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    Harry Kane's back to back 20 PL goals.

    Jimmy had 27 in 1968-69 rather than the 37 in that official site piece - but was still top scorer in Division One for the sixth time. He was a genius who lit up my childhood.
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    ‘Un pour tous, tous pour un’

    I do take your point and do rejoice, of course, in the unparalleled unity and teamwork. But Toby Alderweireld is my own player of the season. He has managed to overcome decades' worth of defensive frailty. Of course he has been helped in that by Poch's system, and in particular by having Dier...
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    Vertonghen demands FA Cup recovery

    Vertonghen seems to be positioning himself as de facto captain with his comments before and after our recent games. He really does seem much more committed now, for whatever reason.
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    Match day protest to target Tottenham fans over new stadium plans

    Hold on a minute here. We all want the new stadium to be built as soon as possible. But don't dismiss the feelings of local residents so easily. This is by no means the first time I have heard about such concerns. Even before I read this, when I was walking to the ground from WHL station the...
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    SPURS 1 - 1 BESIKTAS : BBC Match Report

    I said after the West Brom game that Chiriches gave one of the worst individual performances I have ever seen in a Spurs shirt and he continued in exactly the same vein last night. Quite appalling. I do not want to see him in the team again. Play Vejkovic, or move Dier into the centre - anything...
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    Pochettino willing to drop stars

    The collective level of performance was appalling but I have to disagree in relation to Chiriches. His was one of the most inept individual performances I have ever seen in a Spurs shirt. How he could not have been substituted at half-time with Vertonghen waiting on the bench is beyond me. And I...
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    Good Week/Bad Week

    I agree with you Krafty that AVB's comments are out of order. It's all very well asking a crowd to be patient but his tactics and methods are showing no signs whatsoever of progress in picking open the 10-men-behind-the-ball defences that we seem to be facing against all but the top teams. The...
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    Good Week/Bad Week

    Others will be mystified by your dubbing this a bad week for Brad Friedel after his series of excellent saves but I must say I agree with your analysis in general. He is rooted to his line and this puts the defence under enormous and unnecessary pressure - particularly in the absence of a...
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    Deja vu

    Excellent piece and ensuing debate. I am with davidmatzdorf to the extent that I would not have taken the decision Levy did - I would have stuck with Harry for longer. Whatever the frustrations and the tactical deficiencies, Harry delivered the most exciting years we have had as Spurs fans for...
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    Time to step up, boys.......

    I’d like to add my handclap to the applause, xzander. I think you’ve expressed what the majority of us feel. Anyone crazy enough to contemplate life without Martin Jol can surely not be remembering clearly the wilderness of the last 15 years. Just in case anyone has actually forgotten how low we...
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    50 Years Supporting Spurs – A Tribute to SpursSince57 (and others)

    A lovely piece, which has certainly brought a few of us oldies out of the woodwork. One of my great chagrins in life was that I just missed the Double side – the first match I remember seeing on TV was the 1962 Cup win and I didn’t get taken to my first game till the following season. I couldn’t...
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    Future Exits?

    I’m glad people are focusing again on the necessity of a bigger stadium – and also that people tend to be coming down on the side of expanding <st1:Street><st1:address>White Hart Lane</st1:address></st1:Street>. Quite apart from our inevitable concerns over losing the heart of the club if we...
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