2010-05-10 13:07:38
Discuss your best and worst moments of 2009-10
by Alan the librarian
So that's 2009-10 season done with then. Not the greatest ending but the rest wasn't bad (best ever PL season on record in fact). I promised an end of season review but you all witnessed it and probably have far more interesting views and experiences than I do. With that in mind, I am inviting fans to share with others their thoughts on the following (along with my own suggestions):
Best spurs game of the season - Arsenal, Chelsea, City or Wigan are probably front runners for me. City away being 'the one'. We may not have got a cup final in a traditional sense but aside from a tin pot being awarded at the end of it, that had everything.
Best goal of the season - my memory is a little rusty but BAE at Liverpool, Defoe's against UTD or Hudd's against Bolton spring to mind. My favourite was Defoe's last against Hull. Brilliant strike to cap off an excellent display from player and club.
Best player of the season - I would give it to Gomes or Dawson as Bale and Lennon 'only' gave half seasons.
Best individual performance in a single game - Lennon/Defoe against Wigan, Bale against Arsenal?
Best moment of the year - Mine was Didier Drogba signalling he wanted out of the second half at WHL. "Please Carlo, I want to go home". As Fergie would say, we battered them.
Best signing - Niko Kranjcar would get many people's vote and I can't disagree but possibly Kaboul for what he represents for the future. Niko will always been a good squad player but right full-back is up for grabs I feel and we may found the answer in Younes. He's was brilliant against Arsenal, Chelsea, Bolton and City. Top performances against top sides. Very encouraging.
Most improved player - Not easy this one as how much can you attribute the improvement with merely getting a run of games or how much can you say is down to work on the training ground? I'll let you decide that one as I feel a case could be argued either way when you consider Hudd, Dawson, Bale and Pav in particular.
Feel free to reverse this to 'worst of's' (if you are half empty kind of bloke). I would imagine most of the worst stuff will be focussed on Pompey in the cup but yesterday gave that a run for it's money.
The biggest disappointment for me was the Wolves away game. I thought we played OK against Pompey in the cup but against Wolves we just didn't turn up. The forums after that game and indeed a few games after were not nice places to be visiting. Harry haters out in force and not much could be done to contain it. Some of the decisions made that day were poor as it appeared he prioritised the cup game that weekend. Ironically the thing I bitched about the most was Harry's decision to leave out Palacios and also to play Kaboul at right-back. How things change. That's the beauty of football. Fans opinions change all the time and that's another thing I would like your opinion on. I guess you can call it the biggest surprise of the campaign. Be it a single result, player or any moment.
COYS!
Best moment...Danny Rose goal. EPL debut, the guy is only 19 and a wonder strike to set us on the way. Sort of thing in books.
best spurs game was against chelsea i think, best performance, and after beating arsenal was important we carried on, gave us the hope to finish 4th.
goal, agree with BAE against bin dippers
player- dawson
indevidual performance, gomes against arsenal
best moment of the year, harry getting soaked
signing, Kaboul without him we wouldnt be here now
improved, easily bale, the rest were good players before, bale couldnt get a game, now hes a mandatory starter
wost moment- not sure, stoke at home, battering villa and not winning, everton penalty miss, wolves. all bad, but we got 4th and are all over the moon,
When we beat arsenal and chelsea 2-1 , Also the fanastic danny rose goal aginst Arsenal what a Goal , and also when we beat wigan 9-1 at the lane i was there :P and 1 more finishing 4th COYS
game - arsenal win
goal - luka niko and corluka passing a round then luka chip against everton
or danny rose against arsenal
player - dawson and ledley when fit have been immense
moment - crouchs goal against city
signing - niko for 2.5 mil has chipped in with some decent goals and assists and great
when weve been without luka and lennon for big periods of time
improved - bale!bale!bale!bale!bale!
worse - some of the away games against the top four earlier on when we bent over for a bumming
The entire coaching staff , Gomes is immense .
Worst moment - easy 90 minutes worth against Liverpool away - there for the taking and they weren't taken. Best? the goal feats away to Hull, home to Wigan but Chelsea Spartak at Wembley aside I can't remember three wins so imporatnt, so closely grouped as the three that took Tottenham to fourth. The Gazza-inspired wins in the '91 FA cup, round after round, must be the last time there was a truly great sequence of results, but to have three in four games against the four other clubs at the top of the table is better than anything since Greaves-Chivers days aside from Clive Allen's great season .
Best Game of the season: Vs City (A)
Best Goal: D.Rose V Arsenal
Best Player: M. Dawson
Best individual Performance: Niko Kranjcar Vs City (H)
Moment of the year: When Crouch put the ball in at City
Best Signing: Easy Niko
Most Improved Player: Maybe Bale but I always felt he was a great player just needed a chance so for me it s Huddlestone
Worse Game of the season Vs Liverpool (A) followed close by Sunderland (A)
Worse Goal conceded: Fibreglass Vs Arsenal (A)
Worse Player: R. Keane What did Liverpool do to you!
Worse individual Performance: BAE Vs Burnley (A)
Worse moment of the year: losing the FACup Semi
Most Downhill Player: R. Keane
Cheers for your contributions Dazza. In the process, you've actually provided a good template for others to copy and paste if they wish.
I think the give away to what's happened to Robbie Keane is pictures of him when he first signed for spurs and when he re-joined. He appears a couple of stone heavier. The fact that he went to Scotland showed he has no ambition at all and was just looking for a couple of easy trophies (which he didn't get). Levy will have his work cut out selling him for anywhere near what we paid.
worst moments home hull,wolves,stoke city,away liverpool,man u,wolves
best moments arse,chelsea,man city home and away everton home and wigan home and hull away
best goal danny rose all 9 against wigan luka goals against everton and sunday and toms goal last week against bolton
best player hard daws or gomas week in week out the pair of them
most improved bassong over whole season bale we knew he had itin him tottenham herld 2 seasons ago done survey bale came out most improved and most popular.
best signing niko
squad from martin jols time has improved immensely we can all see that just need tinkering about up front
players to go keane,o hara,jenas,hutton,tarabatt,should bring a nice amount please god no whole sale changes like people said last year stupid roll on next season go for the title why not with that squad
Best Game of the season: Wigan (H) 9-1
Best Goal: Dawson V Villa (A)
Best Player: Gomes (outstanding time and time again)
Best individual Performance: Bale V Chelsea (H) (made 2 international right backs look like amatures and terry look like a mug!)
Moment of the year: waking up the day after the City (A) game and realising it wasnt all a dream, we had made it into the CL!!!
Best Signing: Kranjcar (what a steal for 2.5mil)
Most Improved Player: Dawson (woodgates got a fight on his hands to get into the team when/if he gets fit again!)
Worse Game of the season: Sunderland (A)
Worse Goal conceded: Stoke (H)
Worse Player: Jenas/Keane
Worse individual Performance: BAE V Man Utd (A)
Worse moment of the year: Travelling up to wolves on a snowy winters evening for our boys not to turn up!
Most Downhill Player: Jenas/Keane
Eko, Worst goal conceeded: Stoke? ....what about Ar5ena1 when we gave Fibreglass the ball from kick-off and let him walk straight through us for another?
Best Game: Chelsea home- followed closely by Man City away.
Best player: Dawson- closely followed by Gomes.
Best buy: Krancjar.
Best moment: booking 4th at City.
Best improved player: Bale but run close by Kaboul/Dawson/Hudds.
Best Goal: Rose vs gunners.
Most Encouraging: we have a proper manager.
Worst game: Liverpool away.
Worst player: Keane.
Worst moment: 2 penalties of BAE tackle followed by Pals laughable one at Man U away.
Most disappointing: Defoe form second half of season closely followed by Palacios.
MKYid - yeh that was a horrific goal as well but as much as i hate to admit it, it was scored by a class player! was it fuller? who got the ball for stoke down our end by the corner flag with about 3 players round him and we let him walz through like he was maradona! just remember the anger after that game thats why i put it there!
Best Game: Chelsea (H) made the champions look mugs.
Best player: Gomes - closely followed by Bale. (Dawson, too many long balls still)
Best buy: Krancjar..followed by Kaboul (always knew he had potential)
Best moment: 82nd minute at Citeh.
Best improved player: Dawson (just stop the long balls).
Best Goal: Rose vs Scum.
Most Encouraging: Jenas looks like he's actually gonna go.
Worst game: All away games against Sky 4 - plus Sunderland away.
Worst player: Keane
Worst moment: Defoe's penalty miss against Everton away after giving another 2 goal lead away.
Most disappointing: Defoe's and Palacios' 2010 form at times too many long balls
Best Football Chant: "Twitch in a minute, you're gonna twitch in a minute, twitch in a miiiiiiiiiiiiinute...."
Best Football Chant: My Old man said be an Arsenal fan, I said F K off B KS yor a C T. Etc Etc.
best football chant 'youre going down on the wenger'
Best Football Chant: (tune of Re-Wind) Van Per-sie...When a girl says no-molest her!
von wenger you promised us you would crawl away and give up on football if we achieved 4th spot
typical arsenal all talk no action
if you are a man of your word then goodbye forever.
I wrote that I would follow your team for the last three games. Yes, that's almost the same as giving up on football. But not quite.
Twitch in a miiiiiiiiiiiiinutte, you're gonna twitch in a minute...
http://localhost.nl/stuff/flash/idiot.swf
Sounds like we converted you after the NLD and our showing against the current champions...fair enough. Don't expect ot get a season ticket any time soon though, we had a 5 year waiting list before we even finished in the top 4.
Most Encouraging: a five year wating list for a Spud season ticket.
Best Improved Manager: Arsene Wenger.
Arsene Wenger is the first person you meet when you go to heaven.
so he is forcing children to indulge in necrophilia,just wrong.
Nobby Nobbs, you're my favorite Spud.
Hotspur Jim whispers 'Oh Arsene Wenger...' in his prayers.
When Arsene Wenger goes to Paris, the girls wear their hats in a cheeky way.
Are the schools on a mid-term again?
All together now..........
We f cked your season up, We f cked your season up.....
BAron...your posts embarrass you and your club more than anything else. Do you really think your childish taunting would bother us after the season we have had?
You need to grow up.
best..Dawson..best moments Gomes v Arsenal.Best game.. v Chelsea we totally outclassed them. Most improved Bale.
Worst Wolves away just shocking.Best awayday/night Leeds away so good to see so many travel in such awful conditions and the beer was good.
Best pie unlikely...but true Birmingham FC.
Best goals Rose v Arsenal bale v Chelsea Thud v Bolton. BAE v Liverpool. Kranjcer cant remember lifted it over the defender and squeezed it post the keeper.Kranjcer v Stoke....etc etc etc.
I think that Kranjcar one was against City. In terms of importance his goal against stoke was massive.
Best Game of the season: Chelsea (H), we were out of this world
Best Goal: D.Rose V Arsenal. I also enjoyed one of Defoe's v Hull when Lennon stopped the ball in the D and Defoe lashed it in. Also Krank against stoke, Ice-man's dummy was pure class.
Best Player: Gomes
Best individual Performance: Gomes v Arse
Moment of the year: When Crouch put the ball in at City
Best Signing: Easy Niko
Most Improved Player: Huddlestone is becoming the player I hoped he could be. Some very Disciplined performances, especially alongside Modders
Worse Game of the season Vs Liverpool (A) I was expecting us to go and batter them but we just did't turn up.
Worse Goal conceded: Fibreglass Vs Arsenal (A)
Worse Player: R. Keane
Worse individual Performance: BAE Vs Burnley (A)
Worse moment of the year: losing the FACup Semi
Most Downhill Player: R. Keane
That's my thoughts on the season.
Also well done to the 6 who got in the early England squad. It'd be nice to see the Spurs contingent do well in a winning world cup team.
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