The race for the title

[Larryjanta]

Finally opened this thread for the first time... sorry if I jinx it but by God we have a chance again

 

[Shanks]

To be honest, there are an awful lot of games to play, we won't really know until Feb/Mar time if we are in with a realistic chance.

 

[Basil Brush]

I am suprised nobody has mentioned the winning goal from the scum. What a complete joke. If they somehow use those extra 2 points to get above us, i will be filthy.

However, i have no doubt they will.

 

[Shadydan]

This is where investments in Nkoudou, Janssen & Sissoko will benifit us. Nkoudou can beat his full back, while Sissoko can run through them. Janssen can hold the ball in tight spaces & bring others into play.

We are less & less affected by teams like WBA. Previous years, we may be susceptible to their long ball ideas & set piece threats. But now we have physically imposing players. We not only negate their threat, in fact we have increased our set pieces threats when we are attacking. Dead ball delivery has improved. Likes of Alderwiereld & Dier have given are consistently good in opponent box.

We have answers to every team in league. Only team we still look unconvincing is Liverpool. But atleast against them, we have been getting away with draws.

We struggled against Liverpool because we had no Dembele, they were pressing us into submission and had no one to hold onto the ball and beat their press.

 

[nightgoat]

Still behind Liverpool and Arsenal in the betting - go figure!

I dunno, scraping wins against relegation teams thanks to dodgy refs is way more impressive than totally outplaying the champions elect...

 

[vicbob]

I am suprised nobody has mentioned the winning goal from the scum. What a complete joke. If they somehow use those extra 2 points to get above us, i will be filthy.

However, i have no doubt they will.

What the offside, hand ball goal in the 3rd minute of 2 minutes of injury time, nothing really worth mentioning

 

[dirtyh]

What the offside, hand ball goal in the 3rd minute of 2 minutes of injury time, nothing really worth mentioning

don't forget the joke of a last minute penalty against southampton too. we should keep a tally of points per team given solely by awful/biased/corrupt/incompetent referees. the scum are on +4 after only 7 games ffs.

 

[vicbob]

Where the hell would Chelscum be without the goals from Costa when he should have either been sent off or banned from the non existent sending offs??

 

[Abdoujaparov]

Very. very early days, but bloody hell we're playing well at the moment aren't we?!

Surely that was one of the best performances off the ball the PL has seen. Immense.

Our weakness (although it seems churlish to talk of them after such a performance), is possibly passing in the final third. We make some great runs (again, fantastic play off the ball), but I think we're less likely to pick them out than we could be.

Has to be said though, finding a seriously creative number 10 who is also strong and can press, tackle and finish is nigh on impossible. I don't think Alli will ever be that player, but his shooting, runs, pressing and tackling can be exceptional.

Even after such a big win, there'll be a strong sense among Poch and the coaching staff what we need to improve. Really, this is ideal - if you're not striving to get better, you'll be going backwards.

 

[Giovanni]

Things can change fast guys, right now its a great feeling but despite the great start we are second with everton in 5th just 3 behind. The next pl games coming up are crucial as we must steamroll the lower sides and continue to turn up in the big games. I wont even debate a title shout fir us until after feb even if we are top!

 

[Abdoujaparov]

I could see us slipping up against weaker teams who park the bus. Our preferred style is much better suited to the best teams who like hording possession.

 

[dbspurs]

I am suprised nobody has mentioned the winning goal from the scum. What a complete joke. If they somehow use those extra 2 points to get above us, i will be filthy.

However, i have no doubt they will.

Always the way. If we finish second it won't be hard to work out who won the league.

 

[Pellshek]

It's culturally weird for Spurs to follow one good season with another. We just very rarely do it, and that's been true for decades. That started changing a bit under Jol and Harry, but still the norm has been a good season followed by disappointment.

That's why we're having a hard time processing the idea that we may genuinely be improving over time, and that this season really should be better than last. Better players, more experience, longer bonding time etc. What exactly is the case for us going backwards? There isn't really a lot of logical support for that - just psychological ones around Spursiness.

 

[glospur]

To be honest, there are an awful lot of games to play, we won't really know until Feb/Mar time if we are in with a realistic chance.

Speak for yourself.

I'm expecting that we'll have it wrapped up by then.

 

[dontcallme]

I could see us slipping up against weaker teams who park the bus. Our preferred style is much better suited to the best teams who like hording possession.

Maybe but I think our strong defensive core will allow us to commit more players going forward.

 

[millsey]

Anyone know how many points we had after 7 games last year?

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

It's culturally weird for Spurs to follow one good season with another. We just very rarely do it, and that's been true for decades. That started changing a bit under Jol and Harry, but still the norm has been a good season followed by disappointment.

That's why we're having a hard time processing the idea that we may genuinely be improving over time, and that this season really should be better than last. Better players, more experience, longer bonding time etc. What exactly is the case for us going backwards? There isn't really a lot of logical support for that - just psychological ones around Spursiness.

League finishing positions generally follow league revenues. On that basis, we should expect to finish 6th. So when we finish higher, it's because other teams have had poor seasons. They generally fix their problems, so we fall back the next season. Our problem is that the current gap between us and fifth is big compared to the range from 2nd to 5th, so we can't even expect there to be annual variations to give us regular finishes in the 2nd to 5th range. The new stadium will help there, but we'll still have to expect that finishing 2nd will be as natural as finishing 5th.

I think the days of one or two teams dominating the Prem for years at a time are over. We'll all see more prospects of really good years, but we'll all have to live with the fact that 6 teams can't fit into 4 CL positions, and that finishing 5th isn't anything to be ashamed about.

 

[talkshowhost86]

The next run of three games will be interesting in terms of our title aspirations.

A title winning team goes to West Brom and Bournemouth and wins, and then follows it up with a win at home against a declining Leicester.

Then of course we have mega-London-November-slug-fest16.

Should be fun.

 

[dontcallme]

Anyone know how many points we had after 7 games last year?

12

 

[KingNothing]

Anyone know how many points we had after 7 games last year?

12 points. 1 defeat, 3 draws, 3 wins