Why are BRITISH sides so rubbish in Europe this season ?

[Cesar Chavez]

Not forgetting large, but imobile central defenders, and fullbacks with orders not to pass the half way line.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

You have to watch it though - it wasn't that clear cut and was pure gamesmanship on Vertonghen's behalf.

Yep, they can't complain as they did it both ties, the same bloke tried to get vert sent off in first game

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Because AVB didn't pay £26 million for Adebayor. Spending that amount of money and then not playing Soldado would've been tantamount to AVB admitting he'd made a mistake, which his ego wouldn't allow him to. Thought at the time that Spurs had overpaid for a player who had just had one good season at a fairly late stage in his career, and nothing I've seen since makes me want to revise that opinion.

Avb didn't want half the players baldini and levy signed, interesting enough in Sherwood's first game he played lamela, eriksen, ade, soldado, vlad and paulinho all summer signings.