Roberto is awaiting Saldado's apology

The bad feelings between teams and players (which can linger) then don't happen.

I think the lad's name is spelled 'Soldado' but I'm mot positive on that one.

Almost worth appointing him as manager for that zinger alone.

AVB is the embodiment of the crap foreign manager who gets a Prem job because he's foreign and gives power point presentations in english.

Spurs should be winning the league this year with their spend but are choking as usual, Shanks used to call them the "Drury lane tap dancers" - spot on he was.

Even spurs fans are embarrassed by this, some right bluffers managing monied clubs at the moment.

The quintessential, "He speaks English with a continental accent" over-rated manager.

Couldn't do better than 'Arry with the side 'Arry built, even with Bale playing out of his skin.

Why he chose to pick out that collision as something to bitch about, I don't know. His keeper leapt up and played well after, while our striker limped off.

Round One to Roberto, methinks.

Time will tell; I think Martinez may turn out to have an iron fist in a velvet glove.

He said nothing about Lukaku after the game on Sunday and still said nothing about him until he and his medical staff have come under fire many times since then.

It was two fully committed players going for a loose ball.

However, the incident with the nasty elbow from Soldado was premeditated.

The Lukaku/Lloris iincident was a total accident — and we all saw the Soldado incident!!

AVB revisit!

Excellent response from RM...as usual.
Sin Miedo? Add to that: "cum dignitas"

You can tell his media punditry on Sky, BBC and ESPN have really helped Martinez gain a good relationship with the media. He really knows how to deal with them effectively.

I love how AVB called his critics "incompetent."

Maybe his judgement isn't up to scratch, like isolating all of the older players at Chelsea. Recipe for disaster that, tasting juicy with infighting and lost dressing rooms, with a side dish of P45 and Roman's Wrath.

Lets be fair, what's he won, AVB? A treble with Porto, a 3 team league frankly.

He left Chelsea in 6th, split the dressing room, got battered by Napoli, and Robbie Di Matteo picked up the pieces. Bale saved his skin last season, and you can tell how much they are missing him in this campaign. Very goal shy.

AVB's philosophy last season was PITBAHFTB, (Pass It To Bale And Hope For The Best), and Spud's lack of goals is going to cost them 4th. There is no way they will finish 4th this season.

If Tottenham win the Premier League this season, I will eat my Everton cap.

Come to peaceful suicide?

It's probably quicker to say "Pass it to Bale and Hope for the Best" than your acronym!!! lol

I don't think Spurs used it to deliberately break up our game, but it certainly helped them hold on for a point so to hear AVB moaning about it now must leave our manager with a certain amount of chagrin over the bare faced cheek of the spurs manager. Villas Boas is trying to deflect criticism, but to blame Lukaku is completely ridiculous.

Translated into English, its similar to a name of a person: Wanye Kerr...

AVB is an arse who is simply trying to deflect attention from the fact that it was Lloris who ran the show and ran onto the pitch when all the medics were telling him to get off - it was a total fuck up for them. Fortunately, no harm was done.....

Pity we couldn't sneak a goal.......

Togam meam colligebo.

Gary #670 Once 'educated' by 'Christian Brothers' you were always concerned about Latin Grammar since the swoosh of the strap to hand was never far behind and unfortunately I was a slow Latin learner:o(

There was a falling out between the Old Boys and the school some years ago, the club kept going for a while. However, I walked past yesterday and there is a "To Let" board on the door.

On the player front, I think RM is right, a 4th official/medical person or even the ref should be the one making this kind of decision and not the manager. I.e. someone neutral.

The Spurs players around Lloris were really concerned for him and thought he should go off and the player himself blacked out for a while and couldn't remember anything, he couldnt even stand up properly for a couple of minutes. The manager is not going to want to make a substitution if he doesn't have to and I was really surprised AVB kept Lloris on - it shows that he cares more about the result that the well being of one of his players! Football is important but not that important! Who knows what would have happened if Lloris had received another blow to the head aftewards, e.g. coming out for a corner etc.

I uses to like AVB and felt sorry for him at Chelsea but his recent actions have really turned me off him. He seems to be both blinded by ambition as well as being an immature prick at times.

If he is the manager, he calls the shots after getting advice from the medical team. They were clearly indicating that Lloris was out of it. Nearly 40000 people saw it and yet he allows a half witted keeper to say he's okay. JOKER!

I think AVB is a spoofer as was proven at Chelsea and is being proven again at Spurs. He hasn't improved on Harry's team even after all the money he's spent. I'm looking forward to seeing it fall apart at Spurs again this season.

RM meanwhile is just class personified. In one sentence, he is telling AVB to fuck off (very nicely by the way) and also telling us Billy has a meter on the phone. CLASS!

He failed at Chelski which did not surprise me and now has spent millions at Spurs who are far from looking like a top team yet.

He screwed up with the Loris situation and should have stood firm in replacing him after the injury.

Frank McLardy – WW2 traitor, Liverpool District Secretary of the British Union of Fascists; founder member of the Waffen-SS British Free Corps; later served as SS-Unterscharfúhrer in the Waffen-SS Medical Corps. Sentenced to life imprisonment (reduced to 15 years) on his return to England. Served seven years and later emigrated to Germany, where he worked as a pharmacist.

Bit sad we can all remember that shite which sits there like black through a lobster after all these years (actually they never threw any lobsters - usually chalk and board dusters in my day)

I was expecting some sort of AVB in NAZI relation expose shock! Then realised it was part of the thread earlier (hadn't read the previous posts...)

Would have been enough for a daily mail journo!

Since then he has revitalised the team with some great signings, and the overall football being played has been of a higher standard than under our previous manager. He has brought class and dignity back to our club, and totally changed my mind about him.

I'll be wearing my lucky socks on Saturday, so relax everyone, they guarantee a win.

COYB'S

They were delighted after the game with that point hence their players whoops and high fives. As Walker said, what an intimidating place to come... Yes, that's us, Kyle, we like to give southern teams a nice friendly welcome.

Anyway, AVB wants to try and get rid of that chest infection he's had for the last few years... Aaaaggh! — just spotted Kenwright on that Elvis tribute on ITV. I'm off to bed.

Just got settled to watch it and there's his fat spoofing napper hyperbole-ing all over the show.

Mind you to be fair, didn't he have a secret night out with Elvis and Tommy Steele in 1959.

If I remember correctly, they started in Ma Eggertons, bit of a crawl around town then a taxi to the Gravvy.

(apparently Bill got his hole but the other two got KB'd and ended up going to The Green Spot for a scran).

And Sir Ken's TED presentations are great - see that Youtube thingy.

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html