Official Tottenham Hotspur Thread

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

First goal was all Atouba's fault. Slows down to jog thinking it's going to go out. Does he have no concept of the opposition at all?!?!

And every time the ball comes near him all he does is punt it back down the pitch to the West Brom defence.

Surely everyone must have realised by now....DROP ATOUBA! He's not good enough.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Mmmmmm vintage second half display from Spurs!

Took control, beautiful flowing attacking footy. the 4-4-2 really worked. Simon Davies and Stephen Kelly were magnificent. Jermain Defoe was fantastic and even Atouba picked up a bit in the 2nd....

Bring on Forest, BOING BOING BAGGIES, ALL THE WAY HOME

[The Kraig]

Spurs absolutely raped WBA. You can thank Rob Styles for that win.

[The Slickman]

Looking quality in the 2nd half but if our defence is being ripped apart by Kevin Campbell And Kanu we still not the finished article . Kelly looks a really , really good player but is a nervous on the ball something that has been there since his debut , with a bit of confidence he will step up a gear a look great , And with Super Si getting back on form we have a promising right hand side .

Ive always said to people who complain about Davies , Without Si we have no width in the team and end up playing central players on the wings which dont work ( like Mendes this year ) . IMO a fit and on form Simon Davies is great to watch and rates up there with the top 5 right wingers in the English Premiership

[Summers]

You can thank Rob Styles for that win.

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Very much so. I have to agree.

[fineintent]

You can thank Rob Styles for that win.

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Very much so. I have to agree.

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[lazy_arse]

I thought it was a penalty though. Clearly went in feet first and took Kelly out despite getting a touch on the ball.

[lanky316]

As Chris Kamara said, anywhere on the pitch that is a free kick so why have it any different in the box?

Played a lot better in the second half and as far as I was aware there weren't many "debateable decisions" then

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Exactly...The penalty HAD to be a penalty...You can't go in feet first like that and take out the player even if the ball DID hit his back! So that was a fair decision.

The handball that led to the freekick was perhaps a little harsh but still, Defoe had to do an awful lot to score so the goal was hardly down to Styles.

[Guest Ringmaster]

They finally aired the game over here, and I don't really see anything wrong with the penalty being called and the freekick was hardly an easy goal. Although I had to sit through the terrible American/Canadian commentators as opposed to the British one, and they kept on saying that the Spurs didn't deserve a penalty. But that's just because they're biased towards Arsenal and rip any other team.

[lanky316]

Don't worry, the British media are like that too...

I notice however that the goal against United is being used to advertise Sky + with the caption "in case you didn't catch it the first time"

[The Slickman]

I Just went to the FA Youth Cup game which Spurs won 2-1 . No-one really outstanding but if you get a chance to see Jamie O'Hara's free kick its a must .

[lanky316]

We're looking pretty good for the youth cup this year, remember we can always wheel out someone like Ziegler for a tough game

It's interesting the last time we reached the final we lost on penalties to a Man Utd team with Beckham, Scholes, etc, etc and never used any of our players after that. These days I suspect it won't be the last you hear of most of these lads?

[The Slickman]

Of course we hear them just not for Spurs , all the greats come through our ranks

Like Crouch And Mcviegh

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

And the legend that was Andy Turner!!! What the hell happened to him anyways? I know he went to Portsmouth for a while then Rotherham....He was a classy 17 year old back in the day...Ireland U21 left winger....

Also we had the goalie Chris Day who turned out pretty well...

[lazy_arse]

I managed to catch the goals on Sky Sports news. Great free kick.

I might try catch one of the games. We really do seem to have some great talent, especially Leigh Mills who is highly rated. Ifil has already proved he can hold his own in the Premership so hopfully we'll see these in the first team in a couple of years.

[lanky316]

Do the under 19's still play at Stevenage?

I know the reserves do and I've caught them occasionally but not the under 19s.

[The Slickman]

Youth cup games are played at the lane , £1 entry for under 16s not sure maybe the same for over 16s but as im 15 i dont really care

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Was it the under 19s playing yesterday?

I really hope so. :pinch:

[The Slickman]

Sean Davis just played 90 mins for the reserves .MASSIVE BOOST. Spurs lost the game 2-1