We don’t want to get too over-excited, considering that we beat Roma 5-0 at this stage of pre-season last year, but there’s certainly reason to be cheerful, following our 3-0 win over Olympiakos.

The goals were scored by Pavlyuchenko, Corluka and Defoe and can be seen below. I’m now officially getting excited about taking on the Scousers next weekend. COYS!

Typical Spurs. We play another Premier League team off the park, to claim yet another bit of sparkling silverware, only to then lose our next game to South China. Here are the long overdue highlights.

By all reports the South China game was a bit of a farce, with lots of youngsters given a game and people being played out of position, with Danny Rose at left back and Keane in central midfield.

Speaking of Keane, I thought he had a stormer against Hull. He and Defoe played on the shoulder of their markers, as we suckered Hull into coming at us, before launching swift counter attacks. Modric’s ball for Keane’s first goal was a joy. I’m starting to get the same feeling about Luka that I got with Dimitar. He’s so good, that it can’t be long before the European giants are sniffing around him.

Another game against our friends at West Ham and of course, another predictable victory. Following the humiliation of our performances in the Wembley Cup last week, it was good to see us play better, against a side that looked even less prepared for the season’s start, than we have.

The highlights for me were the performance of Hutton and Naughton together down the right flank, which suggested that the mad Scot may well still have a future at White Hart Lane. Defoe also looked very sharp and scored the goal, despite having been locked up in an Essex police station for much of Monday morning.

The undoubted star of the show though, was Jamie O’Hara, who played very well in central midfield. At Wembley, he was once again pushed out onto the left wing, which is simply not his position. Against the Hammers, he showed great commitment and energy through the middle, making some dangerous forward runs.

We all know that O’Hara is never going to be another Hoddle or Gascoigne, but he never gives up and plays as if wearing the white shirt actually means something to him, which is more than you can always say for Jenas or Huddlestone. Of all the contenders to play alongside Palacios, it is O’Hara that has put in the most credible pre-season performance.

Here’s the highlights. Sorry about the dodgy music on the clip.

Tottenham suffered their first defeat of the pre-season, as they lost to Celtic on Sunday, having scraped a draw with Barcelona on Friday night. The fact that we failed to beat either side, despite the fact that neither played a full strength side, is quite worrying.

It’s true though that part of the reason we struggled was due to several injuries to our central defenders and strikers. Overall, here’s what we learned from the tournament.

1. All football teams should play like Barcelona. Even their kids have the ability to play flowing one-touch football, that is a joy to watch and extremely difficult to play against.

2. Bent will always miss more chances than he scores. Pavlyuchenko looked no more energised, having had a rest this summer. We really need to flog at least one of them.

3. Huddlestone has the space to spray the ball around, when employed in the centre of defence. Unfortunately, he and Corluka are too slow to be paired against Fernando Torres and Liverpool on the first day of the season.

4. Poor Jamie O’Hara is not a left winger. A lot of people moan about his lack of ability, but he’s not helped by being constantly played out of position.

5. The youngsters looked OK. Livermore grabbed a goal against Barca and made some decent forward runs against Celtic. Danny Rose looked like a decent enough left wing option, if we don’t manage to sign someone during the summer. John Bostock played a beautiful ball across the face of goal against Celtic, that Defoe failed to convert and looks physically strong enough to play at the top level.

6. We might have had a better chance in this tournament if we’d played the rubbish Egyptian side.

Here are some highlights, if you can bring yourself to watch them again.

Here are the goals from last night. As an added bonus, there’s also the goals from the Bournemouth friendly that I didn’t have time to add over the weekend, due to the fact that I was in Manchester, drinking excessively and reading The Gruffalo to a three year old.

All’s going well so far with our friendlies, but the big test will come on Friday. I predict that against Barcelona, our possession percentage could reach an all time low.

Last night saw us run out 3-0 winners over Exeter. Normally pre-season friendlies give us a chance to look at all our new signings. Instead of this, two of the goals last night were scored by players that may well not even be playing for us, come the start of the season

After the Exeter highlights, there’s some footage of Didier Zokora signing for Sevilla. He claims that his aim is for Sevilla to win La Liga this season. Well it’s not like they’ve got much competition, what with Barcelona being rubbish and Real Madrid so quiet in the transfer market.

I wish Zokora all the best though. He’ll no doubt soon be reduced to endearing himself to the Sevilla faithful by doing his silly dance, to make up for the fact that he can’t pass, tackle or score.