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    Scott Parker: When I were a lad...

    When I were a lad, they send to send us down t'pit three hours before we went to bloody bed. We worked 27 hours a bloody day. If you tell kids that nowadays they wouldn't believe you! Former Spurs whirligig and current youth team coach gives a great interview to, of all media outlets, The Mail...
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    POLL: Optimistic for the new season? Optmisitic (YES) or Pessimistic (NO)?

    What are you? YES for optimistic and NO for negative, please. I'm quite optimistic, personally - that will come as a surprise to 8ers :) Too many (everywhere, media, not just here) asking if will have second season syndrome but none asking if he can improve. Improvement through experience...
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    Henry Norris, Liverpool/United Match Fixing and the Great Goons Promotion Scandal of 1919

    For any of you who are history buffs out there, curious about the ArseAnal promotion scandal of 1919 or why the Spurs/Goons dislike runs so deep, good explanation here: http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/how-man-united-and-Liverpool-fixed-match-helping-arsenal-and-Chelsea-not-spurs? Henry...
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    Milos Veljkovic returns to Lane - recalled for 1st team?

    Milos Veljkovic has been recalled from his loan at Middlesborough. Karanka spoke highly of him, and had already said he would like to keep him for the year. So it would appear that it is our doing. Could he be being recalled for 1st team action? He seems to me, from what I have seen of him, to...
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    THFC Official dedicated Spanish-language site and the Global fan-base

    The club has launched a dedicated Spanish-language site "latest development in Club’s growing digital offering to a global fanbase...to cater for growing demand for the Club’s content across Spain and Latin America."...
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    Poll: Time for Poch or Time up for Poch? How Much More Time Should He Get?

    I've been revisiting some threads from the end of last season/Pochettino's appointment. It seemed that the general concensus was that we need to stop the chopping and changing of manager/head coach. That the new man needed to be given time (and backing, of course). And especially after...
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    Interview with Ossie Ardiles - WC, Coming to England, the Falklands War and Glenn Hoddle

    Nice interview with Ossie (well, I liked it) from World Soccer Talk. Discusses everything from the current WC (doesn't like Urugauy) to the impact of the Falklands War on him and Ricky, and playing with the maestro that was Glenn Hoddle - anyone not old enough to see GH play in the flesh and...
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    Spurs agree new advertising partnership with Sportfive

    Spurs agree new advertising partnership with Sportfive. Not really exciting news for the majority, just thought it might be of interest to the purists :) Story available on Tottenham Hotspur Blog News, here: http://tottenhamhotspur.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/tottenham-agree-new-partnership.html...
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    I Was a Spurs Fan as a Kid - Louis Van Gaal

    Just thought I'd share this snippet. Louis van Gaal confirms in interview that he supported Spurs as a kid and Jimmy Greaves was his hero: "Van Gaal said: “I came very close. Very close. Yes. As a little boy I was a fan of Tottenham Hotspur with the team of Jimmy Greaves when he was the...
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    Final Say in Signings, Team Selection. Holtby has Future at Lane. Sherwood today.

    InterTim has today ruled out any new signings, not because he doesn't know what Baldini and Great Leader are doing, but because he doesn't believe we need any. If you look at the left-back situation, as an example, one of the problems for AVB was that he let BAE go but clearly didn't feel that...
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    InterTim on Dembélé

    Just thought I'd share this from the OS - Sherwood on Mousa. Particularly interesting, given that just about everyone has commented on MB having started as a striker and having everything to drive at/through defences and to fire shots in, and yet seeming incredibly reluctant to do so. Maybe that...
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    Comparative squad age.

    Just flicking through NewsNow, when I came across an article dealing withe the comparative squad ages of the various EPL teams. We have the third lowest average age squad in the whole division, at 25 years and 33 days - and, although it doesn't specifically mention it (or very much else, for...
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    Article on Youth Coaching Methods - a Combined Approach in the Academy Philosophy

    Found an interesting article on NN. If you stick with it and read the whole thing it will give a further idea of methodologies employed at youth level. Says more about the approach being employed being a combination of the British full-throttle up-and-at-'em style and the Continental technical...
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    Defence Under AVB

    Interesting article from Spurs Fanatic analysing our defensive performance under AVB - thought some folk might want to discuss it. The first comment on page, questioning what is covered makes a good point re set-pieces. There seems to be a general feeling that we are getting worse (if possible)...
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    Article on the Youth Set-Up and the Value of the Training Complex

    Just thought I'd pass this on. Features academy manager, John McDermott, discussing various aspects of the club's youth policy, including the value of the training centre, the club's stress on youth development and reflections on the defeat in the NextGen, alst week. Available here...
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    Gareth Bale Interview

    Quite surprised no-one else has put this interview of Gareth Bale by Mike Calvin (apparently). If you follow the link, you can watch the whole interview (I'm not going to put the vid up, firstly because I don't want to upset the Mods if it is a copyright infringement, and, secondly, because I...
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    Heads Up Yids and Yidettes

    Okay, that hurt. But lets look at it this way: We lost Modric, VDV and King Ledley in the Summer. Kaboul, BAE and Scotty Parker have all been out injured for a while. Dembélé and Bale were absent for today's game, for one reason and another. Aside form Dembélé, who is already so important to us...
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    Interesting Article on AVBs 'Failure' at Chelsea

    Ever since we first signed AVB, there has been a lot of debate on here about - primarily centred on whether he was the right man for us or not. It seems (from what I can make out) that those who didn't want him as manager have pursued the line that he was a complete and abject failure at Chelsea...
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    Sean Davis retires.

    Surpised no-one has covered this. Former Spurs midfielder, Sean Davis has been forced to retire due to serious injury age 33 YO. Despite his limitations as a player, the partnership of him and Mendes was the best we had had for a while, he added some real steel when we needed it. Says he doesn't...
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    George Couzens - Lincoln 15 YO striker

    According to this report, we are trying to hijack Norwich's attempt to sign Lincoln's highly rated 15 YO striker, George Couzens. http://savethemightyimps.wordpress.com/2012/09/21/spurs-norwich-tug-of-war-for-couzens/ "Tottenham Hotspur are eager to see Lincoln City U15′s striker George...
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