24 hours to go!

There are now less than 24 hours to go before the transfer window slams shut. By the time it re-opens the season will be over half way through and lack of action now in a few key areas could wreck our chances, once again, of a top six finish.

Up to now the window has been pretty productive for Spurs. Pace and width have been brought in with the signings of Lennon and Routledge. The right back position has been strengthened with Stalteri, Tainio has joined along with Edgar Davids and Davies was flogged for £3.5 million to Everton. Kanoute also left us for a profit which is good business assuming he is replaced.

If you believe the message boards and the hundreds of people who claim they are “In the know” Spurs are still trying to buy people for various different positions. The one that seems an almost 100% banker is Jermaine Jenas. Clearly the midfield needs even more strengthening as we don’t already have Brown, Davis, Davids, Tainio, Carrick and Mendes to battle it out for the two spots available so if we landed him and did not strengthen in attack then it would have been a backward step.

It looked like Lee from PSV was on his way but that has apparently stalled. A strengthened left back would not be sniffed at but once again it is not a key weakness. The key weakness as we all know at the moment is the choice of the front players. While all very good various combinations do not work together. We sold Kanoute, in my opinion a good bit of business as he was prone to disappearing and his goals to game ratio wasn’t all that. However we now have only one tall striker who is currently looking at a four game suspension. This could force Jol into pairing Keane and Defoe together – both gifted players but a pairing that hasn’t really jelled. A four game run may give the partnership time to actually work as we have better players than when we last tried it but we do like to play a direct ball from goal kicks and it is never going to pay off with two little front men. This is the one area we have to improve on today. Various names have been linked including Kuyt, Cole and now Sidney Govu and it is vital that we pick up at least one of these before midnight. Failing to do so could scupper our good start. Here’s hoping!

COYS!