Disappointing that you bet on Arsenal to win!
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Disappointing that you bet on Arsenal to win!
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Betting on results I want to happen, imo, is expecting a double-favour from lady luck.
I don't bet to win money - I do it to stop things happening
glacierSpurs
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HAHAHA, I know I am not the only who will do that!
Keeping it in memory, knowing good things with Spurs wouldn't last. WTF has Spurs done to us..
UbeAstard
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Its a good bet considering who theyre playing, unless you have some silliness youre suggesting. Wouldnt surprise me if some betting Arsenal fans had us winning today.
Last 30 minutes I knew a goal was coming. Completely different to the abject first half.
The only way we were going to concede was via a set piece.
3 big points. That said, I think teams are beginning to wise up to kane dropping deep and man marking him tightly. This has a direct impact on son's performance and subsequently resulted in a rubbish first half.
2nd half we saw kane further up the field running into channels. We were much more of a threat and dominated the 2nd half.
Defence were solid.
Lo Celso's introduction was also key in helping to keep the ball. N'dombele didn't offer very much and I'm sure the majority agree he is better sitting deeper and being that key cog in transitional phases but his intensity isn't there yet.
Let's see how the big teams play against us but top of the league for a couple of hours at most.COYS
P.s. what the hell am I gonna do with the only football being the bloody internationals during lockdown ?
The only way we were going to concede was via a set piece.
3 big points. That said, I think teams are beginning to wise up to kane dropping deep and man marking him tightly. This has a direct impact on son's performance and subsequently resulted in a rubbish first half.
2nd half we saw kane further up the field running into channels. We were much more of a threat and dominated the 2nd half.
Defence were solid.
Lo Celso's introduction was also key in helping to keep the ball. N'dombele didn't offer very much and I'm sure the majority agree he is better sitting deeper and being that key cog in transitional phases but his intensity isn't there yet.
Let's see how the big teams play against us but top of the league for a couple of hours at most.COYS
P.s. what the hell am I gonna do with the only football being the bloody internationals during lockdown ?
UbeAstard
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Know what you mean but we may be better against those teams that dont put the main focus on shutting shop.
Just out of principal or stupidity I would never want to profit from them winning as I always want them to lose!
glacierSpurs
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Kudos to them, we likely only will have the fun for two hours.
DiamondLites
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Hope West Brom go down, they never should’ve been allowed back up in the first place they’ve had numerous chances to be a relevant and interesting premier league club but have continually failed - let someone else have a go and toil away in the championship where you belong
mark87
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I used the one you sent me so was probably the same one haha
The same lineup (o/t Bale for Moura) that beat Man Utd 6-1. Hardly cautious
tommo84
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Betting on results I want to happen, imo, is expecting a double-favour from lady luck.
I don't bet to win money - I do it to stop things happening
A mate of mine does something similar every week - he calls it ‘the hate coupon’.
Ours might say a fun two hours!
UbeAstard
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Winning is very important but I thiink having answers and solutons is what convinces me. 3 prem matches we have come out on top but when the other team comes away dissapointed because they havent been 'beaten' but we have nicked something doesnt necessarily mean we have the solutions. Cant forget that baggies nearly beat (on the day a poor) Chelsea. However Chelsea convincingly showed they had the answers and solutions at Burnley where we had it tough. I believe that point a Burnley was a great one as it can be a tough place to go, I thought our rivals would find it as tough as there we did. 2 prem games later and we're still finding results at a slog doesnt get me exited for the long run. Hopefully we might look better over the next 3 games as they will say a lot about where we're going. Lets see if we have the answers and solutions to win some of those.
UbeAstard
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But you seemed to hint you could be critical of somone who thinks differently. I want them to lose apart from when I want them to draw against our rivals. If I gambled and it was a good bet it wouldnt stop me putting money on them winning. Ive even had Arsenal players in my fantasy side fom time to time. Probably a no-no for some of you guys.
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Some of the more negative comments need a reality check. “We can’t keep riding our luck” etc etc.
To be successful in the league you have to navigate 38 matches; sometimes you won’t be in great form or have a day when it clicks but the teams that do well make sure they get results on those days.
It’s no different to saying “We should do this every week” after So’ton or Man Utd. It’s not realistic.
We’ll play better and drop points (Newcastle) and we’ll play worse than today and still win.
It’s not perfect but no one will be this season, not on the evidence so far.
We’ve been absolutely amazing at times and resilient at others. Pretty decent blend
To be successful in the league you have to navigate 38 matches; sometimes you won’t be in great form or have a day when it clicks but the teams that do well make sure they get results on those days.
It’s no different to saying “We should do this every week” after So’ton or Man Utd. It’s not realistic.
We’ll play better and drop points (Newcastle) and we’ll play worse than today and still win.
It’s not perfect but no one will be this season, not on the evidence so far.
We’ve been absolutely amazing at times and resilient at others. Pretty decent blend
mpickard2087
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What's there to get excited about? For starters we're in November and what 8 games in. I'm not like many/most of you and mentally masturbating with thoughts of "oh my god little old Spurs are top of the league!!" (we're well capable of it as a club, and that should be the aim...) or "if only Liverpool slip up we're legitimately top!!" or "can we hang on/do it with 30 games to go??" and having it occupy my mind 24/7. It will happen or not, it fucking barely registers to me. Honestly.
Then for you, and everyone else who has given my post some stick, I'll reply once again with the argument/discussion that's been had many times in the last year or so. But once more.......... It come's down to why you actually watch football. For me it's as entertainment. Do I want Spurs to win, matches and trophies, yes of course. But I am obviously different to most fans - who really largely care only about the outcome (the match result) and don't care anything for the process (the 90 minutes of football). It largely gets reduced down to 'we won so that's all that matters' and you have no opinions on performance etc. Truth be told - and I honestly don't mean this to insult people - it often puzzles me why quite a lot of you spend the time watching the match when you could be doing something constructive, and just check the score and then you'd get the win = all is good, lose = we're shit narrative.
But I can't do that, I watch football as much for the actual game of football, and the 90 minutes of it and performance, tactics etc. as anything else and rate what I see to a) the effectiveness of what we do out on the pitch and also b) my tastes and ideas as to how the game of football should be played. I want to win, and dare say (having spent 10+ years on this forum) I have higher standards than pretty much any other poster, but I can't and don't separate the process from the result.
If I'm going to invest my time, which for a match will be a couple of hours a pop, watching a game of football (Spurs, or otherwise) then I want to watch something of quality (eg. standard of performance), or at least something interesting (eg. the plan of a team setting up tactically). At the moment, 99.9% of what I watch from Spurs I find to be neither.
Then there is that - probably linked to the fact I watch as much for the match as the result - quite honestly I get over results pretty much instantly. I'm not buzzing for ages after a win, I'm not stewing after a loss. If we win at 5pm on a Saturday then by 5.30 I'm over it, I'll be doing something else in my life by that point and mentally moved on. Same goes with trophies - I woke up the day after the CL final and was over it, the same would have been the case if we'd won it. Happy to be on here, discussing it to the nth degree and sharing my opinions and ideas, but any emotion has gone out of it.
So Spurs can go and win say the league but might end up playing most matches with an approach I don't like and serve up something I find rubbish to watch. I'll be glad of that, but at the end of the day if I've sat through hundred plus hours of football week in week out I haven't enjoyed, does that make up for it? For most of you, obviously yes. For me, no.
I sense a lot of you need Spurs to win trophies as some sort of validation that it was all worth it. That just isn't how I approach it.
But that's just how I am, maybe it's because I am dispassionate and cold hearted. Maybe it's because I am lucky to have enough other interests or things going on in my life besides football. Maybe I can compartmentalise it all better. Dunno. But put it all together and results seemingly mean less to me (vs. performance) than most other fans.
As I said, it comes down to why you watch football. And my reasons obviously aren't what the typical fans are.
End of essay.
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spursfan77
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I’ll be happy if we win every game for the rest of the season like we did today. Wouldn’t bother me at all.
