Premier League - Bentley: Spurs are a joke

Eurosport - Thu, 09 Oct 12:54:00 2008

Tottenham midfielder David Bentley admits the Premier League's bottom club have become a laughing stock.

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Spurs have claimed just two points from their first seven matches - their worst start to a season since 1912.

Manager Juande Ramos, having been in the job for just under a year, is under increasing pressure while questions are being asked of sporting director Damien Comolli's activity in the transfer market, allowing experienced strikers Dimitar Berbatov, Robbie Keane and Jermain Defoe to leave without finding suitable replacements.

"I know people are having a laugh at the fact we are bottom of the league at the moment but it's up to everyone at the club to stop the jokes," said Bentley.

"We're not happy with what has been happening. You cannot hide from the situation but what we need are a team of leaders who take responsibility. We have to grow as people.

"We have more than enough good players at Tottenham to get us out of this situation and I give my word that we will."

Bentley, who moved to White Hart Lane from Blackburn in the summer for £15million, does not regret the switch to north London and is backing Ramos to turn things around.

"I'm fully behind him, 100 per cent," the 24-year-old told The Sun.

"I still love being at Spurs and I don't regret joining the club for one second.

"I know I haven't been at my best but I haven't become a bad player in a fortnight. The manager believes in me."

Sporting Life / Eurosport

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  1. this articles is for Bentley,not for tottenham right??

    From mean_maroon, on Fri 10 Oct 8:30PM

  2. @dannysbac

    are u speaking pirate??
    cuz that would be quite clever of you, hardy har har

    ...

    and in case you didnt notice; i was being sarcastic

    From Yannick P, on Fri 10 Oct 1:24PM

  3. Hooray!!!

    An honest footballer at last!!!

    From Paul G, on Fri 10 Oct 12:27PM

  4. dannysbac, your English is really awful. I bet the auto-corrector of your Microsoft Word autocorrect tool did not show any error because it thought you were using Vietnamese or Swahili language. And Spurs s-uck-s you can read in this article. Yay Under-estand Meh?

    From Half A Brain, on Fri 10 Oct 11:22AM

  5. takes everyones mind of the credit crunch though.2 points lol.

    From DEAN M, on Fri 10 Oct 7:33AM

  6. Headline is truly joke. Ramos is good manager, but all the things Spurs management did was Joke. The way how Jol departure and Ramos arrival from Sevilla, show the lack of supportive spirit from Spurs management. It's not surprise then many players left, and now Spurs just like a brand new team. It's abt time, Spurs is 2 months behind the competition.

    From muhamad, on Fri 10 Oct 1:47AM

  7. Spurs 2 the core is spot on as like my club liverpool with Crouch

    From loukav07, on Thu 9 Oct 11:25PM

  8. Ray S - what a load of tosh. Yes defoe was loyal yes he was a great player BUT would you have left Berb or keane out to play him from the start! Wise up - Defoe would be great to have now but Jol had it right = defoe was our third striker back then!

    From spurs to the core, on Thu 9 Oct 9:51PM

  9. all those ppl who think tottenham will be relegated are fools they will finish in the top 12 at least they av the players 4 a top 6 finish bently is class and by the way dis is coming from an arsenal fan i think the 2 strikers are dodgy tho and who says dos sqantos is brilliant i watched the other day he was poos give him a chance we shall c arsenal 4 life

    From daniel, on Thu 9 Oct 9:47PM

  10. david.g - just cast your mind back and think how many times Martin Jol played Defoe from the start, maybe 10% maximum. The lad's loyalty to Spurs went out of the window long before Ramos came on the scene.
    I don't agree with all the comments about Martin Jol, he was a poor man manager, he had his favourites and disregarded the others. He couldn't see what a little star in Defoe he had, he let the lad go months ago,long before he signed for Pompey.
    Just ask Defoe if he would ever sign for Martin Jol again, I think we know the answer!

    From Ray S, on Thu 9 Oct 9:39PM

  11. More headline twisting by the media, what bentley says and how it is headlined are totally different, it is little wonder that Kinnear lost his rag with them. In my opinion the media are 80% to blame for the aggro in the game, they love to stir up hatred and disloyalty.
    I do believe, however, that Spurs ceased to be the great club they once were when the club was put on to the stock market. They signed a player called PROFIT at that timeand he has remained with them ever since.The club has become, thanks to Levey and Enic, a financial vehicle and little has been invested on the pitch in years. Successive managers have had to make do with signing unknowns, promising youngsters who never materialise, or ineffective mid-price players. Apart from Klinsman I cannot recall one other superstar in the last 12 years or so who has turned the playing fortunes around.
    I hate to see and hear Spurs derided by cynical bigmouths as I can remember what great football they once played ( the Spurs v Manu games were always classics) but in a way I hear their message. Spurs will never aspire to greatness again if they continue in their current format, Levey needs to go and take his disinterested money men with him, then maybe.....?

    From Ray S, on Thu 9 Oct 9:31PM

  12. Keane best days were behind him when we sold him.Slowed right down and lacked goals from CC onwards.We got a terrific price for him.No it was selling Defoe that caused the start of spurs problems.Bent for Defoe???Playing 5 in midfield is daft as it's congested and confused.Not playing Dos Santos is crazy.Ramos is the joke,not spurs

    From NW36HS, on Thu 9 Oct 9:10PM

  13. HEY KATHY WAMAN YAY @#$% YAR FACE YAR A DIRTY WEE SCRUBBAR. YAY LEAVE TATTENHAM ALANE DAY YAY HARE MAY. I HAY A WEE SAFT SPAT FOR TATTENHAM. THON BENTLEY BYE LACKS A BIT TASTY. IM A GAYLORD YAY SEE.

    From dannysbac, on Thu 9 Oct 9:01PM

  14. Did they really think that selling Keane and, worse, Berbatov would be easy to compensate? I know it's tough to keep a player who wants to go (Berbatov made that clear), but Tottenham had only one tactic: Give Berbatov the ball and let him do the trick. They played poorly when Berbatov was injured. A tactic should never depend on one player.

    From SteveMcQueen, on Thu 9 Oct 8:16PM

  15. kathy you have not got a clue have you theres no way spurs will go down and this is coming from a gooner. they have to much talent. just proves my point women should stick with knitting because they no nothing about football there not clever enough

    From mick, on Thu 9 Oct 8:09PM

  16. the best part of this sad, sob story? Arsenal got around 7 million from a sell-on clause. Absolutely fantastic business. Arsene should run for US president

    From elwoodgooner, on Thu 9 Oct 7:56PM

  17. hope tottenham continue this form and keep ramos, because im so excited to see tottenham relegate.

    From kathy, on Thu 9 Oct 7:39PM

  18. Maybe somebody are tasting some Cocacola, he,he,he

    From luiz b, on Thu 9 Oct 7:34PM

  19. I don't know how many people were aware of Giovani Dos Santos before he arrived in England, but this guy is hot property. It is an absolute travesty that the Mexican isn't a regular starter in that Tottenham team and it really makes no sense to exclude him, especially with the team crying out for a spark in the final third.
    with love the welsh yid

    From STEVEN, on Thu 9 Oct 7:33PM

  20. Spurs are the new Derby. They are on target for fewer points than Derby got last season. However, I still think Spurs can realistically stay up but it will be extremely tough now.

    From Winston Bunn, on Thu 9 Oct 6:57PM
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