Tottenham Hotspur Sack Ramos And Bring In Redknapp

Harry Redknapp has become Tottenham Hotspur manager after Juande Ramos was sacked late last night after just a year in charge at the club.

Ramos and Tottenham have had a poor start to the season, with Spurs stuck bottom of the table, but no-one seems quite sure why they decided to sack the manager at around midnight last night before a massive 6-point battle with Bolton Wanderers the next day. Perhaps they were waiting before receiving confirmation from Harry Redknapp and Portsmouth that he will become their latest manager, or perhaps it was just more bad management by the Spurs team.

Redknapp has previously spent 7 years in charge of West Ham United, but this will probably not bother most Spurs fans - they should be very happy with their latest gaffer, and he should be very happy too, as he’s finally managed to get his hands on a big club. He’s probably done about as much as possible at Portsmouth, and now he will hopefully be given more money to spend at White Hart Lane to try and turn things around.

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England 3:1 Belarus - 5 Conclusions From The Match

England defeated Belarus 3:1 last night to record a record 4th win in the World Cup 2008 qualifiers, with Gerrard scoring one and Rooney getting two. Here are a few conclusions having watched the game on Wednesday evening…

1. Steven Gerrard can only score from 30 yards - Gerrard scored England’s first, a blinder from over 30 yards from goal, completely taking the Belarus’ keeper by surprise.

However later on in the game he rounded the goalie and just had to hit the empty net to claim his second goal of the night, but only managed to knock the ball onto the post. Luckily it was already 3-1 by then and the game had already been won.

2. After scoring the first goal we seem to drift off… - Again we scored the first goal of the game, but then we just seem to drift off and take our foot off the pedal, which will allow the other team to gain a bit of possession and momentum. Belarus did this, and they scored during this spell. After Fabio managed to give his team talk at half-time we managed to step-up again and gain control of the midfield, but we should never have been in that position in the first place.

3. Belarus aren’t a bad side, but they aren’t Arsenal - Someone (can’t remember who - probably Chris Waddle) recently warned England that Belarus played like Arsenal. This was true to some degree - they do like to get the ball down and pass it around, looking to score the perfect goal (which they did manage to do), but thats about all they could manage. They lacked the clinical finishing touch, which England had thanks to Wayne Rooney.

4. Chris Waddle likes to talk crap - The Setanta Sports co-commentator doesn’t have talk some b*llocks at times, with his latest claim being that Theo Walcott isn’t really good enough to be playing for England, and that Shaun Wright Phillips should have started instead. Granted, Walcott didn’t have a great game, but he still looks very bright when compared to someone like Beckham or SWP.

5. Rooney and Heskey work well together - I admit that I didn’t really fancy Rooney and Heskey to work too well together (I didn’t really see Rooney as much of a goal-scorer when compared to Owen/Defoe), but they really played well together last night. Although Rooney got 2 goals, and Heskey has a goal-game ratio for England of 1:10, Heskey managed to set up some of the goals and was a constant danger to Belarus who couldn’t handle him. It’s great to see Heskey playing well again, especially considering some of the negative press he has received in the past.

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Is this really not a holiday camp?

Rio Ferdinand said earlier that the pre-Capello England era was a circus. To be honest there was no need for him to say it since the lack of inspiration on behalf of both the manager and the players, along with the comical errors and the lack of determination, pride and belief were there for all to see.
However, now that England have the first manager in a long time that is capable of bringing the air-filled heads of these multi-millionaire superstars back down to Earth, moulding them into a consistently winning team, without the very frequent scares that would occure under the previous reigimes, it seems that England can start to be claimed as potential favourites for major tournaments with the actual ‘fire power’ to match.

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Watch England vs Belarus Online

Today England face Belarus in the Dinamo Stadium at part of the World Cup qualifying campaign, with kick-off scheduled to be at 7.30PM. You can watch the match online or on Setanta Sports.

England are in fine form after their 5-1 win against Kazahkstan at the weekend, and the only absentee from that match will be Ashley Cole who is out with a hamstring injury. Wayne Bridge is likely to start in his place at left back.

Although Belarus may be seen to be the underdogs, they have still managed to hold both Argentina and Germany to draws recently, whilst beating Holland last year in a Euro 2008 qualifier match. However they will be without arguably their best player, Alexander Hleb, who is sidelined with ankle-ligament damage.

To watch the England vs. Belarus football match online, click here and then select one of the 3 packages. Or, you can subscribe to Setanta Sports here and watch all of the away England World Cup qualifier matches.

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TURKEY AND FATIH TERIM LOST VERY IMPORTANT POINTS !…

This was very important match for Turkey and Fatih Terim at home .

Let’s not forget the matches that Turkey will play away!..

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