AVB Media watch...

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

I nearly bit yesterday and replied to a provocative Durham tweet with a stupid "what do you know?" Type retort. I stilled myself, took a deep breath and continued my life well away from him.

By the way, keys and gray and hawsbye and Jacobs is a quality sports radio show, the rest on talksport is terrible. Awful awful punditry.

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[Jaffer99]

At least AVB has acknowledge the fact that we keep throwing away leads and has said it is something they will be working on, I like that as a manager, accepts there are problems, but doesn't hide from them, I think he will do well for us, just give him time..

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

At least AVB has acknowledge the fact that we keep throwing away leads and has said it is something they will be working on, I like that as a manager, accepts there are problems, but doesn't hide from them, I think he will do well for us, just give him time..

This is the key.

As someone else said in another thread - at least we only have to improve the last 10 minutes of matches not the previous 80.

 

[riggi]

he's boring.

Why is calling adrian durham boring, dumb?

 

[tototoner]

excellent article on Tottenham from a gooner no less

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/im-rooting-andre-villas-boas-lead-1733561?

If there's any justice: Why I'm rooting for AVB to lead Spurs to the top four at Chelsea's expense


Even those who are not Spurs fans must surely be willing Villas-Boas to defy the critics and complete the fairytale at White Hart Lane

If there is any justice in the world then Andre Villas-Boas will do it.

If there is any justice in the world the Spurs boss will finish third, with Arsenal fourth leaving Chelsea to spend another season of the outer darkness of the Europa League.

Not because the Blues fans deserve it. They don't.

Not because Chelsea as a club are not good enough. They are.

More because of the way that Chelsea threw Villas-Boas overboard at the first sign of trouble.
Because of the way that Villas-Boas was derided from within as he tried to impose his methods at Stamford Bridge.

And because of the way that he has had to reinvent himself to prove himself to the many people who refuse to accept that he does indeed have a clue.

Football tends to throw up romantic stories like the one unfolding around the former Porto coach right now.

His stock could not be higher back in 2011 after he had won the Portuguese title undefeated, adding the Cup and the Europa League for good measure.

Chelsea went to the trouble of activating his £13million release clause to prise him away and bring him to this country.

He was undone, however, by the characters he found to be far stronger than he had anticipated. Men that had accounted for managers before and after his arrival and continue to challenge the authority of Rafael Benitez.

AVB would accept that his man-management skills could have been better at the time. But his lack of backing from the Chelsea hierarchy - and the club's fear of missing out on the Champions League - meant he was axed.

How ironic then that he could yet reach the promised land of the top four at the expense of the west Londoners?

How satisfied must Villas-Boas be right now having lifted the Lilywhites above the side that at one time were nailed on for third place?

However wrong Spurs chairman Daniel Levy may have been for sacking Harry Redknapp, Villas-Boas has made the most of the chance to reinvent himself superbly.

If there is any justice in the world Villas Boas will now meet Chelsea in the Europa League final and pull off a stunning victory in that competition too.

Way back in October, when Spurs travelled to Panathinaikos for one of their group stage encounters, Villas-Boas explained to a handful of us English journalists that he was trying to train his players to cope with three big games in a week - which was why he was playing his strongest sides in Europe.

He had done it at Porto and added that Cup success to his League achievement. He explained that he now wanted to do it again at White Hart Lane.

While the Chelsea players believed they were too good to buy into the methods of the former DVD man, the Spurs players are buying into it.

While with every game Chelsea teeter on the brink of crisis, Spurs continue to go from strength to strength.

While with every other week another Chelsea player clashes with Benitez, the Spurs players place their faith in the man who is giving them untold belief.

The way in which Villas-Boas has met triumph and supposed disaster in equal measure has won him friends and influenced people.

Indeed, even the neutrals now must surely be willing Villas-Boas to defy the critics and complete the fairytale at White Hart Lane.

So many pundits have written him off. So many radio pundits believe he does not have a clue. Chelsea players praised him to the skies in public yet defied him to his face in private.

If there is any justice left in the world surely VIllas-Boas will have them eating their words by the end of the season.

There have been so many that have dismissed his unbeaten season with Porto when such an achievement is difficult to pull off in ANY league.

There have been so many quick to deride his tactics, team selection and man-management skills.

He has responded by showing he is not too big or too stubborn to listen to reason, tweaking the safety-first home formation that cost him points against West Brom, Stoke and Wigan to become more open.

There is no real arrogance about him. He doesn't duck press conferences. He does mischievously stumble over his normally fluent English when faced with the odd tough question but we'll allow him that.

While other managers would bluster and try to have you disbelieve the evidence of your own eyes - that Gareth Bale is currently carrying the Spurs team on his back - Villas-Boas openly admits it.

In fact, he encourages it. He wants the big Welshman to be a big player and it is from the Spurs boss himself that the comparisons with superstars such as Cristiano Ronaldo come.

Why? Because like Hulk and Falcao at Porto he sees that Bale is responding to it.

Villas Boas is also seeing other players at White Hart Lane willing to run through brick walls for him.

Witness the improvement in Michael Dawson: a player for whom Spurs accepted £10million from QPR last season only for Dawson himself to insist he wanted to fight to be a part of what Villas-Boas was building.

The Spurs coach was not too proud last month to admit he had made a mistake about Dawson who could now be in line for a new deal.

So often in life the good guys finish last or do not get what they deserve. AVB can buck that trend this season with a story that has a real feel-good factor about it.

In the scramble for the Champions League places his two main rivals are far better resourced but the neutrals might just find themselves hoping the DVD guy comes out on top.

 

[chinaman]

After reading this, it makes feel feel wanting Arsenal to be fourth ahead of Chelsea.

 

[tototoner]

After reading this, it makes feel feel wanting Arsenal to be fourth ahead of Chelsea.

don't get carried away chinaman

 

[TheGreenLily]

At least AVB has acknowledge the fact that we keep throwing away leads and has said it is something they will be working on, I like that as a manager, accepts there are problems, but doesn't hide from them, I think he will do well for us, just give him time..

Yup, seems that has been the case since you posted this.

 

[Misfit]

After reading this, it makes feel feel wanting Arsenal to be fourth ahead of Chelsea.

Steady...

 

[Misfit]

Although I will contradict myself a little. And I'll keep it brief and not go on an OT epic voyage. I've lived near chelsea all my life so have a more intimate knowledge of the club and fans than I do assnal. I depise that fucking sham of a club. They very way they were set up. Everything about them is tripe.

I completely concur that assnal are our rivals but I feel relief when we beat them. When we beat the blueshite I feel unbirdled joy. I wish Everton could joing the party and finish top 4 with us. Screw assnal and chel$ea.

 

[danielneeds]

I still want Chelsea to finish 4th over Arse. The reason being is that it will make little difference to them being out of the CL, they'll still spend stupid money on transfers and wages, and players will still go there to earn the silly money.

If Arse fail to make CL, it could have huge ramifications. An that is something I would like to see...hehehe

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

I still want Chelsea to finish 4th over Arse. The reason being is that it will make little difference to them being out of the CL, they'll still spend stupid money on transfers and wages, and players will still go there to earn the silly money.

If Arse fail to make CL, it could have huge ramifications. An that is something I would like to see...hehehe

Just finishing above both Arsenal and Chelsea will be a massive achievement in itself. Not only for AVB and the players but also Levy. It will show all the doubters how far the club has come in the last ten years!

 

[Shadydan]

excellent article on Tottenham from a gooner no less

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/im-rooting-andre-villas-boas-lead-1733561?

Darren Lewis normally writes some good, impartial stuff, read this and wasn't surprised by the author.

Very cool person as well to boot.

 

[tototoner]

Adrian Durham on Talksport later ( 4pm ) all set to rip into Villas-Boas.

These are a few of his tweets from yesterday at FT


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 17h
Admire Spurs fans for backing AVB, but he let you down. Unless you're happy to finish below the worst Arsenal side Wenger ever put together


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 18h
Loads of Spurs fans unfollowing cos I was right about AVB. You're bigger than that aren't you?


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 18h
Bale has had a great season...but he got personal glory at the expense of the team. Brilliant for Bale, but not for Spurs. Bad management.


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 18h
Bale would absolutely flourish at United, so long as Moyes continues the good work of SAF. Bale is perfect for United in fact.


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 18h
So let's start the real debate. Where should Gareth Bale go now? His talents surely belong in the Champions League don't they?


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 18h
Can you imagine that conversation at start of the season? Levy to AVB: "I don't mind finishing 5th as long as you get lots of points."


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 18h
Spurs fans telling me they got more points than last season. That must mean they get in the champs league then, yeah? No, thought not #fail


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 18h
Oh and it looks like Harry (last season) finished above AVB (this season)....I was right all along......

 

[felmani26]

Adrian Durham on Talksport later ( 4pm ) all set to rip into Villas-Boas.

These are a few of his tweets from yesterday at FT


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 17h
Admire Spurs fans for backing AVB, but he let you down. Unless you're happy to finish below the worst Arsenal side Wenger ever put together


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 18h
Loads of Spurs fans unfollowing cos I was right about AVB. You're bigger than that aren't you?


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 18h
Bale has had a great season...but he got personal glory at the expense of the team. Brilliant for Bale, but not for Spurs. Bad management.


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 18h
Bale would absolutely flourish at United, so long as Moyes continues the good work of SAF. Bale is perfect for United in fact.


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 18h
So let's start the real debate. Where should Gareth Bale go now? His talents surely belong in the Champions League don't they?


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 18h
Can you imagine that conversation at start of the season? Levy to AVB: "I don't mind finishing 5th as long as you get lots of points."


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 18h
Spurs fans telling me they got more points than last season. That must mean they get in the champs league then, yeah? No, thought not #fail


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 18h
Oh and it looks like Harry (last season) finished above AVB (this season)....I was right all along......

He's a smug git all right and perhaps the most laughable post was how it was AVB's fault for not getting Moutinho in!

Nothing against Peterborough, but I'm so glad they went down!

 

[Blackcanary]

Adrian Durham on Talksport later ( 4pm ) all set to rip into Villas-Boas.

These are a few of his tweets from yesterday at FT


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 17h
Admire Spurs fans for backing AVB, but he let you down. Unless you're happy to finish below the worst Arsenal side Wenger ever put together


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 18h
Loads of Spurs fans unfollowing cos I was right about AVB. You're bigger than that aren't you?


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 18h
Bale has had a great season...but he got personal glory at the expense of the team. Brilliant for Bale, but not for Spurs. Bad management.


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 18h
Bale would absolutely flourish at United, so long as Moyes continues the good work of SAF. Bale is perfect for United in fact.


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 18h
So let's start the real debate. Where should Gareth Bale go now? His talents surely belong in the Champions League don't they?


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 18h
Can you imagine that conversation at start of the season? Levy to AVB: "I don't mind finishing 5th as long as you get lots of points."


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 18h
Spurs fans telling me they got more points than last season. That must mean they get in the champs league then, yeah? No, thought not #fail


talkSPORTDrive ‏@talkSPORTDrive 18h
Oh and it looks like Harry (last season) finished above AVB (this season)....I was right all along......

He's a wind-up merchant without a single intelligent thought in his head who wants a reaction. I can't be bothered to expend energy and effort on him.

 

[guiltyparty]

This is how he earns his money. Is there really a Spurs fan alive that doesn't see this?

Clearly, as there were apparently ones who were following him in the first place

Durham is someone you block, not follow, on Twitter

 

[tommo84]

I've said it before and I'll say it again.

When Durham eventually gets his head kicked in by an outraged football fan (hopefully not of Spurs) I'll eagerly await the statement from his publicist to see if they can keep a straight face whilst saying anything other than,

'Well... he had it coming'.

I must admit I still sometimes listen to him (usually depends on whether Simon Mayo is off Radio 2) but he seems to be worse when he has his regular partner of Goughie next to him. Listening to Goughie trying to think out loud is like watchiing a dog chase his own tail. The fella is a moron, but thats what Durham needs next to him because anyone intelligent would trip him up on a regular basis.

 

[theShiznit]

This is how earns his money. Is there really a Spurs fan alive that doesn't see this?

Clearly, as there were apparently ones who were following him in the first place

Durham is someone you block, not follow, on Twitter

This.

His sole purpose is to wind people up and get irate people ringing in. (as they're the best ones to make look stupid)
The fact is, that anyone with any reasonable amount of sense would not put any stock into what this shock jock says let alone phone up while emotions are high just to get smacked down.

He probably doesn't believe half the shite he spouts.

 

[E17yid]

I don't think he believes half of what he says but he has to say it as it's part of his job. His mission will be to get as many pissed off spurs fans calling into the show as possible.