Defeated by 12 man Bolton

Once again a cheating ref helped Spurs to a third straight defeat in what was otherwise quite a promising performance. We have now dropped points away to Manchester United, home to Chelsea and now to Bolton thanks to the ref. However, our fair share of mistakes and dodgy team selections also helped.

First half was a rather drab affair with little to talk about except we went in with a clean sheet. The ref then struck at the start of the second half. Edman was impeded and the ball hit his hand - a clear ball to hand scenario but the incompetent fool gave the penalty. A few minutes later the ball struck a Bolton player's arm from a free kick but the inconsistent idiot failed to award a penalty. King and Kanoute were so incensed by the complete lack of consistancy that they both received yellow cards. "Oh well" you may say but this had repercussions later on.

Defoe, our top scorer, came on and promptly scored after good work by Robinson and Keane. Kanoute then made a dumb challenge with two feet, knowing he was already on a yellow and got himself sent off. Well done.

More useless rubbish then happened as Gardner and Robinson were all over the place giving away a corner which Bolton then scored from and then the world's most skillful left back, Atouba, gave possession away and the game was all over.

Now this does sound like a scathing match report but apparently Spurs didn't play too badly. However we continue to make mistakes and you cannot do that in the Premiership. The squad was rightly expanded in the transfer window and I think we now have enough cover to loose Gardner asap as he just isn't cut out for the job anymore. Left back cover is also required so Atouba can go back to wherever he came from as I'm sick of his dumb antics playing us into trouble. He has got away with it in the past but not yesterday and his mistake killed us off. Jol also needs to look at his team selection. If Terry Henry can play virtually every game then so can Defoe. When he came on we had a total of zero shots on target and by the end of the game we had two. Not a great reflection on our strikers or the build up play by the midfield.

Kanoute is now suspended for the Portsmouth game so Mido may start, hopefully with Defoe. Ried can go left wing and Atouba can go where he likes, but just not near the team.

COYS!