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I have been an amused reader of Mediawatch on Football365 for a while now, and thoroughly recommend it. It looks at the utter nonsense spouted by the tabloids and rips the piss out of it. I thought I'd share its comments from the last couple of days on the latest campaign against AVB.
First, this from yesterday:
First, this from yesterday:
Then today we have this gem from the Daily Nazi from Redknapp acolyte Jeff PowellDaily Ridiculous
The Daily Mail's anti-AVB campaign - led by Chelsea insider Neil Ashton - continues apace with the back-page claim that 'former Roma coach Luis Enrique is the shock name' being considered to replace the Portuguese manager at White Hart Lane.
This tweet from Tor-Kristian Karlsen - former chief executive at Monaco and long-time scout - sums up Mediawatch's feelings: 'The Luis Enrique/Spurs story (Daily Mail) is the most ridiculous piece I've read in quite some time.'
We should probably direct him to the fun times of 'Is Jose the new Di Matteo?'.
..... followed by this, erm, savaging of some insight from Robbie Savage:Description Of The Day
'This curious Portuguese egg' - The Daily Mail's Jeff Powell on Andre Villas-Boas.
Then topped off with more from the walking parody that is Jeff Powell:Boredom
'Boring, boring Tottenham. There you go - someone needed to say it, so it might as well be me.'
Congratulations to Robbie Savage for having the cojones to say what everyone else has been saying for three months now in his column for the Daily Mirror.
'I'm not interested in how Tottenham got on in the Europa League last night,' writes a man who is paid to watch football. 'I don't care if they saw the Northern Lights or if they managed to build any snowmen in the Arctic circle.
'Ultimately, Villas-Boas will be judged on whether they qualify for the Champions League.'
Hang on, Mediawatch was sure Savage was already judging AVB on Spurs' style of play just a moment ago. Huh.
The problem with writing a Friday column is that everything you have to say has already been discussed at length throughout the week and, despite Savage's 'unique' take on things, his stale perspective offers nothing new on the problems at Spurs.
'AVB spent £110million on a major overhaul of his squad, and it was always going to take time for seven new signings to bed in at White Hart Lane,' he continues.
'But I don't think he is getting the best out of them.'
Well, no s**t. Mediawatch was under the impression that everything was fine and dandy at White Hart Lane.
'Based on what I've seen so far this campaign, they have no chance (of qualifying for the Champions League)' writes Savage, despite tipping Spurs - who are only two points from fourth - to finish in the top four at the start of the season.
And who said football pundits are fickle?
Wonderful stuff.Curious Egg'
Andre Villas-Boas considers himself immune at Tottenham, writes Jeff Powell in the Daily Mail.
'Not with only nine goals scored in 12 Premier matches this season. Not when he is giving Jermain Defoe, one of the most natural of English finishers, hardly any playing time while getting ready to ship him off to the MLS in January.'
Mediawatch would suggest that Defoe didn't appear quite so 'natural' when he scored just once for Spurs in 17 matches at the end (well, the middle to the end, truth be told) of last season.