Rob Parker | February 24, 2009
What is it with Spurs keepers?
It doesn’t seem to matter which goalkeeper Harry Redknapp picks, the end result is the same. Heurelho Gomes has become a comedy figure after his string of howlers this season, while new signing Carlo Cudicini is quickly making himself at home at White Hart Lane with some high-profile blunders of [...]
Rob Parker | November 27, 2008
Big Fumbling Gomes
Spotted on the weekly cauldron of schoolboy jokes that is the Guardian Gallery.
Rob Parker | November 21, 2008
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 [...]
Rob Parker | November 20, 2008
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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Rob Parker | October 24, 2008
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.
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