Pre-season and no signings
Tottenham hotspur is in the U.S for their customary preseason tour and cup competition. The participants are NY Red Bulls who are the hosts, Manchester City, Sporting Lisbon and us. Normally I would ignore this bit but New York Red bulls had Thierry Henry, our old foe in their starting lineup and I was curious. Our world cup stars were in absentia recouperating on an extended vacation. So, with our squad stretched to its limit and a lineup even the most diehard of Tottenham supporters would struggle with, mediocrity was expected if not deserved. Inspite of all this we performed marvelously, NY Red Bulls went down 2-1; Henry scored on his debut but we staged a comeback with goals from Keane and Bale. We then drew 2-2 with Lisbon who had earlier beaten City 2-0 which meant they took the trophy by goal difference, no complaints. City lost all their games which will definitely put a smile on one or two Spurtans considering their big money transfers. Manchester United are also in the U.S and they also lost (smile) to Kansas City Stars. Robbie Keane was named the player of the tournament with two goals and an assist which is a good sign considering that no money has been spent so far in this transfer window. Im glad to say that I witnessed such great depth and talent in our squad with players I havent normally paid much attention to putting on impressive performances, they include: Jonathan Obika, Danny Rose, Andros Townsend, Adel Taarabt and the Kyles.
Tottenham hotspur is in the U.S for their customary preseason tour and cup competition. The participants are NY Red Bulls who are the hosts, Manchester City, Sporting Lisbon and us. Normally I would ignore this bit but New York Red bulls had Thierry Henry, our old foe in their starting lineup and I was curious. Our world cup stars were in absentia recouperating on an extended vacation. So, with our squad stretched to its limit and a lineup even the most diehard of Tottenham supporters would struggle with, mediocrity was expected if not deserved. Inspite of all this we performed marvelously, NY Red Bulls went down 2-1; Henry scored on his debut but we staged a comeback with goals from Keane and Bale. We then drew 2-2 with Lisbon who had earlier beaten City 2-0 which meant they took the trophy by goal difference, no complaints. City lost all their games which will definitely put a smile on one or two Spurtans considering their big money transfers. Manchester United are also in the U.S and they also lost (smile) to Kansas City Stars. Robbie Keane was named the player of the tournament with two goals and an assist which is a good sign considering that no money has been spent so far in this transfer window. Im glad to say that I witnessed such great depth and talent in our squad with players I havent normally paid much attention to putting on impressive performances, they include: Jonathan Obika, Danny Rose, Andros Townsend, Adel Taarabt and the Kyles.
