Happy New Year One and All

[Flashspur]

Some members of the great Spurs family around the globe have already celebrated the New Year in style!

Just wanted to wish everyone on this fantastic site a very Happy New Year. Here's to a wonderful 2016 for Spurs and hoping that Poch and the lads can achieve what they deserve for all their hard work these last few months! Its been a real roller coaster ride as a Spurs fan but we seem to be turning the corner and the team looks like it is really starting to deliver on its promise!

What a year indeed. The Stadium approved, a great new crop of young players unearthed, a team ethos strengthened and flourishing, a squad boasting a great balance of silk and steely resolve and a coach who knows his stuff and how to deliver on expectations!

Thanks for the brilliant analysis, commentary, information, ITK, comedy, humour and razor sharp repartee guys and gals. It is never dull on here and I love you all! Even the ones I dont agree with from time to time

 

[oskathegobshite]

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[Gassin's finest]

 

[thinktank]

http://www.spurscommunity.co.uk/index.php?threads/happy-new-year.122989/#post-4891429

 

[guate]

Thanks for your kind thoughts Flashspur. Over here in Guatemala, sunny Central America, it's 3:17 pm so we still have another 8 hours and 40 minutes before the traditional fireworks are set off celebrating 2016 which we all believe is going to be an exceptional year to be a Spurs supporter.

Feliz Ano Nuevo

 

[easley91]

Had such a terrible year personally that Spurs doing so well has been the main reason for me to smile recently. Here's to a better year on and off the pitch for all Spurs fans, players and staff. Happy new year folks.

 

[Crash]

Happy New Year from Brisbane. Here's to an awesome 2016 for Spurs and to you all!!!

 

[Flashspur]

http://www.spurscommunity.co.uk/index.php?threads/happy-new-year.122989/#post-4891429

Thanks @thinktank. I didnt see the other one. Mods can you please merge!

 

[Flashspur]

Football quotes of the year...

Jamie Redknapp on Arsenal’s humiliating 3-1 home defeat to Monaco
'This is Wenger's most disappointing performance in Europe, ever. Cazorla, Rosicky and Oxlade-Chamberlain couldn't tackle a hot dinner. It was so inept.'

Raheem Sterling days before his move to Man City and doubling his salary
"I don't want to be perceived as a money-grabbing 20-year-old. I want to be seen as a 20-year-old kid who loves playing football and doing his best for the team".

Poch on the pursuit of Berahino
"It is never easy because there are always a lot of players around the world that you can sign. It's like when you are in love with some lady -- there are a lot of women around the world -- but you want only one. Sometimes it is impossible. It's about love. And in football it is the same."

John Carver, Newcastle coach astounds us all as Newcastle head into the relegation zone
"I am a positive guy. I still think I am the best coach in the Premier League"

John who?

Claudio Ranieri channels John Carver at a Leicester City press conference
"My team is like the RAF – beep, beep, beep! I love it. When you want to build something, it's about the club. The head of the fish. That's the secret. Now I want a clean sheet. If we get one I’ll pay for pizza... and maybe even a hotdog.”

Er what?

Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Chelsea after an ill tempered Champions League tie where he was surrounded by Chelsea players
"I felt like I had 11 babies around me".

Ibra takes to the PSG fans
“I am disappointed by the boos. We played well, we won. We don’t understand what these guys want. Whether we win or we lose, they boo us. Maybe they are in the habit of eating caviar before they come to see us."

...and French referees
"In 15 years I've never seen a [good] referee in this s**t country. It doesn't even deserve PSG."

Ibra on Ibra...
Reporter: “What superpowers would you like to possess?”
Zlatan Ibrahimovic: “I already have them all."

Ibra on geography
"I would love to play at the European Championship in France. I have played there for four years. I have put Sweden on the world map and now I have put France on the world map too."

Ibra when asked how PSG should celebrate him becoming its record goalscorer
"The next step? I don't know. Maybe replacing the Eiffel Tower with an Ibrahimovic statue..."

French goalkeeper Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes on Ibra
"Ibrahimovic is so big-headed. People make him think he's intelligent, but he's as thick as two short planks. He's not a caricature, but he’s not far off. He's an out-and-out bully. If PSG want to progress they need to get rid of him. You can't ask him to accept playing upfront alongside someone because he's too stupid."

Former team mate Adrian Mutu on Ibra's sleeping problem
"We used to sleep in the same room before games. One night, he woke up. Ibra told me, ‘Adi, wake up! I had a nightmare. I dreamed Ronaldo was better than me!' He only went back to sleep after I told him, ‘No, Zlatan, no! You are the best in the world! Calm down!'"

Tony Pulis on Saido Berahino's sulking after being stopped from moving to Spurs
"He's on the naughty chair".

Nigel Pearson’s angry outburst in a Leicester press conference
'If you don’t understand that question then I think you are an ostrich, your head must be in the sand. Is your head in the sand?'

Dele Alli on his favorite junk food
"Nandos isn't a nandos without fanta and coke mixed #fantoke".

Whatever keeps the tiger in your tank Dele. Just keep doing what you are doing mate!

Fabian Delph six days before leaving Aston Villa for Manchester City
'I’m aware there has been intense media speculation surrounding my future in the last 24 hours and I want to set the record straight. I’m not leaving. I’m staying at the football club and I can’t wait for the start of the season and captaining this great football club.'

Alex Ferguson refers to Eric Cantona, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Cristiano Ronaldo when speaking at the launch of his new book
'I only ever had four world-class players at Manchester United.'

Sorry David Beckham!

Jurgen Klopp during his first press conference as Liverpool manager
'I don't want to describe myself. I'm a totally normal guy, I'm the Normal One.'

Sam Allardyce on Jurgen Klopp after the latters abusive four letter outburst in the Liverpool v Sunderland game
'He's a soft German.'

Benitez has a go at Big Sam over allegations he did not have much to do with Liverpool's Champs League triumph
"Do you know who Sam Allardyce is? Do you know how many trophies he has won? Well that’s my answer. It is what happens when someone has a book to sell. His opinion does not have a lot of value."

Big Sam shows his appreciation for passing on the ground
"All this tippy-tappy stuff everybody keeps going on about as the right way to play football is all a load of boll**ks."

Former Juventus goalkeeper Stefano Tacconi says Wojciech Szczesny is crazy
"He’s a good goalkeeper, there’s no doubt about that. But he’s an uncontrollable lunatic – he’s completely mad. And for this reason, he’s a risk."

Yes we know Stefano and so does Arsene Wenger!

Noel Gallagher reveals his love for Manchester City has no limits
“I’d let David Silva have sex with my wife.”

Adel Taarabt tells Brendon Rodgers why even 16m quid was too much for Balotelli
"Everyone told me he was amazing. I played with him and I can say he isn’t world class. He is an ordinary player, not even a phenomenon.”

President Obama gives tribute to the USA womens team on winning the WC
"This team taught all America’s children that ‘playing like a girl’ means you're a badass… Playing like a girl means being the best.”

Pele on why Neymar will never be him
"I think him becoming the new king, the new Pele, is impossible. My mother and father have shut down the factory.”

Alex Ferguson discussing Ronaldo's narcisscism in the dressing room
"The biggest ego came with beautiful vanity, with that fantastic body of his. Ronaldo would stand in the mirror and the others would throw socks and jock straps at him!"

Ronaldo explains why
"I know 50 per cent [of the women] approach me just out of [celebrity] interest... It's normal, not just me; all the famous people have these kind of problems. But I think I am a confident guy. I'm tall, have all my teeth, have a nice body."

Atletico's Diego Simeoni brings Ronaldo back to earth
"I have played against both Madrid and Barca, and you can’t compare Cristiano to Barca’s Messi. Messi alone is more dangerous than Ronaldo, [Gareth] Bale and [Karim] Benzema put together."

Argentina's Angel de Maria admits that Ronaldo and Messi are the only two real mega stars
"If I were Fifa, I’d have two Ballon d’Or prizes: one for that pair to fight over; and another for everyone else."

Former Barcelona and Bulgarian legend Hristo Stoichkov disagrees
"Messi is at the level of Pele, Diego Maradona and Johan Cruyff, and what annoys Cristiano is that he is only compared to Messi. I shouldn’t be compared to Cristiano. Let's see if Cristiano wins the titles I won. If he wins the Golden Boot at the World Cup or European Cup, then we can discuss it."

Well it could be a Barca v Real thing!!

Alex Ferguson adds fuel to the fire suggesting that Messi is nothing without Iniesta, Xavi and the rest of Barca
"Ronaldo could play for Millwall, QPR, Doncaster Rovers or anyone and he'd score a hat-trick. I'm not sure Messi could do it. Ronaldo's got two feet, he's quick, he's good in the air and he's brave, though Messi's brave too of course. I just think Messi is a Barcelona player.”

Valencia's Center back Shkodran Mustafi has the last say
"It's like comparing a Ferrari and a Lamborghini. Cristiano dismantles you if you give him just a little bit of space, and Messi creates a chance with even less space.”

Hristo Stoichkov again on Louis Van Gaal
"I have no respect for him – he's scum. Once when I was injured, I was with my wife at Camp Nou and Van Gaal went up to her. He asked her how it was possible that she married someone like me. She responded that I was a Ballon d'Or winner.”

Stoichkov continues the battle with LVG when Pedro listens to offers from Manure
“I would never be under the orders of Van Gaal. He's mediocre. He destroyed Barca and is destroying Manchester United. With what he has done to [Victor] Valdes, he has shown he is a bad person. Hopefully, Pedro listens to me and doesn't leave."

Diego Maradonha has his say on LVG
“Van Gaal is closer to the devil than anything else.”

LVG admits what we all have been thinking - he does nothing much really at Manure
“I’m from a time where you [the coach] did everything. Now I’m the manager and I have a sports science department, I have a scouting department, I have a medical department, I have assistant managers, I have assistant coaches. I don’t do anything … nothing! I delegate. I delegate and I earn a lot of money.”

Lewis Holtby asks fans for compassion at Hamburg
“Come and watch us in training, look what I am doing. I don’t want to relegate HSV. I have some good games and, sometimes, I have a bad game too. I’m just trying to work my backside off, but I’m also just a human being, you know?”

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang brings sex into it after Dortmund's defeat of Schalke
"Winning a derby is like having an orgasm. And I can tell you that it was a very hot one!”

Chile's manager Jorge Sampaoli talks football, stats and sex
"One night, I went to a bar. I was with a woman. We talked all night. We laughed, we flirted, I paid for several drinks of hers. Around 5am, a guy came in, grabbed her by the arm and took her to the bathroom. He made love to her and she left with him. That doesn't matter because I had most of the possession that night."

Harry Kane on scoring his first for England on his debut
'Not too bad, is it.'

John Terry responding to criticism from Robbie Savage
'When certain other people speak, maybe I don’t like listening and taking it on the chin. When players have not had a career, have played at a really bad level throughout their career and come for people who have achieved what I have achieved in the game... Robbie Savage being one.'

Carles Rexach dumps on Florentino Perez
"Florentino Perez looks at the world market and wants a team of Galacticos for everyone to admire. Ronaldo is the flagship of the club. Perez is selling an international brand. Vicente del Bosque and Angel Di Maria are too ugly for Real Madrid. They are different from Toni Kroos and James Rodriguez."

Jose Mourinho's response to an accusation that Chelsea bored their way to the PL title
"To those who say we don't deserve it: In my country we say, "The dogs bark but the caravan goes by."

Jose Mourinho after Chelsea’s 2-1 defeat to Leicester, the game before his sacking
'One of my best qualities is to read the game for my players and I feel like my work was betrayed.'

Arsene Wenger after Chelsea’s visit to Arsenal
'It is easy to defend'.

Jose Mourinho's response
“It’s not easy. If it was easy, you wouldn’t lose 3-1 at home to Monaco'.

Jose Mourinho again on Arsenal and Wenger when criticised for being defensive and boring
'I think boring is 10 years without a title - that's boring'.

Jose Mourinho continues his fued with Guardiola
"Maybe in the future I have to be smarter and choose another club in another country where everybody is champion. Maybe I will go to a country where a kit-man can be coach and win the title."

Jose responds to Monte Searas' claim that her partner Rafa Benitez spent his time cleaning up Mourinho's messes
“I’m not laughing. Because her husband went to Chelsea to replace Roberto Di Matteo and he went to Real Madrid and replaced Carlo Ancelotti. The only club where her husband replaced me was at Inter, where in six months he destroyed the best team in Europe at the time.”

Arsenal fans on Twitter on Jose Mourinho's sacking
'He is a specialist in sacking.'

 

[thinktank]

...and French referees
"In 15 years I've never seen a [good] referee in this s**t country. It doesn't even deserve PSG."

Gotta love a bit of Ibra...the guy never stops 'avin' 'imself.

 

[SpursSince1980]

happy new year to all. I've a sneaky suspicion it will be a very special one for Spurs.

 

[Twizzle]

happy new year guys

COYS