The awards ceremony for the PFA’s player of the year and young player of the year took place in London last night. Gareth Bale was the big winner of the night scooping both the Player of the year and Young player of the year awards becoming only the third player ever to win both awards in the same season.
Andre Villas-Boas’ reputation as Europe’s hottest young coach took quite a battering at Chelsea, lasting the increasingly standard nine months at Stamford Bridge. AsTottenham’s weekend 3-1 win over Man City confirmed, that protege status was indeed no joke.
Having defeated Arsenal in the most recent north London derby I thought that Spurs had finally got over the hump.
It’s a well thought out conundrum that many a Tottenham Hotspur fan comes across from time to time, this season especially. When fans often bring up the question “Would you rather win the Europa League of secure Champions League football?” the debate amongst supporters is often long and heated.
With only Jermain Defoe and Emmanuel Adebayor at Andre Villas-Boas’ disposal, and with the imminent release of Adebayor to South Africa to play for his beloved Togo in the Africa Cup of Nations in January, Matt Walsh discusses, if funds are available for the Spurs boss, what strikers could make their way to White Hart Lane.
Apart from the usual strikers that are usually linked with Tottenham Hotspur, Loic Remy, Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Alavaro Negredo and Adrian to name a few, we’ve compiled an alternative list that have been banging the goals in for the past few years for their respective clubs.
As far as international debuts are concerned, Steven Caulker’s appearance for England this week had its fair share of incidents.
Another summer of uncertainty for Tottenham Hotspur is again upon the fans.
Friedel; Walker, Kaboul, King, Assou-Ekotto; Kranjcar, Parker, Modric, Bale; Saha, Adebayor
Friedel; Walker, Kaboul, King, Assou-Ekotto; Lennon, Parker, Modric, Bale; Van der Vaart, Defoe
Subs: Cudicini, Bassong, Dawson, Kranjcar, Livermore, Pienaar, Pavlyuchenko
