Big Fumbling Gomes

Spotted on the weekly cauldron of schoolboy jokes that is the Guardian Gallery.

What Harry says and what Harry does

Earlier this week, Spurs manager Harry Redknapp came out in defence of under-fire keeper Heurelho Gomes. Redknapp said: “He’s our number one so he’s got to do the job - we’re relying on him heavily. I believe in him and we have to believe in him.”

Rough translation: our reserve keeper (Cesar Sanchez) is even worse so it looks like I will have to keep picking him until January.

Redknapp has now recalled young keeper Ben Alnwick from his loan spell at Carlisle United. So to clarify, the Tottenham boss - who has no intention of dropping ‘Safehands’ Gomes - has cut short some guaranteed first-team football for a 21-year-old keeper to make him third-choice at White Hart Lane. That makes sense.

No, not Gomes himself - the other man behind his mistakes

Yesterday, our friends at The Spoiler were mulling over the Premier League’s top scapegoats. As if by way of response (perhaps they were unhappy at no longer being the butt of quite so many jokes) Tottenham today ‘parted company’ with goalkeeping coach Hans Leitert.
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Paul Robinson: allow yourself a wry smile

When your team is going through a bad patch it is good to know that you have a reliable keeper between the sticks. Like Tottenham and Heurelho Gomes, for instance. Here is the Brazilian goalie helping his side on their way to Uefa Cup defeat to Udinese last night.

Video spotted on 101 Great Goals