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    Return of the prodigals

    Lots of rumours linking us to the return of former stars and a few of our former youngsters doing well elsewhere. Just wondered how people would feel about going back to the future.
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    Levy's Worst Managerial Appointment

    Danny boy cannot be held responsible for every duff player we sign, but when it comes to managers the buck stop with him. So…?
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    Best homegrown XI in Premiership?

    Using only players that have been on our books since they were young enough to play in our youth team, including those currently on loan, Spurs could field a starting XI of: Archer Fredericks Velkovic Ball Rose Mason Bentaleb Carroll Lennon Kane Townsend That line up does not allow room for...
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    Which of our loaness should we recall?

    Managerial failings apart, recent weeks have shown that our squad lacks depth in certain areas, most obviously defence. It also lacks balance, particularly in central midfield. Attack is perhaps less of a concern; it is too soon to give up on Soldado and the return to the fold of Adebayor gives...
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    Grant Hall, Alex Pritchard & Ryan Mason - Swindon Town

    Thought it was about time we had a proper thread title... Lost 3-2 today, with Mason scoring a 40 yarder in injury time. Hall and Pritchard also started, with Pritchard providing the assist for the first; also in the team were ex-Spurs Luongo and Kasim, the latter of whom has gone from...
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    Nathan Byrne - Crawley

    Sounds like he scored a cracker against Carlisle (and that he took some inspiration from Andros' goal against them): "...just after the hour mark, the game's first moment of real quality brought about the first goal. And it went the way of Reds, with Nathan Byrne bagging a goal on his league...
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    So which youngsters does Harry loan out?

    Rose is needed as cover at leftback, and with no good news on Huddlestone I think Harry might be minded to hang on to Livermore. I would like to see Townsend kept as like for like cover for Lennon and Bale, but with Krancjar and Pienaar available I cannot see him getting much of a look in...
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    Grow Your Own

    Last season we arguably failed to qualify for the Champions League because we were distracted by playing in the Champions League; this season we do not have that distraction and, being able to concentrate on the Premier League, will hopefully qualify. There is some danger of this becoming...
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    Too many youngsters on loan?

    Looking at our fixture list with the Europa ties, and with the League Cup still too come, does anyone think maybe we have put too many youngsters out on loan? Harry was scraping the barrel a bit on Thursday with Fredericks and Nicholson, promising enough lads but nowhere near our first team...
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    Spurs U21

    Button; Smith, Walker, Caulker, Bale; Townsend, Sandro, Livermore, Rose; Giovanni; Obika. Subs: Jannson, Butcher, Parrett, Bostock, Mason, M'Poku, Kane. All except Kane have senior experience, in most cases at Championship level or above. I know it is a tradition on her to compare the...
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    Deadwood?

    By my reckoning we have around 50 professionals on our books, not including Academy players. Harry complains of insufficient strength in depth, and his first team pool seems to consist of just 19 players: Gomes, Gunter, Hutton, Corluka, Woodgate, Dawson, King, Assou-Ekottu, Bale, Bentley...
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    Most impressive season under Jol?

    2004/2005 Takes over Jacques Santini's struggling team eleven league games into the season, and lifts them to 9th. Jol put down his calling card. Very few coaches are capable of bringing about sustained improvement without resorting to the transfer market. However there were no concrete...
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    Leon Angel

    There have been a lot of mentions in the media that this chap has been heavily involved in advising us on transfers: [URL="http://www.hazlemsfenton.com/about/partners/leonangel.html"[/URL] Does anyone know anything about him? Does he have a similar role for us as Tony Jiminez at Newcastle...
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    How good is our squad?

    GK Gomes, Caesar RB Hutton, Gunter CB Woodgate, Dawson CB King, Corluka LB Bale, Assou-Ekottu RM Bentley, Lennon CM Zokora, Huddlestone CM Jenas, O'Hara LM Modric, Gilberto ST Pavyluchenko, Campbell ST Bent, Dos Santos GK Both new to the Prem, but Gomes is looking good so far RB...
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    Spurs uefa cup squad.

    Interesting, spaces for: Oscar Jansson, John Bostock, Dean Parret, Danny Rose, Kieran McKenna and Andy Barcham (none of whom qualify automatically) but not for: Ben Alnwick, Paul Stalteri, Ricardo Rocha, Hossam Ghaly, Kevin Prince-Boateng or Adel Taarabt.
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    Leigh Mills

    Was supposed to spend the season on loan at Brentford, but has been recalled. Surely we are not that short of centrebacks? Eek
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    Reserves Discussion

    You have to wonder if when agents give advice to kids like Bostock they are taking a long term view or just making a quick buck. Most lads never make the grade, so take the money when its offered. Bostock will probably rot in our reserves for a few of years and then get released; whereas had he...
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    Joe Martin

    Joe Martin made a Championship debut for Blackpool yesterday as they escaped the drop. I gleaned this from a fansite: I was unsure about this loan. Joe had looked promising as an Academy lad, but had lost ground as a result of injury, and had not been shining in the reserves, mostly playing...
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    Our changing blueprint

    Since the early days of the Premiership Tottenham's problem as a club has been that, for all our enormous fanbase and financial muscle, we have been unable to sign players of the quality needed to take us into the Champions League; the reason being that the players who can get you into the...
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    Reserves Draw

    http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/reservesdraw131107.html 1:1 against Ipswich in a training groundd friendly, but the line-up is interesting: Forecast (L Butcher, 46), Riley (Casey, 46), Archibald-Henville, Martin, Hughton, Davis (Hutton, 46), Livermore (Parrett, 46), Maghoma...
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