Brings a whole NEW meaning to "Once you pop you just cant stop"

Wow i never knew that Bales!

Thats a question likely to come up on a Pub Quiz Machine

They put it in Kit-e-kat too!

All this talk of grub has got me hungry.. looking forward to the Everton RRP OFFICIAL MATCH THREAD

is a female version of a hustler

Oh no not Kit-Kat's as well

Just heard Pienaar has torn his groin muscle FFS!!

Cheers Bales! I will take pride in the Match Threads

good old spurs injury whats that now

gallas king sandro peinaar rose ... we havent even played a game yet ffs

your forgetting VDV

the cat food, not the chocolate bar!

Torn groin muscle?

Not as painful as the vid in my thread above tho

oh yes of course. our main man. brilliant. ffs

We are cursed ey Chronic!

Poor Pienaar though, getting himself fully fit for the season, looking forward to playing (said on his twitter) and lasting 10 minutes today

the cat food, not the chocolate bar!

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Oh I knew that



How embaressing for me!

VDV SHOULD be back, but knowing us he will be out for a month!

Luckily for us Bentley is fighting fit and raring to get started this season

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Not if we get 500 comments

how will this piece of sheyte get 500 comments

oops

Just had a huge fry-up, i'm not moving till I get the 500th comment

Hash browns

will never happen surely

Friedel to start against Everton?

I would anyhow mate

Gomes gives me no confidence, did put in a fine save early in the game though.

It's history repeating - none of our strikers can play up front on their own, Gomes is a fine shot-stopper but flaps at crosses...

I think we should forget about a new striker and get VDV to play alongside Crouch/Defoe

Watching Tottenham Hotspur last season, there were moments when you could see that accommodating Rafael Van der Vaart in the side had consequences. His desire to be on the ball and involved at all times was at odds with his advanced role in the team, sitting just off Peter Crouch. He would often, frustratingly, be seen in between the centre backs, picking the ball off their toes and playing a long ball out to the wings. This constant dropping off was unnecessary. Luka Modric and Tom Huddlestone were more than capable of starting Tottenham ’s moves and Van der Vaart’s constant movement was at times more confusing than it was advantageous.

So, after a season, does Rafael Van der Vaart fit in Tottenham’s midfield? Can both Luka Modric’s and Van der Vaart’s creative styles work together? I think the answer is yes, if only Van der Vaart plays with slightly more positional discipline.

In the current starting eleven both players fit well, Modric controls possession and tempo in the centre of the pitch whilst Van der Vaart drops to link with him and flood central midfield but also pushes on to feed on Crouch’s knockdowns. The only time it doesn’t work is when Van der Vaart feels starved of the ball. Allowed a free reign by Redknapp, Van der Vaart upsets the balance when he gets impatient and starts attempting to do everything on his own. Whilst Modric plays the patient, percentage, possession game, Van der Vaart likes to move the ball forward quickly. It may be a contrast of styles but it is not a conflict, the two players compliment each other well and their respective styles are well balanced.

I'd agree with that above VDV needs to stay forward and leave our midfield as a 4 man.

great overview of the situation, neatly summarised the situation we find ourselves in.. maybe Harry's learnt how to manage the team to get the best out of them this year

knock yourself out for 500 man

If we can get the VDV/Defoe partnership working like Torres & Gerrard did for Liverpool we'd be onto a winner