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Tottenham players ask themselves, should I stay or should I go?

With the season effectively over everybodies thoughts have now turned to the summer clearout, the next step in the Ramos Revolution. Not many games left to win over the boss and claim a new contract. here is our verdict on those who’s future is on the line.

Paul Robinson - we are actively seeking keepers so his days are numbered.

Radek Cerny - a very average keeper to my mind, sell and bring in a younger understudy to whoever we sign as our number 1.

Pascal Chimbonda - he wants to leave. He dribbles to much out of defence and was sold two dummies completely taking him out the game on the halfway line against PSV Eindhoven. We are told he is good in the air but has little effect in the opposition penalty area. He makes a good squad member but he will be going.

Lee Young-Pyo - surely he must be able to play at right back as he is right footed, he can’t cross with his left. I would retain him as a squad player if he is able to play right back.

Michael Dawson - some reports suggest he will be sold, I am a fan. He and King formed a great partnership and he carried our defence last year. I strongly think he should be one of our four centre backs.

Younis Kaboul - he is young but has not shown yet he is reliable, like Chimbonda he likes to dribble out of defence too much and gets caught. Because of his age I’ll come down on the side of keeping him.

Ricardo Rocha - he is not really good enough, reliable yes for a mid table side a good squad player, but as we are looking beyond that, sell.

Aaron Lennon - why has he stopped going past players with pace? He is playing the ball backwards a lot more and needs to start running at defenders again. His final ball still needs work and I think he is one that should be retained and developed, a bit like Shaun Wright-Phillips has at Chelsea.

Kevin Prince-Boateng - again very young, we have players who have promise but are not ready to deliver. All he seems to do is play a simple pass and keep the ball apart from getting booked every time he tries to make a tackle. We need players who can deliver now so another for the boot.

Darren Bent - goodbye. Dimitar Berbatov scored with a volley against PSV, Bent missed the target, that sums it up.

Off on holiday next week with a Gooner and 2 Hammers, think I might enjoy myself!

And so I thought we would have a laugh with some funny football before the big night on Wednesday. Good luck boys.

Below I have listed a couple of web pages for your entertainment, I dare you not to laugh;

http://hubpages.com/hub/Funny-Football

http://hubpages.com/hub/Funny-Football-2

Who remembers Steve Perryman MBE, her is a site devoted to Mr Reliable the Smiling Assasin;

http://hubpages.com/hub/Steve-Perryman

Why not pick up the Steve Perryman Signed Autobiography available from Tottenham Memorabilia for £27.97 including FREE postage and packaging. Amazon retail price £35.00.

Enjoy.

Will he be a Hit or  a Miss?

It’s very hard to tell after half a game but if you had to side one way or the other which way would you go with Spurs new signing Gilberto?

He can certainly use his left foot, seemed to be the only one he could use, which does beg the question, why can players of today not use both feet like Sir Bobby Charlton?

Whenever possible Gilberto was seen going down the left touch line and wanting the ball with some attacking flair. He reminded me of an England and former Gooner full back, being left footed and adding width. When settled next season with Gareth Bale in front of him they could form a left side pairing not many sides in the top flight have.

Clearly he is comfortable on the ball, has skill and a mean line in rugby tackles!

Ok the goal was his fault, a pass to Chimbonda and not a dribble was called for. He had no idea what his fellow defenders were doing and was constantly getting caught out of position, but they will be resolved with a greater understanding of his team mates, which only matches can provide.

Gilberto’s first game makes me think back to the debut of Kaboul, he looked skillful and very promising before the realisation that he wants to dribble his way out of defence every chance he gets.

So for me pushed to side one way or the other, he will be a hit. How about you, what do you think?

A couple of things catch my eye today.

Reports suggest Spurs are making a second attempt to sign Aiden McGeady from Celtic and Juande Ramos waiting until the summer before appointing a goalkeeping coach.

Aiden McGeady plays on the left of midfield for Celtic and has 17 caps for the Republic of Ireland. I have watched him twice and he looks a very skillful player. I was very impressed especially for one so young.

The 21 year old Scottish Premier League February Player of the Month states on his website, that his is playing a more direct style, using his pace and ball skills to tryand get to the byline to cross.

He is not the finished article and at 21 you would not expect him to be, but he is of the age that the club like as an investment for the future.

Have you seen him play, what do you think, would he be a good addition to the squad? Leave a comment and let’s hear your views.

It has been forgotten that we have not had a goalkeeping coach since Hans Segers left with Perry Suckling from the Youth Academy filling in. Like everyone else goalkeepers need a coach, but for them it does have to be a specialist coach, otherwise all they are working on are the basic training routines and not improving their positional play for instance.

I do feel this is where Paul Robinson has been unfairly left to work on his own problems with an inexperienced coach at Premier Leagus level. I am sure this could not have helped him when his confidence was low. Personally I think he should have been taken out of the firing line earlier, but I totally agree with him returning. Presumably the manager was not impressed by Cerny and had to stick with Robinson.

Backroom staff are often overlooked but are vital, just look when England won the Rugby World Cup in Australia under Sir Clive Woodward. he left no stone unturned putting in place an array of specialists the like of which England had not seen before. This is an overlooked area when you consider most sports these days are played in the mind. On the field it is all about making the right decision at the right time and that not only comes from the experience of playing but also from the mental approach.

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For all those Spurs fans remembering the glory years, make your way over to Tottenham Memorabilia where you can pick up his Limited Edition Autobiography on CD, Steve Perryman - Tales of a Tottenham Legend.

 It is a 60 minute question and answer session about his career and comes with a signed photograph and Certificate of Authenticity for £27.97 which includes Free postage and packing.

There have only been 1,000 of these made and they are not widely available. You can pick one up for