The Race to the Title

[BigVic]

Im still feeling confident. Man utd will beat Leicester next week and Everton will secure a draw....we will also do the business against chelsea, we're still here for a reason. FUCK THE CHELSEA SCUM PLASTIC CLUB.

 

[UpTownSpur]

If Martinez gets sacked it could turn things in our favour. The players will wanna go out and perform to make a point and could well take something off Leicester.

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

Plastic above us, plastic below us.

 

[sparx100]

Chelsea are gonna Fuck us again. Ffs.

The way we are playing I am not worried about them at all.

 

[Derp]

I doubt we will win it now. I can't see us winning the rest and Leicester dropping 5 points. It seems very unlikely. But i'm hoping we at least can win ours and make it entertaining down to the last round. And get that second place and Champions League secured.

 

[Japhet]

All we can do is take the points available but, in all honesty, I think it will take a monumental fuck up for Leicester to lose it now.

 

[Khilari]

The title was always a long shot. It still is. Still possible but highly unlikely.

Disappointing given how good we've become but an amazing achievement in Pochettino's 2nd season only.

What's helping, IMHO is that we still have a chance, which hopefully spurs our boys on to another win tomorrow. Securing 2nd is just as important to cement our rewards for our displays and the hope of glory means no slacking off. We have to push all the way, no complacency. Bring it back to 5 points and leave the ball in Leicester's court.

We can't control how Chelsea will play this out. It's disappointing to hear their players saying they'd rather Leicester win but I am hoping that is our team talk against Chelsea done for us. Thanks Hazard you muppet.

Whatever happens with Chelsea and Everton when they play Leicester, I hope we smash Chelsea out of the park.

 

[slartibartfast]

Swansea were a fkin embarrassment today. They should pay for those fans tickets that travelled to watch them roll over and get their belly tickled.
After his first few touches I thought Williams, normally a good player, looked a bit tense. Few minutes later, w..t..f was that?
Never expected anything other than a Leicester win but fk me these games against teams with nothing to play for are turning into a fking joke.
Professionals my arse.

 

[Sir Henry]

Problem we face is not a fucking soul outside Tottenham want anything other than a Leicester win. Only team I've seen try to beat them was the spammers, hats off to them for it. The rest can go fuck yourselves

 

[bill]

As it stands right now

Leicester P35. Pts 76
3 to play, Man U Away, Everton Home, Chelsea Away

Spurs P34. Pts 68
4 to play. West Brom Home, Chelsea Away, Southampton Home, Newcastle Away.

We need to win all 4 to get a maximum 80 points.

So if Leicester lose one, draw one and win one they will also have 80 points and we win on goal difference. (not to, this way would be so spursy!!!) Leicester could even draw all three games giving them 79 pts)
I think Leicester will lose at Man U. Beat Everton, then we'll see what Chelsea turn up.

But then of course we need to win all four. Our toughest game is Chelsea Away.

We've had an excellent season. Second is no shame here. But there's still a faint chance for top spot

COYS

 

[dannythomas]

How else do you explain the champions with one of the best managers in the world lounging in the relegation zone after about 15 games? They didnt try.

Thousands of Chelsea fans were singing "Leicester win the league" yesterday. They'll be doing that again if Leicester need a result at Chelsea. No doubt about it.

You've got to love life as a Chelsea fan, directly stopped us getting in champions league and now look like they could directly stop us getting the PL title.

This makes me sound like a spoilt brat, but it really isn't fair.

You now how it is with these jealous mid table teams with nothing to play for. We will be their Cup Final while they are just another team to us.

 

[Dharmabum]

Both Fab and Hazard have gone out and told they want Leicester to win the EPL. The way I see it, Spurs only have 2 games to catch them now as I suspect Chelski will just roll over just like Swansea did.
Btw, that pass from Williams was really pathetic. He was under now pressure at all and yet he managed to pass the ball straight to an opponent....which makes one wonder....

 

[Sevens]

How else do you explain the champions with one of the best managers in the world lounging in the relegation zone after about 15 games? They didnt try.

Thousands of Chelsea fans were singing "Leicester win the league" yesterday. They'll be doing that again if Leicester need a result at Chelsea. No doubt about it.

They lost motivation for sure. Won the title, lots of money, didn't train as hard etc. Morale and confidence are a funny thing on success. Success breeds success. Just look at Leicester and the sense of belief they have.

But to suggest that Chelsea would intentionally throw the game against Leicester to spite us is ridiculous, paranoid and is simply us playing a victim. I remember Utd fans doing their nut in the 90's absolutely convinced Liverpool would throw the game against Blackburn and "King Kenny". I remember thinking at the time what a deluded bunch of fools they were. I am now thinking the same thing about many of my fellow Spurs supporters.

 

[Dov67]

chelsea will not deliberately throw the game but as anyone who has played even semi-competitive sport will tell you, if your mind is not in the game, if you are not "up for it" you will play way below your best - its true of sunday league football, 5-a-side, cycling, table tennis you name it.

Chelsea have nothing to play for, their season died weeks ago, and this bunch of players have shown themselves to be unprofessional and completely lacking a work ethic. They will not chase down every ball against Leicester, they will not close down and if they lose they will walk off the pitch not giving a shit.

Unprofessional, annoying, typical chelsea - yes, but thats not the same as "throwing a game".

When it comes to us, they will play much harder because it us. They would have done even if we weren't going for the title.

But lets at least be honest amongst ourselves - if the roles were reversed and we had the choice of winning a meaningless end of season game against Leicester and thereby handing the title to the goons or chavs, we too would be quite happy to lose that game.

Where Hazard and Fabregas went wrong is to be brazen about it and admit it on camera - could have just said, "we are professional and try to win every time we play"........end of. But then again, Hazard for all his talent has been a total disgrace this season.


PS - a lot of people on here are taking a Man U win over Leicester for granted - steady on.......no way is that a foregone conclusion.

 

[Roynie]

The way I see it is that by getting 3 more points we guarantee 3rd place. Two more points will give us second place. At tghe beginning of the season if anyone had suggested that I would have thought them mad, but here we are and I believe we will do that. There is no reason we can't will all four games.

It is out of our hands and we need other teams to do us a favour if we are to get the title, but it really is a long shot. United are at home and they seem to have hit form. If they beat Leicester it will put a lot of pressure on them and I don't see why we have nearly as much pressure, it's theirs to lose. I am going back to taking one game at a time and see where we are coming into the last game. I don't think Chelsea will want to lose to Leicester to give them the title and hand the cup over at home, as much as Fabregarse and Hazard have said they want Leicester to win the title. We'll see on the day.

 

[knowlespurs]

all we can do is win tomorrow and hope man u beat them
thats the last chance really

 

[monkeynick]

Not wanting to take the WBA game lightly but I really want to smash Chelsea.

We owe them a hiding and getting beat at their place by us still in with a chance of the league will be a horribly bitter pill for them and the loveable JT to swallow, let's make them swallow it (after 3 points tomorrow)

 

[TwanYid]

chelsea will not deliberately throw the game but as anyone who has played even semi-competitive sport will tell you, if your mind is not in the game, if you are not "up for it" you will play way below your best - its true of sunday league football, 5-a-side, cycling, table tennis you name it.

Chelsea have nothing to play for, their season died weeks ago, and this bunch of players have shown themselves to be unprofessional and completely lacking a work ethic. They will not chase down every ball against Leicester, they will not close down and if they lose they will walk off the pitch not giving a shit.

Unprofessional, annoying, typical chelsea - yes, but thats not the same as "throwing a game".

When it comes to us, they will play much harder because it us. They would have done even if we weren't going for the title.

But lets at least be honest amongst ourselves - if the roles were reversed and we had the choice of winning a meaningless end of season game against Leicester and thereby handing the title to the goons or chavs, we too would be quite happy to lose that game.

Where Hazard and Fabregas went wrong is to be brazen about it and admit it on camera - could have just said, "we are professional and try to win every time we play"........end of. But then again, Hazard for all his talent has been a total disgrace this season.


PS - a lot of people on here are taking a Man U win over Leicester for granted - steady on.......no way is that a foregone conclusion.

Couldn't agree more with literally everything you said. Especially the part about the Man U game being no 3 point Manc banker. Next week is when we will all see that Leicester is indeed the best team in the league unfortunately. They are going to win at OT, and that will be that. Indeed, the worst thing (for them) I see happening is a draw. Man U are a joke.

Honestly, I can't believe some on here thought Swansea would get something today. There was no doubt in my mind that Leicester would fucking smash those weak little girls...

Look, I hate Leicester- but the title is won imo. It was lost for us last week, when that pimply-faced, pony-tailed mongoloid Andy Carroll fouled Jeffrey Schlupp- with seconds left- in the box to gift them a point. Had they lost that match it would've been game on; now, it's done and dusted. It wasn't the point they gained necessarily, it was the belief. That was the game they were supposed to lose, and yet somehow they didn't.

Honestly if/when the Foxes win/draw next week at Man U I'll almost prefer it, because that way they'll be proving they deserve it.

 

[spursfan77]

5 years ago this weekend we played WBA off the park when chasing a CL spot. Drew 2 all. Let's hope for a better result this time.

 

[Snarfalicious]

Meh, let's just keep this shit interesting. It's all we can really do at this point. Swansea were fucking pathetic.