A peaceful protest from the local community who need (and rightly so) answers with regards to the shooting of a man by the police on Thursday. However, this incident is being independently investigated by the IPCC. A peaceful protest is fine, but what this progressed into is disgusting.

Tottenham high street is destroyed… firefighters attended 49 primary fires… 26 police officers injured, 2 seriously.

There is NEVER an excuse for violent behaviour like this to take place. The majority of people in Tottenham are law abiding, friendly, respectful people. It appears that a small minority of mindless thugs have taken it upon themselves to drag Tottenham into disrepair.

All you achieve when behaving in this way is the loss of support for your cause. This is NEVER the correct way to voice your concerns, it only serves to force others to abandon you as a lost cause.

To all those mindless idiots, grow up. When you have become a mature adult you may find you will achieve more by abstaining from violence.

Sorry… just realised I have used too many big words in this article that you idiots will not be able to understand.

For information purposes, Tottenham Hotspur FC have announced that they have cancelled all stadium tours for today and tomorrow for safety reasons. So, you mindless thugs have also ruined a great day out for families and young Spurs fans that would have been looking forward to this day for a long time.

Rant over… for now

• We got Krancjar
• We didn’t get James (did we ever really need him?)
• Pav, Hudd,  and JJ are still Spurs players
• After his performance against Doncaster, not seeing Bentley go also has some sort of satisfaction

Of course there may be a few Yids left feeling a little disappointed with today’s transactions. Maybe some of us would have liked Petrov swapped out for Bentley; possibly a last gasp bid for Young would have brought a smile to many a Yid face. Or maybe some of us are genuinely gutted we didn’t get the man of a 1000 hair-do’s David James!

There is a reality at the Lane which has not existed for sometime – we didn’t really need anyone! If there is any doubt about this look at the league cup tie against Doncaster.

I remember a conversation I had some seasons ago and someone asked the question, “What sets the top 4 apart from the rest of the league?”. My instinctive answer was, “When a team can send out a reserve side in the league cup and progress comfortably, that is when you know you have a top 4 team”.

The Doncaster game proved beyond a doubt for me we now have the strength and depth at Spurs to compete at the top level. We have the depth to cope with most injuries and suspensions that may cost us first team players.

And when we get King, Dawson, Woody, Jenas, and Bale fit ……… oh my goodness!!! Plus we have players loaned out all over the place honing their talents. When have we ever have had a squad that looked so good?

If Modric had not become injured on Saturday I still feel Krancjar (or Petrov) would have signed today anyway. Left midfield is our weak link so this was clearly a position Harry needed to shop for Modric injury or not.

The key for this final day of transfers was not who we bought. The fact that we didn’t sell anyone was the big story of the day. And it must be said Harry and the board must have worked some minor miracles to convince Pav to stay, as well as a few others I might add.

I am a very happy Yid this evening and now look forward to a great Autumn of football for us.

And for those that were less than enthralled at 17:00 today all I can say is at least get behind Harry and his glorious team for now ………. January is just a few months away!

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Dear West Ham/Milwall supporters involved in last night’s disgusting scenes,

You are a complete disgrace and you have no place in our football community. You are grown men, and yet you act like children. Not only this, but you tarnish the reputation of your clubs, and English football as a whole – so, thanks for that.

We all love the game, and rivalry is part of that enjoyment. As a Spurs fan I would never aim to hurt, or even insult a Arsenal fan. The reason being, I am an adult. I do not hate others for supporting another team, I respect them as another human being. Your behaviour is idiotic and childish.

I enjoy taking the p*ss out of the Arsenal, but I do so with a smile on my face. Friendly rivalry is encouraged, violence has NO PART in the beautiful game.

We are bidding to host the World Cup in 2018. Would you like to see the world’s best players on display throughout our country? Your actions last night can only harm that bid, and I for one do not appreciate that.

It’s time you grew up and sorted yourselves out. I hope your respective clubs find you, and ban you from football for life – as they have said they will. After all, you cannot be considered real fans anyway. You are simply thugs using football as an excuse for violence.

Yours sincerely,

A football fan who knows how to behave……

P.S. I also extend this letter to any football ‘fan’ who uses threats, and personal insults to fans of other clubs. This includes any of my fellow Spurs’ fans who feel it necessary to write offensive messages to Arsenal fans on forums. Be the bigger man and act with some respect for your fellow England fan.

From a neutral’s point of view you have probably seen a team in the top four this season, no doubt.

We didn’t apply ourselves from minute one or get close enough to Tottenham to keep ourselves in the game.

I thought there was a gulf between the two teams in terms of class, quality and the performance.

Every player on the field of play for Tottenham was outstanding. That’s one of the best performances I have seen in the Premier League.

Source: The London Paper

Whereas I am hopeful we will enjoy a much better this year than we endured last season, I’m not sure we are ready for the top four quite yet.

In fact, I predict that the top four of United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool will remain unchanged this year – despite Man City’s attempts to buy themselves a slice of the action.

But, I also believe the gap is closing with ourselves, City, and Villa all chasing the leading pack. Realistically, we need to be aiming to finish at the top of this pile (aka 5th place). This I DO believe we are capable of.

It is very easy to get excited and over-ambitious after the perfect start to the season, but let us not forget that there are still 36 Premiership games to go.

Is 5th place a realistic target this season?

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