StartingPrice
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- Feb 13, 2004
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Well, in fairness, he did get away with promising them a top 4 finish last season:wink:
Rafa 'I guarantee it' Benitez, made the same promise and didn't get of so lightly:hump:
"this is as good as its gonna get"
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Well, in fairness, he did get away with promising them a top 4 finish last season:wink:
Rafa 'I guarantee it' Benitez, made the same promise and didn't get of so lightly:hump:
Riandor
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- May 26, 2004
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All a bit sensationalist really...
HR has done a good job, he really has and there is a contigent of fans in every club that just think that unless you play every game like Barcelona and win everything going that it's not enough.
But he is not above reproach and has and will continue to make mistakes. That's normal... Plenty on here have said whom they might like as an alternative manager should HR leave for England or get pushed at any point, and most names mentioned are managers who speak their minds (Mourinho, Holloway, Coyle)... So I think people need to make up their minds what's more important, results or media bore.
In the results category HR has been good, not marvelous but definitely good and it has been a bloody great 2 seasons, with this one tailing off.
We have attracted even more quality and are looking to strengthen again.
Could we have done better? Yeah sure, could HR have given the odd interview differerntly? Sure again..
But can we stop with the over vitriolic responses, it's like the playground all over again...
It's not HR vs us, it's HR voicing his opinion that there is a faction within the fanbase that is rather deluded and he is right. SHould he have voiced it? Possibly not, but unless you're one of those fans who phones Talksport to complain bitterly about Spurs this season, then you are not even implicated.
If you gave a modest talksport comment that we could have done better, then again, I seriously doubt HR was talking about you... if you went on TS and ranted and asked for HR's head, then shame on you.
People have ludicrous expectations, sometimes fed by the club, but anyone who SERIOUSLY thought that we could challenge for the title this season were setting themselves up for the fall. Yes HR stated we could and at that point the table suggested we had a shot, but it did rely on a lot of results going our way and a continued run of good form.
Anyone who watched this season will know that we have been sketchy ALL YEAR! How many games have we come back from the brink? Way too many.
The CL was great, but it was a distraction and one we or the players are not used to. That is what experience gives you and the players and management will be ebtter for it.
So, let's all cool it a little... HR got it a little wrong in the interview, but I would rather that risk, than a manager who I frankly fall asleep to whilst they reel off the same sound bites week after week like most players do.
Perspective people... as always, the truth is somewhere in the middle.
R.
HR has done a good job, he really has and there is a contigent of fans in every club that just think that unless you play every game like Barcelona and win everything going that it's not enough.
But he is not above reproach and has and will continue to make mistakes. That's normal... Plenty on here have said whom they might like as an alternative manager should HR leave for England or get pushed at any point, and most names mentioned are managers who speak their minds (Mourinho, Holloway, Coyle)... So I think people need to make up their minds what's more important, results or media bore.
In the results category HR has been good, not marvelous but definitely good and it has been a bloody great 2 seasons, with this one tailing off.
We have attracted even more quality and are looking to strengthen again.
Could we have done better? Yeah sure, could HR have given the odd interview differerntly? Sure again..
But can we stop with the over vitriolic responses, it's like the playground all over again...
It's not HR vs us, it's HR voicing his opinion that there is a faction within the fanbase that is rather deluded and he is right. SHould he have voiced it? Possibly not, but unless you're one of those fans who phones Talksport to complain bitterly about Spurs this season, then you are not even implicated.
If you gave a modest talksport comment that we could have done better, then again, I seriously doubt HR was talking about you... if you went on TS and ranted and asked for HR's head, then shame on you.
People have ludicrous expectations, sometimes fed by the club, but anyone who SERIOUSLY thought that we could challenge for the title this season were setting themselves up for the fall. Yes HR stated we could and at that point the table suggested we had a shot, but it did rely on a lot of results going our way and a continued run of good form.
Anyone who watched this season will know that we have been sketchy ALL YEAR! How many games have we come back from the brink? Way too many.
The CL was great, but it was a distraction and one we or the players are not used to. That is what experience gives you and the players and management will be ebtter for it.
So, let's all cool it a little... HR got it a little wrong in the interview, but I would rather that risk, than a manager who I frankly fall asleep to whilst they reel off the same sound bites week after week like most players do.
Perspective people... as always, the truth is somewhere in the middle.
R.
theShiznit
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- Jul 26, 2004
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Not me.
Harry needs to learn his place.
i dont see the chairman come out saying "what's he got to moan about? oh yeah cos he's had it so good, winning league titles every year with such massive clubs as West Ham, and any south coast club that'll have him..."
lets face it we're doing each other some good so no need to (constantly) bite the hands of those (fans) who feed you. Especially when it's common knowledge that the first sniff of a certain job will mean he "drops us like we're hot"
At best It's not going to endear you to the locals
At worst it could have a negative effect on a certain job you may be interested in...
Harry needs to learn his place.
i dont see the chairman come out saying "what's he got to moan about? oh yeah cos he's had it so good, winning league titles every year with such massive clubs as West Ham, and any south coast club that'll have him..."
lets face it we're doing each other some good so no need to (constantly) bite the hands of those (fans) who feed you. Especially when it's common knowledge that the first sniff of a certain job will mean he "drops us like we're hot"
At best It's not going to endear you to the locals
At worst it could have a negative effect on a certain job you may be interested in...
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Coyboy
The Double of 1961 is still The Double
- Dec 3, 2004
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Like Bale is 80% of our potential.
In many ways, we have been a better side without him.
mabolsa_ritchey
aka Hugh G Rection
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This for me
Rout-Ledge
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I'd rather Harry criticised the sides we're competing against than go on about how fucking great they are and that we don't have a hope in hell of displacing any of them.
The Bale quote was utterly ludicrous though.
brett.spurs
Banned
- May 22, 2007
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Saw this earlier .....
Basically if you took West Ham and Blackpool out of the league this season(thereby reducing it to the original 18 team league) we'd have finished 2nd! Sickening. But it does give me confidence going into next season that if we just sort out the basics then we can compete, therefore the line about this being as good as it gets is wrong.
Code:
P GD Pts P GD Pts
1 Man Utd 38 +41 80 1 Man Utd 34 +33 68
2 Chelsea 38 +36 71 2 Tottenham 34 +12 60
3 Man City 38 +27 71 3 Chelsea 34 +25 59
4 Arsenal 38 +29 68 4 Man City 34 +22 59
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5 Tottenham 38 +9 62 5 Arsenal 34 +17 56
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6 Liverpool 38 +15 58 6 Liverpool 34 +16 55
7 Everton 38 +6 54 7 Everton 34 +4 48
8 Fulham 38 +6 49 8 Fulham 34 +5 44
9 Aston Villa 38 -11 48 9 Stoke 34 +2 44
10 Sunderland 38 -11 47 10 West Brom 34 -15 42
11 West Brom 38 -15 47 11 Newcastle 34 -5 39
12 Newcastle 38 -1 46 12 Bolton 34 -8 39
13 Stoke 38 -2 46 13 Sunderland 34 -14 38
14 Bolton 38 -4 46 14 Aston Villa 34 -16 38
15 Blackburn 38 -13 43 15 Blackburn 34 -14 37
16 Wigan 38 -21 42 -----------------------------------
17 Wolves 38 -20 40 16 Wigan 34 -18 36
----------------------------------- 17 Wolves 34 -21 36
18 Birmingham 38 -21 39 18 Birmingham 34 -25 29
19 Blackpool 38 -23 39
20 West Ham 38 -27 33
kishman
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- Apr 22, 2005
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Wow that is a incredible statistic. And considering we only took 1 point of Wigan, does give confidence that we can do so much better in the league. But like others in the thread you have mis-interpreted the "good as it gets" comment.
the watson
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- Apr 21, 2007
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From the OS:
http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/harrys-final-thoughts-230511.html
In bold Aich gives credit to the supporters, admits lack of form and gives signs of ambition for next year. Pretty much clears up issues from his sky interview, albeit from the happy clappy OS.
http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/harrys-final-thoughts-230511.html
In bold Aich gives credit to the supporters, admits lack of form and gives signs of ambition for next year. Pretty much clears up issues from his sky interview, albeit from the happy clappy OS.
$hoguN
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Nice to see him give credit to the fans and show ambition, the interview the other day was probably the result of being royally f***ed off with the question he got asked. That interview must have been cleaned up by the press office though as it does not contain thwe word "terrific" once
dav3j
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Top, top, top official statement.
michaelden
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Mr Pink
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you might have a bit of a wait :wink: they arnt going away and they'll be even stronger next season.
Arsenal are the realistic competition now...Wenger recognises this hence his 'I'm ready to spend quotes'////
