Brumstopdogs

Hi General In terms of offering players new contracts and/or reviewing contract extensions please can you confirm whose responsibility at the club that is? A number of our rivals have signed important youngsters and key first team players on long term deals to maximise their re-sale value. How do we control this? Thanks for your efforts and good luck with the manager search. Cheers UTV

Hi General Why do we allow our better players contracts to run down in such a way that we risk not getting a fee for them or a potentially reduced one? Surely it is the board's responsibility to safeguard the assets of the club and maximise their return. While many other of our rival clubs have quickly and with little fuss secured their top players on long term deals we seem to be weak in this area. Cheers for the updates by the way. Please don't get Sven - he won't be a popular choice with many! Guus Hiddink or Martin Jol please.

What would people think of McLeish? :confused:

Hi General It is a shocking state of affairs when our manager decides to leave days before the start of the season. It's been clear for months now that Milner was going to go - why oh why wasn't it clear a long time ago what portion of that fee O'Neill was going to get to reinvest? In terms of player contracts why aren't we smarter? Why do we let contracts get down to 2 years or less when we want to keep players? How did Milner's get down to 2 years without us doing something? Why does Young's have just 2 years to run?? Sounds a mess with no proper controls to me. In terms of the future: a) We need Stephen Ireland and he is a signing that will excite the fans We MUST not sell Ashley Young and in particular not to Spurs! It that ever happens I will be disgusted! c) Don't get Sven! It's time for some answers because the vast majority are feeling let down. So much for the 5 year plan

An interesting comment from one of Spurs main transfer targets this pre-season http://fourfourtwo.com/news/england/60733/default.aspx "Blanc told me I shouldn't join a smaller club like Tottenham Hotspur"

Milner - doubt it given his likely move - probably will be rested from his "injury"

They've won 3 mickeymouse European trophies. No creme de la creme for Spurs. In the main 2 competitions one winner or runner up outside 1950 to 1963 in their entire history. The smaller honours you listed haven't made up for it. Cheers for your opinion though. 8)

Should make it as the game should finish by 9.30 and you could always leave 5 minutes early if you were worried (by then hopefully we'll be 5-0 up anyway!) :winkold:

Just as I said: Spurs 2 top flight league titles, no european cup and lot's of talk That's it 2 league titles and no European Cup but they are HUGE

Come on guys get yourself down to Villa Park. There's a great deal on for this and the Euro tie. Sky plus the match as well! UTV!

I used to be a big Fiorentina fan back in the days when Rui Costa was there! What a legend! As for Spurs 2 top flight league titles, no european cup and lot's of talk

1-1 second half! First half crap, second half much better. Let's get down to Villa Park for the Valencia match and support the lads!

Downing doing better tonight!

GOAL!!!

Shocking back pass!

Just hit the post!!! This is awful!

This could end up like another Chelsea!

Our £10m defender!!!

I think we're looking for excuses. The bottom line is Benfica pass better, they move better and are taking it very seriously! We are simply not good enough to turn up away to the Portugese champions with players like Shorey, Sidwell and Heskey and expect to win! No doubt we'll get an appearance from the ghost Stewart Downing in the second half (assuming he wasn't playing first half of course!) Friedel letting in goals wearing that kit is not a pretty site!

Yet another Friedel mistake. Push it away from the goal!

Great effort by the boy wonder!

Shorey is so slow!

I didn't realise Pepe Reina was referee!

3-1 to Benfica. :?

Totally agree about the late kit dates being a massive gaffe considering most people would wear the kit the most in the summer, brining it out as the summer comes to a close isn't great! Let's see if we can learn some serious lessons General because ulitmately the club are losing a lot of money via shirt sales due to this.