After last night's woeful display in Italy, my attention is drawn even further to the kind of rubbish that is currently coming out Spurs players' mouths to go along with the rubbish they're shipping out on the pitch.
Today, my thanks go to first-choice central defender and possibly our most consistent player Jonathan Woodgate for the following slices of fried gold. That's right, not just one but several little gems to share with the world.
On the BBC Sport website today, Mr Woodgate said the players were "one million per cent" in a relegation battle. What, pray, could have prompted this revelatory statement? Was it the fact that in the history of the Premier League only one side has managed to survive the drop with this few points at this stage in the season (Southampton in 98/99, trivia fans)? Who knows, but wait, he isn't finished.
"People say we are too good to go down but we aren't. I've seen it happen at Leeds and they had a better team than we do here". Firstly, no they don't: it's hard to pin down exactly, but my bet is that sometime around 4:45 on Saturday afternon, as the final whistle blew and with that they slumped to a 2-1 defeat to Stoke, people stopped saying Spurs are too good to go down.
Secondly, ten out of ten for the assertion that we aren't as good as the Leeds team that were relegated a few years back. As a fan, I don't know what to take issue with first: a key player, in effect, talking down the squad or the implication that he doesn't much fancy our chances.
It seems that, such is the sheer extent of the mire in which we find ourselves that, unbelievably, our team has actually run out of platitudes and cliches and has now been forced to talk outright nonsense.
Watch this space for more updates on the lengths to which Tottenham players are able to expell hot air in the national media
I remain a faithful Spur and I love my team but this is really trying my patience. I'm on the verge of resigning myself to the fact that next year we will be playing Championship football. And that, sports fans, is what really hurts.
Today, my thanks go to first-choice central defender and possibly our most consistent player Jonathan Woodgate for the following slices of fried gold. That's right, not just one but several little gems to share with the world.
On the BBC Sport website today, Mr Woodgate said the players were "one million per cent" in a relegation battle. What, pray, could have prompted this revelatory statement? Was it the fact that in the history of the Premier League only one side has managed to survive the drop with this few points at this stage in the season (Southampton in 98/99, trivia fans)? Who knows, but wait, he isn't finished.
"People say we are too good to go down but we aren't. I've seen it happen at Leeds and they had a better team than we do here". Firstly, no they don't: it's hard to pin down exactly, but my bet is that sometime around 4:45 on Saturday afternon, as the final whistle blew and with that they slumped to a 2-1 defeat to Stoke, people stopped saying Spurs are too good to go down.
Secondly, ten out of ten for the assertion that we aren't as good as the Leeds team that were relegated a few years back. As a fan, I don't know what to take issue with first: a key player, in effect, talking down the squad or the implication that he doesn't much fancy our chances.
It seems that, such is the sheer extent of the mire in which we find ourselves that, unbelievably, our team has actually run out of platitudes and cliches and has now been forced to talk outright nonsense.
Watch this space for more updates on the lengths to which Tottenham players are able to expell hot air in the national media
I remain a faithful Spur and I love my team but this is really trying my patience. I'm on the verge of resigning myself to the fact that next year we will be playing Championship football. And that, sports fans, is what really hurts.
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