In retrospect, after we got over the pain of watching the game, Tottenham looked a very good
side yesterday against Newcastle. Danny Simpson tries to tackle Emmanuel Adebayor Of course they
were helped big time when most of the Newcastle players started the game seemingly in a deep sleep,
and we were two goals down in the [.
We were in our places a few minutes earlier than usual, standing not sitting, hopping around not
so much to stave off the bitter cold, more in excited anticipation. Even the veterans haven't seen
anything like this.
The players had a prematch kickabout, the mascot's nervous pride shone through as they found a
hero to play with, but all eyes were on the tunnel.
By Alan Duffy
Tottenham Hotspur 5-0 Newcastle United Premier League 11th February 2012
Harry Redknapp's charges gave their boss the perfect homecoming present, as they presented their
exhonerated manager with a superb 5-0 win against Newcastle.
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Newcastle Video Below) Final score and result:- Tottenham vs Newcastle 5-0 ( B.
THFC1882 present a match report by Anthony Lombardi
Liverpool and Tottenham: Both Clubs Fail to Dare and To Do.
Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur drew 0-0 at Anfield, in a tight Premier League encounter that
neither team wanted to lose, or seemed determined enough to try and win.
This January's Arsenal transfer news was relatively quiet at the Emirates Stadium, with Thierry
Henry returning to the club on loan from New York Red Bulls and German teenager Thomas Eisfeld
arriving from Borussia Dortmund for a modest fee.
However, activity has not always been this sedate at Arsenal, with Arsene Wenger making some
surprising and at times, blockbuster signings in January.
This January's Arsenal transfer news was relatively quiet at the Emirates Stadium, with Thierry
Henry returning to the club on loan from New York Red Bulls and German teenager Thomas Eisfeld
arriving from Borussia Dortmund for a modest fee.
However, activity has not always been this sedate at Arsenal, with Arsene Wenger making some
surprising and at times, blockbuster signings in January.
By Chris Wright
HR 4 RF IDST
As we've gradually found out over the past week-and-a-half, Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp
takes his tax advice from a magical hobgoblin that lives in his biscuit tin. What we also now know
is that, instead of his labrynthine scouting network at Spurs, he seems to rely on Manchester
United's Rio Ferdinand when it comes to the final word on his signings.
Following the conclusion of a loan deal to send full-back Vedran Corluka to Bayer Leverkusen for
the remainder of the season, Tottenham Hotspur are set to live up to their expectations of making
significant moves at the eleventh hour.
The 25-year old Corluka's work ethic has been consistently praised by Spurs boss Harry Redknapp
but the Croatia international's playing time was limited this season by the emergence of youngster
Kyle Walker.
THFC1882 welcomes back guest writer Kenny Palmer with a preview of Tottenham
Hotspur versus Wigan.
A week is a long time in football, as Spurs two contrasting performances highlighted. Heroic in
defeat against Manchester City earning plaudits for the character they showed in coming back from
2-0 down to level the scores before losing to an injury time penalty.
"Go on, touch it. I've put the safety on."Football on a Friday night? It's just not cricket.
Perhaps that was the reason for Tottenham's utterly distasteful performance at Vicarage Road as
they scraped past a plucky Watford. If you were to believe the general theme of the commentary and
post-match media reports, you'd be forgiven for thinking Spurs arrived in north west London, rudely
parked their giant team coach wherever they chose, shaped to headbutt anyone and everyone on their
way in and spend the entire game cheating and coercing the ref into allowing them victory.
Arsene Wenger has made it clear that he is strongly opposed to loan deals such as Emmanuel
Adebayor's spell with Tottenham Hotspur.
Adebayor has been in fine form this season, scoring nine goals in 19 games for the Spurs after
parent club Manchester City chose to loan him out at the beginning of the season.
The Man City (and ex-Arsenal) striker Emmanuel Adebayor has been a godsend for Tottenham this
season with nine goals that have helped Harry Redknapp's team reach the Champions League places.
But Adebayor wasn't allowed to face his parent side last weekend when Man City beat Spurs 3-2,
Arsene Wenger thinks that this particular loan deal [.
Mario Balotelli's Scott Parker head stamp in all its gory
City as it did in Vincent Kompany's case is also unlikely to contest Mario Balotelli's violent
conduct charge which also suspends him for 4 matches. The image shows Balotelli really putting some
extra mustard in that head rake.
1. Mario Balotelli should not have been on the pitch to score the winner against Spurs. He should
have been answering questions at the local nick after his stamp on Scott Parker. 2. Everyone said
Spurs would miss Emmanuel Adebayor's height, but they can hardly have envisaged Jermain Defoe's
little legs unable to stretch far [.
As we are all aware, Emmanuel Adebayor will be force to sit this one out but is it a simple case
of bringing in Jermain Defoe as a straight replacement. Could Harry accommodate Pavlyuchenko in a
4-4-2 or even play five across the midfield tomorrow.
The other issue surrounds club captain Ledley King who may be a bigger doubt for the game than
was suggested earlier in the week.
Our old friends the Daily Mail run a headline this morning stating that Harry Redknapp has
‘pleaded' with Chairman Daniel Levy to do all he can in striking a deal that is tempting enough
to keep Emmanuel Adebayor at the club.
In contrast with The Guardian who slated the player at the start of the week, the Mail's article
underlines the striker's qualities but Harry's quotes do rather stop short of sounding like a
plea.
By Richard Nash
Tottenham's victory over Everton last week left them level on points with Manchester United and
three points off league leaders Man City, confirming their position as genuine title rivals to the
Manchester clubs. Much has been made of the additions of Scott Parker and Emmanuel Adebayor as a
reason for the club's success, but the biggest change since last season has been the use of their
wingers, Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon.
It's all too easy to point the finger when a striker isn't finding the net but you can be sure
that the newspapers won't shy away from targeting criticism towards a misfiring centre forward.
Step forward the Guardian who are aiming a lot of flak in the direction of Emmanuel Adebayor.
The report suggests that the Togolese has simply ‘gone off the boil' and part of the story
states,
‘Gradually, Adebayor's form has dipped – he has scored once in the past seven league
matches – and even though he found the net against Wolves only to have the goal disallowed for a
debatable offside, this was perhaps his most ineffective game of the season as he continually found
himself in the wrong place and the wrong time.
We're delighted to welcome lovely fella, stand-up comedian and Spurs fan Carl Jones to Cheer Up
Alan Shearer. With Spurs second in the table, here's Carl's first guest post about whether his side
can actually win the league...
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It's mid-January. Tottenham Hotspur sit three points adrift of leaders Manchester City and level on
points with Manchester United.
It was billed one the homecoming for Thierry Henry and in the end, the ending matched the
expectation at the start. A single goal separated Arsenal from Leeds United and advances us to the
next stage of the competition. A home tie against Aston Villa is the prize that we got and it was a
moment of history being reenacted that sent us through.
For much of this season Spurs manager Harry Redknapp has argued that his options up front come
down to a straight choice between Rafael van der Vaart and Jermain Defoe. Almost without exception,
the manager comes down on the side of the Dutchman but is it time to give JD a run in the side,
even if it's at the expense of Adebayor up front?
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By David Chalmers
If you'll excuse the pun and read on...
Over a number of years, football has played with systems and tried to define formations while
the brains on the bench tell us that their players aren't confined to a sole set of instructions,
but taking a look at the Premier League this season, it's looking increasingly more like target men
are the focal point of most sides at this moment in time.
In form Tottenham Hotspurs striker, Emmanuel Adebayor, who arrived in a loan deal from
Manchester City apparently believes that his team might find a patch to catch up with City this
January, mainly because of the African Nations Cup.
Adebayor is confident that the departure of Yaya Toure along with Kolo Toure to defend their
respective country, Ivory Coast, in the upcoming competition set to be held at Gabon and Equatorial
Guinea.
The African Cup of Nations is just a couple of weeks away and Tottenham striker Emmanuel
Adebayor is already predicting a tough title challenge for Manchester City.
The Citizens are set to lose their most influential player of the season so far-Yaya Toure. Yaya
who was also named as the African player of the Year 2011 has been in scintillating form for City
helping them to a first place finish in the league for the first time in 82 years since Christmas
1929.
By JOEY SAMUEL
In a match where both teams needed three points, London rivals Tottenham and Chelsea each had to
settle for one as they played to a 1-1 draw. Emmanuel Adebayor scored to put Spurs up in the 8th
minute, only for Chelsea to equalize through Daniel Sturridge fifteen minutes later.
This isn't going to be overly analytical of the game, THFC1882 is about to go
on it's Christmas holidays! Before that though we take a brief look at Tottenham Hotspur versus
Chelsea from The Lane.
On the balance of play both sides will have been satisfied with a point.
After last night's hectic London Derby ended with honours even, Spurs manager Harry Redknapp
reflected on the game and felt that a draw was probably the right result.
After Daniel Sturridge cancelled out Emmanuel Adebayor's opener, both sides had great chances to
win the match with Ade going so close in second half injury time.
By Alan Duffy
Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea Premier League 22nd December 2011
A clash between third and fourth in the table, this heavyweight London derby lived up to its
billing, with both sides getting something from a superb game of football.
Tottenham vs Chelsea 1-1 Highlights 2011 Video Goals Adebayor Spurs Sturridge December 22 is a
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from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Tottenham vs Chelsea 2011 ( Chelsea v Spurs
video below) Final score and result:- Tottenham vs Chelsea 1-1 ( Emmanuel Adebayor/ Daniel
Sturridge) Thursday- December 22, 2011- White Hart Lane, London- [.
Daniel Sturridge cancels out Emmanuel Adebayor's opener, after some awful defending from the
home side.
Emmanuel Adebayor gives Tottenham an eight minute lead against Chelsea in to-nights battle of
London tie at White Hart Lane.
For the first time in many games, there are far more questions to deliberate ahead of predicting
the starting XI for tonight's match.
As we all know, Aaron Lennon has been ruled out of this game while Gareth Bale remains a major
doubt. There are question marks too over Ledley King, Jermain Defoe and Emmanuel Adebayor.
We'll touch on the latest news surrounding John Terry's current predicament very soon. For now,
though, we focus on the massive contest at White Hart Lane. I don't think I'm overstating when I
say this is going to be kind of epic.
Team news and the like from 2:45pm EDT.
Third meets fourth on Thursday in the English Premier League. The home side, Tottenham, are on a
ridiculously good run where they have garnered 33 points out of the last 39 available. That means
they have moved from a precarious position in the early part of the season, near the bottom of the
table after damaging defeats against Manchester United and Manchester City, to the loftier position
of third.
'Tis the season, for snatching a stocking full of points at White Hart Lane.
Hey, it's that guy
Man. This is kind of big, huh?
Win, lose or draw in Wigan over the weekend, this match with Tottenham was always going to be a
pivotal one. Not that matches with Spurs aren't always showcase events, but this season the derby
seems to be taking on a bit more weight with both clubs in the pursuit of Champions League football
for 2012-13.
So it is Manchester City who proudly sits at the top of the Premier League table going into
Christmas this year.
Of course, manager Roberto Mancini is refusing to get carried away by all that, but it is true
that it is his side who now hold the advantage going into the tough second part of the season.
Will Koscielny pocket another multi million pound striker?
When I say horror city, I don't mean Manchester City the team (although I won't be far off with
that). It is of course a return to the City of Manchester where our last visit there for a match
was one to be forgotten. Had this match be immediately after that one, I would be very worried.
It's the greedy bastards vs. the cash-strapped, plucky underdogs!... except it really isn't,
since Arsenal are a multi-million dollar organization.
Whatever, City still sucks.
Manchester City
League Form: 1st, 12-2-1 (yay!), 49 GF, 15 GA, +34 GD, 38pts
Home Form: 10P, 10W, 24 GF, 4 GA, +20GD
Last Meeting: Arsenal 0-1 Manchester City (November 29)
Ah.
