Spurs Pies之球季回顧 十月 - 托特納姆熱刺足球俱樂部 Tottenham Hotspur Football Club

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Monday 1st October Premier League - Spurs 4 Aston Villa 4

In any other season, this match would have been by far and away the most
ridiculous, remembered for years to come as a crazy one-off match that could
never be repeated. As it turned out, Spurs not only managed to produce
another 4-4 draw, but went one better with a 6-4 victory before the season
was out.

However, our 125th anniversary celebrations will still live long in the
memory, and that fact has very little to do with the flags and commemorative
kit. With Martin Jol's future very much hanging by a thread, a defeat did not
bear thinking about. 3-1 down at half-time though, and suddenly it was all
anyone could think about.

The Aston Villa fans taunting us with a chorus of Happy Birthday was one of
the highlights certainly, and who could blame them when they went 4-1 up with
just half an hour to go. It's sad to think that our eventual comeback only
delayed the inevitable for Martin Jol, and the glee we all felt as Younes
Kaboul of all people fired home an injury-time equaliser now seems almost in
vain, but nonetheless, this was a classic game, a classic fightback and the
first of the season's true highlights.


Thursday 4th October UEFA Cup - Anorthosis Famagusta 1 Spurs 1

The most nothing of nothing games, this match was so overlooked that the most
exciting thing to come from it was the debut of summer signing Kevin-Prince
Boateng, complete with the obligatory ridiculous haircut. It would soon
emerge that his haircut was just about the only exciting thing about him, and
that Anorthosis was just about the right level for the German misfit
midfielder.


Sunday 7th October Premier League - Liverpool 2 Spurs 2

This should've been the game that put paid to at least some of the increasing
number of naysayers queuing up to take a cheap shot at Jol. His record
against the top four was the subject of much consternation, and when Fernando
Torres cruelly snatched victory from Jol's grasp, it was undeserved and
unjust.

Having gone behind early on, the travelling support feared the worst, but the
team rallied round and an inspirational performance from captain Robbie Keane
saw us turn a game around for the second time in a week. Alas, this time an
injury-time equaliser was the source of our misery rather than our
opponents', and, without wishing to conform to lazy stereotypes, I walked
away from Anfield feeling very much like I'd been robbed.


Tuesday 9th October Jol linked with vacant Ajax post

As Chelsea appointed Henk Ten Cate as assistant to new manager Avram Grant,
speculation grew that Jol was the man being lined up to take over from his
fellow countryman. In the end, it was not to be, but it indicated just how
highly Europe's top clubs thought of Jol, and his subsequent appointment by
German club Hamburg only served to reinforce this.


Sunday 14th October Jurgen Klinsmann latest name linked with Jol's job

By this point, various sports editors were clearly tired of typing the words
'Juande' and 'Ramos', and so decided to the take the story to its logical
conclusion and link a Spurs legend with the soon-to-be vacant Spurs manager's
job. The likelihood of Klinsmann succeeding Jol was always remote to say the
least, but it gave everyone a chance to imagine life under the German genius.


Wednesday 17th October Robinson clanger seemingly dooms England

After a fairly feeble first few weeks of the season, Paul Robinson cemented
his place in English footballing ignominy with a glaring error that seemed to
have put paid to England's chances of reaching Euro 2008. Robinson took the
lion share of the blame for the result, and though Israel later handed Steve
McClaren's men a reprieve, Robinson's replacement Scott Carson ensured that
Leeds' reputation for producing international quality goalkeepers would never
recover.


Monday 22nd October Premier League - Newcastle 3 Spurs 1

In what would prove to be Jol's final league game, his players well and truly
deserted him, and made sure everyone knew all about it. If the on-field
performance wasn't bad enough, then the downright disgraceful off-field
behaviour of Berbatov was the icing on a particularly distasteful cake.
Berbatov's sulking and initial refusal to warm up when instructed betrayed a
lack of respect and discipline that was symptomatic of the unrest caused by
Jol's supposed superiors. We made a Newcastle side suffering from their own
managerial issues look like Brazil circa 1970, and that just ain't right.


Thursday 25th October UEFA Cup - Spurs 1 Getafe 2
Jol leaves

The single most surreal moment in Spurs history, as Jol suffered the final
humiliation of being the last person in the stadium to learn of his fate. The
extremely poor result was completely overshadowed by the board's final act of
indignity. Only the second ever home European defeat and no one cared a jot.
Later reports suggested players were receiving text messages quite literally
behind Jol's back, yet no one had the balls to pass the message on. In the
second half Jol sat slumped in his seat, beaten but unbowed.


Friday 26th October Ramos leaves Sevilla

And so the circus came to town, as the press lapped up every minute of Spurs'
latest shameful episode. Juande Ramos left Sevilla instantly, leaving no
further room for any speculation, and boarded the first available flight to
London, stopping only, we hoped, to pack his winning mentality and tactical
acumen.


Saturday 27th October Ramos appointed

The worst kept secret in football was revealed the very next day, though
conveniently the board chose to let Ramos skip the potential banana skin of
Blackburn at home as his first game in charge, and instead left Clive Allen
to mind the stall.


Sunday 28th October Premier League - Spurs 1 Blackburn Rovers 2

Poor old Clive eh? Early in the second half, it looked as if he might be the
managerial genius we had been looking for all this time, as we led 1-0
through a Robbie Keane penalty, but alas, things are never that easy, and a
spirited Blackburn fightback was completed with yet another injury-time goal.
The watching Ramos was made immediately aware of just how much work he had to
do.


Monday 29th October Poyet appointed

Perhaps the most crucial and shrewd decision the board made in this saga was
to ensure that Ramos had a Spanish speaking, ex-Spurs player with a genuine
understanding of English football at the highest level. Gus Poyet's role in
our subsequent successes has often been overlooked, but there is no doubting
that he has played a huge part in our resurgence.


Wednesday 31st October Carling Cup - Spurs 2 Blackpool 0

When Ramos' first game did finally arrive, it served as an omen of what was
to come. A Carling Cup victory, though not quite in the glorious manner of
our subsequent wins over Arsenal and Chelsea. This was fairly routine stuff
as we outplayed a Blackpool side not particularly interested in ruining
Juande's big day.


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經典照片
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十月的熱刺非常動盪不安

第一場比賽就是經典的四比四戰平維拉 之後一直無法取勝一點一滴的壓垮Jol

在月底Ramos,Poyet相繼到來 現在的熱刺也漸漸成型

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Ｔo Dare is to do!


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