Spurs trio...

[Honkytonk]

I too would happily have Luongo back here next season - though how you accomodate Ferry, Luongo and McCormack in a midfield I'm not sure...

Well, if nothing else it's good to have a very good option on the bench/in case of injury.

Plus there's nothing wrong with playing 4-5-1 as long as we get our decent striker for next season. All three of the central midfielders chase, harry, and surge forward, so it's not like we're really losing that extra man up top. Honestly, if we're in the Championship next year, I'll be happy if we do play 4-5-1 with those three in the middle. Gives us a solid base.

This is all presuming we get a better class of striker who's able to play on his own up there next season.

Otherwise, McCormack could be used as a winger, I'm sure. He's so bloody versatile I'm sure if Wes got sent off with no subs left he'd be able to stick the gloves on and pull off worldlies.

[Bogus Dave]

I wouldn't want to depend too much on Mcormack next season. His style of play is great when he's playing well, but if he/the team is not it only serves to drag the entire midfield out of shape

[Spurs_Fan]

Guess which team I support? : P

I am a member of a Tottenham forum and I will be keeping a close eye on how these three lads crack on this season. Any feedback from match goers and alike would be much appreciated.

Just wanted to give some initial feedback on three of the lads you have signed on loan for the coming season...

Alex Pritchard (Swindon, loan)
Grant Hall (Swindon, loan)
Massimo Luongo (Swindon, loan)

There are two players in there that are incredibly well thought of at Tottenham. They are Pritchard and Luongo.

Pritchard will be a cult hero in the West of England if you want my opinion. He has all the tools to create, score and contribute. To be honest, a lot of Spurs fans were expecting him to come into the Tottenham first team this season but, I guess the club decided that he would be better to mature on loan. The best game I have seen him play was away to Barcelona in the NexGen Cup. He took them to the funk on cleaners (although the team lost 1-2 on the night).

here's a film of him in action: vimeo.com/58210027

Luongo went on loan to Ipswich and swiftly became a firm fans favourite. He is strong, good on the ball and will do the unnoticed work of the team. Again, as with Pritchard, Spurs fans have really high hopes for this lad too. But, I guess you already know a fair bit aboot him, right?

RE: frequency.com/video/massimo-luongo-swindon-vs-brentford-72/93559469

The last of the three is Mister Hall. He has been outstanding for our U21's team. He is a good header of the ball and can play 'football' too. He isn't in the same 'high profile' position as the other two lads but, all the same, there are a lot of supporters that feel he will carry on from where Caulker left off.

With these three lads, you should have some really good options to push Swindon on for a place in the play-offs if not, something a bit more concrete.

Good luck lads and all the best for the coming season!

[leefer]

Guess which team I support? : P

I am a member of a Tottenham forum and I will be keeping a close eye on how these three lads crack on this season. Any feedback from match goers and alike would be much appreciated.

Just wanted to give some initial feedback on three of the lads you have signed on loan for the coming season...

Alex Pritchard (Swindon, loan)
Grant Hall (Swindon, loan)
Massimo Luongo (Swindon, loan)

There are two players in there that are incredibly well thought of at Tottenham. They are Pritchard and Luongo.

Pritchard will be a cult hero in the West of England if you want my opinion. He has all the tools to create, score and contribute. To be honest, a lot of Spurs fans were expecting him to come into the Tottenham first team this season but, I guess the club decided that he would be better to mature on loan. The best game I have seen him play was away to Barcelona in the NexGen Cup. He took them to the funk on cleaners (although the team lost 1-2 on the night).

here's a film of him in action: vimeo.com/58210027

Luongo went on loan to Ipswich and swiftly became a firm fans favourite. He is strong, good on the ball and will do the unnoticed work of the team. Again, as with Pritchard, Spurs fans have really high hopes for this lad too. But, I guess you already know a fair bit aboot him, right?

RE: frequency.com/video/massimo-luongo-swindon-vs-brentford-72/93559469

The last of the three is Mister Hall. He has been outstanding for our U21's team. He is a good header of the ball and can play 'football' too. He isn't in the same 'high profile' position as the other two lads but, all the same, there are a lot of supporters that feel he will carry on from where Caulker left off.

With these three lads, you should have some really good options to push Swindon on for a place in the play-offs if not, something a bit more concrete.

Good luck lads and all the best for the coming season!

Nice post....see how they do against your boys soon

[Crispy]

Fuck off you Yid cunt.


PS: That's the TEF way of welcoming you too the forum, being called a cunt. Hopefully they prove a handful in league 1 and manage to keep us up.. 

[Spurs_Fan]

Nice post....see how they do against your boys soon

Yeah, there are a potential Five players from Tottenham that could all side up against us.

The three I mentioned and Nathan Byrne and Jack Barthram. Mate, I was surprised that the club let Bryne go to be honest. He has been putting in some great performances for the Academy team but, it's not my call I guess so...

I really hope that Pritchard shows you guys what he is capable of. Him and Ceballos are my two top tips from our current crop (well, there are a few more but at the moment, those two are the stand out pair and now you have one of them at your club!).

[Spurs_Fan]

Fuck off you Yid cunt.


PS: That's the TEF way of welcoming you too the forum, being called a cunt. Hopefully they prove a handful in league 1 and manage to keep us up.. 

hahahahaha : P It's a fair call mate and I take it fully on the chin : )

[dagrumpymunki]

hahahahaha : P It's a fair call mate and I take it fully on the chin : )

This is an indication of how happy most of us are with the players we've taken from you. You'd usually have to post for several weeks before you'd get called a cunt.

I think the prospect of having someone in the team that might enable us to actually score from set pieces has got Crispy a bit overexcited.

[leefer]

Yeah, there are a potential Five players from Tottenham that could all side up against us.

The three I mentioned and Nathan Byrne and Jack Barthram. Mate, I was surprised that the club let Bryne go to be honest. He has been putting in some great performances for the Academy team but, it's not my call I guess so...

I really hope that Pritchard shows you guys what he is capable of. Him and Ceballos are my two top tips from our current crop (well, there are a few more but at the moment, those two are the stand out pair and now you have one of them at your club!).

I like Luongo,really suprised that a Championship club didn't take a punt on him.

[Dr Pierre Chang]

Spurs_Fan, what are your thoughts on Kenneth McEvoy?

We almost signed him on loan last season along with Ceballos but our manager u-turned on the deal. However, I get the impression we may see him here at some point.

Also, who do you reckon you will replace Bale with?

[Crispy]

This is an indication of how happy most of us are with the players we've taken from you. You'd usually have to post for several weeks before you'd get called a cunt.

I think the prospect of having someone in the team that might enable us to actually score from set pieces has got Crispy a bit overexcited.

January is the very earliest i'll actually be aloud to watch any of them play. I just felt having been on the TEF for the length of time I have, that it was my turn to welcome somebody to the site if the fine, age old TEF tradition. 

[BruceChatwin]

Spurs_Fan, what are your thoughts on Kenneth McEvoy?

We almost signed him on loan last season along with Ceballos but our manager u-turned on the deal. However, I get the impression we may see him here at some point.

Also, who do you reckon you will replace Bale with?

You just won't give this one up will you.

[Spurs_Fan]

I like Luongo,really suprised that a Championship club didn't take a punt on him.

He forms the nucleus of the future for the club. Like I said before, most see him as one of the best players from the academy. I'm surprised that he didn't go to a Premier League club this season, having been at Ipswich and of course, Swindon before. Having said that, I think the club want to keep him 'out of the limelight' until he is ready to step up. 

[Spurs_Fan]

Spurs_Fan, what are your thoughts on Kenneth McEvoy?

We almost signed him on loan last season along with Ceballos but our manager u-turned on the deal. However, I get the impression we may see him here at some point.

McEvoy, or Bale v2 as he is known soapy tit wank, isn't ready to do much other than play in the under 18's team at the academy. Him, along with Shaq Coulthirst and Souleymane Coulibaly should feature heavily in next seasons 'NexGen'. He has all the attributes to take over where Bale left off. He was also sold to Real Madrid in 'tehTrunk's' new animation [watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=8JWuqjyqJek] who thought that they were buying Gareth Bale. (amen tehTrunk)

I remember the talk of Ceballos coming to Swindon. If he does join (you can have a maximum of four players loaned out to the same club if I remember rightly), brace yourselves. He is an excellent talent that either this year or next, will burst onto the scene.

Here's a video of him: youtube.com/watch?v=cyUEyU2NEdw

Also, who do you reckon you will replace Bale with?

This isn't really anything to do with the topic on hand but, I'll give you my opinion on it since you asked.

Gareth Bale will not leave Tottenham. There are three reasons this is the case.

1) His bint just gave birth to their daughter. Anyone who knows Bale, knows he is a family man. There is no way he will up sticks and leave his family behind at such a tender age for his baby. (Levy will not sell him to an English club, as with Modric)

2) He has just signed a three year sponsorship deal to front BT's English Premier League launch



3) He is the 'poster boy' for NBC's launch into broadcasting English Premier League games over in yanksville.

[Spurs_Fan]

Sorry for the lateness of this update lads, been pretty snowed under >.< anyway: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23423191

Ryan Mason has been one of the most highly-rated players in the Spurs academy for years, making his first team debut in the UEFA Cup back in 2008 at only 17 years old. Fast forward five years, and the now 22 year-old hasn't had the impact many expected of him.


When he first burst onto the scene, the attacking midfielder topped the goalscoring charts in our U-18 side two years running. In '09, his goalscoring and creativity saw him earn a loan to Yeovil in League One where he excelled alongside fellow loanee Steven Caulker. Since then, several more lower-league loans have followed.


He finally earned his first start for the senior side this season when Spurs took on Carlisle in the Carling (suck it, Capital One) Cup, playing in an unfamiliar role alongside Tom Huddlestone in central midfield. He had a solid game in an unfamiliar position, shuttling forward well to support the attack, though his wayward shooting left a lot to be desired. He was subsequently shipped out to Lorient in Ligue Un, where he received precisely zero minutes of playing time.


Mason is perhaps the most technically proficient of Spurs youth players, and had been the crown jewel of the academy for years.From his preferred position behind the striker, he shows excellent control, passing and vision, along with an eye for goal. He's adept at playing from wide areas as well, and in recent years has had success playing deeper in central midfield. He's got a very good footballing IQ and devotes himself to honing his craft and studying the game. By all accounts, he should be fighting for a first team place by now.


In a word, injuries. Since his successful loan spell at Yeovil, his career has been plagued by injury. He missed most of the 2010-11 season while at Doncaster after a bad tackle saw him stretchered off the pitch. Injury blighted 2011-12 as well, limiting him to only five appearances with Doncaster and a further five at the end of the year on loan to Millwall.


This past season he seemingly put his injury woes behind him, but surprisingly didn't feature much at all with the first team. In January, the coaching staff decided to send him to a more technical league where his style would be better suited, but his time in France was a total disaster and he failed to log a single minute with the club.


Aside from the injuries that have slowed his development, concerns have always been raised over Mason's physique. He's a slender 5'9 and the typical concerns about not being able to handle the rugged and manly world of EPL football have swirled around him for years. Whether this is an actual problem remains to be seen.


If his coaches are to be believed, Mason has the talent and dedication to be playing regularly at a high level in any league in the world. But his injury history and lack of playing time during crucial development years appear to have set him back to a worrying degree. At 22 he's one of the wise old heads of the Spurs youth setup, and he isn't getting any younger.


Mason scored 8 goals in 8 appearances in the Premier League's U21 competition last year.