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Who will go through to the finals against Man City?

  • Spurs - After drawing or winning this match

    Votes: 87 47.0%
  • Chelsea - After overturning our one goal lead

    Votes: 72 38.9%
  • Spurs - After Penalties

    Votes: 13 7.0%
  • Chelsea - After Penalties

    Votes: 13 7.0%

  • Total voters
    185
  • Poll closed .

Dov67

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Jul 1, 2005
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for one day only I will become a Man City even though i hate what they represent
 

Sid Tottenham

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Jul 1, 2015
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So what? We lost and rightly so over the 2 legs. Fact is we play against a club that pays twice the wages that we pay and we got nudged out missing 75% of our goalscorers.

Ashamed? Not even close.
What? You replying to me? Read my post again cos I’m not ashamed in the slightest
 

SugarRay

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Jul 6, 2011
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Fully agree, they are fantastic all I feel is pride for them.

Our day will come.

I hope you’re right.

The more big games we lose the more I think in a few years people will look back on this side like they do with the Leeds and Newcastle teams of fairly recent times.

‘Remember when Tottenham had a very good side and almost won something’
 

Phomesy

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Aug 20, 2013
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Ali got knocked down once against Frazier. He got up and lost. He went on to regain the heavyweight world championship winning a fight people were saying he was going to get killed in and then beat Frazier twice.

Comparing this Tottenham side to Muhammad Ali is, well, ever so slightly stretching it a bit!

Henry Cooper is a better comparison. Tried to mix it with the big boys and looked half decent for a round or two but ultimately always came up short and was never really in the discussion when the prizes were being handed out!

He also suffered with injuries too!:ROFLMAO:
If this is how you feel why do t you support a team that will buy you the “success” you crave?

Genuine question. No snark. You bought into being a Spurs fan. This is the best we have been in a generation- maybe two generations - if you can’t support this and be proud of moments like tonight what’s the point?

That was my point about my Aussie rules side. Look up their history.
 

St José Dominguez

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Jul 15, 2014
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Fully agree, they are fantastic all I feel is pride for them.

Our day will come.

We’ve been saying that for five years now. We probably said it at times under Redknapp too.
I just don’t see us winning anything under Poch (although a superb manager) right now. I just don’t see any momentum towards it occurring anymore.

In terms of winning a league cup we’ll probably win one in the future with a worse team and worse manager like we did in past. Kinda typical as we deserve at least some small glory to show for last few years and I know many don’t agree but personally I think that first trophy is so important considering our history of falling short recently.
 

gavspur

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Jun 24, 2004
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We are still naive. We are not savvy enough to get through these games. It kills me. We need an older head out there giving the bollockings out, we don’t have that. Toby and Jan should be that guy, but they’re not. We need a leader, a vocal on pitch leader. I don’t care if the modern ‘leader’ does it on the training ground, we need a leader on the pitch. We need it to learn how to see out these games.

We’ve just finished third again, in how many comps over how many years? Come on, we all know, we should have won something by now. Gutted
 

SugarRay

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Jul 6, 2011
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If this is how you feel why do t you support a team that will buy you the “success” you crave?

Genuine question. No snark. You bought into being a Spurs fan. This is the best we have been in a generation- maybe two generations - if you can’t support this and be proud of moments like tonight what’s the point?

That was my point about my Aussie rules side. Look up their history.

I don’t support this side anymore than I supported the sides of the mid 90’s when I started following the club. I didn’t buy in to anything, it was forced on me as a kid. Given the choice now I wouldn’t follow football at all to be honest but it’s there and not going away!

I don’t crave success at all. I’m not overly fussed by it. I actually felt more comfortable when it was clearly obvious we had fuck all chance of winning anything and the season was over and done with in February every season! This lot have the horrible knack of looking like they’re going to do something yet falling when it matters.

Oh for Doherty and Gardener back...:ROFLMAO:
 

OldBoy68

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Jan 24, 2019
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We are still naive. We are not savvy enough to get through these games. It kills me. We need an older head out there giving the bollockings out, we don’t have that. Toby and Jan should be that guy, but they’re not. We need a leader, a vocal on pitch leader. I don’t care if the modern ‘leader’ does it on the training ground, we need a leader on the pitch. We need it to learn how to see out these games.

We’ve just finished third again, in how many comps over how many years? Come on, we all know, we should have won something by now. Gutted

I agree, but the missing element is very hard to define now. In the past it would have been Roy Keane putting someone in row z without even a booking. Not so easy these days...
 

SpursDave88

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Aug 31, 2012
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We are still naive. We are not savvy enough to get through these games. It kills me. We need an older head out there giving the bollockings out, we don’t have that. Toby and Jan should be that guy, but they’re not. We need a leader, a vocal on pitch leader. I don’t care if the modern ‘leader’ does it on the training ground, we need a leader on the pitch. We need it to learn how to see out these games.

We’ve just finished third again, in how many comps over how many years? Come on, we all know, we should have won something by now. Gutted

We didn't lose tonight because of lack of savvy.....we took a team that were superior in every facet to extra time. We did see out the game...we took it to penalties.

We lost because we don't have enough talented players in our squad to cope with the injuries we have had.
 

DCSPUR

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Apr 15, 2005
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No. Clearly not.

I said I've experienced the thrill of watching your team be the best - over and over and over.

But I've rarely been prouder of a performance than what I saw second half tonight.

Do people really not realise how on the ropes we were? Have been for months. Thought United was the knock out blow. Wasn't.

WE. KEEP. GETTING. UP. OFF. THE. CANVAS.

That is what sport is all about. Getting up off the canvas.

Like Ali when he LOST to Frazier. Didn't matter. He kept getting up off the canvas. That was what showed he had truly transcendent Champion qualities.

We are fucked and won't win fuck all this year. But if we keep doing what we did tonight I'm excited and, more importantly, want those players to know how fucking proud I am to support them.
absolute quality post mate
love it
COYS!!!
 

SpursDave88

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Aug 31, 2012
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I hope you’re right.

The more big games we lose the more I think in a few years people will look back on this side like they do with the Leeds and Newcastle teams of fairly recent times.

‘Remember when Tottenham had a very good side and almost won something’

I think we already are that...identical to the Spurs side with Bale and Modric.

I don't see this group or manager winning anything and I fully expect the side to break up and the manager to move on to better things this summer.

As I have said many times...we have a good enough team to compete but ultimately fall short. As ever we are 2 or 3 players short...I don't expect that to ever change...which is why I am trying to change my mindset about Spurs and football and decrease my emotional attachment to something I have no control over and is always set up for failure.

We are not Utd or City or Chelsea or Liverpool - we see ourselves as gatecrashers to the party hiding in the corner guzzling the communal cider hoping that nobody notices us....not the life and soul that wants to take home the fittest bird in the room.

Sadly, what that means is that we are extremely unlikely to win any trophy that other clubs want to win and the sooner people understand that the easier it is to see these failures for what they are.

No point wasting your time moaning about Levy.
 

LexingtonSpurs

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Aug 27, 2013
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Can I just say I thought Harry winks had another really good game tonight.
I agree - I thought he struggled to find his footing early in the match - not sure that spot in the diamond suits him - but he never gave up, and began to assert himself as the match went on.
 

Phomesy

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Aug 20, 2013
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I don’t support this side anymore than I supported the sides of the mid 90’s when I started following the club. I didn’t buy in to anything, it was forced on me as a kid. Given the choice now I wouldn’t follow football at all to be honest but it’s there and not going away!

I don’t crave success at all. I’m not overly fussed by it. I actually felt more comfortable when it was clearly obvious we had fuck all chance of winning anything and the season was over and done with in February every season! This lot have the horrible knack of looking like they’re going to do something yet falling when it matters.

Oh for Doherty and Gardener back...:ROFLMAO:

You've got me there. I only really properly followed Spurs from 99 when I moved here.

And I think this squad and this mentality are one of the truly special sporting moments of my life.

Unlike you there's not a single game or season where I've expected them to succeed more than they did. Except for the Leicester season where they fell in a heap after the league was lost.

The next season we steam rolled all the way to the end even when catching Chelsea was impossible. That is called as "response". We learned. We kept going.

My expectations are that we keep building a base. A mentality. A presence. If we don't have that we might snatch a twinkly cup but we WON'T BE CONTENDERS.

My experience of following Hawthorn (look them up) is that you have to be established contenders before longterm success can be attained.

I'd hate for that base which is being built so brilliantly to be thrown away because our support for it wanes...
 
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