A recent blog on the AA website called 'Project Youth-fact or fiction?' (great write Illybongani) got me thinking about the direction that Arsenal has been heading in the last 6 trophyless years and also the grief that Arsène Wenger has had to endure. Fans seem to be divided into 2 opinions.

Marvellous stuff. That certainly elbows its way into the handful of most emphatic performances I've seen from our lot, a 90-minute game of keep-ball. Even when 11 against 11 we seemed to have a one man advantage. Bravo chaps.

Our Central Midfield: Awesome

Scott Parker will presumably have bad days in a Tottenham shirt, but in a potentially tricky encounter against Adam and Henderson he played like a man possessed (albeit, with shirt neatly tucked in and side parting, the most benign-looking possessed chap you'll ever clap eyes upon.

Thank the deity that doesn't exist it's over. The Modric saga and Harry's inability to pass by a camera without giving an interview meant the last few weeks have been excruciating. Let's get on with it now and play some football. However, here's no denying the backdrop of genuine tension on deadline day.

Proof above that Luka Modric is top quality. A great goal against Israel yesterday... The Tottenham man has endured a turbulent summer especially the last few weeks as his tug of war between Chelsea and Tottenham ended ... Continue reading →

As last season began to draw to a close, it seemed as though Roman Pavlyuchenko would be the first player to leave White Hart Lane this summer. Despite leading the scoring amongst our three regular strikers, Pav was very vocal in his desire to leave for a chance of more regular football.

All that seemed to change following his two long range strikes against Birmingham City on the last day of the campaign.

The dust may have settled, but it would be frightfully remiss to pootle along any further without casting a beady eye over the various to-ings and fro-ings of the transfer window. Step this way please...

Welcome to the Lane...

Scott Parker

Curiouser and curiouser, we now somehow find ourselves bottom of the table yet with both of last season's Players of the Year in the ranks.

(An early preview, as I'm off on a fresh gallivant this weekend). An air of equanimity has pervaded AANP Towers these last few weeks, even as Wellbeck, Dzeko et al were rippling our net from all angles, for those openers were two games from which few if any points could be expected.

Molyneux. Saturday September 10th 2011. 3pm Kick-off.

With the international break out of the way Spurs head to Wolves and the start of the season couldn't be more contrasting for the two clubs. Wolves have started undefeated with two wins and a draw, whilst Spurs have been comprehensively beaten by the two Manchester juggernauts.

The Man: stripped for action Video: see end of blog. So once more our season begins. The statistical apologists will argue that the first two games don't count as we didn't win them last year and we didn't win them this year either Nothing to see here move on. If we beat Wolves we will in fact be better off than last year by two points, poised in their logical minds, no doubt, to challenge

Forget those past two matches, the season has started now. Points on the board and promising signs from all over the park. The first half however was scrappy and not alot happened in the way of goal soring opportunities. The second half however, Modric, Parker and Adebayor all showed their quality and supreme ability in possession, keeping the ball and not letting Wolves have even a sniff of a chance.

THFC1882′s Stuart Watts brings you another guest writer. This time Ciaran Griggs gives his view on yesterdays match.

Finally We're Off

After two painful early season results against the unstoppable forces of Manchester (good and evil, I'll let you decide which is which), many a fan and journalist alike had billed our away fixture to Wolves as both the real start and also, laughingly in my view, a make-or-break game to signal our intentions for this Premier League season.

THFC1882′s Stuart Watts brings you another guest writer. This time Ciaran Griggs gives his view on yesterdays match.

Finally We're Off

After two painful early season results against the unstoppable forces of Manchester (good and evil, I'll let you decide which is which), many a fan and journalist alike had billed our away fixture to Wolves as both the real start and also, laughingly in my view, a make-or-break game to signal our intentions for this Premier League season.

There was a certain inevitability about Adebayor scoring on his Spurs debut this weekend. Much in the same way you could be assured that any millionaire simpleton appearing on MTV Cribs will lead the film-crew into his monstrously decorated bedroom and declare: this is where the magic happens, while pointing to his hovercraft-sized bed and winking like a sex pest, one could almost guarantee the Togolese talisman would find his feet rather sharpish in the Midlands.

Press Conference video at the end. 'Two points from eight: two point from eight' The nightmare postponed for another season. Alone,alone,all,all alone,Alone on a wide wide sea! And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.' (From the Rime of the Ancient Tottenham supporter) Now this isn't strictly true as Greg and his friends from Kent aboard the good ship 'Hope' have taken pity on me and

Champions League Preview: Manchester Plots European Domination - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Manchester City get the chance to finally definitively emerge from the shadow of their cross-town Red rivals as this year's UEFA Champions League commences. They'll do so with a team which, while not having ever competed in the the Champions' League as a unit, possesses a significant amount of top-flight continental experience.

He may not exactly be renowned for his tactical acumen, but like a broken clock hitting the jackpot ‘Arry has stumbled upon something of a platitude in his assessment of that Adebayor chap, noting a few weeks back that if he scores goals he'll eventually worm his way into our affections – and if he doesn't he won't.

As we saw on Saturday, Harry's transfer dealings have made first team selection just that little bit easier and after several departures from the Lane at the end of August, the temptation to slot in Jenas or Crouch has now been removed.

Injuries also played their part in the final line up against Wolves with Sandro, VDV, Dawson and Pienaar ruled out while the likes of Bassong, Corluka and Pavlyuchenko were left out for other reasons.

Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece. 6pm kick off. ESPN.

Spurs start their Europa League Group A campaign with a tricky visit to Greece where they take on PAOK. While it would be easy to dismiss the opposition as not in Spurs class it would be foolish to underestimate them.

Following the Manchester massacres, Spurs finally got their season up and running with an excellent win away at Wolves.
After soaking up the pressure in the first half, we took the lead through the debutant Emanuel Adebayor, before Jermain Defoe made sure of the points. It was refreshing to see two Spurs strikers playing together and both getting on the score sheet, while in midfield Scott Parker impressed alongside transfer victim Luka Modric.

‘Tis held in some quarters that as a whippersnapper the schoolboy ‘Arry would wile away his hours yelping "Wolf!" with tedious regularity, but on Saturday even the cynics amongst us realised that his "bare bones" mantra could be objectively verified. The adage has it that actions speak louder than words, so when young Giovani was shoved out onto the pitch for a few minutes it became evident that ‘Arry spoke sooth, and our lot really were struggling for personnel.

‘Tis held in some quarters that as a whippersnapper the schoolboy ‘Arry would wile away his hours yelping "Wolf!" with tedious regularity, but on Saturday even the cynics amongst us realised that his "bare bones" mantra could be objectively verified. The adage has it that actions speak louder than words, so when young Giovani was shoved out onto the pitch for a few minutes it became evident that ‘Arry spoke sooth, and our lot really were struggling for personnel.

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Last four head-to-head:
0-2 Spurs (h) 05.15.11
1-2 Spurs (a) 11.28.10
2-0 Liverpool (h) 01.20.10
1-2 Spurs (a) 08.16.09
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 0-1 Stoke (a); 3-1 Bolton (h); 3-1 Exeter (a)
Spurs: 0-0 PAOK (a); 2-0 Wolves (a); 1-5 City (h)
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Suarez 2; Adam, Henderson, Skrtel 1
Spurs: Adebayor, Defoe, Kaboul 1
Referee: Mike Jones
Jones has done two Liverpool games in his Premiership career: last October's 1-2 loss to Blackpool and, um.

Liverpool face a tough game against Spurs on Sunday afternoon.
Harry Rednapp's side turned us over last season 2-0, ending our bid for Europe for the Season.
Its a crucial game for Liverpool having cruelly lost to Stoke last Saturday, we need at least a draw at Spurs to stay with the top teams.

THFC1882′s Stuart Watts presents another guest appearance by Ciaran Griggs, previewing tomorrows match:

Spurs vs Liverpool. Premier League. White Hart Lane. Kick off: 1.30pm Sunday 18th September 2011.

Following on from their Thursday night exertions in Greece, Spurs return to Premier League action with a potentially difficult home match against a new look Liverpool side.

THFC1882′s Stuart Watts presents another guest appearance by Ciaran Griggs, previewing tomorrows match:

Spurs vs Liverpool. Premier League. White Hart Lane. Kick off: 1.30pm Sunday 18th September 2011.

Following on from their Thursday night exertions in Greece, Spurs return to Premier League action with a potentially difficult home match against a new look Liverpool side.

It's back to the first choice line up for Sunday's game with Liverpool and manager Harry Redknapp has enjoyed better news on the injury front after a bad start to the week which saw Michael Dawson ruled out for two months.

Harry could welcome back Aaron Lennon, William Gallas and Rafael van der Vaart for this televised game while Steven Pienaar, Ledley King and Tom Huddlestone all face late fitness tests.

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Never mind the game today, have you seen Sandro's hair? Heavens above. The fellow has done the most extraordinary things... have yourself a perusal at around 1.50 on this clip.

Of secondary importance is the visit of that red mob. In what might as well be a 17-team division competing for fourth spot, Liverpool, along with those relentless purveyors of comedy at the Emirates, represent our principal rivals – which makes this quite the key clash in the grand scheme of things.

Never mind the game today, have you seen Sandro's hair? Heavens above. The fellow has done the most extraordinary things... have yourself a perusal at around 1.50 on this clip.

Of secondary importance is the visit of that red mob. In what might as well be a 17-team division competing for fourth spot, Liverpool, along with those relentless purveyors of comedy at the Emirates, represent our principal rivals – which makes this quite the key clash in the grand scheme of things.

Tottenham 4-0 Liverpool: Modric, Defoe & Adebayor on target as Adam & Skrtel red cards sum up dreadful day for Dalglish

Four goals from Spurs illustrates the sheer control Harry Redknapp's side had as Kenny Dalglish could do little as his side imploded in a horrific show from Merseyside outfit

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Tottenham 4-0 Liverpool: Reds a rabble as Adebayor shines

Adam and Skrtel off in Dalglish horror show

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Tottenham: Modric 7′, Defoe 66′, Adebayor 68′ 90+4′
Liverpool 0

Some historical badness today blown out of the water from the opening whistle, Liverpool barely put up a fight en route to one of their worst performances of the past year. Just as bad, if not worse, than performances under Roy Hodgson, they were lucky to only concede four.

Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Liverpool. Yes, that's four, nil.
Isn't it great that all the limelight is surrounding the Manchester clubs and Arsenal? We can get on with our business of chalking up the wins. That's two wins on the bounce, but more importantly, two clean sheets.
Modric is looking like he's rekindled his interest, whilst Adebayor is simply superb.

Tweet my Goal! The funniest comments from Manchester United 3-1 Chelsea

A frankly amazing game at Old Trafford wrapped up a wild Sunday... Manchester Utd 3-1 Chelsea: Torres in miss of century as champions win Tottenham 4-0 Liverpool: Reds a rabble as Adebayor shines Fulham 2-2 Manchester City: Dempsey and Murphy lead comeback Sunderland 4-0 Stoke: Black Cats get first win in surprise rout These were the funniest Tweets on the game from our @MirrorFootball feed :

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Tottenham 4-0 Liverpool: Daily Mirror match report

Adebayor shines as exciting Spurs romp past nine-man Reds

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THFC1882′s Stuart Watts presents guest writer Ciaran Griggs match report of Sunday's game:

"Can we play you every week"

Spurs: Friedel, Walker, King (Bassong 83), Kaboul, Assou-Ekotto, Bale, Parker, Modric, Kranjcar (Van der Vaart 45), Defoe (Giovanni 83), Adebayor
Liverpool: Reina, Skrtel, Agger (Coates 27), Carragher, Enrique, Henderson, Adam, Lucas, Downing (Spearing 70), Carroll, Suarez (Bellamy 70)

Time flies when you're having fun, doesn't it?

THFC1882′s Stuart Watts presents guest writer Ciaran Griggs match report of Sunday's game:

"Can we play you every week"

Spurs: Friedel, Walker, King (Bassong 83), Kaboul, Assou-Ekotto, Bale, Parker, Modric, Kranjcar (Van der Vaart 45), Defoe (Giovanni 83), Adebayor
Liverpool: Reina, Skrtel, Agger (Coates 27), Carragher, Enrique, Henderson, Adam, Lucas, Downing (Spearing 70), Carroll, Suarez (Bellamy 70)

Time flies when you're having fun, doesn't it?

Skrtel sees Red... Liverpool fell to a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Tottenham this afternoon and went down to 9 men in the process. Charlie Adam and Martin Skrtel both received their marching orders in a poor game for the Reds. A sublime strike from Modric led the way for the home side and three more goals were sent past a frustrated Pepe Reina before the 90 minutes were up.

Four to us, none to them. That's the long and short of it. A dazzling afternoon of football from the chaps in Lilywhite yesterday; one in which numerical advantage might've provided the opposition with reasonable excuse, had we not been utterly dominant in every minute before Charlie Adam's second yellow and every minute after.

Four to us, none to them. That's the long and short of it. A dazzling afternoon of football from the chaps in Lilywhite yesterday; one in which numerical advantage might've provided the opposition with reasonable excuse, had we not been utterly dominant in every minute before Charlie Adam's second yellow and every minute after.