Daisuk
Dimitar Berbatov
Scored quite a few nice goals for us though, 20 goals in 63 games to be exact - not that bad, really.
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The Definitive Worst Tottenham Eleven
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Scored quite a few nice goals for us though, 20 goals in 63 games to be exact - not that bad, really.
Gilzeantoscore
Justin Edinburgh
Redknap was a top, top player....at Liverpool. Clearly injuries had caught up with him and his legs had gone, by the time we got him. Says a lot about how low Spurs had ebbed back then.
Mahorn - I remember going to a game and he would get abused by a few of the loud mouths with nothing between their ears, he literally received a pass for the first time and was abused with crys of 'mahorn you are fudging brick' from a couple of people, I never knew what he had done before that day to warrant that, seeing as he clearly didn't have enough game time to judge at the time. He must have felt like brick as he could blatantly hear it
Lots of competition for a starting place in this line up.
Howard Webb
Clive Wilson
not many will recall Ian Hendon, but after spurs he captained Orient and I seem to recall was terrible.
Parklaner81
Steve Hodge
What about Thelwell at Derby, circa 2001, when he got hauled off by Graham at half time. We really were awful then.
yiddo37
Didier Zokora
yiddo37
Didier Zokora
Bloody hell is he still alive? Re-sign him for next years' trip!
1882
Milenko Acimovic
I think it was pronounced; "Piinutsss... gertcha Roaste' Piinutssss!" bit too close to roasted penis for my liking!!
Enter the Pitbull
Luke Young
Maybe I am just imagining this, but I'm pretty sure the latter inspired one of the best OS headlines of all time... SLABBER DABBER DOO
little mac
Steve Slade
For me John Scales must have a place in this team (though he had a lot of injuries). It's the only player I've really not liked
SUIYHA
Scott Parker
Suprised that nobody has mentioned Ghaly considering how much he was hated. I didn't mind him but some of the abuse he used to get was ridiculous.
A few others that haven't been mentioned:
Andy Reid - Scored a good goal against Villa once, but was so fat and slow, clearly out of his depth and didn't suit a team playing fast paced attacking football at all.
John Scales - I remember getting excited that we were signing a player who had been in the England team. Think he was signed just to keep Anderton company in the injury room, because he was no more useful on the pitch than he was there.
Colin Calderwood - We had worse defenders than him, but the fact that he stayed first choice throughout much of the 90s when he was clearly brick means he warrants a mention for me.
A few others that haven't been mentioned:
Andy Reid - Scored a good goal against Villa once, but was so fat and slow, clearly out of his depth and didn't suit a team playing fast paced attacking football at all.
John Scales - I remember getting excited that we were signing a player who had been in the England team. Think he was signed just to keep Anderton company in the injury room, because he was no more useful on the pitch than he was there.
Colin Calderwood - We had worse defenders than him, but the fact that he stayed first choice throughout much of the 90s when he was clearly brick means he warrants a mention for me.
zin
Anthony Gardner
Didn't him and Mabbutt create some defensive record together? I remember him being quite good!
SUIYHA
Scott Parker
Well...Tottenham have been characterised by good attacking play and poor defending for decades. In Jol's first season we set a record for the fewest league goals conceded since 1971, and that was still averaging more than a goal per game conceded. To put things into perspective, that same season Chelsea only conceded 15 league goals - we'd set a 34 year record and conceded almost three times as many!
Harry_Perkins
Ben Thatcher
Not quite. It was the best since 1996. Where we conceded the same number.
And you mention Chelsea's total there and this shows it is also partly a reflection of how uncompetitive the league has become. Looking back at the title winners in the 80s, in all but one season did the title winners concede more than we did in Jol's first season or under Francis in 1996. And I've accounted for the extra games in some of those seasons. The winners more often than not were Liverpool, who were not exactly known back then for being poor defensively. And also the back pass law has been dropped since then and the change in the rules generally to help attacking play. Yet they conceded more than we did under Francis or Jol! Why? Because it was a proper competitive league back then. Not the nonesense we have today.
Whereas this season Man Utd are on course for probably 34-36 conceded, last season was 37, Chelsea in 2010 was 32 goals, Man Utd in 09 was 24, 08 was 22, 07 was 29 and you mention Chelsea there from 2006.
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