Good Luck and Thanks – Tottenham Hotspur

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A nightmare start to the season, where they picked up just 2 points from the first 24 available led to Tottenham sacking a manager for the 2nd consecutive October. Juande Ramos left, and Harry Redknapp showed his undying loyalty to Portsmouth by walking out on them for the second time. The North Londoners finished 8th, the least a squad with their ability and combined costs should  expect. After spending almost £50 million in January, most of it to re-unite the 2007 Tottenham team, there will be some departures before the big kick-off in August:

Good Luck and Thanks – Hull City

Hull City’s first season in the top flight of English football was a rollercoaster ride that would not look out of place in Alton Towers. 3rd at the end of October, the Tigers went on a horrific run of one win in their last nineteen league games. They managed to avoid the drop by a single point, owing more to Middlesbrough’s and Newcastle’s own pathetic seasons then any decent form of their own. The 35 points they gained is the 2nd lowest total that a team survived on in Premier League history. That said they achieved their objective and live to fight another day. Phil Brown was quite pleased with himself as his performance below shows:

There must be a major overhaul at the KC Stadium for the coming season:

Good Luck and Thanks – Arsenal

As we are in the midst of another transfer window, I shall be nominating 3 players from each Premier League club I think will be moving onto

Cracking a Rare Smile

pastures new in the coming months. First up is Arsenal, who after another trophy less season, will have learned from past experience that it is not a good idea to sell half your midfield and not replace them.