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Gareth Bale Staying Put | Bale Stats

Posted by & filed under AVB, Bale staying, English Premier League Opta Stats, English Premier League Stats, EPL, EPL Index News, EPL Stats, Gareth Bale Opta Stats, Gareth Bale Stats, opta, Opta Stats, premier league opta stats, Premier League Stats, Spurs, THFC, Tottenham Hotspur, Tottenham Opta Stats, Tottenham Stats, Villas-Boas.

Andre Villas-Boas has assured Tottenham fans that Gareth Bale will still be at White Hart Lane next season, whether the North London side qualify for the Champions League or not. The Tottenham manager said ”The information that I have from the club, which was mistakenly written about last week, is that the player is here to [...]

Gareth Bale Staying Put | Bale Stats

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New Year, I’m Happy

Posted by & filed under Aaron Lennon, Adebayor, AVB, Bale, Defoe, football, Parker, Premier League, Sandro, Season 2012-13, soccer, sports, Spurs, Spurs fans, Spurs supporters, Tottenham Hotspur, transfer window, Villas-Boas.

Domination so complete, I have a crick in my neck from facing in the same direction for too long. Then, finally, Lloris’s bank holiday stroll around his green and pleasant area is rudely interrupted. He saves well, low to his right, two hands. Being alert after long periods of inactivity is another of his many [...]

Tottenham Offered Cut-Priced Deal For Spanish Striker

Posted by & filed under Diego Perotti, Extra Time, Features, Homepage, Jesus Navas, La Liga, Mobile App Stories, negredo, Premier League, Premier League Homepage, Sevilla, Tottenham, Tottenham FC, Transfer Rumours, Villas-Boas.

Spurs could take advantage of Sevilla’s financial problems to sign International striker. La Liga side Sevilla have offered Tottenham a cut-price deal for striker Alvaro Negredo , reports Metro. The Spanish club are currently suffering a financial c…

The Night Hugo Lloris Became a Spur

Posted by & filed under Carroll, Europa League, football, Lloris, Sandro, Season 2012-13, soccer, sports, Spurs, Tottenham Hotspur, Villas-Boas.

Ironic that The Glory Glory Nights, Martin Cloake and Adam Powley’s luscious history of Spurs in Europe should arrive unexpectedly just before kick-off. I’ve preserved its shrink-wrapped beauty until now. Seemed wrong somehow to expose it to Spurs in Europe, the 2012 version. Borey Borey night, more like. This otherwise forgettable effort contained one notable feature. Lazio [...]

Villas-Boas and Spurs – Sit Back, Deep Breath, How’s It Going?

Posted by & filed under Aaron Lennon, Adebayor, AVB, Bale, Defoe, football, Huddlestone, Modric, Parker, Premier League, Sandro, Season 2012-13, soccer, sports, Spurs, Spurs fans, Tottenham Hotspur, transfer window, Villas-Boas.

Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas has been charged with many failings during his relatively short career. These include being aloof and uncommunicative, out of his depth, obsessed with tactics and worst of all, not being Jose Mourinho or Harry Redknapp. Over the weekend came the ultimate condemnation – AVB, you were seen in possession of a notebook. J’accuse! [...]

Villas Boas displays adaptability – earning plaudits in defeat

Posted by & filed under Adebayor, AFC, AVB, Bale, Dawson, Defoe, dempsey, EPL, EPL Index Featured Article, EPL Index Opinion, formation, Naughton, Premier League, Redknapp, tactics, Tottenham Hotspur, Villas-Boas, Walker.

Andre Villas Boas has taken a lot of stick from some Tottenham fans over recent weeks, despite the challenges he has faced in his short time at the helm at White Hart Lane. Some have questioned his ‘negative’ tactics and him not playing ‘the Tott…

Translated

Posted by & filed under quotes, Villas-Boas.

“He’s very approachable. If there is a problem, or something we feel is not right, his door is open. He wants us to work that way: together, the players and staff, and if there is a problem we can always share our ideas with him and he will take it on …

What a Goal. What a Performance. What a Relief.

Posted by & filed under Aaron Lennon, AVB, Defoe, Dembele, football, Premier League, Sandro, Season 2012-13, soccer, Spurs, Tottenham Hotspur, Villas-Boas.

Amongst all the guff that’s spouted in the media about Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas, the dossiers, the trenchcoats, the goalkeeper, what the hell the fact he’s foreign, Spurs fans are beginning to sort out the reality. Yesterday he demonstrated a quality that will endear him to the people that matter the most (and no, I’m not talking about [...]

What is to blame for Spurs’ slow start?

Posted by & filed under analysis, Andre Villas-Boas, Daniel Levy, football, Jake Livermore, Premier League, Scott Parker, soccer, sports, Spurs, Tottenham, Tottenham Hotspur, Villas-Boas, William Gallas, Younes Kaboul.

The Manager: A ridiculously naïve and immature view to take. It is completely unreasonable to blame AVB for this start as he has to implement his own views onto the squad. With ‘Arry it was a simple ‘pass and move, ball in goal’ but with AVB it

AVB needs time, not boos

Posted by & filed under Andre Villas-Boas, boos, Daniel Levy, football, Levy, Norwich, Opinion, Premier League, soccer, sports, Spurs, Tottenham, Tottenham Hotspur, Villas-Boas, White Hart Lane.

It’s 4.50, as the full time whistle blows at White Hart Lane, a small minority of fans boo the team after the second consecutive 1.1 draw. As I sat there still fuming about the red card decision and the equaliser, what I was fuming about the most…

AVB Analysis: Spurs v Norwich

Posted by & filed under Adebayor, analysis, Andre Villas-Boas, Daniel Levy, football, home debut, mousa dembele, Premier League, safer system, soccer, sports, substitutions, tom huddlestone, Tottenham, Twitter, Villas-Boas, White Hart Lane.

Spurs succumbed to a disappointing 1-1 draw against Norwich at White Hart Lane, Mousa Dembele netting on his home debut. Fans took to Twitter after the game, some criticising AVB, some criticising Daniel Levy, some just saying that the team needs to be…

Aggression

Posted by & filed under Villas-Boas, WBA, White Hart Lane.

I forgot to write up a 10,000 word preview of the game. So, I guess I should say something poignant in it’s place. I don’t have anything poignant to share. So I’ll just think of something ad-hoc and hope it brightens up your bandwidth, although you’re …

Chill

Posted by & filed under the progression of AVB's tottenham, Villas-Boas.

It’s the calm before the storm. The perfect storm. Our manager denying transfer talk, suggesting we’re not in for another striker. I scratch my chin then laugh out loud. Surely misdirection, mind games? Deflect attention away from us then BANG official…

AVB’s Reign Begins. In Defeat, Some Positives

Posted by & filed under Aaron Lennon, AVB, Defoe, football, Premier League, Sandro, Season 2012-13, Sigurdsson, Spurs, Tottenham Hotspur, transfer window, Van der Vaart, Vertonghen, Villas-Boas.

The better team, dominant indeed for extended periods. Friedel has a quiet afternoon. That superiority isn’t converted into goals. Sure we come close, hit the woodwork maybe, but all the flowing football means little if the chances aren’t taken. Time passes, we fade, our opponents take full advantage of rare but significant errors and we [...]

I see dread people

Posted by & filed under Pre-Season, THFC fans, Villas-Boas.

The heat is killing me. I’m zapped. Ironic, we complain when the weather is crappy then complain when it’s not because it’s far too hot to travel or sit in the sun for long periods. You feel sleepy, either because you’re stuck in the office or indoors …

Aggression

Posted by & filed under tactical reshuffle, Villas-Boas.

Villas-Boas:

“Tottenham last year played magnificent attacking football,” Villas-Boas said. “We want to keep that exactly as it stands, to take it into the pitch, but training in a different way. We would like to be a team that has speed in possess…

Systems Football: The Basics – Tiki-Taka / Totaal-Voetball

Posted by & filed under Arsenal, aston villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Brendan Rodgers, Chelsea, Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, cruyff, EPL Index Featured Article, EPLIndex Tactical Report, Everton, formation, Fulham, Guardiola, iki taka, Liverpool, Louis Van Gaal, Manchester City, Manchester Utd, Newcastle Utd, Norwich City, Possession, QPR, Reading, Rondo, Southampton, Stoke City, Sunderland, Swansea City, tactics, technique, Tiki taka handbook, Total Football, total voetball, Tottenham Hotspur, TPiMBW, Villas-Boas, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Wigan, Wolves, Xavi.

INTRODUCTION: the foundations (part 1/5) This is a five-part series of articles that aims to introduce football coaches and fanatics to basic concepts in a systems football approach (such as tiki-taka). The systems approach to football is founded upon …

Points & Goals analysis | Does Sacking Your Manager Improve Results?

Posted by & filed under 2010/11, 2011/12, Allardyce, Ancelloti, Arsenal, aston villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, BRFC, Bruce, Chelsea, Connor, Dalglish, Di Matteo, Does Sacking Your Manager Improve Results, EPL Index Featured Article, EPL Index Statistical Comparisons, Everton, Fulham, Hodson, hughes, HUGHTON, Kean, LFC, Liverpool, Manager Sacking analysis, Managerial Change Stats, Manchester City, Manchester Utd, McCarthy, Newcastle Utd, Norwich City, NUFC, O'Neill, PARDEW, QPR, Reading, Rovers, sacking manager analysis, SAFC, Southampton, Stoke City, Sunderland, Swansea City, Tottenham Hotspur, Villas-Boas, Warnock, WBA, west brom, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Wigan, Wolves, wwfc.

It is a common belief with Premier League owners that sacking your manager will improve their clubs results, but is this really that case? We look at whether teams sacking their manager has a short-term or a long-term impact on [...]Written by James Am…