Left flank still looks a problem. We need a left-footed­ winger to swing crosses onto Crouchy's head. Must­ be able to defend. If not Bale, then who? Ashley Young­ would of course be great. Also need another holding­ midfielder so we could play 4-2-3-1 or 4-5-1 against­ strong attacking teams. Not sure if the left-back­ position is as strong as it could be, nice to know­ Bassong can also play there. Harry needs to strengthen­ those two positions to stop Spurs shipping goals. And­ it would give him more tactical options.

Comment #9 has it spot on. Spurs finish 6th this year­ with a shot at 5th. The "big spending" hype­ is overblown. Harry brought in a quality striker he and­ the team are familiar with in Crouch. Frankly, this is­ an upgrade to the cancerous Bent situation. The other­ two signings are both defenders. May have spent a­ little too much on Bassong, but so what?! It is still­ not an enormous fee and less than was originally­ reported, and a need was addressed. Tottenham is a­ savvy, profitable club. Don't forget the new­ stadium will only serve to increase the club's­ profile and player's desire to join the Spurs - as­ will a UEFA run next year.
Chelsea, Liverpool, Man­ City, and Man U will definitely finish ahead of Spurs.­ Tottenham will be in the mix with Aresenal, Everton,­ and Villa -- and if they play to form should qualify­ for Europe. Anything less is a disappointment.

Crouch and Defoe is the best pairing at Tottenham.­ It's obvious from their days at Portsmouth that­ they like playing with each other.

I getting pretty fed up of all the 'big spending­ Spurs' comments about; if you look at our spending­ vs player sales income this summer they're pretty­ much even. It's been the same for the last few­ years. Yes we've spent money, but that's­ because of the instability we've had and the fact­ that money made has largely been reinvested in the­ club.

Not all of it mind, we still make a year-on-year­ profit, so really this 'splashout Sours'­ attitude is nonsense.

I think Harry should pair Defoe with Crouch. We already­ know that they like playing with each other.

If we take results from the game Harry took over &­ onwards, had we achieved that kind of form the entire­ season long, we would have been punching between 4th­ & 6th easily.
We lost only 2 games out of the 8­ games against the 'top 4 clubs'.
Palacios made­ a difference also, a player I feel overlooked by 2 of­ the 'top 4 clubs' that could have made a­ difference to them, their loss is our gain.
The 8 clubs­ we talk about most will be dropping points to eachother­ week in & week out, that will keep it tight &­ interesting.
Unlike what you haters think, most Spurs­ fans do not expect top 4 every season, it is a weight­ of expectency the media puts upon us, it does not help­ us, it hinders us.
I do expect Celtic to lift The­ Champions League European Cup!!!!!!!

wont get near everton

I rate 6th or 7th is about right for spurs top 8 is­ gonna be the big four + city, villa, everton and spurs­ in no particular order. Problem is i definitely cant­ see them finishing higher than everton, villa are­ better until their lack of depth starts to be exposed­ and city could either implode or do very very well this­ season. £8 million for bassong has to be one of the­ most ridiculous prices for a player ever though, hes­ only worth 3 or 4 million really

Errr everyone is talking about Villa, Everton, Man City­ and even West Ham has everyone forgotten that it was­ Fulham who finished above Spurs??

Dont get me wrong im­ a Spurs supporter and really hope that we can finish in­ the top 4 but we have made pretty poor signings 1­ defender in a team that leaked so many goals and has 2­ very injury prone CB's why are we buying strikers??­ If we improve on last season i will be very surprised!!­ Happy but surprised!!

How can you say harry is a bad manager, he took over­ when we were struggling to stay in the premiership and­ he took us right up to challenging for europe only to­ be pipped last day of season. I know were not a top­ four team but keep your stupid comments to yourself.­ Thats to comment 15.

Dont think our cbs are as damaged as is reported in the­ press and interveiws
lets see who plays in the first­ game could be a surprise or 2
as for top 4 we should be­ up to it and we saw the real villa at the end of last­ season not good will be lucky for top half ,toffee men­ have a good side and manager and will be up there­ too
as for city hope they explode i like them but hate­ all these money men wrecking the game.

It worry's me....no centre backs fit for the start­ of the season, Bassong is suspended for the first two­ games. Can't see us getting any change from­ Liverpool...played 1 lost 1? It worry's me.....

I raced cars for many years and can tell you it is easy­ to pass all the poor drivers but thing get a lot more­ difficult to get past the good drivers! same in­ football - you have spent the money and have no excuses­ now - but much better teams and managers at the top.­ Last year Harry did what he was good at, but this year­ he is out of his depth to think of the top 4 - but he­ will make a lot more money.

@soladoyeosikoya
Barca were going to get rid of dos­ santos as they didn't like the fact that he would­ miss numerous tranning sessions due to hangovers, he­ kept getting into trouble with coaches because he would­ be out most nights getting drunk, so he didn't have­ a say in being put up for a transfer.

People are forgetting the state of there position last­ season and still finished 7th!
I would expect a top 6­ finish............perhaps 5th

'Back-ups' 'BACK-UPS' !?..wtf is this­ article reserved for netball perhaps ?

The writer has­ got it spot-on about Pavluyachenko NOT being a top-3­ choice striker tho'
sadly he plays more like a­ p***-poor version of Berbatov.

If they can get together as a team and keep the winning­ attitude giving 100% then it is possible :)