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Milenko Acimovic
Too many things seemingly happen just to us
Players can no longer do what the did:
eg. Adebayor cant head the ball or hold it up - look at the two headers he scored against us for Real Madrid
Palacias could no longer tackle or pass - his first game against Arse was fantastic, after that I havent seen such a rapid decline
Bentley can no longer cross a ball - at Blackburn he was hailed as the next David Beckham
Parker cant tackle for toffee or pass forward (let alone score)at the moment - yet earlier in the season and for west ham he was theall round MVP
Dos Santos cant dribble or cross a ball - yet in the World cup and for Mexico he was sublime
VDV and Bale cant take dead ball to save their lives- they were once specialists in this field
Robinson went from King to Clown
Malbranque became the nearly man - everything he did nearly came off but not quite
Prince Boatang couldnt pass, tackle or head the ball - - but look at him now
Mido went from the "best header of the ball in Europe" according to Jol to a tub of lard
Postiga couldnt hit the net for anything in spurs colours, yet before and after us he couldnt stop scoring.
Managers who forgot how to manage
Santini, Ramos, Graham ....? Rednapp
Incidents
Ball over the line (Man Utd away) ball not over the line (Chelsea away)
Lasagnagate
And penalties that should have been given and not or penalties that werent that should have been. (Although I appreciate here that all clubs can point to these sort of incidents so I havent detailed all the decisions that went against us.
Any ideas why this should be so?
Ah, now you're talking MY kinda conspiracy talk!!
Personally, I don't think things have quite been the same since 'someone' told Gazza to do a job in the 1991 Cup Final and potentially ruin his, and our future... dunno what or who, but I wouldn't rule out Venables teaching Spurs a lesson for treating Gazza like the piece of meat-commodity he was at the time!!
Either that, or it's the price we've paid for 'throwing' the game against Man Utd at OT in 1999 after going 1-0 up, to ensure ArseAnal didn't win the league... (funny we've had SUCH bad luck against them ever since!)
...and don't even get me started about Lasagnegate!