No score bore draw leaves one ex-manager the happier of the dapper chaps

@_aaronelliott takes a look at today's game.

'Alright lads, I want 10 men behind the ball at all times. Don't try and score. Don't even think about scoring. Unless you get forward a bit, then have a dig.'



"Faakin' mark up"

This is something along the lines of what former man of the moment and egomaniac Harry Redknapp's team talk would have sounded like. Partial slander aside, I think we can all praise QPR for reducing our efforts down to just the odd glimpse at goal. They set out to frustrate us and, well, they did. Kudos.

"...and beyond the relegation zone!"

The game started promisingly enough from a Spurs' perspective; our possession was good, and it looked like only a matter of time before we broke the deadlock. Unfortunately, a mere 10 minutes in, this is where the match climaxed. Defoe rifled a trademark shot from outside the box which looked destined for the top corner until Julio Cesar met it with a sublime save to tip it onto the post. That's where Adebayor picked up the rebound, beat a defender, then had his tame effort saved by Cesar. A brilliant double by the Brazilian. He's certainly come a long way from being animated and voiced by Tim Allen. That was undoubtedly the highlight of an otherwise dull match. Redknapp's line-up was virtually the same as the side that somehow won at Stamford Bridge, with the exception of the industrious Park now playing the full 90. Industry was the theme of the day, it appears, as QPR worked their proverbial socks off to leave us disappointed with a point. One other moment of entertainment came from Stephane M'bia's attempt at rolling through the space-time continuum after our own Hugo Lloris 'may' have clipped him while play was stopped.

"The mean man kicked me"

So what really caused this stalemate. QPR's stout and resolute defending? Or was it our lack of creativity? So many times I've seen us pass the ball around a team without cutting through them. And this isn't just this season, it happened when we had Modric too. We've struggled for some time to break teams down and it appears a fundamental problem that hasn't been addressed. Having said that, we should have had enough on the pitch today to win. Adebayor's run of poor form took another shocking turn as he seemed unable to hold the ball up, Defoe huffed and puffed but apart from the odd glimpse seemed ineffective, Bale and Lennon were not able to affect the game at all, Dawson's love affair with the 70 yard diagonal pass continued... I could go on naming issues with today's game but I'll put it down to 'just one of those days'.

Oh god, I sound like Redknapp.

Anyway, it's not the end of the world. A win would have been nice but considering we lost there last season maybe a point will prove handy in the long-run. One thing I would like to see however is some investment this window, y'know? A real sign of intent from Levy, the sort that was lacking last January when we hoped for Llorente and got Saha. I spose we'll just have to wait and see. And to end on a positive note, AVB reckons Sandro will be fit for the United game thank god.

Let's just hope the Mancs spank the Goons tomorrow.