The players owe us

[dontcallme]

We can pick any excuse we like which suits our argument. The World Cup finished 5 months ago and I don't see any other club moaning about it and blaming it for their players looking 'tired'. There is no excuse for such a poor performance. Do you think Poch went into the dressing room after the match and said 'Don't worry boys it wasn't your fault you all played at half pace today, it was that bloody World Cup's fault'?

Of course not. So what was our excuse last season when we were just as poor and got done by those bastards again, when we were enjoying a rich vein of form, same as at the weekend..

I'm also amazed that some other members find it incredible that I should say the players owe us. Of course they do, more than any other person or body, I should have thought that was blindingly obvious. We pay our money (loads of it) so we have every right to see them perform better. It's what they're all incredibly well paid for, and it's what they train incredibly hard for, so yes, I demand better than what I got on Sunday for my money.

Regarding your last point, I hope you're wrong about the attendance tomorrow evening. I would hope the Spurs fans would turn up in their droves to see this problem put right, on the pitch where it really matters, against a poor Southampton side.

I said originally that one result does not a season make and I meant it, but we've got to try and put a little love back into the hearts of all us proud Yids after a terrible result with all it's consequences off the pitch.

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If they were playing a bunch ofpart timers I would understand this point more.

Our well paid players were playing against a bunch of other even more highly paid players and lost.

They didn't give up. They tried and lost. It happens.