Apologies about the lack of posting recently. I've slipped into an euphoria-induced coma at the sight of Tom Huddlestone and Peter Crouch both coming on for England in Doha on Saturday. The prognosis? I'll be okay in the long run but Jermaine Jenas definitely won't go to the World Cup.
I promise normal service will be resumed shortly, once the deluge of Uni work is eased a little bit. Click to continue reading...

Right then, the good news is that Harry has spoken openly about us being light in the midfield department.
"I am happy with the squad. The only area we are short of a body is central midfield", said Harry, in preparation for the January sales.
Thank the lord! The only hurdle that I can see us falling on is that teams rarely give away their best players in winter transfer window. Click to continue reading...

что же, спрашивается, Вы говорите о Вас сумасшедший человек?

I don't understand a word of it either. What I do know is that whilst 'The Emperor' looked sharp tonight in a hold-up role. However he had plenty of chances to place his name on the scoresheet that went wanting.

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Good move all round?

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Alex McLeish is lining up a move for Tottenham defender Gareth Bale when the transfer window opens in January.
Birmingham manager McLeish will have around £40million at his disposal following Carson Yeung's takeover and, according to the Daily Mirror, will spend £3m on the Spurs left-back.

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Dutchman strongly linked with White Hart Lane move.

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Klass-Jan Huntelaar closer to Tottenham move in January
Reports in Italy today claim that Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is closer to moving to Tottenham after disappointing since his £12 million move to AC Milan.

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"And just when I was starting to blame my hair!"

It took 25 games over more than two years, but Gareth Bale was finally a part of his first Premier League win with Spurs as the club beat Burnley 5-0 on Saturday.

The match was already well in hand when Bale was brought on in the 86th minute with the goal of ending his dubious and undeserved Premier League record streak.

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No love lost!

Chelsea's Joe Cole will not be involved as boss Carlo Ancelotti is saving him for the Carling Cup match with QPR.

Didier Drogba and Jose Bowsingwa will both return to the side after their Champions League suspensions.

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has a dilemma in goal as he has to decide between fit again Heurelho Gomes or current number one Carlo Cudicini.

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from exile he came from the wilderness unto the people; and the saw that he was good!!? really? ok then.

Safe to say that out of our squad of assorted rapscallions and roustabouts; Gareth and Heurelho have been at the frontline of the barrage of media criticism, much to the delight of more lack lustre contributors, (mentioning no names).

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Bad news for Tottenham fans - Gareth Bale has returned to action in a closed doors friendly between QPR and Spurs. The defender completed 90 minutes of action as Tottenham ran out 3-2 winners over the Championship club.

While Bale is a highly rated left back in the Premier League, his return comes as a catch-22 for Spurs fans due to the infamous Gareth Bale curse.

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Good deal all round?

AC Milan and Tottenham Hotspur are negotiating a deal that would see Marek Jankulovski and Gareth Bale swap clubs.

The Rossoneri are willing to give the Spurs the Czech international plus an additional €5 million for the services of the Welsh starlet during the winter transfer window that opens in January.

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We waited with bated breath, following weeks of anticipation, even though the outcome was almost inevitable. Despite rumours of several incoming loans and transfers, today's 5pm transfer deadline passed with only one addition to the squad and undoubtedly the biggest positive most fans took from today was that it appears that we managed to keep [. Click to continue reading...

Apparently Gary Megson wants to take Kevin Nolan back to Bolton, or at least that's what The Mirror is saying. We paid Bolton £4m for the midfielder in January and his £40k/week wages might be seen as reason enough to let him go in the current phase of cost-cutting at the Toon. I wasn't particularly impressed [. Click to continue reading...

Once again, I give to you my fantasy football guidelines in handy list form. This is the latest variation on something I first wrote down in 2004. They have served me well over the years, and I hope you find them useful in choosing your teams this season.
1. Punch above your weight
You generally want to pick anyone playing in a more advanced role than they are designated by the fantasy game - defenders playing in midfield and midfielders lining up as forwards. Click to continue reading...

This coming season promises to be the most exciting in years. Of course, every coming season promises to be the most exciting in years. This is one of the many truisms of English Football. Last season we gaped open mouthed as Manchester City clumsily wooed Global Franchise Entities with the promise of dreams and Ferrero Rocher.

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According to Sky Sports News, Tottenham defender Gareth Bale would like to play for AC Milan. However Milan have not made an offer and Bale has not discussed a move with the club. His agent Peppino Tirri told calciomercato.it,

"It's true, the player likes Milan but for the moment no official offer has arrived for him .

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Football365 | All The News | Football News | BASSONG EXPLAINS NEWCASTLE EXIT
Looks like it's happening for Spurs and Bassong.� Here are a few quick thoughts.�
1) Nice move for Spurs as they need a young, healthy, high quality centre back with upside.�
2) You have to wonder why Arsenal wasn't interested at this price - throwing an additional £16M for Bassong and Chamakh seems like a reasonable use of their K2 & Toure money. Click to continue reading...

Stewart Downing is set to move to Villa for 12million. Lets face it, it was going to be them or Spurs, well he always goes there on Football Manager anyway.
Bit risky on O'Neill's part though as the lad is injured until October, you would think he would hold fire and see him return to fitness (at Boro's expense) and poach him in January. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham fans must be thinking that their team is cursed since the club management, or should we say Daniel Levy, has spent a tremendous amount of money on new players in the last few years but they are still far away from breaking into the top four. The biggest flaw in this "master plan" was that the club did not have the patience to stick to the players they'd got and gradually reinforce the squad, but they kept buying and selling players like their lives depended on that.

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In ‘normal' life, when a company gets taken over you expect there to be some changes at the top. Irrespective of how good the people were or whether they were doing their job well, most of the times the feeling is that they have to go in order to make a break from the past and show that things are about to change. Click to continue reading...

Autor: Juan Figueroa.
El Tottenham es un equipo que posee una de las plantillas más completas de la Premier League, con recambio en casi todas las posiciones, fácil dos jugadores competitivos por puesto. Pero si bien no posee ningún jugador de talla mundial se puede dar el lujo de tener jugadores que se podrían hacer hueco en prácticamente cualquier equipo de primer nivel, se está dando el lujo de tener a dos de los mejores interiores derechos de la Premier en la misma plantilla como lo son Aaron Lennon (Hoy en día el jugador más desequilibrante del equipo y algo infravalorado por la explosión de Theo Walcott) y David Bentley, pero sin embargo el problema hace mucho tiempo está en la banda izquierda, banda que aún no ha podido encontrar un dueño que cumpla a cabalidad con desbordar esa banda, nombres como Steed Malbranque (natural centrocampista de salida y posteriormente acomodado a la banda) Luka Modric, natural volante de creación que fue por un tiempo acomodado a la banda sin buenos resultado, Jamie O'Hara (centrocampista de corte de pierna zurda de buen despliegue físico pero con limitaciones técnicas) los mismos Aaron Lennon y David Bentley que no se acomodan a jugar con el perfil cambiado, el prometedor Gareth Bale, lateral por naturaleza adelantado para desbordar, son demasiados nombres para una posición en tanto tiempo, quizá el único que logró ser un jugador cumplidor en aquella posición fue el francés Malbranque, pero al ser declarado prescindible por Juande Ramos se fue al Sunderland donde hoy en día es uno de los líderes en asistencias de la Premier League. Click to continue reading...

The all new rumour reporting article system is in full effect! The Rumour Tottenham's Gareth Bale has fallen out of favour under Harry Redknapp. The 19-year-old left back is a useful utility man, also being able to play in midfield and would be a useful addition to Fulham's line-up. Paul Konchesky . Click to continue reading...

This is not the worst team in the Premier League.� It is the least valuable.� This team would incite the masses with talent, with name recognition and with expense.� They would then fail pathetically.� This team could be composed entirely of Newcastle players, but we thought we'd include a few others to keep things interesting.

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I think we can all agree that Gareth Bale is not a bad player. In fact, at 19 years of age, he is surely one of the most promising - if not the� most promising - left backs in the Premier League and in the world. Likewise, I think we can all agree that Tottenham win their fair share of games.

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Spurs for SNES Yes, Spurs primate-faced Welshman is a a bit of a ringer for video game star Donkey Kong. The big-eared left-back could probably learn a few defensive tips from the Ninetendo hero too. Thanks to OTP reader Usama for the spot. Share on Facebook Click to continue reading...

Leeds, Charlton, Southampton, Watford etc. The list is continuous, the list of clubs that in recent years have fallen from the Premiership and now battle relegation at the bottom of the championship. Or in the case of Leeds, Leicester, and come Saturday Charlton have dropped into League One.

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Embedded above is by far the greatest Harry Redknapp clip of all time. We've shown it before but let's show it again for old time's sake. It has nothing to do with today's real� football news - that Chelsea beat Liverpool in an amazing Champions League quarterfinal match.� Who cares. Click to continue reading...

HBL had a column from Christoffer Herberts this morning, riffing on the idea that Wales and Finland are so similar as to be almost mirror images of each other. They both have a lot of injuries, they've both struggled to qualify for a major tournament for over 50 years, they both sruggle with a dominant [. Click to continue reading...

HBL had a column from Christoffer Herberts this morning, riffing on the idea that Wales and Finland are so similar as to be almost mirror images of each other. They both have a lot of injuries, they've both struggled to qualify for a major tournament for over 50 years, they both sruggle with a dominant [. Click to continue reading...

HBL had a column from Christoffer Herberts this morning, riffing on the idea that Wales and Finland are so similar as to be almost mirror images of each other. They both have a lot of injuries, they've both struggled to qualify for a major tournament for over 50 years, they both sruggle with a dominant [. Click to continue reading...

Something to read while you buy a $9 mp3 player with US Military secrets on it Trailer for "The Damned United" (ScreenCrave) Italy vs Brazil will not be cancelled (USA Today) David Beckham: the new Steve McClaren? (The Spoiler) No C-Ron or Cantona in Scholes Best XI (Prem Offside) Fair Trade soccer balls (SheScribes) Gareth Bale scared of women? Click to continue reading...

This team would win neither titles nor plaudits.  But, they certainly would entertain.  They may even possibly scare small children.  Without further delay, here is the most follically challenged/enlightened team in the English Premier League. Manager: Joe Kinnear (Newcastle) Joe Kinnear is old school and tempestuous, his hair coincides. Click to continue reading...

So why not start using him? Gareth Bale can launch a throw in the same manner as Rory Delap and I think we should utilise this part of his game more. I'm not saying we make it a staple part of our play like Stoke but there would be no harm mixing it up a bit with a few 'Bale Bombs'.
Yesterday's defeat at the hands of Everton was unlucky but we have had our fair share of luck since Harry took over so I'm not going to let it get me down. Click to continue reading...

When you're watching the Premier League, which footballer do you identify with the most? In life, are you a hard-nosed John Terry, a metrosexual David Bentley, a wear-your-heart-on-your-sleeve Steven Gerrard, or perhaps a John Carew who has a penchant for lap dances? As a child, I identified with Kenny Dalglish when he played at Liverpool. Click to continue reading...

1. We're going to need more free alcohol Bolton gave away 1,000 pints of pre-match beer to try and encourage some more vocal home support against Blackburn. Nice idea, but it takes more alcohol than that to make a drab goalless draw look entertaining. Unless one lucky fan got their hands on all one thousand pints [. Click to continue reading...

This source suggests that Rafa is very interested in making a move for this youngster who may be keen on a way out of his struggling Tottenham oufit! Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is reportedly contemplating a surprise swoop for Tottenham Hotspur's Gareth Bale... Benitez failed to prise a certain Mr Barry away . Click to continue reading...