Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

[schurlibua]

Ich zittere, schicke Stoßgebete gen Himmel, hoffentlich hilfts was. Und dann noch der gestrige Verletztenbericht, ich könnt mich schwarz ärgern:

http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/artic...ews230107.html:

Teemu Tainio (ankle) is out after limping off against Fulham on Saturday and Ledley King suffered a slight setback on his recovery from a bruised foot but on the plus side sees Jermaine Jenas (ankle), Mido (groin), Paul Stalteri (hip) and Edgar Davids (illness/groin) all back in training.

Martin reported: "Teemu Tainio had a kick on his ankle in the first five minutes at Fulham and will be out for about 10 days, maybe less.

"The only other one is Ledley King, who felt something in his foot and that was a bit of a setback but I still think he could come back in the match against Southend.

"On the other hand, Jermaine Jenas, Mido, Paul Stalteri are all back in training and Edgar Davids, who was ill all last week and had a groin problem, is also back in training."

Meint der liebe Onkel Jol "...können heute gegen Arsenal auflaufen..." oder wirklich nur "...sind wieder ins Training eingestiegen..."?

[Bretwalda]

Eine wirklich geile Partie, trotzdem kann man nicht zufrieden sein. 2-0 nach 18 Minuten und dann nicht gewinnen.

[Bretwalda]

Noch so eine Wahnsinnsnachricht, keine Fernseheinnahmen im UEFA-Cup, wenigstens stehen wir im 1/8-Finale....

Leck mich doch

[CarolusMagnus]

War das der Sensationstransfer, warum gibt man da überhaupt Davenport ab?

Wie es aussieht, wollte Davenport unbedingt Stammspieler sein. Zudem scheint es ihm bei den Spammers sehr gut gefallen zu haben, als er auf Leihe dort war. Verdienen wird er dort auch mehr.

Manche Leute haben halt schlechten Geschmack.

Ich bin gespannt, ob der isländische Spursfan seine "Drohung" wahr macht und aus dem Jojo-Klub wirklich ein zweites Chelsea wird.

Wie gut oder schlecht Rocha ist, weiß ich nicht, aber immerhin hatte jemand sehr schnell einen Vorschlag für einen formidablen Anfeuerungsruf parat:

Theme to Batman.

Nanananananananananan Rocha, nana Rocha

Nanananananananananan Rocha, DADA Rocha

Rocha so hard, so strong. Can run a mile.

Rocha so big, so small. Can run like Batman.

Nanananananananananan Goal!

Nanananananananananan Turtle power.

Rocha. Rocky. Rocha. Rocky.

Unverständlicherweise waren die Meinungen über diese großartige Komposition geteilt.

You must be seriously on Drugs!..

That is nuts, you've thrown together at least three cult classics in that. Best line: 'Rocha so big, so small. Can run like Batman.' That sir, is genius...

Ein aktueller, lesenswerter Artikel:

I don’t think I’ve ever been so angry in my 25 years as a Spurs supporter. To see a lead vanish that quickly and with so little fight, it made my white and navy blood boil. As a Lilywhite fan through the 90s, I was used to mediocrity, but this was something else.

Yet, it could have all been so different. Our latest signing had been paraded on the White Hart Lane turf before the match and the stadium was rocking. The first half brought with it the promise of something wonderful, even after our big money striker went off injured early on.

Then it all suddenly went very wrong. Revelling in the lead, we sat back and invited disaster. At the final whistle, I wanted to rip the head of anyone not wearing white. To make it worse there was Pleat standing like a befuddled clown on the touchline. No hysterical running and skipping onto the pitch at the final whistle this time was there Dave?

For me February 4th, 2004 marked the depths of despair. We’d surrendered a three goal lead at home to Manchester City, who’d managed to score four goals with only 10 bloody men. There are post-match moods and then there was the black, all encompassing rage that descended on me for the next week. I was inconsolable.

Small children buried their faces in their mothers’ jackets as I marched down Tottenham High Road with a look that would have caused Hannibal Lecter to cower at the back of his cell. Most things in life you can forget the next day, but not Spurs. While a win can have you walking on air, a heart-wrenching defeat can eat at you all week. Everyone’s an idiot - the manager and his poor tactics, the clumsy keeper, the flimsy defence, the spineless midfielders and the misfiring strikers. Why can’t the board splash our budget on Carlos Van der Goal? He looked great on that YouTube compilation.

Nothing quite skewers through the heart of perspective as much as a Tottenham cock-up, especially one that was snatched from the jaws of victory. I actually get headaches and feel under the weather after particularly crap games. Is that actually medically possible? Can supporting a team make you physically sick?

Today was a bad day. We didn’t lose last night, but in every respect it felt like a defeat. Only Tottenham Hotspur can go from the sublime to the ridiculous in 90 minutes. But here’s the thing, today’s pain is a galaxy far, far away from the misery of 2004.

The days of the terrifying Dean Richards/Anthony Gardner defensive partnership and Ledley King playing in midfield because there was simply nobody else are a distant memory. European qualification was the unlikely dream each summer. Today’s Tottenham Hotspur is barely recognisable.

Other teams’ fans can only look on in envy at our team of young starlets who will only get better and better. From Lennon to Huddlestone, Dawson to Defoe, King to Keane, Chimbonda to Jenas and Robinson to Berbatov, we have the best first eleven and squad seen at the Lane in years. The fact that we argue over whether a young England international striker or Ireland’s record goalscorer should start is a measure of how far we’ve come.

The man who probably garners the most respect at the club from the media and other side’s supporters is Martin Jol. Yet his fiercest critics are Spurs’ fans. It was only this month that the big man was linked with a switch to the champions of England in a “sensational job swap with Jose Mourinho to reunite with Frank Arnesen”.

What has turned the Jolly Oranje Giant into the bumbling clown some Lilywhites have labelled him? We’re in the last 16 of the Uefa Cup, a position we haven’t been in for 21 years. We’ve got a great chance of reaching the same stage of the FA Cup on Saturday. Despite the disappointment of last night, the reality is we’ve got a League Cup semi-final on Wednesday were the scores are level and we’re 90 minutes away from a cup final. Anything can happen.

The league form hasn’t been as good as last year, but we’re only eight points behind the pace set in our best season for decades. With the amount of extra games played this year – we’re only four matches short in January of the total played in the whole of the last campaign – there was bound to be some slippage somewhere. We haven’t the experience of playing on four fronts that the likes of Manchester United and that lot up the road have built up in the last 10 years.

You could argue that the football hasn’t been as pretty. However, a statistician would probably suggest that after 36 games last season, we’d scored 50 goals, whereas at the same point this campaign that total is 54. Undoubtedly, and much to Lawro’s delight, our away form has been a thorn in our side. Those lost eight points can probably be found smirking in those away losses. Has the loss of an experienced midfielder leader and battler in the Davids mould been the biggest problem away from home? The much younger Zokora was presumably meant to take on that mantle, but ala Essien, the Maestro’s first season looks to be one of adjustment and settling.

Yet Jol is the fall guy. Has delivering our best campaign in recent memory and a return to European football not earned him some respite as he tries to battle on all fronts at a club that has been sleeping for years? People forget that he’s still trying to adjust to the Premiership, English football and all its complexities - he’s the only foreign manager currently managing a side outside the top four. Like a new player who storms the league in his first year, he has to adapt as teams learn to counter his moves the following season.

So, sure it was frustrating last night and I could have taken a sledgehammer to the nearest red-coloured object or person, but it was an anger born of raised expectations. After years of dross and heartbreak, the club has been rocketed in the space of two years into a position where the Premiership and Europe is taking us very seriously. The chosen road may have a few bumps along the way, but the big bloke leading the way is definitely taking us in the right direction.

[CarolusMagnus]

Martin Jol:

Dr. Charlotte Cowie:

Paul Robinson:

YPL:

Ledley King:

Pascal Chimbonda:

Paul Stalteri:

Phil Ifil:

Ricardo Rocha:

Michael Dawson:

Steed Malbranque:

Ghaly:

Jermaine Jenas (mit langem Haar):

Danny Murphy:

Teemu Tainio:

Didier Zokora:

Aaron Lennon:

Tom Huddlestone:

Jermain Defoe:

Dimitar Berbatov:

Mido (rechts):

Ben Alnwick:

[CarolusMagnus]

Tottenham captain Ledley King has suffered further complications in his return from injury and requires another scan on his bruised foot before the Carling Cup clash against Arse***.

The 26-year-old was earmarked for the second leg of the semi-final this Wednesday at the Emirates Stadium, but will now have a scan on the same foot which caused him to miss the final part of last season.

"It's been frustrating," said King.

"It's hard to put a finger on the time scale."

The centre-back's last game was against Aston Villa on Boxing Day, and Spurs have not won in the Premiership since.

The injury was only thought to be minor at the time, but King still has problems a month after picking up the complaint.

"He will go for a scan again," confirmed Tottenham manager Martin Jol.

"He is still in pain - that is the problem."

Jol was not expecting the injury to persist as it has.

"He had a bruised foot - that is normally two weeks," he said.

"The situation is that there is still bruising on his foot - that is a bit strange, because normally it is over in two weeks.

"We hope there is nothing there. Sometimes you're better to break something than have bruising.

"He trained last week and did everything and went back to the medical staff to tell them he still had pain."

Jol is wary of rushing the England international back, with Anthony Gardner or new boy Ricardo Rocha as back-up to partner Michael Dawson in the heart of Spurs' defence.

"We can't push him; he can't push himself, because if we do and you get a break that is another problem," said the Spurs boss.

"If it is only bruising it should be better - but it isn't, so we have to scan him again."

Dimitar Berbatov is out of the Arse*** clash and has travelled to Germany to see specialist Hans Muller-Wolfhart about his groin injury, while Jol is waiting for an assessment of Mido's back injury suffered in the FA Cup victory over Southend.

Goalkeeper Paul Robinson had a back complaint and was rested at the weekend but he will be ready for the Emirates Stadium.

Beten ist angesagt. Der wohl am meisten unterschätzte IV überhaupt. Absolut unersetzbar.

Er muß wieder vollständig fit werden, die bösen Gerüchte, dass seine Beine hinüber sind, dürfen nicht stimmen.

[Bretwalda]

Die Schlacht gewonnen, den Krieg verloren

[ianrush]

Beten ist angesagt. Der wohl am meisten unterschätzte IV überhaupt. Absolut unersetzbar.

Er muß wieder vollständig fit werden, die bösen Gerüchte, dass seine Beine hinüber sind, dürfen nicht stimmen.

King suffers more injury woe

Guardian

Spurs captain Ledley King could be out for up to eight weeks following a setback in his recovery from an injured left foot.

The 26-year-old has suffered a stress injury to the same foot which ruled him out of the World Cup, and is expected to be sidelined for six to eight weeks.

"Ledley first bruised the bone in his foot four weeks ago," read a statement from Spurs. "He progressed quickly with his rehabilitation, getting back to a moderate-to-high level of intensity. However, he recently suffered a setback when the injury recurred to the extent that the club medical staff are having to treat the injury like a stress fracture, even though he has not broken his metatarsal."

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2004754,00.html#article_continue' target="_blank"> Spurs have been without their skipper for a month, and have not won in the Premiership since his last game, the 2-1 victory over Aston Villa on Boxing Day.

Sein Körper scheint, so wie etwa auch bei Owen, einfach nicht für den Profifussball gemacht zu sein. Schade, hätte ihn vor Jahren gern im Liverpooldress gesehen, halte noch immer sehr viel von ihm.

[CarolusMagnus]

Sein Körper scheint, so wie etwa auch bei Owen, einfach nicht für den Profifussball gemacht zu sein. Schade, hätte ihn vor Jahren gern im Liverpooldress gesehen, halte noch immer sehr viel von ihm.

Am Besten wärs wohl, man schreibt die Saison für ihn ab und gibt Ledley die Möglichkeit, sich bis zum Sommer auszukurieren.

Wozu soll er vor Saisonende noch vielleicht vier, fünf Spiele machen? Damit er sich wieder verletzt?

Ich betrachte diese Saison sowieso nur mehr als eine Art von "Durchgangssaison". Die Mannschaft kommt nicht in Tritt, es ist eine ständige Achterbahnfahrt und das wird sich auch nicht ändern, solange wir keinen DM haben, bzw. Thudd dafür schlichtweg zu langsam und unerfahren ist.

Er muß nicht unbedingt körperlich am Sand sein, immerhin hat er die letzten drei, vier Jahre ständig gespielt und das ohne größere Probleme. Man wird sehen.

[CarolusMagnus]

Sehr gut, um Panik zu vermeiden: Wie sehen Außenstehende unsere Siutation?

The Spur to Greater Things?

By Paul Tran : 02/02/07

Kenwright often speaks about his big buddy David Dein and how he regards us as 'the Arsenal of the north'. I've always seen us as having more in common with Tottenham — knackered old ground with a sometimes intimidating atmosphere, tradition of good, skillful football, members of the Big Five of the mid-eighties, modern day underachievers, manager no great shakes as a player.

However that's where the similarities end. There's been a lot of good at Everton in the last few years. A level of stability, steadier financial ship, the magnificent seventh and fourth, some good players in the squad at last.

The problem is the medium/long-term future. The Big Four is exactly that - a league of its own. The rest of us have a choice: pack up and go home, pretend we all have to play like Bolton in oder to survive/hit mid-table/scrape into Europe... or possibly play a bit of football now and again, win more games and attract better footballers, strive for that fifth spot and go for the cups.

Like us, Spurs were skint with a knackered old stadium. They also haven't won anything for years. So what did they do? The chairman went out and found some investment. They brought in a director of football specifically to source young players — so good he was poached by Chelsea. They found a good coach who, in fortuitous circumstances became their manager.

I hear you all shout: 'they haven't won anything', 'they haven't finished fourth', 'we beat them 2-0', they're two places below us'. Correct on all fronts and a wonderful short-term argument.

However, while being two points behind us, Spurs are still in the FA Cup, Uefa Cup (so 'little' money in this cup that they are demanding compensation for getting a bye!) and they've just lost a Carling Cup semi-final (remember semi-finals?) to Arsenal after extra time. Don't know about you, but I'd swap two points for three exciting cup runs.

Interestingly, we keep getting told there are 'no young players'. Tottenham's Dutch no-track-record manager has managed to attract Robinson, Carrick (also sold at huge profit), Jenas, Defoe, Dawson, Lennon, Huddlestone, et al to a club that hasn't won anything for years. Instead of getting defensive, let's ask what Jol is doing to sign up these players and maybe get our management to watch and learn. Of course Spurs have spent money, but comparing the figures between Moyes and Jol makes interesting reading - certainly not the chasm some people like to think!

Maybe it's the wages, maybe it's the idea of living in London. Maybe it's the manager's methods. Maybe it's the style of football. Looking at their games on the telly makes me think that Spurs are the kind of team Moyes was talking about when he first came to Everton: young, dynamic, energetic and entertaining. They talk about trying to win trophies, we talk about survival, consecutive top-eleven finishes and cups that 'don't matter'.

In less time they've built a young team with a strong spine that can entertain and stay together for years. I can see their future a lot clearer than ours.

Let's appreciate what we have. Let's also ask what we can do differently and see how we can learn from others — on and off the pitch. Do we want to stay where we are or do we want to keep moving forward?

http://www.toffeeweb.com/season/06-07/comm.../11999-Tran.asp

Sir Alex Ferguson thinks Jol is doing a fine job but he needs more time. 'Tottenham have got the resources and the history that suggests there shouldn't be a gap that is there at the moment and I think the ambitions of Martin Jol are beyond that,' he said. 'He's got ambitions to make them better and you can't just do it in one year. You need four or five years really to implement the vision of the club and the development of the team.'

http://football.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/...=rss&feed=5

Rivalität muß natürlich trotzdem sein!

At Oldham Athletis I've often been told

That the team to remember, the team to recall

Are the great Man United, the best of them all

They came down to Tottenham in '75

They went in the Park Lane, the Paxton, the side

But the Tottenham were many, too many, too rough

And the great Man United got battered to fuck

COYFS!

[Bretwalda]

Poker, Schach, Fußball, momentan läufts rund und in 3 Wochen hab ich Diplomprüfung. Das kann ja heiter werden.

[Bretwalda]

Das rettet den Tag

Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe's girlfriend Charlotte Meares has treated herself to a new £200,000 kitchen complete with six ovens and two dishwashers - despite the fact she usually only makes pot noodles.

[CarolusMagnus]

Sorry I couldn't make it shorter.

Tottenham, just like the Jaguar MKII, was respected and had no one say anything bad about them. In all Tottenham had good mechanics that made sure all the parts were there and working well together. On rare occasions things went wrong but overall Tottenham was a machine that grew with stature and as the years went on they seemed to be like a fine wine, they got better with age. Throughout the 60s, 70s and 80s Tottenham were grand and well respected. Just like the proud Jaguar on front of the MKII whenever the proud cockerel went down the road passer bys would take off their hats and not even dare think about showing any disrespect.

Things were going well for Spurs during the 80s until the chairman, Irvin Scholar, announced that Spurs were near bankruptcy. Tottenham were skint and in desperate need of money. They sold Chris Waddle the same year that they bought Gary Lineker, will the last Spurs fan leaving the “Championship contenders room” please turn off the light was the words echoed by many people. Spurs desperation got in the way of what was most important; getting the right players to make sure that the team played the right football.

In 1991 things were not looking good for Tottenham. They were looking at a mid-table finish whilst their arch rivals, Arse***, were on the way to their 2nd league title in three years and a possible double as they continued to shine in the FA Cup. When the two were drawn to play each other in the semi-final of the FA Cup Tottenham had the chance to show that despite Arse***’s recent dominance Tottenham were still the big boys in town. The game was so big that it became the first FA Cup semi to be played at Wembley. Tottenham shined and beat their arch rivals 3-1 to deny them their first double in twenty years. Tottenham went on to win the FA Cup by beating Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest, thanks to a Des Walker own goal in extra-time.

Tottenham fans had their heads help up high and nothing to worry about, well, apart from the fact that their main man, Paul Gascoigne, was on his way to Italy after Spurs had agreed a deal with Italian big spenders Lazio. After their great FA Cup success Tottenham were happy again, yes, Gazza was leaving but self made millionaire Alan Sugar had bought the club. What the fans didn't know was that from 1991 things were going to get a lot worse for Spurs.

Ten years after Sugar had arrived all he had to show for his club’s efforts was one League Cup whilst Arse*** had won one League title (1998), two FA Cups (1993 & 1998), one European Cup Winners Cup (1994) and one League Cup (1993) Arse***’s dominance and Tottenham's mediocrity left Sugar with no choice but to pack his bags and go.

Tottenham had a new chairman who went by the name of Daniel Levy. Yet again, there was renewed optimism down at the Lane. The new owners who were well known for being successful and had Spurs fans dreaming of the good old days returning to Lane. Levy got rid of George Graham, the man that had won Tottenham’s only trophy since 91 and had got Spurs to the FA Cup semi-final, where they played Arse***, and replaced him with Glenn Hoddle, Tottenham Hotspur icon, legend is too weak a word for him.

Spurs fans sang their lungs at Old Trafford, during the semi-final against Arse***, whilst singing “We’ve got our Tottenham back!” Sadly the fans were far from the truth. Tottenham took the lead thanks to Gary Doherty but then Sol Campbell limped off and Tottenham fell apart. Spurs lost 2-1, in the end, but the score line didn’t tell the whole story, Spurs were out played and were, merely, mocked by their arch rivals as Arse*** played, may I say it, “The Tottenham way”

Things went from bad to worse, Tottenham captain Sol Campbell left White Hart Lane for a free to who else but Arse***. This was by far the greatest insult that Spurs fans have had to suffer but it got worse. Nothing changed Tottenham stayed mid-table whilst Arse*** won the double.

In 2004 Levy knew the Tottenham machine had seen its last days. In April, of that year, Arse*** went to WHL knowing that they only needed a draw to win the League. Arse*** were 2-0 up by half-time. Tottenham came back fighting and scored twice to make the game level. Tottenham’s second was scored before the final whistle, a whistle that defeated the fans spirits. It was like a MKII pulling out the garage after being stuck there ages only for it’s proud owner to see, what was once a great machine, breakdown and pump out its fumes for the last time as the most hated neighbor’s Aston Martin Vanquish went by smooth with the sound of an exciting engine and laughter.

Schön und sehr wahr, wie ich finde.

[makarulez]

aus reiner neugier und weil ich früher selbst mal sein fan war: wie gefällt euch eigentlich malbranque bis jetzt? ich hab ihn im spurs-trikot nur einmal (gegen fulham, craven cottage) beobachten können. aber wenn er mal den ball hatte, gab's immer ein höllisches pfeifkonzert und er spielte gleich wieder ab. ach ja, ein kopftor hab ich auch schon gesehen von ihm.

[Bretwalda]

aus reiner neugier und weil ich früher selbst mal sein fan war: wie gefällt euch eigentlich malbranque bis jetzt? ich hab ihn im spurs-trikot nur einmal (gegen fulham, craven cottage) beobachten können. aber wenn er mal den ball hatte, gab's immer ein höllisches pfeifkonzert und er spielte gleich wieder ab. ach ja, ein kopftor hab ich auch schon gesehen von ihm.

Stammspieler in der Ersten, vielleicht auch verletzungsbedingt, spielt auf links.