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2012-05-18 17:54
Rumour – Redknapp and £15m striker meet at French airport
Rumours on Twitter are claiming that Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp met with Loic Remy yesterday. According to @LaurensJulien, who is a French football journalist based in London working for Le Parisien, RTL and Infosport – the pair met at Orly airport in what the journalist describes as “Looking good for Spurs. Marseille is asking £15M [...]
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2012-05-17 15:54
37 year old striker linked with Spurs move
A quick look around the football news sites today and one story leaps out to suggest that it’s a very quiet day on the Spurs news front. Alessandro Del Piero is being linked with a move to the Premier League, most notably to Tottenham, Arsenal and QPR. The veteran Italian forward is out of contract [...]
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2012-05-17 13:18
Don’t risk Parker for Tottenham’s sake
England boss Roy Hodgson has admitted that Scott Parker could still miss Euro 2012. The Tottenham midfielder missed the final games of the season with an Achilles tendon injury. It is hoped that an injection will fix the problem, if not the worrying news for us Spurs fans is that an operation would rule out [...]
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2012-05-16 19:06
Adebayor: I keep Tottenham in my heart more than Arsenal
Whatever many of us thought last summer about Emmanuel Adebayor joining us on loan despite his Arsenal connection, there is no doubt that he won the hearts and respect of all Spurs fans. It’s refreshing to hear Adebayor speaking so highly of Tottenham and the fact that he holds us closer in his heart than [...]
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2012-05-16 19:06
Modric to delay Spurs decision
Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric will decide on his club future after Euro 2012. As many of us Spurs fans already anticipated, rumours over the Croatian’s future at White Hart Lane has already began just moments after the final ball has been kicked of the Premier League campaign. A lot will probably be riding on what [...]
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2012-05-16 17:48
Redknapp keen to keep striker at Spurs
Harry Redknapp is determined to keep Emmanuel Adebayor at Spurs. Adebayor’s loan deal ended following the conclusion of the Premier League campaign at the weekend and signed off with his 17th Premier League goal for Spurs when he netted in the 2-0 win against Fulham. Ade has been a great signing for us, but we [...]
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2012-05-14 21:36
King hopeful of Spurs contract talks
Ledley King will have knee surgery this week, then start contract talks with Spurs. The club captain has managed to start 23 games this season despite suffering from a chronic knee injury. We all love Ledley, lets make no bones about that but there is doubts over his future. Whatever happens in our opinion he [...]
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2012-05-14 09:54
MF looks back at Spurs 2-0 Fulham
What a contrast this was to the last time we bagged fourth. Then, Crouchy’s goal at middle Eastlands led to tears and wild celebrations, here Adebayor’s uncharacteristically clinical finish and Everton’s very typical late season flourish meant that there was little drama in this game and after Defoe had given us a two goal lead, [...]
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2012-05-13 15:42
THE TEAMS: Spurs vs Fulham
Here’s our team v Fulham – (as 4-2-3-1) – Friedel; Walker, Gallas, Kaboul, Bale; Livermore, Sandro; Lennon, van der Vaart, Modric; Adebayor. Subs: Cudicini, Nelsen, Smith, Giovani, Kane, Saha, Defoe.
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2012-05-11 10:24
MF looks ahead to Spurs vs Fulham
And so here we are. Only Martin Jol stands between us and a Moneybags League spot. Given pasta events, oh the irony and what are the chances? If we beat Fulham, the worst we can finish is fourth. I suspect there’s no point in worrying about what goes down elsewhere, the Hawthorns in particular, we [...]
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2012-05-10 11:00
The Opposition View: Spurs v Fulham
Whilst Spurs fans are thinking of déjà vu and lasagne, their Fulham equivalents are preparing for the summer. Ahead of this weekend’s season defining afternoon, I interrupted a Cottager in the process of digging out his flip flops and barbecue tongs and asked him a few questions about what life’s been like in their first [...]
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2012-05-08 12:12
“Tottenham is a fantastic football club”
Jan Vertonghen is hoping Ajax do not price him out of a move to Tottenham this summer. The 25-year-old defender has just one year left on his current deal with the Dutch giants and has also been heavily linked with a move to Arsenal. He is regarded as one of the best Dutch defenders and [...]
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2012-05-04 15:54
Stat Attack: Villa v Spurs
Stephen Warnock is Aston Villa’s highest ranked player in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index. Warnock who is ranked 48th has won 72.5% of all the tackles he’s attempted so far this season. Warnock is also third overall in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index for total tackles won this season with 81, Maynor Figueroa [...]
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2012-05-04 13:18
MF looks ahead to Aston Villa vs Spurs
Robbie Keane’s couple of months at Celtic a couple of seasons ago brought him a Hoop of the year award I seem to remember. Despite only featuring in half a dozen or so games for Villa this January he can’t be far off a similar accolade such has been their lack of success during this [...]
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2012-05-04 12:00
Lawro predicts Spurs to beat Aston Villa
BBC football pundit Mark Lawrenson has tipped Tottenham Hotspur to beat Aston Villa on Sunday. Spurs travel to Villa Park to take on Alex McLeish’s Premier League strugglers as we aim to topple Arsenal from third place – sadly however, Lawro is also tipping them to beat Norwich 2-0. With them just a point ahead [...]
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2012-05-01 18:54
MF looks ahead to Bolton v Spurs
Bolton away on a rainy Wednesday night. A fixture as full of importance as it is empty of glamour. The presence or not at the game of Fabrice Muamba has dominated the early game previews, given the new perspective he must’ve gained on life in the last couple of months, I’m not sure a half [...]
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2012-04-30 20:48
MF looks back on Spurs 2-0 Blackburn
Another often flat performance but at last one with the right result. Led by stand out performances from Sandro, Kaboul and Gallas and the intelligent promptings of Van der Vaart we saw off a chronically poor Blackburn, probably the worst side to come to White Hart Lane this season. Kyle Walker’s unexpected but beautifully arced [...]
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2012-04-29 17:30
THE TEAMS: Spurs vs Blackburn
Tottenham: Friedel; Walker, Gallas, Kaboul, Rose; Lennon, Modric, Sandro, Bale; Van der Vaart; Adebayor. Subs: Cudicini, King, Nelsen, Livermore, Giovani, Defoe, Saha
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2012-04-28 12:54
Wages scuppered Tevez to Spurs move
Tottenham failed in a bid to sign Carlos Tevez in January, according to Harry Redknapp. The Argentina striker was out of favour at Manchester City at the time after a massive falling out with manager Roberto Mancini who claimed at the time that Tevez would never play for the club again – as we all [...]
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2012-04-28 12:54
Stat Attack: Spurs vs Blackburn
Morten Gamst Pedersen has been one of Blackburn’s hardest working players this season. The EA SPORTS Player Performance Index tells us Pedersen has covered the most ground, individually, for Blackburn is their last two Premier League fixtures. Despite Pedersen’s recent form the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index shows us that Nzoni has covered the most [...]
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2012-04-27 10:54
MF looks ahead to Spurs vs Blackburn
For everyone apart from Kyle Walker, it’s fair to say that it’s not been a great week. QPR, training ground bust-ups, two defenders out for the remainder and the possible reduction of Moneybags League places down to three all make it hard to keep positive. The meltdown on the pitch appears to be being replicated [...]
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2012-04-24 12:42
MF looks back on at QPR 1-0 Spurs
Well that is very probably that. Or that’s what it feels like anyway. If you can’t score goals you won’t win games and a total of two in recent weeks against Everton, Stoke, Sunderland, Norwich and now QPR has done for us good and proper. Rarely can money have been more wasted than by those [...]
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2012-04-21 18:24
THE TEAMS: QPR vs Spurs
Tottenham: Friedel, Walker, Gallas, King, Assou-Ekotto, Sandro, Modric, Parker, Bale, Van der Vaart, Defoe Subs: Cudicini, Bongani Khumalo, Rose, Adam Smith, Lennon, Livermore, Giovani
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2012-04-21 13:12
Wages would scupper Drogba deal to Spurs
Harry Redknapp would be interested in signing Didier Drogba but wages may be a problem. The Chelsea striker is available on a free transfer this summer and his recent performances including his volley against Spurs in the FA Cup semi-final have reminded onlookers that the 34-year-old still has more to give. Spurs fans may be [...]
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2012-04-20 16:24
Lawro predicts more heartbreak for Spurs
BBC football pundit Mark Lawrenson has predicted that Tottenham Hotspur will draw against QPR on Saturday. Spurs face a tough trip to Loftus Road on Saturday evening and will be keen to put the 5-1 FA Cup semi-final defeat behind us and finish the season strong with a top four finish. However Lawro predicts that [...]
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2012-04-19 13:06
MF looks ahead to QPR vs Spurs
One week on from on a ref who can’t tell when a ball hasn’t crossed the line we get one who can’t tell when one has. Yes it’s Mark Twattenburg in charge when we visit QPR on Saturday evening. The incompetent refereeing, the behaviour of the Chelsea fans (we’ll all be tarred with the same [...]
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2012-04-17 10:24
MF looks back at Spurs 1-5 Chelsea
It’s hard to know where to start really there were so many talking points. A balls up from the ref of extraordinary proportions was the main influence in this game though so let’s begin there. Everything that happened after that second ‘goal’ was as a result of the change in attitude we were forced to [...]
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2012-04-15 19:24
THE TEAMS: Spurs vs Chelsea
Spurs: Cudicini; Walker, Gallas, King, Assou-Ekotto; Lennon, Modric, Parker, Bale; Van der Vaart; Adebayor Subs: Friedel, Nelsen, Rose, Giovani, Livermore, Sandro, Defoe. Chelsea: Cech; Bosingwa, Luiz, Terry, Cole; Mikel, Lampard; Ramires, Mata, Kalou; Drogba
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2012-04-15 12:54
Slver or Gold?
Spurs are going to Wembley! Crack the champagne, call the engraver, and put us down for an open-top bus around the middle of May. If we achieve FA Cup glory this year—something we have a very real chance of doing—May 5, 2012 will be a date that Spurs fans remember for the rest of our [...]
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2012-04-13 10:12
MF looks ahead to Spurs vs Chelsea
6pm on a Sunday? That’s no time for an FA Cup semi-final. Wembley? That’s no place for an FA Cup semi final. Three days before an important Moneybags League game? That’s no… etc etc. Filthy lucre has certainly played its part in the staging of Sunday’s game; it’s still a cup semi final though and [...]
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2012-04-10 13:18
Redknapp would settle for finishing fourth
Spurs boss Harry Redknapp insists there is still “all to play for” in the race for fourth place. However against Norwich city Harry’s starting line-up seemed to be one of giving certain players a rest – and we got beat. There is no point in picking certain players out for criticism, we were poor all [...]
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2012-04-10 12:00
MF looks back at Spurs 1-2 Norwich
Harry’s team today smacked of giving players a game or a rest, as the case may be, because he felt they were due one. In doing so he underestimated Norwich who in the end, fairly comfortably won a game of mediocre quality. At Chelsea we discovered a formation that appeared to be the way forward, [...]
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2012-04-09 15:12
THE TEAMS: Spurs v Norwich
Team news is in and Harry makes five changes from Sunderland – Ledley, Aaron, Jake, Louis and JD all return – Louis and JD up front
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2012-04-09 12:36
VIDEO PREVIEW: Spurs vs Norwich
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2012-04-09 12:36
Lawro predicts Spurs to beat Norwich
BBC football pundit Mark Lawrenson expects Tottenham to comfortably beat Norwich City today. Last time out Lawro predicted Spurs to beat Sunderland 2-0 at the Stadium of Light when it ended up as a 0-0 stalemate in the north east. He told BBC Sport Online: “Norwich have not got the headlines that Swansea have this [...]
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2012-04-08 17:06
MF looks back at Sunderland 0-0 Spurs
Sunderland’s attritional and unambitious attitude set the tone for this game. Martin O’Neill’s rope-a-dope tactics relied for success on us becoming so desperate for the three points that we’d leave holes at the back big enough for Mclean and Bendtner to take advantage of. This never happened as the latter was firmly tucked into Kaboul’s [...]
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2012-04-05 16:18
MF looks ahead to Tottenham’s Easter fixtures
Seven games left. Two of these take place over the Easter hols but it’s unlikely that both feature in Harry’s mental list of where we’re going to get the five wins from that he says we need to guarantee a CL place. Monday’s visit to WHL by Norwich will be in there, somewhere near the [...]
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2012-04-02 09:45
MF looks back at Spurs 3-1 Swansea City
A mostly entertaining game made enthralling more by Swansea’s tactics than their ambition. We were the better team but had to work damn hard for the points. The visitor’s high pressing, backwards and sideways passing and constant niggling and petty fouling – almost always in our half, and almost always when they had a player [...]
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2012-04-01 16:51
THE TEAMS: Spurs vs Swansea
Tottenham: Friedel; Walker, Kaboul, Gallas, Assou-Ekotto; Parker, Sandro; van der Vaart, Modric, Bale; Adebayor. Subs: Cudicini, Nelsen, Rose, Lennon, Livermore, Defoe, Saha.
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2012-04-01 12:57
Bale admits Barcelona or Madrid move would be a dream
Tottenham winger Gareth Bale has admitted that he would not be able to turn down an offer to join Barcelona or Real Madrid. Bale has been linked with Europe’s elite after he came to the attention following his dazzling displays against Inter Milan in last year’s Champions League. It would take a massive bid from [...]