Swansea Vs Tottenham: Match Thread

Bulletspur · Apr 6, 2017

MiamiYiddo said:
Sorry but this thread is pathetic when you go back and read it after...its like a live Arse TV during the game....no..i didn't think we'd win..maybe a sneaky draw at the end but jesus...have some faith in a team that time in time out last 2 seasons hasn't panicked when we all do and pulls some amazing rabbits out...cant win every game...major personnel missing ...etc...COYS

MiamiYiddo said:
It was embarrassing

thelak said:
Being extremely generous there with the spoiled brat viewpoint

Some guys you see posting on here and you hope you never meet them in real life as they would be so miserable and joy sapping

thelak said:
Some of the comments on here tonight are embarrassing. Even if we had lost we are 2nd in the league. We will miss most of our players when they are gone and think some perspective is needed.

You all need to get a grip. People were watching the match and reacting to how the felt in real time, that is what the frustration and ecstasy of supporting Spurs does to you, it happens. I suppose you all watched the match sitting all quaint and non pulsed, Most wouldn't want to meet the likes of you in real life either

piedpiper said:
It is part of the game. Supporters on a forum also get caught up in the drama of the game, in the same way that Supporters do at a stadium.

Those same supporters, know doubt were elated with the victory. Its part of the roller coaster effect of any action sport.

I was despondent throughout the game. Frustrated by the formation change and team selection per se. Left my boys watching around 85 minutes and watched the come back in my room. I felt sheepish in that i should have watched with them to the end. So i get how some wear their emotions on their sleeves.

No worries, you are normal

worcestersauce · Apr 6, 2017

dontcallme said:
I'm usually pretty passive in real life. But when we scored the second I screamed "yes" at the top of my voice.

When in the heat of frustration I've never felt the want to go on the internet and start typing. Just doesn't make sense to me.

Match thread probably not the place for you then.

Gb160 · Apr 6, 2017

Bulletspur said:
You all need to get a grip. People were watching the match and reacting to how the felt in real time, that is what the frustration and ecstasy of supporting Spurs does to you, it happens. I suppose you all watched the match sitting all quaint and non pulsed, Most wouldn't want to meet the likes of you in real life either

No worries, you are normal

Should also be remembered that the people using these these threads during matches are obviously alone...which, judging by some of the awful shit that gets posted, comes as absolutely no surprise.

I wouldn't choose to watch matches or socialise with a lot of these people either.

dontcallme · Apr 6, 2017

worcestersauce said:
Match thread probably not the place for you then.

Like my previous post I didn't post in it yesterday. I was too invested in the match to want to be posting.

Other games I'm less involved and will post a few thoughts. But like I say I've never seen the need to post in the heat of the moment.

Makes you look like a tool and people will bring it up.

I remember watching the league cup final in the pub when Birmingham beat Arsenal with my Gooner mate. After the game he ranted went outside for a walk. Came back and ranted some more then went for a walk. Did this for about an hour. Still bring it up all the time.

Sir Henry · Apr 6, 2017

slartibartfast said:
Thats bollox right there. The piss poor bit not the right to comment. Swansea hardly threatened at all. We were chasing yes and not shooting enough but hardly piss poor.

Exactly, they had 28% possession all game and scored with their only shot on target.

As a side note, I keep reading remarkable turnaround etc, yeah we won late but it would have been a fucking travesty had we not won, we battered them all game. 72% possession, 26 attempts, 18 on target.

teok · Apr 6, 2017

Every one knows people get emotional during the match but this specific thread has become a parody of itself. Just because we concede a goal or one of the players misses a chance or some thing it doesn't mean people should be calling for the manager to be sacked or what ever when we are second. It just becomes tedious to read.

Sweech · Apr 6, 2017

worcestersauce said:
So the new rule in match threads is no passion no honesty no pain no suffering no actually getting caught up in the game then is it? Only jolly nice posts cheering on our boys from now on, ok chaps, that's the spirit.
It's easy to come on and read back through in the cold light of day and get all superior but here's the thing, I bet most of the people whose post were painful last night got more excited by the win than the sensible people who wait till the end of the ride to make a point.
We all deal with it differently so right or wrong I'd say carry on complaining.

There's no excuse for calling all our players and Pochettino legends and the like.

They've shown they deserve more respect than that.

Though saying that I'm sure the same crowd will pop up Saturday to slag everyone off.

Bulletspur · Apr 6, 2017

Sir Henry said:
Exactly, they had 28% possession all game and scored with their only shot on target.

As a side note, I keep reading remarkable turnaround etc, yeah we won late but it would have been a fucking travesty had we not won, we battered them all game. 72% possession, 26 attempts, 18 on target.

I thought the same as well. Some pundits said that it was turn around as if we were the ones under the kosh

Hazardousman · Apr 6, 2017

I really don't get the fascination with going through the match day thread and reading old posts, it's just odd tbh, like an obsessive need to pick faults in peoples passion.

I said some stuff that I was wrong about but I was reacting in the moment, emotionally, this is what football does to you, you think Poch doesn't do the same thing?

He even said at the end of the game that whilst he always believes (I think all of us do deep down, or at least know we have the talent to always pull it back) he didn't think we were going to win it, Eriksen said he didn't think we played well until the end.

These are normal thoughts, the only difference is, you don't get the players thoughts in real time and you don't get their instant opinions from inside their brain shared on a message board, if you did then you would likely be complaining about them as well, people ultimately get passionate because they want to see us succeed, that's not to say people who don't react in the same the way some do on here care less, it just means they react in a different way, there is nothing wrong with either approach imo.

It doesn't make you a bad supporter, part of being a supporter is riding through the ups and downs and for many people having supported spurs for a long time, well, there has been a lot of them.

I have to say this is the best spurs team and manager I have ever had the privilege of watching in my lifetime and they deserve every bit of recognition they get but that won't stop people being nervous and reacting emotionally and with immediacy in a match day thread, the only way to stop that would be to lock every thread until 2-3 hours after full time.

This is what football is, it's a game of emotion and passion, it always has been and it always will be, you can't expect people to just sit contently when so much is on the line for the team they love.

Last night I threatened to stop watching the game, trust me, every part of me wanted to for my own sanity, it felt like "one of those nights" but again, that's the frustration and emotion coming out and venting it out is healthy.

Of course I didn't stop watching, I never would, even if we were losing 7-0 I would still watch in hope that we would make a comeback, call it whatever you want but I support spurs and always have, through thick and thin.

Now if people want to call me a shit supporter or whatever because I made a few emotionally charged comments in a match day thread then so be it but I will tell you this, I love spurs and that's all that matters to me at the end of the day.

I will add though, I don't like the personal insults towards the players and manager and I think at this point we can safely say this team aren't legends anymore, irrespective of what happens between now and the end of the season, they have a strong mentality, I think we were overconfident last night and thought we could just turn up in the first half and with our injuries and their early goal it made it difficult but the fact we turned it around in the way we did, with all the pressure on us and with our injuries that late in the game, well, it shows that not only have we learned from last season but that we have all the bottle we will ever need to win this league.

Also, I would like to add that, I never want to see us line up with the 4231 again, it just kills our attacking momentum, that ship has sailed.

Sweech · Apr 6, 2017

Bulletspur said:
You all need to get a grip. People were watching the match and reacting to how the felt in real time, that is what the frustration and ecstasy of supporting Spurs does to you, it happens. I suppose you all watched the match sitting all quaint and non pulsed, Most wouldn't want to meet the likes of you in real life either

I watched it and was annoyed that we may not get a result.

Doesn't excuse me for slamming the team and for slamming Pochettino as well.

Also just throwing the word passion doesn't mean I suddenly only have 3 brain cells to work on and can't think critically. I'm not expecting my team to win 13 straight without Rose, Kane, Lloris, Wanyama, Winks, etc. Even with them it's a massive ask and it's not reason for me to start attacking them and their mental strength online. The irony is that anyone who said they lacked bottle, clearly shows its them that lacks bottle and not the players.

Gassin's finest · Apr 6, 2017

I think the chatroom would probably be more suited to some than a message board.

JUSTINSIGNAL · Apr 6, 2017

ebzrascal said:
Just shows how terrible our summer window was wasted £60 million basically

Make that £30 million.

GKN and Janssen came on and changed the game

Bulletspur · Apr 6, 2017

Hazardousman said:
I really don't get the fascination with going through the match day thread and reading old posts, it's just odd tbh, like an obsessive need to pick faults in peoples passion.

I said some stuff that I was wrong about but I was reacting in the moment, emotionally, this is what football does to you, you think Poch doesn't do the same thing?

He even said at the end of the game that whilst he always believes (I think all of us do deep down, or at least know we have the talent to always pull it back) he didn't think we were going to win it, Eriksen said he didn't think we played well until the end.

These are normal thoughts, the only difference is, you don't get the players thoughts in real time and you don't get their instant opinions from inside their brain shared on a message board, if you did then you would likely be complaining about them as well, people ultimately get passionate because they want to see us succeed, that's not to say people who don't react the way some do on here care less, it just means they react in a different way, there is nothing wrong with either approach imo.

It doesn't make you a bad supporter, part of being a supporter is riding through the ups and downs and for many people having supported spurs for a long time, well, there has been a lot of them.

I have to say this is the best spurs team and manager I have ever had the privilege of watching in my lifetime and they deserve every bit of recognition they get but that won't stop people being nervous and reacting emotionally and with immediacy in a match day thread, the only way to stop that would be to lock every thread until 2-3 hours after full time.

This is what football is, it's a game of emotion and passion, it always has been and it always will be, you can't expect people to just sit contently when so much is on the line for the team they love.

Last night I threatened to stop watching the game, trust me, every part of me wanted to for my own sanity, it felt like "one of those nights" but again, that's the frustration and emotion coming out and venting it out is healthy.

Of course I didn't stop watching, I never would, even if we were losing 7-0 I would still watch in hope that we would make a comeback, call it whatever you want but I support spurs and always have, through thick and thin.

Now if people want to call me a shit supporter or whatever because I made a few emotionally charged comments in a match day thread then so be it but I will tell you this, I love spurs and that's all that matters to me at the end of the day.

I will add though, I don't like the personal insults towards the players and manager and I think at this point we can safely say this team aren't legends anymore, irrespective of what happens between now and the end of the season, they have a strong mentality, I think we were overconfident last night and thought we could just turn up in the first half and with our injuries and their early goal it made it difficult but the fact we turned it around in the way we did, with all the pressure on us and with our injuries that late in the game, well, it shows that not only have we learned from last season but that we have all the bottle we will ever need to win this league.

Don't worry, no need to explain yourself. There are those that will bitch during the match, then there are those who bitch at these bitches after the match.

Riandor · Apr 6, 2017

Passion is good! Criticism is fine as well, but I do struggle to understand why some posters here are so black and white with their views.

People took out their frustration with Swansea's battling Defence by calling our team shit, legends, need sacking, should never wear a shirt again type comments. I'm not interested in reading back through and highlighting, because I do think that is equally petty to be honest, heat of the moment here should allow for a degree of whacko... but I do question how some people watch and really see a game.

Yeah, by the 88th minute I was getting a little twitchy that we might just fail to find the net, that it would be one of those games, but I knew we still could do it, especially with the amount of extra time that was coming. We were better, MILES better than Swansea and had been all match except for a period of maybe 5 minutes.

I understand why people were pissed off, with the way the match was going, but I do find it equally frustrating that people jump to post very strong worded negative views, when the evidence was actually pointing towards a positive result still being likely or at least, still possible. This wasn't the Newcastle game, you could see we were far superior, we just needed one moment and we go it it (3 even) and we got it because that team worked bloody hard all game. No, not everything worked, not every player had a good game.

But like Poch says, its about the badge and in the last season and 3/4 of this one, there has been much to be proud of! So you know, a little perspective occasionally...

Sweetsman · Apr 6, 2017

Hazardousman said:
I really don't get the fascination with going through the match day thread and reading old posts, it's just odd tbh, like an obsessive need to pick faults in peoples passion.

I said some stuff that I was wrong about but I was reacting in the moment, emotionally, this is what football does to you, you think Poch doesn't do the same thing?

He even said at the end of the game that whilst he always believes (I think all of us do deep down, or at least know we have the talent to always pull it back) he didn't think we were going to win it, Eriksen said he didn't think we played well until the end.

These are normal thoughts, the only difference is, you don't get the players thoughts in real time and you don't get their instant opinions from inside their brain shared on a message board, if you did then you would likely be complaining about them as well, people ultimately get passionate because they want to see us succeed, that's not to say people who don't react the way some do on here care less, it just means they react in a different way, there is nothing wrong with either approach imo.

It doesn't make you a bad supporter, part of being a supporter is riding through the ups and downs and for many people having supported spurs for a long time, well, there has been a lot of them.

I have to say this is the best spurs team and manager I have ever had the privilege of watching in my lifetime and they deserve every bit of recognition they get but that won't stop people being nervous and reacting emotionally and with immediacy in a match day thread, the only way to stop that would be to lock every thread until 2-3 hours after full time.

This is what football is, it's a game of emotion and passion, it always has been and it always will be, you can't expect people to just sit contently when so much is on the line for the team they love.

Last night I threatened to stop watching the game, trust me, every part of me wanted to for my own sanity, it felt like "one of those nights" but again, that's the frustration and emotion coming out and venting it out is healthy.

Of course I didn't stop watching, I never would, even if we were losing 7-0 I would still watch in hope that we would make a comeback, call it whatever you want but I support spurs and always have, through thick and thin.

Now if people want to call me a shit supporter or whatever because I made a few emotionally charged comments in a match day thread then so be it but I will tell you this, I love spurs and that's all that matters to me at the end of the day.

I will add though, I don't like the personal insults towards the players and manager and I think at this point we can safely say this team aren't legends anymore, irrespective of what happens between now and the end of the season, they have a strong mentality, I think we were overconfident last night and thought we could just turn up in the first half and with our injuries and their early goal it made it difficult but the fact we turned it around in the way we did, with all the pressure on us and with our injuries that late in the game, well, it shows that not only have we learned from last season but that we have all the bottle we will ever need to win this league.

Also, I would like to add that, I never want to see us line up with the 4231 again, it just kills our attacking momentum, that ship has sailed.

I thought we improved when we switched to a back three and Davies went off. Perhaps, we can afford to put in GKN in his place if Wanyama is back. In fact, our last goal started with him being calm in the penalty box and passing out to Janssen. Who knows, maybe Poch is turning him into a left wingback? Also, Janssen made excellent contributions.

Dougal · Apr 6, 2017

Bulletspur said:
You all need to get a grip. People were watching the match and reacting to how the felt in real time, that is what the frustration and ecstasy of supporting Spurs does to you, it happens. I suppose you all watched the match sitting all quaint and non pulsed, Most wouldn't want to meet the likes of you in real life either

No worries, you are normal

So basically people can sulk until we're winning. And if you're not sulking, you're not involving yourself.

Sweetsman · Apr 6, 2017

I think that Conté is worried by us. We just have to keep on winning, because the pressure may tell on them and it would start with him. His Juve team were hauled back once before and it will be playing on him. He looked concerned when he was told that we'd won. They were lucky to get points yesterday and Costa isn't playing that well. If we win at home against Watford, it will be before their match away to Bournemouth, so they will be under a little pressure. I'm hoping the win against City will bring in a bit of complacency.

Archibald&Crooks · Apr 6, 2017

So if we're losing 1-0 can I post that Pochettino is a fourflushing motherfucking sonofabeech who should be shot outside the ground and the video of his summary execution posted on Youtube, Kane is a mumbling buffoon who has massive shit stains in his panties and interferes with unicorns and Toby has a face like a Buffalo's vagina who constantly says 'oh my god' exactly like Janice from Friends and be protected under the 'passion' policy? And better yet be considered a 'proper' fan?

Sweet

Phomesy · Apr 6, 2017

SEANSPURS1975 said:
For 88 minutes we were piss poor and had every right to comment on that.
This is a Tottenham forum and we're all here because we love Tottenham and have the right to post how we like.

1) No we weren't "poor". We were a side with 5 first teamers out playing away against a relegation threatened side with a surprise early lead. We were not "poor" we just lacked a cutting edge at times - and some people pointed that out to you but you kept wetting your panties.

2) If you love this Tottenham side then maybe show them just a little bit of faith once in a while. They kept going. Why can't you?

It's fine to be frustrated or suggest that a formation or a players form is down but what went on in this thread last night was a disgrace at times. Calling this Spurs team "legends" is fucking outrageous when you look at the stats for points taken form losing positions. Get a fucking grip.

SEANSPURS1975 · Apr 6, 2017

Phomesy said:
1) No we weren't "poor". We were a side with 5 first teamers out playing away against a relegation threatened side with a surprise early lead. We were not "poor" we just lacked a cutting edge at times - and some people pointed that out to you but you kept wetting your panties.

2) If you love this Tottenham side then maybe show them just a little bit of faith once in a while. They kept going. Why can't you?

It's fine to be frustrated or suggest that a formation or a players form is down but what went on in this thread last night was a disgrace at times. Calling this Spurs team "legends" is fucking outrageous when you look at the stats for points taken form losing positions. Get a fucking grip.

We were poor for 88 mins because we were close to losing 1-0 to an extremely shit Swansea team. It's very easy after the event to say keep the faith isn't it!!
We're all still wanting the team to win, we all celebrated at the end, can you not see that?
How some people go over an old match thread digging out fans is laughable.
But your missing the fucking point.
It's an off the cuff emotional rollercoaster in the match day thread. Positive and negative posts. Good and bad posts.
Each and every fan is entitled to go about it how they see fit.
What gives you the right to say how people should comment? Utter nonsense.

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