No - it's from James Horncastle
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Andre Villas-Boas - Head Coach
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No - it's from James Horncastle
Gazza Dazzla
Chris Perry
yea great read, although seems too positive, i'm not used to it. Maybe he's just selected the stats that we were good at and left out the stats where we're near the bottom?
Either way it's still lovely to read.
Either way it's still lovely to read.
indospurs
Young-Pyo Lee
Break into the top four ?? We are top four ! I think, even tho it is still very early in the season, to be where we are is quite an achievement. Although revenge will be on our minds for AVB, and that crappy FA cup semi last year, chavs will be almightily tough.
How will AVB shake di matteo's hand ? Hopefully he spits in his first.
How will AVB shake di matteo's hand ? Hopefully he spits in his first.
It is bollox to say we are playing more or less the same way as last season. So far it is working because we are getting results but I am still waiting for a 90 minute performance.
I am not looking for one against Chelsea but I am looking for better than the semi-final for sure. AVB is a winner..winners win when they shouldn't. I don't believe we will start losing with AVB so let's keep going.
I am not looking for one against Chelsea but I am looking for better than the semi-final for sure. AVB is a winner..winners win when they shouldn't. I don't believe we will start losing with AVB so let's keep going.
markysimmo
Johnny nice-tits
How many 90 min performances did we have last year then, certainly not many if any after xmas ???
and I'm waiting for a 9 month season performance - not a half-job collapse after Christmas.
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THFC6061
Paul Robinson
Funnily enough, our second half of the season performance has been better than the first half in four out of the last six seasons...
Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Points Won 1992-93 to 2012-13
...the last two seasons were where we let ourselves down in the second half.
Oh... and just to add that should Spurs manage to beat Chelsea, it would set a new club Premier League record for the most points amassed after 8 matches.
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Kingdawson
Banned
If the "half job collapse" means we break into the top 4 then i'd take that with open arms.
So far we've been decent but definately haven't reached the performance levels of last season. Away from home we're looking very potent though which is pleasing to see but at the Lane it's all been a bit flat. Second half against Villa excluded it really hasn't been good enough and if we play like that against Chelski it might be brutal viewing.
So far we've been decent but definately haven't reached the performance levels of last season. Away from home we're looking very potent though which is pleasing to see but at the Lane it's all been a bit flat. Second half against Villa excluded it really hasn't been good enough and if we play like that against Chelski it might be brutal viewing.
NaijaSpurs
Les Ferdinand
Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris insists that Andre Villas-Boas did want him at Tottenham and has rubbished claims of any unrest between the duo.
The France captain and No.1 signed for Spurs from Lyon on transfer deadline day, but he did not make his Premier League debut until earlier this month having to instead sit on the substitutes bench behind Brad Friedel.
Many in France were shocked by Lloris' treatment and a number of players and managers, including French coach Didier Deschamps, admitted their shock at the fact he was not first choice.
But Lloris insists there is no issue at all between himself and Villas-Boas, as he told L'Equipe: "About (the) rumours and what happens inside the club, everything has gone off smoothly.
"There are four keepers at a high level, the coach makes his choices, I have just been hired as part of the future project, but that project starts now. The relationship with Brad Friedel, the keepers' coach and manger are very good.
"I have not signed at Tottenham to play that [substitute] role, but I am at the disposal of the team, I respect everyone, but I came to play.
"Do I have guarantees for the future? No, I have not. The coach will make his choices. I just came into a new club so I am not here to create trouble, but rather to bring solutions."
Lloris denied suggestions that he was signed by chairman Daniel Levy rather than Villas-Boas.
"Rumours that I am the choice of the chairman not the coach? I talked with the coach and there is no ambiguity. He told me everyone at Tottenham wanted me to come, and in England the manager has a power on that kind of things," he insisted.
"It is just like when I read I should not have joined Tottenham. That never-ending football-fiction that has set around me is annoying to me. You have to put things into perspective: I just spent four weeks with Spurs and just missed three matches."
Adamant
And Lloris remains adamant that he is happy to have made the move to White Hart Lane.
"To me it was an important choice, a new adventure, a new culture. Indeed I expected to leave [France] much earlier, but you cannot master that as a player," he said.
"I came at the last minute and a team was already set. I came to improve. Indeed, I have a status in France but I will have to show it when I will have the opportunity to play, and I think everything will go back to normal soon.
"When you came in a new universe, you have to prove yourself and that is logical. Things will come naturally, I won't force them. I expected that, because England remains a specific culture. Englishmen want to see you play on their pitches before judging you. But that questioning is fine to me."
Lloris admits that he is already finding the game in England more physical, but he is happy with that.
"There are more contacts on the keepers, the game is much faster, and there are more opportunities," he said.
"There are a lot of contacts indeed, but if I have to undergo some blows I will take them, I am prepared for that."
The France captain and No.1 signed for Spurs from Lyon on transfer deadline day, but he did not make his Premier League debut until earlier this month having to instead sit on the substitutes bench behind Brad Friedel.
Many in France were shocked by Lloris' treatment and a number of players and managers, including French coach Didier Deschamps, admitted their shock at the fact he was not first choice.
But Lloris insists there is no issue at all between himself and Villas-Boas, as he told L'Equipe: "About (the) rumours and what happens inside the club, everything has gone off smoothly.
"There are four keepers at a high level, the coach makes his choices, I have just been hired as part of the future project, but that project starts now. The relationship with Brad Friedel, the keepers' coach and manger are very good.
"I have not signed at Tottenham to play that [substitute] role, but I am at the disposal of the team, I respect everyone, but I came to play.
"Do I have guarantees for the future? No, I have not. The coach will make his choices. I just came into a new club so I am not here to create trouble, but rather to bring solutions."
Lloris denied suggestions that he was signed by chairman Daniel Levy rather than Villas-Boas.
"Rumours that I am the choice of the chairman not the coach? I talked with the coach and there is no ambiguity. He told me everyone at Tottenham wanted me to come, and in England the manager has a power on that kind of things," he insisted.
"It is just like when I read I should not have joined Tottenham. That never-ending football-fiction that has set around me is annoying to me. You have to put things into perspective: I just spent four weeks with Spurs and just missed three matches."
Adamant
And Lloris remains adamant that he is happy to have made the move to White Hart Lane.
"To me it was an important choice, a new adventure, a new culture. Indeed I expected to leave [France] much earlier, but you cannot master that as a player," he said.
"I came at the last minute and a team was already set. I came to improve. Indeed, I have a status in France but I will have to show it when I will have the opportunity to play, and I think everything will go back to normal soon.
"When you came in a new universe, you have to prove yourself and that is logical. Things will come naturally, I won't force them. I expected that, because England remains a specific culture. Englishmen want to see you play on their pitches before judging you. But that questioning is fine to me."
Lloris admits that he is already finding the game in England more physical, but he is happy with that.
"There are more contacts on the keepers, the game is much faster, and there are more opportunities," he said.
"There are a lot of contacts indeed, but if I have to undergo some blows I will take them, I am prepared for that."
thfcsteff
George Hunt
Mate...usually love your work, but what's this based on? Unluckiest keeper ever IMO and kept very very loyally quiet despite getting the rough end...
Spursalot
Jimmy McCormick
Once, maybe twice. then yes, unlucky.
More then that and it's a bit too coincidental, especially when it happens a lot in a short space of time.
Kingdawson
Banned
Exactly. How can you be 'unlucky' around 20 times?
I'm sure around 50k/a week help drown those crocodile tears
glorygloryeze
Tom Huddlestone
I was reading hearing last week that the Spurs-Chelsea game is going to be very important for Chelsea Roman and Di Matteo.
Apparently, Roman marked Carlo Ancellotti's card the moment Jose and Inter Milan knocked them out in the last 16 of the CL in 2010. Apparently Roman hated the fact that Jose came back and was able to take revenge on his old team. If AVB were to win the view I heard is that Di Matteo's card will be similarly marked; perhaps more so considering the outlay this summer.
What do people reckon? Also, who will be in a better position to use insider knowledge to outwit who?
Realistically can our current team outwit and iutgun Chelski?
Apparently, Roman marked Carlo Ancellotti's card the moment Jose and Inter Milan knocked them out in the last 16 of the CL in 2010. Apparently Roman hated the fact that Jose came back and was able to take revenge on his old team. If AVB were to win the view I heard is that Di Matteo's card will be similarly marked; perhaps more so considering the outlay this summer.
What do people reckon? Also, who will be in a better position to use insider knowledge to outwit who?
Realistically can our current team outwit and iutgun Chelski?
WookieD
Didier Zokora
Wasn't a dig about his character. Just that he mentally cannot deal with the physicality of the league, which is why he has arguably dropped to 4th choice. Great shame really.
THFC6061
Paul Robinson
Yes, Spurs have a great chance of grabbing all three points against Chelsea.
Crab.C.Nesbitt
Bobby Mimms
He's going to do an interview on football focus today At 12:15 apparently:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19924597?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19924597?