
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Like I said, so were Reina and Cech at the weekend, but that gets ignored. It's all about perception rather than reality IMO.
 


He does that kind of stuff on a regular basis - but all people remember is Lawrenson chortling about the errors. :(
 
Diarra (£10m-ish + performance related add-ons) & Adebayor (loan with an option to buy for £12m next summer, although I suspect wages would rule that out) set to be announced today.

Palacios to Stoke is a goer, being held up by his being injured but should be OK by deadline day.
Villa agreed fees a couple of days ago for Hutton and Jenas, waiting on personal terms and then Robert's yer father's brother. Hutton is keen, Jenas wasn't but having been told that Diarra's on his way and he'll never see the pitch again he changed his mind. Yay!
 
Not sure about signing Diarra. Being one of Bungpuss's old faves, expect him to be selected over Sandro time and time again to the point where the latter will want to bugger off for lack of games.
Adebayor can bugger off too, he'll play well in the two matches against the Woolwich Wanderers and do eff all for the rest of the season.
 
SmellyGusset said:
Not sure about signing Diarra. Being one of Bungpuss's old faves, expect him to be selected over Sandro time and time again to the point where the latter will want to bugger off for lack of games.
Adebayor can bugger off too, he'll play well in the two matches against the Woolwich Wanderers and do eff all for the rest of the season.
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Recent leaks suggest there's a big chance Harry may end up in the nick. Also reported that Levy has already agreed the deal with his replacement. No idea who though.
 
Anyway, it's almost The Week of Levy, that annual 7-day period when the near-impossible should be expected; laugh at the prices obtained, admire the 'the right deal at the right price' philosophy, and the clear-headed brinkmanship. It could be a classic.

IIRC, the VdV deal came out of no where in the last 4 hours of the window.....
 
L'Equipe reporting Diarra as done now.

Still need a fucking striker, and ideally a CB too.

And a right winger.
 
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