DISQUS

Well, no. Form = results = points, this has nothing to do with rankings, its a simple points system. Arsenal didnt have the most points, so they werent the best team.

Anyways, you missed my point completely. Over the past 3 weeks or so, Spurs have had the best run of any team in the league - unbeaten in 6 matches, including TWO wins over Liverpool and managing to bang in 4 goals against Arsenal.

Most of these seemed like a very loose like-for-like comparison, but I actually saw a lot of logic to the Pompey in San Diego idea.

To be fair, Spurs are the best team in the EPL right now based on recent form...

I'd probably say Jamie O'Hara. I generally play left wing but spend a lot of time at RW and both outside backs. Not really flashy, just get by with speed, quick cuts and quick diagonal balls.

I think I was a bit more of a bruiser in the back than O'hara is though ; )

I dont think it matters either way, both teams will go through. Marseille and PSV are 5 points off of both 'Pool and Madrid (3 points for the former two, 8 points for the latter).

Exactly. The bottom half is so close this year that it will come down to whoever can string together wins during the late winter months.

Look where the ball is though...its looks far away enough that it makes me think that Delap is just over-steping the line due to his momentum after making a legal throw

It most certainly was a very lucky win, and Harry was the first person to acknowledge that fact in his interviews. 'Pool dominated the game in every aspect of the game until that Carragher OG, but thats what made it such a great game to watch.

Now that they have Uncle Mo on their side, it'll be interesting to see how Spurs' form progresses as the get into an easier part of their schedule.

Agreed, Ive heard it said dozens of times here from other people posting that if the PL would offer a service like GamePlan, NHL Center Ice, etc. it would generate a huge amount of revenue for the league directly.

So what the hell is stopping them? Money in the league's pocket, more international exposure...isnt that exactly what the league has been focusing on the last few years with all the USA and Asia tours?

Yeah I went to a pub but showed up at halftime due to the error in their schedule with regard to daylight savings time. Good thing all the fireworks were in the 2nd half!

Dammit, I wish I had seen this earlier. The schedule on the Setanta website had the Spurs replay on at 7 eastern time so I didnt show up at the pub until halftime.

The results didnt come and Levy thankfully learned from his mistakes and opted for a proven manager of the English game who gets his teams to overachieve. I do take solice in the fact that the business side of the club is still going great, so a solid financial foundation (which could be gone by tomorrow, knowing the current market situation) can be a strong steadying force.

Spurs are only 4 points out of 14th place, but with Arsenal, L'pool and Citeh as their next three league games, it could be a while before they start to climb back up

Im sure they arent arguing the 5mil compensation package!

Agreed. Im not a huge Redknapp fan but any change is a good one at this point. Im very hopeful for a fresh start and think Harry can crack the whip and get those bumbling idiots figured out eventually.

Finally some hope...Ramos lost his team, you can only lose so many games before your own players turn against you. There was no chance for improvement if he couldnt even pick a consistent starting XI.

Portsmouth will be fine and will pick up one of the other big name managers that are as of yet unemployed - I wouldnt be surprised if they picked up Allardyce by friday.

^Haha. I agree, althought spurs play has been horrid, the business side of the club does very well so I dont think they have any more debt than the other middle-of-the-road (if 20th place can be called that) prem clubs

A better way to keep debt under control would be to require a certain amount of available capital before the FA approves the sale of a club. It seems the trend is moving towards the big clubs being bought only with teh helps of monstrous bank loans, and we all know how well that is going at the moment...

To be fair, ESPN Classic played Zenit v Real yesterday and are showing Shahktar v Barca today So for this week at least, its pretty balanced.

9lb 6oz ?!?! Damn thats a big boy! Congrats!

Agreed...the first guy got it right. A tennis-style confirmation takes less than 5 seconds, so it wouldn't hold up the game.

Something I WOULD like to see, though, is the FAs actually acting on the rediculous diving in the sport by reviewing tape of dramatized tackles and dishing out one game suspensions for the Ronaldo's, Drogba's, and Italian-national-team's of the world. The diving will only get worse unless they start to suspend players for it.

Christian Bale sure could help the situation...put Batman out on the wing and he'd wreak havoc!

PS Congrats on the kid Gaff. Hope all goes well.

Good point - Spurs havent had quality central midfield play since the Davids/Carrick pairing and the one possible replacement (Malbranque) was let go...

Comolli needs to go, he is hurting the team badly and recruits duds.
They need to play 4-4-2. If spurs continue to play with 5 in midfield and Roman on an island by himself up top, they wont win a game until february.

And bring up Tomas Pekhart!!! Giving the kid a shot alongside Campbell would definitely result in some goals. Hes a giant and can bring the ball down for a quick finisher like Roman, Bent or Campbell, much like Berba did for Keane.

No, actually I did miss most of the first half, ahha. Hopefully Pompey's defensive trouble continue through sunday and Spurs start to roll on.

How predictable, I knew that no matter how the game ended up, be it a defensive struggle ending in a 1-0 win or a 5-4 shootout, the game would result in thousands of media articles saying "(insert losing team) crisis at new low after terrible loss"

The barcodes actually had more chances than Spurs - one shot was cleared off the goal line by Woody - and had more posession, so its not like either team played terribly, Spurs just had better finishing. I just hope that actually winning a game on domestic play can get big MO on Spurs' side.