I have heard allot going into this season, i for one had huge expectations. Especially after the first game vs Man City, where we mauled them but failed to win, i was high in hope.

We are now in February, and although Redknapp and co are still talking about the title and how we can beat anyone on a given night, the facts are that:

- We are 13 points off the leaders in the league
- Our goal difference is +7, our challengers have +17 to +32
- We still cannot beat the top 4 (One win against Arsenal does not count)

In Europe we had a better than expected run, but allot of that is down to the fact that Inter and Werder are having poor seasons.

Allot of talk goes on about our attacking football, however we only scored 3 goals in the league this season on 2 occasions. Our defense on the other hand is leaking them in regularly, barely have a clean sheet all season.

To add to the pain, Liverpool, Chelsea, Man C all got stronger in the transfer period, so the challenge for 4th place just got bigger.

I for one do not understand the Piennar "hype", other than him being cheap and a half decent passer of the ball, i do not see where he will help us. He is clearly not a scorer (barely scored past 5 in a season over his career), he is not big, not very fast and not a very good defender. At 28y he is also not a prospect, he is a Jenas to me (ie a fringe player) just a better passer but also weaker and not English.

Spurs needs at least one world class striker. I think Crouch is a good supplementary player and Defoe can offer some options, Pav can be a good sub, however we need someone which can play good off the ball and play on through balls (which we do not do at all). I felt Suarez at 24m was the solution, now he is not (bought by Liverpool). I hope we do not get Forlan or Fabiano, they are not long term solutions and will cost quite a bit. Aguero is a good choice (we made an offer) however i doubt we have the cash to pull that one off.

We seriously need a proper DM, someone which can rotate with Huddlestone. Palacios is a Wigan level player, he cannot pass at all and i cannot see him as a solution. Diarra is a good one, i heard they wanted 18m for him though, not sure he goes that much. If we can cut that price down it would be a good option.

Ekotto is not our long term solution at Left back. How many goals did we let in due to him this year? Keeps being beaten on the offside and makes way too many mistakes.

I still think Modric is way over hyped. If Barcelona came and offered over 40m for him now, i would take it. I feel he can be a liability in midfield due to his size, he makes allot more mistakes than people pay attention to, rarely sets up a proper through ball and scores sparingly. At 25y (26 in the summer) i think we should cash in.