Did you hear Lee Dixon
talking about the Gooner match at the Nou Camp
said "We’re not going to there to take photos. I’ve never
played there before." Well, let me tell you, Lee Dixon, you haven’t
played anywhere mate !!
The newspapers are
again lining up forwards for Tottenham to sign and for David Pleat to
tell the Media Monitor that we have not looked at/had a bid in
for/discussed/shown interest this player at this time. David Johnson
is probably the nearest GG would get to the finished article for 5
million pounds, but as we are not on Ipswich’s Christmas card list
after removing Taricco, Charlie Woods and Houston from Portman Road by
fair means or foul, they probably wouldn’t be too chuffed if we took
their best striker
too. For some time the trip that took Pleat and Woods to Argentina
looked like bringing Martin (3 missed penalties) Palermo back
with them, but while they were there Middlesbrough signed the young
Argentine Marinelli - the next new Maradona. Where were the Spurs
staff looking ??
Other players Spurs
have been eyeing are the Icelandic central defender at Brentford,
Hreidarsson, but look what they are asking for Herman - a monster fee
!! Then there is Yksel Osmanovski - a 22 year old Swede playing for
Bari, who cost £2 million last season and is now worth £5 million
all of a sudden. While I do not doubt GG’s ability to find star
quality unknowns, it might be nice if we did sign someone
we have heard of before. James Beattie (Southampton) has also been
linked along with George Ndah of Swindon. Is this the bottom of the
barrel we are scraping ?? Scouts have also been casting their eyes
down at Eidur Gudjohnsen, who’s Dad you might remember as the
Anderlecht player who has his penalty saved by Tony Parks in the UEFA
Cup final of 1984. The Bolton striker is also the only international
to play in the same game as his father !! Marcus Stewart has also been
watched along with his Huddersfield team-mate, defender Chris
Lucketti. I should not have mentioned Jason Roberts of Bristol Rovers
last time, as it is now rumoured that the Gooners are sniffing around
him. Lastly, two young QPR players - Richard Langley and Leon Jeanne -
have been catching GG’s eye. It’s unlikely that Gerry Francis
would let them go though, unless he needs the money to team build.
The Carbone story
dragged on into October, but the £1 million per season "netto",
as Ruud Boy would say, counted Spurs out of the reckoning. Beni really
has ruled himself out of contention in this country with those sort of
wage demands, but Derby are said to be willing to give him a go or
possibly a move back to Italy. Wonder if he would take Tramezzani with
him as part of the deal ??
Most worrying of late are
the Sol Campbell rumours. £21 million would be too much for any club to
turn down, but where is his natural replacement? Chris Perry would be
great alongside him, but who would fit in alongside Perry ? Ledley King
is being groomed for that role, but is not getting onto the pitch and
Alton Thelwell is also receiving lots of coverage. Our interest in
Anthony Gardener of Port Vale shows that GG is continuing his obsessive
centre-half collection, which started in his Arsenal days. I hope Sol
will stay, but hard evidence has been presented to MEHSTG that he will
be gone by the end of next summer and it will happen one day. The only
solace is that we have coped without him, but can’t look serious
contenders either.
European
football has returned and with it the lack of the famous all-white
European kit. Would the club reconsider what colours Tottenham play in
on the Glory, Glory Nights, which we hope are many ? The lack of a
capacity crowd, despite all the ticketing problems, for the Zimbru game,
shows that a rethink over pricing may be necessary. This is especially
true of later Cup rounds when season tickets will not be valid. Remember
what happened at the FA Cup replay v Wimbledon at home ? Swathes of
empty blue seats across the stadium. Surely not a good thing for the
atmosphere, the team or the club ?
Lastly, but not leastly, I was disgusted
to see that the long history of Arsenal players spitting at other people
had not ceased. I would hope that if any Spurs player did that, then
strong action would be taken against him.
son
is probably the nearest GG would get to the finished article for 5
million pounds, but as we are not on Ipswich’s Christmas card list
after removing Taricco, Charlie Woods and Houston from Portman Road by
fair means or foul, they probably wouldn’t be too chuffed if we took
their best strike
r
too. For some time the trip that took Pleat and Woods to Argentina
looked like bringing Martin (3 missed penalties) Palermo back
with them, but while they were there Middlesbrough signed the young
Argentine Marinelli - the next new Maradona. Where were the Spurs
staff looking ??
one
we have heard of before. James Beattie (Southampton) has also been
linked along with George Ndah of Swindon. Is this the bottom of the
barrel we are scraping ?? Scouts have also been casting their eyes
down at Eidur Gudjohnsen, who’s Dad you might remember as the
Anderlecht player who has his penalty saved by Tony Parks in the UEFA
Cup final of 1984. The Bolton striker is also the only international
to play in the same game as his father !! Marcus Stewart has also been
watched along with his Huddersfield team-mate, defender Chris
Lucketti. I should not have mentioned Jason Roberts of Bristol Rovers
last time, as it is now rumoured that the Gooners are sniffing around
him. Lastly, two young QPR players - Richard Langley and Leon Jeanne -
have been catching GG’s eye. It’s unlikely that Gerry Francis
would let them go though, unless he needs the money to team build.
European
football has returned and with it the lack of the famous all-white
European kit. Would the club reconsider what colours Tottenham play in
on the Glory, Glory Nights, which we hope are many ? The lack of a
capacity crowd, despite all the ticketing problems, for the Zimbru game,
shows that a rethink over pricing may be necessary. This is especially
true of later Cup rounds when season tickets will not be valid. Remember
what happened at the FA Cup replay v Wimbledon at home ? Swathes of
empty blue seats across the stadium. Surely not a good thing for the
atmosphere, the team or the club ?