In your opinion, do you think that Spurs have ruined Defoe because they never play him?
817120
Not ruined him but it has certainly take off the edge of being match fit from him. Shows when he comes on as sub.
1164797
I think the whole business has been blown out of any proportion.  The whole fiasco was an insult to all of the other players who clearly were so hopeless as to be unable to play without him ... not a great way to motivate a TEAM.\n\nIt was stunning (in a bad way) to watch the reporting of his medical taking top news billing against some real news stories.
1114845
YA ROONEY DID A  PERFECT THING !!\nHE TOOK OF HIS SPIKES AND LET HIS SOCKS GO PUBLIC.ALL THE OTHERS SUFFERED FROM STINK AND WE ENJOYED!!\nMOREOVER WHEN PLAYERS LIKE CROUCH(THE GREAT!!) ARE PLAYING..ROONEY THE POOR HAS NO CHANCE.\n\nI STILL DONT UNDERSTAND REMOVING ROONEY INSTEAD OF CROUCHing dog
928598
I think...Hope Spurs will do it, they seem to be doing well in the competitions.\n\nCan't believe that it's not being shown on TV......gutted.  I'm going for a 0-1 to Spurs   YID ARMY
950985
I think Englands days are numbered because the players don't have the passion they had in 1990!\nMartin O'Neil was the best choice for that job because he has the intellegents tactically and isnt afraid to drop players who deserve to be drop.  But people slagged Robson off and he came a whisker away from winning the world cup.\nGive him another year he cant be as bad as the Turnip or Swede!
756257
the team that spent 600 million pounds in 600 days!! lost 2-1 to Spurs...sorry HotSpurs...! LOL\n\nlike u didn't know... \n\n(-:
876735
Not quite.  They are certainly underachieving, and suffering from an injury bug.  Fat Fred isn't making the best choices.  They'll avoid relegation and find some wins when they get healthier.\n\nFor the first time, though, I think Roeder should be sacked.  His personnel decisions today were crap.  Put Duff back on the wing.  He's not a striker.  Milner, Zogs should not have been taken off.  Hell, Milner's been the main life of our game lately.  Rossi should have been paired with Luque up front, who deserved a shot after the win at Palermo.\n\nI'm not hoping, but you've shown your colors you smelly smoggy.
991509
By far the worst match I've seen this year.  I'm a long time holland fan and was surprised at the nasty way they played.  I haven't seen much of portugal, but they played ugly too.
1134901
Unfortunately, I'd have to say no.  But there's nobody who'd love to see 'Il Divin Codino' play again.  There were few before him that had the magic and skill that he possessed, and even fewer after him.  When a man that is 'too old' is the third highest scorer in Serie A, behind Christian Vieri and Francesco Totti in 2000, for player selected to the National team, and he didn't get selected, you know something is wrong with the higher-ups.  4 goals in 4 games in the '98 World Cup, his last international tournament.  He was a clutch player, who (almost) always came through when the team needed him most.  Ignorant football fans wish to talk down about him because of one penalty miss.  English have gotten over Beckam...and Batty, and Southgate, and the list goes on and on for them.  The Dutch forgave De Boer, and he missed TWO in the SAME GAME!  The best players throughout history, have failed at least once, and that's what makes them great.  You have to lose to win.  I do believe only 5 players have ever scored over 200 Serie A goals, him being one of them.  Pretty impressive for a career, plagued with serious knee injuries (many of them career-threatening, mainly the one when he was 18, and the doctors said his career was finished.)  A winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year and the Ballon D'or.  Scorer of one of the greatest World Cup goals ever scored (sorry Czech Republic, or Czechoslovakia, as they were known then).  Over the last 6-8 years, the problem with the National team has been their lack of creativity, lack of vision.  There's no more magic in the Azzurri.  Primarily because there's no Roby.  Euro '96 could have been different if it wasn't for Arigo Sacchi.  How could you not pick the man that single handledly took the country to the final of the World Cup, just two years before.  Sadly, this has been a serious problem in Italian football for years.  It really is a shame, that due to injuries and the ignorance and stupidity of the managers, coaches and officials in the Italian game, we barely got to see what Roberto Baggio was really capable of.  \n\nHell, he was transfered from Inter Milan because he refused to tell the coach (Lippi, god I love him, but he fucked up!) which players were criticizing him.\n\nFucking politics!\n\nBy the way, one of my favourite moments has go to be when in 1998, Euro 2000, when Alessandro Del Piero came out, the Italian fans were all chanting 'Roby! Roby!'.  It's absolutely beautiful that some never forget the greats.  \n\nIn case anyone is interested, you can search for this on the net.  I seen a picture once of a banner that some Azzurri fans had brought to an International game.  It read Pele + Maradona = Baggio.  I'm not quite sure about that, but if you aren't aware of Baggios' true talent, check some clips in the net of him.  His skills were very comparable to Maradona.\n\nAnd to the ignorant fools that say he'd too old.  You obviously know nothing about football.  Ever heard of Roger Milla?  And on top of that, check some clips of Baggio in his last couple of seasons, mainly the goals against Lazio, Udinese, Inter and Juventus.  Sheer class!\n\nBy the way, who was the first ever Golden Foot winner in 2003?  Beating the likes of Batistuta, Romario, Zidane, Figo and Giggs?  That's right...Baggio!\n\nForever in our hearts, Baggio, the last of the fantasia.
808321
They do and it is sacrilege. Another nail in the coffin of the real Chelsea. It's like Liverpool putting away fans in the Kop. It shouldn't be allowed, but unfortunately Peter Kenyon has no regard for history.
437381
not a tottenham supporter but an anti-scum supporter so will be cheering spurs on tomorrow - most of all hope you get the last champions league spot.\n\ncome on you spurs (thats the first time ive ever said that before)
804244
I haven't read that but it has to be the ultimate grasping at straws. Quite frankly not even Walter could do much with this team and he is better off where he is. He has achieved all he probably wants to at Rangers so why go back when he has near cult status as Manager of Scotland. Although is has never been mentioned I have a funny feeling that if anyone is waiting in the wings it may be Graham Souness. Out of a job and still big mates with Murray so dont discount it if the Mint fires Le Guen.
412636
I'm a Spurs fan, but didn't see the game Saturday, so I can't really comment on that specifically.  However, having said that, hasn't Ron Artest caused enough disruption for one lifetime?  He's completely naive if he thinks he really has any benefit of the doubt left to exhaust.
1177169
Yes.  It was incredibly unsportsmanlike and a player of Figo's experience, stature and position of captain should have known better.\n\nHe should be sent home from the tournament.  Period.
505879
Funnily enough, I've become quite immune to Pleat. (His pronounciations used to drive me insane, but now I find them quite amusing. Current Pleat fave: Gael Clichy pronounced as Gael Cliché.)\n\nI always remember that when Ginola and Gillespie played on the flanks at Newcastle, Pleat used to pronounce their names as (hard 'G') Ginola and (soft 'G') Gillespie. Classic.\n\nMy current bête noire is Ian Wright on the beeb. He pouts and sulks like a petulant school kid, and offers no insight what-so-ever. (Lee Dixon looked positively embarrassed by him last night.) He kept going on about how "boring" England were against Hungary - which is useful.\n\n"Bring on Lennon," Wright said.\n\nTo which Dixon replied: "But that would mean taking off Beckham, and he's having a great game."\n\n"Bring him on anyway," says Wrighty. (Where the f*** is Sven supposed to put him, in goal?)
443943
I think that - yet again - the FA will not make the right choice:\nClough never managed England when he was obvoiusly the best coach\nTaylor was only appointed because the FA liked him.\nI happen to believe that the England coach has to understand English players and how they like to play.  This means he needs to have coached in the Premiership (and coached English players).\nSo all the names are being bandied about, but not Venables?  England played the best I ever saw under him, he understands players and knows how to get the best from them, but the FA won't even entertain him.  If not him I hope O'Neill gets it.
1171997
That's a tricky one mate \nSven Goran Eriksson say's he doesn't play enough games for Chelsea to be part of the national team, And then Selects Theo Walcott who 1) Has never played a 1st Team game for his club Arsenal and 2) Sven has never seen Walcott play any game before\nIan Wright (Ex Arsenal and TV Pundit), Shaun's adopted father, believes that Shaun's been left out of the England Squad because of the abuse He (Ian) has given Sven on TV regarding his tactics and Team selection. \nBut that is up for debate. But it does seem strange that Wright-Phillips has been left out.