Closed for business!

I refuse to look on any bright side ox, not for now anyway. 8 transfer windows have gone by and it is the same every time. Headlines reads 'Spurs missed out on Damaio on transfer dateline day'. Sounds familiar . UNBELIEVABLE. Arrrghh !!

Ban Madabout for his "First"! That will cap (or begin) a terrible day for him

The Townsend deal baffles me

It would appear AVB was not kidding when he said early January that NOBODY will be coming in. Holtby coming in earlier is just a little sweetener to placate all of us. I am truly stunned. This is worse than Saha and Nelson last year.

Made me smile micyid, thanks, I needed that .

Levy should make a public apology to the souls of all the previous greats of our club. Once again today he has spat in the face of our tradition and shown the utter contempt he has for the fans.

spurfect one
Townsend - one less wage to pay. :0(

cant say im surprised by the lack of a descent striker arriving, the midfield are going to be under pressure now to put chances on a plate or we'll be moving down the table and if that happen's i dont see any reason for bale to stay, then move another few places back..

Chrishove have you learnt nothing? Don't be so fecking gullible.

Oh before I forget about it. I can't remember who it was but they bragged about how great and utterly reliable that their ITK was, as he was a friend of our great benefactor and has been for many years. He was told of a massive Portugese signing reliably informed 100% in the bag. HEY where is this huge top signing? Just goes to show all these ITK's are really IDK's (I Don't Knows)

We put ourselves through this every window - still waiting with my last bit of optimism that the striker is announced even at 11:30!

Might catch a striker, i mean a stripper !

jenas does'n,t play so on the playing side that is irrelevant, defoe is badly out of form and so is ade and neither look like turning the corner any time soon

Left feeling "uninspired".......but..we did recently add Fryers and Holtby.....to our large squad. I make it that we still have over 20 established premiership players. Loseing Bale to injury is the real worry to me though. We've seen him in the past, miss large parts of the season. I just hope someone doesn't "do him"...if you know what i mean. Now for saturday.....hopefully, Holtby will make his full debut.

Townsend would have gave us natural width if needed,i know he would not have started games but he was the only option we have that could stay wide. Not getting players in is fustrating, leaving ourselves short in key positions is suicide!

Gotta smile, Mad, being angry ain't gonna solve anything. I was hopeful of a signing but I'm just shrugging it off now. They told us not to expect anyone. If people are to take what they read as true, and some people believe everything, then we didn't intend to spend, AVB requested we try for Damiao, we put a bid in, Inter did their usual rubbish, Levy refused to pay more. Ho hum, this fella surely can never come to us now. Don't think anyone really wants him anymore. He'll probably continue to have a poor season and they'll be forced to flog him for a lot less than we offered to some spanish team. We had no back up plan because we didn't plan on getting anyone in in this period in the first place. An optimistic view would be that Levy has shown he backs his manager by actually bothering to make a bid. 17million is no pocket change for a young striker who is having an off season by all accounts.

It was more fun last year when Kaka was at the Lane. Why did we not sign him?

i dont know who avb wanted but id like to think there was a list of players and they weren't scratching around hoping damiao would become available at the last min, which is what it looks like..

do you think JD is off form or just mad he has no decent strike partner?? i'm not i'm not surprised the window went like this as its true to form...if we make champions league and still don't lash some cash then i'm not sure what to think..dumbfounded 3 million extra for Damiao wasn't a done deal..

Spurfect one, I can only presume that Dempsey or Sigurdsson will play the wings when and if Bale and Lennon cannot. I suspect AVB will be rotating 16-18 players the rest of the way unless injuries become a further issue. COYS

Sad thing is I bet Ox had this pre-written, it was kind of obvious.

Is this really our squad? GK: Lloris, Friedel RB: Walker, Naughton CB: Dawson, Vertonghen, Caulker, Gallas, Kaboul (inj) LB: BAE RM: Lennon CM: Dembele, Parker, THud, Livermore, Carroll LM: Bale CAM: Holtby, Dempsey, Siggurdsson STR: Defoe, Adebayor

We have now turned into Arsenal. Levy you ******** ****. Biggest let down.

No depth, at all. I'm dreading the second half of the season.

Townsend was not playing. Why would that change now? Dempsey and Sigurdsson will still get in the game before him. I expect he won't play at QPR either. I'd have rather seen him go to Norwich or Reading if I'm honest. Pritchard and the "next Bale" are the real prospects. I have never really been impressed witb Andros. COYS

peterballb, 17 points behind the leaders, out of both domestic Cup competitions to lower league opposition by January... Every real Spurs fan on earth knew how much we needed a top class striker. Give up you pathetic arse licking Levy/Enic apologist!

Tottenham Hotcore, less than a game a week the rest of the way unless we progress in Europa. 2 players or more per position. How much cover do you want? XI plus subs can play. We're fine. COYS

whitehartmart, Exactly! ENIC OUT!!!

hudderspur, I DO take offence. I think you will find that you cannot in fact combine "no offence mate" with "shut the ***** up"

Rein it in

Other than cover for wings, we all know that Ade adn Defoe should not be our first choice.CFs.

Damn good squad T Hotcore.

Lots of people led on by SSN re Damaio. Doubt very much if we went in for him. The entire story was strange. First they offered him then finally stated he couldn't go until the summer. SSN just bringing in the viewers. I have complete faith that AVB will lead this squad to CL this season 4th or 3rd.

let's not be totally doom and gloom. we are still in 4th and I do believe Holtby can make a difference and be a big upgrade over dempsey. However, we still have a wildcard and I don't think it's that wild...Adebayor can come back from the ACN and play in a lone striker role with Holtby behind him and I believe could be massive for us. Ade has obviously not had a great start to the season through injuries, suspensions, and form.. But, he's quality and while ineffective for much of the season I have only seen one game where he looked unmotivated which is promising. Hopefully, AVB is getting sick of putting Defoe on every team sheet, as he has been complete *****e for many games now and gives the Ade - Holtby partnership a real go.

I have always thought Levy had done good things for us overall but what has transpired here truly baffles me. Defoe, Adebayor, Dempsey with Lennon and thankfully Bale pitching in for all our goals. Big ask.

I really like to believe what "spurfect one" has said is true. AVB sees something we dont see at training and is confident of top 4 position but dont blame me if I change my name to Thomas as in "doubting Thomas" for the next few games.

Can't understand loaning out of Townsend - he's far from the finished article but if you need a goal in the last 15mins of a game he is the type of player to bring on - although he is a bit hit and miss he can actually beat players and put in a decent cross. Doesn't AVB know of any strikers in the Potugese league that could do a job for Spurs - I am more convinced than ever before that AVB has very little say in who is bought to the club - Levy seems to be turning into Abramovich - but without the cash.

least we've got the Europa Cup to look forward to again next season?

yep' good points their craig....just think.. siggy is best left to start on the bench, for me.

Looks like AVB will and is trying to build around 4-5-1 or 4-2-3-1 systems and will get this achieved by the next transfer window. As in: Lloris (GK); Walker (RB), Kaboul / Vertonghen (CB); BAE (LB); Lennon (RW) Sandro (injured) / Parker (DM) Dembele (CM) Bale (LW); Holtby (AM) just behind striker; Adebayor (CF). Substitutes: Friedel, Naughton, Caulker, Carrol, Obika and Defoe. In this scenario, if Parker gets injured during the game then Caulker comes in and Vertnghen gets pushed further up into (DM). With Kaboul still out then Vert and Caulker at (CB), with Dawson coming in and Vert moving to (DM) should an injury happen to either CB. My problem / question is who is cover for Lennon or Bale with Falque, Townsend on loan? Ahhh........what do I know? Just ge us Lilywhite supporters 3rd or minimum 4th spot and I dont want to listen to excuses anymoe.....whatever the excuse might be (for or anti- Levy / ENIC / Lewis!!!! COYS!!!! Bring on WBA.

''CLOSED FOR STOCK TAKING'' that's the sign over Levy's door. Always look on the bright side of life'' We have got shot of Jenas, that alone is a bonus, now let's concentrate on finishing as high as possible, why all these negative thoughts, it was fun on ''Deadline Day Debate'' we hoped for a miracle, but it never happened, so onwards and upwards, WBA @ the weekend, to everyone who took the time and trouble to post, thanks for all the laughs, we have great support on here, stay lucky guys, your all one in a million.

I am not able to justify Levy's inaction here. Yes 20 mil for Damaio may be OTT but we had 31 days to get a striker in and it does not have to be a 20 mil signing. WE NEEDED A STRIKER to bolster our attack. Almost all barr one or 2 of us would agree with that.

Amen "spu 4 life'" just that in my case "CLOSED FOR CATHCING UP WITH MY SLEEP!" Long day and a disappointing one if I may add. Bring on the Baggies!!!!! COYS!

Thanks spu4life , liked your jokes in the previous article too. I'm going to try to let this 'we need striker' thing go. lol

@Lady Yid: In fairness to Obika, I dont get to see much of the younger players (stay in the Philippines where basketball is the national game) but I really hope that Obika or one of the younger forwards / strikers does an "ala Bale" where AVB's hands are forced to bring one i and play him due to an injury and Obika / the youngster shines and goes on to be a star (15 to 18 goal wonder)!!!! A man is allowed to dream they say..... Well, the transfer window has come and gone.....All the best to our beloved team and AVB!!! COYS!

Goodbye JJ. Thanks for the memorys, especially those good games against le scum. Shame it never really happened for you at Spurs but good luck at QPR. As for Damiao its as if some of you were just waiting to kick off as soon as the window shut - It was never going to happen yet you fall for it every single time. Lastly hats off to David Beckham. Sure he's rich as pi$$ - but its stilll an act that needs congratulationg giving millions to charity to stuff, great ambassador to English football.

oh yeah.... thanks Tornado Yid. Damn, I forgot about Dempsey and Siggy. Ok so we have Siggy that can help cover the wings and (AM) if need be......and we also have Dempsey to cover for (AM) too just not the striker's position I hope. Thanks for the reminder TornadoYid.....In my depressed and sleepy condition I forgot those two players.. Cheers! COYS!

All the best to Jermaine Jenas :-)

its all about effort and win loose draw as a team. look at man u matching city all the way last season and 7 points clear this time now, we took 4 points from them, its in our own hands just like last season. we have enough in our locker to finish top 4. its ours to loose again. if we had everton's fight and desire things may be different. if we dont get CL what a downer it will be for the club

Madaboutspurs, your comment about the "little sweetener" is spot on, an exactly what some of us said would be the case 3 weeks ago, Fryers and Holtby were always going to be our only signings. When I quoted AVB's statements re "we don't envisage any more signings in the January window" I was villified, but of course he was right, if misguided and sad. It was never Fagin's intention to spend in this window, irrespective of the needs on the pitch, that is of little or no concern to him, we are a business like any corner shop, supermarket, bank or any other concern. We are a piece of Nth London real estate that was purchased by our owners for peanuts, that just happens to house a football club, their objective is to grow the value of the business by reducing operating cost to a minimum, and putting up a couple of buildings, but only if somebody else will pay for them, and when they see fit to sell it at a mind blowing profit. Of course all of this is of no benefit to fans, unless they happen to be shareholders, they will just see their club be nearly but not quite successful, or worse, particularly until 2018 while it is starved of investment to pay for a new stadium, to enhance the property portfolio, as Levy controls and retards progress as he has in this transfer window. He and Lewis practice the George Osborne school of economics, screw everybody to the floor, eradicate debt, but then when you turn round, you have managed to starve everything into submission, so their is nothing left to progress and grow. If he has succeeded in sabotaging our season, I hope in late May when we have failed to make the CL, he is made acutely aware of the true supporters frustrations.

dont post much.but we all love spurs.

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande de Sul. Can go down to minus 3 or 4 Celsius from May through August. The lad has seen some London-like weather there. Of course, it can get very hot in summer, Dec, Jan.

o god has it really come down to the weather imalready as depressed as can be

Frank, after this latest transfer window debacle, I can understand why you are often quite negative with how the club is run. I see where you're coming from.

FRank, other than a loan (and please tell me what striker who ticks all the boxes is available on a loan), who was going to come for six months so that AVB could get who he actually wanted. Is it not possible that Harry did not see players out there that could be afforded who were an improvement on what we had? Could it not be that the piece to the puzzle that AVB wants is not available. I know. Buy anyway. Get some guy you don't want and sign him to a 5 year contract. What could possibly go wrong with that? It is asinine to build only for the here and now. Negredo, Diame and others were being flogged to us, Liverpool and Arsenal. All three have issues. All three need solutions. None of them jumped at what was on offer. Why is that? Does Levy run those clubs too? Bentley was signed for what Ramos wanted to do. Harry came in and since then he has been a wage burden. 18 more months to go, it seems. AVB said all along, as you rightly point out that he did not intend to buy anyone. He said, ad nauseum, he did not think we needed a striker. Yes, after the clearly poor performances of Defoe and the sudden willingness of Internacionale to consider parting with Leandro, we went in. He is a target. Just too much though. I'm sure he is still a target, If he sucks over the next while, he may no longer be a target. If you have watched him since the Olympics, he has not looked as great as he did a year ago. I attribute it to too many games, but still, he has looked anything but good. Is he really going to come in and play in front of Defoe and Adebayor in the 4-5-1 that would appear to be what AVB is intending? I seriously doubt it.

Would I have liked us to sign Son, Castaignos, Perisic, Arnautovic, Belhanda and others? Sure. But they aren't being bought for me. If AVB doesn't want them, there is no place in the squad for them. COYS

Decent window. Signed a very decent player in Holtby on the cheap, managed to get rid of some deadwood, get some of the decent you get players out on loan and swerve wasting money in Damiao, a very overrated player or any other last minute rubbish. Well done Daniel Levy.

Our strikers last year at this time were Adebayor, Defoe, Saha. This year they are Adebayor, Defoe and Dempsey. Worse off? I can't buy that. Clearly we will be playing one up top. I don't see that being Defoe. So, Adebayor, who has been on holiday all year can now come in and hopefully make certain that we do not swoon in relegation form as we did the past two seasons. Let's see what happens. If we were going to be lucky to finish 6th this season, I have a hard time understanding why people are so ticked off. I'll suggest there is a plan in place and AVB is sticking to it. We have spent 65M on quality players. On the sales side of things other than Modric, I don't feel we are worse off for any of those who have gone. If Townsend, Pritchard, Dawkins, Kane, Gomes, Smith all get playing time, we are better off. Getting Pritchard to sign an extension, IMO, was huge. He, McEvoy, Luongo, Smith and a few others (Lancaster, Coulthirst) will all be knocking on the door soon enough. COYS

The year we got CL gave us about 35M extra. That was not just CL, it was making it t the round of 8. Group stages gets you about 20-25M depending on your results and your TV money. No we are not broke. Nor were Leeds when they made that same gamble. They are still in the wilderness. Our scouts have identified players. That's why Fryers, Holtby and others were identified and bought. Pompey weren't broke when they spent. They were broke as a result of their spending. It is rarely the fee that is the issue. 15M for Bentley. No issue. His unmovable salary, huge issue. Still an issue. Will be next year too. Just keeps on hurting. That much less every week we can afford to spend. Get a striker in AVB doesn't want on a salary that can't be moved and that's less money to spend. We are one of seven teams all fighting for the same thing. City and United are certain. That leaves 5 fighting for 2 spots. AVB believes the squad is good enough as it is. I agree. It's not a guarantee. The players in the squad have the talent to get the job done. Since the Arsenal game we are 7W1L4D in the PL. It's not all that bad. COYS

I really hope AVB and you are right peter. I shall back our team all the way in the next few months. COYS !!

Looks like we're really into saving our money for the stadium. So, when are we going to see our new 60 thousand seater? Will we have bums in every seat when the stadium eventuates. The longer this drags out, our fan base may start to shrink. We need CL to attract new supporters, imo.

Gotta say the whole saga does stink. But I'm going to put it behind me and I'm 100% behind AVB an the lads. If they fail to achieve top 4 status come May2013, I'd be looking to Levy for answers, not AVB.

We are one or 2 injuries away from some serious trouble.

ox, poll please. Has this been a good or bad window? I know where the votes are going to stack up.

I don't see a good squad, good starting 11, but just an injury or 2 from disaster. And we have no decent bloody striker. I just can't believe there wasn't at least a loan option, somewhere.

Peterballb, my main point was that a club in our situation should not have left itself so exposed in the striker position. I also refuse to believe that we were not in a position to pay £15 - £20m for a striker. I am also convinced that Levy makes bids that he knows will be refused because he is not interested in making the signings. As a football fan I am more interested in the strength of our team than the strength of our balance sheet.

Hotcore...great minds think alike

Name me a club in the top 8 besides spurs whose wide left player is the top scorer?! We have the weakest strike force in the top 8 and Levy has done nothing about it! I dont believe for a second an actual offer was made for Damiao and believe Levy's media team leaked BS info to make us think he made an effort! If the offer was real, surely after 3 windows of negotiation you know what they want for the player so why offer less?! This is a disaster and i fear we will pay for it AGAIN! Spurs to finish 6th!

at least we signed noone....

We've been Levyed. I wrote and article on September 1st about DL and his deadline day ghost bids, Augero, Mouthinho etc. Most laughed but I guaranteed we wouldn't spend the £20m we were 'apparently' willing to spend on August 31st in Jan. Low and behold we haven't, just like we never see the £35m we 'apparently' bid for Augero. What makes me mad is how stupid Levy thinks we are.

Jhbspur - arsenal's top scorer is Walcott... He has played sometimes up front but mainly not. I cannot understand why people were mostly silent about our striker situation in August with 38 games to go, but seem incensed when we have the same scenario but with only 14 games to go! I was not happy in August. Now there just isn't any point with so little season to go.

What an amazing night!! Can't believe we finally landed Damiao!! Wow what a player cant wait to see him line up on sunday against west brom. Another good buy with getting Diame in to replace the injured Sandro for a sensible 3.5 mil. I think the most beautiful bit of all tho was the unexpected 11th hour signing of David Villa! Absolutely amazing night and Levy hats off to you sir you are a legend!!! (Wakes up from nice dream and realises the reality... starts crying into pillow).

What an amazing night!! Can't believe we finally landed Damiao!! Wow what a player cant wait to see him line up on sunday against west brom. Another good buy with getting Diame in to replace the injured Sandro for a sensible 3.5 mil. I think the most beautiful bit of all tho was the unexpected 11th hour signing of David Villa! Absolutely amazing night and Levy hats off to you sir you are a legend!!! (Wakes up from nice dream and realises the reality... starts crying into pillow).

TR-mate, We don't have to compare our spending to any other club...up until two years ago we made a net investment in the first team, whilst we did that we went from mid table to challenging and then breaking into the top4 when we pulled the plug....as we saw on the way up there is a lag between investment and result. As for getting a striker we still have half the season left...you seem to forget that we don't buy until the 31st of August!

so levy and AVB lied is that what you mean OX when you say they didn't talk of spending millions but then went out and offered millions? Of course I suspect they knew like the rest of us 13/17m was not going to be enough for Leandro but it gives the plebs something to talk about...

oh well there is always peter Obinwinge kicking his heels back to the Baggies...................after all he must be good Harry wanted him??

Shedboy - apologies for the typo, that was the auto correct being completely stupid...

Hopefully it will be business back to normal now! It’s a Big game on Sunday, looking forward to playing West Brom at their place. They have conceded a fair few in their last games but I think they have a defender returning from the ANC probably in time for the game. Lukaku is a threat and I wonder the best defence line up to go with? Defoe is due a goal or two and I bet he will be up for this one. Can we get a new article Ox to blab on? Cheers. COYS.

No one has said we haven't got a strong squad from the goalkeepers To the attacking midfielders. What we all should be in agreement is we Need a striker. Dempsey is NOT a striker. We have two. 1. Is out of the Country and is desperately out of form and the other is Defoe. The less said about him the better, oh and he's carrying a knock. I don't blame levy last season, he didn't trust Harry and was unsure he Would still be here. But he must back AVB. He's had two windows to sort This problem of ours. Ba? Would he have improved us? Could we afford the 7.5M fee? The 70k wages? I'm sure we could. There are plenty more as well! We still could get 4th but the odds are against us now. Cheers Danny boy.

*Stoke even

AVB said himself they got Dempsey to score as he is a scorer so he obviously sees him as a striker or front man. We got Ade a striker so to be far we have brought in two forwards and he also said it is hard to keep four strikers happy. So we have three forwards problem is Dempsey didn't hit the ground and is not prolific at the moment but may be AVB feels he will get us enough goals. Defoe is Defoe starts well then goes weeks without a goal and ADe has been woeful. Bringing in another forward at a huge costs is probably not what they want to do to have four strikers may be they feel it is up to AVB to get Defoe and Ade and Dempsey working harder not throw twenty mil on a striker. Personally I cannot see Ade or Defoe here in the summer if they are and Dempsey remains then unless we get CL I can't see that striker coming because can we keep four strikers happy. Easy to say sell one but will they go, look we haven't been able to sell players that easily. May be the philosophy is you have the strikers and you need to get them playing. If they don't perform may be we will try and sell in the summer and then replace but may be three is the limit. Huge gamble because Ade and Defoe are not in form and Dempsey has not proven himself at this level yet but who knows may be they will turn their game around and all of them will produce the goods.

Jonathan, there are 2 ways to get to the top. 1. The Arsenal way. Be clever, have a clear long-term strategy, buy young and continually invest profits back into the team and hopefully build a new 60,000 stadium fit for a club of our size and then hopefully start winning things. Or 2. The City/Chelsea way. Bring in a sugar daddy new owner and literally buy our way to the top. Given that not once in 13 years has Joe Lewis ever put his hand in his own pocket that's simply not going to change. I don't like it but either but what's the point in constantly moaning about it. The only way to do it with ENIC in charge is option 1. At least it means we have a plan now and we are on the right track.

Having said that I am not convinced myself AVB can get the strikers firing on all cylinders because Defoe has always been inconsistent and Ade has always been a problem throughout his career and Dempsey has never played at this level. I hope we do have enough to get us that CL spot, only consolation is Arsenal and Chelsea are also inconsistent but Everton look strong this season.

By the way, qualifying for the CL does NOT suddenly take us to financial wonderland. We will still be the same club with the same financial constraints - as was proven last time we qualified! For example the full package for a £25m striker on £100k a week wages over a 5 year contract would be £51m! ONE CL campaign would pay for just over half of that! We need to get real and trust the current strategy.

Disappointed. Deflated. Confused. Can't decide if I'm disgusted but I can say I'm not surprised. No Leandro. No Ricky. No Wilfried. No Alvaro. Not even a Gary or a punt at a Championship striker. So no back up plan to JD, who is one dimensional & only any use when HE is scoring as he can't see a pass to save his life, and Ade who is not one dimensional but isn't scoring. So where do the goals come from now? Now we are down to a little luck & some scraped results to stay 4th. Where's our ambition? Our statement that 4th place is ours? This says "We'll give it a go but...' and how will that affect Bale etc? Modders left 'cos of this. What will other potential targets think of joining in the summer? It just gives out the wrong signals to everyone - especially us fans. I am so glad I went down the pub last night for a few pints of Headless Peg & didn't sit in waiting....

thfa, dont forget Liverpool. They have and will continue to improve. Sturridge a good signing addressing their lack of strikers.

I'm trying to keep a calm and level head about this. I expected nothing, and that's what we got. I refused to get carried away with the ITK's and SSN propaganda, and so it was with a marginal sense of relief that I welcomed 11p.m last night. Despite it extinguishing the tiny glimmer of hope I had that we would be surprised with our dream striker arriving. It didn't, we dust ourselves off, and we move on. The first thing I'd say is I am increasingly dismayed at the amount of people on here berating each other. Specifically those who accuse those of you (US!!) of lacking support for our club when we express anger and frustration at our apparent inability or unwillingness to go the extra mile to strengthen our team and squad in the one area when it is desperately needed and has been for far too long. There seems to be a division forming which harks back to the pro-Harry/anti-Harry days, simply substitute Harry with Enic/Levy/Lewis. If people on here are angry, it's borne out of love and ambition for OUR club. And without wishing to sound like a total hippy, we're all in this together. Debate all you want, it's what the forum's here for after all. But name-calling and abuse just makes me (and presumably a lot of other people) either skip pages or turn off the page altogether. I said at the start of this season that I thought we'd finish 6th, and that anything over and above would be a bonus in AVB's first season. And I have to remember that, despite our current position giving me a stronger sense of optimism. I would also point out that any transfer window which sees the departure from our squad and wage bill of Jermain Jenas can NOT be considered an abject failure. Come on you beautiful Spurs!!!

So, apart from Fryers & Holtby, we didn't sign the biggie everyone expected. Levy didn't pull his "usual" mega signing out of the hat. Whoopidee-fecking-doo!!

So what!? It's not Levy's responsibility to sign players just because we THINK we need them or because we merely WANT them.

OK, be disappointed, even be a little bit annoyed over the same old "Damaio" crap, but the sheer ire & venom being spouted simply because a mega star wasn't signed is pathetic! Some of the reaction has been ridiculous & well OTT. Those of you who've reacted in this way should fecking grow up!

jvd. foul mouth? Compare my arse statement to the filthy language used on this site directed to the likes of Frank, myself and any other REAL Spurs fan who want this Enic mob out by the Enic Hotspur Fan Club members. And the language on here directed at Harry by the Enic mob was disgrace last season as Levy was preparing to use the old Enic back stabbing Dagger! And just watch the Enic fan club members turn on AVB (with their foul language) when it all goes wrong again... Apologises to peter, if my calling him an Levy arse licker offended him. I am sure there must have been a politer way of phrasing the truth, just a few minutes after the Enic mob took done over their customers in yet another transfer window...

Spuds, calm down no ones firing bullets. I dont read sheer ire and venom, I read disappointment. Most of us would have settled for 6th, in AVBs first season etc, but that was before he got us into 4th position with a team that lacks goal power. Defoe is playing OK, Ade isn't. Defoe is carrying an injury. We need options in that posiiton, not a mega signing. Perhaps Obika can be developed or Coulthirst, but we are an injury away from a bit of a problem. And dont forget, unless I have missed anything in the media, Ades first stop on return is not the training ground but the Chairmans office to bitch about his manager. Great start.

youve all got to think, man united didnt sign anybody big for this season, neither did man city, neither did chelsea, so why should we... jan window is mainly for relegation clubs and clubs that dont want to get sucked in... big player dont tend to go in january... c it as a positive that we are not panic buying like the old days, we have got to fourth with the squad we have and chelsea are going to come unstuck, we have the squad to get third, for you fans that curse the club, go support the club up the road from us, oh i forgot they are worse off than us COYS

Spuds-U-Like - no, you just have a different opinion of where the border between the two lies

We got tumbleweed just like I said we would. Now can we all stop fretting, move on and support the team. We love the Spurs and whatever happens we will still support them. Enjoy the ride!

Forgot to add with Levys business acumen he could run any business he chose......so why Spurs at all?

with Levy's business acumen why choose Spurs....surely you've answered your own question there....it's the most profitable vehicle for him. How is he a multi millionaire?

Touchedarkenvai! :-)

Fair point jacobslad, they already have settled down, although there are still 1 or 2 spouting the same crap they have been all week.

All aboard the slide boys....we'll have Arse fans waving notes at us soon....we're skint, leveraged to the stadium.

No jocka101 I dare say his qualifications in Land economy actually mean he's not well suited to run a football club, I dare say that's why ENIC left some of the others they owned....but are there many other companies that have gov't backing to buy up huge swathes of London? He'd make a good estate agent but I can't think that would make him the millions that our club does....but no we should all thank him for? for? for? making millions from us?

JVD- the president of Inter is making it up is he? the fee will be subject to speculation and of course people will get it wrong as there were two parties to be paid 70/30% split...Levy is no simpleton he's made himself a fortune from our club.

My bet now is to give Bale a free role up top with Holtby behind him and Dempsey coming in from the left. Dempsey did well for Fulham in that role and Holtby looked dangerous and he may well be the missing link to create chances for Bale to become a roaming striker. If it doesn't work take Dempsey off switch bale to the left and bring Defoe or ade on. I am glad that we didn't panic buy and get more of the same but would have liked a quality striker but not end of the world, we can get behind these players and hopefully some like Ade will improve and introduction of Holtby may mean we just about tip the others to fourth.

squad stability is underrated. no-buy is much better than liverpool-andy style, remember! proven Damiao? olympics and brazil league said nothing, why 20m+???!!! in Levy i still trust - that is the way this club will go forward. COYS!