It’s frustrating to say the least but that’s the way Premier League football works. After the magnificent result against Manchester City last time out, much was expected from this game. Would Spurs be too strong for WBA? On paper perhaps, but football games aren’t played on paper.
Continue reading COME ON YOU SPURS! NEVER SAY DIE – DELE SALVAGES A POINT AT WBA
Tottenham Hotspur have been under the radar of most football pundits as a contender for this season’s Premier League title. But today, against leaders Manchester City, Spurs proved that their challenge for the title will not be ignored.
Unbeaten and up to second. All told, a very successful away day for Spurs. Manager Mauricio Pochettino tested his squad by resting key players Danny Rose, Eric Dier and Moussa Dembele ahead of the tricky midweek Champions League tie in Moscow against CSKA.
Six games have been played so far in the Premier League 2016-17 season. Six points separate the top six clubs, which centre around three footballing regions viz. Manchester (City and United), North London (Tottenham and Arsenal) and Merseyside (Liverpool and Everton). Continue reading DRIBBLING: IS THE PREMIER LEAGUE NOW A SIX CLUB MINI-LEAGUE?
Last time out in the Premier League, Spurs ground out a narrow 1-0 victory (over Sunderland) with alarm bells ringing out loud over injuries to Harry Kane, Eric Dier and Moussa Dembele. Whilst Kane is definitely out with an ankle injury, manager Mauricio Pochettino will take a late decision on the fitness of Dier, Dembele and Danny Rose (suffering from a hamstring injury picked up on international duty).
Continue reading COME ON YOU SPURS! SPURS VS MIDDLESBROUGH – TESTING THE SQUAD
It took a mistake by Sunderland defender Papy Djilobodji to let Harry Kane (and Spurs) in, to score the decisive winner in this one-sided encounter.
Continue reading COME ON YOU SPURS! KANE SOLVES SUNDERLAND PUZZLE BUT AT WHAT PRICE?
After the elation of the last Premier League match – that 4-0 drubbing of Stoke – Spurs were cruelly brought back to earth with that 1-2 defeat to Monaco in the Champions League.
Continue reading COME ON YOU SPURS! SPURS VS SUNDERLAND – REACTION TIME!
So with Harry Redknapp consigned to the history books, Spurs fans are eagerly anticipating the replacement manager who will move the club forward. Or at least that is the sincere hope. Well, the press has not been idle to present to us all the candidates being considered by Spurs. Allegedly.
The last Liverpool manager to win the English First Division title was Kenny Dalglish back in 1990. Since then, the club has seen a succession of managers (including Dalglish a second time around) fail to emulate this achievement. Now, after a middling season that saw the once-great club win the Carling Cup, place as runners-up in the FA Cup but finish below arch-rivals Everton in the Premier League, the club has sacked Dalglish and installed 39 year old Brendan Rodgers.