benjii

Townsend, Sissoko. Both of those are worth signing irrespective of whether Mane/Wanyama leaves. That's it really. I know we were linked with Gueye before but I haven't seen enough of him to have a view on that. No one from Norwich and no one else from Villa. I think Ayew is a decent player but he's not better than Tadic or Mane, or Townsend.

I got thrown out of Kaos for telling the DJ he looked like Keith from The Office. They used to sell half-bottles of Lambrini for £1.60.

See how they do next year and whether another team full of average players gets remotely close to winning the league. Not going to happen. At some point in the next 30, 40 years it might happen again but it's pretty useless using it as a reference point. "Hey, if we get loads of refereeing decisions in our favour, hardly any injuries, and everyone in the usual top 6 or 7 is weaker than they've ever been, we might win the league". Well, yes, but that won't happen more than once in a blue moon.

The Leicester situation is a complete freak and utterly useless as a comparator for anything.

59 goals. 5th or 6th place. Right as usual.

I thought the same watching Burnley recently. Very basic and low quality.

Arrival of a king, departure of a legend, haircut of a ***.

Plymouth just gifted them a goal. The quality from both sides has been absolutely dire so far!

Apart from free-kicks Payet doesn't affect matches much IMO. We kept him quiet easily enough and he is unlikely to maintain this season's free-kick success rate over a sustained period. Let's see how Mahrez does next season as well. Tadic is one of the best at what he does in the league. I don't think he and Lallana are direct comparators; although both are attacking midfielders, Lallana likes to drift all over the midfield more than Tadic and is often involved in play in deeper positions. Tadic is more of a "winger", although he has shown his ability to take up good positions inside as well. People who complain about his consistency, frankly don't have a clue. Who has performed more consistently as an attacking wide player for Saints in the last 20 years? Bale only played for a season; Ox and Walcott barely much longer; Fernandes - contributed less than Tadic; Telfer, Marsden - steady Eddies but not attacking threats against decent team. Neil McCann?! Guly, perhaps - but not at this level of competition. Oh, for the days of David Lee, Neil Heaney, Stuart Ripley! They would tear down the wing and get about 6 assists every match.

He was fine and made a few really good clearances. Fonte made a mistake as bad as anything Cuco did when he let Kane get round him. Fonte also played a really overhit, bobbling pass into Wanyama which prompted a dangerous turnover. Martina is improving. He's not Clyne, Shaw or Bertrand but he's a decent option for the squad.

If KD hadn't given Leicester the ball in the 93rd min, or whenever it was, we win, they lose, their run halts and they start picking up typical results for a bang average mid table team and we end up winning the league. So, basically, Stekelenberg getting injured has won Leicester the league and cost us the league. That's a fact.

They played well but created little and their goal was fortunate. Meanwhile we looked likely to score on the break and would have done if Tadic had pulled it a yard further back. You saw all the weaknesses in the Poch system today. This incredible, bright future, Spurs team has agreed total of five more points than it got last season if I'm not mistaken. And that in a weak season. I maintain that they have not improved much at all and will be lucky to finish top 5 if Utd, City and Chelsea get their act together. Meanwhile, we remain quite frustrating to watch at times but are arch-pragmatists. Beat Palace and a good chance of European football again... get in!

Agreed, that song is retarded and irritating.

I would be quite pleased with this in white with red bands replacing the blue and green bands and the collar strip (white where the yellow band is) and a red UA logo. Would be a smart take on the red and white, IMO. Maybe with some nice white shorts and red and white hooped socks.

Leicester cheated their way out of the Championship with dodgy sponsorship and naming rights deals, actually, with a wage bill in excess of their turnover.

Appalling refereeing from Clattenberg not to send Dier off. Absolutely awful.

This is entertaining!

Definite ban for Dembele and I wouldn't be surprised if there's a red card in the second half so they could have a few missing.

If he flagged for him being offside when the kick was taken then that was wrong. Because the kick sailed over his head and he didn't become active until after two headers occurred. You don't need to defend decisions that are manifestly wrong. It makes you look blinkered.

Well if he flagged for the original kick, which he obviously didn't, it was still wrong because there was another phase of play before Ayala was active. Either way, it was clearly wrong.

He would fit in very well at Spurs but presumably an Arse to Spurs move is unlikely for a contracted player. I would like to see him here again. Can play centrally from deep and carries a goal threat with the ability to beat a man. We have no one in our current squad that you can really say that about.

True but we need to try to sign a Fonte replacement at some point because Yoshi and Gardos will only ever be back up. If a good centre back who fits the profile we want is available then I can see us having a go. Other than that, I think our target will be an offensive midfielder and replacements for any leavers. We could do with another reliable keeper too.

Exactly.

I am particularly enjoying listening to Spurs fans on phone-ins saying they aren't too down and they never expected to win the league but they are so optimistic about their massive bright future and the wonderful team they are building. Typical Spurs fan unfounded arrogant nonsense. Some points: i) they've only currently got 5 more points than they got last season; ii) they haven't suddenly become a really top team - they've just floated up the table a bit due to this being the lowest quality season in living memory; iii) their manager is unlikely to stick around for long; iv) when United, Chelsea and City get their act together they will be back to desperately trying to grab Arsenal's coat tails to have a crack at fourth; v) they will basically be back to battling it out with Liverpool for Europa spots - like most seasons. Still, here's to Spurs' bright future. They will probably finish above Arsenal, Chelsea, Man U, City, Liverpool..... and they've got done by Leicester. Bloody Leicester!!

What? Just because Leicester are massively underwhelming it doesn't mean I'm not heartily amused by Spurs.