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The chips are down: Can slimline Spurs be Champions League fat cats?

Juande Ramos's stars showed their lean and hungry look at the Carling Cup final - a far cry from Martin Jol's Billy Bunter squad. With so much at steak (sic), isn't it time for pasta to replace chips on the Premier League diet?

by Syd Farr on 04 March 2008

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Liverpool usurped Everton for fourth place for a short while last weekend, edging above them on goal difference, only to pop back under their rivals when the Toffees beat Manchester City 2-0 at Eastlands.

'A fit and trim squad is worth an extra handful of points over the entire campaign'

With Aston Villa desperately close to the two Merseyside clubs it is not inconceivable that goal difference, the footballing equivalent of a photo finish, will decide who enters the Champions League city of gold.

This fight to the finish means small issues can become huge - injuries, suspensions, form, and crucially, fitness.

Tottenham, denied by their ropey lasagna guts in their Champions' League quest two seasons ago, would almost certainly have finished fourth if the team had been dining on a Juande Ramos diet all that season.

Comments (6)

by Spurdaboyzon on March 04, 2008

werid i said the points in an article that got shot down but other posters, http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A32836430

by Ed B on March 04, 2008

werid i said the points in an article that got shot down but other posters, Wonder if this gets shot down too? http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A32836430 </b lockquote>

by The chosen Yid on March 04, 2008

What Ramos has done with the squad in regards to diet is good, but it really begs the question why did jol allow the squad to get into such a state in the first place? It was obvious to everyone other than jol that there were serious doubts over the teams fitness, especilly bearing in mind the number of late goals being conceeded!

by spursyid on March 04, 2008

the diet that juande ramos has the team on can only be good for the future of the club the players look a lot fitter than when martin jol was in charge its also nice to see gus back with us also doing a good job with the team,lets just hope we can play better thursday night against psv than we did at the weekend it would be nice to win the uefa cup and make it a more successful season for us.

by maurice norman on March 04, 2008

Isn't hind sight a wonderful thing?

by Kurt Munro on March 05, 2008

Arteta should've been used to that diet at Rangers. Just look at fatty Charlie Adam and Kris Boyd in our team. Makes me sick that these wasters are even allowed to wear our shirt. I could do better than both of them, and I write that with a straight face.

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