Luka says that's one for definite Harry. We like a theme over here at The Musings as you may have noticed. And while most of you are still surfing on cloud nine after Wednesday let me lay on you something which has stood the test of time: 'Don't count your chickens before they hatch'. Or to put it another way: don't cackle if you haven't laid.

I reckon a run of the mill, ho-hum recap of this defeat our sixth of the term would represent the most extraneous of missions. What I really fancy at the moment is a mindless ramble on any number of things that caught my eye during this eyesore of a match.

One of those days

On with the musings:

• No need to hold any punches here.

It is not a question of the owner having patience. I have said we have set out to build something new at this club and the club is committed to what we are building for the future. ...

The perspective is we have to win every game if we want to make this a title challenge. There is no running away from responsibilities, there is no calling this a year of transition.

Under the spotlight. Sebastien in happier days. . The Greg Meyer column. Greg's read the entrails, studied the runes and examined the charts and has come to the conclusion that we might just win on Sunday. He's not impressed with our Russian expedition but then why would he be. His forensic analysis pinpoints Sebastien Bassong as the cause of our downfall and nobody at Spurs Musings is going

Yesterday, it was announced Steve Nicol would no longer be the head coach of the New England Revolution. The decision was made after a meeting between the inimitable Scot and the Revolution's investor/operators (read: owners), Jonathan and Robert Kraft, and was described as a "mutual parting of ways.

In the wake of Jimbob's thoroughly excellent and extensive Tottenham Hotspur match preview and tactical musings the other day, I thought As a kind of addendum to that, I would add a piece about what the manager's were saying on the eve this important game. Bearing in mind the undoubted quality of the oppostion, this could be [.

Rocking chairs. Porches. Cross-stitching. Some things were made for long international breaks before worthless international friendlies. Entertaining and insightful sports writing is not one of them. At least not in these here parts. Instead, we bring you the next best thing random thoughts and musings sent our way via electronic mail from you the reader.

By J Hutcherson - WASHINGTON, DC (Sep 23, 2011) US Soccer Players -- Most of you are already well aware that Google's Google+ product and Facebook are engaged in a battle to determine where you post your day-to-day musings and make your connections. Their motivation is hardly altruistic. Both are in the advertising business, and tailored ads make them money.

I really haven't got the heart to go through the papers this morning. I haven't the slightest desire to read the depressing reports of the Arsenal's 4-3 defeat at the hands of Blackburn in the Premier League encounter.

Neither do I want to read AW's post-match musings. 'Cos, let's face it we don't need reminding.

Greg's in the loop and is acting as go-between for missives from Luka Modric.He is letting us in in the correspondance and we at Spurs Musings are grateful for his powerful connections. No chicken-hearted reactions at Wolves today we hope and with any luck any feathers that fly will be theirs.Note from Editor.

Think of this as a Funny Feeling Friday column "Part II," with a bit of musings going into the weekend... TEVEZ Stripped (officially) of the club captaincy, he will have a point to prove and could outscore Dzeko and ... Continue reading →

Well my friends we are on a little early this week as I (Dan) am making a big trip abroad for some games over in Columbus so here we are a day early with some enthusiastic blogs. i will add in the others as they come through if i can before i go. but here they are.

SAM BARKER(Philadelphia Union)
I'm back once again to give musings and my views on the Union this week.

BIG THANKS TO ZACH FOR HELPING ME GET THIS TO POST

Sometimes being bored has its advantages.

After an hour of being undercaffeinated while listening to a lecture about the philosophy of coaching Under 8's waaaaay too early on a Saturday morning, my thoughts drifted to the Orangemen (apologies to anyone Irish for that reference).

Top Gear comes to Spurs Musings, and I don't just mean the team's performance North of the Border. An Australian Arthur Daley, just what we need to go with our 'wheeler dealer' manager. Meanwhile great news for the Meyer family: son Lachlan is now the All Australian under 17 Badminton Champion. Greg is over the moon, but too modest to mention it himself.

Photo: Daniel Gajdamowicz

Union

Greetings fellow news junkies I hope you had a happy and safe Fourth of July. The news net is full, so let's get cracking!

In this week's power rankings roundup, the Union stay level in the fourth spot at MLSsoccer.com and at Soccer America.

For our latest post. we are delighted to welcome back Phil Ascough; his musings the result of a debate with a mate in the pub as to which XI has most distinguished the amber and black of Hull City. We are particularly pleased because Phil has been very busy lately on a new book, Kissing the Badge, to be published next month but available for pre-order now.

Mrs Jamie Redknapp. As every press opp's best friend, we should've never doubted you. But we did, because you wore this, this and THAT recently.

By now, you've collected enough paychecks to know how to work a camera lens, we realise. Throughout your style trials and tribulations, however, we've fostered a weird (we) love (you)/(we) hate (your outfit) relationship with your red carpet looks.

"It's a 11 month holiday" was Trapattoni's damning verdict after Anthony Stokes pulled out of Ireland's squad for the Carling Nations Cup. Gio couldn't understand Stokes' reason for not playing and for him 'fatigue' didn't count as a valid reason.

Much the same way, England and more specifically Stuart Pearce couldn't understand that Wilshere playing his first full season as a top flight footballer in the Premiership could also be tired.

This past week, the WCR Top 25 was picked up by several sources in Utah, as well as a few other locations, in celebration of Real Salt Lake becoming the first American club ever to reach the rankings. (One result of this was that I received about four times as many hits on Friday as I had on any previous day in the history of this site.

This past week, the WCR Top 25 was picked up by several sources in Utah, as well as a few other locations, in celebration of Real Salt Lake becoming the first American club ever to reach the rankings. (One result of this was that I received about four times as many hits on Friday as I had on any previous day in the history of this site.

We're two days away from the Union's away game against the current holders of the Supporters' Shield, the Los Angeles Galaxy. This promises to be a huge test for the Union, who have quickly grabbed an important six points in their first two games. Here are some stories on the Union, MLS, and soccer in general to keep your Thursday going.

The Irish Rover: Madrid For those who have been following 'Spurs Musings' loyally over the years, well months anyway, and wondering why, I have great news. For those going to Madrid for the Real Quarter Final game your patience with some of the nonsense, bias and misinformation that you have had to put up with is about to be rewarded.

Gareth? We feel your pain. Image: Getty Images/Daylife

Far be it from us to throw stones at 'in-play' fashion faux pas' (anyone who's caught a glimpse of us on a staff night out would confirm we aren't exactly ‘catwalk ready' as frequently as we might have you believe) but it would be inappropriate of us not to comment on some of the decisions on display in the England training session yesterday.

Opening night! I have to admit, it feels so good to be back in the thick of things. Speaking of the thick of things...plan on tuning in here every week for a little thing I like to call "Match Musings". Basically it's just me, spouting off my armchair quarterback (or perhaps linking midfielder if you prefer) noise about the previous night's match.

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It's not easy being a dinosaur you know, not in the instant digital world we now have to inhabit. Now this dinosaur's brain might not be what it was, if indeed it ever was, but to me twitter and face book seem like forums for airing your dirty linen in public.

Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Mike Collins in Canada Well, As an avid reader of your terrific blog I just thought I would put down a few musings from my getting on for 60 years of giving hard earned money to AFC; I might just as well have written a [...]

Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony By Phil Gregory, Righto, here we are with the final part of my musings on the general state of football finances for the Commons Inquiry. Since starting this report, I've decided to do my dissertation along similar lines, so if you have enjoyed [.

As everybody knows, Spurs Chairman Daniel Levy Josiah Bounderby is trying to move the club from it's current location in Tottenham to a brand new state-of-the-art stadium in Stratford, near West Ham in horrible east London.
This proposal actually makes a flabbergasting, finger-tingling amount of financial sense for the club going forward - to summarize in a way for the foggiest of minds out there, bigger stadium = more tickets sold = more revenue = increased ability to buy the best players = increased ability to compete for trophies = increased chance of winning trophies, and oh, they are delicious, almost as delicious as finely aged cheddar - and yet we've all seen on the television Tottenham fans protesting vigorously against the move.

Wolfsburg and Bayern drew at the VW Arena in a high-tempo match that was end-to-end and full of drama this weekend. An early fluke goal by Thomas Müller in the 7′ was equalized by Sascha Riether late in the game. In between the early and late book-end goals was a game full of stories. Franck Ribery twisted his knee in the 20′ minute after a clash with Josue.

Today's Guest Post comes from a new Arsenal fan site called ArseneWenger.com. Being specialists in Wenger's thoughts hopefully they will be able to help us all interpret the great mans psychological musings in the future..... Wenger's New Player Options for Arsenal's 2010-2011 Defence January is usually the time when Premier League teams conduct player transfers.

The MLS Combine is rolling along, in Florida and while I was unable to attend to provide first hand coverage, there are plenty of journalist and bloggers enjoying the annual showcase of new potential talent. So for this week's Monday Morning Centre Back, I'm going to provide a link round-up of all the news I could find from this weekend's events in Florida.

2010 was a banner year at World Club Rankings. For the first time, we went over 100,000 unique hits and we've pulled over 100 members for the Facebook page. I had known that somewhere around 40% of the hits were coming from the United States and the United Kingdom, but I wasn't sure what the real breakdown was, so I went to Google Analytics to see where all of you are from.

A few musings ahead of the Birmingham game:

We really need to bring back the energy and pressing we employed to such great effect against Chelsea, harry Birmingham off the pitch and do not underestimate them at all. They are more than capable of beating us and really messing up our chances.