Things to get you through a weekend without Tottenham
Friday, March 27, 2009 at 10:53AM Does the International break bore you?
England are playing this weekend. Am I the only person who finds it all a bit of a bore when there are no Tottenham games to go to or watch on TV? Don't get me wrong, I'm as patriotic as the next fan...but only for qualifying games and tournaments (when we actually manage to get there).
Friendlies never get my juices flowing. If I can't shout, scream and generally have my emotions soar, dip and ripped apart then it's not really football. Something needs to be at risk. And I don't find pride is when its just a warm-up match. Even if it's in preparation for an important game (next Wednesday) against the Ukraine. Saturday's (against Slovakia) still a friendly. A glorified training session.
Yes I know, Aaron Lennon might play, and if he does well he might (just might) make an appearance next week. Although if you take a quick look at the Beckham feature article on the BBC site you'll note that he has every chance (Becks that is) of playing as Walcott and SWP are not in the squad.
Cough? Forgotten someone perhaps?
And with the debate about whether King should have or should not have been called up by Fabio dragging on and on (you honestly think 'arry isn't going to talk about it some more?), I can't help but look ahead to our next Prem game against Blackburn. Proper bread and butter football.
I don't have Setanta at home and the local pub that shows live games is usually full of West Ham fans who will no doubt be out in numbers carrying around replicas of the Jules Rimet and banging on about '66 and celebrating in the streets that they invented modern day football.
I'd rather avoid it all tbh. But will definitely make the effort for the Ukraine game. For sure.
So to get me through Saturday, I've devised a list of potential activities to help me avoid the overwhelming boredom that would otherwise consume me. Feel free to suggest your own.
1) Work out the points accumulated in the opening eight games under Ramos and then calculate the points accumulated by Harry Redknapp from the time of his appointment till the present day and based on Harry's points to games ratio, work out where we would be had he been manager at the start of the season. Then device a What If Premier League table that will have us within touching distance of a Champions League place and then work out whether we can claim 4th spot based on our remaining fixtures and who we would need to buy in the summer to help consolidate the challenge domestically and in Europe. Then post all my findings and analysis on a Tottenham message board and watch it grow to 100 pages in a day with around 3000 replies. Just for kicks.
2) Throw eggs at the home of the person who wears the current Chirpy mascot outfit at home games. WE DON'T LIKE YOU. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? I want the original Chirpy back. The one that doesn't look he's possessed by a demon with a smug Adam Sandler complex.
3) Watch my Sky+ recording of the Arsenal v Spurs 4-4, replaying the final 10 minutes several times to catch the various reactions of the Spurs players and the fans - specifically at the point before and after Lennon equalizes. Then using my TV capture card, create a montage video of the glorious evening with Tina Turners 'Simply the Best' as the soundtrack. Then upload to Facebook and Youtube and then update Twitter every 5 minutes, linking to the video, and posting inane hilarity about how busy the London Underground was this morning and what I had for lunch.
4) Begin legal proceedings to sue West Ham United. The other day I had what I can only assume was a very dodgy lasagna which blatantly gave me the runs and a chronic gut. This resulted in a Vietnamesque flashback in a packed shopping centre - ala Sgt. Elias - falling to my knees, hands aloft, screaming in agony at the returning realisation of how close we came to a dream qualification into the elite of European football. A dream destroyed by a Benayoun top corner finish.
As nobody was ever charged or held accountable for poisoning the Spurs team, and as West Ham were the opposition that day and inflicted the defeat on a side ravaged by ill health, they remain the only ones responsible for my emotional upheaval that resurfaced in such an undignified and public way.
I'm after a reasonable pay-out. Equivalent to what Spurs lost in Champions League revenue. That should cover the trauma and rehabilitation.
5) Walk up to random strangers and state '2 points, 8 games'. The message must be spread to the non-believers.
6) Go round my parents for lunch and refuse to sit down on the sofa. If my dad manages to talk me into sitting down because I'm making everyone feel uncomfortable, I will do so. Then wait until he walks away, then stand up and burst into song: 'Stand up if you love mums cooking, stand up......'.
7) Travel up to Manchester, sneak into Dimitar Berbatov's back garden and then use my state-of-the-art tranquilizer gun to shoot all the squirrels in the vicinity. Who you gonna feed now, Berba? Hey? Who you gonna feed now?
8) Watch my Sky+ recording of the Spurs v Chelsea 1-0. Then using my TV capture card, create a montage video of Modric and his performance, to the music of 'Diamond Lights'. In addition, morph highlights of Moddle into highlights of Hoddle, subtly suggesting that Modric is the new King of the Lane. Then upload to Facebook and Youtube and then update Twitter every 5 minutes to make sure people are fully aware that I'm 'online', either sat in front of a pc or texting updates via my mobile phone.
9) Search through all Bit Torrent sites and Newsgroups for a soft copy version of the Tottenham Hotspur Opus. Come on! Surely someone must have scanned this and uploaded it to the internet? You can find practically anything on-line. Whether it's DC or Marvel comics, books, novels, screenplays, about a million PDF's and random user-guides, every piece of software, music, pornography and movie you can possibly imagine......but no bleeding Opus? Further proof that nobody has actually bought a copy, because if let's say 10 people purchased one, at least one of them would have shared this with the www. It's 2009 ffs. People don't even bother buying Playboy anymore, they just wait for some else to scan and upload it. So I'm told.
10) Stand near the living room window, and pretend I've got Setanta by booing every few minutes. People walking past will assume Ashley Cole is playing shit. And this will bring much joy to the world.
Reader Comments (20)
That made me laugh. I'm going to try number 6 this Sunday at my mother-in-laws.
Ha! Cracking stuff Spooky. Refreshing change to the serious deconstruction stuff. Also about time you wrote up another letter. Maybe one to Harry rather than D.Levy?
Already did number one a couple of days ago - turns out to be an average ratio of 1.6ish points per game under Harry, meaning we'd have had 11 more from the first 8 games, adding that to out 38, a grand total of 49 - putting us in 6th - if you fix our dismal run over Christmas, the mind boggles!!!
I find the England friendlies more bearable when they play cack.
At least then you can have a good old grumble.
Nothing worse than reading the next days press about how great we are and how we're going to win the World Cup.
A lot of those overpaid monkeys believe it too.
...And an even grander total of "God I'm Bored" - damned Credit Crunch...
LOOOOOOL If you made a montage of modric under diamond lights I would start a petition for you to be knighted. I can see it now - glenn hoddle breaking inot chorus of "DARLING I LOVE YOU", as luka smacks the ball home. Genius.
Grand, just grand.
Refreshing stuff.
Quality write-up but I'll have to ignore the suggestions. I'm going to the pub to see this. Any excuse for a pint.
You mad fukcer. I think I love you.
Boo Ashley Cole? NEVER!
Ok, maybe just the once.
Mad fucker indeed.
Sounds hillarious, im off to manchester to catch some squirrals
England games are underwhelming. Will still watch the game, if anything, rooting for Lennon. Should see them off comfortably.
Another excellent post. I have started looking forward to whatever might be posted next...
Keep it up!
What's also interesting is that since palacios joined we've averaged 2 points a game; thats chalanging for 3rd. (I'm also very bored)
Slightly unrealistic and a small sample but we have played a good cross section of the league in those 7 games.
Worthy of some banter
8 games 2 points? Never heard of it. What's that all about?
Hmm
Instead of averaging points since arry's arrival check out the current form guides table. on forthegame.com . it has been along time since I can remember sitting on top of any league table, it cheered me up!
What has Chirpy done, to warrant your abuse?
He got himself an ego and drove his vanity over a cliff by having cosmetic surgery done to his face to look more 'Disney'.
He sickens me.
Class!