Comments on: Spurs 2-0 Sunderland: Keane’s Contract & Darren Bent’s Twitter Revenge

By: AllActionNoPlot

AllActionNoPlot — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:08:53 +0000

Yes, good point about the reserves. I think we had a practice match against Dagenham or Stevenage or someone, a couple of weeks back when Woody was recuperating, so presumably something similar will be lined up for Modders.

Can’t remember who, but someone wrote at the weekend worrying that he might not be quite the same player when he returns from injury. Not sure I’d be able to handle that sort of bombshell.

By: Spooky

Spooky — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:21:05 +0000

Question about Modric. I’m guessing the club will be organising closed door games to aid him with his fitness? Now that we don’t have reserve team football. Completely agree that the level of expectation will be ridiculously high, but I can see the lickle man galvanising us. Shame we don’t have a player in the current side who can do the same. We might be in a far better position than we are in at the moment. Not that we’re in a bad position.

By: elwehbi

elwehbi — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:18:15 +0000

Great post AANP!

Niko’s introduction was a breath of much needed fresh air… we were choking. But hats off to Gomes as he was fantastic. Highlights of the match should purely be his saves.

COYS!!!

By: TOMM

TOMM — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:59:35 +0000

Great report, picking out the absurdity of much of our play and certainly of our formation.

The only thing that I fear for Modric’s return is that too many expectations will be heaped on his slight shoulders. We miss him, but play Niko and we may have more options.

By: JimmyG2

JimmyG2 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:34:16 +0000

A win doesn’t quite excuse every thing but it does tend to blur the memory in the end.
If we weren’t in the top four we would be slagging him off even more than some people already are, especially the ‘Oh no not Harry Rednapp’ brigade.
But we are, despite starting every game with Keane in whatever position and the inevitable substitution when he fails to justify his selection; the absurd failure to give an opportunity to Pavlyuchenko, a proven International striker; the failure to start the game yesterday with Kranjcar, a quality and inspired replacement for Modric, and the pretence that starting with Crouch doesn’t encourage a game that is alien not just to our tradions but alien to the type of players we have assembled.
But we are somehow still in the top four, mainly because other results are going our way and the knives will only be sheathed until our luck runs out.