Football Focus

[bon3yard]

I wish Spurs would stop doing this to me. Another fine showing against a quality Side which has me hoping against all previous experience that our time is coming. It all looks so shiny and promising doesnt it..the new season. Tarnish free and unsullied by terrible away defeats in the League/FA cup and our ritual spanking by the scum down the road. This is what keeps us coming back year after year. The sceptic in me knows that all the pretty football could come tinkling down around our heads if a few of our new recruits get kicked up in the air by some hairy northern brute next weekend. Still where theres hope theres a Spurs fan...

[Annasfield]

Chin up - the giant may have just been having a snooze last season. ;-)

How many pre-season goals is Bent on now? 10? Pretty impressive. (tu)

[bon3yard]

13 all told. Hmm, this particular giant has been damn near comatose for the last 25 years. My chin is pointing skywards Anna...but my buttocks are firmly clenched. :)

[Annasfield]

Best of luck. :)-D

[bon3yard]

Back at ya! ;-)

[ratty]

I would like to apologise to anyone who wasted 2 hours of their precious life watching the Charity Shield. Thank fook I did not go.

EDT was packed full of plastic mancs too! God they make me puke!

[Sandperson]

Annasfield Wrote:

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> Interesting that the ref "missed" Tevez raising

> his hands, although as much as I hate to say it

> the better team did win.

Interesting how the ref "missed" the rugby tackle by Herman too.

Up the plastics!

[Annasfield]

Sandperson Wrote:

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> > Interesting that the ref "missed" Tevez raising

> > his hands, although as much as I hate to say it

> > the better team did win.

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> Interesting how the ref "missed" the rugby tackle

> by Herman too.

>

> Up the plastics!

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And Tevez trampling all over him. Oh well.

[ratty]

I'd rather my team were not associated with fake fans like that - but each to his own I guess.

I missed the Tevez incident - I was having a piss!

[Jah Lush]

Bon3yard, as a fellow Spurs fan I share your fears and pain. It all looks good judging by pre-season form and with Bent scoring 13 goals already before the real business begins I just hope he can take that form into the Premiership especially as Berbatov will probably be off to Man Utd before the month is out.

Whupping Roma five-nil has gotta be good for the morale. Another good pre-season then, so let's hope we can win something again this year and improve vastly on last season's eleventh place.

[Sandperson]

Annasfield Wrote:

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> > > Interesting that the ref "missed" Tevez

> raising

> > > his hands, although as much as I hate to say

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> > > the better team did win.

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> > Interesting how the ref "missed" the rugby

> tackle

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> And Tevez trampling all over him. Oh well.

That's right! He was supposed to defy gravity!

Plastics forever Ratty!

[Annasfield]

Rumour has it this morning that Henry is off to Manc land, not Berbatov.

[Sandperson]

Hmm, been around for a week or two now as Spurs are holding out. I don't believe it myself but it'd be interesting. Personally thought that Nani, Fletcher and Campbell (Fraiser) looked good enough yesterday to create/score. No doubt we need another striker but I'm not sure if we are too desperate.

[Sandperson]

An interesting precident?

?4.5M for a broken leg

[ratty]

I thought Frazier Campbell looked a good prospect yesterday. Henry at Manure woould be lethal imo!

[Keef]

Sandperson, what I thought was interesting about that story was

The court had heard that Mr Collett could have earned more than ?13,000 a week, making a total in excess of ?16m if he had played until the age of 35.

Unbelievable isn't it. Especially as ?13,000 a week is nothing for a top player these days.

[Sandperson]

Totally unbelievable. The whole game beggars belief tbh. Aren't Chelsea talking about ?78M for Kaka. What will his weekly wages be? Ronaldo wanted ?120,000 plus.

?13,000 is jobbing wages in the Championship now isn't it?

[bon3yard]

The Insurance companies will be rubbing their greedy little mitts. I feel so old now when I utter this tired refrain but 'what happened to accidents??'

[Annasfield]

Today's rumour/gossip is linking us with Joe Cole. I would love it if he came to Liverpool. (tu)

[ratty]

And us with Stephen Appiah - I could not be appiah if he came to Pompey!

[Jah Lush]

Annasfield Wrote:

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> Today's rumour/gossip is linking us with Joe Cole.

> I would love it if he came to Liverpool. (tu)

I really rate him and think he's a terrific player. Would really like him at Tottenham.

Looks like Berbatov is finally getting his wish and going to Man Utd. Boo hiss...

[mockney piers]

What's to hate about joey?

A bit dim, but nice lad. Doesn't suffer from too badly egomania, or lamparditis as it's now known (though gawd knows there were a plethora of proposed names for that one; bellamynia for the violent tendency variety).

[Keef]

Would definitely have Cole well ahead of Barry, but would be massively surprised if it happened, can't see it at all!

[Sandperson]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> > Today's rumour/gossip is linking us with Joe

> Cole.

> > I would love it if he came to Liverpool. (tu)

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> I really rate him and think he's a terrific

> player. Would really like him at Tottenham.

>

> Looks like Berbatov is finally getting his wish

> and going to Man Utd. Boo hiss...

But is he worth ?28M?

[mockney piers]

Wow, rumour mill west am way is that Joey is looking for a season loan at his old club.

Sounds a bit wishful thinking but there you go.

Anton not signing new contract, but he's a tit so good riddance, not that we are exactly spoilt for choice at the moment in that position.