What our opponents' fans are saying about us 17/18

spurs9 said:

Under Klopp last year, they also did well against the good teams, it is the lower teams they struggle against. In fact their results so far look almost identical to last season, Chelsea away they won, Leicester at home they won, Spurs away they drew, the only difference is Arsenal away they drew instead of won, however, Rodgers was the manager that game. In the 7 games v top 4 under Klopp last season, they won 3, drew 3 and lost 1.

It's far too early to say how well they will do this season.

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don't get me wrong I hope to high heaven your right, but they look so much more threatening than they did last season. they will concede goals, but they will also score plenty. when I saw them v the scum i put it down too the scums depleted defence and other missing bodies, when I heard the result i thought "yep panic over", but they were the better team v us, smashed Leicester off the park, not scrapped a 1-0 win, and deserved their win v Chelsea.

hopefully Hull will do something tomorrow to get me feeling happy again

Lighty64 said:

if when you 1st saw that you never thought it was a pen, I suggest you go to specsavers.

yes we get loads of views via sky, the ref gets 1 look. my blood is white and blue, hate the colour red Arse Man U, and Liverpool, but had i seen that as a ref I would of called it too, and to be honest the only reason we was level before then, or not further behind by half time was Vorm and their bad finishing.

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It was outside the box...

Lighty64 said:

mate I hate Liverpool, but to be honest if they had beaten us by half time we couldn't of complained. this tie will all depend on Poch, and who we play v Bournemouth and who we want to face Leicester, especially with CL the week before and the week after.

I said it in the race for the title, I feel they will get top 4, yes they slipped up v Burnley, because Burnley scored their 2 chances

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Liverpool can't beat anyone by halftime.

That defense is always going to concede whether the rest of the team is playing well or not.

The recipe against them seems to be weather the storm and you'll get yours, which is exactly what we did and what others have done who have beaten them.

Lighty64 said:

if when you 1st saw that you never thought it was a pen, I suggest you go to specsavers.

yes we get loads of views via sky, the ref gets 1 look. my blood is white and blue, hate the colour red Arse Man U, and Liverpool, but had i seen that as a ref I would of called it too, and to be honest the only reason we was level before then, or not further behind by half time was Vorm and their bad finishing.

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I'm not sure what you're trying to get at. If someone called the decision correctly they need their eyes tested? I couldn't tell at the time because I was at the other end of the ground, but the first time I saw it from the referee's view it was clear Firmino tripped himself up.

Then there's also the fact that Mane should have been sent off before half time and the blatant foul on Janssen that should have been a penalty that was just waved away.

Pool seem to want to press for the full 90, where as we seem to be more strategic. In my opinion, I don't see how pool can sustain a full press for 90 minutes in ever game, while at dortmund I believe klopp had a terrible injury record and they have already had courtino and firmino out already

Dillspur said:

Pool seem to want to press for the full 90, where as we seem to be more strategic. In my opinion, I don't see how pool can sustain a full press for 90 minutes in ever game, while at dortmund I believe klopp had a terrible injury record and they have already had courtino and firmino out already

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They can't sustain a full for 90 minutes in any game, at least they haven't done yet.

worcestersauce said:

They can't sustain a full for 90 minutes in any game, at least they haven't done yet.

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Exactly. At Arsenal and Chelsea they have come out all guns blazing in the first half and felt the effects in the second. Fortunately for them they didn't lose their leads, but as the season wares on I can't see them being so fortunate.

wooderz said:

It was outside the box...

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yes we all know that with the 3000 replays that were shown, but not at 1st glance. by time Firmino finished up from the TV view he was way in the area. the ref only gets 1 go not all the replays, he also wasn't next to it when it happened and the linesman was the opposite side of the pitch

edit: I have just watched the highlights again via Spurs Tv, and though Firmino kicked Lamela but still hard to see from 20yrds away Firmino's left foot was in the area, even if Lamela was just outside it, Firmino was inside it

Sweech said:

Liverpool can't beat anyone by halftime.

That defense is always going to concede whether the rest of the team is playing well or not.

The recipe against them seems to be weather the storm and you'll get yours, which is exactly what we did and what others have done who have beaten them.

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the best way of beating Leicester last season was to not play to their strengths but no one bloody tried to counter it. no one knows whats going to happen, and i hope my onions are wrong.

edit: after watching the highlights I saw that we actually had the better of the 2nd half chances, but from watching the 1st half live on Sky we looked in trouble

nightgoat said:

I'm not sure what you're trying to get at. If someone called the decision correctly they need their eyes tested? I couldn't tell at the time because I was at the other end of the ground, but the first time I saw it from the referee's view it was clear Firmino tripped himself up.

Then there's also the fact that Mane should have been sent off before half time and the blatant foul on Janssen that should have been a penalty that was just waved away.

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because the moment it happened from a tv camera it looked in the area, when the camera shows it it was only noticeable when they zoomed in that it was fractionally outside, and it was Firmino foot connecting with Lamela's shin that was moving towards Firmino, so at the speed it happened with him being 20yrds away he had to make a split decision, and he came to the same 1 that 100% of people at the time of the actual incident that watched it on sky.

Mane 1st booking was soft, the foul on Rose wasn't blatant, it was 1 of those he went to block, and Rose kicked him, the linesman most probably told the ref it wasn't intentional. . the Janssen penalty was never a penalty, though Matip looked like he was cuddling him, Janssen literally turned into him, and he had no way of being able to move unless he threw himself in anticipation in the opposite direction to Janssen, and the height and the speed of the ball he was attempting to get to, he was never going to get to it a head of the keeper. yep when it happened i screamed penalty ref, but when i saw it again nope.

anyways I'm not going to reply to anymore of this should of happened and that shouldn't of happened, because we obviously have different views

edit: yet again watching the highlights on Spurs Tv, not Liverpool, Spurs the other 2 decisions never even cropped up, and if they were so contentious they would of shown them. also for the pen Firmino even though kicked Lamela, Firmino was in the area at contact.

So, ever since a couple of Spurs fans joined RAWK, the Spurs thread has kicked into life. The Spurs fans argue their points well and aren't there to troll, so the discussions are generally relatively sane for RAWK. Most of the recent posts have been about the new contracts, the quality of those players and the impact on our wage bill.

The resident Arsenal fan on RAWK paid us some respect with his comment that:

"Its the best Spurs I've ever seen, as a club. As a team, I think the team with Bale, Modric, Defoe, Vdv etc was better than this, but this team will last longer."



But the comment that got them all going was the assessment by one of the Spurs fans that Eric Dier was the best English player at the Euros. The response?

"It's like saying Rip Torn was the best performer in Freddie Got Fingered."


"That's like saying Bradley was the best singer in S Club 7."


And my particular favourite...

"It's like saying Phil is the best looking Neville."

Nine while nine said:

So, ever since a couple of Spurs fans joined RAWK, the Spurs thread has kicked into life. The Spurs fans argue their points well and aren't there to troll, so the discussions are generally relatively sane for RAWK. Most of the recent posts have been about the new contracts, the quality of those players and the impact on our wage bill.

The resident Arsenal fan on RAWK paid us some respect with his comment that:

"Its the best Spurs I've ever seen, as a club. As a team, I think the team with Bale, Modric, Defoe, Vdv etc was better than this, but this team will last longer."



But the comment that got them all going was the assessment by one of the Spurs fans that Eric Dier was the best English player at the Euros. The response?

"It's like saying Rip Torn was the best performer in Freddie Got Fingered."


"That's like saying Bradley was the best singer in S Club 7."


And my particular favourite...

"It's like saying Phil is the best looking Neville."

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Nah. Adrian is.

thinktank said:

We need to watch it with Boro; if they get up a head of steam it could be a tough day. We need to ransack them in the first 20 mins and knock the hope and drive out of them.

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It's unlikely that will happen considering the slow start we often make. I predict a hardfought 1-0 victory.

Boro forum:

Reading the Spurs forums they seem to think that Spurs may play a weakened team in order to have a better chance against CSKA.

Hope their manager thinks the same way. If he could rest Eriksen, Lloris, Vertonghan, Son, Lamela, Wanyama, Alli, Dier, Dembele, Walker, Rose, Alderweireld, Sissoko and Janssen that would be super.

Come on Boro!!

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nightgoat said:

I'm not sure what you're trying to get at. If someone called the decision correctly they need their eyes tested? I couldn't tell at the time because I was at the other end of the ground, but the first time I saw it from the referee's view it was clear Firmino tripped himself up.

Then there's also the fact that Mane should have been sent off before half time and the blatant foul on Janssen that should have been a penalty that was just waved away.

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I still can't get my head around Mane surviving or that Janssen decision and yet most highlights ignored both. Complete whitewash of the reality - and maybe that's why some believe Liverpool deserved the win.

They've started the season well playing gung ho, we'll see if it lasts. Anyway...

RAWK Spurs Thread 13 August

"Got a feeling they are gonna start slow this season"


RAWK Premier League Fixtures Thread 24 September

"Spurs are annoyingly efficient"

"Spurs are f***ing relentless"

and

"It's good that City and Spurs have some European football to look after this season. They are annoyingly consistent so far."

Nine while nine said:

RAWK Spurs Thread 13 August

"Got a feeling they are gonna start slow this season"


RAWK Premier League Fixtures Thread 24 September

"Spurs are annoyingly efficient"

"Spurs are f***ing relentless"

and

"It's good that City and Spurs have some European football to look after this season. They are annoyingly consistent so far."

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Sadly, so is Liverpool

Cornpattbuck said:

I still can't get my head around Mane surviving or that Janssen decision and yet most highlights ignored both. Complete whitewash of the reality - and maybe that's why some believe Liverpool deserved the win.

They've started the season well playing gung ho, we'll see if it lasts. Anyway...

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The draw was probably the fair result but if either team deserved to win, it was definitely them. We were the better side for the first 10 minutes and the last 30, but never looked as threatening as they did.

Unlucky for the rest of the league...we are one of the most difficult to defeat, consistent teams around.

Players know if they lose, they'll be flogged off to Hull.

RichieS said:

The draw was probably the fair result but if either team deserved to win, it was definitely them. We were the better side for the first 10 minutes and the last 30, but never looked as threatening as they did.

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Kind of missing the point. Mane could easily have been sent off midway through the first half for persistent fouling, which would've dramatically changed the game. Anyway........

npearl4spurs said:

Unlucky for the rest of the league...we are one of the most difficult to defeat, consistent teams around.

Players know if they lose, they'll be flogged off to Hull.

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If there was a super hilarious rating, I'd give your post that. Great one.

npearl4spurs said:

Unlucky for the rest of the league...we are one of the most difficult to defeat, consistent teams around.

Players know if they lose, they'll be flogged off to Hull.

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We have a favoured team as a dumping ground for our rejects every couple of years... I think it was Sunderland prior to hull.