What our opponents' fans are saying

[Gbspurs]

We shouldn't expect any fans to like us.

The whole idea behind sport is that of competition. Everyone wants to beat, and be better than the opposition.

However, with us and the context of the Premier League it also makes a lot of sense sense that many fans of other clubs are hating our resurgence. It's because for about 50% of the league, we're the target, we're the rival.

For the teams around us - Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Man Utd - it's natural, we are their direct rivals for their goals. That one is more logical, it makes sense.

However, you have clubs like Southampton, West Ham etc. who - to succeed and push their aspirations - have to hope that one or more of the clubs from the group above them mess it up.

And, traditionally, that's what we've done.

We've also been for a number of years in that 'group of 2' with Liverpool, below the money rich clubs and the traditional Top 4, so we're naturally the target for anyone else in the league with aspirations to finish in the Top 6 (which this season - with all the money they are spending - is probably about half the league).

Charlie Adam was on the Monday Night Club on BBC 5 Live a couple of months ago and he said that Stoke had set the target to 'finish above Tottenham'. Chris Sutton a few weeks later said that Palace could 'finish above Tottenham'.

The annoying thing for them is that, at precisely the time they got their money and could afford to raise their expectations with their shiny new Payets and Shaquiris, we sorted out the mess which has been preventing us from pushing ourselves on to another level.

So I totally understand why they are creating every excuse under the sun as to why we will fail and/or why it's a one off.

Their previously attainable target is sailing off into the distance, leaving them in their dust with fuck all to hope for.

Reading that made me feel all warm inside.

 

[Gbspurs]

I had a few quid on Iverson 1-0 in the home leg though. So not all bad!

Still?

 

[Lemon]

Corrected after looking back.

 

[midspur]

There are a few in here who cannot help themselves. Even though it's the "What are our opponents saying", they'll have a mass d bate over anything.

All the massdebating that goes on in here eh!

 

[Locotoro]

We shouldn't expect any fans to like us.

The whole idea behind sport is that of competition. Everyone wants to beat, and be better than the opposition.

However, with us and the context of the Premier League it also makes a lot of sense sense that many fans of other clubs are hating our resurgence. It's because for about 50% of the league, we're the target, we're the rival.

For the teams around us - Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Man Utd - it's natural, we are their direct rivals for their goals. That one is more logical, it makes sense.

However, you have clubs like Southampton, West Ham etc. who - to succeed and push their aspirations - have to hope that one or more of the clubs from the group above them mess it up.

And, traditionally, that's what we've done.

We've also been for a number of years in that 'group of 2' with Liverpool, below the money rich clubs and the traditional Top 4, so we're naturally the target for anyone else in the league with aspirations to finish in the Top 6 (which this season - with all the money they are spending - is probably about half the league).

Charlie Adam was on the Monday Night Club on BBC 5 Live a couple of months ago and he said that Stoke had set the target to 'finish above Tottenham'. Chris Sutton a few weeks later said that Palace could 'finish above Tottenham'.

The annoying thing for them is that, at precisely the time they got their money and could afford to raise their expectations with their shiny new Payets and Shaquiris, we sorted out the mess which has been preventing us from pushing ourselves on to another level.

So I totally understand why they are creating every excuse under the sun as to why we will fail and/or why it's a one off.

Their previously attainable target is sailing off into the distance, leaving them in their dust with fuck all to hope for.

Brilliant post! I saw it quoted and I actually had to go back and find it just to rep it!

Consider the teams:
- Arsenal, Chelsea, Citeh, Liverpool - We hate because they are our rivals, and they hate us more and more we take their place at the top
- Man United - Traditionally got less hatred from us because they were far and away ahead of us. But now they have slipped from their golden throne they are starting to get their fair share of abuse from us.
- West Ham - I'd call it pity more than hate.
- Everton, Stoke, WBA, Newcastle - they hardly register on the "hate" scale because they are an insignificance to where we are.

If they hate us its because we are what they want to be!

 

[Lighty64]

looks like Swansea fans are bored at the moment, and prefer to moan about each others views. not a lot happening really

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  4 - 0 Tottenham
  
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  Bet you'd fuckimg love that wouldn't you
  
  
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  Bet you'd fuckimg love that wouldn't you
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  I will be the first one to complain about our imminent gutless performance.
  
  
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  I will be the first one to complain about our imminent gutless performance.
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  #8 Jackson, Tuesday at 21:54
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  Indeed, because i care about my club Swansea City and we are better than this.
  
  
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  Indeed, because i care about my club Swansea City and we are better than this.
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  #10 Jackson, Tuesday at 21:59
  

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  That's a worse effort than @PGFWhite and his discuss threads
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  Nought wrong with "Discuss" threads, they always stimulated conversation :lmao:
  
  
  #11 PGFWhite, Tuesday at 22:14
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  Nought wrong with "Discuss" threads, they always stimulated conversation :lmao:
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  Saw one of them once and I thought it was brilliant. You keep those threads coming it's much better than reading some of the shit some idiots post on here
  
  
  #12 Jackson, Tuesday at 22:18
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  We should ask @PGFWhite or @Jacks Away
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  Fuck me,i wouldn't know where to start.
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  #14 Dilligaf, Yesterday at 13:36
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  The best thing to do is start with the thread title.
  
  That could be [NAME OF OPPOSITION TEAM] v Swansea City or Swansea City v [NAME OF OPPOSITION TEAM] depending on whether the Swans are playing home or away
  
  After that you write "Discuss". Job Done :lmao:
  
  If you want to go over the top you can also mention the date of the game, venue, likely line ups, possible tactics and formations, head to head results, name of referee, you tube clips of past matches, bookies odds, details of pubs and as we had last season, details of brothels!
  
  The bottom line is, if you do all that you will still have the same number of comments as if you just write "Discuss"...so the answer is....................:54:
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  I'd forgotten about someone asking for brothels. I think it was Norway if I remember right
  
  
  #16 Dilligaf, Yesterday at 19:51
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  I'd forgotten about someone asking for brothels. I think it was Norway if I remember right
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  It was....not that I noted any of the suggestions for reference.........:5feb129e:​

 

[longtimespur]

Can we have a "Discuss!" thread that talks about brothels too

 

[Lighty64]

just had a butchers at palace in FA Cup, most are still worried about League and not bothered about the FA Cup, I then looked at their remaining fixtures and getting 9pts + could be a tough ask the way they have been playing

http://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=106&tid=158399&page=1

 

[easley91]

Can we have a "Discuss!" thread that talks about brothels too

We have a what's our opponents fans are saying thread which discusses grammar. Clearly we're a class above brothels..

 

[longtimespur]

We have a what's our opponents fans are saying thread which discusses grammar. Clearly we're a class above brothels..

Speak for yourself

 

[HildoSpur]

We have a what's our opponents fans are saying thread which discusses grammar. Clearly we're a class above brothels..

We do not use the word 'brothels' in this place, we are much too refined. Please refer to them as 'Gentleman's Special Interest Clubs' in future.

 

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  The best thing to do is start with the thread title.
  
  That could be [NAME OF OPPOSITION TEAM] v Swansea City or Swansea City v [NAME OF OPPOSITION TEAM] depending on whether the Swans are playing home or away
  
  After that you write "Discuss". Job Done :lmao:
  
  I'd forgotten about someone asking for brothels. I think it was Norway if I remember right
  
  
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Those poor norwegian sheep, they never really had a chance

 

[Sir Henry]

Brilliant post! I saw it quoted and I actually had to go back and find it just to rep it!

Consider the teams:
- Arsenal, Chelsea, Citeh, Liverpool - We hate because they are our rivals, and they hate us more and more we take their place at the top
- Man United - Traditionally got less hatred from us because they were far and away ahead of us. But now they have slipped from their golden throne they are starting to get their fair share of abuse from us.
- West Ham - I'd call it pity more than hate.
- Everton, Stoke, WBA, Newcastle - they hardly register on the "hate" scale because they are an insignificance to where we are.

If they hate us its because we are what they want to be!

To save you doing that again, if you see a post quoted, just click the little blue up arrow next to it, it till take you right to the post.

 

[have_it]

Fiorentina fans discussing tonight's game:

 

[Geyzer Soze]

Can we have a "Discuss!" thread that talks about brothels too

There's the 'let's all hate on mourinho/ Chelsea' thread that ought to do

 

[tommo84]

just had a butchers at palace in FA Cup, most are still worried about League and not bothered about the FA Cup, I then looked at their remaining fixtures and getting 9pts + could be a tough ask the way they have been playing

http://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=106&tid=158399&page=1

Surprised they're already so jittery about being sucked into the relegation scrap. Their next 2 games are 6 pointers away to WBA and Sunderland, so they've got 2 great opportunities to get themselves some breathing room and stop the rot (which I concede is alarming). Win them both (or even just a win and a draw) and they're practically safe with 10 games left. They would look pretty silly if they sacrificed the cup (in a season when nobody is formidable) and then found themselves virtually safe and confined to mid-table obscurity before the first weekend of March!

 

[Ace]

Seriously, when you look at other teams forums and see how terrible they are built and how they look, you really appreciate this place. Cheers lads

 

[RichieS]

They're doing exactly what Newcastle used to do under Pardew - started well, were absolute gash for the majority of the season and then perked enough that relegation was never a real possibility.

No doubt Pardew's feeling smug about his solid prediction of a top-10 finish for Spurs.

 

[DanielCHillier]

Are we still debating the debate over that handball? This is the what our opponents are saying thread and I don't see anything said about them

So back on topic. From Arsenal mania.

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Spurs and United will get pummeled by loads of sides in the EL, no way they are favourites ffs. Napoli Dortmund Sevilla Porto Villarreal etc all piss on both, Valencia do too if they get rid of the fraud in charge.
United maybe, but Spurs have something about them now. They have a cohesive, fit and firing team with a solid manager


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We must absolutely respect them, and their game at the moment. They are looking very strong.

Wenger needs to adopt the pragmatism he usually goes for when top 4 is under threat. We have the ability to beat any team put before us in the league, bar City arguably.

Difficult match to come against them, but we have the ability to take all the points.

AeviusMatch Thread Maestro
Rose, Davies, and Trippier, as good as they are offensively, aren't anything special defensively. They often leave their posts in the back to help in attack, with Dier dropping into the back line to form a back 3.

We need to draw them in, intercept, and fire the ball up to a quick attack of Alexis, Welbeck, Walcott, and/or Chamberlain, all of which I reckon can take on their CBs. Vertonghen out can only help us as well.

Yesterday

Clearly doesn't understand that's the way our system is supposed to work, been made braindead by Wengers one dimensional tactics.

 

[jondesouza]

To save you doing that again, if you see a post quoted, just click the little blue up arrow next to it, it till take you right to the post.

Bloody hell. I've been on here 11 years and I didn't realise that.