Tottenham, Tottenham, How Could It Be?

Many things have mystified me this season. How can Ibrahima Sonko be regarded as a decent Premiership footballer? Hull strangely making a mockery of the early honeymoon period in the top division and why Newcastle are still regarded as a football team.
None of these has come close to Tottenham Hotspurs awful empathy to grasp any solidarity to get their team firing on all cylinders and staring Championship football straight in the face if results do not improve.
The somewhat woeful performance against Stoke City actually looked to be one of their best performance this season. Their back four looked like a respectable back four, compared to other matches even after Gareth Bale received his marching orders.
Johnny Woodgate looked commanding and possibly, he is capturing some of that form that made Real Madrid pay £12 million for him. He is probably the one main player they need to be performing now as he is the hairpin and if he is off form the team will suffer.
Tottenham, surprisingly, has not conceded more than two goals in a game, so it is evident the problem is at the other end.
Darren Bent is a fine striker but he literally needs a chance on a plate to score, I am not sure how he managed to score so many goals for Charlton in their relegation season.
With the recent departure of Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane, Tottenham have lost all credibility up front and the opposition are not scared of the current crop of strikers. Keane and Berbatov had this understanding and they looked the accomplished partnership that managed to get Tottenham playing good and free scoring football until it ruthlessly got ripped apart when two of the four cae knocking.
Keane always wanted to join his boyhood team Liverpool but Berbatov simply went too late and damaged the squad intensely.
Jaunde Ramos is obviously under severe pressure and the tabloids will be ready to hunt him down. Although I am not completely sure whether it is fully his fault or not, I am not convinced he received the players he desperately wanted.
Roman Pavlyuchenko was a great signing, as he is the mould of a young Teddy Sheringham. Many similarities can be matched but he would have needed a season to adapt to the Premier League culture of rough necks and spirited tackles.
Luka Modric always looks a yard of the pace and he has not had any influence in any game I have seen. He is a good little engine but it is disappointing that he has been reluctant to produce his magic that overcome England before Euro 2006.
In addition, the signing of David Bentley added to the wealth of young British talent Martin Jol began and what seems to be being ripped apart by Damien Comolli. But yet again, he has failed to find his feet and stamp his authority on any game.
Heurelho Gomes seems to be the uglier version of Paul Robinson and does not seem a worthwhile signing as of yet.
Getting Ledley King fully fit is still a primary aim for Tottenham as his partnership with Woodgate should be seen as fundamental instead of seeing whether it can happen. Alan Hutton and Gareth Bale need to go either side, as Vedran Corluka seems to be an expensive luxury.
Some of the problem is the organisation in midfield as they have so many decent players it is hard to gel them all together and find the perfect patterns of play to find successful. Jermaine Jenas needs to play, as he is one player that will cover every blade of grass. With Jenas in the team it would be difficult to accommodate Modric as Tottenham do not have the ‘Berbatov’, the ‘Torres’ , the ‘Drogba’ to play up front by themselves. Therefore, Bent and Pavlyuchenko has play and start every game to provide any real threat and that will lose them an influential midfielder.
Aaron Lennon has been the bright star in a piss poor patch as he has finally found affection for the graft of playing once again and looks a general threat against teams. He must be a dead cert on that left wing.
Tottenham are short of that quality holding midfielder and found that position is a difficult part to fill since Michael Carrick left for Manchester United. Didier Zokara is not good enough and Tom Huddlestone has not quite yet lived up to his promise.
Tottenham has such a good team and it is hard to see why they are suffering so much. Two points out of a possible 24 does not make good reading but they will pull themselves out and make a top ten finish. They may have the financial muscle for next season to buy that world-class striker and world class holding midfielder they desperately need.