I watched the whole series of "Grimm", really surprisingly good. Other than that I just use Netflix to re-watch stuff I know I like, so most recently I've seen all of Rome, Being Human and Battlestar Galactica.
Former Gooner Sanchez Watt was sent off whilst playing off for Hemel Hempstead. His crime? Giving his name when being booked... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43314870 Ref: "Yellow card. What's your name?" Watt "Watt" Ref: "Give me your name" Watt: "WATT." Ref "2nd yellow.....You're off." How did John Pratt or Stefan Kuntz finish a game? The ref rescinded the second when someone pointed out his mistake...
He's really not a fan, is he? Pratt took the place that should have gone to Souness but I'm not sure whether even that difference would have saved us from the downturn of the mid-70's. The replacements of the late 60's/early 70's team just weren't good enough, pretty much across the board. Add in injuries to John Duncan and Alfie Conn and we were in trouble pretty much across the whole team. I tend not to blame players for not being good enough. It's the non-triers that get me.
Agree with most of that, mate, although I was actually a supporter of JP. He was Spurs through-and-through, gave everything he had in every game and worked really hard on his game over the years. Started off very one-footed, but ended up comfortable on both. Duncan was a quality goal scorer in any team and we certainly missed him. Conn I thought was more mercurial: good player on his day, but used to showboat a lot in the middle third when there was less pressure on him. However, there were a few performances towards the end of that near relegation season (75?) when he was the difference. How far we have come.......
I loved a lot of those players...Stevie P above everyone but also Terry Naylor and Neil McNab and John Gorman. They tried so hard but the return to Div 1 with the beatings at the hands of the Mousers and Them indicated that team just didn't have it in them to compete at that level. A couple of years later a new breed had brought a complete transformation...Chris Hughton, Paul Miller, Graham Roberts, Mickey Hazard and Tony Galvin were a cut above and had better purchases around them.
I had a family connection to Jimmy Neighbour. Loved watching him play and of course never dined out on the ‘connection’ at school.......not me, no Siree! His passing so young was very sad.
And so began the moustachioed path that led Brian from Punk to Freddie Mercury and Frankie goes to Hollywood.
I remember seeing him play against Villa in the '71 Cup Final. He played really well, a lot of more senior players didn't. Winger was one of those positions at Spurs in the 70's that seemed to be cursed. Roger Morgan's career ended prematurely, Ralph Coates never really succeeded and Peter Taylor also suffered an injury that he never recovered from. It took Tony Galvin to give us a top winger and then Old Mullet Head gave us a whole team of them. Mrs B had a cousin play for Spurs for 4 seasons in the 90's and I had an uncle in Nor'n Iron who probably could have had Cyril Knowles spot, if he hadn't been so scared of coming to London when we tried to sign him in the summer that I was born.
Couldn't agree with this more, honestly. It's down to the manager to pick the best players. If he picks you and you're ****, then it's his fault. If he picks you and you're not putting the effort in, then the responsibility falls on both of you. It's really started to annoy me when people criticise Sissoko loudly at Wembley, for this very reason. Is he our best player? No. Far from it. Does he ever seem to lack effort or fail to put himself about? Not that I've seen. I doubt it helps his confidence when people react like he's killed someone when he gets brought on or makes a mistake. I wouldn't be adverse to replacing him in the next transfer window, but that's at least in part because of the toxic atmosphere around him. I wonder who our next scapegoat will be?
There was a lad in my form at school who enraged the strictest disciplinarian on the staff. This teacher had a habit of asking the question, "You, boy! Your name is WHAT?!" To which my form-mate boldly replied, "No sir, it's Elliot, sir!" Instant double detention for him, of course. But we all applauded his wit and temerity.
Sissoko must be very frustrating though. On (rare) occasions - notably with France- he has run with the ball half the length of the pitch or more at pace and looked unstoppable. Spurs fans must be wondering why he doesn't deliver more often. He seems to have the attributes to be a far more productive player.
He doesn't get a proper run in the side in a consistent role, though. Here are his stats from this season: https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/moussa-sissoko/leistungsdaten/spieler/46001 Moved all over the midfield, barely ever plays 90 minutes except in the cups and he doesn't really suit our system. His technique and passing aren't good enough to play any of our normal midfield roles and he's not defensively minded enough to play the holding role.
But apart from that....... I'm with you on the match 'verbals' - that will help no-one except the opposition. Support the club, support the player!
We're experimenting with Aurier at the moment, although there was a resurgence of the Trippier scapegoating from 2015-16 earlier this season that's worth keeping an eye on. Mainly because, as Rose isn't on the pitch these days, we can't really vent spleen at his performances.
Spot on. There will always be someone, and a lot of "fans" very keen to criticise. I remember on the old 606 there was even a huge amount of criticism of Bale when he first arrived and for quite a lot of games. Probably says as much about the person doing the criticism as the player being criticised.
It was so much easier when Naughton was the lightning rod, as he always obliged with one backpass that put an opposition striker clean through on goal every single time he played.
It really annoyed me when he got endless stick, too. He was a young right-back playing on the left at the time and he understandably made some mistakes. Never moaned about playing out of position, never looked disinterested or failed to put in the effort and he got slaughtered.
