I'm sure Baddiel will blame us.So ironic.
summing up
You know what makes me laugh? Reading the comments and all the hate and spite about it - this is, perhaps, the one single game we've ever shown teeth, and we were riled into it. Chelsea went out of their way to wind us up and we bit. And didn't we fuckin' bite.
They want to feel hard done by, they're welcome to. They wanted to turn up the heat, we showed them what we are made of when a team tries to bully us - we don't retaliate, we go bezerk.
They might have salvaged a draw, but that is the definition of chat shit, get banged.
It's weird but for me the silver lining here is the way that Chelsea have utterly played to type. I can't speak for anyone else but my personal disappointment is making me feel even a little bit unhinged. I mean, how on earth can a man of my age allow a game of football to affect him like this? But, and this is genuine, the behaviour and character that Chelsea, fans and playersd alike have shown has made me feel a lot better this morning. They really are vile, whereas we display just the right degree of humanity. In terms of foul play yesterday we didn't do ourselves proud, and yet somehow given that it was an emotional, immature reaction, and not something premeditated or tactical, I kind of understand it. On the other hand, we have Chelsea. Where do we start! I'm so glad that our team have carried themselves the way they have this season. So glad that THFC and CFC are as different as chalk and cheese. Thanks for reminding me of this, oh CFC, on this of all days I needed something to cheer me up.They did that to make themselves feel better for coming mid-table with a multi-billion dollar team and not winning a single thing or gaining a European place this season.
It's embarrassing to the extreme.
"you're fucking shit" is pure projection.
Internally, they are devastated and thoroughly embarrassed by the dogshit their team has produced for most of the season. The whole world has seen how low they have sunk.
If we're 'fucking shit' and they drew with us at home what does that say about them?
This little montage shows how much the Chavs got away with.
Last nights performance was not only light years away from being "Spursy" but was a warning to the rest of the PL for next season.
Lamela on Fabricad was priceless. He didn't even break stride or give him a glance. Outstanding effort.
Do you not just think the rest of the teams will think after last night 'that Spurs side, wind them up and they'll see the red mist and get players sent off'?
There are far better examples this season of us matching the grit of our opponent to win a match without having to make silly tackles or be drawn into nonsensical 'squaring up' and all that stuff Chelsea's players are famous for.
I'm sorry but last night was naive stupidity. We fell into the trap they set for us.
@Gbspurs: sorry, you didn't deserve that. Even if I am in a foul mood about last night, it's not an excuse.
Clattenburg could have avoided all the shenanigans if he would have clamped down early on. But he let all of their shit slide and continued to the entire game. So after a while, the boys decided that instead of shutting them up while playing football, we'll shut them up at their own game. They were expecting that we'd roll over after enough of their bullshit. Instead, we fought back.
Agree 100% with this. Was thinking early on that the ref was letting too many fouls pass, quite a few on Kane. The ref got the game where he wanted it and had there been a sending off, he'd have been the one responsible.
Btw, would love to see someone make a video of the Hazard and Fabregas quotes and then our tackles on them.
Clattenburg was abysmal in what he let go. He did lose control. A few early cards would have calmed things down. No one is mentioning the melee of their players when Kane scored.Chelsea's early tactical fouls and off the ball antics, combined with very lenient reffing for the first 30 mins, left us with two options:
1) Get more aggressive
2) Get kicked off the pitch
We did fall into to the trap but they've spent years perfecting the pre match mind games and the on pitch antics. Right from the off they were surrounding Clattenburg, waving imaginary cards, over-reacting etc.. We were there to play football and they were there to prevent us from beating them at a game we are currently better at. Maybe we were naïve but we will certainly have learned a lot from the experience.
Table doesn't lie, does it.. Teams below us celebrating we being out of the title race sums out for me.. That's how far we have come..
And they will be bored with no European nights for awhile next season so I expect their noises will be even louder.. It will take some use to it, but I'll take that..