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    The 'Everything You've Ever Wanted To Know About Football... But Were Afraid To Ask' thread

    How many times have you been asked to explain the offside rule and have started with all the confidence in the world only to stumble to a halt less than a minute later? Three times in my case. You can forgive the football uninitiated for their ignorance, of course - they don't know better. And...
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    The Steve Hitchen thread

    Hope this is OK to start, mods. I have to confess to some ignorance over the situation with Steve Hitchen. I've seen him described in various terms and much of what's been said has been quite negative around him. Other than a few bits on AON, I've know very little about him, when he was hired...
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    A bit of fun - Guess the Spurs Players from the Silly Nicknames

    So, a little while ago, I did a spoof post in which I made up a couple of silly nicknames to represent some of our players as part of a pseudo-noir narrative, in the style of Jose 'The Portuguese' Mourinho or David 'Gallic' Ginola, but with some of our current players. Since then, a couple of...
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    Question about loans (football ones, not financial)

    I’m struggling a little with the loans with obligation to buy phenomenon. What’s the point of them? I can understand loans with an OPTION to buy, that’s basically testing the player out and if he (or she, of course) pans out, the club gets first refusal. So what are the advantages are there...
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    A question about goats

    So, Lionel Messi has won his sixth Ballon d’Or. As we know, the Ballon d’Or has been pretty much a monopoly the last few years and it has me wondering: Is Lionel Messi really the Greatest of All Time? Before I’m dragged over the coals, let me say that I don’t deny that he’s a great...
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    What Do You Call It?

    I've been thinking about the new stadium a fair bit recently. In among my reflections, what I came to realise is that I never think of the new stadium as White Hart Lane. I sometimes call it the THS or the Spurs Stadium, sometimes New White Hart Lane, but never just the unqualified "White Hart...
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    Poch: In or Out? - You CAN change your vote

    Hope I'm not breaking any rules with this thread... Straw poll - very simple, just to gauge the mood on SC - Time up for Poch or keep the faith? I've left the option to change your vote and will post the ratings as they stand on any given day so we can see how the mood changes. Away you go.
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    Which Spurs Side Would You Play In?

    If it were possible, like if an amazing virtual reality universe could be constructed, which trophy-winning Spurs side would you choose to play in? The 1961 Double winning side. Playing under Billy Nick alongside Blanchflower, McKay and White? The 1972 UEFA winning side, with Gilly, Chivers...
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    The Tyrants Buying Football

    So, further to the discussion that started in the 'What our opponents fans are saying about us' thread regarding Man City, I thought I'd set something up here to avoid that thread from getting clogged with off-subject matter (and to try and contain what seems to be a major battle brewing sending...
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    What a club!

    I want to recount my recent experience with the club. So, I went to the Palace game. I was thrilled to be able to get a ticket, even though it was bloody expensive. The ticket was a premium seat, so I got a free programme as part of the package. So, I wandered about the concourse prior to the...
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    The Great Game: Iran v USA

    For those who may have missed it, there was a great programme on BBC2 on Thursday night, The Great Game: Iran v USA (link below). It’s about the France 98 game between Iran and the USA, obviously (which Iran won, by the way :) ). For those who don’t know much about it, the diplomatic situation...
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    So, you got what you wanted...

    You know who you are: You got everything you wanted: AVB gone, fast pace, open play, Adebayor in and two up front. Are you happy NOW? What next? Burn down the Lane? Sack all the players? Maybe next time you'll THINK before opening your mouths at least!
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    Football Focus - WTF???

    Did I miss it or were we completely missing from Football Focus today?
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    Mastermind Tonight

    For anyone who caught Mastermind tonight, the winner is a Spurs fan, hence his choice of Terry Venables as his specialist subject.
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    Read this and understand (you know who you are)

    http://www.twitlonger.com/show/j575a7 With the kind permission of Ewan Roberts who I tweeted this morning to ask if he would agree to my putting this on here for you all to read. Those of you who should have got a grip long before now may particularly benefit: Many people have said that all...
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    Club Ownership 101

    Welcome to Club Ownership 101. In this three-minute course (unless you can read at above a six-year old level) you will learn all you need to know about Tottenham Hotspur Football Club ownership. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is made up of shares. If a person or a company has more than...
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    Harry Kane loaned to Norwich

    Official. http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/spurs/News/kane-loan-to-norwich-01092012.page?
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    Muamba Retires...

    Fabrice Muamba has announced his retirement. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19265338 I know it's not technically Spurs news, but it did happen at White Hart Lane, so I thought we could let it in on a 'bye'. Anyway, thankfully he's alive, but a shame that his career has ended.
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    A smack in the face desperately needs dishing out

    I'm getting heartily sick of know-nothing morons spouting off about our club in the press! The latest is Igor Stimac having a pop at Daniel Levy. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not a blind devotee of Daniel Levy. I think he's done a bang up job as our chairman and I wouldn't swap him for any...
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    Happy 60th Ossie!

    Just a little thread to celebrate the fact that our diminutive Argentine Legend of the Lane turns 60 today. And the song that was all about Ossie: Happy Birthday Ossie!
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