Let's hear it for the boy...

Like it or not for the time being Bentley is one
of ours. He played okay last night,had nice hair,
hit some free kicks on target and played in some
quality balls.
Bale managed to get that monkey's head off of
his shoulders at last, and all round it was a solid
3 points.
I wish H was a bit more cheerful.I'm doing the Spurs
show podcast next Tuesday, and want to thank you
all for being you...One day I will post about writing
this book!

wound and wound...

the wagged wock the wagged wascal wan. So let's hear
a big Spurs welcome for Woy Hodgson and his wabble...
If someone offered to swap H for Woy would you?
Should be interesting to see if there is any reaction
from recent results. H says quite rightly that 1 defeat
in 10 matches is no cause to panic, and we've never 'ad
it so good.
Those strange 'laws' of football mean two things
will happen tonight, we will get a penalty, and one of
our old boys will get a goal (Murphy's Law?). Spurs to
win by the odd goal!
Oh yes, and it will be v.cold so let's wrap up warm!

They **** you up!

To paraphrase Philip Larkin if your Mum and Dad don't
do the job then your football team most certainly will.
Especially if it happens to be Tottingham Hotspurs.
The sad thing is that even as I enter my 47th year it
seems that nothing really changes. I'm saying it for
the last time...LOSE THE VICTIM MENTALITY.
Something stuck in my brain the other day...I'm sure
there is some relevance 'Fool me once, shame on you;
fool me twice, shame on me.' We've got too many fools
floating around N17. Get it sorted. Leeds away, Bolton
away, a good chance to show a bit of character...

As if I care...

I'm not going to be at the Lane this saturday.
As part of my 46thbirthday celebrations I'm
off to stay in a Youth Hostel in the Isle of Wight.
Doesn't get much better!
Anyhow I expect a nasty atmosphere, lots of
Yorkshire men drinking all afternoon in London
for their cup final. I can almost hear H already
"Make no mistake these are a triffic side, it won't
be long til they're back in the big time, they're a
real big club and a lot of the players out there had
a lot to prove to a lot of people." Not sure about the
result but I think we might hang on for a draw...

Plus Ca Change...

If only everything in life was as reliable as Spurs. Laid low by a bout of 'man flu',
the closest that I got to the action was Sky Sports news with that git Merson. To
anyone who lost money on Spurs last night all I can say is more fool you. Our record
against the top four from last season is now bordering on pathetic.No, it's actually
bought some land and looking for planning permission on Pathetic! I've just read that
we have failed to beat any of the top four sides away for 16 years...Sorry, but there is
something fundamentally wrong. The only good thing about getting beaten is that I
don't actually want to look at the league table

No S**T Sherlock!

I've just read in the Telegraph (don't ask) H said "I'm not being disrespectful
to Robbie but when Crouch came on (against Hull) we suddenly looked more
dangerous." How much money does this guy get paid? More importantly where
is his bank account?
So it's Crouch and Defoe to start at Anfield. Still looking on the bright side,Gomes
has only got to keep a clean sheet for 66 more minutes to beat our record of 602
minutes...Maybe Rafa would take Keano on loan for the evening?

1 step forward, 2 steps back.

There is a theory that it's best to sleep on things, and look at them in
the cold light of day. The fact is that we've now played Stoke, Wolves
and Hull at home, failed to score against all 3, and taken 1 point from
9. These things happen, if they happen once okay, but three times is not
acceptable. 270 minutes of football + injury time!
H has already been on saying that the only thing that we did wrong was
not beating the goalkeeper. It's a fundamental part of the game H. We
really do struggle against teams that come to WHL and play football that
way, however a really good manager can change the style of play and adapt.
It's easy to have a dig at Keano, (all I want is a bench of Robbie Keane's!) but
he's not the guy who picks the team and decides the tactics.
H, we need to be more ruthless and change the Tottenham 'victim' mentality.
Sometimes I wonder whether we are making progress?

Henry James Redknapp...

You'll never take me alive copper...I ain't done nuffing,

it's all been a triffic misunderstanding...Funnily there is

no mention of the charges on the Spurs website. As H

would say "it's one million per cent not a problem." Sort

of shows a basic lack of mathematic ability though...

The Book

At one point last week it looked like the publication date for

The Ghost might have moved to April 2011, which would not

have been the end of the world...Now it looks like we are going to

stick to the original schedule and it will be August 2010! I saw a

dummy copy of the front cover yesterday, which looks really cool.

It's one of my favourite images of my dad at WHL...The project

goes through these little stages where little by little it starts to take

shape, and really come to life.

Normal service...

Is it just me or does January seem to be moving bloody slowly?

I'll bear that in mind in December when I'm stood around saying

"it makes you wonder where the year has gone..." What exactly is

the point of the January transfer window? It's sort of like the January

Sales with most of the stuff being utter shite that you don't really need,

still that's never stopped us before! You know how H loves a bargain.

Bring on the Tigers on Saturday...GGGRRRRR!

Frozen

The transfer window seems to be locked tight at the moment.

Just read an interesting statistic on Bentley, with wages and fee

he will cost us somewhere in the region of £20 million. So far he

has started 21 games and scored the one goal...yes that goal. He

was of course signed before H arrived, but I was also looking at

a comment by a Pompy fan who wondered what the common thread

was between Bournemouth, Southampton, West Ham and Pompey.

They all seem to be suffering from whatever the opposite of the

Midas touch is, maybe just a coincidence? I'm so sick of Jamie and

Louise rubbing our noses in this bloody weather...

Suunland Hotspurs

Bernard Cribbins look-a-like Steve Bruce is said to be considering a

but one get one free deal on Bentley and Hutton. It will be a shame to

see Hutton go as he had promised great things, but then got injured and

apparently re-discovered the ancient Scottish art of the 'liquid lunch and

a quick fight with the nearest relative.' Bentley should have been a contender

instead of which looks more like a bartender...Shame really as I do think

that there is a decent player in there. I guess time will tell.

No, No, No...

Not Kenwynne Jones...that's all.

Dirty Leeds

They should be more of a threat than Peterborough, not that

I will be there as I will be in The Isle of Wight celebrating another

birthday. Not quite the same league as Jamie and Louise. Speaking

of which there is quite a nice little bit on The Guardian transfer

rumours today...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jan/04/football-transfer-rumours-heskey-chelsea

Made me smile anyway, which seems quite hard at the moment!

Easy,easy,..

easy to keep my 'don't slag off Jenas' New Year resolution, mainly due to him
not even being on the bench. Hopefully he was being shown round some
ground far, far away...
The Posh game was like some strange training exercise. I thought yet again
Huddlestone was poor when he should have been running the show. He should
have put that Hoddle DVD on his Christmas list. Tis a shame that Bale can't really
defend as his service into the box is great. Ditto Hutton except his service is not
all that either! The real Robbie Keane will one day be found bound and gagged in
the boot room at Anfield, as the Fecker that pretends to be him is clearly a janitor
with a Keano mask on...We love you Gomes, and Dawson is looking good, although
I do have a problem with him running in the cocky style of John Terry, thumbs out
and all that...
Lastly it makes you wonder why Pompey are in so much strife, this a club who sold
us Niko for £2.5m, and bought KP'The Ghetto Kid'Boateng for around £4m?
Nuff said really...Come, on, you Spurs are on their way to wherever...

Resolution...

Oh yes, forgot to mention that I'm hoping to break another NY resolution
today...'Do not slag off Jenas'. Why are they always so hard to keep?

Something in the air...

That magic moment which follows on from Xmas and the New Year...the
3rd round proper of the F.A.Cup. Peterborough at home should in theory
be an easy enough fixture, but I've supported Spurs for long enough to
know better. I've just had a glance at The Posh web site and there seems
to be a lot of "Who are you, who are you, who are you?".
What is quite interesting is that with 'H' and Barry Fry in the same stadium
I would not be surprised to see the Fraud Squad and Inland Revenue vans
parked outside the West Stand...
Also keen to see who 'H' manages to avoid picking, which will give us some
clues to those players in the bargain bin at WHL. Enjoy.