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			<title><![CDATA[Diary of a sad end to a Tottenham season]]></title>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 May 2013 15:03:46 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<author><![CDATA[Dan Fitch]]></author>
			<link><![CDATA[http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/tottenham/id/850]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Due to the importance of Sunday's games, my editor at ESPNFC suggested that I bash out the match report on the road, rather than waiting til I got home to put finger to keyboard.  As I begin writing pre-match, I'm anticipating the day will prove to be a topsy-turvy, rollercoaster ride that at various times will have me in states of wild jubilation, nausea-inducing nervousness and deep depression.  - Randall: Last stand not enough for Sunderland - Delaney: Reflections on Spurs' narrow miss - Dawson: We thought that we had done enough - Villas-Boas: Bale will stay at Spurs  As such I've decided to document the day in broken-down diary form to fully capture the events leading to Spurs' 1-0 victory and the resulting emotions.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[5 reasons why Spurs fans should still have hope]]></title>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 12:51:04 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<author><![CDATA[Dan Fitch]]></author>
			<link><![CDATA[http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/tottenham/id/841]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[If my last column was a sign of a man accepting his fate, this one is where he desperately clutches at some straws, so that he can go into Sunday with a small iota of hope in his heart.  Here are my five reasons for Tottenham fans to be cheerful, as we go into battle with Arsenal, fate and lady luck once again.  - Vaughan: Bale has no off-days  Tottenham always beat Sunderland at home  The first part of the equation that needs to click into place is for Spurs to actually win their game against Sunderland.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Why Spurs' season is a success whatever happens]]></title>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 13:50:08 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<author><![CDATA[Dan Fitch]]></author>
			<link><![CDATA[http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/tottenham/id/834]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[When I'm not writing about Spurs for ESPN, I can often be found offering football betting advice to any gambling company that is willing to pay me.  One of the golden rules of football betting is not to put your money on a team that have nothing to play for. This is especially true when their opponents have everything to play for.  So forgive me if I don't remortgage the house tonight and put the proceeds on Newcastle getting a result against Arsenal. Just like last season, I fully envisage an anti-climatic afternoon at White Hart Lane on Sunday, with both North London clubs gaining wins.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Adebayor winner avoids frustration]]></title>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 May 2013 09:52:42 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<author><![CDATA[Steve Jennings]]></author>
			<link><![CDATA[http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/tottenham/id/827]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tottenham Hotspur continue to be frighteningly bad at defending set pieces. Some things never change. One thing that certainly has been transformed of late is the form of Spurs' match winner at the Britannia Stadium, Emmanuel Adebayor.  - Adebayor, Dempsey deliver in Spurs win  The Togolese striker bagged the winner against 10-man Stoke City when it looked like Andre Villas-Boas' men were going to end up recording a frustrating draw. The 2-1 victory puts the pressure back on Arsenal, who face FA Cup winners Wigan Athletic at the Emirates on Tuesday night.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[It's been a good season, but only luck will make it great]]></title>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 May 2013 15:22:20 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<author><![CDATA[Dan Fitch]]></author>
			<link><![CDATA[http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/tottenham/id/814]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[We should not forget that it says a lot for Tottenham Hotspur's progress that Wednesday's 2-2 draw at Chelsea will leave most Spurs fans feeling somewhat deflated.  - Lythell: Chelsea hit panic button in Spurs draw - Carr: Spurs have work to do  We should also not forget in all of this that Chelsea's starting XI cost in the region of 200 million pounds (it may be more, it may be less, I have no real interest in working it out). Tottenham's most expensive player on the pitch was goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Now is truly the time for Spurs to lay the Chelsea hoodoo to rest]]></title>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 May 2013 09:38:41 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<author><![CDATA[Dan Fitch]]></author>
			<link><![CDATA[http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/tottenham/id/794]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Let me take you to 1990. Football was a very different place indeed and almost unrecognisable compared to the landscape we know today.  It was a time when Manchester United had gone more than 20 years without winning a league title. A time when Arsenal could boast of having 18 Englishmen on their first-team squad. A time when Chelsea had yet to buy their first GBP;1m player.  It also was the last time that Tottenham won a game at Stamford Bridge. Gary Lineker scored the winning goal for Spurs in a game notable for Paul Gascoigne lashing out at Chelsea's John Bumstead.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bale's latest match-winner recruits another disciple]]></title>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 04 May 2013 14:21:22 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<author><![CDATA[Dan Fitch]]></author>
			<link><![CDATA[http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/tottenham/id/782]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[My friend, who sits in the seat next to me at White Hart Lane, couldn't make Tottenham's 1-0 win against Southampton on Saturday, thanks to a badly planned stag weekend that he was duty bound to attend.  In his place I brought along my nephew for his first Spurs game. Anyone who thinks that this was a kindly gesture clearly didn't watch the game.  I might as well have given the lad a job down the mine. The majority of the match was enough to suggest to him that watching Spurs was a grubby business destined to end in misery.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Why I don't think Spurs will qualify for the Champions League]]></title>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 May 2013 13:54:09 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<author><![CDATA[Dan Fitch]]></author>
			<link><![CDATA[http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/tottenham/id/776]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[One of the perks of writing for a global behemoth like ESPN is that you get randomly requested to be interviewed by radio stations across the globe.  So I'll often get to boast, "I was on national radio today" to friends, before throwing in the punchline, "in Iceland".  - AVB: This is a defining week for Spurs  I'm pretty certain that I'd never be asked to appear on Icelandic radio again if Gylfi Sigurdsson was transferred, but it's nonetheless nice to take these opportunities while they're there.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rose can blossom at Spurs]]></title>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:03:52 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<author><![CDATA[Dan Fitch]]></author>
			<link><![CDATA[http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/tottenham/id/770]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Monday night, Tottenham's on-loan left-back Danny Rose scored a great goal for Sunderland, who were eventually thrashed 6-1 by Aston Villa.  There's talk that Sunderland want to sign Rose on a permanent deal, but Andre Villas-Boas has spoken out to confirm that he wants the England U-21 international to remain at Spurs.  -AVB keen for Rose to return  To my mind, that's good news. I have rated Rose since he was switched to a defensive position. A lot of Tottenham fans felt differently about him, but having been given an opportunity at Sunderland, I think he's proved he's worth a chance.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Greedy Bale deserves to gobble up PFA awards]]></title>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:42:26 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<author><![CDATA[Dan Fitch]]></author>
			<link><![CDATA[http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/tottenham/id/761]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[So it's official. Gareth Bale is both the PFA Player of the Year and the PFA Young Player of the Year. Talk about greedy.  It's a well deserved accolade. Liverpool's Luis Suarez was a worthy contender, but for him to win an award of this substance after what he did last Sunday, would have left a Branislav Ivanovic-flavoured, bitter taste in the mouth.  Robin van Persie's form fell away just at the time when votes were being taken, only to recover in the past couple of weeks. However, I still think that Bale is a worthier winner.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Explaining to my wife why Spurs can't beat Wigan]]></title>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:30:58 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<author><![CDATA[Dan Fitch]]></author>
			<link><![CDATA[http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/tottenham/id/753]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[After watching the game at home Saturday I went out for dinner with my wife and child. My wife doesn't know anything about football, nor does she care to, but occasionally she'll ask me the odd question about it.  Her interest, I guess, had been piqued by the fact that I was shouting and hollering like some kind of lunatic for the last 10 minutes of the game.  "So who did you play today?"  "Wigan. We drew."  My wife took this in. As I've said, she doesn't know anything about football, but she does know that she's never heard anyone mentioning Wigan in conjunction with winning the Champions League.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Spurs should not let next Lewandowski slip their grasp]]></title>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:29:57 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<author><![CDATA[Dan Fitch]]></author>
			<link><![CDATA[http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/tottenham/id/744]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, while Robert Lewandowski was clinically destroying Real Madrid, former Tottenham favourite Steve Archibald tweeted the fairly unwelcome news that Spurs had once had the chance to sign the Dortmund striker for as little as five million pounds.  It got me thinking about some of the other players Tottenham have let slip through their grasp. First, there are the ones who actually spent some time at the club as youngsters, but somehow were allowed to fulfill their potential elsewhere.  By far the biggest gaffe in this inglorious category was the decision to allow a young Graeme Souness to leave for Middlesbrough having made just one appearance for the first team.]]></description>
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