Two huge games - Arema is our first ACL game and the Osaka derby is our opening game in the J-League!

The tickets sold out fast for the Osaka derby (as they always do) on the opening day of the J-League season and the game before that will be the visit of Arema FC from Indonesia next month. The away game in Indonesia is during Golden Week which should see a decent number of our supporters making the trip despite the price hikes during that period. So here is some information from, wikipedia of course, about Arema and the only recent news I could find in English about them here which looks impressive. Finally please note this is the emblem of our Asian rivals. Anyone that can help with more information and/or links would be helpful!

Welcome to the jungle

Furthermore in case there are any fans coming over from Indonesia that can't read one of the three Japanese alphabets perhaps this could be useful:

This is where to find us

Of course we lost to Blackpool!

Standard stuff from Spurs, an great win followed by a missed opportunity in the league. We need a striker who can score. Still it's much better than any number of seasons I can remember as a Spurs fan. But the failure to land a goalscorer in January despite some desperate attempts could prove costly. We missed lots of chances and it still seems strange to see a formerly pointless QPR midfielder turn into an entertaining manager for the Seasiders.

"I for one would love to see him in that chair"

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1359214/Harry-Redknapp-England-says-Blackpool-boss-Ian-Holloway.html#ixzz1En4Y9Cvk

Cerezo Asian Champions League Group G Fixtures

Here are all of the fixtures for our group known by me as 'the group of the unknown.'

	02 March 2011 19:00	JEONBUK HYUNDAI MOTORS (KOR)-SHANDONG LUNENG FC (CHN)	Jeonju World Cup Stadium
	02 March 2011 19:00	CEREZO OSAKA (JPN)-AREMA INDONESIA (IDN)	Osaka Nagai Stadium
	16 March 2011 15:30	SHANDONG LUNENG FC (CHN)-CEREZO OSAKA (JPN)	Shandong Luneng Stadium
	16 March 2011 15:30	AREMA INDONESIA (IDN)-JEONBUK HYUNDAI MOTORS (KOR)	Kanjuruhan Stadium
	05 April 2011 15:30	AREMA INDONESIA (IDN)-SHANDONG LUNENG FC (CHN)	Kanjuruhan Stadium
	05 April 2011 19:00	CEREZO OSAKA (JPN)-JEONBUK HYUNDAI MOTORS (KOR)	Osaka Nagai Stadium
	20 April 2011 15:30	SHANDONG LUNENG FC (CHN)-AREMA INDONESIA (IDN)	Shandong Luneng Stadium
	20 April 2011 19:00	JEONBUK HYUNDAI MOTORS (KOR)-CEREZO OSAKA (JPN)	Jeonju World Cup Stadium
	03 May 2011 15:30	AREMA INDONESIA (IDN)-CEREZO OSAKA (JPN)	Kanjuruhan Stadium
	03 May 2011 19:30	SHANDONG LUNENG FC (CHN)-JEONBUK HYUNDAI MOTORS (KOR)	Shandong Luneng Stadium
	10 May 2011 15:00	JEONBUK HYUNDAI MOTORS (KOR)-AREMA INDONESIA (IDN)	Jeonju World Cup Stadium
	10 May 2011 19:00	CEREZO OSAKA (JPN)-SHANDONG LUNENG FC (CHN)	Osaka Nagai Stadium

 

Amazing scenes at the San Siro

    Who would win? (Jordan is 59 but...)

I'll have a couple quid on Joe

Well done Spurs, great stuff, Crouch somehow always looks like he'll score in Europe, good work from Lennon too for the goal. AC Milan were petulant to say the least but what can you say? Sandro was very impressive and Redknapp knows what he's doing. The 'amazing scenes' in the title refer to Gattuso and ex-Milan player/hard man turned Spurs coach Joe Jordan. The last thing I would have expected was the Milan captain losing it after Jordan supposedly called him a "f******g Italian b******d" which Jordan denies. Milan meet UEFA today to find out how long his ban will be. Perhaps AC Milan owner and Italian PM Berlusconi is happy with him for deflecting media attention away from his personal life with an audacious headbutt after the final whistle? Bring on the second leg (we won 1-0)!

Premier league magic

Everyone has been talking about the Rooney goal although the man himself wasn't that good in the derby apart from his goal. So here instead is Trevor Sinclair's overhead kick for QPR, this from a player who also managed to play well for England in a World Cup! For Spurs Nico did the business again ensuring we stay in the top 4 and look, dare I say it, comfortable there. The Croat outscoring Torres recently...

                                                                               

Ronaldo retires

Enjoy 53 of his goals over two years while he was still a wonderkid at PSV, a true great, shame about the injuries. Thank you for the memories! Too good for words just enjoy...

Thanks again J-Sports 2 and a short roundup of the week

England won against the Danes. Everyone was raving about Christian Eriksen who plays for Ajax for now.

No debut for Kyle Walker and Defoe stayed on the bench but Dawson played for a while. Lots of other Spurs players had a run out mid-week though including Sandro for Brazil who lost against the French. Lucky Harry, couldn't get rid of Nico Kranjcar during the window and he ended up scoring a beauty to get us the 3 points against Bolton, live on J-Sports 2 last weekend. Our game tonight against Sunderland is also going to be shown on J-Sports 2 which is a rare double treat for Spurs fans in Japan but this one will will kick off just before half two on Sunday morning over here. No Bale, Van Der Vaart, Modric, King ( of course, back soon? ) and Kaboul. Xavi the Spain and Barcelona maestro gave an interesting interview this week, Scholes eh?