The Tottenham Hotspur fans here in the Transfer Tavern have been extremely happy with how their 2015/16 campaign as gone, with the club currently second in the Premier League.
Even if Spurs don’t quite manage to win the title this season it is still a remarkable improvement on last season, with the club’s supporters dreaming at what might take place in the future.
It is certainly a far cry from the days when Spurs were struggling to finish in the top eight of the table, with the team now boasting some of the country’s very best talents.
A group of Spurs fans are waiting for the Friday night pool tournament to get underway and they are reliving the days when the club had some absolutely shocking players to choose from, with Harry Kane in attack a distant dream away.
This got Lee Clarke thinking and he decided to come up with a worst Spurs XI of all-time, do you agree with him?
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GK – Heurelho Gomes
The Brazilian stopper has revived his reputation during his current spell at Watford but when he played for Tottenham he was nothing short of horrific.
It is somewhat baffling that in over six years with the club he played close to 100 times for Spurs, with his tenure as the club’s number one riddled with errors.
He looked dodgy coming for crosses, weak at commanding his area and at times made the gloves on his hands look like crisp packets such was his proneness to an error.
He was sold to Watford, then of the Championship in 2014 and in fairness to the player he has improved considerably.
RB – Paul Stalteri
The right-back was truly horrific during his three years in North London and any left winger with an ounce of pace had a field day against the Canadian.
Stalteri was a somewhat random signing in the first place following a far from convincing seven-year spell with Werder Bremen in Germany, where he was in and out of the team.
The player moved to Fulham on loan before finally being offloaded in 2009 back to Germany with Borussia Monchengladbach, where he played 19 games in two years before putting everyone out of their misery and hanging up his boots.
CB – Ramon Vega
When former Spurs boss Gerry Francis signed Swiss defender Vega he took the chance to compare him to Arsenal defender Tony Adams.
Vega spent the majority of his days as a Spurs defender either getting sent-off or costing the team important goals with his style of kamikaze defending.
Spurs signed Vega for a fee of £3.75 million, which back in 1997, was a fair amount of money to spend on a single player.
The defender went on to play for Celtic, Watford and Creteli following his departure from White Hart Lane and he goes down as one of the worst defender in the history of the club.
CB – Gary Doherty
It was an old debate as to whether the Republic of Ireland international was actually a defender or a striker, with the argument actually making me think where to include him in this team!
Doherty was a clumsy, slow and fairly erratic defender who rarely troubled even the most average of striker’s and Spurs subsequently found a place for him in a striking role instead.
In 64 appearances in Spurs shirt Doherty managed just four goals, which tells you all you need to know about his suitability to play in attack too.
In general a bad footballer who is well worthy of a place in this team.
LB – Ben Thatcher
Thatcher was only seemingly comfortable on a football pitch when he was punching, kicking or elbowing opponents into row z.
The former Wimbledon man barely resembled a footballer at times and it comes as no surprise that in three years with Spurs he managed just 36 games.
A bizarre signing in the first place, particularly when you consider that he cost the North London-based club almost £5 million.
Thatcher was a liability for most of the teams he played for during his career and things were no different during his spell with Spurs.
RM – Teemu Tainio
The Finnish right winger was signed after seven years with Auxerre, where he had been a star performer for the side who were then in Ligue 1.
In three years at Spurs he made 61 appearances in total but he was never really good enough to hold down a regular place in the side, featuring regularly as a sub instead.
After leaving Spurs he had an equally underwhelming time with Sunderland, before moving to Ajax where he played just twice in one season.
Tainio eventually retired back in 2014 following a spell with HJK Helsinki in his homeland.
CM – Hossam Ghaly
The controversial Egyptian showed a complete lack of interest during his time at White Hart Lane and would probably make a list of the worst Premier League footballers of all-time.
In three miserably years with the Londoners he made just 21 appearances for the club and a further 15 during a spell out on loan with Derby County.
The midfielder’s final straw at Spurs was when he was substituted by Martin Jol and opted to walk from the field and toss his shirt at the Dutch boss as he took his place on the bench, much to the horror of the watching supporters.
CM – Danny Murphy
Although the former Liverpool man enjoyed a successful career playing top flight football, his spell at Spurs was comfortably his most disappointing time as a professional.
Murphy was signed following a string of fine performances at Charlton by boss Martin Jol, but the Dutch manager was unable to get the same level of performance out of the midfielder.
He spent just one season at White Hart Lane where he played a disappointing 23 times before being packed off to Fulham, where he became a real fan favourite after playing regular first-team football once again.
LM – Andy Reid
The Republic of Ireland international was signed from Nottingham Forest along with central defender Michael Dawson.
Dawson went on to become a mainstay in the Spurs side for years to come but Reid simply wasn’t cut out for being a Premier League footballer at that time.
Reid has never been a bad footballer but he just wasn’t up to scratch when it came to being a first-team regular at White Hart Lane and was sent packing within two years of his arrival.
Following his Spurs days he played for Charlton and Sunderland before finding his way back to Forest, where he is now overseeing first-team coaching duties.
ST – Grzegorz Rasiak
After 18 goals in just over 40 games for Derby County, big things were expected from the tall Polish striker when joined Tottenham.
Eight games and no goals later he was off on loan to Southampton after a frankly miserable spell in North London.
The Pole was not cut out for a club the size of Spurs and many fans couldn’t believe how poor his heading ability was considering his height.
Only lasted three more years in the English fame before moving to Greece and then back home to Poland.
ST – Bobby Zamora
When Zamora signed for Tottenham from Brighton and Hove Albion, he was expected to be one of the next big talents in the game of English football.
After an impressive 70 goals in 119 appearances for Brighton, Zamora was expected to set the Premier League on fire with his all-action displays.
One season after arriving at White Hart Lane he was soon packing his bags to leave again, following a miserable spell in which he played 16 times and failed to find the net.
Since departing the North Londoners he has forged a career playing mainly as a back-up striker, whilst his reputation has taken some time to recover.