Tottenham Fans Must Be Patient If They Want Top 4 Finish
by vou_snipes89 on July 3rd, 2008
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The end of the 05-06 season which saw Tottenham cruelly lose out on a Champions League place due to an ‘accidental’ food poisoning, gave birth to the ongoing debate as to whether Spurs should be finishing in the top 4.
However, I believe this debate has been blown out of proportion. Spurs, before 2006, were a depressing mid-table side never competing for much. Since the great season in 05-06 fans have almost demanded Champions League football.
What English football fans fail to realise is how strong the ‘Big Four’ teams really are. They are four of the strongest clubs in the world who are improving each year due to their strong financial backbone. A lot of this money comes from the Premier League’s TV rights, the most money given out than any other league in the world. The top 4’s strength is shown in their recent performances in the Champions League, with 5 finalists in the last 4 years. However, we have seen a monotony in the last three Premier League Seasons with the same four clubs finishing in the top 4.
In comparison to what is regarded as the second best league in the world, La Liga, there is constant change in the top 4 every season, only Barcelona and Real Madrid finish in the Champions League places each season. In 2005-2006, Osasuna managed to finish 4th, followed by Valencia, Real and Barca. The following season, Sevilla managed to qualify for the CL finishing 3rd. And finally, last season saw 2 new teams in the top 4, Atletico finishing 4th and incredibly Villareal, who were non-league until the early 90s, beating Barcelona to 2nd.
I am not trying to say that Tottenham’s aim is impossible, it isn’t, the summer signings of Gomes, Modric and Giovani are actually the best of any Premiership clubs and are signs of the club’s ambitions. I believe the goal will be reached within the next few years, with Liverpool’s inconsistency and failure to sign top-class players in areas they need catching up on them. The main thing that all Spurs fans need is PATIENCE. It is no failure if we finish 5th this season when you see which clubs are infront, moaning about it just puts pressure on a good situation that is waiting to happen.
THE TIME WILL COME
We're giving you £10 FREE so show some bollocks and BET NOW!
Tagged Under: big four, Champions League, tottenham
Yiddo - July 3rd, 2008 at 8:12 pm
You’re wrong…
Rambo is taking us to the top four this season…you wait.
Rambo - July 3rd, 2008 at 8:13 pm
cmon you spurs!
bob the gooner - July 3rd, 2008 at 8:17 pm
tottenham top 4 hahahahahahaha more like bottom 4
spurs jim - July 3rd, 2008 at 8:19 pm
very well written, its true, we need time to gel but we’ll get there soon
ollie - July 3rd, 2008 at 8:20 pm
spot on
CB - July 3rd, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Bob,
Get a life and go on a Gooner page. Sad sad man
Yiddo - July 3rd, 2008 at 8:22 pm
thats defeatist talk, theyre human beings, not supermen , you must give it a go , otherwise whats the point. the top 4 being great football teams is fantasy ,arsenal , liverpool, man utd and chelsea, all trying to get success by being in debt, and one of them is just a leeds waiting to happen.
yidgrenade - July 3rd, 2008 at 8:28 pm
does excatly what it says in the title…
watch us explode…!!!
ollie - July 3rd, 2008 at 8:28 pm
no yiddo, thats realist talk
Scorpion - July 3rd, 2008 at 8:30 pm
I agree totally. No one should expect Ramos to finish top 4 in his first full season. He made progress last year by winning a cup; this year we should expect him to improve on that by returning us to top 6 at minimum with some good cup runs and hopefully another trophy.
The top 4 team are indeed strong but not impregnable. We almost proved that 3 seasons ago and Everton have proven it.
Our revenue source will increase substantially when we expand our capacity and do break into the top 4.
If I was a Liverpool fan, I too would be fidgeting in my seat thinking of a Leeds type meltdown. Arsenal fans are so arrogant they can’t see that they also are overloaded with debt, hence the lack of acquiring the type of serious players good enough to challenge the top 2.
As long as Abramovich hangs on to the team (and who would want to love a team that is a toy for a rich dude that he will eventually tire of), CFC and ManU cannot be challenged.
I can’t see us breaking them down but I can see us taking the other 2 out in the nest couple of years if we stay the course that Ramos is putting us on.
The more success he brings the more players will want to come in.
I see a bright future but let’s be patient and give Ramos the time he needs to assemble the team he wants.
Yiddo - July 3rd, 2008 at 8:34 pm
ollie so youre an expert analyst are you. not.
WOzza - July 3rd, 2008 at 8:34 pm
i agree but don’t u mean monopoly rather than monotony?
Yiddo - July 3rd, 2008 at 8:36 pm
good words scorpion.
WOzza - July 3rd, 2008 at 8:36 pm
… suppose u could have meant monotony…
COYS
lewis - July 3rd, 2008 at 8:39 pm
i think spurs could get up faster than you think because like what Yiddo said theyre not supermen and yes man u are in £600million in debt thanks to the glazers taking out loans in their name and tottenham spend the most money and are not in debt but we need to start to but big name players because were buying players i never heard of we need players like podolski and eto’o and others.
Yiddo - July 3rd, 2008 at 8:46 pm
the top 4 are well worried, michel platini a once great football player, is going to come down very hard on teams who operate in debt ,while other clubs do it the right way, heard he might not let them in cl, great player and looks like a great head of the uefa.
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha - July 3rd, 2008 at 8:54 pm
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Scorpion - July 3rd, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Lewis: ManU’s debt load is way over exaggerated. They are working on a line of credit supported by a wealthy family who prefer operating this way on the basis that the business should stand on its own two feet regardless of debt load. At the end of the day they have both signed personal guarantees so they are fiscally responsible. That and the fact that they have 70,000 fans paying top money 3o odd times a year, CL money coming in annually and the top branded football club in the world means they have no money problems at all. This is more newspaper crap. It’s the way the Glaziers structured the company and it has been very successful in North America.
azza - July 3rd, 2008 at 9:42 pm
True, i agree totally. Ramos needs time and we must be patience as snipes said and support our team in every game. Miracles do happen, but we musn’t count on that. At the end best team will be reaveled! Tottenham!
keep up the good work snipes
davspurs - July 3rd, 2008 at 10:06 pm
We need to forget the chumps league the only team that will not be in dept is chelsea and that will only happen if Abramovich stays for the long hall .The top 4 teams i call them the cartel will bankrubt every club who try to get in the chumps league .Every time any team attemps to break into the top four the dirty tricks start to come thick and fast. Wen everton finaly got into 4 liverpool started crying and the rules were changed and everton got the worst draw possible and never made the qualifiying round and the year after spurs failed because of the infamous piosioning . It make you wonder man utd were courting carrick all year and spurs kept turning them down and the last game who was the first player to come of yes it was mr carrick at half time begging to be subbed and the rumour mill also said it was him that carried the bug. He has all us spurs supporters now went to manure the next season and the season after every time we looked like breaking into the top 4 berby or defoe or lennon or any player playing well chelsea and man utd would be linked and it was .And now liverpool have joined the dirty tricks when spurs look like building a top four team or any other team like everton or aston villia out come the head lines to weaken your team by mentaly messing with players heads or attempting to sign them so I say forget it and enjoy wembley if we get there.
jk - July 3rd, 2008 at 10:20 pm
“We’re gonna win the league and now you’re gonna believe us”…. No we’re not, but I’ve been a fan for over 40 years. Spent many happy years taking the North Bank, Shed and home stands all over the country and know that following Spurs is a way of life that has more downs than ups. However, we again look as if we’re on the move again, keeping Berbs for another season, along with the already confirmed signings and those in the pipiline, may just be enough to give us the CL place we deserve and put us back where we rightly belong ie ahead of the arse* and the newly formed chelski, so COYS
jk - July 3rd, 2008 at 10:23 pm
the “pipiline” may well be the pipeline but me f***in eyes aint as good as they used to be!
Anonymous - July 3rd, 2008 at 10:41 pm
manure are in debt cause of the glazers
chelsea will be okay until abromovich get’s bored
arsenal will be out of debt once the stadium is paid for
liverpool will be in debt when they start work on there stadium
the only way forward is to build a bigger capacity stadium & if spur’s want to move forward they will have to do it to which will put them in debt aswell.so why the comment’s about the arsenal being in debt it will not be forever.The revenue for a home game is £3m once the debt is cleared that will go straight into the arsenal coffer’s & then you will see top class player’s again being brought.at the moment we can not compete with manure & chavski.so knock our debt while you can it will not last forever………bitter bitter spuds.
Yiddo - July 3rd, 2008 at 10:42 pm
its not the champions league, its the corrupt league, not sure i really want the good name of tottenham hotspur associated with it, rather it went back to the dignified european cup.
Yiddo - July 3rd, 2008 at 10:50 pm
the difference is anonymous, we have clever business people, who do the sums, and know what theyre getting into. hence we are a very rich club, and thats without the cl wealth.
Look In The Mirror! - July 3rd, 2008 at 11:41 pm
“What English football fans fail to realise is how strong the ‘Big Four’ teams really are. They are four of the strongest clubs in the world who are improving each year due to their strong financial backbone”
And they have newspapers/websites helping them to snuff out any hint of competition by illegally tapping up their players with non-stop speculation!
kula.shaka - July 3rd, 2008 at 11:46 pm
400k from the eufa cup, 17-35m from the cl, you don’t have to be an accountant to work out where the money is! We knock the arse , etc for getting into debt but do you think that it’ll get any cheaper in future? The longer that we put off building/developing a money making stadium the less chance we have of ever making it into the top four. Not so long ago we could’ve considered ourselves to be a top club and rightly so, but now the gulf is growing so big that if we don’t do something now we will always remain as the best of the “also rans” with big ambitions but no hope of breaking into the elite. Lewis & Levy need to commit to a stadium expansion plan at WHL, or elsewhere, to ensure tha we can still compete before the opposition is that far away that we’ll never have a chance of catching up.
COYS - July 4th, 2008 at 12:16 am
in all honesty im very excited about this season…so i just wanna sit back and see what happens, rather than predicting anything
Ramos knows what he’s doing
COYS
wankoff Yiddo - July 4th, 2008 at 3:06 am
Don’t want the good name of Tottenham associated with the Champions League because it’s corrupted? OR rather you can’t get in the league. The grape ain’t sour, you just can’t reach it. LOL
jebote - July 4th, 2008 at 4:34 am
to all you spurs fans suggesting that all the top 4 clubs are in debt .. [well except for chelsea but that will change once roman leaves].
what makes you think that IF you do manage to get into the top 4 that your situation will b any different. remember the top 4 teams all maintain high revenues from tv rights, champions league football, and high placed finished in the league. liverpool will always be in debt until the new stadium is built and payed off..arsenal will be in debt until their stadium is payed off..man utd are in debt but not as much as is being reported and all it takes to realise that is common sense. they are the largest football club in the world when you consider their global marketing and how well they are supported and well known around the globe.not only that their average crowds were just over 75000 last year. and have been for the past decade if not more. compare that to spurs average crowds of just under 36000. yes you are a very rich club but when you decide to build a new stadium and pour more money into marketing yourself globally like all top 4 clubs you might or might not be suprised that your club too is in debt. but so what? liverpool,arsenal,man utd especially chelsea are no where near being the new leeds united. so for all you suggesting that they are. wake up to yourself and realise that getting into the top 4 doesn’t happen over 1 year. or 1 transfer season. or with a few great signings. you guys eversince you finished 5th in 05/06 and 06/07 have as this article said have always been demanding top 4 finishes. whereas before that let me tell you in:
04/05 - 9th
03/04 - 14th
02/03 - 10th
01/02 - 9th
and now last season you finished 11th. so just because you had 2 great seasons where you finished 5th doesnt mean you should want top 4 finishes. if you ask me you guys just need to relax andbe content with uefa cup places for at least the next 2 seasons.
shawn - July 4th, 2008 at 6:12 am
Well said jebote. Yiddo doesn’t want corrupted Champions League anyway, or so he says. So I guess he must be content playing for mid-table status. And as clever as the business people in Tottenham are, making sure they don’t go into the red, which is brilliant indeed BUT what has that got the club into? Won any cups or titles lately?
Joseph - July 4th, 2008 at 6:26 am
I have never met one SPurs fan who has demanded CL football!!!
Such a media myth.
The majority of SPurs fans would be happy with a top 6 finish. Again it’s the so called experts in the media that have predicted we will gatecrash the top4, not the fans.
Top 6 is more than possible next season. Would be nice to add another trophy to our cabinet too.
Top 6 and the UEFA Cup/FA Cup is my dream.
I would take that over a top 4 finish and no trophy everyday of the week.
WhiteHartDub - July 4th, 2008 at 8:52 am
Agree with what was said bout top 4, stadium expansion and debt. But we have new 50,000 seater stadium due and much as loyal Spurs fans put their money into the coffers to make us 1 of top 20 richest clubs the new stadium will put us in the red. We are in the process of building both stadium and team to rival and challenge anyone. The future’s bright the future’s Yiddo!!!!!!!!!
JohnnyB - July 4th, 2008 at 9:22 am
There is a need to be realistic without being defeatist. Yes we should aim for a top 4 place, you have to aim high to achieve high but at the same time not go mental and call for sackings if it doesn’t happen (unless it’s Comolli). As long as we’re progressing we need not panic…this is what pissed me off about the Jol situation, for the newbie Spurs fans 5th place was a failure to get 4th, for those of us that have put up with years of 10th place finishes it was a step in the right direction…we really must try to appreciate what we did do and not bitch about what we didn’t do.
Samsagoona - July 4th, 2008 at 11:04 am
You think if you spend millions and buy everyone you can you can be in the top 4… Honestly… do u see United, Chelsea, Arsenal or Liverpool slipping up? and if you cant even reach the final of the uefa cup… how do you think you will fair against teams far more superior in ability…. Arsenal and liverpool even though they maybe have fallen a bit off the pace thats been set by united and chelski… still can produce great performances and results in the league and europe.. there is still a huge gap between the top 4 and the rest.. in the top 4 … any1 rele can beat any of them… theres no favourites in head to heads.. but wen you look at everton vs arsenal/chelsea/man u/liverpool… who do you favor..? and it wnt change this year.. coz lets face it if any1 will break the top 4 which i highly doubt.. it will most probably be man city due to the financial backing, everton because there the best team apart from the top 4 in the league or villa because of the young talent they possess..Spurs fans honestly tell me you think you can beat teams like, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Juventus, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Villareal, Bayern Munich, Lyon Etc? i cant see it…
samsanidiot - July 4th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
so man city, everton and villa can break into the top 4 but not spurs with players like modric, giovani, keane.
Seriously if thats what u really believe and its not just a typical bitter gooner comment u have problems
ted - July 4th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
samsagooner u muppet, we’re not sayin we’re gona qualify and win the champs league, we want to qualify to establish ourselves as a top club. Like the guy above says; u think villa, man c or everton hav a better chance than us. U really dont hav a clue about football if u think so. Look at our squad without being bitchy
bill - July 4th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
I am pissed off with the”One more season” bollocks, I have been waiting one more effing season for twenty five years. THIS season should be our best chance to do something. I urge fellow yids to totally ignore all the gooner and chelski twats who bleat on about us not being a top 4 team. We now have the best manager we possibly could have got, and slowly the squad is improving. Time will tell. COYS.
Blog Head - July 4th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
The squad is improving season by season, people forget that when we won the cup, we didnt luckily beat chelsea. We completely outplayed there full strength team. Even Man U didnt do that
COYS - July 4th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
completely agree with bill
at the end of the day who cares where anyone thinks we’re gonna end up only time will tell, we haven’t even started the bloody season yet
as i said before, juande knows what he’s doing
Samsagoona - July 4th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Fuck off spurs… you dum armchair suporters… wat because you bought 2 players your gna break into the top 4.. loool!! Man city are on the verge of signing ronaldinho… and keane could leave… i could be bitter and say keep dreaming! never won the premier league… we are 20 times better than you.. we play much better football and that is why we represent england in the best club competition.. while you on the other hand flop in the uefa cup against teams ive never even heard of! modric will be 2 weak for the premiership.. mark my words he will get injured after 1 month… wen arsenal played zagreb he didnt do anything… so im nt that worried bwt him… giovani will be gone in 1 season so i wouldnt get to exited.. mid table finish again yids.. and now this is me being bitter.. fuck off to shitty tottenham you arm chair supporters
Dex - July 4th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
I have to say I am impressed with the amount of money you have already speant this summer before the transfer window opened, I am less imprerssed in the way it has been spent, Catalan papers are laughing hard at the Dos Santos deal still, but the amount of money spent does show serious intent.
I really doubt Spurs ability to break in to the top four this season, looking at the team you guys are still a way off having the strength to keep pushing all the way to the end of the season. Ramos is a good manager and I expect you guys to finish in the uefa places this season and from there maybe break in to the top 4 in about three years.
It is a big task and will take a lot of work and support from tha manager, if you realistically expect Ramos to get you a top four spot after finishing 11th then you are setting yourselves up for dissapointment and setting the Manager up for unreasonable pressure.
Slow progress will push you in to contention and if you can pick up a few more trophies on the way then it’s all good.
Anonymous - July 4th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Patience!? You taking the piss!
dumb gooners - July 4th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
seriously how thick are u gooners. Dex, u say catalan papers are laughing at the GIo deal? u have no clue about football. Unlike Arsenal fans I watch other leagues and incidently being a Barca fan watched all of last seasons games.Gio was a real impact sub and its Spurs that should be laughing that they bought him for so cheap. ANyway your football knowledge is summed up when writing off Modric, I forgot ur beastly center midfielder called Fabregas
Rob the Yid - July 4th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
dex ur not impressed with the way our moneys been spent? we needed a keeper, we bought one of Europes most consistent, we needed a center mid, we got one of Europes brightest talents in Modric and Dos Santos also at a cut down price who is a huge prospect.
Funny... - July 4th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Is this thread serious? No really is it?
Are you all seriously saying that a team that finshed 11th last year (yes 11th!) is going to break a group of four teams that have dominated the league for years now? (barring Everton’s 4th place finish).
Only in the deluded world of Spurs fans could this actually be a ’serious’ discussion. I mean, judging by some of the comments most of you actually believe that it could happen next season. You really do. Unbelievable.
Of course you’ll improve but your new signings are unproven in the PL and will need time to gel as a unit with the existig squad. To jump from 11th to 4th is fantasy land! Then again, Hull could win the PL this year as well, it’s all mathematically possible… just extremely unlikely!!
You Spurs fans really are a complete laughing stock!
H.U. - July 4th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Tottenham potentially have a better attack than Liverpool. They can certainly score more goals than Liverpool. For most of last season, as many know, Spurs had the 3rd best attack in the Premier League, only behind Man Utd and Arsenal. They will average potentially close to 2 goals per game.
The issue then is whether Tottenham’s defence can be secure enough to warrant a top four finish. If Spurs can limit their goals conceded to 30, even 35, there is no reason whatsoever to say they will not finish ahead of Liverpool. This past season, Spurs conceded over 60. This won’t repeat. The manager will put his efforts into securing the defence. Midfielders will be required to provide greater defensive coverage and defenders will be expected to actually defend.
I’m skeptical that Spurs can concede 35 or less, but I do think we will concede under 45, meaning we won’t be too far away from fourth and will potentially challenge for some of the season.
The mind of a Spurs fan... - July 4th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Potentially you have a better attack than Liverepool…
Potentially you could lose both Berbatov and Keane before the season starts…
Potentially you could score half the goals you did last season…
Potentially Wigan will sign Cristiano Ronaldo…
Potentially I could win the lottery tomorrow…
Potentially you’re all just a little bit sad with your eternal annual optimism…
Giles - July 4th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
Top four is the dream but i just believe that players who are not at the big four dont genuinely believe in themselves enough to achieve this dream.I think players that sign for spurs settle for second best and just fill us with promise.
Paolo - July 4th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Very good point Giles. You hear loads of players harping on about playing for a top 4 club in the CL but how many are prepared to work hard enough and believe enough that they can help get anotherPL club in that position instead of just joining one already there.
Samsagoona - July 4th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Looooooooool Tottenham gettting Boid by every1 LOOOVE IT!!
Potentially Arsenal could let you win a league game… DOUBT IT !! LOOOL! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONAA!!
POOR SPUDS - July 4th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
“Spuds in the Top 4??????”
“Spuds have best attack in premiership”….
“Spuds dont want to compete in the corrupt champions league and wud be like its name associated with uefa up” (Talk about sore grapes MR.YIDDO)
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
what a joke… u Spuds have left me in splits…..
Ben_BKK - July 4th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Collection of ‘interesting’ quotes here, that I felt I had to respond to:
“The top 4 team are indeed strong but not impregnable. We almost proved that 3 seasons ago and Everton have proven it.”
As have Newcastle, they even finished 3rd if I remember correctly.
“And now liverpool have joined the dirty tricks when spurs look like building a top four team or any other team like everton or aston villia out come the head lines to weaken your team by mentaly messing with players heads or attempting to sign them so I say forget it and enjoy wembley if we get there.”
That has got to be one of the best, most self-obsessed (albeit about your club) things I have ever heard. You’re saying that every club is out to stop Spurs becoming big by “mentaly messing with players heads”. You should hear yourself…
“its not the champions league, its the corrupt league, not sure i really want the good name of tottenham hotspur associated with it, rather it went back to the dignified european cup.”
Another bitter comment, just upset that you’ve never tasted the Champions League. Aww, poor little Yid.
“so man city, everton and villa can break into the top 4 but not spurs with players like modric, giovani, keane.”
I love how all the Spurs fans seem to think that Modric and Dos Santos are suddenly gonna make Spurs into a Top 4 side… they are completely untested in the Premier League, and could be the flops of the decade (especially Modric, at that price). I’m not saying they’re bad, I’m just saying they might fail completely in the Premier League.
“Are you all seriously saying that a team that finshed 11th last year (yes 11th!) is going to break a group of four teams that have dominated the league for years now? (barring Everton’s 4th place finish).”
Not the words of a Spurs fan, but you also have forgotten Newcastle’s participation in the Champion’s League. And yes, it was actual participation, rather than Everton’s 4th place finish and subsequent failure to actually qualify for the Champion’s League proper.
Try not to be too expectant, Spurs fans, and also remember not to be too bitter
Brian - July 4th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Fuck me Ben i feel i have to respond to that,
You cunt.
Tom...a Gunner. - July 4th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
I have no real resentment towards spurs really. To be fair, I think they are a good team but in the same vein as Valencia in some senses…They are not a top side because are unable to compete year in year out in a high and consistant manner. Valencia, were a nobody club, then did well for about 3 years then are on the down now…It is just inevitable.
Don’t take that as an insult, because you are actually doing a good job of it. I think with Ramos as manager you will get as close as you can get to establishing yourselves.
Anyway, good luck with the coming campaign, and I hope that we don’t have to see you too much on the table! Either in the top half or the bottom!
Brian - July 4th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
fuck off tom your a twat
shawn - July 5th, 2008 at 12:18 am
Everyone loves a sore Yid. ROFLMAO!!!
jebote - July 5th, 2008 at 9:44 am
brian good to see your back.
have any of the comments sent your way actually sunk in and have you actually got a brain now brian.
obviously not considering your a deluded spurs fan.
may i ask a question. will there ever be the slightest hint of a good relationship between a spurs fan and an arsenal fan ???
mkgooner - July 5th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
I can see that in 2-3 seasons the spuds will be serious challengers for a top 3-4 finish. Firstly because as many have said the spuds are very good with their finances and have got another good coach in ramos. Also if they can finish in the top 6 for the next 2 years it is only going to enhance their finances and allow them to attract even more high profile players from playing in europe consistantly. The only thing i think the spuds need to worry about are the clubs in the chasing pack that are also investing i.e Man City, and the youth of Aston Villa and moyes who i rate highly at Everton. Also if the “big four” keep snaping up the promising young talent from europe and any of the highest profiles about the the time it could become diffcult for them.
lfc4eva - July 6th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Ramos will leave soon when he realises spurs arnt good enough an holding him back
dibbler - July 6th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
potential to score more than liverpool come on mate they have one of ,if not best striker in the world and last year scored more goals than any other english team in all competitions you are living in a dream world progress with measured optomism but be realistic
Ben_BKK - July 7th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Wow Brian, displaying your intellectual prowess to its full extent their, you really do epitomise Spurs fans.
Bitter Spuds - July 15th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
They need a time - machine, not patience.