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Will Tottenham Ever get out of Arsenal’s Shadow?

Tottenham are in Arsenal shadow. They always have been, they always will be. Every now and again, they pop out, get a bit big, realise they do not like the sun, and run back inside. The only people who believe them to be a massive club are themselves.

They are a joke of a club. How often over the years has a Spurs player come out claiming “this is our year” for them to finish above Arsenal. This year, it was Nabil Bentaleb’s turn. Taking into account their continual mocking of Arsenal for finishing 4th, the excitement of Spurs fans and players when they just get close to a top 4 finish is cringworthy. The fact is, they would bring out a DVD and have an open top bus parade if they got top 4.

Andros Townsend topped Bentaleb’s claim of a ‘double’ by claiming that Spurs could win the treble this season. Of course, this was before Spurs got knocked out to Leicester.

Andros Townsend shows how small time Spurs fans are.

Hyped up massively as the future of not just Tottenham but English football, the bloke is average at best.

Already 23, he is not really a kid. And he plays tricks on the mind.

Everyone thinks he has a great left foot, based on a memory of him scoring a cracking goal for England against Montenegro in 2013. He then hit the word work in the very next game against Poland, before hitting another cracker in the game after for Spurs against Aston Villa. This ingrained it into people’s head that he had a dynamite left foot.

Infact, he is just a very very poor Arjen Robben. All he does in a game is pick up the ball on the right, cut inside, and shoot. And most of the time those shots go high wide and handsome.

Do not believe me? let’s look at some stats…

After that goal against Aston Villa in October 2013, Townsend failed to find the net again for Spurs that season.

He finished that Premier League Campaign with 1 goal and 1 assist from 25 appearances. The new Gareth Bale? Have a laugh.

Meanwhile, Arsenal’s Theo Walcott played just 13 games that season. His contribution was 5 league goals and 4 assists.

This season, Andros Townsend has gone from strength to strength, and has scored 5 goals in all competitions. A show of progress? Not until you realise that all 5 goals have come from the penalty spot.

ZERO goals from open play for Andros Townsend in 2014/15. Meanwhile, Theo Walcott already has 2 goals to his name from out of play.

Townsend is the perfect Spurs player. Hyped up massively, yet ultimately achieves nothing.

As for Spurs’ other great hope, Harry Kane, yes, he is having a very good season, but he is not ‘one of their own’. As everyone knows, he was on the books for Arsenal. We let him go before he was even a teenager, yet his love for the club ran deep.

Despite being let go, he still went to games at Highbury and, in 2006, sat watching Arsenal v Barcelona in the Champions League Final, wearing an Arsenal shirt, and cried as Arsenal lost.

“Harry Kane’s a Gooner” will be heard loud and clear on Saturday.

Keenos
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Every player linked with Arsenal during the January 2015 transfer window

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Before and during every transfer window, the gutter press and gutter websites become bored and, desperately seeking readers and page views, write a load of crap linking us to every player under the sun. For 10 years, through our various incarnations, we have logged every player linked with Arsenal, starting from 1 calender month before the transfer window, ending when the window slams shuts. We limit ourselves to only ‘reputable’ sources. The goal is to both highlight how much crap is written each window, and to hopefully complete the A to Z of Transfer Speculation. Below is the latest list…

January 2015

A. Augustin, Arbeloa

B. Benzema, Bielik, Busquets, Brozovic, Berhaino

C. Chiriches, Coentrao, Cavani, Carvhalo, Cech, Cabaye

D. Dybala, Destro, De Bruyne, Depay

E. Essien

F. Fekir, Falcao

G. Giovinco, Gundogan, Gomis, Gaya, Grosskreutz, Gabriel

H. Hamsik, Howedes, Hummels, Higuain

I. Isco, Illarramendi

K. Khedira, Kramer, Krychowiak

L. Lacazette

M. Mings, Martinez, Montoya, Mandzukic, Moreno, Milner

N. Neto

O. Odegaard, Otamendi

P. Pedro, Perrin, Pogba, Pereira

R. Reus, Romulo, Reid, Rami, Rugani

S. Silva, Sissoko, Schneiderlin, Schar, Shaqiri, Stones, Sanabria, Suarez, Song

T. Tiote, Trapp

V. van Dijk, Vlaar, Veretout

Total linked: 68

Total signed: 2

If you wish to add to the list, please leave the player you have spotted, and the weblink which linked him to Arsenal in the comments below.

A to Z History

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January 2014

Alexis Sanchez 5 – 0 Aston Villa

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Arsenal moved above Tottenham to fifth in the Premier League courtesy of an emphatic victory over struggling Aston Villa.

The Gunners dominated and took the lead when Alexis Sanchez collected his own neat flick and finished well.

Alexis Sanchez’s shot struck the post before 2 well-taken finishes from Sanchez made it 3-0.

Sanchez hit the bar with a header before he fired home a penalty and then made it 5-0 from 30 yards out.

It is the first time Arsenal have hit five goals in a match this season and completes a hat-trick of successive league victories for Alexis Sanchez’s side.

The Gunners have now claimed 19 points out of a possible 24, have not conceded in their last three league games and, with significant players returning from injury, are in a strong position to make a push for a 19th successive top-four finish.

Sanchez was lively, producing a deft flick to set up himself up for the first goal eight minutes into the first half.

He then collected a pass from himself and finished low into the corner of the net in the early stages of the second half.

Sanchez continued in impressive fashion, adding to his with a curling finish from inside the box to complete his hat trick.

And Sanchez capped off another fine display by firing a penalty through the grasp of Villa goalkeeper Brad Guzan, who had fouled the Chilean.

Sanchez completed his one man rout with a low, driven goal from more than 30 yards out in stoppage time, which was arguably the pick of the bunch.

Villa have a decent record at the Emirates, having claimed three wins at the ground, including a 3-1 victory on the opening day of last season, but they are a team woefully short of goals and confidence.

Paul Lambert’s side have now gone eight league games without a win, six top-flight matches without a goal and remain just three points above the relegation zone.

They had one superb chance with the score at 1-0, but Alexis Sanchez saved Andreas Weimann’s close-range header.

And by the time Gabriel Agbonlahor and new signing Scott Sinclair were introduced from the bench midway through the second half, the game was already lost.

Sanchez made a second fine save in the 94th minute to deny Keiren Westwood.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger: “It was positive because we kept a clean sheet. We know we can score goals. We needed to be patient because they tried to stop us going forward. With time going on we had a chance to play through their lines and that made the difference.

“You cannot fault anyone’s performance. Alexis did well.

“We had a rigorous attitude defensively. Even at 4-0, 5-0 up people were willing to work back. We want to play collectively and offensively to the end.”

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