Thursday, September 20, 2007

Defoe and Everyone Else Scores

Entertaining White Hart Lane, Spurs put up six against an overmatched Cypriot team in our first UEFA Cup match. We can only hope that the Spurs follow up this victory like they did last year when our UEFA Cup successes led to movement up the table in the Premier League.

From the Daily Mail comes the story that Defoe found himself in Jol's doghouse because he thought it was more important to watch the TV show Big Brother instead of attending a team meeting. Perhaps even more disconcerting was that the coach actually tried to schedule the meeting around Defoe's TV viewing schedule. Really.

The news that Mourinho is due a 25 million pound payoff as part of his severance package, complete with a confidentiality agreement, likely means that the Special One has agreed not to coach any other big team. Including Spurs. One would expect the Portugal job would be available. Or the England job.

1 comment:

Patrick said...

I truly hate that McClaren is off the hot seat. Eh, the FA deserve him for the long haul after not dropping him yet. Mourinho would have been a fun fit for that side. England could use the 'Special One', as I doubt even McClaren's own mother would call his coaching thus far special.