6 games - 2 points - no passion - NO style - not even a well crafted move.

We sit bottom, every other team is laughing at us and MJ is laughing loudest of all ...

But am I bothered - no not really.

Why should I get stressed out that the club sold my favourite players ?
Why vex that there isn't a 'team' to watch ?

Shout at the manager - at the moment guys I can't even be bothered to draw in the breath - quite simply the club doesn't deserve my support and although I'll watch from afar and hope they pick up - I shall be neither surprised nor moved if nothing improves - it's just the Tottenham way - boom and bust I believe they call it.

I saw it coming a mile off, sell Carrick - great business we all said (including me) - didn't take long to realise the error of our ways did it ?

Ledley out for most of the season - it'll be OK when he comes back.
Well since when have things been that easy at Spurs ?

Flog half the team to Sunderland - hold on a minute isn't that the basis of our midfield and the platform for our goals ?

Finally, flog the star strikers and pocket a few quid ...

Well done Mr Levy, a fine business move, now perhaps you'd like to move on and let the rest of the fans pick up the pieces, not me though, I've discovered other sports worth watching even more desperate than Spurs ! And it doesn't cost the family over £100 to get in.

Take care all - I'll see you around some time ...

AOB

ALISTAIR-PAUL BORG
MALTA

I'm writing this at half time against Hull and I hope that come the end of the second half a miracle has happened and Spurs have turned it around, but I feel I'm grasping at straws - after today we have 31 games left to play. Take into account we have to play Arsenal twice - Man Utd twice - Liverpool twice and Chelsea once that is another seven games gone which leaves us 24 games to amass 40 plus points which is winning approx 13 games from 24.

The fact we cannot score unless its an own goal, and the fact we cannot keep a clean sheet - I cannot see us doing this with the players we have.  I'm sorry for Ramos but he has to go we need a football brain and a massive injection of confidence by next week otherwise I'm sorry to say we are down and it is going to be a disaster - the Leeds United of the south ?

I can't go on hoping other teams slip up so we stay in contention of the bottom four - how much worse can it get ?

Still at least we are not in the red eh, MR LEVY.

VERY WORRIED SPURS FAN

Typically Tottenham
 
It’s a classic Spurs story - the promise and momentum of that battling point at Chelsea quickly turned to the rubble of a mediocre home defeat to Aston Villa. Any hope had by fans before the season started, be it unrealistic aspirations of the top four or simple dreams of a strong start to the campaign, have now evaporated into misery at the plight of this famous old club.

Its not as if the two-one reverse last night was even a decent performance. Only Darren Bent’s late scrambled goal gave Spurs the undeserved privilege of having a notch on their scorecard. Tottenham were limp, unimaginative and disappointing. The players didn’t seem to have any idea of what they were aiming at. They appear to be a team in need of unification - in need of a real leader to take charge and kick some proverbial behinds.

Before anyone crows that that man should be Robbie Keane, remember the awful start last season first. The man they need back the most is Ledley King. His injury troubles over the past year are ridiculously well documented but his appearances against both Sunderland and Chelsea gave hope that he was on his way to a consistent fitness. He may still be but his absence last night was strongly felt. Michael Dawson, King’s replacement, has gone terribly backwards as a footballer and isn’t really capable of doing the same job as the erstwhile Tottenham captain.

If King can’t be there to motivate them in every game, then manager Ramos should be. The English barrier provides a bigger problem then many at White Hart Lane want to admit. Previous boss Martin Jol was never short of a word or two in the players ear and, while there is no doubting Ramos’ pedigree as a coach, one has to concede that things would be better if he could provide a smattering of English in the media here and there. Presumably he does behind closed doors but obviously there are words lost in translation - step up please , Gus Poyet.

Ramos did at least play Darren Bent up front with a partner, something fans have been crying out for all season. Roman Pavyluchenko did okay but, in his first game, was unable to provide the X factor so badly missing by the team. The midfield looked confused. Jermaine Jenas, the vice captain, wasn’t even played which was confusing after his great display for England in Zagreb. As it happened, he came on after twenty odd minutes for the injured Luka Modric, who again looked slightly off the pace. Fans must be desperate that the talented Croatian will pick it up sooner rather than later.

Didier Zokora and Tom Huddlestone in the middle looked to be too much the same player and the midfield became overly congested as a result. The one tiny, flashing positive was Aaron Lennon’s slightly better performance than what we had come to expect from the diminutive winger - although this is severely clutching at straws. And, although Heurelho Gomes made some exceptional saves, he made the key mistake of the night in letting Ashley Young’s tame shot squeak past him. Without wishing to curse the Brazilian, thoughts inevitably drift to Paul Robinson’s error strewn performances of last year.

What next? At the moment, I would not rule out relegation. It sounds extreme but until they get the wins under their belt they cannot be sure of anything. A top six position is still in reach but not without one hell of a turnaround. Ramos must instil some realism into his players - they need to be aware of what could happen if this carries on. The bottom of the barrel hasn’t been found yet but we’re not far away.

Spurs fans are not alien to this type of crisis. We’ve seen false dawn after false dawn, glimmers of hope replaced by piercing bullets of failure. The talent is so obviously there and this appears to be a psychological problem rather than an ability based one. Spurs are badly needing a leader and a sense of togetherness. They would do well to look at their opponents from last night and take a lesson or two. Whereas teams like Newcastle and West Ham are complete jokes off the pitch, Tottenham are quickly becoming a joke on it.
 

MARK TILLEY

I don't see Spurs anymore as they have priced me out of the ticket range to watch a game of football even though I have been a supporter for 40+ years and had a spell of working for them in the mid 90's - but from what I have seen on the TV we are looking very very poor.

I cannot see where a goal is going to come from.  So far in the league we have scored from a deflected back pass into the path of Bent against Chelsea - and another deflection off Bent against Villa; an own goal against Middlesbrough and one proper goal against Sunderland ALL THIS IN SIX GAMES against minor opposition.  We are turning into Derby last year - the whipping boys of the league who cannot score a goal and seem happy to get a 0-0 out of Wigan.

Spurs have lost it since winning the Carling Cup.  Our form has been awful since that great day in February.  I am very worried this season and can see us getting sucked into a dog fight of relegation, though with the players we have got who seem toothless, we are going the same way as Nottingham Forest, Man City, Southampton and others who thought they were too good to go down.

This is a dreadful season already and part of me wants us out of the cup competitions early so we can concentrate on our league safety instead.  I
blame the board and not Ramos.  Why get rid of Jol in the first place and why not do all you can to keep our star strikers.  Levy seemed more chuffed to get 30 million out of United than getting points on the board.

Spurs will have the best ground in the Championship next year and they might have to put ticket prices down WHICH WILL REALLY UPSET LEVY.

So there is hope of me seeing them soon after all !!

We need drastic action now - new manager - new board - and some players who at least seem to give their all for the club

From a very worried fan.

Dear MEHSTG,

How have we gone from having the best strikers in the Premiership last season, to being bottom of it after four games ?

Whilst no longer being a season ticket holder after supporting THFC for nearly forty years, I thought that I'd give my views on the current state of THFC.

Rightly or wrongly we 'sold out' this summer to Liverpool & Man Utd in respect to Keane & Berbatov, thus being labelled a 'selling club', which Daniel Levy said we would never become !

By being 'fobbed off' with charity payments, Levy showed that he lacked the 'backbone' to pursue it further when he complained of both players being 'tapped up'.

To lose Keane was a surprise, but Berbatov was expected, and we should've had a replacement lined up,(he even cleared his locker at the end of season), but thanks to Levy holding out for £30 million, and Comolli's incompetence, we lost out.

On the subject of Comolli's signings, I would've thought that you wanted to sign better players than was currently at the club, but NO, we sign average or at best players of equal ability to those we have.  Take Gomes for example, better that Robbo, I don't think so if you saw him in the UEFA cup matches.

This season will be challenging, and given our previous track record in sacking the manager after a poor start, I hope Ramos has kept his return ticket to Spain.

Mark (formerly known as Paxton Mark)