Daily Archives: Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Dear broken children of Woolwich

Dear broken children of Woolwich, How many times do we have to do this? You can’t disappear for 12 months then reappear kitted out in clown costume and holding foam pie, posting gloating comments on the blog and expect us to not sit up and take notice of your laughable efforts. Here I am, pointing… Read more »

The Half-Truths You Have To Tell The Media

Until Sunday’s win over Swansea City, Tottenham Hotspur went five league matches without a win. It seemed fairly obvious that Spurs were back to having some confidence in themselves and playing decent football when they got the 0-0 draw away to Chelsea, but they finally looked something like the Spurs of earlier in the year… Read more »

Peer Into Your Crystal Ball: How Much Will Tottenham Spend This Summer?

Tottenham Hotspur’s transfer spending policies seem like kind of a mystery. There was a period of a couple years where we spent like madmen and seemingly did this without accumulating boatloads of debt. Now, we’re keeping spending in check, probably so we can build a new stadium without incurring ridiculous amounts of debt at stupid… Read more »

Have An 8 Year Ban

Good morning. A novelty item and so straight to our friends psychological case studies down the road in Woolwich. Two brothers have been banned for eight years, yes eight years from the Emptycrates after an altercation over ‘standing up’ escalated into an incident where the pair were restrained by coppers HERE. The charges ranged from… Read more »

Clear-Cut Chances – Hits And Misses | Opta Stats Analysis

Last weekend, after Arsenal lost against QPR, many Gooners might have shared a wistful moment reminiscing the chance Robin van Persie missed. Those who don the blue of Chelsea probably look back at this Torres miss early in the season [...]Written by d…

Triffic tactics – from Daniel, not Harry

I see what we’re doing. I get it.What’s clearly happening is that in the build up to each of our last eight games, Daniel Levy is allowing the manager of the opposition to be linked heavily with the Spurs job, thereby causing them to stop and think, at least sub-consciously, do I want Champions League… Read more »

Jermain Defoe – to start ..or not?

On any given match day, prior to the Spurs team being announced there is always plenty of opinion on Twitter as to the formation and line-up that should be played. A frequent call by fans being for the inclusion of Jermain Defoe, a call heightened during the recent blip as the solution to get Spurs… Read more »