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Everyone is talking about Tottenham for the second season running, last year it was how we were expected to challenge for the top four, this year it is the Ramos revolution.

Having already signed playmaker Modric, Spurs have reportedly agreed a fee for another midfield playmaker, one Giovani Dos Santos, a Mexican playing at Barcelona.  What else do they have in common, well they both chose Spurs over Chelsea.

Two more players have expressed their interest in coming to Tottenham namely Manchester City central defensive rock Richard Dunne and 21 year old Nice goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, regarded as the best young French keeper around.

Brazillian club Cruzeiro want £6 million in one lump for Bolivian striker Marcelo and Seville are considering Spurs offer for wide man Diego Capel.

And lets not forget Jonathon Woodgate also chose Spurs over going to Newcastle to win trophies and Alan Hutton left Rangers UEFA cup run to join Spurs. Two great signings who have picked up Carling Cup Winners medals already.

What does all this tell, Spurs have ambition, obviously, there will be departures from White The Lane, definately, but more than that, it tells us players know Tottenham are on the brink of Champions League football.  They are showing they want to come here and be a part of the fight, the journey, they are as excited as we are.  It matters not who comes in for our targets, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United or clubs with money like Manchester City and Aston Villa.  The Ramos revolution is a powerful lure and a selling point to entice.

Take heart fellow Lilywhites, we are going to be putting in a serious challenge for 4th spot next year, start looking forward to it. Let me ask you all a question, if these signings and more materialise, do you think this might just convince a certain Dimitar Berbatov to stay? Is that beyond the bounds of possibility?

The longer the break drifts on, the more stars we sign, the greater the lure becomes, will he or won’t he, dare we Spurs fans start to believe?

Speculation time at the Lane with a host of old names and a few new ones thrown in the ring.

Harry Hotspur in his blog makes a case for Ronaldinho coming to Spurs to rebuild his reputation, stating he is only talking to Spurs and AC Milan. What do you think? Regardless of whether he would come to Spurs or not, are you for or against the idea?

Who would you like to see arrive?

Let me throw two names at you, one young, one experienced for the left side.

Having watched him several times I am a fan of Aiden McGeady at Celtic, a lovely left sided winger who can cross and is not afraid to take people on. He on one side and Lennon running at pace on the right would force teams to defend.

Another with a sweet left foot who has lost his form of late is John Arne Riise at Liverpool. He would add experience to the squad and can play in defence or midfield.

We have Gareth Bale coming back of course and we don’t know where Ramos will want to play him so do we need a full back or midfielder?

Bring on the summer and let’s see who we acquire.

At last someone has admitted it, Spurs prolific strikers do not score enough goals.

Don’t be daft some will say but stop and think how many chances Tottenham create. Often Spurs are all over teams but do not tuck the ball away. This has to improve.

There have been over 100 goals at White Hart Lane, but not enough of them scored by Tottenham. Attack is the Spurs philosophy now, that’s great, but you have to back it up will goals aplenty, 4 - 4 draws are not good enough.

Look at the Chelsea game, Spurs could and should have won 5-4 in the dying moments. This is exactly the type of chance that Tottenham have missed to many of, the type Spurs must score more of.

During the summer Ramos must be ruthless with under achievers and buy quality. Tottenham after the sale of Defoe have 3 strikers, Bent will surely go, Berbatov might be tempted by the Champions League, leaving Spurs only with Keane. To try and find 2 quality strikers is difficult, 3, well I just can’t see that much money being available when you consider the need for a central defender, a full back and a new creative spark in midfield.

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.