Juande We'll Get It Right

Yet another shambles of a start to a season for Tottenham and I’m hardly surprised. Juande Ramos refuses to play Dimitar Berbatov, claiming that he’s unsettled, effectively leaving us with just Darren Bent up front. Hardly the attack to make defences tremble. Now, myself and Spurs fans everywhere are praying - just sign another striker, please.

The way Spurs have kept Manchester United hands off of Berbatov is admirable. That is, on the pretence that we would not let him leave and he would carry on playing for us, even if he was unhappy. Now he isn’t even playing, what is the point in keeping him? It’s like having £30 million sitting in the stands. Let him go now, get a hell of a lot of money for him and replace him. And do it soon, because that insignificant matter of a transfer window is looming large on the horizon.

Ramos is playing a 4-5-1 system so far this year, with Bent being the lone striker. Now, ignoring the fact that this formation doesn’t work, our choice of Bent to lead the line is inadequate. So either find someone who can play at the head of the team or just find someone to partner him. Or, even better, get two strikers who can partner each other, and leave Bent on the bench. Either way, just sign someone please.

I feel like I’m pleading with the Spurs management to do something that is so painstakingly obvious. To be fair, there’s every possibility that Spurs have been working on a deal or two behind everyone’s back and are in control of the situation. But this still leaves the fans biting on their nails at the prospect of four months with Bent up front alone.

Spurs are notoriously slow starters but, whereas it is normally down to laziness and a failure to get motivated, this year I firmly believe it is just down to our lack of an attacker. And we will not win a game until we have someone new. It’s blindingly obvious and it’s getting desperate.

The defence and midfield actually look solid. King and Woodgate were, for the most part, very good today and with Hutton to come back, the defence looks stable. Bentley and Modric are playing alright, without setting the world on fire. This should get better pretty soon, once they settle so there are no concerns here.

The problem is the attack and, I hate to say it, the management of the team. The formation is wrong and the right players have not been purchased. Spurs have sold all the right players so far this summer (excluding Robbie Keane). But they have not yet completed the process and got the right players. Maybe it will be one by deadline day, but I for one would like to see our strongest team start the season. We are once again playing catch-up, and it is all our own fault.

Sort it out Juande and sort it out quickly. Get rid of the miserable Berbatov - he is wasting money and space. Cash in on him now, use the money and sort out this mess we have, once again, found ourselves in.