Arsenal legend launches ATTACK on “shambles” club Spurs
Posted on 20. Sep, 2008 by Milox in Premiership
Arsenal legend Paul Merson has launched a scathing attack on the Gunners’ bitter rivals Spurs after labelling them a “shambles”.
Under Spanish coach Juande Ramos Tottenham have made their worst league start in 34 years, with just one point from their opening four Premier League games.
Spurs have only themselves to blame for the state they are in
And Merson, who played in the red half of north London for 12 years of his distinguished playing career, believes they have even gone backwards since sacking Ramos’ predecessor Martin Jol.
Speaking in his column in the Daily Star, he states: “You have to laugh at what is happening at White Hart Lane. I’m not being horrible but it is a bit of a shambles down there.
“In the space of 11 months they have sacked the manager who got them to within a dodgy lasagne of taking them into the Champions League and sold their three best players.
“That manager; Martin Jol, currently sits proudly at the top of the Bundesliga with Hamburg.
“And you can bet Jermaine Defoe, Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane will come back to haunt Tottenham.
“Defoe can’t stop scoring at Portsmouth, everybody knows what a class player Berbatov is and you can be sure Keane will come good at Liverpool once he gets that first goal and his confidence comes back.
“Yet Spurs sold their prize trio of cracking forwards. Okay they picked up nearly £60million for them, but at what cost?
“Right now, with the them propping up the Premier League and in danger of going out of the Uefa Cup, it is hardly looking good business.
“They’ve bought Roman Pavlychenko for £13.8million but you can bet he wont settle as quickly as snow.
“Russia isn’t just up the road from north London and he’s joined a side struggling, not beating everyone out of sight.
“Compare them to Arsenal. When they sell players, how many of them go onto better things? You don’t hear too many Gunners fans moan that they wished they’d not let someone go.
“Spurs have only themselves to blame for the state they are in because they are forever changing managers.
“They have had seven – as well as caretakers David Pleat and Clive Allenin the time Arsene Wenger has been at Arsenal.
“And every new man that comes in wants to change the players around because he probably doesn’t rate them or wants to start his own team.
“This keeps happening over and over again at Tottenham and it has been like that for God knows how long.
“Each time the new man comes in he has to start all over again and they keep on falling behind. Granted they have brought in some talented players. But looking at Luka Modric, I really don’t think he’s a central midfielder.
“He just looks like he will always be bullied and dictated to and that is what’s happened in most games.
“He is a free spirit and Juande Ramos should just tell him to go out and play behind the strikers and do what he wants. You can’t ask hime to play box-to-box.
“Ramos played him against Aston Villa and asked him to go box-to-box – but he is not that sort of player. Yet he left Jermaine Jenas, who can play that role all day long, on the bench. I just don’t get it.
“No-one has really pointed a finger at Ramos yet, largely because of that Carling Cup win.
“But he faces a tough game at home to Wigan tomorrow. Look at what Steve Bruce’s boys did – winning 5-0 at Hull.
“And they also have a really tough second leg in the Uefa Cup with that trip to Wisla Krakow, who beat Barcelona in Poland in their Champions League qualifier.
“Lose those two and Ramos might well be under pressure. But surely Tottenham won’t think of changing managers again.
“But I think they will if he doesn’t pull them around after a couple more seasons, and the same old process will start with the new boss changing everything round once more.
“If he doesn’t get it right, it will be all change again three years later.
“A final point about Spurs. I wonder how many of their supporters now look back on my old gaffer George Graham and his time at the club and think that maybe he wasn’t so bad after all?”
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18 Comments
name
20. Sep, 2008
It really is funny to watch Arsenal players and managers think they can influence the opinion of Spurs supporters
It is even funnier to watch idiot lying journalists think they can influence the opinion of Spurs supporters by interviewing Arsenal players and managers.
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Camel with the Hump
20. Sep, 2008
Merson is right in many respects but he should even know by now that Spurs have not had a manager since ENIC took over. The structure implemented by the Board consists of levy, Director of FB-Comolli and a Coach-Ramos. This structure ensures that Levy has the last say regarding transfers, DOF scouts players and Coach just coaches. This also ensures that the Board can maximise profits through player transactions. Hence, the mess Spurs are in at the moment.
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devonspur
20. Sep, 2008
“A final point about Spurs. I wonder how many of their supporters now look back on my old gaffer George Graham and his time at the club and think that maybe he wasn’t so bad after all?”
Answer: None. Prat.
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avisie
20. Sep, 2008
merson is well qualified to know a shambles when he see’s one… he just had to look in the mirror in the past!
Toothless coked up drunk twat! To be fair he has sorted himself out and so will spurs. COYS
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Dan
20. Sep, 2008
Merson has obviously been on the crack pipe again. Cunt!! I love “pundits” who do not have the bollocks to go on and manage but sit there drinking booze, smoking crack and having a go at others actually doing something with their lives… Give Juande time and he will deliver, the only thing that Merson said that makes sense if you can read “between the lines”
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fatknacker
20. Sep, 2008
merson should stick to the subjects he knows best. namely, what’s running in the 3.30 at haydock park, the price of columbian marching powder and the strongest canned cider from lidl. all this pikey c*nt is fit for is selling the big issue.
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Sid
20. Sep, 2008
To be fair the alcoholic, drug taking ex gooner is right to have a pop as its what is expected of people like him, who cares what Paul Merson says in a guuter press rag like the star anyway, lets face it is is only gooners that would buy a rag like that anyway.
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DAF
20. Sep, 2008
Fatknacker - I’m a life long Gooner and I loved Merse when he played for us - but your last comments just made me laugh out loud, very funny, fair play mate.
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JOHN
21. Sep, 2008
THIS CRYING TOOTHLESS MOUTH WATERING DRUNKEN DRUG TAKING WOMANISING GAMBLING MORON IS SOME EXAMPLE TO HAVE A VIEW ON ANYTHING TO DO WITH FOOTBALL , HE WRECKED HIS LIFE HIS FAMILY`S LIVE`S AND OTHERS RESPECT IF ANY FOR HIM WHAT A LOUT WHO SHOULD NEVER HAVE GOTTEN ANOTHER CHANCE IN THE GAME BE IT AS A SO CALLED JOURNALIST OR TV PUNDIT , HE ALLWAY`S SAVAGES SPURS WHICH IS ONLY TO BE EXPECTED YOU NEVER HEAR HIM ROASTING ANY OTHER CLUB BECAUSE HE PROBLY COULD NOT SPELL ANY OTHER CLUB`S NAME FECKING PRATT !!!!!!!!!!!!
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1 point lane
21. Sep, 2008
YOU NUMBNUT YIDS SEEN THE TABLE HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAYBE NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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leso
21. Sep, 2008
Mr gg, was a nightmare for Spurs fans, he murdered the game of football @daarse and did the same to Spurs. Another one of sir a sugar’s crimes at Spurs, I thank f**K THAT BOTH ARE LOONG GONE!! merse can kick us when we down, i expect nothing else from goonies esp gg’s ex world beaters,lol!!
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Merse's Mum
21. Sep, 2008
How can you morons have a go at a bloke for telling the truth. He’s right and you know it you are a shambles. The Arsenal have had one manager in 12 years how many you had?
The last time you had any consistency was back in 1961….you need to lighten up and laugh at comments like that - I thought Merse was hilarious and spot on.
The table doesn’t tell lies - Oh look where you are, worse start in 34 years, sold your 3 best players for £60 mill and brought in crap…..
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wondrinfree
21. Sep, 2008
It’s interesting that not one spurs fan can accept anything that Merson has said. They change managers faster than their strip, spend eye watering amounts on players, are at the bottom of the league , but there can’t be a problem because it’s an ex-Arsenal player whose highlighted it. Obviously he must be wrong and there are no problems at Spurs.
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George Breast
21. Sep, 2008
He’s drunk again leave him alone
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Pickshinol
21. Sep, 2008
boring. listening to this alcohlic would be like taking notice of what the people outside halfway houses have to say.
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yids
21. Sep, 2008
LOL. omg its all so true. every word.
spurs think they can spend shit loads of money, get rid of awesome players (thinks for defoe btw, hes brilliant) then just watch them cruise into uefa. doesnt work that way.
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Odds Comparer
21. Sep, 2008
I know Spurs did sell many of their best players over the summer but there really isn’t an excuse for their terrible run. This seems to happen year in, year out, even when they have excellent squads. They are now one of the bookies favorites to get relegated from the Premiership this season and this really should not be the case.
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GunsRBlazin
22. Sep, 2008
You spuds are so right and Merse is so wrong! you only have 19 places to go get ahead of us and take our place in the CL, and you’re bound to do that by selling your best players and not replacing them, along with constantly changing your manager it’s only matter of time before you just dominate the Premier League and then Europe! I can’t believe how wide of the mark Merson is!!!?????
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