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Listed below are comments made by boxfather78 between Monday, 6th October 2008 and Thursday, 30th October 2008.

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Redknapp takes Spurs crash course 12:36pm on 30 Oct 2008 Waterloospur - comment 34.

I totally agree with points 1-3 but not sure what a 1 in 2 out policy will solve. The situation is familiar...
We need a defensive midfielder and a centre back. Add to that a striker now.

Hutton will come good again. Gomes should be given more time. Bale looks out of form...

But don't let last night's performance paper over any cracks. There were some stunning strikes at goal, which were the result of individual brilliance, but looking at Tottenham so far this season, there have been very few goals that have actually been constructed. Most have been through outstanding strikes, goalkeeper parries, defensive slips or ricochets. The creativity that Keane and Berbatov brought to the team is no longer present. As the season goes on we will be looking more to the likes of Modric, Bentley and Jenas to provide the spark for the front man/pair.

So, a great start, but everything that was wrong with Spurs at the start of the season is still wrong:
1) Defensive frailties and inconsistent selection
2) Weak midfield
3) No creativity

Redknapp has instilled confidence and belief, which is worth it's weight in gold, but let's not forget that for the most part we were outplayed last night, and it was only through a combination of luck and arrogance on the part of Arsenal that we got a result.
Ramos facing Titanic struggle 11:20am on 06 Oct 2008 The spurs board are reaping what they have sown with their daft pursuit of ramos over jol, and a conveyer belt of transfers.

By treating players like commodities that they can increase in value and sell on, there is no loyalty or feeling of belonging at the club.

Is Corluka really better than Chimbonda? Is Dos Santos an improvement upon Malbranque? More importantly, why do we sell to our main rivals? You wouldn't catch fergie selling to Liverpool or Chelsea, so why do we sell our better squad players to Villa and Portsmouth?

We all knew that Berbatov was too good for Spurs, and it was a matter of time before he left. Selling Keane was very disappointing, as his contribution to the team was always far greater. And we all knew that selling Defoe was a mistake at the time, but this has now been vindicated by the performances of our current strikeforce - who are totally unproven.

Changing the manager and/or players each season is not contributing to better performances. In any other business - and that's what Spurs is (ask Daniel Levy) - the chairman will be judged on performance. While changes downstairs can yield results, it hasn't worked, and perhaps it is time to look elsewhere to find the man responsible...

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