Spurs announce 25 (or 23) man squad!

It goes to show how few senior players we have available. We've included Sandro who is out until at least next October, Bentley who hasn't played for us in years, and Obika who has played 20 minutes in our senior team in our squad of 23 (not even 25). Are we serious about trying to get in the top 4?

Really disappointed to be honest. Surely the powers that be realise that we are light in attack. Big fan of Levy and of course AVB but questions are rightly being asked here, how can you justify giving Arry tens of millions to spend on Keane, Defoe, Crouch, Palacios etc and not invest in a manager who actually knows what he's doing? Weve basically just spent the Modric money. I know the shadow of the stadium is looming but i cant help but think yet another opportunity has been missed here to really push on.

Levy is and has always been tight for years he only spend money first yr redknapp era cause we in relegation dog fight but since then if you look nothing has really been spent

"Spurs announcement 25 man squad with only 8 good players in it," wrote big cockeral (sic).

Vital Spurs have 35 viewers this minute but only 8 good commenters. No good would come of my articulating which ones those are. lol.

Apparently we only have 8 good players. Who'd of known? I guess Lennon wouldnt make the list huh. Yawn

Big C - that squad is good enough for 4th thus far.

I am still amazed at how so many people suddenly consider us to be crap, just because we didnt bring in a new striker and loaned out a few players that have barely kicked a Premiership ball this season. We have added a player in Holtby that looks to be a very decent player and have Parker, BAE and hopefully soon Kaboul, whilst the summer buys are six months more integrated. Not having a new striker is perhaps a blow, but it is hardly the end of the world that some are desperately trying to make out. Sadly we all know that some fans are never happy to look for positives and far prefer to root around for the slightest hint at a negative

The voice of reason as per usual Ox

Ox....Arsenal have better attacking players than us.

We added Holtby, Fryers and extended Pritchard. Got loans for Mason, Townsend, Pritchard, Falque, Coulibaly etc in places where they should get meaningful time on the pitch. Got Gomes out on loan and sold Jenas. This is all forward progress. COYS

Andre's Crouching, but do they have better defending players?

Basically all teams have their weaknesses. Ours is plain. Man U's defence is creaking, the keeper is suspect, midfield ageing. Chelsea have the wrong manager, and screwed up their attack by not using Sturridge nor Lukaku, and relying on Torres, and now Ba...who scores but is an enigma. Arsenal are a jigsaw puzzle that even Wenger cannot put together, and it is not helped by Walnutt trying to do Wenger's job for him.... Plustheir defence and centre midfield solidity is suspect. Liverpool are Liverpool... Everton are heavily relianton Fellaini and Baines for goals...and they aren't strikers nor wingers... Short statement...nobodys perfect here....

Redknapp doesn't have Bale, Modric and Parker/Sandro, and was none too keen on rotation, which explains Taarabt, Townsend and Jenas getting match time. Taarabt and Townsend looked really good. Easily the best I've seen either of them play. On the basis of what I saw today, I wouldn't be surprised if Townsend is a fixture at QPR, and we'll get a much better player back at the end of the season.

Tony, can't remember too many cruising games!!

PeterB, my only question is why didn't we sign a striker. We are on the verge of greatness. CL is within our reach again, yet last season we didn't, this season similar. No impact sub, just Defoe, who we both don't rate and Ade who looks disinterested. Come on, we have the best squad I have seen at the lane in some time with the exception of forwards. An injury to Bale and we will finish 6th at best.

RAF, I have to assume there was no one out there that was available at a price we were willing to play on wages that would be acceptable to us and the player and who would represent a step forward. AVB was not going to buy cover for cover's sake. Saha was free if we wanted that. Last season, even with Harry going for Saha, he really did little (1 good game) because Harry had no intention of playing him. He was cover. It was 4-5-1 which meant Adebayor up top. I think with Holtby in, we are back to that. If we want 4-4-2 Dempsey can be the second striker. It'll be Defoe until Adebayor comes back. If Adebayor hits it off with Holtby, Defoe will become an impact sub, as he should be. In a 4-5-1, as AVB has said, there just isn't enough playing time to keep number 4 happy.

We aren't on the verge of greatness. I believe our squad was better the year we added Gallas and VDV. We are approaching it again and the cull of surplus will be made in the summer. I expect Gallas to be gone. I expect a quality CB to come in (Alderweirald or Howedes) and Dawson to be gone. I expect us to sign another top box to box MF. Hudd will be gone. I think AVB likes Livermore and I still think there are possibilities there, but I am much more of a Carroll fan. I expect us to pursue the striker we want. Lots can happen in 6 months. I think we only go back in for Leandro if the demands come down. Same for Moutinho. Willian is now out of the picture. Personally, I'd have signed Son and Belhanda. The thing is, I believe AVB understands the limitations of our budget, so he is going to spend when it is that player to take us forward so wait he will until what HE wants is on offer. On the salary front, I don't believe as there will be issues. Sounds like Gomes played well today. If he can get his form back, he will be movable. Same for Bentley. Best thing for us would be able to kill some games off and get David in there. Any value we can create would make his sale more likely. Jenas is gone. Hudd should go. Gallas is done. Gomes and Bentley need to be gone. That's 5 significant salaries off the books which could easily be replaced by three quality players.

The difference in the team is there is more of a "team" ethos, and if AVB can continue "coaching" and if he can get Adebayor firing, third is not out of the question. COYS

Couple of points: Maybe we should view the 23 man squad announcement as a pointer to the strength of depth with the younger players. Re Townsend and cover for a wing position. Its not just Townsend its Pritchard and Falque. I feel we should have retained one of them. And its not just cover, its also rotation. For instance we play Lyon away on a Thurs, WHam away on the Monday and Arsenal at home following Sunday. Probably Siggy will relieve Bale/Lennon some point, but I still think we should have retained one of those wide playing loanees. Maybe in the event of injury, we have a right to reclaim.

PeterB, my issue is that we would have CL this year with the signing of a decent striker. It's so much easier to attract the quality of player we require if you are in it. No impact sub, for a club our size that's not good enough. We did this last year, I could understand why with stock piling but this year is different. Targets should have been identified, no excuses.

Why would we panic when the other sides around us have named less players than us?