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Glad we sorted that out then. My goodness you do try hard.
and you probably should try harderGlad we sorted that out then. My goodness you do try hard.
What has this got to do with this thread?
You're clearly not a Spurs fan ...
Every fucking thread I walk into and there you are either talking utter fucking bollocks or posting utter fucking bollocks memes.
I have laughed at a few things today, it's not that hard. I tend to draw a line at a negative mindset (talking about poster of said pic) who has nothing even remotely positive to offer up.Though i don't agree with his sentiments, they are both factual and to the point. The truth does sometimes hurt. If we can't see the funny side of life at the Club we support then we really are a sad lot.
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No way would Levy have a cheap knock off Formica pair of cabinets in his new super-dooper executive office.
True words. Winning turns into more winning in plenty of cases, and people forget those examples. In modern PL history, a vast majority of every PL winning team won a major domestic or European trophy the season before.predictable response whenever achievements of lesser teams are brought up. what does their relegation and administration have to do with us? are you suggesting it wouldn't have been possible for us to win something without being relegated and/or going into administration?
Great article. I'd certainly take where we are today as a club as opposed to 10 years ago.
That's the thing, we are close, some want it now (society seems to breed this mentality all too often these days it seems)
I too would love to see success through titles and trophies.
But it's going to take time, we're improving, laying some hoodoo's to rest along the way.
Patience grasshopper...patience.
It's only going to get harder. Next year Liverpool and Manchester city are likely to be fighting for the big titles, with man united hoovering up behind them. Arsenal as well will likely improve. We need to step up big time to remain competitive.Funny, if we dont win a trophy next season, it will be the first time since the 40's that we havent won a trophy win each decade
We are now 10 years without winning a trophy, our joint worst streak since WW2
absolutely none of that has anything in the whatsoever to do with us losing with barely a whimper on Saturday. we battered United 3 months ago on the same pitch, so no-one is going to come here and tell me money suddenly became an issue at the weekend. we didn't lose because we weren't able to compete against a superior team, we lost because on the day we just weren't good enough yet again. let's just call a spade a spade, we have a problem getting over the hump of winning. that's the players and, yes, even the great and infallible Pochettino himself. none of that changes the fact that we have come a long way and done some very god things over the last couple of season, but all these excuses are pretty embarrassing.
at the beginning of the season, everyone on here got their panties in a twist over a perceived lack of respect from the media, Conte, Guardiola, and anyone else you care to name. Conte said we don't have the same pressures and expectations as the other clubs, and he was running scared because he knew we were a threat to win. Pep refers to us as the Harry Kane team, and he too was running scared because we'd thrashed them last season. no-one in the media tipped us for the title, and we were being massively overlooked and disrespected. didn't they know we had been the best team in the league points-wise for the previous two seasons? what about us having the best attack and defence in the league? oooh and that lovely goals difference also. OF COURSE we were title contenders. after City, we were the best of the rest blah blah blah. fast forward to April now, and the story appears to have changed. we never stood a chance anyway. we're doing amazingly just to be in the conversation. how are we supposed to compete with all these uber-rich clubs?
we really do want to have it both ways, and it's laughable. sometimes it's ok to just accept you've not been good enough, and look to what could be done better next time. it doesn't have to mean the manager or players are crap either, or that they should go. just that they need to learn from their mistakes and improve. for all their good work, we have a team that doesn't yet know how to win, coched by a coach that has never won before. until that changes, then objective criticism is entirely valid.
Whilst the term Harry Kane team was a tad insulting to the rest of the squad it does carry an element of truth, because without him in the team or as Saturday showed not on firm we don't quite carry the same threat for the opposition, and yes I know we have won game's without him I believe we have a better chance on the big occasions with him in it.absolutely none of that has anything in the whatsoever to do with us losing with barely a whimper on Saturday. we battered United 3 months ago on the same pitch, so no-one is going to come here and tell me money suddenly became an issue at the weekend. we didn't lose because we weren't able to compete against a superior team, we lost because on the day we just weren't good enough yet again. let's just call a spade a spade, we have a problem getting over the hump of winning. that's the players and, yes, even the great and infallible Pochettino himself. none of that changes the fact that we have come a long way and done some very god things over the last couple of season, but all these excuses are pretty embarrassing.
at the beginning of the season, everyone on here got their panties in a twist over a perceived lack of respect from the media, Conte, Guardiola, and anyone else you care to name. Conte said we don't have the same pressures and expectations as the other clubs, and he was running scared because he knew we were a threat to win. Pep refers to us as the Harry Kane team, and he too was running scared because we'd thrashed them last season. no-one in the media tipped us for the title, and we were being massively overlooked and disrespected. didn't they know we had been the best team in the league points-wise for the previous two seasons? what about us having the best attack and defence in the league? oooh and that lovely goals difference also. OF COURSE we were title contenders. after City, we were the best of the rest blah blah blah. fast forward to April now, and the story appears to have changed. we never stood a chance anyway. we're doing amazingly just to be in the conversation. how are we supposed to compete with all these uber-rich clubs?
we really do want to have it both ways, and it's laughable. sometimes it's ok to just accept you've not been good enough, and look to what could be done better next time. it doesn't have to mean the manager or players are crap either, or that they should go. just that they need to learn from their mistakes and improve. for all their good work, we have a team that doesn't yet know how to win, coched by a coach that has never won before. until that changes, then objective criticism is entirely valid.
I understand that everyone is frustrated by the trophy situation but we have to be honest about what money has done to the game, and people are not.
The mainstream media certainly isn’t, and they tend to be the source of most fans’ discontent these days.
They want you to think that this modern football, with all its flashy advertising and glamour, is the best sport in the world. You must watch, read, listen, consume - and do it daily. All the shit that surrounds the game, like the transfers, the gossip, the scandals, the narratives. None of it actually matters, but it creates this weird culture where football is never lived in the present as it’s all about ‘what next for (club x)’.
I’m general, it serves to create debate by making you feel either really happy or really shit. There’s no middle ground.
However, the one massive prevailing narrative that cannot be ignored - but is constantly ignored in the media - is that football is completely eating itself as a sport.
A poster mentions the lack of trophies in this decade. Well, let’s go back each decade since the 30s and see how many different teams won the FA Cup in every 10 year block.
30s-40s: 9 different winners (9 seasons due to WW2)
40s-50s: 5 different winners (5 seasons due to WW2)
50s-60s: 8 different winners
60s-70s: 8 different winners
70s-80s: 8 different winners
80s-90s: 7 different winners
90s-00s: 6 different winners
00s-10s: 5 different winners
10s-pres: 5 different winners
So, taking the major English cup as a guide, since the mid 90s— when the TV money jumped - look what has happened to the competitiveness of English football.
It’s taken a total nosedive and it’s getting worse with the top clubs now gaining a further advantage with financially doped clubs dramatically raising the market value for players, enabling them to fill their squads with quality players that the other teams can now not afford. Thereby widening the divide between the rich clubs and everyone else - who, incidentally now have to buy average players for 3x the price.
Also, please look at the list of historic FA Cup winners. Many traditionally big clubs like Aston Villa, Leeds etc have struggled so badly with damanding fans and erratic business plans that they have totally dropped away from the top flight.
Yet look at us.
Less than half of the budgets of these cash cows at the top and yet we’re up there challenging in the league, still getting to FA Cup semi-finals, beating top European clubs like Real Madrid in the Champions League and about to move into what is set to be one of the best stadiums in Europe.
t the media spout - almost 0 of us are making a genuine play for major honours.
Until then, please remember to enjoy the ‘moments’ of glory. Don’t allow anybody to make you feel that they don’t matter. They do.
And, all in all, just try to be fair. Because the game certainly isn’t.