Since the transfer window came into force during the 2002-03 season, Spurs have been one of the
most active clubs in terms of players arriving at and leaving White Hart Lane.
After a fairly quiet window by their standards – signing trio Yago Falque, Louis Saha and Ryan
Nelsen all on free transfers, let's take a look at seven players signed for big money during the
January period.
The ten point advantage Tottenham currently have over Arsenal in the Premier League would have
been unthinkable just a couple of seasons ago. Although Arsenal fans were calling for Arsene
Wenger's head after a bad start to the season, things seemed to have settled down on that front
with the good run of form they put together following the 2-1 defeat the Gunners suffered at White
Hart Lane.
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So, it feels pretty good to be a Spurs fan at the moment right?! Six points off City with a game in
hand and possibly even more satisfying, six points in front of Arsenal with that same game in hand.
I'm looking forward to the FA Cup this weekend and I'm hoping we will make short work of Cheltenham
even if most of the first eleven are given what would be a well overdue rest.
How can anyone dare to question the abilities of my favourite Satay House fan Benoît Pierre
David Assou-Ekotto? Not to be confused with the wife and child killing wrestler Chris Benoit,
Assou-Ekotto has been one of our best players this season as far as I'm concerned. That is in
addition to having the world's biggest head of hair and saying 'lol satay house' on the majority of
his tweets.
So, this past Sunday I was invited along to Dagenham and Redbridge's Victoria Ground to
interview Spurs coach Clive Allen. Clive was taking part in an 'England Legends' match against a
supposed Sunday League side, Ivory FC. The Legends were made up of a number of ex professionals,
some who had played a lot more games for England than others, but the main thing they had in common
was that they all looked quite old.
Absolute Radio have live commentary of West Brom v Spurs today. I'll be on with Ian Wright
sometime after 5pm to talk about the game. Here is an exclusive of an interesting interview they
did with Harry Redknapp that will be going out later today.
Int: So, Harry, tough trip on Saturday, how's the squad looking?
This Sunday sees Tottenham coach Clive Allen join the England Legends taking part in Nivea for
Men's Great Football Experiment this weekend. Clive and a team of fellow ex pros take on the might
of Ivory FC, from the Brentwood Sunday Football League. I'll be interviewing Clive and you can
submit your questions for the Spurs legend by replying to this post.
Tottenham look to stretch their unbeaten run to eight games with a trip to Russian side Rubin
Kazan in the Europa League tonight. The team can secure their passage into the last 32 with victory
tonight giving them two games to spare. This would be a welcome tonic for manager Harry Redknapp
who is currently in hospital recovering from minor heart surgery.
£27m would be a decent offer for Luka Modric. The fact is they are not, and that sort of price
still isn't enough for our top commodity. It might seem foolish to call any player priceless, but
that's what Modric is to most Tottenham Hotspur fans. Harry Redknapp described the earlier £22m
offer as a joke.
While he looks arguably a better prospect than Giovani dos Santos was, is Bojan Krkic going to
be another over priced disappointment from the fringes of the Barcelona squad? A £14m price tag
would suggest this 20 year old is a bit special but as he's yet to do it on a consistent basis at
the highest level, this transfer would be a very risky one.
He is talented but hugely unlikeable and not just because of his stint at Arsenal. I couldn't
understand a word that came out his mouth during the World Cup when he was helping diversify the
BBC's panel of pundits. He puts in 110% for a few games a season but is largely lazy. I think that
pretty much sums up Emmanuel Adebayor.
Does anyone else feel like Tottenham are stuck in limbo? Probably too good for the Europa
League, not quite good enough for the Champions League. A situation that it appears impossible to
free ourselves from. I'm not interested in the riches of Manchester City or Chelsea. I feel like
any achievements they make mean very little as there are no real obstacles in either side's way
other than the impatience of their respective owners.
Five points behind Chelsea, six off Man City. We haven't scored in our last three games, haven't
won in five. Since the 16th January, our strikers have only scored six goals between them. Worst of
all, Tottenham are highly unlikely to be playing Champions League football next season. A heavy
defeat in the Bernabeu on Tuesday night would really finish us off.
I recently received an impassioned plea from eight young lads to ask if I could help them
fulfill their dream of getting to the Emirates Stadium. AFC Fink Brau are a group of Spurs fans who
are involved in the O2 Fives. As you might have guessed, it's a five-a-side competition where the
16 teams with the most 'likes' on their page get to play in the event at Arsenal's home.
For a couple of months now, it seems thing have gone a bit, for want of a better word, stale.
Blackpool and Fulham aside, results have still been good overall but we just seem to lack both
killer instinct in front of goal as well as a bit of spark. I can't quite put my finger on it
because everyone is playing well still and we are creating chances but something is lacking.