That's Spurstainment!

I greatly enjoyed this article/column on Tottenham Hotspur by David Hytner of the Guardian. I watched all three of the Spurs matches covered in it (starting with West Ham at Upton Park, then two matches at White Hart Lane: Aalborg (Denmark) in the UEFA Cup and Birmingham City). Ramos's willingness to make changes and emphasize the strength of Spurs -- its attacking -- is refreshing and probably the right course, given the players he has to work with. It won't always work, as Sunday's loss to Birmingham City shows, but it will stand Spurs in good stead if they ever figure out their backline. Their transfer activity has been so focused on attacking players (Darren Bent, even Garreth Bale, despite being a fullback, is an attacking player), when they need another centre half, and perhaps a utility player who can play at both centre half and as a holding midfielder. But they're always entertaining, at least.

Speaking of Spurs, I'd like to mention that Fox Soccer Channel's Bobby McMahon agreed with Mike Riley's calls in the West Ham-Tottenham match.