Madness at White Hart Lane

At the beginning of the Barclay's Premier League ( formerly the English Premier League), the hot teams were Tottenham Hot Spurs and Aston Villa. I picked them to place 6th with Villa in 5th and qualifying for UEFA. While Villa currently reside in 6th on the table, Tottenham dwell in last with an unbelievable 2 pts!! They've looked horrible!! They lost Keane to (hated) Liverpool and Berbatov to (evil) ManU, so they lost the heart of their scoring and it shows this season with only 4 goals and a -6 goal differential.

So after shafting manager Martin Jol last season, they've now dismissed Juande Ramos and are trolling after Portsmouth's Harry Redknapp. As good as ol' Harry is, I don't think he can save them from relegation. Only Southhampton ever fended off relegation with so few points.

The Guardian has an interesting take on the cause of the Hot Spur's woes. Seems Garth Bale is a jinx! I thought he was a promising young Welsh left back. I went so far as to pick him in a fantasy league for a bit. But the numbers just don't lie:

With Bale P: 15 W: 0 D: 6 L: 9 F: 19 A: 30 GD: -11 Pts: 6

Without Bale P: 32 W: 11 D: 9 L: 12 F: 53 A: 45 GD: +8 Pts: 42

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