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WTF, Sky commentary:

Martin Tyler: "The transfer vultures will be circling for Alli - Spurs will do well to hold on to him"
Alan Smith: "The players will want to stay and play for Pochettino"
Martin Tyler: "ah, but the vultures will be also circling for Pochettino"

Me: "FFS"..........
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Seven Sisters said:
WTF, Sky commentary:

Martin Tyler: "The transfer vultures will be circling for Alli - Spurs will do well to hold on to him"
Alan Smith: "The players will want to stay and play for Pochettino"
Martin Tyler: "ah, but the vultures will be also circling for Pochettino"

Me: "FFS"..........
:pochfacepalm:
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Who are the vultures Martin you absolute fucking clown?

Vultures pick the carcasses of dead animals.

What a fucking lame comparison.

He gets paid millions for that shit
 
Alan Smith did sound audibly distraught at points. It was like watching a european tie where we were some team from eastern europe shockingly turning over the mighty Gooners.

We've been around as one of the teams that gets regularly picked for TV coverage for long enough now. There needs to be more than Jenas (who is good), Hoddle (basket case who doesn't like us) and Redknapp (actually getting better as a pundit but I don't view him as Spurs) representing us at games.

When I've seen him do punditry on our matches even Tim fucking Sherwood is better than Hoddle.
 
imitationleather said:
Alan Smith did sound audibly distraught at points. It was like watching a european tie where we were some team from eastern europe shockingly turning over the mighty Gooners.

We've been around as one of the teams that gets regularly picked for TV coverage for long enough now. There needs to be more than Jenas (who is good), Hoddle (basket case who doesn't like us) and Redknapp (actually getting better as a pundit but I don't view him as Spurs) representing us at games.

When I've seen him do punditry on our matches even Tim fucking Sherwood is better than Hoddle.
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The absolute best co commentator in my view is Gary Neville.
You'd never guess he was Utd even when he commentates on their games.

ALL the others are so fucking biased it's an insult to a rational viewer, as you say today Smiffy sounded nearly in tears at some points, and like a petulant child when we got the pen.

It's a disgrace that all us supporters who pay Sky have to listen to this unashamed biased bullshit from the never ending infestation of Liverpool, Chav and Scum pundits, guests and co commentators.
 
Seven Sisters said:
WTF, Sky commentary:

Martin Tyler: "The transfer vultures will be circling for Alli - Spurs will do well to hold on to him"
Alan Smith: "The players will want to stay and play for Pochettino"
Martin Tyler: "ah, but the vultures will be also circling for Pochettino"

Me: "FFS"..........
:pochfacepalm:
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I can understand the closed shop of Liverpool pundits on Sky in the early days of the PL as their fanbase was huge as they were *the* team for the preceding couple of decades. Why does this continue, though? They're a total also-ran and have been for the entire Premier League era. Young people who don't select their team based on location or who their family supports don't pick Liverpool.

Apparently hipsters in America tend to pick Liverpool and Woolwich as they're seen as trendy underdogs(!), but they don't really explain why all the pundits on Sky are former Liverpool players.
 
Maccer said:
The absolute best co commentator in my view is Gary Neville.
You'd never guess he was Utd even when he commentates on their games.

ALL the others are so fucking biased it's an insult to a rational viewer, as you say today Smiffy sounded nearly in tears at some points, and like a petulant child when we got the pen.

It's a disgrace that all us supporters who pay Sky have to listen to this unashamed biased bullshit from the never ending infestation of Liverpool, Chav and Scum pundits, guests and co commentators.
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Spot on. Neville is a cut above the rest of that shower of shit that parade as pundits.
 
I work on the basis that all the media, print and TV, are biased idiots until they prove otherwise. Sadly I'm normally proved right but at least it avoids disappointment plus I enjoy watching them choking on humble pie, especially over the last two seasons.
 
just watched MOTD2 - only our bit. Post match comments were all about how crap Woolwich were rather than how good we were. We played so well, they didn't know what to do, we made them look silly.

It seemed to me, it was suggested, we exploited their poor performance, the Woolwich players are not motivated (Wrights agenda ) wants Wenger out, tactically poor and all that shite? He had to acknowledge we are better abut soon moved on.

No matter what Woolwich had yesterday, we were never going to lose or play poorly. We played with so much authority, maturity and style it can only get better?
 
alexwooty said:
Oh look, John Cross can't resist trying to stir shit about us.
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John Cwoss knows absolutely fuck all. Every jorno, including him is following the Jack Pitt-Broke story. Cwoss would have written a story of his own before Pitt-Broke if he knew anything. He is just grabbing on the coattails.

I would treat Pitt-Broke's story with a degree of some credibility, although my guess is there are half-truths and exaggeration in it. If Poch wants a player out they are cut completely, banished from the first team side of Hotspur Way, locker changed, security card not working (Ade, Bentaleb etc). He is on the bench and has come on in both of these games, he hasn't been shut out.
 
Guido said:
John Cwoss knows absolutely fuck all. Every jorno, including him is following the Jack Pitt-Broke story. Cwoss would have written a story of his own before Pitt-Broke if he knew anything. He is just grabbing on the coattails.

I would treat Pitt-Broke's story with a degree of some credibility, although my guess is there are half-truths and exaggeration in it. If Poch wants a player out they are cut completely, banished from the first team side of Hotspur Way, locker changed, security card not working (Ade, Bentaleb etc). He is on the bench and has come on in both of these games, he hasn't been shut out.
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Oh I agree, I don't think Walker's going anywhere. Just pisses me off that the immediate reaction of so many journos to Sunday is to try and link our players to moves away.
See also article in The Times today (thanks to Builder Builder for full text): Alderweireld stalls on new Spurs deal over lack of release clause

Toby Alderweireld has insisted on the inclusion of a release clause if he is to sign a new deal at Tottenham Hotspur.

The Belgium defender, 28, has twice rejected a new contract and his representative has had no recent talks with the club, amid interest in him from Manchester City, who are also keen on Kyle Walker and Danny Rose, his Spurs team-mates.

Tottenham have the option to extend Alderweireld’s deal by a further season beyond 2019, but should they do so, he has the right to insert a €30 million (£25.3 million) release clause that can be activated from that year. Tottenham have so far rejected his demands for such a clause, resulting in a contract dispute with one of their most important players over the past two seasons.

Alderweireld earns about £53,000 a week and knows that he could at least double that wage by leaving.

Despite the impasse, Mauricio Pochettino has maintained that he is not worried about interest in his centre back from the likes of City and Inter Milan. However, the Tottenham manager faces a fight to keep Walker, who has questioned his future and is leaning towards leaving the club.


The right back was disappointed at being dropped for the FA Cup semi- final against Chelsea last month and the north London derby with Woolwich on Sunday. He has been courted by City, who could double his £70,000-a-week wages, while Manchester United may also be interested in him. Walker, who plans to talk to Pochettino at the end of the season, is frustrated that the likes of Leicester City have paid £100,000 a week to several of their players while Tottenham have kept a tight wage structure, in part, because of the financial demands of their new stadium.

Pochettino has privately questioned whether Walker can play two matches in a week. He made a point of dropping Walker for Kieran Trippier against Woolwich to show that the team could win without him. Tottenham’s scouts have been told to search for full backs — with Rose, the England left back, also linked with City — in addition to them finding a back-up striker for Harry Kane.

The England striker has scored 21 league goals to maintain the club’s title challenge and they could close to within a point of Chelsea if they beat West Ham United on Friday.

“It is good to play first and try to put that pressure on,” Kane said.

“We have had a better season than last year and again whatever happens, next year we have got to be even better. We feel like we can win all four of our games. We feel we can beat anyone.
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alexwooty said:
Oh I agree, I don't think Walker's going anywhere. Just pisses me off that the immediate reaction of so many journos to Sunday is to try and link our players to moves away.
See also article in The Times today (thanks to Builder Builder for full text): Alderweireld stalls on new Spurs deal over lack of release clause
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Sorry mate, I was reacting to the story rather than taking that your post was your position on it.

I'm not entirely confident we'll keep him (or insert another name), I think it is possible that we might sell ONE player this year. We need to do it to a) Pay increased wages for the others in the team b) buy in a new player or two. We still have to player trade, the revenue gap between us and the five above us financial is bigger not smaller. That gap has to be bridged somehow. Yes, we pick up more TV money, yes we get additional prize money for finishing 2nd, yes we get more money from CL so may be we use this dosh to increase salaries and/or buy new players but I doubt it will cover both.
 
Guido said:
Sorry mate, I was reacting to the story rather than taking that your post was your position on it.

I'm not entirely confident we'll keep him (or insert another name), I think it is possible that we might sell ONE player this year. We need to do it to a) Pay increased wages for the others in the team b) buy in a new player or two. We still have to player trade, the revenue gap between us and the five above us financial is bigger not smaller. That gap has to be bridged somehow. Yes, we pick up more TV money, yes we get additional prize money for finishing 2nd, yes we get more money from CL so may be we use this dosh to increase salaries and/or buy new players but I doubt it will cover both.
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Sometimes we'll have our hand forced. Even teams like Dortmund can't keep all their talent, despite how many cups they might win, how amazing their fans are, or how dazzling their football can be.

So long as there's never an exodus, and we reinvest the money on exciting young potential, then I don't know what more we could do. If Walker is hell bent on leaving, then you don't want the dressing room poisoned.

Though this does feel rather abrupt in a "Boss, I don't like the weather" email on FIFA kind of way.
 
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