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Wednesday, 29 February 2012
VIDEO: Steithor Freyr Thorsteinsson ?Flip Throw? Japan vs Iceland
The In The Stands office was reduced to stitches as we witnessed first-hand Icelandic midfielder Steithor Freyr Thorsteinsson’s hilarious flip-throw during Japan?s 3-1 win over Iceland in the Kirin Cup. Simply unbelievable! They do say that a good side is innovative, creative and has numerous ways in which to beat the opposition, but this?really?! Flipping [...]
League One Round-Up ? 28/29 Feb
Stevenage fight back, United cement second place and Wednesday sack the ginger one.
Source: http://www.midlandsfootball.co.uk/2012/02/league-one-round-up-2829-feb/
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You?ll never beat Wes Morgan
So it looks like Wes is on his way down the A46 to Leicester. Apart from his debut (and a [...]
Source: http://www.eighteensixtyfive.co.uk/2012/01/youll-never-beat-wes-morgan/
Destroy
Nerves kicked in? Or perhaps not? Are you bouncing off the walls, giddy and excited? Primed to sing your heart out for the shirt?
For the second time in a season we go into the North London Derby as favourites. A far cry from the past dark days of mediocrity where a dominating Arsenal side had very little trouble picking off an average Spurs team, plucky and insecure and at times calamitous. Even when we punched above our weight adding blood and thunder to the dramatics, we still had little to show for it. Always managing to choke up and reflect with head in hands. I have to be honest. I prefer being the underdog but if you're not very good as the underdog then its not exactly the most fulfilling existence. Unlike say an Everton that always managed to dig in and beat Liverpool on occasions. We on the other hand could never quite get past that psychological barrier and crawl under the skin of our opponents. Not just against Arsenal but also Chelsea and others.
We've got past that now. Look at us, all grown up. No debate about it. Didn't quite happen in a blink of an eye either but gradually over the past few seasons, building on belief and taking advantage of circumstance. During the monopoly fuelled by Sky Sports the 'Top Four' were simply a class apart. We were not alone in our solitude. But at no point did we ever stop aspiring and reaching out for that impossible dream. Never looked like anything would change and yet it did. It has. It's not quite a level playing field thanks to the injection City have sucked into their veins, but the generation of kings that ruled before are having to shuffle about in this game of thrones where one or two are about to lose their heads. Little old Tottenham in the thick of it, wielding its sword, looking to conquer. This time with eyes on the crown and no sympathy if rivals end up on a stake.
Stature rebuild aside, more importantly we are finally playing the type of football that tradition would beckon upon us, the type that comes with backbone, something that we've lacked for so long. We've watched our spine strengthen in the past three years. It's not out of luck we find ourselves challenging.
Our form has been solid this season so much so that even if we lost (this Sunday) that tide that's turning will go on turning regardless. It's not up to us to chase any particular club as a benchmark. It's up to them to keep up with us. The only benchmark we should be concentrating on is the one we set ourselves. But you wouldn't wish to sacrifice Sunday as part of any learning curve or blip or reminder. We are all aware, white or red, what this game means. It's of the ilk that makes it the most unbearable to watch because defeat is always the most gruelling punishment to endure. Perhaps the confidence going into the game adds to the discomfort because we've been so conditioned to praying and hoping for so long.
Everyone knows that form aside (it goes out of the window) there's pride which pushes everything else left over. Everything goes out of the window other than the desire to get one over your rivals. It doesn't define us or the club, but there's no ignoring the hatred. Gloating rights might be a fragmented subject to quantify at any given time but neither set of fans are going to want to give them up.
Win and it consolidates the wind of change. Draw and you're happy you've not lost. Lose and you feel sick and empty and rush through the stages of grief telling yourself the defeat is one in isolation and doesn't quite tell the story of the season that's played out (although in the past it was just another defeat to add to the collection). But then in isolation, a win is a win regardless of all the other story arcs ongoing. A win is more important even though pragmatically if you win and then lose the following week it doesn't quite have the impact it should. But then when does pragmatism play a part in such a game?
Times are changing/have changed. No matter the rhetoric spat in our direction you have to be fairly numb and in denial to tag Tottenham with the forgetful version of the past when the past no longer haunts us. Ironically, the past is haunting them. In memory and set in stone outside their ground.
Teams have sustained success and during that period its relevant for them to be bullish and self-righteous. When a side begins to lose its spark it has to attempt to either claw its way back to the hedonistic heights or regroup and reinvent. Arsenal are in flux, a prolonged transition where Wenger has remained true to his ethos and philosophy. We joke he's deluded. Some of our fickle neighbours flirt with bin bags in protest. But the crux remains, he has to manage his side true to his ethos because his hands our tied up by the board and the club is run in terms of finances and transfers. Surviving is finishing in the top four. They know nobody else could retain their lofty placing in the league with such constraints.
But they expect more. But then expectancy is a commodity not everyone has a privilege of bestowing themselves with. I'm not one of them (obviously not, I'm from North London) so I can only comment from afar and the reality is that although there is delusion in terms of the words spoken and the false sense of entitlement he reverberates (echoed in the mind set of some of their fans) he has no choice but to carry on doing what he's doing. Perhaps blindly, as the reason they have fallen from grace is that he persists with a Plan A when a Plan B is required because they simply don't possess the players for Plan A. And yet, they're in 4th spot. Crisis? What crisis? A crisis born from a fractured reality, one that doesn't need to exist. But it's how they wish to exist. Caring more about ego and believing you can only ever sing when you're winning.
The counter argument is that for a club of their stature they should be in the title hunt every season and they should be winning silverware every season. The contradiction must be heavily disguised because they don't appear to see it. Ambitions aside, they might be more comfortable turning up for games and supporting their club if they released the shackles of expectancy and got back to basics. But I guess they're made up of different DNA to the rest of us. Genetically altered by their custodian who moulded the club in his image.
We have been mismanaged for more than a decade but with stubborn perseverance and at times learning from embarrassing mistakes made, we've pulled ourselves out of the shallow grave we slept in. We've always been ambitious but in practice we failed to achieve. Thanks mainly to style over substance and media hype and that key ingredient of expectancy that has so much influence over how the football is perceived.
But we've gradually, progressively shifted towards consistency. At home and then away from home. Which has seen us reshape the clubs mentality. Whilst we worked hard at it, others faltered. We can't change the past. The 1990s (post 91) were diabolical. Early 2000s equally grim. It's hardly a shock to Tottenham fans, we know we never competed. But we're competing now. I'd rather concentrate on how alive I feel for supporting my team throughout those mid-table seasons making the past few a joy to behold as we grip the top tier and refuse to let go. We are building something great. We're playing the best football in the league. Don't pretend you haven't noticed. You can't ignore or stop the cycle of football as it churns out its new chapter.
We still have a fair distance to travel before we complete the transformation. Although I've spent the best part of this article fleetingly comparing the changes between us and them, it's important to note that above all things I want to aspire to what Tottenham Hotspur should be all about when Tottenham Hotspur is striving for greatness. I'm not even asking for sustained success. I just want my club to be glorious in effort, be it in one cup final or the league.
We've not been beaten by them for a several games now (in the league). Form does go out the window as cited already. They are hurting and they will want to prove a point and make a statement and what better way to do that than to strike at us head on. I want us to dodge the strike, grab their hand and twist it around until it cracks and they bend their knees in agony falling to the ground as we stand over them, smacking the back of their head until they burst into tears and plead for mercy.
Looking at their form across the season, they are most likely to lose a few more between now and the end of it and without wishing to be patronising a win for them will be a moral one rather than season defining. That's just my own opinion, you might not agree. It will however be the latter for us, no doubt, the media will tell us in the aftermath (if that's how it plays out). Our form across the season suggests we'll finish in the top four. It's all hypothetical based on what's happened already. So let's not take it for granted.
Perhaps it's impossible to strip all the musings and comparisons aside when discussing this match in its build up. Regardless of predicament, you want us to smash them to pieces for all those seasons of misery we had to accept grudgingly in contests that were hardly fair when comparing the two sides man for man. They never showed remorse, always displaying arrogance. Regardless, you still want to smash them to pieces because of what they are. There is no need for reason, no need to validate. It's the way it is.
They will remain in decline if their support forever worship an over-played 2004 DVD. But that doesn't mean they can't be dangerous like a wounded animal. It doesn't mean they can't find something from deep within. These games are never ordinary. But then some wounded animals are better off taken out back and put out of their misery.
If it's going to come full circle we'll have to wait patiently to find out so either way denying or stating it hasn't/has happened doesn't matter. Their expectancies and ours, not relevant. The only thing that matters is the next game. The next game is against Arsenal. A franchised entity with cracks in the marble. Fans that are only visible when it's safe to be out in the open (not seen a single post from an Arsenal fan on this blog for over a year when in the past they celebrated every Spurs defeat like it was a victory for them by trolling the comments section). A club with no true defining birth, aborted time and time again. A canvas with a French artist staring back at it, sombre in thought, with no paint left to aid the restoration of his degraded masterpiece that now has the scribbles of a mad man scratched into it.
I'm not asking for much. Just their destruction.
Source: http://www.dearmrlevy.com/dml/2012/2/22/destroy.html
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Lancashire keen to pip Orient
Olly Lancashire wants to drag Leyton Orient into the League One relegation scrap with a victory for Walsall at Brisbane Road on Saturday.
Source: http://www.midlandsfootball.co.uk/2012/02/lancashire-keen-to-pip-orient/
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Latest transfer rumours, Chelsea players set to leave, Ancelotti and Beckham to Paris
Latest transfer rumours,
Chelsea players set to leave, Ancelotti and Beckham to Paris
Chelsea players set to leave, Ancelotti and Beckham to Paris
Atletico Madrid 1-2 Barcelona; Rayo Vallecano 0-1 Real Madrid: La Liga Video Highlights
Barcelona kept the pressure up on Real Madrid after Lionel Messi’s superb freekick sealed a 2-1 win against Atletico Madrid whilst Cristiano Ronaldo?s stunning back-heel goal gave Real Madrid a narrow 1-0 lead against Rayo Vallecano. Meanwhile, Ronaldo?s fabulously improvised strike settled an otherwise utterly forgettable match between Real Madrid and Rayo Vallecano with neither [...]
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Let's pretend we scored a goal
Thanks to everyone that turned out at the Valley yesterday evening for the Charlton v Spurs FA Youth Cup game as part of the #tottenhamultras project. Disappointing we lost to a last minute goal, but the night was a fantastic celebration in supporting our club. Tottenham fans singing relentlessly for ninety minutes in a boisterous impromptu mess as opposed to the more colourful spectacle of the South Americans and more serious synchronised madness of our continental counterparts. We're never going to quite match that. Although we did have a man in an elephant mask.
Beer. Song. Love for Spurs. No constraints or pressure of expectation. It's that simple. From London Bridge to the Valley and back, its all been recorded so looking forward to sharing the short film when it's edited and available on online.
We had our drum taken off us along with various banners. Apparently you have to inform the club in advance that you're bringing a drum. I struggled to understand this even more so when the stewards told us that it's not permitted due to the home fans not being aware of the drums impending visit and that the noise might offend them. Going with the same logic they should have confiscated our voices at the turnstiles (I'm bringing the comedy). However, all in good banter, the stewards were great hosts and we just go on with it. We had cow bells and a baby drum in reserve. We are minimalistic ultras, size doesn't matter.
Special mention to @Teflon6 and @eperons for their road-trip (driving) from Belgium through to France to Charlton and the 8% bottled beer + Eden Hazard inside knowledge that would make the head spin off the ITK community. Tremendous effort made by both to travel into London for a youth match. Also meet a lot of people yesterday (Twitter folk, forum dwellers, WHL regulars), it's all very blurry looking back on it but honoured to finally shake the hands of @WindyCOYS and @SpursBlogger - both essential for your on-line THFC consumption. Only regret is not having more time to speak to the both of them along with a number of other Spurs folk I had the pleasure of hugging (including @jodmitchell our iphone app developer).
Great feedback from the players themselves via Twitter, all very appreciative of the noise being made and experience given, something that John McDermott (“I’ve got to say I thought the number of Spurs fans was amazing. It was like a little White Hart Lane. To be able to play in at atmosphere like this is a fantastic experience, but it’s just a tough pill to take at the moment”) cited in the official Spurs match report. Charlton even used our Ultras tag in their write-up when mentioning our support. Nice touch. Some quality chanting at the game (Stretch ! Stretch ! Stretch!) all in good humour.
So again, thank you to all that turned up for this. Going forward into next season we're hoping to organise more youth team/friendly away trips to complement the first teams support on the road and offer an escape from the more controlled environment at football matches where we are sometimes made to feel guilty for standing up and singing.
Altogether now..."This isn't our train, this isn't our traaaaaaaaain, let's not get on it, this isn't our train".
Love the shirt.
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For the brand spanking new-look Fighting Cock website click on the below image.
You can access the forums by clicking here.
For the podcast archive click here. For the latest one click on the image below.
Source: http://www.dearmrlevy.com/dml/2012/2/17/lets-pretend-we-scored-a-goal.html
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Tuesday, 28 February 2012
The joy of Dex (part 2)..
Birmingham City – 1 Nottingham Forest – 2 I’ve been guilty of re-using headlines before, hence the part two – because this isn’t the first time I’ve succumbed to this bad pun.� If you read my preview for this, I held out little or no hope for us getting a win – so hats off [...]
Source: http://nffcblog.com/2012/02/26/the-joy-of-dex-part-2/
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Three in a row for Magpies
Notts County made it three 1-0 wins from their three games under new boss Keith Curle with victory over lowly Rochdale at Spotland.
Source: http://www.midlandsfootball.co.uk/2012/02/three-in-a-row-for-magpies/
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The Academy profile: Part one
Ahead of tonight’s quarter-final against Chelsea in the FA Youth Cup, Grant Nelson kicks off a three-part profile of the Nottingham Forest Academy and its youth programme. Nottingham Forest FC have a long and proud history of producing its own footballing talent. From players like Ian Storey-Moore, Duncan McKenzie, Viv Anderson, Tony Woodcock, John Robertson [...]
Source: http://seatpitch.co.uk/2012/02/22/the-academy-profile-part-one/
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RIP Nigel Doughty: 1957-2012
When I haven’t written on this site for a while, I very often end up using the excuse that “real [...]
Source: http://www.eighteensixtyfive.co.uk/2012/02/rip-nigel-doughty-1957-2012/
2012, Top 20, who are the best websites on the net, covering English football ?
2012, Top 20, who are the best websites on the net, covering English
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Birmingham & Reading Enter Championship Promotion Race
With most teams having fifteen or fewer matches to play this season, it is far from certain which three teams from the Championship will be playing Premier League football next season. As it stands, the two most obvious candidates are the teams that have led the way for most of the season, current leaders, West [...]
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The Academy profile: Part two
Following last night’s dramatic quarter-final exit against Chelsea in the FA Youth Cup, Grant Nelson continues with the second part of a three-part profile of the Nottingham Forest Academy. In terms of scouting, Forest have an interest in almost all major countries in Europe from France, Spain and Germany to the likes of Greece, Cyprus, [...]
Source: http://seatpitch.co.uk/2012/02/23/the-academy-profile-part-two/
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Down, down.. deeper and down..
Middlesbrough – 2 Nottingham Forest – 1 It’s sad to have to say this – but Steve Cotterill is clearly not capable, even by deploying his hideous brand of percentages football, of turning this around.� I would be delighted, come the end of the season, to have been proven wrong on this assertion, absolutely thrilled.� [...]
Source: http://nffcblog.com/2012/02/15/down-down-deeper-and-down/
Monday, 27 February 2012
Scandinavian players, available for cut prices and ready to move on
Scandinavian players, available for cut prices and ready to move on
Source: http://soccervoice.com/n111034.htm
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Smith sees Saddlers climb
Dean Smith feels that Walsall's disappointment at not beating Preston at the weekend is testament to how much they have progressed.
Source: http://www.midlandsfootball.co.uk/2012/02/smith-sees-saddlers-climb/
Football Aid 2012 ? Bid to Play at the City Ground!
We’re not ignoring the events at the City Ground; we’re still annoyed about the penalty given against the Moose, and [...]
Source: http://www.eighteensixtyfive.co.uk/2012/01/football-aid-2012-bid-to-play-at-the-city-ground/
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Player of the Week : Round 24
Ronaldo was sublime, Messi was magical but Brazilian Dani Alves had his best game of the season for Barcelona against Atletico Madrid. Alves was instrumental in Barcelona?s 2-1 on the road against Atletico Madrid.�The Brazilian started things off with a brilliant goal to put his side up 1-0 before the half.� In the 71 minutes [...]
Source: http://www.insidespanishfootball.com/player-of-the-week-round-24/
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Let's pretend we scored a goal
Thanks to everyone that turned out at the Valley yesterday evening for the Charlton v Spurs FA Youth Cup game as part of the #tottenhamultras project. Disappointing we lost to a last minute goal, but the night was a fantastic celebration in supporting our club. Tottenham fans singing relentlessly for ninety minutes in a boisterous impromptu mess as opposed to the more colourful spectacle of the South Americans and more serious synchronised madness of our continental counterparts. We're never going to quite match that. Although we did have a man in an elephant mask.
Beer. Song. Love for Spurs. No constraints or pressure of expectation. It's that simple. From London Bridge to the Valley and back, its all been recorded so looking forward to sharing the short film when it's edited and available on online.
We had our drum taken off us along with various banners. Apparently you have to inform the club in advance that you're bringing a drum. I struggled to understand this even more so when the stewards told us that it's not permitted due to the home fans not being aware of the drums impending visit and that the noise might offend them. Going with the same logic they should have confiscated our voices at the turnstiles (I'm bringing the comedy). However, all in good banter, the stewards were great hosts and we just go on with it. We had cow bells and a baby drum in reserve. We are minimalistic ultras, size doesn't matter.
Special mention to @Teflon6 and @eperons for their road-trip (driving) from Belgium through to France to Charlton and the 8% bottled beer + Eden Hazard inside knowledge that would make the head spin off the ITK community. Tremendous effort made by both to travel into London for a youth match. Also meet a lot of people yesterday (Twitter folk, forum dwellers, WHL regulars), it's all very blurry looking back on it but honoured to finally shake the hands of @WindyCOYS and @SpursBlogger - both essential for your on-line THFC consumption. Only regret is not having more time to speak to the both of them along with a number of other Spurs folk I had the pleasure of hugging (including @jodmitchell our iphone app developer).
Great feedback from the players themselves via Twitter, all very appreciative of the noise being made and experience given, something that John McDermott (“I’ve got to say I thought the number of Spurs fans was amazing. It was like a little White Hart Lane. To be able to play in at atmosphere like this is a fantastic experience, but it’s just a tough pill to take at the moment”) cited in the official Spurs match report. Charlton even used our Ultras tag in their write-up when mentioning our support. Nice touch. Some quality chanting at the game (Stretch ! Stretch ! Stretch!) all in good humour.
So again, thank you to all that turned up for this. Going forward into next season we're hoping to organise more youth team/friendly away trips to complement the first teams support on the road and offer an escape from the more controlled environment at football matches where we are sometimes made to feel guilty for standing up and singing.
Altogether now..."This isn't our train, this isn't our traaaaaaaaain, let's not get on it, this isn't our train".
Love the shirt.
-
For the brand spanking new-look Fighting Cock website click on the below image.
You can access the forums by clicking here.
For the podcast archive click here. For the latest one click on the image below.
Source: http://www.dearmrlevy.com/dml/2012/2/17/lets-pretend-we-scored-a-goal.html
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Cules Corner : The Messi-ah exorcises Barcelona?s road demons
Tom Conn talks Barcelona and praises Javier Mascherano, Victor Valdes and Dani Alves for brilliant performances against Atletico Madrid on Sunday. Writer – Tom Conn How is it that one team can continually make us feel so frustrated, yet almost as if on cue, bring us back to life and make us believe again? It [...]
Source: http://www.insidespanishfootball.com/cules-corner-the-messi-ah-exorcises-barcelonas-road-demons/
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Coventry Telegraph back page: February 27
SEE the Coventry Telegraph back page for Monday, February 27.
Source: http://www.midlandsfootball.co.uk/2012/02/coventry-telegraph-back-page-february-27/
Guardiola : I don?t think we will win the league
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has admitted for the first time that his sides La Liga title bid is over, but insisted his side will keep fighting till the end. Barca battled to a 2-1 win over Atletico Madrid on Sunday night to reduce Real Madrid’s lead at the top of La Liga to 10 points. [...]
Source: http://www.insidespanishfootball.com/guardiola-i-dont-think-we-will-win-the-league/
Sunday, 26 February 2012
Nottingham Forest v Coventry City: preview and LIVE match updates
Let’s start with the week just gone (especially as I wasn’t able to write anything before or after the Middlesbrough [...]
Rayo Vallecano 0-1 Real Madrid: La Liga Video Highlights
Cristiano Ronaldo?s stunning back-heel goal gave Real Madrid a narrow 1-0 lead against Rayo Vallecano and kept Jose Mourinho secured his 50th Liga win. Ronaldo?s fabulously improvised strike settled an otherwise utterly forgettable match with very few chances for either side. Played in the bright spring sunshine the dour football will not deter coach Jose [...]
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The Academy profile: Part one
Ahead of tonight’s quarter-final against Chelsea in the FA Youth Cup, Grant Nelson kicks off a three-part profile of the Nottingham Forest Academy and its youth programme. Nottingham Forest FC have a long and proud history of producing its own footballing talent. From players like Ian Storey-Moore, Duncan McKenzie, Viv Anderson, Tony Woodcock, John Robertson [...]
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Source: http://www.ltlf.co.uk/forest/2012/02/the-academy-profile-part-one/
Liverpool and Everton, a life in both camps
Liverpool and Everton, a life in both camps
Source: http://soccervoice.com/n111050.htm
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Who next for Man Utd ?
Who next for Man Utd ?
Source: http://soccervoice.com/n111039.htm
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Much improved, but still only one point..
Nottingham Forest – 1 Watford – 1 It was always going to begin an emotional day – the first gathering of the Forest family since we lost our biggest benefactor.� Many had – like me – taken time out pre-match to write in one of the two books of condolence that Forest had prepared, and [...]
Source: http://nffcblog.com/2012/02/11/much-improved-but-still-only-one-point/
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Blues 1 Nott?m Forest 2
Blues' 15-match unbeaten run came to an end at St Andrew's as Dexter Blackstock's double earned Nottingham Forest victory in the npower Championship.
Source: http://www.midlandsfootball.co.uk/2012/02/blues-1-nottm-forest-2/
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Defeat To Marseille Leaves Inter Reeling & Ranieri On The Verge Of Sack
Andre Ayew scored a 93rd minute header to give Marseille a precious 1-0 win over Inter Milan at the Stade Velodrome leaving coach Claudio Ranieri fighting for his job. In a tight and edgy encounter, both sides struggled to muster up any significant chances as the pair clashed for the first time since their UEFA [...]
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Saturday, 25 February 2012
A real nine-pointer: Nottingham Forest 2 ? 0 Coventry City
The very definition of a relegation six-pointer – with two struggling teams in the bottom three going head to head [...]
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McLeish wants backing from fans
Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish admits it is hard to deal with jeers from supporters and has urged them to get back behind the club.
Source: http://www.midlandsfootball.co.uk/2012/02/mcleish-wants-backing-from-fans/
Birmingham City vs. Forest preview..
The Reds travel to St Andrews in the West Midlands to try to build upon their first win in six games at the weekend.� There aren’t many places less likely to yield a win for us (well, in fairness, you could probably select most of the top half of the table and find it rather [...]
Source: http://nffcblog.com/2012/02/23/birmingham-city-vs-forest-preview-2/
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Harry Redknapp was wrong
Tottenham 5 Newcastle United 0
If there was a performance that defined the word galvanised this was it. Harry’s court case, the England job, the White Hart Lane faithful, the players...everything fused together perfectly to drive forward an emotive and at times wonderfully majestic game of one-sided football that illustrated what is so good about this Spurs side.
Patience is not a virtue that is often allowed to settle in amongst all the hyperbole and drama at any given club. We all knee-jerk in some way. Sometimes more subtle than the next person, but we’re all guilty of it. It’s simply self-doubt in an opinion or in someone or something. You react to it without properly processing every eventuality. One of the common trends of complaint and concern this season has been our squad depth. This was under the microscope recently during the month of January, resulting in players leaving the club and a couple arriving. Replacements for back up players when we all craved top drawer signings.
We scoffed. Scratched our heads. Fickle and forgetful considering the last time we misbehaved like that was when Scott Parker was signed. It’s almost like we reset our pragmatism each time. We're actually a very decent side. We should revel in that far more than we do and have confidence in that fact. In Harry we trust, finally we trust him.
No van der Vaart so no 4411. Saha upfront with Adebayor in a traditional 442. Kranjcar retaining his place. Defoe and Lennon returning on the bench. The galvanised effortless movement and attacking prowess was beastly. Every player alive and hungry. We’ve questioned and debated the form of Adebayor, excusing his lack of goals because of the way he fits into the system we play but still we've shown concern for his quiet performances as of late. Isolated at times and with a despondent first touch. Yet against Newcastle he was electric. Unplayable. Four assists. Two for Saha one for BAE. Took the fifth goal for himself. Adebayor with eight assists for the season (edit: It's ten assists apparently). The option of playing two upfront when Rafa is unavailable is now enticing. Trust.
The new founded double act working tirelessly, running into space, into the channels looking for the ball, looking for each other. Saha, a wealth of experience knowing where to position himself. Along with every other Spurs player out there, they made a point. They made three points.
We showed everyone watching what Redknapp has crafted at Spurs when Spurs turn up at full pelt.
Benoit in the 4th, Saha in the 6th, Saha in the 20th, Kranjcar in the 34th. Saha's second a joy to behold in terms of team work. Over on the bench Harry was displaying pure emotion, releasing the stress of the court case with each goal scored celebrated like he was punching the bitter face of the HMRC.
The home crowd boisterous and proud singing their support for the manager. After the Wigan game (the support sang for Harry) this game finally witnessed a genuine embrace from the stands. A bear hug Martin Jol would have been proud of. One Harry fully appreciates. It’s almost surreal, hearing ‘We want you to stay’ when at times we’ve been quite withdrawn for vocal support for him by name. Mainly due to the fact that he has distanced himself from Tottenham (‘them’) and the fact that he has very much always prioritised his brand name above and beyond all. He probably still does but you can not detach yourself from a club completely without the consequence of forging an affiliation with its fans.
We know Harry, we know he’s about looking after number one but he’s let his guard down a little. Just enough for us to finally invite him in. It’s a very poignant moment this. And deserving for the successful restructure of a club that was a mess and massively under-performing when he first arrived.
Newcastle had an effort or two in the first half but nothing that looked like puncturing our defence successful. If there was a criticism to be aimed at us I would suggest we need to start looking at taking free kicks instinctively rather than attempting to craft some ilk of masterpiece from a set piece. But that’s been a long running issue with us. Corners included. At half time and at 4-0 the most telling stat belonged to the aforementioned Adebayor. Four assists, so lazy he couldn’t be arsed to score any himself. Until the second half.
The second half was not as rampant and bullish as the first. But it was still one of comfort and joy. In the opening forty-five we dominated with concise effective possession. We were clinical and brutal in our approach. You can question Newcastle’s positioning but to take advantage you still have to endeavour to do so. Which we did with pace and tempo, relentless punishing tempo. Sometimes it just clicks altogether perfectly. Even with the players missing and the ones on the bench we did not look like weakened in any way. We welcomed back our manager and reminding him that there is more quality to work with in N17 than there is with the Three Lions. If he fancied staying put.
As for the second half not being rampant. Luka and Niko continued to work their socks off. Parker dominated Perch and Guthrie (mismatch) with his tenacity and commitment. Newcastle desperately missing Tiote and Cabaye. Even when we started to give the ball away a little, we never looked like a side that was concerned with the pace of the game slowing down. The fifth arrived on the 64th minute mark, Saha header with Adebayor hooking the volley into the net and then getting tickled for his effort in celebration whilst holding his knee on the ground. One or two other half chances here and there. The crowd continued to sing Harry’s name. Lennon and JD replaced Bale and Saha. Nelsen came on for King. There was even time for a superb reflex save from Friedel from Ba.
Perfect evening. Handshakes all round.
The back line was powerful. BAE brought the crazy. You almost forgot we had King and Dawson there. In control and composed. So good, you didn’t even notice them. Apart from Benny. He always makes sure you notice.
Parker and Modric the perfect middle two. With Livermore performing so admirably and Sandro an option, we look to be fit and ready for the battles we face in the coming weeks. Parker was back to his best, tackles and distribution. Luka is Luka. A gem, a wonderful rare gem, a thing of beauty and priceless.
Bale solid, hard working without the individualistic quirks.
Kranjcar equally solid continuing his form from the Liverpool game, defending/attacking. Team player.
Adebayor’s best performance in Lilywhite. A Godzillaesque impact on the game, smashing down the black and white skyscrapers that Alan Pardew has built.
Saha a revelation. Levy and Harry’s moneyball transfer tactic coming up trumps again. If he stays fit and performs with this level of movement/intelligence then we have the rejuvenated kick we’ll need to make this second half of the season as successful as the first half. Defoe looked lively when he came on, fitting into the style of play Saha left when he was replaced. All three should keep each other motivated enough to compete for a place up front.
At the final whistle, with Newcastle outclassed, and everyone Lilywhite gleeful, we could all look back at what was further proof that the progression of Harry Redknapp’s Tottenham continues to gather pace More than it's already gathered. Ambitious. Daring is achieving.
A team of brilliant individuals that play for each other and the unit. A team that plays for their manager. A team that can adapt formation when necessary. A team, on form, easing to victory over one that lacked any cohesive shape and simply failed to contain and compete sufficiently enough to make a fight of it. To bully a side like this is a requirement if you aspire for the progression to continue.
Suddenly, there is no knee-jerking looking at our squad. We have an option to play Niko who will retain possession well and link with Luka when discipline is required with a touch of cross-field vision. Lennon is now back if we wish to exploit space and stretch with width. With three forwards available we can rotate in a 442 and still have the option to play the 4411. With one defeat in 30 or so home games we have set the benchmark for ourselves to complement our possession by scoring goals and killing teams off. We’ve bossed many a game and not done that. It’s so much easier when you’re clinical because you can seek to push the game beyond the opposition in no time at all.
As for the gaffer, he wont be able to say no England. Its the pinnacle (for him). However, sometimes, an epiphany can change all that. Hoping he had one yesterday.
Harry Redknapp was wrong.
This season is the best we’ve ever had it. Last season was evolutionary as was the one before. It’s continued into this season without the slumps and loss of confidence. Just strength solidified from one game to the next, momentum held close to our pumped out chests as we crow at ear-bursting levels. Tottenham, a big club in a big league.
Fantastic players, freedom of expression, brilliant football. That’s as good as it can get for anyone.
You should love your club unequivocally no matter its stature or position. But you should never feel guilty if you lust for something more. Our tradition and our style, the Tottenham way...we’re oozing it at the moment. Not in cameos like so many seasons in the past but in sustained form. Long may that continue. Because when you strip away all the want for silverware and top four what truly matters at the end of it is the joy your team gives you. This team doesn't fail to disappoint and I can't smile without it.
Harry Redknapp was wrong but it still makes him right.
Love the shirt.
Source: http://www.dearmrlevy.com/dml/2012/2/12/harry-redknapp-was-wrong.html
Latest transfer rumours, Real Madrid, Chelsea and Liverpool prepared to sign new players
Latest transfer rumours,
Real Madrid, Chelsea and Liverpool prepared to sign new players
Real Madrid, Chelsea and Liverpool prepared to sign new players
Source: http://soccervoice.com/n111032.htm
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Defeat To Marseille Leaves Inter Reeling & Ranieri On The Verge Of Sack
Andre Ayew scored a 93rd minute header to give Marseille a precious 1-0 win over Inter Milan at the Stade Velodrome leaving coach Claudio Ranieri fighting for his job. In a tight and edgy encounter, both sides struggled to muster up any significant chances as the pair clashed for the first time since their UEFA [...]
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'Follow'
by Flav
We: The Yid Army
For many years the atmosphere in modern football has been on a steady decline. Sky Sports took over the broadcast rights of top flight football, the Premier League was formed, and we have seen the type of vocal support, once synonymous with football clubs, suffer ever since. Football had become sterilised, the fan experience less important. The key was money, and making lots of it. Football in England became a commodity, and the fans with it – easily taxable for a chance to see players of ‘world’s most exciting league’ in the flesh. Clubs would hire expensive branding consultants to redesign and re-launch the badge – it should be sleeker, advertiser friendly, free of symbolism that would confuse potential fans from far off lands, the latin slogans translated into English or dropped altogether.
Sky Sports pumped vulgar amounts of cash and launched news channels; the Premier League allowed them to reschedule football matches to make them easier to market. We had Grand Slam Sunday and Monday Night Football. Supporters suffered, while players, club owners, agents, and television stations reaped the reward. And so, fans sick of paying money out only to see their team perform with mediocrity (as they had no doubt always done) would sing and support less, and moan, mutter and boo instead. Winning became all-important, and to many club’s fans, the only thing that mattered.
One part of the reason why I love Tottenham so much is that for years our supporters bucked the trend. We would, win or lose, sing for the shirt and the players within in, loudly and proudly without a moment’s thought. The atmosphere at The Lane was heralded across the land by our own fans and the media alike:
Journalist Kevin Palmer of ESPN once said: Tottenham fans deserve credit for injecting the most electric atmosphere in London football. Chelsea's Stamford Bridge, a***nal's Emirates Stadium and the rest are muted compared to this enclosed bowl.
But eventually, the inevitable happened. You’ll find some Spurs fans that still regard the support we provide the players as something to behold. And in certain games this remains fact. But the more honest of us will admit that over the last few seasons certainly, the volume at the Lane has been somewhat muted.
It’s a difficult thing to remedy. You’re attempting to stir the inner passion of 36,000 people. You’re up against everything that Sky Sports has instilled in your everyday fan. If your team wins they’re amazing, and if they lose they’re nothing. Tradition and love dissolve to nothing when your players have their backs against the ropes.
But then The Fighting Cock had an idea. The Tottenham Ultras. We wanted to find a fixture we knew would be poorly attended. White Hart Lane sells out every home game that the first team plays in. The academy team obviously doesn’t have such a luxury. We decided upon a FA Youth Cup fixture scheduled for 16 February 2012 against Charlton at The Valley.
Forget the word ‘Ultra’. When we decided to use that word we knew exactly what it meant. But we chose it so people instinctively knew what we wanted from those that attended: come along, support the young players who are as much part of the club as Gareth Bale or Luka Modric, and sing as loud and for as long as you can. Show them players, and more importantly, the shirt their wearing, what they mean to us. But the Tottenham Ultras was and is certainly nothing to do with violence. We only harnessed its proper meaning:
Ultras are a type of sports fans renowned for their fanatical and elaborate displays of "support". They are predominantly European and followers of football teams. The behavioural tendency of ultras groups includes the use of flares (primarily in tifo choreography), chanting/singing in large groups and the displaying of banners at football stadiums, all of which are designed to create an atmosphere which they believe encourages their own team and intimidates opposing players and supporters.
We thought that 100 would turn up. Actually we desperately hoped that 100 would turn up. On the morning of the game I had images of just 30, and you know what, we would have been happy with that. What we were not expecting is the Yid Army in force. 250 Tottenham Hotspur fans turned up and did not let up, it was a cacophony of noise, it was everything we had hoped it would be, and more. Neigh. It was the one of the best moments of our Tottenham supporting lives. Passion. Pride. Energy. Everything that following football was once about. And it was fiver on the door.
We sung our hearts out. Every minute flew by as the passion carried us through a tight and scrappy affair. Tightly packed in the corner of the stand, in front of a Blue and White Banner that simply stated ‘FOLLOW’, surrounded by cowbells, horns, and flags, we sung. Not even the confiscation of our marching drum – ordered especially from Germany at no small cost – could quell the tide of Tottenham euphoria. It was truly an amazing thing to be involved in, and no doubt bare witness to.
We lost 1-0. A quality free kick in the 94th minute to smash our dreams. But we were defiant. We would not be crushed. And responded with yet more song, louder than before. The final whistle went and the young players were crushed, many of them slumped to the pitch. But we cheered, and slowly they rose, and they came to us, looked at us, and saw the passion in our eyes. For that moment, we were one together. Tottenham Hotspur, player and fan, a unit, the Yid Army.
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Source: http://www.dearmrlevy.com/dml/2012/2/23/follow.html
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Torres left out of Spain squad for Venezuela game
Chelsea striker Fernando Torres has been left out of Spain’s squad for next weeks friendly with Venezuela after struggling with form, Barcelona’s Pedro also misses out. Spain coach Vicente del Bosque left Fernando Torres out of the squad for the international friendly with Venezuela in Malaga next Wednesday. Del Bosque stressed that whilst Torres was [...]
Source: http://www.insidespanishfootball.com/torres-left-out-of-spain-squad-for-venezuela-game/
Friday, 24 February 2012
We're going to remove Harry Redknapp once and for all
Conference room 23.
Famine - I'm struggling with the character development of Alfie in Eastenders. I don't get why he persists with Kat and her flaky antics.
Pestilence - Sorry what? Eastenders? Don't watch it. I'm more a TOWIE man myself.
War - Great. So whilst you two are busy watching tv I'm getting my arse handed to me on Call of Duty. You two do understand the concept of a clan, right?
Death - Can we settle down please? I'll be taking the minutes.
Pestilence - Do we need to refer to the previous agenda?
Death - No, no. This is an emergency meeting to discuss the Tottenham Hotspur situation. Gentleman, I'm afraid its all gone a little pear-shaped. Famine, take the floor please.
Famine - Yes, well if you would all look towards this power-point presentation you'll see some quite horrific stats.
Pestilence - Is that a Mac book?
Famine - Yeah, it is.
Pestilence - I thought you had an iPad.
Famine - I do. But that's more for Angry Birds and music; David Guetta, Pitbull, One Direction...
Pestilence - Cool. I'm digging that Lana del Rey chick at the minute. Very brooding. What's that app that allows you to stream music?
Death - *cough* Can we please move onwards with the presentation gentleman.
Famine - Yes, so, what we have here is a rather disconcerting trend that shows Tottenham's continued progression under Harry Redknapp. Champions League, followed by 5th and now currently sitting in the top three of the Premier League.
Pestilence - Any chance we can get Jenas recalled?
Death - I'm afraid that's a no. Simply not possible. He's contract working at present.
Pestilence - Shame. I preferred it when we were the Fab Five. Good times, good times.
Famine - Concerning these stats, in terms of output, you'll see I've done us much as I can possibly do with Adebayor.
Death - Good work there, it's not gone unnoticed.
War - It's not deterred them though. He might not be scoring, but Tottenham hardly ever lose games.
Famine - Yeah, well...we all know why that's the case, don't we?
War - What?
Famine - Nothing.
War - No go on, put down those Jaffa Cakes for a minute and just let it all go. You obviously want to say something.
Famine - Just that if it wasn't for you dropping the ball in the summer we wouldn't have the difficulties we currently have.
Pestilence - Here we go again...
War - What difficulties exactly?
Famine - Look, all I'm saying is, I did my job within the structured time-lines outlined in the business case submitted prior to season 2012. I meet all my objectives.
War - What and I didn't?
Famine - Sorry, someone please confirm to me. Does Luka Modric play for Chelsea? Is Scott Parker rubbish?
War - Come on, I stirred up enough in the summer. I went above and beyond my remit. Try working with the Daily Mail before you get all high and mighty about meeting objectives. I pulled all the strings I could get my hands on to engineer a move. That Daniel Levy obviously has contacts high up.
Pestilence - Can I have a Jaffa Cake?
Famine - If you weren't so busy drinking with your mates instead of putting in the extra hours.
Pestilence - I'll just take one then...
War - Extra hours? I do over-time all the time. Have you seen my travel expenses? I'm a busy man and if I want a cheeky pint with John or Luis then that's my business. I'm allowed a social life.
Famine - Just admit you were distracted on this one.
War - I oversee a variety of work buddy. I don't get distracted. You keep plodding along with your nonsensical roadmap whilst the big boys do the big jobs.
Famine - You know what, screw you and by the way, what is that exactly?
War - What?
Famine - That.
War - It's a bow tie.
Famine - A bow tie?
War - Yes.
Famine - Jesus wept.
Pestilence - Where? What? Again?
Death - Can we get back to the main agenda please people.
War - There's nothing wrong with bow ties. I'll stick to fashion and corruption of man whilst you stick to overseeing the transfer window.
Famine - I've got two words for you: Nelsen. Saha.
Pestilence - Got to admit, that was a great touch.
Famine - Thank you.
War - Yes, yes. Okay. Whatever. They wanted gold and you gave them rust. Give yourself a medal.
Death - Enough! Please, everyone quiet down for a moment. It's obvious we have to be more decisive here. Long term implementations are not as fruitful as the forecast outlined and we are running out of time.
Pestilence - Guys, guys, hold up, hold up...this isn't good news. I've just checked my Twitter time-line.
Death - If it's Piers wanting his old job back, tell him he's got no chance. I've been made director.
Pestilence - No, no. It's...haha, laugh out loud!
Death - What?
Pestilence - Oh, no, its something else I've just seen. Someone just #FF me and it's Wednesday!
Famine - Laugh out loud!
Death - What was the first tweet.
Pestilence - Oh yeah, that. Redknapp has been found not guilty.
Death - What? How did this happen?
War - Why is everyone looking at me?
Pestilence - Did you not deal with the jury? You we're meant to deal with the jury.
War - That wasn't my task. Surely that's your responsibility?
Pestilence - Yes, normally, but you agreed to support me. You know I spend most of my time down at the Emirates these days.
War - Are you sure you had me pencilled in to cover you?
Pestilence - Mate, check you Outlook calender.
War - It's not there its...oh. It's there.
Famine - I rest my case. Amateur.
War - You know what, I've had enough of your BS. It's not my fault Outlook didn't pop up the calender reminder. How am I meant to know if I don't get the pop-up?
Pestilence - You have that problem too?
War - This laptop belonged to you before it was handed to me. IT gave me this when I lost my Blackberry in Acapulco just after you started working from home.
Pestilence - Doesn't look like they fixed it before handing it over. Acapulco?
War - They have nice beaches.
Famine - Textbook. This is exactly like the time when Inter were four nil up and you feel asleep. Remember what happened that night?
War - I was on a double-shift. I was tired. It was four flipping nil! And let's be honest here, that match was meant to be your responsibility.
Famine - I had the flu.
Death - SILENCE! I have to report into my direct line later. I need to take something into that meeting, something positive. Has anyone got any suggestions?
War - There is something we could do.
Death - Go on.
War - It's not strictly within company policy.
Pestilence - Oh God. You're going to suggest the locusts.
War - No.
Pestilence - Plague?
War - No, enough with the old skool.
Pestilence - We've got no budget left for the Biblical stuff anyway.
Famine - What then?
War - This will knock them for six. Devastate Tottenham Hotspur once and for all. Their season will spiral out of control in the aftermath and we can finally close this off.
Death - Go on...
War - We're going to remove Harry Redknapp from the Tottenham job once and for all.
Two weeks later.
Conference room 23.
Death - What happened?
Famine - This is monumental, it really is.
Pestilence - It's screwed up England though.
Famine - England are always screwed up. They don't need to be any more screwed up. Anyone can handle that account. We've got interns looking after it ffs.
Death - What happened?
War - What particular detail are we referencing?
Death - The detail concerning removing Harry Redknapp once and for all.
War - Oh that. Look, soz and all, but things happen, you know.
Famine - Things happen?
War - It's obviously Outlook again, this time it's that forsaken spell checker. Gone and corrected my spelling when it wasn't necessary. Got me all confused.
Famine - Spell checker? You're blaming spell checker?
War - Yeah. Blame the IT department too, they really need to look at upgrading. I mean really, Office 2003? Get with the times already.
Death - What happened?
War - I sort of removed the wrong person from Tottenham.
One week earlier.
The FA: Ladies and gentleman, the new manager of England...Kevin Bond.
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Previous episode:
The Four Horsemen of the Spur Spurcalypse
Source: http://www.dearmrlevy.com/dml/2012/2/9/were-going-to-remove-harry-redknapp-once-and-for-all.html
A return to 4-4-2?
Following a rousing victory over Coventry City on Saturday, Nottingham Forest are out of the drop zone for the first time in weeks. Peter Blackburn takes a look at the tactics and players behind optimism for survival [...]
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Source: http://www.ltlf.co.uk/forest/2012/02/a-return-to-4-4-2/
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Ridgewell hopes for Foster stay
West Brom defender Liam Ridgewell wants the club to try and sign Birmingham loanee Ben Foster on a permanent basis.
Source: http://www.midlandsfootball.co.uk/2012/02/ridgewell-hopes-for-foster-stay/
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Foreign influence, the most important factor for Premier League clubs
Foreign influence, the most important factor for Premier League clubs
The Academy profile: Part one
Ahead of tonight’s quarter-final against Chelsea in the FA Youth Cup, Grant Nelson kicks off a three-part profile of the Nottingham Forest Academy and its youth programme. Nottingham Forest FC have a long and proud history of producing its own footballing talent. From players like Ian Storey-Moore, Duncan McKenzie, Viv Anderson, Tony Woodcock, John Robertson [...]
Source: http://seatpitch.co.uk/2012/02/22/the-academy-profile-part-one/
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Spain announce Olympic squad
Spain have announced their Olympic football squad for the London 2012 Olympic football tournament in August. Manchester United’s David de Gea has been called up despite indifferent form this season for the English club and Cristian Tello, Isaac Cuenca and Martin Montoya from Barcelona have all made the team. Spain’s Under-23s are playing Egypt next [...]
Source: http://www.insidespanishfootball.com/spain-announce-olympic-squad/
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Foreign influence, the most important factor for Premier League clubs
Foreign influence, the most important factor for Premier League clubs
Source: http://soccervoice.com/n111030.htm
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Down, down.. deeper and down..
Middlesbrough – 2 Nottingham Forest – 1 It’s sad to have to say this – but Steve Cotterill is clearly not capable, even by deploying his hideous brand of percentages football, of turning this around.� I would be delighted, come the end of the season, to have been proven wrong on this assertion, absolutely thrilled.� [...]
Source: http://nffcblog.com/2012/02/15/down-down-deeper-and-down/
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Thursday, 23 February 2012
A return to 4-4-2?
Following a rousing victory over Coventry City on Saturday, Nottingham Forest are out of the drop zone for the first time in weeks. Peter Blackburn takes a look at the tactics and players behind optimism for survival [...]
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Source: http://www.ltlf.co.uk/forest/2012/02/a-return-to-4-4-2/
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Birmingham City vs. Forest preview..
The Reds travel to St Andrews in the West Midlands to try to build upon their first win in six games at the weekend.� There aren’t many places less likely to yield a win for us (well, in fairness, you could probably select most of the top half of the table and find it rather [...]
Source: http://nffcblog.com/2012/02/23/birmingham-city-vs-forest-preview-2/
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Latest transfer rumours, Everton linked with Defoe, Forest wonderikid could join Arsenal
Latest transfer rumours, Everton linked with Defoe, Forest wonderikid
could join Arsenal
could join Arsenal
Source: http://soccervoice.com/n111023.htm
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Arsenal Board To Replace Arsene Wenger With Pep Guardiola?
Arsene Wenger’s spell as Arsenal boss is set to come to an end with the Gunners board lining up Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola as his replacement this summer according to the Daily Mail. Arsenal were dumped out of the FA Cup after crumbling 2-0 to Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Saturday meaning that [...]
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Defeat To Marseille Leaves Inter Reeling & Ranieri On The Verge Of Sack
Andre Ayew scored a 93rd minute header to give Marseille a precious 1-0 win over Inter Milan at the Stade Velodrome leaving coach Claudio Ranieri fighting for his job. In a tight and edgy encounter, both sides struggled to muster up any significant chances as the pair clashed for the first time since their UEFA [...]
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Liverpool, Dalglish and the way forward at Anfield
Liverpool, Dalglish and the way forward at Anfield
Source: http://soccervoice.com/n111035.htm
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Nigel Doughty: 1957-2012
When a man’s death is covered so eloquently, thoughtfully and heartfelt by so many – when words fail me – it’s difficult to add anything to what has already been said. Yet it seems wrong to say nothing. At times like this people grasp for meaning; for answers; for reason. There is nothing. Nigel Doughty [...]
Source: http://seatpitch.co.uk/2012/02/06/nigel-doughty-1957-2012/
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Arsenal Board To Replace Arsene Wenger With Pep Guardiola?
Arsene Wenger’s spell as Arsenal boss is set to come to an end with the Gunners board lining up Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola as his replacement this summer according to the Daily Mail. Arsenal were dumped out of the FA Cup after crumbling 2-0 to Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Saturday meaning that [...]
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Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Forest vs. Coventry City preview..
I jokingly referred to this mouth-watering fixture as the ‘Clash of the Titans’ to a friend earlier in the week. “Clash of the Titans? Clash of the Shite ‘uns, more like!” he quickly retorted. Perhaps not quite up to Oscar Wilde levels of wit, but it tickled me regardless [..]
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Source: http://www.ltlf.co.uk/forest/2012/02/forest-vs-coventry-city-preview-3/
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Worse than bloody journalists
I didn't catch much of last night's game. The first half was on as I got ready for work, I left 2 minutes before the break, got there to find we'd conceded 2, some subs had been made and the internet was going apeshit at Steve Cotterill again. I resolved to read up on the match afterwards instead of try to follow the game because however much we might be an improved squad we're not going to pull back 2 goals away from home [...]
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Source: http://www.ltlf.co.uk/forest/2012/02/worse-than-bloody-journalists/
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Latest transfer rumours, Zamora in Fulham exit, Robinho or Pato could join Chelsea
Latest transfer rumours, Zamora in Fulham exit, Robinho or Pato could
join Chelsea
join Chelsea
Nottingham Forest v Watford: team news and LIVE match updates
The end to a sad week following the passing of both Nigel Doughty and Jim King, I know that I [...]
Let's pretend we scored a goal
Thanks to everyone that turned out at the Valley yesterday evening for the Charlton v Spurs FA Youth Cup game as part of the #tottenhamultras project. Disappointing we lost to a last minute goal, but the night was a fantastic celebration in supporting our club. Tottenham fans singing relentlessly for ninety minutes in a boisterous impromptu mess as opposed to the more colourful spectacle of the South Americans and more serious synchronised madness of our continental counterparts. We're never going to quite match that. Although we did have a man in an elephant mask.
Beer. Song. Love for Spurs. No constraints or pressure of expectation. It's that simple. From London Bridge to the Valley and back, its all been recorded so looking forward to sharing the short film when it's edited and available on online.
We had our drum taken off us along with various banners. Apparently you have to inform the club in advance that you're bringing a drum. I struggled to understand this even more so when the stewards told us that it's not permitted due to the home fans not being aware of the drums impending visit and that the noise might offend them. Going with the same logic they should have confiscated our voices at the turnstiles (I'm bringing the comedy). However, all in good banter, the stewards were great hosts and we just go on with it. We had cow bells and a baby drum in reserve. We are minimalistic ultras, size doesn't matter.
Special mention to @Teflon6 and @eperons for their road-trip (driving) from Belgium through to France to Charlton and the 8% bottled beer + Eden Hazard inside knowledge that would make the head spin off the ITK community. Tremendous effort made by both to travel into London for a youth match. Also meet a lot of people yesterday (Twitter folk, forum dwellers, WHL regulars), it's all very blurry looking back on it but honoured to finally shake the hands of @WindyCOYS and @SpursBlogger - both essential for your on-line THFC consumption. Only regret is not having more time to speak to the both of them along with a number of other Spurs folk I had the pleasure of hugging (including @jodmitchell our iphone app developer).
Great feedback from the players themselves via Twitter, all very appreciative of the noise being made and experience given, something that John McDermott (“I’ve got to say I thought the number of Spurs fans was amazing. It was like a little White Hart Lane. To be able to play in at atmosphere like this is a fantastic experience, but it’s just a tough pill to take at the moment”) cited in the official Spurs match report. Charlton even used our Ultras tag in their write-up when mentioning our support. Nice touch. Some quality chanting at the game (Stretch ! Stretch ! Stretch!) all in good humour.
So again, thank you to all that turned up for this. Going forward into next season we're hoping to organise more youth team/friendly away trips to complement the first teams support on the road and offer an escape from the more controlled environment at football matches where we are sometimes made to feel guilty for standing up and singing.
Altogether now..."This isn't our train, this isn't our traaaaaaaaain, let's not get on it, this isn't our train".
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