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When we went out of our way to make a move for Niko at the end of the summer window; most people saw the purchase as a shrewd move in backing up lynchpin Luka. However despite the absence of Modric, Kranjcar has found very limited time on the pitch despite being a perfect ‘fit’ for the role.

Much can be made of the suggestion that Redknapp values Robbie’s influence on the pitch so much that he overlooked Kranjcar for the time being. On his performance against Wigan, (despite the other distractions that game had to offer) you can’t help but feel that playing Robbie in his position is somewhat shortsighted when you consider that Niko can simply do it better; and with another avenue to explore in attack the confidence that is installed in the players at the moment is certainly something we should be looking to maintain.

However, this weekend could very well see the return of Modric himself which could mean one of two things; firstly that Kranjcar returns to the bench for the time being; (which I believe personally is pretty unlikely), or we’ll have to rejig the system to incorporate both talented Croatians. Whether this would mean a fluid role for both, switching from wingplay to attacking midfield, (I’m hoping in the absence of Jenas) could really be something that would excite the Spurs faithful. If this is the case; then Huddlestone also finds himself in a bit of a quandary as it’s fair to say that when looking at the team sheet, he’ll find himself hard pressed to usurp Palacios, Lennon, or Crouch/Keane for a place.

If only we were allowed 12 players! For me though, Krancjar seriously has to get more game time, as his quality is something which I always tend to find myself comparing to Berbatov, which is a joy that we’ve repressed since his acrimonious departure to Manchester.

In other assorted newsy bits. It’s all gone a bit quiet on the western front in relation to Joe Jordan’s possible move to take over as the Scotland manager. Whilst some of you might say; ‘who?’, this fiery scot is one of the member of backroom staff which for me is invaluable in our recent turn of fortunes as he seems like a seriously ‘to the point’ kind of guy. Fingers crossed he won’t be heading anywhere, but the lack of any official statement to suggest that he would shy away from a move might be an indictment of his possible plan.

The transfer wagon has also started rolling again and whilst at this stage any links without specific insider knowledge backing them up are indicative of lazy hacks with a penchant for annoying us yids, I’ll be taking a closer look at some proposed targets in the near future to give you the low down.

Here’s some light viewing to keep you occupied.

Last Saturday we had an unexpectedly good win over Fenerbahçe: 3-0. Today we meet against Manchester United in an away game. Although our defensive line is surprisingly successful in the Turkish Super League (the least goal conceding team at the moment), I just hope we won’t concede more than 5 goals tonight:) At the very end, there is roundup on both games and of course any video recommendations are welcome…

Pyroshow:

A good collection of Beşiktaş songs/chants:

Beşiktaş fans in FB away game:

Alen, fan leader, in one his best:

former player Pascal Nouma greets the fans:

fans in Dale Cavese show, Liverpool game in Istanbul:

dear Beşiktaş, who else I have?, fans in trance:

from the Tottenham game:

Still images with Requiem for a Dream soundtrack:

A classic and quite obscene anti-Fenerbahçe song. An adaptation of an old popular song…Adapted version includes more than 100 verses:

Official song through still images:

Riots in Beşiktaş games:

A fragment from the documentary on Çarşı fans:

A fragment from the funeral: Optik Başkan, one of the legendary fan leader, passes away:

and of course the famous Gün Doğdu Anthem. A classic leftist anthem adapted to Beşiktaş…

BESIKTAS FACE YOUNG MANCHESTER UNITED AT OLD TRAFFORD!

by Ahmet Turgut

Man Utd v Besiktas
BBC Sport
Dimitar Berbatov could make a surprise return for Manchester United in Wednesday’s Champions League encounter with Besiktas at Old Trafford.

Beşiktaş to rely on good form against Manchester
Hurriyet Daily News
Buoyed by a 3-0 victory in the Turkcell Super League over the weekend against archrival Fenerbahçe, Beşiktaş travels to Manchester on Wednesday night hoping

United Vs Besiktas Match Preview – Manchester United Blog
By Oliver
After Qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League, United aim to secure top spot of group B when they take on bottom of the table Besiktas. In Istanbul, two months ago, a Paul Scholes header gave united their first win of

Champions League – Match facts: Manchester United v Besiktas
Yahoo! Eurosport
Besiktas are without a win in their last five Champions League games and have scored just once in those matches. * The last time Besiktas visited England,

Beşiktaş fires the title race with big win over Fenerbahçe
Hurriyet Daily News
Defending Turkcell Super League champion Beşiktaş maintains its winning form to crush archrival Fenerbahçe 3-0 in a match that is worthy of a do-or-die

Turkish soccer market loses value in line with drop in quality
Sunday’s Zaman
Significant drops have been seen in the value of players at top-notch Turkish clubs, such as Galataray’s Abdul Kader Keita, Elano and Arda Turan, Beşiktaş’s

Fenerbahçe Worldwide • Disastrous Derby As Fenerbahçe Crushed 3-0 …
The Canaries were outplayed at İnönü Stadium Saturday night, suffering a 3-0 defeat to arch-rivals Beşiktaş in the Istanbul derby. The Black Eagles scored two goals in a three-minute span in the second half, overwhelming the Yellow

Beşiktaş Fans Australia: Beşiktaş:3 Fenerbahçe:0
By Beşiktaş Fans Australia
Beşiktaş thrashed fenerbahçe 3 goals to nill in the 13th week derby. Our goals came from Fink(55th min), Bobo(58th min) and Uğur İnceman(83rd min). fenerbahçe’s great(!) player colin kazim, who was acting up through Twitter,

Beşiktaş reins in Alex and reduces Fener to novice
Today’s Zaman
Beşiktaş coach Mustafa Denizli, a master tactician, therefore knew one of Fenerbahçe’s weaknesses even before their Turkcell Super League derby at

Neville attacks ‘mollycoddled’ players
Independent
Neville returns from suspension for Wednesday’s Champions League encounter with Besiktas though more interest will focus on the goalkeeping situation.

Our veteran left back "Crazy" İbrahim is living his second golden era...

Matteo Ferrari in defense, Fabian Ernst and Michael Fink as defensive midfielders give me such a peace of mind. Our defense is well built….

Oh come on! It isn’t as if Jermaine Defoe reinvented the sport by scoring 5 goals in a match. So after this weekend what have we been told? Some new things…some old things:

Liverpool are in a whole heap of trouble and should be concentrated on damage control.

Jermaine Defoe is super fantastically awesome after … well just one really good game. Oh and Tottenham are better than Liverpool. HOLY CRAP!! I know what I just said.  Check out what I lifted from ESPNSoccernet.

But Redknapp believes no other Englishman can match Defoe for poise and calm in front of goal.

“He’s an amazing finisher,” Redknapp said. “When you look at England strikers, Wayne Rooney’s fantastic – a complete all-round player – but as a finisher, Defoe is the best out there.

Mr. Redknapp with all due respect…no he isn’t.  He’s just not.  He had a great game and will go to the World Cup as a substitute.

Chelsea are boringly good. They seem to just dispatch teams without thinking or breaking a sweat.

Arsenal are yet again proving that they are not the finished product.

Boring boring boring. Bring on the World Cup already. Let’s see some upsets and unsung heroes. I can’t wait to see unpaid players playing for nothing more than the glory of their country. There’s nothing more pure and excellent than that.

I am finishing my word count between doubles for the next two days.  The money and the words.

I have written some great scenes I am really proud of even though the plot is, eh.  I’ll hopefully have a sample soon.

I have been looking up tickets to London so we can see a Tottenham game in January.  If anyone knows of a good plane ticket website, please let me know.  The cheapest we can find is $800 which is almost $1000 each with fees.  We found one for $600 from NY but the flight to NY from Charlotte makes it about the same.  We may just have to suck it up and bite the bullet, but I’m hoping someone’s got some secret flight info…

BY THE WAY!  TOTTENHAM BEAT WIGAN 9-1!!!

Thank you Defoe.  Now let’s be twitter friends.

Je ne suis pas un énorme fan de foot mais j’avoue apprécier le Barça. Pas comme la moutonnerie qui dure depuis trois ou quatres ans. Je suivais déjà les résultats de cette équipe depuis les Goikotxea, Bakero, Stoichkov (et pourtant je l’ai détesté celui-là), Laudrup, Witschge ou encore Romario. Sans oublier le magnifique passage de Dugarry.

Et puisque je parle des footixs (ce mot m’a toujours fait sourire), comment ne pas parler de la Premier League ?  Les clubs anglais les plus populaires en France sont généralement ceux du Big 4.

Manchester United, comme toute personne de ma génération, j’ai aimé par Cantona et tout le formatage d’esprit qu’on a eu sur ce joueur par l’équipe du dimanche, les pubs Nike, Bic & Sharp et les autres médias. Et puis il y a eu cette finale de Ligue des Champions  en 1999 (ok Teddy Sheringham y a joué aussi).  Maintenant, je suis toujours les résultats mais d’un oeil distrait qui le sera encore plus avec la future retraite de R.Giggs et malgré W.Rooney que j’apprécie.

Liverpool. Ok c’est un club de grande ampleur et historique. Tellement historique que la grande partie des fans actuels ont pour seules références la finale de Ligue des Champions contre Milan. J’apprécie Steven Gerrard mais je préfèrais les Fowler et Steve McManaman.

Ensuite viennent les deuc clubs de Londres.

Chelsea. Là faut que m’on explique comment les gens sont devenus fans de cette équipe. Pas que je critique ou autre chose mais le phénomène est trop récent pour que je comprenne. J’aimais bien Mourinho qui est pour moi le meilleur coach au monde. Je n’ai rien contre Anelka. Ah oui j’ai presque oublié Ashley Cole. Surtout sa femme, Cheryl. Plutôt les Girls Aloud. Nadine surtout.

Arsenal. Mon premier vrai souvenir de ce club est la demi-finale de coupe d’Europe contre le PSG. A cette époque, je supportais toutes les équipes françaises engagées dans les compétitions européennes donc forcément la première approche était mauvaise. Puis il y a eu toute la colonie française qui y a débarqué et toute la base de fans qui ont suivi.

A ces quatres clubs, j’ai également constaté que Newcastle bénéfie également d’un certain capital sympathie. Alan Shearer doit en être la raison principale. Les personnes qui ont suivi la carrière de David Ginola après le PSG aussi. Sans oublier les “heures de gloires” de la première moitié des années 2000, période où l’on pouvait réellement voir  les matchs du championnat anglais à la TV ou même sur internet.

Alors lors d’une discussion footballistique j’indique que je supporte Tottenham Hotspur, j’ai le droit à une certaine indifférence. Entre ceux qui me font répéter, ceux qui ne connaissent pas et les fans d’Arsenal je suis bien entouré. Sans mentionner ceux qui oublient et qui me redemandent le nom du club quand ils ne confondent pas avec West Ham. Bref, je suis un inconnu du foot.

Généralement on me demande ensuite comment je suis devenu fan. Les gens supportent l’équipe de leur ville sauf à Montpellier où l’on trouve que des fans de l’OM et à Paris qui est la ville la plus cocufiée du foot français de par la diversité des personnes qui habitent et qui se servent du foot comme “retour aux sources”. Ceux qui n’ont pas de grands clubs dans leur ville supportent l’équipe la plus proche géographiquement où ils pourront aller au stade une fois tous les trois ans. Il y a aussi ceux qui regardent les matchs à la TV et qui aime une équipe à force de la voir. Et pour terminer, il y a ceux qui par le plus grands des hasards se retrouvent à aller voir un match.

Ma relation avec Tottenham est  celle qu’on voit dans les film d’amour. Ceux où les personnages se croissent sans cesse. Première rencontre ? Lors d’un voyage scolaire au collège je suis tombé sur une famille qui était fan avec une pièce totalement dédiée à la gloire du club.

Au lycée, ça ne manque pas. Lors d’un nouveau voyage, je retombe sur une famille dont le père était un abonné et qui me propose, mon doublon et moi, d’aller voir un match.

- Off course, mon pote!

- What ?

- Oh… Just I’m so excited !

J’étais déjà allé voir des matchs de foot, que ce soit ceux du PSG (par proximité géographique), de Marseille (durant des vacances) ou de Nantes (ayant des amis y habitant). Mais l’ambiance de White Hart Lane était différente. Sacré cliché mais la convivialité et l’accueil m’a directement emballé et depuis j’ai suivi les résultats du clubs chaque week-end et, comme tout Spurs qui se doit j’ai développé mon dégoût pour Arsenal. Il y a la rivalité historique qui pour moi n’était qu’un jeu (pas assez de recul pour ça et j’aurais été le premier des abrutis à suivre tout ça sans rien y comprendre) mais le fait que de plus en plus de personnes aimaient Arsenal sans rien y connaître en dehors d’Henry, Vieira, Pires ou autre Emmanuel Petit.

A la fin de mes études, je décide de passer quelques temps en Angleterre pour parfaire mon anglais. Pas de bol de je me retrouve à Londres où il n’y a presque que des français donc pour améliorer la langue on repassera. Enfin pas tant que ça car les cours de langue se dérouleront avec une fille qui plus tard deviendra ma copine et qui se trouve apprécier… Tottenham. Oui toutes ces coïncidences m’ont fait peur mais pas grave, je ne résiste pas à une blonde aux yeux gris qui tentent de me parler français juste pour m’impressioner…

Tout ça pour en arriver où ? Vraiment nulle part. Sauf qu’avec le résultat de ce week-end (victoire 9-1 contre Wigan), je suis devenu un sorte d’attraction footballistique. C’était déjà le cas il y a quelques semaines avec le match contre Arsenal et les railleries concernant le fond de jeu qui, lors de ce match, consistait à balancer de longues balles en avant pour que P.Crouch les dévie pour R.Keane. Belle réussite avec un défaite 3-0 au final.

Mais depuis hier matin, on me questionne sur l’équipe et les gens s’étonnent lorsque je leur dis qu’il leur manque le vrai créateur de l’équipe, Luka Modrić. Et que Robbie Keane était sur le banc. Et que Pavlyuchenko est le Chimbonda de l’équipe, à savoir le gars qui reste sur le banc à se demander pourquoi il est dans cette équipe.

Et puis, on me questionne sur Defoe et ses cinq buts. Mais s’ils ont vu les extraits, ils ont compris que lors de ce match la défense de Wigan était aussi impliquée dans le match que Nikki et Paulo dans Lost.

Donc oui, Jermain Defoe a marqué 5 buts et qu’il rejoint Andy Cole (Man.Un.) et Alan Shearer (Newcastle) dans ce club fermé. Oui il a réussit le triplé le plus rapide de l’histoire de la Premier League, uniquement devancé par Robbie Fowler (Liverpool). Oui il est en tête du classement des buteurs avec une moyenne d’un but par match. Oui il ne mesure que 169 cm. Mais ça on s’en moque.

Car savent-ils que ce joueur était indésirable par Juande Ramos quand ce dernier a posé ses valises à Tottenham ? Qu’il a trouvé refuge pendant un an à Portsmouth, club entraîné à l’époque par Harry Redknapp ? Ce même coach qui le ramène à Tottenham lorsqu’il reprend l’équipe en main l’année dernière (après un début de saison où l’équipe marqua deux points en sept journées ) ? Que son parcours international fut marqué par une non-sélection à la coupe du monde 2006, Sven-Göran Eriksson préférant prendre Theo Walcott ?

Et dernier point, celui qui permet de se la raconter lors des soirées mondaines, savent-ils que Jermain Defoe est un sacré pervers qui ne fréquente que des filles issues de la téléréalité anglaise qui, lors d’un accident de voiture, n’auraient aucun besoin d’enclencherles airbags ?

Non ils ne le savent et à vrai ça m’arrange car en dehors de Tottenham, je n’ai pas grand chose à dire sur le foot.

P.S: Puisque je parlais du Barça au début, je passe le bonjour à Giovanni qui s’amuse à Tottenham autant qu’un condamné à mort sur sa chaise électrique, si ce n’est plus.

Tottenham’s staggering 9-1 win over Wigan at the weekend saw a number of records either broken or equalled. As well as being Spurs’ biggest top-flight win, Sunday’s one-sided clash at White Hart Lane also saw Harry Redknapp’s side become the second Barclays Premier League team to hit nine in one match. Jermain Defoe matched Andy Cole and Alan Shearer’s record of five individual goals in one Premier League fixture, while Wigan’s Paul Scharner got in on the act by claiming the ‘Thierry Henry slam-dunk of the week award’ as he claimed the Latics’ solitary goal.

Unsurprisingly, Defoe’s five-star performance helped him to earn the highest Actim Index score of the season, a sensational 87 points. The England striker’s mammoth score eclipsed that of Tottenham team-mate Robbie Keane, who held the previous highest total of 80 after scoring four against Burnley. Another Spurs star, Aaron Lennon, picked up 60 points this week to move back into the Team of the Season.

Despite the efforts of Wigan, Spurs do not have the highest number of players in the Team of the Week. That honour goes to London rivals Chelsea, who strolled to a 4-0 victory over struggling Wolves at Stamford Bridge. French winger Florent Malouda grabbed the Blues’ opening goal and picked up a healthy 39 points, while fellow goalscorers Michael Essien and Joe Cole also eclipsed the 30-point mark to book their place among the week’s top scorers.

Stoke’s televised victory over bottom club Portsmouth could politely be described as one for the purists. However, although entertainment was in short supply in a dire clash at the Britannia Stadium, the Potters can claim two of the week’s 20 highest scorers. Jamaica forward Ricardo Fuller grabbed the only goal of the game with 16 minutes remaining and earned 32 points, while Dean Whitehead claimed 26 points for his efforts in midfield. Stoke’s highest-scoring player remains highly-rated defender Ryan Shawcross. The giant 22-year-old, who captained the club for the first time at the weekend in the absence of the suspended Abdoulaye Faye, is in 44th position overall with 159 points.

Didier Drogba may not have featured for Chelsea this weekend due to injury, but the Ivory Coast striker has still moved to the top of the overall Actim standings after Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas endured a torrid time in his side’s clash with Sunderland. Fabregas led Drogba by two points ahead of the Gunners’ trip to the Stadium of Light and was expected to extend his lead at the Actim summit. However, the Spaniard went on to record a miserable score of -4 as Arsene Wenger’s side slumped to a 1-0 defeat, putting Drogba back on top. Arsenal forward Robin van Persie was another to miss the latest round of Premier League fixtures through injury and he has slipped from third to fifth in the overall standings as a result.

Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher has come in for significant praise in recent months, with many observers highlighting his importance to Sir Alex Ferguson’s side. And the 25-year-old Scot made another fine contribution as United eased to a 3-0 victory over Everton, opening the scoring with a sublime half-volley. Fletcher’s 29-point total sees him leap from 79th to 45th in the overall standings, making him United’s fourth highest-scoring player of the season.

Birmingham goalkeeper Joe Hart insists he still believes he can break into England’s squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. And the 22-year-old stopper, on loan at St Andrews from Manchester City, did his chances no harm with a fine performance in Birmingham’s 1-0 win over Fulham at the weekend. Hart picked up 21 points for his efforts – the highest score by a goalkeeper this week – and will hope to maintain his good form as the season progresses.

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As the original intention of this blog was a footballing discussion between an Arsenal and Spurs fan, I felt it was only appropiate that I posted this goal and asked the question: Bad defending or brilliant individual goal?

I’m also aware how annoying posting this video must be too any Spurs fan, but hey, I’m gonna gloat a bit while I can.  Particulary as certain Tottenham fans won’t stop talking about the 9-1 demolition of Wigan on Sunday for months.

But still, what a goal from Cesc. 

James

La goleada del Tottenham al Wigan (9-1) y los cinco goles de Jermain Defoe sirven para recuperar algunas de marcas históricas en el fútbol inglés

El Tottenham humilló al Wigan en White Hart Lane en la que ya es una de las mayores goleadas en la historia de la Premier League. Entre todos los goleadores, Peter Crouch, Aaron Lennon, Niko Kranjcar y Jermain Defoe, este último pasará a la historia con sus cinco tantos, incluido un hat-trick en siete minutos.

El delantero de los ‘Spurs’ ha sido el jugador que más se ha acercado al histórico registro de Robbie Fowler que en 1994, con la camiseta del Liverpool, le marcó tres goles al Arsenal en cuatro minutos y 33 segundos. El hat-trick  más rápido de la historia de la Premier League. El pasado mes de agosto de 2008, Gabriel Agbonlahor se acercó a la marca del delantero ‘Red’, con tres goles al Manchester City en ocho minutos.

Antes de la fundación de la Premier, en la antigua First Division, Nigel Clough, el hijo del mítico Brian Clough, marcó con el Nottingham Forest tres goles al Crystal Palace, en cuatro minutos, en la temporada 8t-89. Por su parte,  James Hayter, del Bournemouth, anotó el ‘hat-trick’más rápido en la Football League en febrero de 2004. Entrando como suplente en el minuto 84 le marcó tres goles al Wrexham en 140 segundos. Este mismo año. Jordan Rhodes (Huddersfield) fue más allá y logró tres goles de cabeza ante el Exeter en ocho minutos.

Sin embargo, el ‘hat-trick’ documentado más rápido de la historia del fútbol fue obra de Tommy Ross, que en 1964 marcó tres goles en 90 segundos al Naim County.

Al igual que Jermain Defoe, dos jugadores más han logrado marcar cinco goles en un partido de la Premier League. Andy Cole lo hizo con el Manchester United ante el Ipswich Town en 1995 y Alan Shearer con el Newcastle ante el Sheffield Wednesday en 1999. Otro histórico, del United, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, logró cuatro entrando desde el banquillo en 1999 ante el Nottingham Forest.

Defoe se convirtió, además, en el cuarto jugador del Tottenham en marcar cinco goles en un partido, y el tercero en lograrlo en Liga. Antes lo hicieron Ted Harper, en 1930 ante el Reading, en un encuentro de Segunda División, Alf Stokes, en 1957 contra el Birmingham City y Les Allen en 1960 ante Crewe Alexandra en la FA Cup.

London is widely known for its history and culture but the city is equally popular for its sports. The Premier League boasts of having as many as five clubs from London. And Tottenham’s crushing victory at the weekend just reinforced that the city’s footballing pedigree.

The results of the weekend meant that currently there are three London based clubs in the Top Four of the league. Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham all hail from the city so famous for its half caste weather that it even inspired a poem about the same.

In Arsenal and Chelsea, London has two teams which are regular contenders for the title. Between them the two sides have won the league 16 times and are the only teams beside Manchester United to win the league in the last 15 years.

Tottenham are also no push overs and despite not having quite the level of success as the other two in recent times; they can boast of an impressive history. This means that the city has at least three highly competitive clubs which is an unprecedented  number.

History of Football & London

Many may be unaware but football and London have a long history together dating back to almost 1175. William FitzStephen describes ball games played by kids in schools in his description of London written sometime between 1174 to 1183.

Even after the game was outlawed in the Kingdom because of its previously violent nature many in the city continued playing it.One of the first forms of organised football was also held here by Richard Mulcaster, the famous English educator, with referees and rules.

The FA, the oldest footballing body, was also born in London in 18 63 and thus the city is the birthplace of modern day football clubs. Things however weren’t all that rosy as many of the original members broke away from the FA and founded the Rugby Football Union.

Of all the London teams, Fulham is the oldest having been established all the way back in 1879. Tottenham followed in 1882 before Arsenal was set up in 1886. Chelsea were born in the 20th century in 1905.

Other Great Footballing Cities

The truth is that London has only shot to prominence because of Chelsea’s Ambrahimovic takeover. Before that London was no match to the footballing mecca that is Milan.

The fashion capital of the world takes an equal amount of pride in its two great footballing teams viz. AC Milan and Inter Milan. These two sides are two of the most successful clubs on the globe.

Both have won the Italian league 17 times. AC Milan are also the European kings having won the prestigious trophy seven times second only to Real Madrid. Inter have picked up the trophy twice.

The other great city to boast of equally grand clubs is Rome – home to AS Roma and Lazio. Both the Italian capital sides have enjoyed varying degrees of success over the years but have huge reputations.

Interestingly both Milan & Inter and Roma & Lazio share their stadia. Whilst the Milan clubs ply their trade at the San Siro, the Romans play at the Stadio Olimpico, venue of last year’s Champions League final.

Manchester – A New Rival

Manchester United may be ‘Enemy#1′ for all English clubs. But with the exception of the Red Devils the city’s other team, Manchester City, have been relatively unsuccessful. In fact the famous Man Utd chant goes “There’s only one Manchester”.

However all that may be set to change in the coming few years. Thanks to the Dubai takeover of the club, City boast of a budget which is unmatched in English football. Though recent results may indicate that the club is still far from the ‘Top Four’ but if their buying pattern continues they are sure to be there sooner rather than later.

However as things stand if not the world, London is most certainly the best footballing city in the country. And with the mouth-watering Arsenal -Chelsea game coming up this weekend. Things are just getting better.

"Wigan" patyrė skaudžią nesėkmę Londone.

“Wigan” komanda itin nesėkmingai sužaidė praeito sekmadienio “Premier” lygos rungtynes – išvykoje net 1:9 nusileido Londono “Tottenham” komandai.

Pasitarę ekipos žaidėjai nusprendė pasielgti garbingai – lydėjusiems fanams kompensuoti visas kelionės išlaidas.

Gynėjas Mario Melchiotas teigė: “Žinoma, toks žaidimas labai nuvylė mūsų gerbėjus ir jautėme, kad kažkaip turime atsilyginti jiems už ištikimybę.”

O time do Wigan irá reembolsar seus torcedores que presenciaram o humilhante 9×1 sofrido pela equipe.

Os próprios jogadores admitiram que foi vergonhosa a derrota para o Tottenham.

O reembolso sairá do salário de cada jogador.

O que aconteceria se o Palmeiras fosse pagar cada humilhação que sofreu no campeonato?

Se seu torcedor recebesse parte do salário dos brigões Mauricio e Obina?

Se tivesse o dinheiro devolvido na eliminação contra o ASA de Arapiraca?

Se o Galo fosse devolver o valor do ingresso do 65 mil apaixonados que só viram o time apanhar no Mineirão?

Se um pedaço do salário de Celso Roth fosse para o atleticano?

E por ai vai…

Imagina se a moda pega no Brasil.

… It definitely wasn’t me, as I’m a big fan of football and the boys who get paid a lot of money to play it. They often get a lot of stick for their wage packets, and it is understandable in a recession when the UK has over 2 million looking for work, but the Wigan Athletic boys have made up for it with this smart bit of PR.

Don’t think I’m completely naive here, I am aware that it is very probably a smart PR person (like my good self) that has advised them to do this, but I like the sentiment either way.

Image Credit: Joe Giddens/The Times

Yesterday the Wigan team left fans in pieces after a massive 9-1 thrashing by Tottenham Hotspur. Today the players have come out in force to apologise in the form of money… and we all love a bit of that. They have vowed to refund the 400-odd supporters that had to witness the nightmarish 90 minutes; coughing up something close to £10k.

In an article by The Times, Mario Melchiot, the captain, was quoted as saying:

“We feel that as a group of players we badly let down our supporters yesterday, and this is a gesture we have to make and pay them back for their tremendous loyalty.”

“There is not a lot else to say, just that as a group of professionals we were embarrassed by the way we performed, we feel it was below our standards and this is something we feel we owe to the fans. Now we have to draw a line under the game, focus completely on training this week and bounce back on Saturday [against Sunderland],” he added.

In my opinion, this is a brilliant bit of PR… put your money where your feet clearly weren’t and show fans that you appreciate their support. Well done Wigan!

If you randomly happen to be one of these fans (unlikely to be reading my blog I know, but just in case), you are entitled to a full refund and should contact the ticket office, who will post the money to your home address. Refunds must be claimed by December 4 though so get your skates on!

1. Amazing to think that you can score five goals in a game and there can still be a debate over whether you were man of the match. Aaron Lennon’s performance against Wigan ensured that Defoe didn’t come away with all the plaudits, his sparkling play from the right playing a big part in at least half the goals.

Defoe meanwhile became just the third player to score five in a game in the Premier League era and notched the second fastest hat trick after Robbie Fowler’s four and a half minute wonder against Arsenal many years ago. I’ve mentioned in recent weeks that he needed to watch his temper and just concentrate on his football, and with performances like that there’s no chance of him not going to South Africa. Lennon too did his case no harm, and on current form is far and away the best option when it comes to tricky small winger.

Spurs’ goal difference enjoyed a big boost in terms of chasing Arsenal, while they are beginning to take advantage of Man City, Liverpool and Aston Villa’s inconsistency to open a little gap over those three. They face one of their rivals next week in Aston Villa but should have nothing to fear the way they are playing.

As for Wigan the best you can say is that it’s just one game. These sorts of results can have a lasting effect, especially if you go behind in a game. It will be up to Roberto Martinez to ensure it remains a one off.

High five, we're going to South Africa!

2. Would Phil Brown be fearing for his job if Jimmy Bullard hadn’t got injured in his first game after signing? His performances in the last couple of games suggest that may have been the case. A win over Stoke and a fightback from two goals down to draw against West Ham possibly indicates an improvement in fortune for the men at the KC. Even Tango Man himself seems to be less in the spotlight than usual.

Bullard may have dodgy knees but he has an enthusiasm for the game that few players can match and his energy and creative play have got Hull scoring some goals again. They have a tough run coming up with three well organised teams in Everton, Man City and Aston Villa. Ok maybe not Man City but still! I’m pretty sure Geovanni isn’t injured and he appears to have lost his place to Bullard but I would be interested to see them both in the same team. Part of Hull’s success last year was to be brave, so maybe playing both together would have the same effect this year.

3. Before Arsenal get completely written off for losing against Sunderland (who have drawn with Man Utd and beaten Liverpool), let’s not forget that the key game is next week against Chelsea. Defeat would leave an 11 point gap; a win would leave it at just five with a game in hand. This defeat does render next weekend rather important if a title challenged is to be maintained. The lack of focal point without van Persie (and Bendtner) was a concern but it was in midfield where Sunderland won, with Cana stopping Fabregas and his teammates from creating many chances.

In addition to this, a set play was once again Arsenal’s outdoing at the back with Darren Bent reacting quickest after the initial ball had not been dealt with (déjà vu anyone?) While such defensive frailties are a long-term malaise, Arsene Wenger must ensure that his patched up squad is mentally right for the Chelsea game. Win it and two easier home games against Bolton and Stoke follow and momentum can be formed. Lose it and another frustrating season could be on the cards.

Pin the placenta on the van Persie.

4. They were impressive but it was only Wolves at home. Chelsea’s next two tests are the altogether tougher visits to the Emirates and Eastlands. Let’s see how the keenly the absences of Lampard and Drogba are felt then.

5. Liverpool and Man City played out a draw which leaves neither going anywhere fast. Man City have now drawn six on the spin which has stagnated them after a promising start. Just one win in eight games fro Mark Hughes’ side. A Hull side winless away from the KC provides the best possible opportunity to end that run next weekend.

Liverpool have one win in six but their habit of winning games they don’t lose (Saturday was just their second draw) means they’re still in a good position. The pretenders to the top four ideally want a gap going into the spring as if Gerrard and Torres are fit for the run in, I know who I’d back to get the last Champions League spot.

6. David Dunn is scored his fourth goal in six games and is playing the best football of his career. Someone left a comment asking what chance an England call for the Blackburn man. While I think he’s bit of a luxury and probably not quite international quality, there’s no doubting there are few more in form midfielders playing at the moment.

Quite good these days.

T.

In case you missed it, yesterday Wigan got picked up and broken over Tottenham’s collective knee. Wigan’s not had a great season, but it’s not been terrible, either; still, any time you lose to another team 9-1, fans start thinking things like “Why the hell did I travel to see these bastards play?”

In order to mitigate those kinds of feelings, Mario Melchiot has announced that the Wigan players plan on at least taking the financial sting out of the loss.

In an announcement on Wigan’s website, Melchiot made the following statement:

“We feel that as a group of players we badly let down our supporters yesterday, and this is a gesture we HAVE TO make and pay them back for their tremendous loyalty.

“We are professionals, we will take it on the chin and move on but it’s important that we do not take our supporters for granted.”

As someone who seems to make a history of supporting underachieving/embarassing teams, I think that’s pretty cool. Not as cool as, you know, playing better against Sunderland on Saturday…but cool enough to keep me from padlocking the practice facility to force them to train longer.

Still, this sets a dangerous precedent for other Premier League clubs; how long before Hull City fans start expecting this same treatment?

I’ve recently moved into a house without internet access. Such is my dedication to this blog, that I’ve come to a cafe with wifi access in order to keep it up. Or it could be something to do with the fact that Spurs put 9 (nine) past Wigan yesterday.

I’ll just do a short update, because I know it can’t be fun for anyone else to read about how fantastic Spurs are. However, it has to be said that this was an awe-inspiring display of firepower.

Put the ball in front of Defoe and he will score. Lennon draws people out to meet him, beats them, and rips teams apart. Every fan deserves a moment of absolutely unreserved joy every so often, and this was our turn. I wasn’t even able to check the score between half-time and full-time, so imagine my surprise when I noticed that we won the second half 8-1. Definitely a moment to savour, and MOTD will remain on DVD for a long time to come. I imagine Spurs will bash it out on DVD in time for Christmas anyway.

This did bring to mind another topic we could debate – what has been everyone else’s stand-out moments of joy? Two conditions: 1)you have to be able to remember it, and 2) it has to be football related.

Elsewhere this weekend (as if anyone really cares about anything else though), Liverpool (yawn) dropped more points. Man City drew again. I wonder if I can get that on a template so I don’t have to type it every week?

United came through the game against Everton like I expected them too. Darren Fletcher again proved his worth to the side.

My Potteries correspondent at the Britannia sent me his match report late last night: “we were shit, lucky to win. 3 defensive midfielders starting against fuckin’ Pompey?” Still, points win prizes, and Pulis got a result.

Phil Brown narrowly stayed out of the papers again -West Ham will be kicking themselves for lost points there, as will Burnley against Villa. Something else stranger than Spurs scoring 9 happened this weekend – Heskey scored for the first time in 7 (seven) months. A close friend told me he got a nosebleed straight after.

Sunderland beat another BIG FOUR team this weekend (notice this wasn’t considered an ‘end of an era’).

Adios for now. I’m going to plaster my new walls with today’s back pages.

I thought I underestimated how sick I was on Sunday and that my eyes were playing tricks on me when I saw the score of the Tottenham/Wigan match in the bus on my way to camp this morning.

“9-1?! No way! Holy Shit!”

I want to be part of the crowd.
Anfield. Emirates. Wimbledon. British Grand Prix.
Next year. Can’t wait. Hell yeah.

At points this season I have let my blog and Twitter followers down by not covering a game as completely as I would like.
Mostly this is because of work my lack of sleep or I’ve got too pissed to remember my wordpress password.
For this I apologise but what
I witnessed today will have everyone blogging like mad so I am sure you didn’t lack Reading material. BBC sport alone had four pages of video and two writing about the game their sport writers have also gone a bit bonkers Defoe is new andy cole yadda yadda ya. What worries me is will Defoe have the same largely promising friendly matches for England but never making an impact at a world cup. We know andy went on to win umpteen trophys for man u and we shall see if the same is true for Defoe but if you do one thing this year capello you must take little and large to saffa.

Now azza is another thing all together.
He was simply perfect edman was made to look like a fool and if you remember him in a spurs shirt he had a habit of taking off players kneecaps when they pissed him off. He simply couldn’t catch Lennon in the first ten minutes and then that was it he was shit scared of him. He just let him cross when he wanted and just gave him all the time in the world. Usually this would be a time to falter for Lennon as he would get stuck in two minds or could not put In a decent ball. But today he had little n large screaming at him for the ball and it was all so easy he shone.

9-1 is not easy feat 26 shots on goal 12 of which missed the target is bloody hard work and we worked our socks off till the very last minute We always looked hungry which is the most important thing for a spurs side as wel all know how easily it go arse over tit.

I won’t go into too much details about the game as if you didn’t see it and you are a yid you should be ashamed so I will say one thing and that is i can’t wait till next
weekend !

Ruudas Van Nistelrooy'us gali grįžti į "Premier" lygą.

Anglijos spauda praneša, kad buvęs ilgametis “Manchester United” puolėjas Ruudas Van Nistelrooy’us gali palikti Madrido “Real”.

Olandu ypač domisi “Liverpool”, Londono “Tottenham” bei “Manchester City” ekipos. Tikimasi, kad Ispanijos sostinės klubas nedarys kliūčių 33 metų žaidėjui sausio mėnesį palikti klubą.

What you missed while scientists were finding a new type of predator coral that can eat jellyfish…

• David Beckham’s LA Galaxy lost the MLS Cup on penalties to Real Salt Lake last night, but Beckham is still planning on coming back after his AC Milan move, possibly with an eye towards one day owning an MLS franchise. Beckham Beckham Beckham Beckham.
• Jermain Defoe scored five goals in Tottenham’s 9-1 demolition of Wigan.
• Barcelona drew 1-1 with Athletic Bilbao Saturday, dropping them behind Real Madrid on the table; even worse, Lionel Messi went down with a thigh tear that will likely leave him out of the Super Classico on Saturday.
• Gaël Kakuta, the controversial Chelsea youth prospect, made his debut against Wolves.
• Liverpool will have to beat Debrecini VSC without Fernando Torres and Ryan Babel; the way things are going lately, look for a 2-2 draw in Hungary tomorrow.
• Carlos Vela’s potential has convinced Arsene Wenger to stop trying to sign Marouane Chamakh.
• Thierry Henry considered quitting after his controversial double dribble against Ireland.
• Philipp Lahm says that Bayern Munich is “sick” and “lame”. No word on whether they’re also “bogus” and “heinous”.
• Switzerland’s FC Gossau and FC Thun have each banned players over their roles in a match fixing scandal.
• Palermo have sacked Walter Zenga for extending the club’s winless run to four games, knocking all the pieces over.
• Rubin Kazan’s scoreless draw with Zenit St. Petersburg saw them clinch their second consecutive Russian Premier League title.
• Gary Neville has hit out against “mollycoddled” players who collect paychecks but never seem to actually play rely on their agents to do everything for them.

Tottenham: 9 – 1 : Wigan

Tottenham Hotspur, dün yapılan karşılaşmada lig sonuncusu Wigan Athletic‘i 9-1′lik farklı bir skorla geçti. 10 golün 9′u ikinci yarıda oldu. 9 golden 5′ini tam 5‘ini Defoe attı.. Başlık umarım anlaşılmıştır. Defolu mal vardır ya, bu Wigan da defolu takım…  Defoe, bir gole daha imza atsa double-hattrick yapacaktı. Bizim EPL hastası insanlarımız “9 da yese, bu takım EPL’de oynamakta” diyordur mutlaka. Ayıptır ya, 9-1. Hazırlık maçı değil ki, lig maçı.