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  1. rsmith

    Spurs and our record signings

    With DS and TN offski for peanuts, it got me thinking about our record signings through the years and I'm struggling to think of any that were successful enough to warrant the price we paid. Was Rebrov a record signing, or Pav, Soldado, Bent, ? Anybody with better memory than me remember who...
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    Goalkeeper penalty tactics

    I’ve often wondered if a keeper standing in the middle of the goal for penalties is the best tactic. Bear with me… Let’s take a keeper facing a Harry Kane penalty. Kane shoots both sides, so I don’t know which way he’ll go. But I do know the length of his run up and routine. I suspect Kane has...
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    swap. Poch or Conte?

    With the various merry-go-round moves and rumours of late, let's imagine that Poch jumps from PSG to Man U mid-season. If offered a straight swap, would you take Poch back and let ManU have Conte, or would you stick with Conte and face Poch in the Old Trafford dugout? fwiw, I'd find it a tough...
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    We need better songs

    I was at the stadium last night and was blown away by the acoustics. When the south stand fired up, the volume was unbelievable. The problem is we quickly ran out of songs. The acoustics work both ways, which seemed to encourage the Palace fans who out sang us over the 90 minutes. To hear "is...
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    Dolly at Spurs

    The wooly one, not the curvy one. Start with what you consider our best XI. Now drop one player, and replace him with a clone of one of the other 10. Who do you drop and who do you clone, and why?
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    Sponsored Spurs walk

    A friend asked if I could share this link to a Sponsored Spurs Walk from the Antwerp Arms https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spurs-secret-history-sponsored-walk-tickets-33130126099 [Mods: Apologies if this should be posted elsewhere - feel free to move]
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    The mathematics of relegation

    Here is an interesting (well OK, maybe not that interesting) blog post about calculating the permutations that guarantee safety from relegation. http://www.spramod.info/using-smt-solvers-to-analyze-the-premier-league-table.html The "answer" at the bottom of the post is ... Minimum points to...
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    January Sales

    Watching Benteleb's debut, my first thought was "this kid deserves some game time this season". Followed by "at who's expense?" Here is our roster of CMs Dembele, Paulinho, Sandro, Capoue, Livermore, Carroll, Benteleb, Holtby, Eriksen, Siggy, Falque (http://goo.gl/izzBOs) And wingers Lennon...
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    It's all in the goal difference

    Just to be clear, this is not about today's game, not 'AVB out', and not about any individual players. It's also not a knee jerk. It's about goal difference. Check the end of season league tables, and as well as being ranked by points, the table is more or less ranked by goal difference. So...
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    v. LA Galaxy

    Found a stream :-) First impressions after 10 minutes:- . Vertonghen is like a white Ledley. Wins clean ball, composed distribution. . Sigurdsson is playing wide right. Reminds me a bit of Bentley, happy to take players on, but not that quick. Not seen much of Rafa yet. JD is lively on his...
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    Norwich download

    Anybody got one?
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    Woody - the end of a long goodbye

    So finally, the day that has been forecast, postponed, ITKd and rued for the last three seasons is now upon us. The man mountain that is Jonathan Simon Woodgate, has removed his spurs shirt for the last time. He only spent three years with us, which in most people's opinion would deny him...
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    Big 3, 4 or 6?

    Seems to me the last couple of seasons will have Sky's marketeers in a bit of a quandary. It used to be easy. The top four would be head and shoulders above the rest, who were left to fight it out for the odd UEFA Cup spot and Premiership survival in equal measure. Now it's not quite so...
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    Marin

    Just saw http://www.footylatest.com/tottenham-move-to-the-front-in-chase-for-german-ace/22019 Article taken with a huge pinch of salt, but if there is any truth in it, does this mean we're expecting an offer we can't refuse for Luka or GB? Or have we finally concluded that our strikers are...
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    Audere est facere

    With all the headlines about the glory days returning to WHL, it's time for our club motto to make a return too. I don't accept that dumming latin down into englsh makes us any more marketable. Quite the opposite, "audere est facere" is a brand, whereas "to dare is to do" is just a trite...
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    "David Bentley ... in the ... development squad"

    As the world was salivating over the Gareth Bale extravaganza, one of our most expensive ever signings was taking part in a "work out for the development squad". Where did it all go wrong and will he ever make our first choice XI?
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    VDV 20 goals

    I just found this http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/6741050/ Watching the 20 goals, 8 or so were Tommy Hudd type strikes, one was a carbon copy of Bale's volley v. Stoke, but the others were AM goals that I haven't seen at WHL for quite a long time. On one occasion v. Wigan I...
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    Gomes v Stoke

    I wanna come out in support of the big guy. On my card he made 3 fantastic saves, conceded one goal after being elbowed in the face by Huth (watch at 39:21), had 3 flaps, 2 of which coincided with being cynically fouled. Look at the incident 60:30. As Gomes jumps to punch, Huth throws...
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    Central London Pub for the semi

    Can anybody suggest a good pub in central London to watch the semi on Sunday?
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