Funny Old Game

I was laying in bed last night thinking of our season thinking we have done quite well. But why do we always mess up against not as good teams Stoke at home is the first Yes Stoke away is quite tricky we won that where few pundits would expect us too so how on earth we lost at home that ill never know. 2nd one Wolves home and away yes they have become a bit harder to beat in recent times but come on getting the double done over us by Wolves is sad 3rd one Hull home i know there keeper played a blinder but still should of beat them 4th Pompey Wembley i know they had nothing to play for but to me they seemed more up for it they had more clear cut chances its just when we cant beat teams like this gets my goat when u see the other top sides take no sh*t and whoop them. Even Birmingham at home and Sunderland at home we struggled but won luckly. But then we go to Ewood Park and win Stoke win got to Villa should of won Everton should of Won . As my topic says a Funny Old Game

Mark when we lose we generally lose without scoring .......in both domestic cups this has been the same ....away to Man Ure in the CC ...2-0

In the FA Cup we drew away to Fulham 0-0 and yesterday lost to Pompey 2-0

And in the league we have not scored a goal in 9 games ....

The old Spurs would lose games 3-2s etc nowadays its shut outs ... Next season this will have to be addressed ... Maybe our Strikers are just not up to it ?

ArnieArdiles wrote:Mark when we lose we generally lose without scoring .......in both domestic cups this has been the same ....away to Man Ure in the CC ...2-0

In the FA Cup we drew away to Fulham 0-0 and yesterday lost to Pompey 2-0

And in the league we have not scored a goal in 9 games ....

The old Spurs would lose games 3-2s etc nowadays its shut outs ... Next season this will have to be addressed ... Maybe our Strikers are just not up to it ?

I think we have to careful what we say here arnie but i am with you on the striker thing, crouch puts himself about but is he good enough ? defoe has tons of pace but just seems tied up with markers that do a good job on him, and then we have pav who i think should permanently be paired with defoe, but if the truth be told i dont have any faith in our strikers the way i did chivers, or greaves , or lineker for that matter.

lewspurs wrote:

ArnieArdiles wrote:Mark when we lose we generally lose without scoring .......in both domestic cups this has been the same ....away to Man Ure in the CC ...2-0

In the FA Cup we drew away to Fulham 0-0 and yesterday lost to Pompey 2-0

And in the league we have not scored a goal in 9 games ....

The old Spurs would lose games 3-2s etc nowadays its shut outs ... Next season this will have to be addressed ... Maybe our Strikers are just not up to it ?

I think we have to careful what we say here arnie but i am with you on the striker thing, crouch puts himself about but is he good enough ? defoe has tons of pace but just seems tied up with markers that do a good job on him, and then we have pav who i think should permanently be paired with defoe, but if the truth be told i dont have any faith in our strikers the way i did chivers, or greaves , or lineker for that matter.

3rd time posting attempt at this ,,,what a diehard , eh ?

Ok Lew I will take care with this lol

Crouch is not for me, never was, never likely to be ... Bent in goal mouth scrambles like yesterday would be better , just as good surely? So why we did those two transfer deals I will never know ...

Defoe is one of those strikers that will score wonderful goals but miss plenty opportunities too ... His style of play is to solitary for my liking and he will go through his career never really forging a strike partnership with anyone... If Harry thinks him and Crouch have some kind of partnership then Harry is a **** ... Also his assists stats throughout his career Im sure will show this .. Just like his hero , Ian Wright a solitary ( greedy lol ) player but less prolific ....

Pav ... I think is not a top draw striker and I believe our mistake when sighning him was not to also sign, Arshavin .....Dont think we will ever see the best of him if Im honest .. Has shown us glimpses that he's a natural in front of goal but lacks pace and with the speed of the game in the premeirship there have been times when his ball control should be better....

Teddy , Klinsman , Archibald , Crooks , Allen ... add these to yours Lew and all for me are better than todays strikers ....

Maybe Im being harsh on them as our goal contribution from midfield has been poor , Kranjcar apart ... The criticism I can have for Harry's teams is that generally his attacking ideas fall short , are one dimensional ...

That's three Wembley appearances for Harry in three seasons now ...

Pompey 1 Cardiff 0
Man Ure 0 Spurs 0
Pompey 2 Spurs 0

One goal scored in three massive games and against a championship team at that ...

why is it normally always crouch starts with defoe, and when he starts pav its either with gud or crouch. crouch is nearly 30. hes scoring record for liverpool spurs and portsmouth is crap. i wish we kept darren bent

ArnieArdiles wrote:

lewspurs wrote:

ArnieArdiles wrote:Mark when we lose we generally lose without scoring .......in both domestic cups this has been the same ....away to Man Ure in the CC ...2-0

In the FA Cup we drew away to Fulham 0-0 and yesterday lost to Pompey 2-0

And in the league we have not scored a goal in 9 games ....

The old Spurs would lose games 3-2s etc nowadays its shut outs ... Next season this will have to be addressed ... Maybe our Strikers are just not up to it ?

I think we have to careful what we say here arnie but i am with you on the striker thing, crouch puts himself about but is he good enough ? defoe has tons of pace but just seems tied up with markers that do a good job on him, and then we have pav who i think should permanently be paired with defoe, but if the truth be told i dont have any faith in our strikers the way i did chivers, or greaves , or lineker for that matter.

3rd time posting attempt at this ,,,what a diehard , eh ?

Ok Lew I will take care with this lol

Crouch is not for me, never was, never likely to be ... Bent in goal mouth scrambles like yesterday would be better , just as good surely? So why we did those two transfer deals I will never know ...

Defoe is one of those strikers that will score wonderful goals but miss plenty opportunities too ... His style of play is to solitary for my liking and he will go through his career never really forging a strike partnership with anyone... If Harry thinks him and Crouch have some kind of partnership then Harry is a **** ... Also his assists stats throughout his career Im sure will show this .. Just like his hero , Ian Wright a solitary ( greedy lol ) player but less prolific ....

Pav ... I think is not a top draw striker and I believe our mistake when sighning him was not to also sign, Arshavin .....Dont think we will ever see the best of him if Im honest .. Has shown us glimpses that he's a natural in front of goal but lacks pace and with the speed of the game in the premeirship there have been times when his ball control should be better....

Teddy , Klinsman , Archibald , Crooks , Allen ... add these to yours Lew and all for me are better than todays strikers ....

Maybe Im being harsh on them as our goal contribution from midfield has been poor , Kranjcar apart ... The criticism I can have for Harry's teams is that generally his attacking ideas fall short , are one dimensional ...

That's three Wembley appearances for Harry in three seasons now ...

Pompey 1 Cardiff 0
Man Ure 0 Spurs 0
Pompey 2 Spurs 0

One goal scored in three massive games and against a championship team at that ...

I only said we have to be careful what we say because it will soon be pounced on as being lets say (two faced) as opposed to the other word.

Good post Mark and Arnie and I agree with you both 100%. I will not go on and on, no point really is there.

I WOULD HAVE KEPT BENT, CROUCH NOT UP TO IT, DEFOE NOT AS HUNGRY FOR GOALS, BUT I LOOK AT LAST SEASON AND SAW HOW BAD WE WERE , THINGS ARE GETTING A LOT BETTER, AND WITH A LITTLE BIT OF LADY LUCK, LOOK OUT NEXT YEAR, OWE sh*t I REMEMBER SATING THAT FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS,,,,, ITS IN MY BLOOD

Boltjean wrote:Good post Mark and Arnie and I agree with you both 100%. I will not go on and on, no point really is there.

Alright there Len , I've not seen you post in ages .. Hope all is well with you and please do get typing as most here I'm sure, very much enjoy your posts ...

wobberler wrote:I WOULD HAVE KEPT BENT, CROUCH NOT UP TO IT, DEFOE NOT AS HUNGRY FOR GOALS, BUT I LOOK AT LAST SEASON AND SAW HOW BAD WE WERE , THINGS ARE GETTING A LOT BETTER, AND WITH A LITTLE BIT OF LADY LUCK, LOOK OUT NEXT YEAR, OWE sh*t I REMEMBER SATING THAT FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS,,,,, ITS IN MY BLOOD

40 years ........I feel your hurt wobberler, we all do

I agree ,,,,, next year we will be better and the premeirship and champs league ...Im sure of it

Good post Vis .... Raised the Bent Crouch question because basicly , Harry bought Crouch in and offloaded Bent ....

Now if its just goal per game ratio we're talking about I'd think if you look on Wikipedia you will find that Bent was just ahead of Crouch when he were at Spurs , not much in it .... However, Bents career goals scored per game ratio, with what I would say are weaker teams than the ones Crouch has played for in his career and he is well ahead ... That said , neither players outfield play do I find inspiring and for me neither are worth their transfer fees.. But if you pushed me and said, here's 10 million go spend it on either player, for me it would be Darren Bent ...

and you're right ......Crouch did score a goal against Pompey ..... If anything it were James that fouled Kranjcar .... James knew it too ...

BazSpur wrote:What Fickle Lew?

Oh gosh...its that word again

bent played for ipswithc charlton spurs and sunderland. hes scored goals at man u ground chelsea ground and arsneal. hes got at least 20 goals in last 5 seasons. even though sunderland and charlton dont create as many chances. plus most of hes spurs games came from the bench
crouch was at liverpool where they created tons of chances yet didnt score many. its a fact when he starts for spurs we go long ball(not crouch fault) we just do. and hes scored 1 in 15 starts. thats rubbish. look at zomora hes havin the season off hes life.
how can you have a forward that dont score many. hes headin is rubbish and he cant run. yea he gives hes all and i like that but liverpool didnt get rid of for nuffing

He's got more than just 20 goals in 5 years Lought !!! Serious tho, his goals scoring record is as follows . . . . .

ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupEuropeOther^]TotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsTotal122474373414114155Total6831526400007937Total60181041146007925Career totals28411812617818741335140

Ipswich Town	2001–02	5	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	7	2
	2002–03	35	12	2	3	3	2	3	1	0	0	43	18
	2003–04	37	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	41	16
	2004–05	45	19	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	50	19
Charlton Athletic	2005–06	36	18	5	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	44	22
	2006–07	32	13	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	35	15
Tottenham Hotspur	2007–08	27	6	0	0	1	0	8	2	0	0	36	8
	2008–09	33	12	1	0	3	1	6	4	0	0	43	17
Sunderland	2009–10	34	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	23

Not that brilliant mate is it. Especcially given that not all his goals have come in the Premier . . . . .