What's available in the January transfer window that isn't available now? Woodgates aren't ten a penny.

Are Spurs keeping their cards so close to their chest because thwy have a weak hand? Does it contain jokers?

If, with sales balanced against purchases, our actual current outlay is approximately £1 mil, then there should be a hefty kitty to dip into still.

But two weeks is not much time to inititate and complete big-name signings. It's approaching bargain-basement time, when you buy something because it's cheap - even though it's not really what you're looking for, it doesn't quite fit and you'll probably never like it very much.

Can you confirm if Anton Ferdinand and Veloso deals are just paper talk Harry?

Nice one HH, I too am getting a little sceptical as to just what the hell is going on.

Smoothbum is, now isn't. Was he the answer anyway? I'm not so sure. Time is running out, and as Rednose said, Man Utd have time on their side.

Who is Jeannie?

frankly i'm not so concerned. we have started on the road for the last four seasons and haven't really done that well in any of the first matches. two of those seasons we were 5th and i really don't think ramos would let his squad come unstuck after such hard work in the summer.

berbatov should go, it'd be a relief for everyone. i wish he'd stay and be the one to score 25 for us but i think we all know that's just not going to happen. at least they saw the need for defensive reinforcements though, we're gonna face a lot better this season than middlesbrough's frontline.

Harry.....These two Russians, are they coming, I need an answer or atleast an update. Please

Please stop asking him what he knows...!!! He gets his information from other spurs message boards and portals. Sign up to on of them and you can have your own little blog just like Harry. Stop with the pseudo intellectual shit mate it dosen't suit a pretty little girl like you...

The whole berba thing has become nauseating,In truth I don't think anyone truly cares whether he gets his wish to fulfil his dream or stays with us. We just want it resolved!!

Also anton 'rude bwoy' ferdinand is not the answer JR !! we do need to draft in a CB sharpish but lets not make any hasty descions.
corluka is by far the ideal signing but other than that what happened to jarque ??

The season has started, we're up to 3 players short and the window is soon to slam shut on grubby little fingers....nice to know we've got things in order. HH, how about a quick run down on who we are gonna get in the next 2 weeks....

I am beginning to get the feeling that Levy hasn't got the money that we all think he has. If he did surely he would just pay the extra £2m and get on with the other signings (if there are to be any). It almost looks like he has to sell berba to fund the other deals.

Also with regards to the Arshavin transfer surely Levy can understand Zenits position with not lowering there price as that is exactly what we are doing with Berba and Man U.

Is there any truth in the Veloso story as we are in deperate need of a holding midfielder.

Thanks HH.

I'm going on Saturday and am a little worried. We always seem to concede goals from ex-spurs players. Harry you like to see Berba play from the start? (If he is still here)

Berbatov must start v Sunderland.

Without him we have no link up play in the middle as we saw on Saturday.

While he is a Spurs player he gets my support and he should stay unless Manure match our valuation.

Would prefer we buy a DM but OHara has at least some of the bite we missed at Boro and all last season too.

Playing him provides cover to the defence and gives Gio/Modric more freedom to play creatively.

COYS!

The weekend fixtures saw:
70% home wins
20% away wins
10% draw

Who's to say that, had we been at home, we wouldn't have been among the 70%? Worth bearing in mind, before we allow doubt to take a hold.

Gentlemen .. its a great day in history. The 19th of August. It also means that we have a good bit of time left until the end of the transfer window .. this team is too good on paper not to make something happen .. optimism, as ever, as only us yids know ..

Although i'm enjoying holding off Man U for Berba (it's about time someone stood up to their transfer bullying), it would surely be best for everyone if we just got rid of him now. It must be taking it's toll in the dressing room.

I'm very worried about Saturday. Mido scores against us at the weekend and we have Steed, Pascal and Teemo all coming back to WHL with a point to make to JR!!!

Jeannie - magic!

A fox, not in a box, but in a bottle. Well to start off with at least - or was she always in the lamp thing. Either way, I would what was wrong with Capt. Hagman anyway - is it because it was PG rated? I mean she was gagging!

What I'd like is a bit of magic, not Paul Daniels style, a bit of proper Jeanie blinking, or Samantha Stevens nose twitching. HH can you magic up all the ITK's in one room and make them tell us WTF is going in. No news is supposed to be good news, but no news is just driving me nuts.

Without harping on about the bloody Boro game, I think Hansen sumed it up best, he said a lot of very talented players, but a definate lack of balance and steel, I think the midfield looked very small and hardly combative, jesus, whats happened to us, Ramos must know what areas need attention, why have we not signed the players we need. Surley they can't flog Keane and Berbatov and be happy with Bent and a 19 year old mexican lad.

To give us a decent chance of getting into the top four, I believe we need a decent centre back (Dawson, lovely guy, but turning into the ginger pele) a strong experienced defensive midfielder and two top quality strikers (assuming Berb has gone)

Will it happen, who knows, but everyday, I, like many Spurs fans scour the net for info, in the hope than one day, we will be greated with "Spurs clinch sensational double signing of Arshavin and Pavlyuchenko in 35 million pound deal" Indeed Harry, sweet dreams!

Reply to Ted:

Berbatov must start v Sunderland.

Without him we have no link up play in the middle as we saw on Saturday.

While he is a Spurs player he gets my support and he should stay unless Manure match our valuation.

Would prefer we buy a DM but OHara has at...

Ted

We would of had some link up play in the middle if Ramos hadn't lost the plot and decided to change the whole formation around and play a different system to the one that saw us play so well in pre-season. Why move J2S out to left wing when all summer he's done so well in behind Bent? Why play Bentley out of his favoured wide right position?? why keep Bale on the bench and play BAE instead?? Why play Les Dawson at CB when a cardboard cut-out of King would of done a better job??

I think the Boro game was a lesson for Ramos in why he should pick his strongest side every game and play players where they are most effective.

More bad news for Citeh fans...... If this doesnt smack of desperation than what does??

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Corluka, pack your bags. Your taxi to WHL awaits!

Harry I know that you don't have all the answers so I'm not going to ask any dumb questions. However I and many others do like your entertaining blog so Pops entering the blog chart at no. 6 above should introspect and excommunicate.

Reply to yidomatic:

Can you confirm if Anton Ferdinand and Veloso deals are just paper talk Harry?

of course he cant. he just nicks his news and 'inside info' off of coys. hey dont forget to click his sponsors.

We're all passing the day talking boring shit, because nothing is fuckin happening,someone must know, ITK's are shit.

I wish Berby would just start crying instead of sulking. Then that would be okay and noone would mind and we could be happy in the knowledge he was just emulating the actions of another Spurs legend.

KEEP BERBATOV (who cares if he doesn't smile. He is brilliant and this isn't a Miss World competition).
BUY CORLUKA (or another top defender)
BUY MIDFIELD ENFORCER (ideas welcome)

I'm not sure how much more dissecting we can aim at the wknds loss; we all knew it'd take a few games for the new signings to bed in properly. What we didn't know was that we'd start with a makeshift defense that really only served to highlight the deficiencies in our summers spending so far. In fact, for several seasons we've been crying out for a Defensive Mid and a top notch centre back (not to mention an out and out left winger!), so while Woodgate is a signing in the right mold, his tendency towards injury means its unlikely we'll survive without someone else coming in there too. How we play at home next underlies it all for me. thats the start we should be looking for.

These are the words of Diego Capel when he found out Barca were interested in him "The fact such huge teams are interested in you fills you with pride, but I’m relaxed and happy to play for Sevilla, who are a big club,”

That to me is a fantastic display of loyalty and exactly what Berbatov should be saying, instead of saying I dream of Manure, FUCKING MERCENARY

Sorry, I'll shut up about Berbatov, I'm boring myself

There's some real bitter boys about today. To be fair lads, keep your opinions to yourself, we use this blog to chat as fellow spurs supporters, HH hasn't claimed to know things others don't so take your pointless whining elsewhere... It's ashame that some supporters of our beloved club don't seem to possess the manners and grace that others do.

Supporting Spurs is like living in an episode of Dad's Army.

I can hear Private Frazer intoning, 'We're doomed.'

Then there's Lance Corporal Jones yelling, 'Don't panic!'

What I want to hear is the spiv, Private Walker - the man who can get you anything, including a couple of CBs, a DM and some decent strikers. "Mind you, as it's war-time it will cost you, 'cos you can't get 'em."

I've never thought of Levy as a spiv before.

I can't stop thinking of Dawson as Private Pike.

Why is it the world and his dog can see the glaring holes in our squad and yet we haven't made the required signings. I am also a little bemused as to why we haven't signed one Spanish player.
Any team wishing to perform well in the EPL or in any other league for that matter need to do so from a base of a strong defence, i see our defence as one of the weakest in the league.
Unless this is addressed in the remaining 10 days or so it will another season of us Spurs fans scratching our heads wondering wtf is going on

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Supporting Spurs is like living in an episode of Dad's Army.

I can hear Private Frazer intoning, 'We're doomed.'

Then there's Lance Corporal Jones yelling, 'Don't panic!'

What I want to hear is the spiv, Private Walker - the man who can get you anything,...

Don't tell 'em your name pike!!

Blimey, thats a very very good analogy.

Reply to 9__37:

Supporting Spurs is like living in an episode of Dad's Army.

I can hear Private Frazer intoning, 'We're doomed.'

Then there's Lance Corporal Jones yelling, 'Don't panic!'

What I want to hear is the spiv, Private Walker - the man who can get you anything,...

Hey waccy, remember the grapes?

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Do you honestly think Berb will play Saturday? I don't, and I think it will be sorted by then. He and his Alice would need appease the Spurs faithful, or the club would need to make some statement. I for one won't boo, but won't applaud either.

Trouble with all these other rumours is that we're all building ourselves up with talk of stars and all we'll get is meteorites.