How would you fix Spurs?

How would you fix Spurs?

Seriously, they have supposedly capable players, a supposedly capable manager, so what is really going wrong. Do you think the now infamous "director of football" has basically given Ramos a mutt of a team and told him to make it win Crufts, or is it more a case of 11 individuals going out to play, and not enough of a team ethic? I'm confused.

maybe Ashley and Wise could do the job?
these guys have winner written all over them.

they always did conceed a lot of goals, and the only way they ever did ok was by scoring a lot aswell. bent isnt used to being number 1 striker and pavlyuchenko it still settling into england.

Sulk2008-10-21 12:02:52

I thought Ramos would be the man to turn them around, especially after he made such an impact early in his time there.

History shows some teams being relegated from Premier League which on paper looked very good.  West Ham and Leeds most famously.  Even Birmingham last time.  So having the roster isnt always enough.

Three things need to happen, firstly Ramos needs to find a starting 11 to 14 who have some mongrel and want to fight for the shirt, secondly they need straightforward luck (couple of jammy 1-0 wins) and thirdly they need to find a system that works with the players they have.  Presently they dont seem to have those things.

For me a player like O'Hara is just the sort of mongrel player you need right now.

Pavlyuchenko is good but like many players he needs some adjustment time and needs confidence which comes with being in a winning team...he cant be the solution.

More of the season has already gone than you think; we are past the opening period now and bottom teams learn that hard lesson that they have to outpoint the mid table teams regularly in order to close the gap and thats hard in Premier League.

We simply lack class this season, which is what we had in Berba and Keane. You can't simnply go out and buy it. We are panicking far too much during matches and we need someone to sit on the ball and control the game. Huddlestone used to perform this role, but as the jam said he's now on the outer. Zokora isn't as bad as many make out he is. Maybe we could put him in the back line like Chelsea did with Essien when they were short of centre backs. We must start both Lennon and Dos Santos out wide, they are the only players who seem to want to attack.

I think they need to slow the game down until their defence is stable. Chuck 5 in defence for a couple of weeks and see how you go against the big boys. If we keep giving up goals, we will never win as we can't score enough with our current team. Hutton was a welcome return although Gunter is progressing well also. Bale's suspension will hurt the team as his set pieces are quality.

I'll take a page from the old EPL book of fixing clubs that are struggling - Sack the manager!!!

Definitely a joint venture, with the closest neighbour...it's the only way

how about feed them, they have this new nutritionist whose turned their food into something similar to baby food and the players are all on strict diets, which leaves them starving before a game, can't play on an empty stomach.

It's Karma remember before last season when they said they were going to be the one to break into the top 4 and stay there. Like leeds who said they were gonna be as big as ManUre. It's karma putting all the pretenders back in their place.

A season in the chapionship should be good for them. Still funny though.lol

Yeah they clearly need more lasagne.

Lasagne, wooahhoo
Lasagne, wooahhoo
We laughed ourselves to bits
Cause Tottenham got the sh*ts

I'm with the good ship Huddlestone on this one...it really doesn't matter how much the core of the team pick up the lack of goal scorers is going to be a major hurdle this season. Keane not only scored a fair rate he laid an aweful lot of them on.

I'll not comment on Berba, but I hope he gets written into the vagina monologues at the earliest opportunity as he would make a great case study for a PhD.

With one of these.....Farken hate Spurs!!!!



Coxey2008-10-21 21:39:55

If they were a dog, you would put them down.  I thought Ramos was a good appointment at the time but something is seriously wrong there.  It's going to be a long hard season.  I used to really hate Spurs, but they've been so generous to Chelsea over the last 20 years I now merely dislike them and content myself with the fact that they must REALLY hate us - although not as much as Arsenal I suspect.  I'm still amazed they got a point at the Bridge!

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lol, so fun bashing a team while it's down....As long as it's not your own club though.Nestling2008-10-21 23:04:50

I think we've find it, someone change the name!!!!!!

A little boy goes to DOCS (or perhaps the UK equivalent) and says he needs to find somewhere to live.
�What about your parents?� they ask him.
�No, no, they beat me� he cries.
�What about your grandparents then? Can you go live with them?�
�No,no, they beat me harder�, he replies.
�Well why don�t you go live at White Hart Lane? Tottenham never beats anyone�

Hit the Attn: Spurs fans thread for a good laugh Smeltz.

Spurs have sucked in Goal ever since Ray Clemence handed in the gloves. With all the money that has been wasted over the last 10 years, they really should have done a lot better. I reckon their fans are about as unlucky as Newcastle United ones.

I was in the pub earlier tonight and next to me was a guy with the sweetest looking dog imaginable. When the Tottenham score was read out on TV this dog went berserk. It started growling and barking, even tried to bite a couple of people nearby.

I said, �Bloody hell mate, what�s that all about?�

He replied, �Oh he does that every time Tottenham lose�

I said, �Well what happens when they win?�

He replied, �Hell knows, I�ve only had him six months!�

i think you are asking the wrong question

With the amount of collective pleasure their demise provides us all with, this is the key question.

Wow-I think the line is a well behind you Jose, can you even see it in ur rearview?