Owen among the group
Source: http://soccervoice.com/n111094.htm
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Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Man Utd, Sunderland and Leicester players released, Gordon, Weale and Owen among the group
Man Utd, Sunderland and Leicester players released, Gordon, Weale and
Owen among the group
Owen among the group
The new owners quiz
Following weeks of speculation and rumours about billionaires, takeovers and consortiums, Seat Pitch has discovered a foolproof way to identify the new owners of Nottingham Forest… Image: Keattikorn / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Source: http://seatpitch.co.uk/2012/04/11/the-new-owners-quiz/
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VIDEO: Sergey Kuznetsov SHOCKING ?Hand Of God? Goal!
TweetSevastopol striker Sergey Kuznetsov emulated Diego Maradona’s infamous ‘Hand of God’ after he punched the ball into the net during a fiery promotion match against Metalurh Zaporizhya Kuznetsov caused a storm when he handballed the ball into the net to give his side a 2-1 win over Metalurh Zaporizhya in the Ukrainian First League match. [...]
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Laurent Blanc Names France Euro 2012 Squad
TweetLaurent Blanc has named France’s 23-man squad for Euro 2012 with a couple of surprises to boot. England take note. England will be Les Bleus’ first Group D opponents come June 11 and after seeing his men struggle at home to Iceland at the weekend, France boss Laurent Blanc has decided to tweak his provisional [...]
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You ready for some more?
We all know the story writing off by hart. It's white pain on a long and winding lane that is never ending. It's never dull. It's always heart wrenching. You age twice as fast as anyone else around you. The roller coaster won't stop even if there's no more track left to ride. You bite your nails, you slap your face. You shrug and you hold your face in the palm of your hands.
The script is unforgiving. The twists and turns relentless. It jests. There's no luck just lustre. The laughter track spikes when you stare and watch without a smile on your face. Some of it doesn't make sense, no matter how many times you rewind and re-watch. It's all intertwined, a masterful work of majesty and mockery. When it's great it's fantastic when it's not it's dark and distasteful. A tapestry of tease. The obvious always happens yet you wonder how it came to be. It's never ordinary and always extraordinary. It's a script that demands your attention and makes you want to look away and yet you can't ever keep your eyes off it.
It's Greek tragedy. It's pantomime, it's soap opera. It can be Balboa losing to Creed. It can be Balboa losing to Lang. Yet if you rub your eyes and take another look, all you ever see is Balboa fighting Hulk Hogan. It's ridiculous yet familiar. Every finale leaves you physically and mentally drained and yet you know it won't be cancelled and it will return for yet another season.
And you will be back again for more. Because you'll never cancel your subscription. Why would you with all the other boring lifeless crap out there?
The next story arc is now in post-production. Budget being discussed. Casting might see a few changes. The director looks to remain the same. The tagline doesn't change. It never changes.
Love the shirt.
More dramatics on the other side of the summer detox. Guaranteed.
COYS.
Source: http://www.dearmrlevy.com/dml/2012/5/27/you-ready-for-some-more.html
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News Roundup: Garath McCleary, Luke Chambers and more
Been a while since we’ve done one of these, but given there’s a fair amount of conjecture and speculation flying [...]
Source: http://www.eighteensixtyfive.co.uk/2012/05/news-roundup-garath-mccleary-luke-chambers-and-more/
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John Bishop shows his support for Aston Villa?s Stiliyan Petrov in Soccer Aid match
Comedian John Bishop showed his support for Stiliyan Petrov by wearing a "Support Stan" t-shirt at the Soccer Aid match at Old Trafford.
Monday, 28 May 2012
Latest tranfer rumours, Balotelli committed to Man City, Vela in Arsenal exit talks
Latest tranfer rumours, Balotelli committed to Man City, Vela in Arsenal
exit talks
exit talks
Source: http://soccervoice.com/n111075.htm
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Royals rise, Reds survive to fight another season..
Reading – 1 Nottingham Forest – 0 That feels better, doesn’t it?� Championship status secured.� Sure, we lost – and it was a disappointing defeat too in a game where we made a decent show of ourselves, but you know what?� It’s been a while since I cared less.� In snagging the win Reading secure [...]
Source: http://nffcblog.com/2012/04/18/royals-rise-reds-survive-to-fight-another-season/
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Latest transfer rumours, Mancini fears the sack, Rodriguez in Man Utd link
Latest transfer rumours, Mancini fears the sack, Rodriguez in Man Utd
link
link
Source: http://soccervoice.com/n111071.htm
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Valeron : Promotion is the greatest thing that?s happened in my life
The former Spanish international, who suffered relegation with Deportivo La Coruna last season, is elated to be returning to the Primera after only one year. By Tom Conn������� Follow @thomasmconn The Galicians, who were relegated last summer, clinched the Segunda Division title on Sunday evening, securing their return to the Spanish top flight. After the [...]
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John Bishop shows his support for Aston Villa?s Stiliyan Petrov in Soccer Aid match
Comedian John Bishop showed his support for Stiliyan Petrov by wearing a "Support Stan" t-shirt at the Soccer Aid match at Old Trafford.
Schalke rubbish Dani Alves reports
Schalke director of sport Horst Heldt has rubbished reports linking the club with a massive bid for Barcelona star Dani Alves. By Staff Writer���� Follow @insidelaliga Reports suggested that the Bundesliga outfit were readying a massive bid for the Brazil international, whose future with Barcelona seems uncertain after a season full of off-field problems. However, [...]
Source: http://www.insidespanishfootball.com/schalke-rubbish-dani-alves-reports/
Sir Roy, could it become reality or is it not going to happen
Sir Roy, could it become reality or is it not going to happen
Source: http://soccervoice.com/n111083.htm
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Latest transfer rumours, Arsenal in hunt for Gylfi, Liverpool to sell star players
Latest transfer rumours, Arsenal in hunt for Gylfi, Liverpool to sell
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star players
Source: http://soccervoice.com/n111069.htm
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Sunday, 27 May 2012
How to destroy Tottenham Hotspur
Meeting Room 666
Death - Settle down people.
<ring tone is playing 'California Gurls' by Katy Perry>
Pestilence - Sorry, I'll stick it on silent.
Death - War, please take the minutes. Famine, if you can run through the PowerPoint slides please.
Famine - As you can see from this graph we've maintained some consistency with productivity post-February. Every interjection was arguably a success.
War - Can you elaborate?
Famine - Sure. The England debacle. Chris Foy. Distracting Jermain Defoe with the laser pen at Eastlands. The capitulation at the Emirates. The phantom goal at Wembley. The dithering at Villa away. We have done everything in our power to dismantle Tottenham's season. We wiped away the ten point gap and yet here we are. One game left in the Premier League and they might still capture 3rd spot. And if they don't, there's still the question of the Champions League final to decide their fate. If we don't achieve our goals then our mid-year review will affect our overall bonus percentage and budget.
Pestilence - Budget?
Famine - Yes. We'll have to cut back on free fruit in the lounge area.
War - Ha.
Famine - Ha what? What is it? What do you have to say?
War - Just saying.
Famine - Just saying what? Go on then, say it. Your smug smile isn't painting us a complete picture of whatever it is that amuses you so much.
War - Well, firstly, you're using Comic Sans font for a PowerPoint presentation? Really? It's hardly the most professional of choices. And no matter how many swirly little animations you stick in there, no one is impressed with that ****, it's cheap and it's gimmicky. Secondly, this would not have happened if Harry Redknapp wasn't appointed in the first place. I warned you all. I told you to best leave it alone let, it fester, but you just had to hammer that final nail into the coffin.
Death - At the time it was the most appropriate thing to do. Spurs were bottom of the league and making sure Redknapp got the job was to consolidate their position, relegate them not save them. Nobody thought he'd save them.
War - Yeah, but he did. He did save them. They've been going in the wrong direction ever since.
<Door to meeting room opens>
Grim Reaper - Hello. Oh sorry, this isn't the yoga class is it?
Pestilence - Two rooms down the hallway to your left.
Grim Reaper - Cheers dude.
<Door closes>
Faminie - Akwaaaaaard.
Death - Lazy personification. I thought that wacko transferred out of here last month?
Faminie - Nah. He's banging the chick from HR. Have you seen his scythe recently? Rust covered.
War - Is the chick Betty?
Faminie - Yeah.
War - Daaaamn. Wouldn't mind tapping that. Her rack is majestic. I could declare nuclear war on those ti...<interrupted>
Death - Okay thanks, can we get back to the little matter of Tottenham please? So, let's agree the past is the past. What now? There are three games left, one involving Spurs, one involving Arsenal and then there's the game with Chelsea. What do we do to settle this? This project has to be done and dusted within a week and closed off until after the summer. We have to be decisive, we have to be ruthless. Brain storm people, conceptualise please. We've got ten minutes to wrap this up.
Pestilence - I'm thinking Italian again. Perhaps a spaghetti with meatballs dish or a vegetable Risotto?
Death - No. Won't work. They're at home to Fulham. No hotel.
War - I can visit Luka Modric on the eve of the game disguised as his football agent. A transfer request might do the trick.
Death - That's booked in for after the Euros. We've got a gentlemens agreement with the Daily Mail to break that story then.
War - The Daily Mail again? They make my skin crawl.
<Door to meeting room opens>
Dracula - Yoga class?
Death - Nope. Further down on your left.
Dracula - Thanks.
<Door closes>
Famine - How about Jermaine Jenas?
Death - He's injured.
Famine - I can un-injury him.
Death - There's a difference? The fifth horseman is better kept in sleeper mode.
Pestilence - Seriously, you need to taste this vegetable Risotto. Taste it and it will make you bleed worms out of every pore in your body.
Famine - Enough about the Risotto already!
Pestilence - Hey, it's not my fault you've been on the Atkins for two thousand years. I keep telling you to try that milkshake diet, but do you listen? No.
Famine - Don't judge me.
Death - I think you look good.
Famine - Thanks. What about this suit? Does my bum look big in it?
Death - You could turn a waterfall into a dessert with those hips.
<Door to meeting room opens>
Santa Claus - Hello, I'm looking for...
Pestilence - Down the hall way.
Santa Claus - Thank you kind sir.
<Door closes>
War - Nice chap. Him and Rasputin make a mean badminton pair. Any ways, moving on, maybe we shouldn't bother doing anything.
Pestilence - What?
War - Let's not do a single thing with Tottenham themselves. Let's think outside of the box.
Death - Explain more.
War - No matter what we try, it doesn't do enough to kill them off. They're still biting away at the ankles of success. So, what if we don't do anything to them.
Pestilence - Not sure I see the pragmatism in that.
Famine - I think I understand. We let them balls it up on their own?
War - No, no. These are not the glory years of the mid-90s to early 2000s. I'm saying that their destiny is elsewhere. Control their destiny, we control them.
Death - We've always had direct interference with this lot. Ever since we took on the contract. Remember the Holsten shirts in the 87 Cup Final? My work.
Famine - So we do what then?
War - Leave it to me. I'll make sure we're all swinging on hammocks this summer with Pimms in hand.
Pestilence - Where are you going?
War - I need to go get approval for company travel. I'll keep you all posted.
The summer of 2004
<Ding dong>
<door opens>
Marton Fulop - Hello.
War - Hey. How you doing buddy? Need a moment of your time.
Marton Fulop - You're not selling double glazing are you?
War - Ha, ha, no. What would you say if I told you I could change your life?
Marton Fulop - I'd be sceptical.
War - I'll make you an offer you can't refuse.
Marton Fulop - What did you say your name was?
War - Damien. Damien Comolli. I'll like to sign you for Tottenham. This will be the greatest and most important decision in your life.
WBA v Arsenal, last game of the season, 2012 season
Marton Fulop - Twelve clubs. Twelve flipping clubs. None to call home. What has my career amounted to? This. Deputising again. I'm going to be released after this game. Why do I even bother?
<Goal Arsenal>
Marton Fulop - Ooh look it's the ball, who cares. La la la la la.
<Goal Arsenal>
Marton Fulop - Why did I ever come to England? Christ, I'm bored. Why do these idiots keep running towards me? Leave me alone, I want to be left alone.
<Goal Arsenal>
Facetime conversation
Death - Nice work on the WBA game.
War - Thanks.
Death - How was Ben Foster handled?
War - Contractor.
Death - You going to Munich?
War - Don't have to.
Death - You don't?
War - Derren Brown is a good friend of mine.
Death - He is?
War - We frequent the same wine bar. He owed me a favour.
Death - And this favour is?
War - Done. When it kicks in, Tottenham's dream will be over.
Death - Great, great. We'll catch up on Sunday. I've got to go. Got Steve Kean on the other line. It's going to be a difficult call, he wants to know if we've got any alternative jobs going. The bloke won't leave me alone. Seriously, his face around here? It just wouldn't fit in.
War - I'm with you, his face looks like death warmed...er...er...*cough*
Death - Warmed up? I look nothing like him! Jesus Christ, all this money spent on botox and still nobody ever says 'hey, hi, wow, you look great, you had some work done recently?' I'm a good looking bloke, damn it!
War - I think my wi-fi connection is about to go down. There it is. It's gone.
Champions League Final. Bayern Munich dressing room. Pre-match.
Jupp Heynckes - Okay, quiet down, quiet down. We need to focus, play our game and...and...my head...feels strange...yes, so we play our game...and...and...
Robben - You okay boss?
Jupp Heynckes - I...I...yes. Fine.
Robben - Boss?
Jupp Heynckes - I...I...I'm fine. Right then. Now...let's get out there and run around a bit and kick the ball, alright? Triffic. I want the midfielders to midfield and the wingers, you can wing it but if you want to roam you can roam. You lot, whatchamycallits, defenders, right? You lot play at the back and the strikers, I want you to score goals. Get up there, get in there and aim for the sticks. Lovely stuff. Win this and we're in the Champions League next season.
Robben - You sure you okay boss?
Jupp Heynckes - Yeah, just need to stick a tenner on a gee gee at Newmarket and I'll be sorted. Now get out there and do 'em proper. This is as good as you've ever had it. Up the Spurs !
<Jupp places arms around Robben>
Jupp Heynckes - Now then...
Robben - Yes boss?
Jupp Heynckes - If we get any penalties I want you to take 'em. Don't get nervous. Just think to yourself, what would my Sandra do?
N17, White Hart Lane, The chairman's office
Daniel Levy - Another glass?
Harry Redknapp - Pour away.
Daniel Levy - It's a vintage year this.
Harry Redknapp - The bottle or the season?
<laughter from both>
Harry Redknapp - Happy St Totteringham's day.
Daniel Levy - It's getting more difficult to achieve with each passing year.
Harry Redknapp - So what's the plan for the next one? Do you want me to pull the same stunt again? You do know it's far more difficult to lose ten points than it is to gain them? A lot of work goes into botching things up.
Daniel Levy - You've done a sterling job Harry. I know I've said it a dozen times but the Gareth Bale free roaming thing? Genius, just genius.
Harry Redknapp - Triffic isn't it? Thought of it on the bog. Risky though. I mean, there was so much I could do and had Chelsea lost to Bayern...
Daniel Levy - I know, I know. We appear to have been blessed with luck. A substantial amount of it. It's almost like someone or something is...I don't know, it's like the Gods are on our side. Olive?
Harry Redknapp - Don't mind if I do. So, next season? You still want the same type of thing?
Daniel Levy - We'll see. Luka will be sold soon. I'll give you £3M tops from the transfer earnings for new players to be signed on loan, aged between 33-37. And to further retain the lack of long term stability on the pitch and to have a ready made excuse again for when it all goes belly up, allow me to introduce to you our new summer transfer window signing...You can come in now...
Joey Barton - Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. Oh, wherever he has gone, I have gone...
Harry Redknapp - Should I give him the captains armband now or later?
Previous chapters:
The Four Horsemen of the Spurcalypse
We're going to remove Harry Redknapp once and for all
Source: http://www.dearmrlevy.com/dml/2012/5/23/how-to-destroy-tottenham-hotspur.html
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Nottingham Forest: The Panini years ? 1987
Another from the Seat Pitch archives (well, the box in Simon Davies’ loft), Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest team from 1987. Courtesy of Panini stickers… Click on the images to zoom (If you have any completed Panini Forest teams you can scan, please email them. Thanks.)
Source: http://seatpitch.co.uk/2012/05/01/nottingham-forest-the-panini-years-1987/
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Royals rise, Reds survive to fight another season..
Reading – 1 Nottingham Forest – 0 That feels better, doesn’t it?� Championship status secured.� Sure, we lost – and it was a disappointing defeat too in a game where we made a decent show of ourselves, but you know what?� It’s been a while since I cared less.� In snagging the win Reading secure [...]
Source: http://nffcblog.com/2012/04/18/royals-rise-reds-survive-to-fight-another-season/
Berbatov
So Dimi, was going on strike at Spurs really worth it? So you've got the odd medal and an animated gif or two of some tasty skills. But where's yo swagger at playa? The grass was was never greener than it was in that first season at Spurs. But then we all know that first season was simply your audition for the move to Old Trafford. Can't blame anyone for chasing a dream. But some dreams are nothing more than awakenings.
In other news, Hazard is due to announce the club of choice post-match this evening live on tv (in France). The assumption is it's Utd rather than City. I'm opting for the nWo after he hits both representatives with a chair and leaves the ring with two hot ladies either side of him.
Source: http://www.dearmrlevy.com/dml/2012/5/20/berbatov.html
Didier Drogba Confirms Chelsea Exit
TweetDidier Drogba will leave Chelsea the club have confirmed Drogba’s contract was set to expire at the end of June with the 34-year-old striker having opted to leave on a high at the end of his contract. In a grande finale, Drogba’s last act in a Blues shirt was to hit the Champions League-winning penalty [...]
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Fenerbahce close on Topal signing
Turkish side Fenerbahce are reportedly close on signing Valencia midfielder Mehmet Topa in a ?6 million deal. By Staff Writer���� Follow @insidelaliga Turkish newspaper Milliyet have announced that The Yellow Canaries have agreed a fee with Valencia and personal terms with the 26 year old defensive midfielder. The Turkish international has been linked with a [...]
Source: http://www.insidespanishfootball.com/fenerbahce-close-on-topal-signing/
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Is this the bit where I'm meant to brick myself?
Here we go then. This might just be fun. Although if Woolwich are dicking WBA early on, attention will soley be on attaining 4th until we switch onto Champions League final night to discover our fate. A variety of permutations, a textbook Tottenham end to the season. Admit it, there is no other way with us. Get ready to have that heart ripped out of your chest once more. With any luck it will be thrown back in and patched up in time for a post-match drink and smile.
I remember 2006 very well. More than I care to. I was in the depths of my depression at the time and football was key to the pretence I kept up when in public, which was basically only to go to football games or work (before I was signed off for my 'sabbatical'). Something I have joked about since concerning that period of time was the fact that when I returned home from Upton Park having witnessed us puke away our chances of a top four place, I proceeded to eat (a pizza) and later that evening experienced one of the worst bouts of food poisoning I've ever had. Knocked me out for a day. Kick a man when he's down.
No pizza for me this weekend and no Lasagne for Spurs in yet another final day of explosive emotives. Bit different this time round. It's not in our hands like it was that fateful day in 2006. Mind the gap? The gap? We fell into it and even though our olde enemy has given us an unexpected lending hand to lift us back up, we've managed to slap it away more times than I care to mention. Yet they have persisted in attempting to drag us back up. No puke, plenty of choke all round. Everyone wants it, no one is taking it.
No matter how the table looks at full time across the country on Sunday, there has hardly been that much in it across the course of the season. Between all the clubs up there, each one has its own set of unique frailties and strong points. Everyone has work to do in the summer. There might have been a points gap but there is hardly one in terms of quality and application. If there is a single point in it at the very end, you'll wonder about all the disallowed goals and the dropped home points and the unexpected away defeats. But don't bother. Won't change a thing. I can only speak for us and it's been discussed a thousand times, but we've been wasteful aided by a numerous amount of reasons ranging from tactical to outside distractions. It's like any season, there will always be regrets. Much like our competitors will argue the very same thing. Some valuable lessons learnt, 2013 is another season.
For now, all I ask for is a strong Spurs performance and three points. If its meant to be it will be. The irony is not lost that it's Martin Jol returning to the Lane. A man in our hearts, a man with Tottenham in his heart. A man that probably wouldn't share a hug with our chairman any time soon. No Dempsey for them. In addition some very pro-Spurs comments pre-match from big Martin. We're also unbeaten at home for an age in London derby games, and so on. I hate all the build up, it screws with the head. I'll probably gorge on re-heated pizza if we managed to lose and Woolwich dropped points to WBA.
Onwards Spurs. I love you so much you crazy cockerel. Echo of glory please.
Christ, what a season it's been. More of the same next year please, just keep the blips to a minimum. Ta.
Source: http://www.dearmrlevy.com/dml/2012/5/12/is-this-the-bit-where-im-meant-to-brick-myself.html
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Fenerbahce close on Topal signing
Turkish side Fenerbahce are reportedly close on signing Valencia midfielder Mehmet Topa in a ?6 million deal. By Staff Writer���� Follow @insidelaliga Turkish newspaper Milliyet have announced that The Yellow Canaries have agreed a fee with Valencia and personal terms with the 26 year old defensive midfielder. The Turkish international has been linked with a [...]
Source: http://www.insidespanishfootball.com/fenerbahce-close-on-topal-signing/
Saturday, 26 May 2012
Latest transfer rumours, Diame in Liverpool link, Dalglish to be replaced by Martinez
Latest transfer rumours,
Diame in Liverpool link, Dalglish to be replaced by Martinez
Diame in Liverpool link, Dalglish to be replaced by Martinez
Source: http://soccervoice.com/n111087.htm
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Playing for England and against England, the unlikely experience
Playing for England and against England, the unlikely experience
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Bristol City: Smash and grab
A frustrating game in front of the TV cameras saw Forest’s four match unbeaten run come to an end against a resilient Bristol City. James Bolton reports from the City Ground. Steve Cotterill unsurprisingly named an unchanged starting XI to the one that beat Crystal Palace 3-0 at Selhurst Park last weekend. They had reason [...]
Source: http://seatpitch.co.uk/2012/04/08/nottingham-forest-0-1-bristol-city-smash-and-grab/
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Latest transfer rumours, van Persie in Man City link, Celtic could fancy Given
Latest transfer rumours, van Persie in Man City link, Celtic could fancy
Given
Given
Source: http://soccervoice.com/n111086.htm
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How to destroy Tottenham Hotspur
Meeting Room 666
Death - Settle down people.
<ring tone is playing 'California Gurls' by Katy Perry>
Pestilence - Sorry, I'll stick it on silent.
Death - War, please take the minutes. Famine, if you can run through the PowerPoint slides please.
Famine - As you can see from this graph we've maintained some consistency with productivity post-February. Every interjection was arguably a success.
War - Can you elaborate?
Famine - Sure. The England debacle. Chris Foy. Distracting Jermain Defoe with the laser pen at Eastlands. The capitulation at the Emirates. The phantom goal at Wembley. The dithering at Villa away. We have done everything in our power to dismantle Tottenham's season. We wiped away the ten point gap and yet here we are. One game left in the Premier League and they might still capture 3rd spot. And if they don't, there's still the question of the Champions League final to decide their fate. If we don't achieve our goals then our mid-year review will affect our overall bonus percentage and budget.
Pestilence - Budget?
Famine - Yes. We'll have to cut back on free fruit in the lounge area.
War - Ha.
Famine - Ha what? What is it? What do you have to say?
War - Just saying.
Famine - Just saying what? Go on then, say it. Your smug smile isn't painting us a complete picture of whatever it is that amuses you so much.
War - Well, firstly, you're using Comic Sans font for a PowerPoint presentation? Really? It's hardly the most professional of choices. And no matter how many swirly little animations you stick in there, no one is impressed with that ****, it's cheap and it's gimmicky. Secondly, this would not have happened if Harry Redknapp wasn't appointed in the first place. I warned you all. I told you to best leave it alone let, it fester, but you just had to hammer that final nail into the coffin.
Death - At the time it was the most appropriate thing to do. Spurs were bottom of the league and making sure Redknapp got the job was to consolidate their position, relegate them not save them. Nobody thought he'd save them.
War - Yeah, but he did. He did save them. They've been going in the wrong direction ever since.
<Door to meeting room opens>
Grim Reaper - Hello. Oh sorry, this isn't the yoga class is it?
Pestilence - Two rooms down the hallway to your left.
Grim Reaper - Cheers dude.
<Door closes>
Faminie - Akwaaaaaard.
Death - Lazy personification. I thought that wacko transferred out of here last month?
Faminie - Nah. He's banging the chick from HR. Have you seen his scythe recently? Rust covered.
War - Is the chick Betty?
Faminie - Yeah.
War - Daaaamn. Wouldn't mind tapping that. Her rack is majestic. I could declare nuclear war on those ti...<interrupted>
Death - Okay thanks, can we get back to the little matter of Tottenham please? So, let's agree the past is the past. What now? There are three games left, one involving Spurs, one involving Arsenal and then there's the game with Chelsea. What do we do to settle this? This project has to be done and dusted within a week and closed off until after the summer. We have to be decisive, we have to be ruthless. Brain storm people, conceptualise please. We've got ten minutes to wrap this up.
Pestilence - I'm thinking Italian again. Perhaps a spaghetti with meatballs dish or a vegetable Risotto?
Death - No. Won't work. They're at home to Fulham. No hotel.
War - I can visit Luka Modric on the eve of the game disguised as his football agent. A transfer request might do the trick.
Death - That's booked in for after the Euros. We've got a gentlemens agreement with the Daily Mail to break that story then.
War - The Daily Mail again? They make my skin crawl.
<Door to meeting room opens>
Dracula - Yoga class?
Death - Nope. Further down on your left.
Dracula - Thanks.
<Door closes>
Famine - How about Jermaine Jenas?
Death - He's injured.
Famine - I can un-injury him.
Death - There's a difference? The fifth horseman is better kept in sleeper mode.
Pestilence - Seriously, you need to taste this vegetable Risotto. Taste it and it will make you bleed worms out of every pore in your body.
Famine - Enough about the Risotto already!
Pestilence - Hey, it's not my fault you've been on the Atkins for two thousand years. I keep telling you to try that milkshake diet, but do you listen? No.
Famine - Don't judge me.
Death - I think you look good.
Famine - Thanks. What about this suit? Does my bum look big in it?
Death - You could turn a waterfall into a dessert with those hips.
<Door to meeting room opens>
Santa Claus - Hello, I'm looking for...
Pestilence - Down the hall way.
Santa Claus - Thank you kind sir.
<Door closes>
War - Nice chap. Him and Rasputin make a mean badminton pair. Any ways, moving on, maybe we shouldn't bother doing anything.
Pestilence - What?
War - Let's not do a single thing with Tottenham themselves. Let's think outside of the box.
Death - Explain more.
War - No matter what we try, it doesn't do enough to kill them off. They're still biting away at the ankles of success. So, what if we don't do anything to them.
Pestilence - Not sure I see the pragmatism in that.
Famine - I think I understand. We let them balls it up on their own?
War - No, no. These are not the glory years of the mid-90s to early 2000s. I'm saying that their destiny is elsewhere. Control their destiny, we control them.
Death - We've always had direct interference with this lot. Ever since we took on the contract. Remember the Holsten shirts in the 87 Cup Final? My work.
Famine - So we do what then?
War - Leave it to me. I'll make sure we're all swinging on hammocks this summer with Pimms in hand.
Pestilence - Where are you going?
War - I need to go get approval for company travel. I'll keep you all posted.
The summer of 2004
<Ding dong>
<door opens>
Marton Fulop - Hello.
War - Hey. How you doing buddy? Need a moment of your time.
Marton Fulop - You're not selling double glazing are you?
War - Ha, ha, no. What would you say if I told you I could change your life?
Marton Fulop - I'd be sceptical.
War - I'll make you an offer you can't refuse.
Marton Fulop - What did you say your name was?
War - Damien. Damien Comolli. I'll like to sign you for Tottenham. This will be the greatest and most important decision in your life.
WBA v Arsenal, last game of the season, 2012 season
Marton Fulop - Twelve clubs. Twelve flipping clubs. None to call home. What has my career amounted to? This. Deputising again. I'm going to be released after this game. Why do I even bother?
<Goal Arsenal>
Marton Fulop - Ooh look it's the ball, who cares. La la la la la.
<Goal Arsenal>
Marton Fulop - Why did I ever come to England? Christ, I'm bored. Why do these idiots keep running towards me? Leave me alone, I want to be left alone.
<Goal Arsenal>
Facetime conversation
Death - Nice work on the WBA game.
War - Thanks.
Death - How was Ben Foster handled?
War - Contractor.
Death - You going to Munich?
War - Don't have to.
Death - You don't?
War - Derren Brown is a good friend of mine.
Death - He is?
War - We frequent the same wine bar. He owed me a favour.
Death - And this favour is?
War - Done. When it kicks in, Tottenham's dream will be over.
Death - Great, great. We'll catch up on Sunday. I've got to go. Got Steve Kean on the other line. It's going to be a difficult call, he wants to know if we've got any alternative jobs going. The bloke won't leave me alone. Seriously, his face around here? It just wouldn't fit in.
War - I'm with you, his face looks like death warmed...er...er...*cough*
Death - Warmed up? I look nothing like him! Jesus Christ, all this money spent on botox and still nobody ever says 'hey, hi, wow, you look great, you had some work done recently?' I'm a good looking bloke, damn it!
War - I think my wi-fi connection is about to go down. There it is. It's gone.
Champions League Final. Bayern Munich dressing room. Pre-match.
Jupp Heynckes - Okay, quiet down, quiet down. We need to focus, play our game and...and...my head...feels strange...yes, so we play our game...and...and...
Robben - You okay boss?
Jupp Heynckes - I...I...yes. Fine.
Robben - Boss?
Jupp Heynckes - I...I...I'm fine. Right then. Now...let's get out there and run around a bit and kick the ball, alright? Triffic. I want the midfielders to midfield and the wingers, you can wing it but if you want to roam you can roam. You lot, whatchamycallits, defenders, right? You lot play at the back and the strikers, I want you to score goals. Get up there, get in there and aim for the sticks. Lovely stuff. Win this and we're in the Champions League next season.
Robben - You sure you okay boss?
Jupp Heynckes - Yeah, just need to stick a tenner on a gee gee at Newmarket and I'll be sorted. Now get out there and do 'em proper. This is as good as you've ever had it. Up the Spurs !
<Jupp places arms around Robben>
Jupp Heynckes - Now then...
Robben - Yes boss?
Jupp Heynckes - If we get any penalties I want you to take 'em. Don't get nervous. Just think to yourself, what would my Sandra do?
N17, White Hart Lane, The chairman's office
Daniel Levy - Another glass?
Harry Redknapp - Pour away.
Daniel Levy - It's a vintage year this.
Harry Redknapp - The bottle or the season?
<laughter from both>
Harry Redknapp - Happy St Totteringham's day.
Daniel Levy - It's getting more difficult to achieve with each passing year.
Harry Redknapp - So what's the plan for the next one? Do you want me to pull the same stunt again? You do know it's far more difficult to lose ten points than it is to gain them? A lot of work goes into botching things up.
Daniel Levy - You've done a sterling job Harry. I know I've said it a dozen times but the Gareth Bale free roaming thing? Genius, just genius.
Harry Redknapp - Triffic isn't it? Thought of it on the bog. Risky though. I mean, there was so much I could do and had Chelsea lost to Bayern...
Daniel Levy - I know, I know. We appear to have been blessed with luck. A substantial amount of it. It's almost like someone or something is...I don't know, it's like the Gods are on our side. Olive?
Harry Redknapp - Don't mind if I do. So, next season? You still want the same type of thing?
Daniel Levy - We'll see. Luka will be sold soon. I'll give you £3M tops from the transfer earnings for new players to be signed on loan, aged between 33-37. And to further retain the lack of long term stability on the pitch and to have a ready made excuse again for when it all goes belly up, allow me to introduce to you our new summer transfer window signing...You can come in now...
Joey Barton - Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. Oh, wherever he has gone, I have gone...
Harry Redknapp - Should I give him the captains armband now or later?
Previous chapters:
The Four Horsemen of the Spurcalypse
We're going to remove Harry Redknapp once and for all
Source: http://www.dearmrlevy.com/dml/2012/5/23/how-to-destroy-tottenham-hotspur.html
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Darren Moore backs Chris Hughton for West Brom
Darren Moore today insisted Claudio Ranieri would be a perfect fit for Albion ? but still backed Chris Hughton for the job.
Source: http://www.midlandsfootball.co.uk/2012/05/darren-moore-backs-chris-hughton-for-west-brom/
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Forest vs. Blackpool preview..
In what’s been a not particularly auspicious season of home games, it’s not exactly sad to think that this is the penultimate game at the City Ground of the campaign.� A win here, and barring some extraordinary results in the last three games of the season, it would be a case of safety assured, forget [...]
Source: http://nffcblog.com/2012/04/13/forest-vs-blackpool-preview-4/
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Friday, 25 May 2012
Butland ? Dream come true
Jack Butland is 'over the moon' following his England call-up but is not abandoning his Olympics dream.
Source: http://www.midlandsfootball.co.uk/2012/05/butland-dream-come-true/
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The new owners quiz
Following weeks of speculation and rumours about billionaires, takeovers and consortiums, Seat Pitch has discovered a foolproof way to identify the new owners of Nottingham Forest… Image: Keattikorn / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Source: http://seatpitch.co.uk/2012/04/11/the-new-owners-quiz/
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Congrats
Congrats to CFC. You'll always have the memory of Bayern's shocking finishing and a massive racist with pulled up socks lifting the cup.
That's it. Everything I've had to say can be found on my Twitter timeline.
Source: http://www.dearmrlevy.com/dml/2012/5/19/congrats.html
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Latest transfer rumours, Diame in Liverpool link, Dalglish to be replaced by Martinez
Latest transfer rumours,
Diame in Liverpool link, Dalglish to be replaced by Martinez
Diame in Liverpool link, Dalglish to be replaced by Martinez
Source: http://soccervoice.com/n111087.htm
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Man Utd, Sunderland and Leicester players released, Gordon, Weale and Owen among the group
Man Utd, Sunderland and Leicester players released, Gordon, Weale and
Owen among the group
Owen among the group
Source: http://soccervoice.com/n111094.htm
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Latest transfer rumours, Diame in Liverpool link, Dalglish to be replaced by Martinez
Latest transfer rumours,
Diame in Liverpool link, Dalglish to be replaced by Martinez
Diame in Liverpool link, Dalglish to be replaced by Martinez
Source: http://soccervoice.com/n111089.htm
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Berbatov
So Dimi, was going on strike at Spurs really worth it? So you've got the odd medal and an animated gif or two of some tasty skills. But where's yo swagger at playa? The grass was was never greener than it was in that first season at Spurs. But then we all know that first season was simply your audition for the move to Old Trafford. Can't blame anyone for chasing a dream. But some dreams are nothing more than awakenings.
In other news, Hazard is due to announce the club of choice post-match this evening live on tv (in France). The assumption is it's Utd rather than City. I'm opting for the nWo after he hits both representatives with a chair and leaves the ring with two hot ladies either side of him.
Source: http://www.dearmrlevy.com/dml/2012/5/20/berbatov.html
Latest transfer rumours, van Persie in Man City link, Celtic could fancy Given
Latest transfer rumours, van Persie in Man City link, Celtic could fancy
Given
Given
Source: http://soccervoice.com/n111086.htm
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Thursday, 24 May 2012
Real Madrid and Arsenal target issues ?come get me? plea
Ajax defender Gregory van der Wiel has admitted that he wants to quit the Dutch club and move to either the Premier League or La Liga. By Staff Writer���� Follow @insidelaliga Spanish side Valencia almost signed the Dutch international earlier this year but failure to agree a fee with Ajax resulted in the move collapsing, [...]
Source: http://www.insidespanishfootball.com/real-madrid-and-arsenal-target-issues-come-get-me-plea/
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Lasagna
I've been without the pleasures of the internet since last Friday. I did manage a couple of Tweets over the weekend, but avoided delving into the depths of despair that appear to have destabilised everyone's emotions once more. I guess I can't put this off any longer, so head first in I go...
The Villa Game
Shades of 2006 with a reverse twist and the added spice of Martin Jol once more being involved on a last day heart stopper. You couldn't make it up. Because it's such the bleeding obvious. At the start of the season I'm sure plenty of you cited the fixture list and laughed about the potentiality of us having to beat Fulham to qualify for the Champions League. We shouldn't laugh, we should take it for granted that this beautiful beloved club we support will never do things the easy way. Once more our chest is sliced open and our heart pulled out and kicked around because pain is Tottenham and Tottenham is pain and pain is love masquerading as pain.
First of all the logistics of processing the Villa game. I've already been told had Arsenal beaten Norwich we'd have beaten Villa comfortably and the fact we didn't constitutes a choke. Well, no, it doesn't. Firstly Arsenal have been choking all season. They've been choking for several seasons now. Their choking (this season) simply creates an illusion that we keep losing the initiative or surrendering the chance to recapture it. It's an illusion because no matter the form of Arsenal or anyone else for that matter we will continue to produce erratic displays within the constraints of 90 minutes and across several games that illustrate key missing ingredients to the pot as we stew.
The issues are ones discussed more times than I care to mention. You know them well. Rotation (lack of), tactical ineptitude, squad depth and management of players. When we're good, we are good, when we're not we don't usually have a way of working out how to be good again. It's partly to do with the lack of decisiveness in the manager amongst other long standing transfer market issues. See? More times than I care to mention.
This latest spike in 'form' is thanks to Hodgson and the FA (science of football proclaims this). We're playing like a team again, be it one that is still making for heart out of chest dramatics. I can only be philosophical about the 1-1 draw with Villa. Deflected goal aside and perhaps one or two other moments, the hosts didn't really have any aspirations to win the game. That deflected goal against the run of play was almost a gentle slap in our faces from the footballing Gods.
'This is what you get if you're going to make hard work of it you lowly mortals you'
Danny Rose getting sent off, yet with ten men, after regrouping, we looked the most likely to win it. But then that's far too obvious a story arc. It doesn't fit into the Tottenham mantra. We have no necessity for the easy way. Not a chance that we would make it comfortable for ourselves. Then again, last time we had it in our hands we puked it out of our mouths all over the Upton Park pitch. The eternal underdogs we shall remain. Always seeking to 'get there'. The chase is better than the catch.
Redknapp dithered with the substitution. Does he go for broke and risk a 2-1 loss? Was a 2-1 loss even conceivable against a Villa side content with surviving the draw? Would Defoe have made a difference? Bill Nicholson would have gone for glory but then Redknapp isn't Nicholson and Nicholson had Jimmy Greaves along with one or two other not so shabby players. But we're hardly weak either in selection. Harry however preferring to protect what he's got even if what we've got might allow us to take 4th spot and then lose it thanks to the final Chelsea have to play in Munich. No echo of glory here. The Rose red card will be key in how we plan to line-up against Fulham. Does he go with Bale back in the back four? Wing-back system? Is King fit to play allowing Gallas to slot into left-back? Please don't be sticking Luka anywhere near that flank. Can we risk changing the balance of the side now that we are at least picking up points?
To aid with recovering from this (1-1) disappointment its best to not dwell on the game as a singularity. We've had plenty of lost moments that offered consolidation. Many of them are practically repeat showings. A ton of possession, crossing, corners but imbalance with player positioning and offensiveness. Defending set pieces, attacking set pieces. Tweaks in coaching that could have been made prior to the game in preparation or during it failed to materialise. Across the entirety of the season there are a number of disapproving shakes of head and shrugs.
Had we managed a second goal at Villa Park, all of this would probably be of no consequence as we drown ourselves with superlatives about spirit and guile and lose sight of some of the serious deficiencies we have in our set-up. Make no mistake, we have high end calibre and we're easily one of the best sides in the country. But cutting edge and that killer instinct in the dugout still teases us from afar.
Harry Redknapp is a decent 'manager' but you can't win all your games in the hope that your best players in their best positions (or roaming around) will be able to do enough. That's where the most telling guile is missing. If we fail to finish 3rd or 4th it's because we still can't be b*stards when it matters most.
We, the manager and the chairman, have to aspire to always be better to always want for more. If you prefer to take it one game at a time and wish to review it as a singularity then perhaps what we got at Villa is as good as it gets. Twenty or so chances and one goal, from a penalty. You could say we were unlucky or failed to create our own luck. Doesn't matter, that singularity ceases to be one if it keeps repeating itself.
I don't want the season to end on a soundbite. To dare is to do, daring is achieving...this is not being embraced enough. I'll be shot down by some for the romantic notions and dancing emotively again, but traditions are there for a reason.
I'd rather this club is glorious in defeat rather than whimpering out like a soft sneeze.
Source: http://www.dearmrlevy.com/dml/2012/5/8/lasagna.html
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Living the dream, Scandinavian talents playing for top European clubs
Living the dream, Scandinavian talents playing for top European clubs
Source: http://soccervoice.com/n111074.htm
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Latest transfer rumours, Redknapp fears the sack, Ranieri linked with Baggies job
Latest transfer rumours, Redknapp fears the sack, Ranieri linked with
Baggies job
Baggies job
Source: http://soccervoice.com/n111084.htm
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Jacobs fits the bill for Derby
Nigel Clough has confirmed his interest in Northampton Town midfielder Michael Jacobs.
Source: http://www.midlandsfootball.co.uk/2012/05/jacobs-fits-the-bill-for-derby/
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Latest transfer rumours, Balotelli for sale, Dempsey could leave Fulham
Latest transfer rumours,
Balotelli for sale, Dempsey could leave Fulham
Balotelli for sale, Dempsey could leave Fulham
Source: http://soccervoice.com/n111072.htm
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Chelsea and Man City are both examples of the fact that Billions are needed
Chelsea and Man City are both examples of the fact that Billions are
needed
needed
Source: http://soccervoice.com/n111082.htm
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Cesc urges Van Persie to stay with Arsenal
Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas has told former teammate Robin van Persie to stay with Arsenal, a year after he left the club. By Staff Writer���� Follow @insidelaliga Arsenal are desperate to keep the Dutch striker and have reportedly offered him a new deal worth �130,000-a-week, plus a �5 million re-signing bonus,�after interest from Barcelona, Real [...]
Source: http://www.insidespanishfootball.com/cesc-urges-van-persie-to-stay-with-arsenal/
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Shut up, sit down, do as we tell you to
Claude: "How's the renovation going?"
Oswald: "Great. The loft conversation is done, we're having the back garden landscaped"
Claude: "BBQ?"
Oswald: "Of course. Once it's completed we'll be having a house warming"
Claude: "You massive show off you"
Oswald: "I know. Keeps the wife happy. You still going to the Bahamas this summer?"
Claude: "Yes. Booked up. Two glorious weeks. Really looking forward to it"
Oswald: "We've decided on the Canary Islands"
Claude: "Again?"
Oswald: "Creature comforts"
Claude: "Is that the new...?"
Oswald: "Yes. It's a Blackberry"
Claude: "Looks lush"
Oswald: "That's because it is"
Claude: "I'm holding out for the next Galaxy"
Oswald: "What you got currently?"
Claude: "The current Galaxy. But the next one will be better"
Oswald: "Oh look. I think something has happened"
Claude: "Where? Oh yeah. They appear to be running back to the half-way line"
Rupert: "Excuse me. Yes, you two. Can you please keep the chitter chatter to a minimum. Tone it down a touch. I'm trying to critique the match here. Can you not see I'm writing some notes?"
Steward: "Chaps. If you persist with this behaviour I will have to escort you out of the ground. Read the warnings on the back of the seats. Use sign language if you're going to banter"
Claude/Oswald: "Sorry"
Claude: <So did someone score?>
Oswald: <Not sure. I've got an app on my phone. I'll have a look>
Valentine: <Excuse me, yes you two. Can you perhaps sign language a little less aggressively please. I'm feeling faint, you're making me dizzy with all your animated hand gestures. This is a football match you know>
Björk: Shhh!
The future of football. Shut up, sit down, do as we tell you to. That's not even the mantra of the powers that be. According to the powers that be, some fans are already making themselves comfortable in their seats, not wishing to participate in the games atmosphere but preferring to sit back and watch as though they are witnessing opera or ballet. Each to their own. No doubt it's your prerogative how you wish to soak it all in at a game. But if you want to watch in silence, do you have the right to define everyone else's experience to match your dainty bubble? Why is the minority so all consuming?
The club will never allow the drum back into White Hart Lane or the new stadium. For me, it's not even about the drum any more. It's about what the drum stood for. Freedom of expression. We continue to be marginalised by the club and according to Spurs, we appear to also be marginalised by some of our own. Other supporters have allegedly written to the club to say they oppose the drum and it's fake plastic beats and that it's an unnecessary distraction and they do not approve of the noise.
Football fans not approving of noise? Surely this is satire? Football fans complaining about other footballs fans and the manner in which they wish to demonstrate their love for the team. Must be satire.
You might think it's hypocritical that I'm saying its okay for 'us' to make noise and that we are imposing on those that do not wish to stand/sing/chant/scream/drum. But get this. Football might be this overly policed entertainment package that costs an arm and a leg to go to but the very essence of its existence remains tribal and we have a right to fight for that freedom of expression. If you don't like the noise, try the sofa. Last time I blogged about this someone told me that they no longer go to Spurs wishing to stand and sing and preferred to watch seated with their son/daughter. I'll let you work out the contradiction and hypocrisy in that statement.
If you wrote a letter to THFC complaining about the drum/noise, please get in touch. I've got my opinion, I've shared it. I'd like to give you a platform to share yours.
If anyone has positive stories about the drum to share, please email spursdrum @ gmail.com. He's compiling some to send to the club to counter the negative stories they have received. Doubtful the club will share their stories.
Source: http://www.dearmrlevy.com/dml/2012/5/17/shut-up-sit-down-do-as-we-tell-you-to.html
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King Kenny departs, with results that would have given other managers a job for life
King Kenny departs, with results that would have given other managers a
job for life
job for life
Nottingham Forest: the story of the season: Part One
As you may have noticed, real life sometimes gets in the way of being able to write blogposts, so we [...]
Source: http://www.eighteensixtyfive.co.uk/2012/05/nottingham-forest-the-story-of-the-season-part-one/
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Time to rebuild
With the departure of both Garath McCleary and Sean O’Driscoll this week ? and a potential farewell to Chris Gunter ? it’s time for wholesale changes at Nottingham Forest. We all knew it would be a summer of upheaval and it’s quickly becoming clear the uphill task that lies ahead. With the club’s future still [...]
Source: http://seatpitch.co.uk/2012/05/18/time-to-rebuild/
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Perfect transit, Norwegian Tippeliga, suppliers of talent
Perfect transit, Norwegian Tippeliga, suppliers of talent
Coventry Telegraph back page: May 23
HERE'S the Coventry Telegraph back page for Wednesday, May 23.
Source: http://www.midlandsfootball.co.uk/2012/05/coventry-telegraph-back-page-may-23/
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Nottingham Forest 0-1 Bristol City: Smash and grab
A frustrating game in front of the TV cameras saw Forest’s four match unbeaten run come to an end against a resilient Bristol City. James Bolton reports from the City Ground. Steve Cotterill unsurprisingly named an unchanged starting XI to the one that beat Crystal Palace 3-0 at Selhurst Park last weekend. They had reason [...]
Source: http://seatpitch.co.uk/2012/04/08/nottingham-forest-0-1-bristol-city-smash-and-grab/
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Congrats
Congrats to CFC. You'll always have the memory of Bayern's shocking finishing and a massive racist with pulled up socks lifting the cup.
That's it. Everything I've had to say can be found on my Twitter timeline.
Source: http://www.dearmrlevy.com/dml/2012/5/19/congrats.html
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The Blame Game
AC Milan for losing a three goal lead
Liverpool FC for being responsible for the CL rule to be written in the first place
UEFA's bureaucracy
Levy and the moneyball transfer tactic
John Terry, we know what you are
Fabio Capello for not caring what John Terry is
The FA's dithering appointment process and blatant ambiguity and flirting
The English press being utterly obsessed with HR
HR for being utterly obsessed with HR
Chris Hoy
Chris Toy
Even Chris Foy
Jermain Defoe's short legs
The heart operation
The court case
Lady Luck completely abandoning us and preferring to lift her skirt up for degenerates instead
The lost footballing basics - lack of rotation, lack of focus, lack of doing what Bill Nicholson would have done
Too much dithering on the touch line
The London Underground
Mario Balotelli
The ball boy at QPR
Countless disallowed goals
Howard Webb just because
Martin Atkinson and phantom goals
Marton Fulop's 'botheredness'
Glory hunting nubreed post-CL début plastic Spurs 'faithful' that think success is served up on a plate
Andre Villas-Boas for giving Terry and Chelsea players 'massive chip on shoulder'
Napoli for not taking their chances
Barcelona for not taking their chances
Real Madrid for choking
Drogba
Bayern Munich for not taking their chances and resembling Spurs
Spurs for being the only club capable of losing a cup final they weren't even playing in
Football for hating on Tottenham
Quantum physics
The Boogie
Source: http://www.dearmrlevy.com/dml/2012/5/21/the-blame-game.html
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Oh my days, we won a game at Bolton.
Bolton 1 Spurs 4
An away win, the first since December and our first at Bolton since Sky Sports invented modern football. Okay, so sure, Bolton are awful compared to the bullish physical side that has always made sure we get nothing up there but having comfortably beaten Blackburn at the Lane without having to dig too deep it was good to see us do the same here. Our hosts displayed fight, unlike Rovers. We had a wobble early doors second half, but came through it. A flurry of punches from them failing to do any damage. Three quick uppercuts our response. Floored. I hope they pick themselves up and avoid survive the count.
Emotional stuff before the kick-off with Fabrice walking out onto the pitch. The Spurs Drum was apparently smuggled into the ground, then confiscated after 30 minutes. Spurs won't be too impressed after their explicit instructions that no drum is allowed (home and away). That and the fact the 'Y' rhythm was played. Tut tut. Got next to no chance of ever seeing it return to the Lane.
Our defending is still not that great but going forward we appear to have rediscovered the simple things that can be so effective. Spacial awareness, wingers on the flanks crossing the ball for players attacking the box. Quick precise counters. Smart and tidy one touch from midfield to attack that sees the players instinctively run into space to pass the ball onwards with intent.
A similar confident display (excluding the opening six or so minutes in the second half) away to Villa and it's all smiles with a hearty farewell to that almighty blip that almost killed our season. It still hangs in the balance, but this is a far better position to be in than a month back.
The goal from Luka (from a corner no less) was sublime. Is there a way to fit him into a system so that he isn't anchored too deep? He doesn't score many but when he does he leaves you thinking how many he could score if he played more offensively. Then again, he wouldn't dictate the tempo as much if he found himself lurking outside the box. Perhaps when Spurs are bossing he can sacrifice himself to the giddy heights of the area around the penalty box.
He did make one mistake in the game, leaving Reo-Coker free early in the second half for the equaliser but he made up for it with a brilliant assist releasing Lennon on the opposite flank to cross for Adebayor (3-1). In amongst the goals, a van der Vaart textbook pass into the net (2-1) and another Adebayor close finish from a Bale cross (4-1). Bang, bang bang. All over in the space of nine minutes. Clinical Spurs of the Fall, how I've missed you.
Sandro was again a beast this time without vomit. Adebayor, the paradox, scores and assists across the season (in patches) and has a first touch that has me pulling the hair out of other people (because I have no hair left on my head to pull). But still more effective than anything we've had since the last time we went out and signed a quality forward.
Lennon got better as the game progressed. Bale roamed and swapped but showed how important staying out left can be when the players around him are equally hungry but disciplined positionally. There might not be enough time left in the season to truly capture the rapturous solid full pelt flow of pre-blip, but this might just do. One journalist made a joke on Twitter when Spurs were 1-1 and on the ropes that it was because Harry was being linked to the England job, before the joke cut away with irony (what with Harry no longer linked as the job is gone). Further irony then that Spurs finally woke up which means it must be because there is no possibility of Three Lions, just the one cockerel dusting its self off. No follow up joke from the journo to balance out the comedy digs.
One point is now the monumental gap between us and third although only 4th spot is up for grabs. Woolwich won't drop points (hex). Chelsea look out of it (in terms of a league placing) after two ridiculous Cisse goals (apparently their announcer proclaimed pre-match that Chelsea would move into 4th spot when Spurs lose to Bolton...bless 'em). Pardew's men have the tricky remaining fixtures. I guess the shock would be them beating City on the weekend. Three points at Villa is now imperative. Let's just win the next two games because what happens elsewhere is beyond our control.
So where does this leave us, generally speaking?
Our away record across the past three seasons has been better than anything in the past 20 or so. As good as we've ever had it? Let's bury this fallacy once and for all. It's not as good as we've ever had it. Not when the 1990s and early 2000s were so abject. It's hardly difficult to call this Spurs side the best we've had in a long time when you look back to the ones we've had to endure sitting in mid-table going nowhere fast. We are simply playing to the standard that we've wanted to see since the 1980s left us forever. As good for some fans in their life time, perhaps, but that doesn't mean we gleefully accept and not want to push for more. Why should we be so defeatist ? This should never be about one man's ego but always about Tottenham and what we strive to be and play for. Glory.
It was as good as we've had in the past 20 years when pushing for 4th back in 2010. It's now better than it was that season but there is so much room for improvement, achievable improvement. Seems fairly obvious to me. Aim higher. Get better. Achieve more. Look how far off the top we are and yet we hardly took Europe and the League Cup seriously. Remove uncertainty and bulk the squad up rather than playing a game of cat and mouse nobody can decipher. That's a call to chairman and manager to take responsibility.
Harry is now focused on us having given up on England. Shocker. Although depending on the media, Hodgson and the England players there is no way you can discount another twist in a year or so. So if we are stuck with him, then it's back to accepting his strengths and his failings. Although he is not the most tactically astute or consistent with strategy (which means he might never have it in him to better 4th spot) we still compete. But you can't proclaim a title push one day and then admit we're lucky to be 4th the next. Harry will continue to be a short term custodian of team affairs, from one season to the next, reactive to whatever is happening at any given time. There might be no other manager out there that could do any better, but there might be one that could perhaps plan for the long term and allow this team to make that further step up.
If Levy believes in the gaffer and backs him, then so be it. I'll follow and support. We won't have a choice. Would be the more most prudent fiscal decision to make even if there are many that would prefer someone brand new to take the helm.
For now, I'll happily accept a smug Harry sound-bite on Champions League qualification, telling us all 'told you so'.
For now, all that matters is the next game.
I'm away until Tuesday, might log onto Twitter if I'm sober. Might log onto Twitter if I'm drunk.
Source: http://www.dearmrlevy.com/dml/2012/5/3/oh-my-days-we-won-a-game-at-bolton.html
Albiol content at Real Madrid
The Spanish defender has been linked with a move away from the Santiago Bernabeu, but insists that he wants to remain at the club and is focused on making the final roster for the Euro 2012. By Tom Conn������� Follow @thomasmconn Reports have suggested that Albiol could be on his way out of Real Madrid [...]
Source: http://www.insidespanishfootball.com/albiol-content-at-real-madrid/
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Robins see Keogh bid rejected
Coventry have rejected a 'derisory' bid from Bristol City for defender Richard Keogh, according to development director Steve Waggott.
Source: http://www.midlandsfootball.co.uk/2012/05/robins-see-keogh-bid-rejected/
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Walsall FC striker Will Grigg to go Dutch
Northern Ireland boss Michael O?Neill today hinted Walsall hitman Will Grigg could be handed his international debut against giants Holland.
Source: http://www.midlandsfootball.co.uk/2012/05/walsall-fc-striker-will-grigg-to-go-dutch/
The History of the Euro 2012 Tournament
TweetIn the spirit of the upcoming Euro 2012 tournament, it is necessary to take a historic look back at this long-standing tournament of European national teams. Established in 1960, the tournament was originally known as the UEFA European Nations Cup for eight years until it was switched to its current name: The UEFA European Football [...]
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VIDEO: Mario Balotelli Nike Barbershop Advert!
TweetMario Balotelli is the star of a hilarious new Nike advert set in a barbershop! The Manchester City ace is looking for a style he wants to, quote, ‘be remembered’ for having assumed his seat in the Barber’s chair. One-by-one ‘Super Mario’ is given a makeover ranging from Ronaldinho’s mullet, Brazilian Ronaldo’s famous pie-o-chauffeur look [...]
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Monday, 21 May 2012
Juventus 0-2 Napoli: Coppa Italia Final Video Highlights
TweetGoals by Edinson Cavani and Marek Hamsik saw Napoli beat Juventus 2-0 to lift the Coppa Italia in a thrilling match at the Stadio Olimpico. Juventus were aiming to preserve their unbeaten domestic record this season by lifting the Cup and thus complete a remarkable double, but were ultimately undone by a rumbustious Napoli side. [...]
News Roundup: Billy Davies and Sean o?Driscoll
Celtic and West Brom join the list of clubs interested in Garath McCleary. Kieron Freeman joins the list of potential [...]
Source: http://www.eighteensixtyfive.co.uk/2012/05/news-roundup-billy-davies-and-sean-odriscoll/
Shut up, sit down, do as we tell you to
Claude: "How's the renovation going?"
Oswald: "Great. The loft conversation is done, we're having the back garden landscaped"
Claude: "BBQ?"
Oswald: "Of course. Once it's completed we'll be having a house warming"
Claude: "You massive show off you"
Oswald: "I know. Keeps the wife happy. You still going to the Bahamas this summer?"
Claude: "Yes. Booked up. Two glorious weeks. Really looking forward to it"
Oswald: "We've decided on the Canary Islands"
Claude: "Again?"
Oswald: "Creature comforts"
Claude: "Is that the new...?"
Oswald: "Yes. It's a Blackberry"
Claude: "Looks lush"
Oswald: "That's because it is"
Claude: "I'm holding out for the next Galaxy"
Oswald: "What you got currently?"
Claude: "The current Galaxy. But the next one will be better"
Oswald: "Oh look. I think something has happened"
Claude: "Where? Oh yeah. They appear to be running back to the half-way line"
Rupert: "Excuse me. Yes, you two. Can you please keep the chitter chatter to a minimum. Tone it down a touch. I'm trying to critique the match here. Can you not see I'm writing some notes?"
Steward: "Chaps. If you persist with this behaviour I will have to escort you out of the ground. Read the warnings on the back of the seats. Use sign language if you're going to banter"
Claude/Oswald: "Sorry"
Claude: <So did someone score?>
Oswald: <Not sure. I've got an app on my phone. I'll have a look>
Valentine: <Excuse me, yes you two. Can you perhaps sign language a little less aggressively please. I'm feeling faint, you're making me dizzy with all your animated hand gestures. This is a football match you know>
Björk: Shhh!
The future of football. Shut up, sit down, do as we tell you to. That's not even the mantra of the powers that be. According to the powers that be, some fans are already making themselves comfortable in their seats, not wishing to participate in the games atmosphere but preferring to sit back and watch as though they are witnessing opera or ballet. Each to their own. No doubt it's your prerogative how you wish to soak it all in at a game. But if you want to watch in silence, do you have the right to define everyone else's experience to match your dainty bubble? Why is the minority so all consuming?
The club will never allow the drum back into White Hart Lane or the new stadium. For me, it's not even about the drum any more. It's about what the drum stood for. Freedom of expression. We continue to be marginalised by the club and according to Spurs, we appear to also be marginalised by some of our own. Other supporters have allegedly written to the club to say they oppose the drum and it's fake plastic beats and that it's an unnecessary distraction and they do not approve of the noise.
Football fans not approving of noise? Surely this is satire? Football fans complaining about other footballs fans and the manner in which they wish to demonstrate their love for the team. Must be satire.
You might think it's hypocritical that I'm saying its okay for 'us' to make noise and that we are imposing on those that do not wish to stand/sing/chant/scream/drum. But get this. Football might be this overly policed entertainment package that costs an arm and a leg to go to but the very essence of its existence remains tribal and we have a right to fight for that freedom of expression. If you don't like the noise, try the sofa. Last time I blogged about this someone told me that they no longer go to Spurs wishing to stand and sing and preferred to watch seated with their son/daughter. I'll let you work out the contradiction and hypocrisy in that statement.
If you wrote a letter to THFC complaining about the drum/noise, please get in touch. I've got my opinion, I've shared it. I'd like to give you a platform to share yours.
If anyone has positive stories about the drum to share, please email spursdrum @ gmail.com. He's compiling some to send to the club to counter the negative stories they have received. Doubtful the club will share their stories.
Source: http://www.dearmrlevy.com/dml/2012/5/17/shut-up-sit-down-do-as-we-tell-you-to.html
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Reading vs. Forest preview..
Having been unfortunate not to have managed to do the double over Blackpool at the weekend, we are handed perhaps a more challenging opportunity to do the same over promotion-chasing Reading.� It’s easy to forget that 1-0 win over them at the City Ground back in November, isn’t it?� A Marcus Tudgay goal enough to [...]
Source: http://nffcblog.com/2012/04/16/reading-vs-forest-preview-2/
Hughes in N Ireland squad
Jeff Hughes has capped a terrific season at Notts County with a call up to the Northern Ireland squad.
Source: http://www.midlandsfootball.co.uk/2012/05/hughes-in-n-ireland-squad/
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Will Akinfenwa attract interest?
Northampton have yet to receive any summer bids for powerhouse striker Bayo Akinfenwa
Source: http://www.midlandsfootball.co.uk/2012/05/will-akinfenwa-attract-interest/
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