Tottenham Hotspur

[PTP]

na must be one or other - otherwise they'd just be running into each other all game making the same runs - it'll be carnage

[Bender]

Surely not both?!

doubt it but you never know,must mean soldado and possibly Adebayor will leave

[BubbaZanetti]

They'd take a massive hit on Soldado and I'm not sure who'd want to take a punt on Adebarndoor. But if it means they're spunking more megabucks on so-so players then let's hope it's true!

[Roboklopp]

Fat Sam would be ideal for Spuds. Both have ideas massively above their station.

[The_weatherman]

Some rumours that Benteke did his achilles tendon in practice

[Gibbo]

Yep, out of the World Cup

[Roboklopp]

Are Villa due to play any of our title rivals?

[Bender]

Are Villa due to play any of our title rivals?

Only Man city and to a lesser extent Spurs

[Cormack74]

I think these links highlight what a difficult summer it will be for Martinez at Everton. He has three players on loan who have made a difference for him. He can turn Barry into a permanent one but may have to pay a higher wage? Deulofeu may come back which would be very good for Everton but it will cost 20 million to turn Lukaku into a permanent signing and upwards of that to replace him adequately.

Also if Spurs buy Lukaku are they going to sell Soldado or keep the two of them plus Ade? They'll have three direct(ish) strikers with little in way of alternatives. I guess he'd fit with the wingers they've got.

The Bitters conveniently forget that much of what they've achieved is down to their loan signings. No one is going to give them decent players in the future if they're perceived as top 4 challengers and therefore a threat IMO.

[Fivex]

UEFA agrees with Daniel Levy though:

http://wildstat.com/p/7003

- some crackers in that list

Give it a couple if years and we'll be clearing 200 on that thing.

[Fivex]

Apart from the fact they couldn't afford the fee.

The crap taxidermied Hodgson wannabe will fund that with a £30m swoop for Coleman.

[Shaggy]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/tottenham-boss-tim-sherwood-slams-3365427#ixzz2xvHZO3Ie

Tottenham boss Tim Sherwood slams Glenn Hoddle: ''He's got nothing else to talk about''

Apr 04, 2014 14:02 By Darren Lewis

Former boss Hoddle angered Sherwood by saying the Tottenham players looked beaten even before the match they lost 4-0 had started

Tim Sherwood has hit back at Glenn Hoddle's criticism of the Spurs players' body language ahead of last Sunday's defeat to Liverpool.

The Reds ran out easy 4-0 winners to go top of the Premier League.

Former boss Hoddle, passed over by Spurs chairman Daniel Levy for the manager's job after Andre Villas Boas's sacking in December, believes the North London club's players were beaten before the match on the basis of their body language in the tunnel.

But Sherwood, whose men face Sunderland on Monday, defended his team.

He said: "He's having a giraffe. It's been a long time since Glenn Hoddle has managed a team and the game has moved on significantly.

"I've been a pundit myself and its easy to be critical when you've got nothing else to talk about."

[Gibbo]

Good edit.

[Bender]

link
Tim Sherwood insists his planned return to the Tottenham dugout is nothing to do with the fans' irritation at him watching recent matches from the stands.

Sherwood has preferred to watch matches from the stands in recent weeks following his spat with Benfica coach Jorge Jesus last month, prompting the travelling support to chant "where is our manager?" during last week's 4-0 defeat at Liverpool.

The former midfielder has confirmed he will be back on the touchline for the Monday Night Football clash with Sunderland, although he has defended his decision to watch from up high.

"I'll be on the touchline on Monday - I'll be knocking out as many people as I can," he said.

"I've had a lot of time to prepare this week. If they don't know what it's all about this week, then they ain't going to know.

"When you're playing against Liverpool and teams like that, I feel there was a technical mismatch between the two teams.

"We have to try to worry about them and they might need some adjusting during the game - they certainly did after 20 minutes.

"There was nothing we could do to turn it around, unfortunately.

"I can learn more about my players sitting up top for the future than going down there to the touchline.

"I would've had to have no effect on that game. Against teams we've got left to play, the players know the script now.

"We will play the same way between now and the end of the season and it's up to them to try to entertain.

"I'll be there at the forefront with them and hopefully we can get a positive result together."

[RichC]

I can't believe that's not an edit

Sherwood