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Gaz_Gammon

Gaz_Gammon

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I have seen many penalties given for the ball coming off a players leg, or chest onto his hand and thus blocking the balls trajectory. This is exactly what happened today irrespective of whether Sterling was facing Rose, the goal, the away end, France or the Isle Of Wight. He blocked the balls flight.

I have seen penalties given when a player makes a sliding tackle as the ball is being crossed and the ball hits his arm after it hits his body. Same difference in my opinion.
 
SelbYido

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Amo said:
Sheeesh 50 whole seconds. I really dislike that type of goal commentary. So forced and contrived. What's the point?
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Nah, I love it. Mainly as I have a little bet with myself about how many seconds before you hear the thud from them passing out because they forgot to breathe in...
 
Matthew Wyatt

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Hoops said:
Professional footballers dont half talk some rubbish. It was clear handball.

1) Sterling ran towards the ball with his back to the ball and his arm out wide.

2) The ball hit his arm.

Doesnt do himself any favours turning his back. Should know better.
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If you jump, your arms go out to give you lift.

Was it deliberate? Don't know.
Was it in the area? Don't know.

It wasn't an outrageous decision but had the roles been reversed I'd have shaken my fist at Clattenburg. As it is, I think he had a good game.
 
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Always Offside

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Ummm whilst I'm delighted with a league double over the zillionaire's Man City the level of celebrations were a little surprising I must admit. Poch is so used to rolling out the underwhelming cliché's (and rightly so imo) about one game at a time etc etc I'm a little ataken back about the level of celebrating with the fans. Don't get me wrong, I'm also super excited and delighted with the result & where we sit in the table but we haven't won anything yet and could still manage to finish outside the CL qualifying positions.
 
spursram

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Always Offside said:
Ummm whilst I'm delighted with a league double over the zillionaire's Man City the level of celebrations were a little surprising I must admit. Poch is so used to rolling out the underwhelming cliché's (and rightly so imo) about one game at a time etc etc I'm a little ataken back about the level of celebrating with the fans. Don't get me wrong, I'm also super excited and delighted with the result & where we sit in the table but we haven't won anything yet and could still manage to finish outside the CL qualifying positions.
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I think going +10 (11 with GD), ahead of 5th placed team, lent itself to the scenes we witnesed.

But yes statistically we could still miss out.
 
Khilari

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arunspurs said:
Stats Time :

  • Spurs win 7 in a row in all competition, 5 in a row in PL
  • Spurs last 10 games in PL - 8 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss
  • Spurs do the double over Mancity after 2009/10 season
  • Spurs have not lost an away game since opening day of the season.
  • Best goal difference in PL now with +27 & best defense in league
  • We are 10 points ahead of 5th placed United. Going by history, we need 19 more points from 13 games to safely qualify for 4th
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Thanks for this post - great reading.

Our away record is pretty phenomenal. I hadn't appreciated that it was this good until pointed out during yesterday's game.

The final point is also interesting - I do think we need to make sure we put that 4th spot beyond a reasonable doubt - essentially when it is practically (not necessarily mathematically) impossible we can see where we are with a few games to play and see where we are in the mix.

I hope we are in a position to let the likes of Bentaleb, Mason, Son, Chadli, Carroll, Davies, Trippier and Onomah strut their stuff in the EL and FA Cup.

12 games to go - that's a lot of time for a lot of change in the table, considering where we were after the first 12 games played this season. But I think if we're lucky with injuries and can pull off some good results against Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and not slip up in games we'd expect to win (Newcastle, West Brom, Southampton etc) then we're in with a shout at a title tilt.

I just did a predictor on fishy.co.uk without for the top 5 teams and (knowing there's always a bias for Spurs when I do it) have us finishing 2nd on 78pts with Leicester winning it on 82pts and Man City and Arsenal on 76pts in 3rd and 4th respectively on GD.

That'd be a great season given our expectations at the start but I know, like a spoilt child I'd be bitterly disappointed we didn't take the title - because I think I'm bred to expect glory. COYS!
 
Snarfalicious

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Meh, the luck thing with the penalty is bullshit. Look at our match against Watford last week. We had a couple very good penalty shouts but nothing was given.
 
thinktank

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Just watched pen decision again. Can see why Clats gave it. Did look like Sterling's 'chicken wing' was a blind punt to block the ball.
 
mark87

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Who else is still jumping up and down inside? Actually looking forward to cardio day at the gym now, ohhhhh what a football score can do! Where's that fucking treadmill....
 
arunspurs

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The last few minutes, reminded me of movie "The Miracle", where US ice hockey team defends a lead against Soviets. Like in the movie, Soviets may have bigger names but the US team had hardworking young inexperienced players who out ran them

Likewise, Our team simply outran them.
 
Flashspur

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jasswolf said:
Arm was out, but tucked at the elbow, in an instinctive movement to maintain balance and prepare for a potential fall while still trying to keep it close to the body.

Ball then hit his side, rebounding onto his arm. I believe that it should not be a penalty, but I can understand a lack of leniency for facing away from the football.

The problem is that the ref made a call on something he couldn't have seen, or did the coverage miss the linesman being consulted?
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he jumps to stop the ball, how is that not a fucking penalty FFS :D
 
Flashspur

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Always Offside said:
Ummm whilst I'm delighted with a league double over the zillionaire's Man City the level of celebrations were a little surprising I must admit. Poch is so used to rolling out the underwhelming cliché's (and rightly so imo) about one game at a time etc etc I'm a little ataken back about the level of celebrating with the fans. Don't get me wrong, I'm also super excited and delighted with the result & where we sit in the table but we haven't won anything yet and could still manage to finish outside the CL qualifying positions.
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Fuck mate, have you got a fricken pulse? Checked to see your still breathing? Enjoy it. It was a sweet victory and hard fought and deserved in front of a hostile crowd at their manor. A pivotal fight that says everything about how tight this run in is going to be. We knocked off one of our main rivals for the title. If you cant celebrate that....Jesus, I don't know what gets you off dude! :D
 
Typical Spurs

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Just read back through this thread. It's interesting, I was there yesterday and I and all the other fans felt we were really comfortable, Hugo barely tested at all. Maybe it seemed different on TV. It did look like both teams would settle for a draw. But what a fantastic win.

As for the celebrations, why bloody not? In a game that was full of tension where we sneak a late goal, which puts us 2 points off top, why shouldn't we celebrate? Will we win it? Who knows. But we should absolutely savour this moment. We are such a unit. The togetherness is unreal.
 
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