The one thing about Spurs I am jealous of is.......

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Spurs need a real top top finisher to take us that extra yard, we create plenty of chances but we miss more than we score. Adebayor has been good but has missed a hat full of chances, both Defoe and VDV are more clinical but Ade offers a lot to the team.

VDV is our most clinical finisher.

If we had a Linekar or Rush type we would be cooking!
 
littleDinosaurLuke said:
Both Utd and City are averaging 2.5 points per game so far.

If either (or both) maintain that form, the they will finish with 95 points.

For Spurs to overtake both (and allowing for an inferior goal difference), you would need to win 20 and draw 1 of your remaining 22 games!

The form of both Manchester clubs could drop off, but it's hard to see less than 90 points winning it this year. Both teams have big squads and have been consistently getting results.

Spurs are averaging around 2.2 points per game. If that is maintained for the rest of the season, you will finish on 83 points.

So it's a very tall order for Spurs to win- the bookies have it right at 25/1.
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What a load of balls!...you've forgot something...are both Mancy sides going to chuck the Roodopa Lg?...you will not be picking up points at the same rate playing Thursday, Sunday and Mondays, it will throw you, I don't care who you are. <ok>
 
If we are serious about the title we need to get a very good result against both manchester clubs.

Man Utd are our bogey team and we never manage to beat them! Last season was a close affair at WHL so I expect more of the same

Man City have the bonus of Adebayor not playing against them so I will wait to see how that affects our overall play
 
So you're completely dismissing the Europa League as a distraction, your fixture list will be being altered as we speak to accomodate this. I'm surprised at your contempt.
 
Cockerel Barfly said:
Spurs need a real top top finisher to take us that extra yard, we create plenty of chances but we miss more than we score. Adebayor has been good but has missed a hat full of chances, both Defoe and VDV are more clinical but Ade offers a lot to the team.

VDV is our most clinical finisher.

If we had a Linekar or Rush type we would be cooking!
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Why do you think Defoe is a more clinical finisher than Ade? I can't see it myself.
 
littleDinosaurLuke said:
I think the problem for Spurs is that there are two teams averaging 2.5 points per game. As well as you are doing, you still need both to drop off the pace to some extent. If either maintains this form, Spurs have a near impossible task, Smart.

Jan and Feb will be crucial for Spurs and Utd with some tough away games. City have the easier fixtures on paper with home advantage against Utd, Spurs, Chelsea and Liverpool in games to come- hence most pundits (and the bookies) favouring them.

I'm not doubting Spurs ability to challenge, but it remains to be seen if this form can be sustained all season. Even a big improvement on recent seasons to 75 or 80 points won't be enough. I doubt 85 will be. 90 may be, but at almost half way, the trend would suggest 95. The top sides may take points off each other- Spurs will need to- but none of the top 3 has looked like dropping many points to any teams outside the top six.

So I stick by what I've said <ok>
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If Man U and Man C keep their current form I agree we won't catch them. But another way of looking at it is that if Spurs win our game in hand, beat Man U at home and Man C away and Man U get a draw at the Etihad, then we just need to do exactly as well as the Man duo in all the other matches. On the basis of the last 15 matches we are doing better than that.
 
littleDinosaurLuke said:
I think the contempt is for the EL, Smart. Spurs played a second string/youth XI and seemed content to be knocked out! SAF won't let it be a distraction either. I expect Gibson, Diouf, Macheda and Owen (if fit <doh>) to star, along with a few youngsters like Morrison and Pogba. Fryers may be needed for first team duty.
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Err! rewind to you crowing "yes we're great, with 12 injuries!"...here's the flip side, you don't have enough players left to a field totally separate team, a good number of your remaining fit players will play every game, or be pushed to. FA Cup starts soon, aswell as EL...hope you don't get a replay!...you know best though eh! :D
 
I don't know why you're avoiding my point, I'm not referring to priority, more the available number of fit players and your playing week being shifted Thur, Sun Mon.

As for points, I create more threads than you....do not put that right, on this board! :)
 
And we all know why Man Utd's youth policy was so successful back then, don't we?
 
NowsufferinginSpain said:
That's certainly relevant to more recent times. To be fair, the heart of the team of the 90's and early 00's was The Babes Mk 2. Scholes, Giggs, Beckham, Butt, The Neville's.
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The same David Beckham who was a member of our school of excellence, but one day got lost on the way to training and found himself in Manchester at the exact same time that Manchester United had accidentally drawn up a contract with his name on it?

Giggs was with City's school of excellence, whilst we're on the subject...
 
Fergie isn't good at making players; he's good at nicking players off other clubs and putting them together in his own team.

Mind you, I think Harry is cut from the same cloth, if the truth be told.
 
The host of West Ham youth players that Redknapp brought through from their academy is testament to Redknapp's ability to produce a player, HIAG.
Others give all the credit to Tony Carr and he's definitely deserving of a lot of praise, but who have they produced since Redknapp left?
Some capable players, here and there, but nothing like the Ferdinand, Lampard, Carrick, etc. era.
 
Fourth would be great as far as I'm concerned--though, in my twisted thinking at least, the best chance for fourth (at least) may be third. Spurs have got squad depth for fourth, but not enough for the title--which is too bad, I think, because the starting 11 is good enough this year.
 
Manchester United have always bought the title. Do you honestly think that if Ledley King had stayed fit, he'd still be playing in white? Of course not! King would be Rio's (30m from Leeds) partner in the Man U defence. Look at Berba and Carrick for instance, if we'd have kept them, I'm sure we'd have reached this point (being in with a genuine shot at the title) a lot sooner than the 11/12 season. United always had the income from being a brand name and a bigger statium than anyone else, so when they saw a player they wanted playing for another club, they just shook a load of cash at him and he jumped ship. Now there are teams with sugar daddys and other teams that have caught up by grafting ie Spurs, the playing field is levelling out and we, Citeh and Chavski are now able to compete on a regular basis and the Goons would be challenging too if they had a decent/sane manager.

And please! LdL, don't be so bloody naive about the signings of Backham and Giggs, of course they keep shtum. <slap>
 
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