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Spurs Sunderland Preview – News, tactics and proposed team

Sunderland Spurs

 

Spurs travel to Sunderland this weekend for a rare three o’clock Saturday afternoon kick-off.

The international break came at a frustrating time for Tottenham, having just lost 3-0 to Liverpool, the one setback in an otherwise positive start to the season. Last year’s Continue reading

How Liverpool stopped Spurs’ key man

Lamela is held back by Lovren

 

Erik Lamela has had a great start to the season, finally delivering on the promise that saw Spurs pay a club record £30 Million for his services. He was arguably the man of the match in our demolition of QPR, changed the game in Tottenham’s favour with two assists when he came on as a substitute against AEL Limassol and even scored a wonderful goal against World Champions Germany, when called up by Argentina on Friday. A far cry from his injury hit performances last season.

However, amongst the positives there has been one disappointment Continue reading

Spurs transfer window review – a stronger squad but no new striker

Pochettino Levy

On the face of it, this was a reasonable transfer window for Spurs, certainly if you like a bargain. First the positives.

We bought players in several of the key positions that needed strengthening, primarily left back and central defence. We also now have a reserve goalkeeper who isn’t in his forties.

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Spurs 0 Liverpool 3 – Rodgers beats Pochettino at his own game

Spurs Liverpool

 

Spurs fans were brought down to Earth with a bump on Sunday, as Liverpool dealt us a third heavy defeat in as many games against the Merseyside club. It doesn’t seem to matter who the manager is, as AVB, Sherwood and now Pochettino have all failed to contain Brendan Rodgers’ side.

Four wins out of four, including last weeks phenomenal performance against QPR, had left Tottenham fans daring to dream that new boss, Mauricio Pochettino, had already turned Spurs into a team that could challenge the best in the Premier League. Liverpool handed us a reality check, only what you’d expect from Continue reading

Spurs to sign Stambouli – a cut price alternative to Schneiderlin?

Stambouli for Spurs

 

News broke last night that Spurs are in the process of signing defensive midfielder, Benjamin Stambouli, from Montpellier. There has been plenty of speculation linking Tottenham with a variety of players but this move has come out of the blue, demonstrating how little the tabloids and ITKs sometimes know.

Swansea and Fiorentina were rumoured to have made offers for the player, with interest also reported from our North London rivals. Stambouli is a particularly attractive option because, Continue reading