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We must start to believe
 
chookz

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So happy we won. Was worried when scum got their winner against Leicester but it doesn't matter anymore. We can win them at the lane.

I am super excited even though I am usually a glass-empty kind of guy.

COYS
 
Scottish Spur

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There's so much to love about this side and much of it is so unusual for Spurs, I almost wonder whether it's real. Yesterday was sublime in a host of ways, which aren't being credited as of yet. I hear this new narrative that we are a "team" with no real "superstars" and all I think is how can this be thrown at us? Put Lloris, Alderweireld, Dier, Dembele, Alli, Kane etc up for sale and watch how many supposed 'big' teams want them. This team is littered with quality, but the crucial facet is that it's quality that recognises the strength when they work as the whole sum of its parts.

Defence - we rotate four full backs and don't drop a beat. Alderweireld is comfortably, and I mean comfortably, the best CB in the country this year. He's one of the few, the real few, that makes the defence as a whole calm. We lose Vertonghen, whom has been credited as a partner in this brilliant defence, bring Wimmer in and again, don't drop a beat. I felt after clean sheets against Norwich and Watford that we'd truly see how vulnerable Wimmer is yesterday. Well, he passed that test, and it's in no small part due to his centre half partner. An exceptional centre half, both defensively but in how comfortable he is on the football, regularly starting attacks with both short and long balls. His decision making is sublime - the ball gets banged into row Z when required and played out when required. A real top quality player. Signing of the season IMHO he has been.

Midfield - it's so much more than Alli. What I love more than anything and again, not something associated with Spurs is their cynicality and physicality. City are a physical dominant central side. Toure, Fernando and Fernandinho physically dominate midfields, allowing Silva, Nasri Aguero etc the time and space to play. Spurs are set up in exactly the same way. Dier and Dembele absolutely dominate teams physically. Yesterday, it was clear from the beginning we weren't going to be pushed around and resulted in City dishing out the niggle. We stood strong. The way when they broke, we thought nothing of dishing out the physicality and taking the booking. I loved Dier's complaints after the booking just before half time. We demonstrate fully that if teams want a war, we're more than happy to give them one, and back ourselves to win it.

Attack - I include Alli, Eriksen, Son and Lamela here although their running means they could easily be considered 'midfield'. They complement each other wonderfully. Alli literally has the lot. We know he gets into scoring positions, we know he has the composure and finishing ability to score plenty but his running is so crucial to this side. He allows Eriksen, the weaker defensively of this group, to have those breaks because he covers so much ground. He's also another niggly, cynical and aggressive defender. He doesn't take crap from any opposition, similar to Dier. Son is another that is capable of doing a lot. He's still in the early stages of his PL career and so still wants too much time on the ball at times but he works his backside off both with and without the ball. He's a perfect Pochettino player. Eriksen is the one I feel doesn't suit Poch's system hugely but the players around him mean he's almost given a license to press where possible but largely, drop into the spaces and dictate our play. Kane we know all about - the genuine full package. It's Lamela I think could become the serious superstar of the side though. All this team lacks is a consistently creative 10. What Lamela did for our winner yesterday was number 10 play at its most creative and most clinical you'll ever see. Huge game, strong defence, draw written all over it and he possesses the composure to drive with confidence and play a perfect ball through the defence that's timed and weighted to perfection. That piece of play got nowhere near the credit it deserved yesterday as they were too busy moaning about the penalty. Had Silva done it at the other end, we'd have never heard the end of it. Worthy of winning any game of football.


I find this following bit that I'm about to write absurd, as it's Spurs I'm writing about. The only things that may stop us winning the league IMHO are the EL, which I desperately hope we bin off and/or injuries. We quite simply are the best team in the country this season. It may be the only time in my lifetime that we are in this spot again so I pray we don't lose out because we knacker them playing in some far away wilderness. Don't do it. This year could become one of the most special in any Spurs fan's life. Remember to saviour every moment as they don't come along too often. COYS.
 
thinktank

thinktank

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Sep 28, 2004
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Scottish Spur said:
There's so much to love about this side and much of it is so unusual for Spurs, I almost wonder whether it's real. Yesterday was sublime in a host of ways, which aren't being credited as of yet. I hear this new narrative that we are a "team" with no real "superstars" and all I think is how can this be thrown at us? Put Lloris, Alderweireld, Dier, Dembele, Alli, Kane etc up for sale and watch how many supposed 'big' teams want them. This team is littered with quality, but the crucial facet is that it's quality that recognises the strength when they work as the whole sum of its parts.

Defence - we rotate four full backs and don't drop a beat. Alderweireld is comfortably, and I mean comfortably, the best CB in the country this year. He's one of the few, the real few, that makes the defence as a whole calm. We lose Vertonghen, whom has been credited as a partner in this brilliant defence, bring Wimmer in and again, don't drop a beat. I felt after clean sheets against Norwich and Watford that we'd truly see how vulnerable Wimmer is yesterday. Well, he passed that test, and it's in no small part due to his centre half partner. An exceptional centre half, both defensively but in how comfortable he is on the football, regularly starting attacks with both short and long balls. His decision making is sublime - the ball gets banged into row Z when required and played out when required. A real top quality player. Signing of the season IMHO he has been.

Midfield - it's so much more than Alli. What I love more than anything and again, not something associated with Spurs is their cynicality and physicality. City are a physical dominant central side. Toure, Fernando and Fernandinho physically dominate midfields, allowing Silva, Nasri Aguero etc the time and space to play. Spurs are set up in exactly the same way. Dier and Dembele absolutely dominate teams physically. Yesterday, it was clear from the beginning we weren't going to be pushed around and resulted in City dishing out the niggle. We stood strong. The way when they broke, we thought nothing of dishing out the physicality and taking the booking. I loved Dier's complaints after the booking just before half time. We demonstrate fully that if teams want a war, we're more than happy to give them one, and back ourselves to win it.

Attack - I include Alli, Eriksen, Son and Lamela here although their running means they could easily be considered 'midfield'. They complement each other wonderfully. Alli literally has the lot. We know he gets into scoring positions, we know he has the composure and finishing ability to score plenty but his running is so crucial to this side. He allows Eriksen, the weaker defensively of this group, to have those breaks because he covers so much ground. He's also another niggly, cynical and aggressive defender. He doesn't take crap from any opposition, similar to Dier. Son is another that is capable of doing a lot. He's still in the early stages of his PL career and so still wants too much time on the ball at times but he works his backside off both with and without the ball. He's a perfect Pochettino player. Eriksen is the one I feel doesn't suit Poch's system hugely but the players around him mean he's almost given a license to press where possible but largely, drop into the spaces and dictate our play. Kane we know all about - the genuine full package. It's Lamela I think could become the serious superstar of the side though. All this team lacks is a consistently creative 10. What Lamela did for our winner yesterday was number 10 play at its most creative and most clinical you'll ever see. Huge game, strong defence, draw written all over it and he possesses the composure to drive with confidence and play a perfect ball through the defence that's timed and weighted to perfection. That piece of play got nowhere near the credit it deserved yesterday as they were too busy moaning about the penalty. Had Silva done it at the other end, we'd have never heard the end of it. Worthy of winning any game of football.


I find this following bit that I'm about to write absurd, as it's Spurs I'm writing about. The only things that may stop us winning the league IMHO are the EL, which I desperately hope we bin off and/or injuries. We quite simply are the best team in the country this season. It may be the only time in my lifetime that we are in this spot again so I pray we don't lose out because we knacker them playing in some far away wilderness. Don't do it. This year could become one of the most special in any Spurs fan's life. Remember to saviour every moment as they don't come along too often. COYS.
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Excellent post.
 
Spurs 1961

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Wellspurs said:
Yes and Danny Murphy and Tim Sherwood declared their Yid credentials last night on MOTD.
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mmm...seemed like they were grasping for some sort of credibility. Danny was a good player though gone by the time he came to us. As for Tim ... well he was never anything but a journeyman. Neither of them do I ever consider really as Spurs
 
G

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Scottish Spur said:
There's so much to love about this side and much of it is so unusual for Spurs, I almost wonder whether it's real. Yesterday was sublime in a host of ways, which aren't being credited as of yet. I hear this new narrative that we are a "team" with no real "superstars" and all I think is how can this be thrown at us? Put Lloris, Alderweireld, Dier, Dembele, Alli, Kane etc up for sale and watch how many supposed 'big' teams want them. This team is littered with quality, but the crucial facet is that it's quality that recognises the strength when they work as the whole sum of its parts.

Defence - we rotate four full backs and don't drop a beat. Alderweireld is comfortably, and I mean comfortably, the best CB in the country this year. He's one of the few, the real few, that makes the defence as a whole calm. We lose Vertonghen, whom has been credited as a partner in this brilliant defence, bring Wimmer in and again, don't drop a beat. I felt after clean sheets against Norwich and Watford that we'd truly see how vulnerable Wimmer is yesterday. Well, he passed that test, and it's in no small part due to his centre half partner. An exceptional centre half, both defensively but in how comfortable he is on the football, regularly starting attacks with both short and long balls. His decision making is sublime - the ball gets banged into row Z when required and played out when required. A real top quality player. Signing of the season IMHO he has been.

Midfield - it's so much more than Alli. What I love more than anything and again, not something associated with Spurs is their cynicality and physicality. City are a physical dominant central side. Toure, Fernando and Fernandinho physically dominate midfields, allowing Silva, Nasri Aguero etc the time and space to play. Spurs are set up in exactly the same way. Dier and Dembele absolutely dominate teams physically. Yesterday, it was clear from the beginning we weren't going to be pushed around and resulted in City dishing out the niggle. We stood strong. The way when they broke, we thought nothing of dishing out the physicality and taking the booking. I loved Dier's complaints after the booking just before half time. We demonstrate fully that if teams want a war, we're more than happy to give them one, and back ourselves to win it.

Attack - I include Alli, Eriksen, Son and Lamela here although their running means they could easily be considered 'midfield'. They complement each other wonderfully. Alli literally has the lot. We know he gets into scoring positions, we know he has the composure and finishing ability to score plenty but his running is so crucial to this side. He allows Eriksen, the weaker defensively of this group, to have those breaks because he covers so much ground. He's also another niggly, cynical and aggressive defender. He doesn't take crap from any opposition, similar to Dier. Son is another that is capable of doing a lot. He's still in the early stages of his PL career and so still wants too much time on the ball at times but he works his backside off both with and without the ball. He's a perfect Pochettino player. Eriksen is the one I feel doesn't suit Poch's system hugely but the players around him mean he's almost given a license to press where possible but largely, drop into the spaces and dictate our play. Kane we know all about - the genuine full package. It's Lamela I think could become the serious superstar of the side though. All this team lacks is a consistently creative 10. What Lamela did for our winner yesterday was number 10 play at its most creative and most clinical you'll ever see. Huge game, strong defence, draw written all over it and he possesses the composure to drive with confidence and play a perfect ball through the defence that's timed and weighted to perfection. That piece of play got nowhere near the credit it deserved yesterday as they were too busy moaning about the penalty. Had Silva done it at the other end, we'd have never heard the end of it. Worthy of winning any game of football.


I find this following bit that I'm about to write absurd, as it's Spurs I'm writing about. The only things that may stop us winning the league IMHO are the EL, which I desperately hope we bin off and/or injuries. We quite simply are the best team in the country this season. It may be the only time in my lifetime that we are in this spot again so I pray we don't lose out because we knacker them playing in some far away wilderness. Don't do it. This year could become one of the most special in any Spurs fan's life. Remember to saviour every moment as they don't come along too often. COYS.
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Excellent post Starting Price oh ........
 
Gb160

Gb160

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Jesus I really hope the club sorted a cake for Christian yesterday...don't want him spitting his dummy out and demanding a move for not being appreciated...actually, that won't happen because our players aren't MASSIVE ****s.

The sight of their goal scorer celebrating his goal on his own in the corner sums up that pathetic, plastic club.

Feel so fucking proud right now.
COYMFS!!
 
Shadydan

Shadydan

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Jul 7, 2012
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If that was given against us we would be fuming, people would be talking about Clattenburg conspiracies and oil money paying off the Premier League.

Lets not get into biased territory that was nowhere near a pen all day long.
 
strader

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Always Offside said:
Ummm whilst I'm delighted with a league double over the zillionaire's Man City the level of celebrations were a little surprising I must admit. Poch is so used to rolling out the underwhelming cliché's (and rightly so imo) about one game at a time etc etc I'm a little ataken back about the level of celebrating with the fans. Don't get me wrong, I'm also super excited and delighted with the result & where we sit in the table but we haven't won anything yet and could still manage to finish outside the CL qualifying positions.
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the way I see it, we won a game, the players and management staff are celebrating the victory together. Win anything or not, its the togetherness that gives us an identity. The city scorer did have anyone celebrating the equalizer. Go figure
 
Japhet

Japhet

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Scottish Spur said:
There's so much to love about this side and much of it is so unusual for Spurs, I almost wonder whether it's real. Yesterday was sublime in a host of ways, which aren't being credited as of yet. I hear this new narrative that we are a "team" with no real "superstars" and all I think is how can this be thrown at us? Put Lloris, Alderweireld, Dier, Dembele, Alli, Kane etc up for sale and watch how many supposed 'big' teams want them. This team is littered with quality, but the crucial facet is that it's quality that recognises the strength when they work as the whole sum of its parts.

Defence - we rotate four full backs and don't drop a beat. Alderweireld is comfortably, and I mean comfortably, the best CB in the country this year. He's one of the few, the real few, that makes the defence as a whole calm. We lose Vertonghen, whom has been credited as a partner in this brilliant defence, bring Wimmer in and again, don't drop a beat. I felt after clean sheets against Norwich and Watford that we'd truly see how vulnerable Wimmer is yesterday. Well, he passed that test, and it's in no small part due to his centre half partner. An exceptional centre half, both defensively but in how comfortable he is on the football, regularly starting attacks with both short and long balls. His decision making is sublime - the ball gets banged into row Z when required and played out when required. A real top quality player. Signing of the season IMHO he has been.

Midfield - it's so much more than Alli. What I love more than anything and again, not something associated with Spurs is their cynicality and physicality. City are a physical dominant central side. Toure, Fernando and Fernandinho physically dominate midfields, allowing Silva, Nasri Aguero etc the time and space to play. Spurs are set up in exactly the same way. Dier and Dembele absolutely dominate teams physically. Yesterday, it was clear from the beginning we weren't going to be pushed around and resulted in City dishing out the niggle. We stood strong. The way when they broke, we thought nothing of dishing out the physicality and taking the booking. I loved Dier's complaints after the booking just before half time. We demonstrate fully that if teams want a war, we're more than happy to give them one, and back ourselves to win it.

Attack - I include Alli, Eriksen, Son and Lamela here although their running means they could easily be considered 'midfield'. They complement each other wonderfully. Alli literally has the lot. We know he gets into scoring positions, we know he has the composure and finishing ability to score plenty but his running is so crucial to this side. He allows Eriksen, the weaker defensively of this group, to have those breaks because he covers so much ground. He's also another niggly, cynical and aggressive defender. He doesn't take crap from any opposition, similar to Dier. Son is another that is capable of doing a lot. He's still in the early stages of his PL career and so still wants too much time on the ball at times but he works his backside off both with and without the ball. He's a perfect Pochettino player. Eriksen is the one I feel doesn't suit Poch's system hugely but the players around him mean he's almost given a license to press where possible but largely, drop into the spaces and dictate our play. Kane we know all about - the genuine full package. It's Lamela I think could become the serious superstar of the side though. All this team lacks is a consistently creative 10. What Lamela did for our winner yesterday was number 10 play at its most creative and most clinical you'll ever see. Huge game, strong defence, draw written all over it and he possesses the composure to drive with confidence and play a perfect ball through the defence that's timed and weighted to perfection. That piece of play got nowhere near the credit it deserved yesterday as they were too busy moaning about the penalty. Had Silva done it at the other end, we'd have never heard the end of it. Worthy of winning any game of football.


I find this following bit that I'm about to write absurd, as it's Spurs I'm writing about. The only things that may stop us winning the league IMHO are the EL, which I desperately hope we bin off and/or injuries. We quite simply are the best team in the country this season. It may be the only time in my lifetime that we are in this spot again so I pray we don't lose out because we knacker them playing in some far away wilderness. Don't do it. This year could become one of the most special in any Spurs fan's life. Remember to saviour every moment as they don't come along too often. COYS.
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Agree with everything apart from binning the EL. Poch has talked quite a bit about belief and you don't maintain that by ducking out of a challenge. I wouldn't be at all upset to see a load of fresh faces but all of those players need to feel trusted to do a job. Poch clearly trusts them (when Carroll came on v City I feared the worst, but Poch clearly didn't). Winners never quit and quitters never win. Billy Nick would be so damn proud and he would go for the lot.
 
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