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Something certain of late is how unpredictable and perhaps even incomprehensible Spurs signings have been of late.<\/p>\n

In January we were screaming out for a new striker, did we get one? No. We instead bought a midfielder in Steven Pienaar, who you have to say wasn’t really needed.<\/p>\n

Today has seen us sign Aston Villa’s veteran ‘keeper Brad Friedel. At 40 years of age, he’s still a very capable goalkeeper. However, one has to ask why sign him?<\/p>\n

One would assume Heurelho Gomes is on his way out of White Hart Lane, especially since Carlo Cudicini signed a new deal. However, this is Spurs we’re talking about, where logic isn’t always applied.<\/p>\n

Admittedly, I had enough of Heurelho Gomes and his shocking errors, there were times though that he made some fantastic saves. We have seen all this before and the Brazilian did bounce back big time.<\/p>\n

So who will be our number one next season? Gomes? Friedel? Cudicini? Only two months to find out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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