- Death; - Taxes; - Tottenham will choke whenever the game is on the line and all is required is a little keep-ball; - Tottenham supporters will chant "England's No.1" when current porky incumbent even so much ...

It was supposed to be a celebration of 125 years of footballing excellence; a fiesta of flicks, tricks, Legends and Lane Favourites, symbolic of the Great Tottenham Tradition.  And, in a way, it was: Spurs somehow contrived to concede four ...

My last post on this site lambasted Jol's "tactical cowardice" and opined that his time at Tottenham was sure to come to a close soon. Whilst I have not changed my views, I was as pleased with this performance ...

Martin Jol is often accused of failing to act decisively in using substitutions but today against Fulham it was his rashness in changing an apparent winning formula which cost Tottenham dearly. The media darling who cuts a "tough guy" mafioso figure today betrayed that image with some worrying wimpishness that would make Napoleon Dynamite look like John Rambo. Tottenham bossed the midfield for most of the match today, but it was Jol's senseless decision to withdraw Malbranque and Keane which turned the tide. It is easy to look back and second guess, with the benefit of hindsight, but this has happened more than once during the jovial Dutchman's reign - Jol's conservatism snatching defeat (a draw felt like one) from the jaws of victory when going for the jugular might have produced an even more emphatic result.