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EssexSH27

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In the spirit of the new Marvel show 'what if' thought this might be an interesting discussion. What games results or incidents do you ever find yourself wondering about if they'd gone differently...

Chelsea beating Liverpool in '04 is one that stands out. Do they go bust without CL? Another Leeds situation? Does Roman turn up?

Forest beating United in 1990 too. Does Fergie get sacked without the prospect of a Cup win..

Spurs 'what ifs' encouraged, i just wanted to open up a wider range of possibilities.
 

Clive Wilson

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Obviously the biggest one is the Sissoko handball in the CL final. We were awful but who knows what would have happened if that didn't.
 

VancouverSpur

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What if my Dad had put me in an Arsenal shirt when I was 3yrs old instead of a Spurs shirt. The horror of growing up supporting that lot!!!
 

Rob

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What If... someone had given Francis a video of Zidane?

Maybe the biggest one:

What If... Levy's fax machine worked? :p
 

LSUY

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What if the Tottenham academy managed to keep hold of Redknapp and Beckham.
 

Wakey

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I think about things like this all the time. I still haven't got over the 87 Cup Final defeat.

What if we'd won the European Cup in 62 and the treble that season as we could and possibly should have. That team would be talked about forever throughout English football.

But more recently what if we'd managed to keep Bale and Modric. That peak Poch team with those two would have won the lot. Always so close...
 

Col_M

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Feb 28, 2012
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What if Chelsea didn't win the CL to knock us out of the competition for the following season
 

dirtyh

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Jun 24, 2011
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what if i'd bought stamford bridge in 1982 instead of bates for £1. I'd gladly have taken on 1.5m debts to burn that shithole to the ground and save us all years of pain.
 

1961beavera

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what if i'd bought stamford bridge in 1982 instead of bates for £1. I'd gladly have taken on 1.5m debts to burn that shithole to the ground and save us all years of pain.
What if Bates had not turned and .........(add anything resulting in them becoming an Accrington Stanley)
 

1961beavera

"We haven't got a plan so nothing can go wrong'"
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What if my Dad had put me in an Arsenal shirt when I was 3yrs old instead of a Spurs shirt. The horror of growing up supporting that lot!!!
Same thought, having been born in Islington and living just off Highbury Hill, thank god for 67
 

1961beavera

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What if Hoddle didn't go to Monaco?
What if Waddle didn't go to Marseille?
(Before anyone says it, a follow up to that song)
What if Gazza hadn't wrecked his knee? (Might not have recorded Fog on the Tyne).
 

sebo_sek

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Mendez' goal had stood vs utd. What a travesty that was.

The team had a fucking salad instead of lasagne before west ham...
 

dagraham

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What if we had managed to get Alex Ferguson before he changed his mind and stayed at Aberdeen for another couple of years?
 
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