A Spurs Blog

[...] rivals are among the first names on the clean sheet. You can't play Robbie Keane if Rafael van der Vaart is fit. Nico Kranjcar doesn't figure if Gareth Bale and Luka Modric are available. David [...]

[...] keeping the core group of players fit. We can't afford another 5-6 games on the bounce without Van der Vaart. Lord knows how many more goals (and points) we'd have bagged with a fit and unsuspended [...]

[...] seven of Rafa's goals. But enough's enough. He's scored one league goal in a team with Modric, Van der Vaart, Bale and Lennon providing the bullets. He can't shoot accurately from anywhere beyond six [...]

[...] should Sol Campbell haul his oversized rear onto his favourite pitch today. Key today? Rafael van der Vaart and his ability to play two games in as many days. His wooly fitness has been the single [...]

[...] , Wolves, West Ham and Wigan. Certainly do not worry about Rafael van der Vaart's funk, Gareth Bale's nagging injuries, the fact we've only won just two league games by more than one goal all [...]

[...] too seriously, pout throughout and be caught dicking about in a North shirt before kick-off. GARETH BALE Banned from passing the ball, All-Star rules would dictate Gareth is forced to attempt a 70 [...]

[...] ;t humiliate me at work on a Monday, please. During last summer, I would grow giddy imagining Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon hurtling down their respective wings. Which is why their injuries and [...]

[...] security efforts have safeguarded the crown jewels for now. The sharks have spared us Gareth Bale for at least the fag end of 2011. Rafa – predictably and sort of endearingly – [...]

[...] failure - combined with that horrific Fulham reality check - is that all Spurs fans have adjusted their ambitions. We have to really. Successive Champions League [...]

[...] Harry has raised the stakes (and the temperature) in terms of his relationship with us Spurs fans with his ‘suicidal’ (quote marks possibly not needed) comment. Ill-judged, at [...]

[...] ;s, women with strong moral compasses and the Underground, the PR campaign finally wins out. Spurs fans vote extra diligently just to see Alan Hansen’s reaction. SAMIR NASRI The world’s [...]

[...] long winded questions is ultimately "no". Sport is about creating lasting moments. Spurs fans, in particular, are wired to value one night stands of glory over prolonged, but less explosive, [...]

[...] who has everything? A respectable cumulative Christmas double header Player Rating. Look away, Jermain Defoe. CHRISTMAS PLAYER RATINGS 1. Heurelho Gomes The early signs at Villa were worrying. But he [...]

[...] Milan turn and allows Handsome Nico the freedom of the left wing. But most of all, I pray Jermain Defoe finds a goal. It's been horrible watching JD trot impotently around these Premier League [...]

[...] their laboured clearance suddenly become the game’s most cultured pass? Why had Bale and Jermain Defoe recreated that harrowing Gazza miss from Euro ’96 two minutes before? Other than a [...]

[...] Lord knows how many more goals (and points) we'd have bagged with a fit and unsuspended Jermain Defoe. Same in reverse for Michael Dawson. Combine sustained fitness with the levels of form [...]

[...] than happy to flog and another without a league goal. And it'll be a right old battle today. Andy Carroll's absence is a decent fillip, mainly because you'd like to think the happily married Gallas- [...]

[...] appearance resulted in me betting the show's host £10 to charity that Andy Carroll wouldn't score more than five league goals this season. Anyway, possibly in a ( [...]

[...] sussed. It might be time to replace Darren Bent up in Sunderland, Crouchy.  Disturbingly, Andy Carroll is looking the perfect fit for this team, but right now, I'd settle for grudgingly handing [...]

[...] of the Year Award with an equally unmerited All-Star nod. Only joking: he’s still ace. ANDY CARROLL He seems to have tricked Geordie Nation into thinking he was entirely blameless for ensuring [...]

[...] friend Chris Thomas (follow him on Twitter here) very kindly wrote the blog a little piece on Steven Pienaar. And it's my pleasure to put it up...  PIENAAR: WHERE WILL HE FIT? "So, after all [...]

[...] Aaron." SIGNINGS As I type, Sky Sports are reporting we've nudged back into pole for Steven Pienaar. Good. If we're being mature, nabbing a £3million, 28-year-old high level Premier [...]

[...] . Further up the field: Wilson Palacios and Sandro will be lauded for their donkey work, Steven Pienaar's industry is celebrated and Crouchy's perseverance championed. But when we're Goliath, [...]

[...] Harry Redknapp says or does. I’d suspected Harry - in admitting live on air that Luka Modric won’t be valiantly contributing to our spirited defeat tonight - might have been [...]

[...] Robbie Keane if Rafael van der Vaart is fit. Nico Kranjcar doesn't figure if Gareth Bale and Luka Modric are available. David Bentley was always behind Aaron Lennon. 2. So few of our back-ups are [...]

[...] and Diarra somehow rejects PSG’s petrodollars, then I think we’ve got the best Spurs team in years. I think about a potential: Friedel; Walker, Dawson, Gallas, Assou-Ekotto; Lennon, [...]

[...] , traded serial depression for delirium (twice) at the Emirates, and (most weeks) enjoy the best Spurs team in my memory. So I find this huge surge of anti-Harry sentiment a bit confusing. Whatever [...]

[...] alice bands with David Beckham. And that glorious 30 minute swansong at the San Siro. But football fans have short memories. And most of us refuse to recall the dark days. The fag end of Juande& [...]