What the pundits & media are saying about us

[Nice One Cyril]

A discussion on the common phrase "to run out of gas" being connected to the holocaust was not the conversation I was expecting in this thread.

Got to love SC.

I was surprised as well, but I posted on the 'theme' anyway. Very interesting posts.

 

[spud]

I was surprised as well, but I posted on the 'theme' anyway. Very interesting posts.

Not really. Just a bit of virtue signalling and some common sense.

 

[Griff001]

That’s not how I thought the song went

"When he looks like a tit, and he's thick as shit... Its Gabby Agbonlahor"

 

[SpursSince1980]

A discussion on the common phrase "to run out of gas" being connected to the holocaust was not the conversation I was expecting in this thread.

Got to love SC.

You have written over 20k messages on SC and this was ‘unexpected’ ? Yep, only on SC. ???

 

[teok]

Premier League winners and losers after City v Liverpool thriller

There was no real winner from the Etihad, though Kevin De Bruyne was brilliant. As was Timo Werner on Saturday, while Arsenal lost again.

www.football365.com

Winners

Tottenham’s new front three
The 2022 charts are dominated by Tottenham. Heung-Min Son’s hat-trick at Aston Villa made him the division’s top scorer in the calendar year, just ahead of Harry Kane. Yet a potent trio have been completed by the arrival of Dejan Kulusevski. In Spurs’ last nine games, they have scored 28 goals. The Swede has scored three and assisted six of those. If it still makes him less prolific than his sidekicks, he has dovetailed well with them, doubling up as winger and penalty-box player, looking a marked upgrade on Lucas Moura and Steven Bergwijn and offering an endorsement of managing director of football Fabio Paratici. Even if his recruitment policy consists of raiding his old club Juventus, Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur show the wisdom of that policy.


Kulusevski has both reduced the reliance on Kane to score while freeing him up to create. It is remarkable Spurs have nine goals in two games without Kane getting any of them. Son’s golden run, with six goals in three games, has not merely given Spurs a firm grip on fourth place: he has ensured the Golden Boot is not a coronation for Mohamed Salah, as it long looked, but a competition where the South Korean has the momentum.

Losers


Arsenal, having a horrible week
Mikel Arteta’s reign has veered between highs and lows, between terrific and terrible form, so it would be an exaggeration to say this has been the worst week of his time in charge. But it has been awful nonetheless, Arsenal’s own two defeats compounded by two huge Tottenham wins that brought a sizeable swing in goal difference towards their neighbours. The Gunners were awful against Crystal Palace on Monday and not much better against Brighton. As Albion had a solitary point (against Norwich, too) from their previous seven games, arguably losing to Graham Potter’s team was the worse result. The damage was not limited to the shift in the standings, as Arsenal went from favourites to outsiders for fourth place: the loss of the injured Kieran Tierney and Thomas Partey on Monday means they now look short-staffed. They need two Granit Xhakas: when he started at left-back on Saturday, they missed him in midfield. And when Gabriel Martinelli spent the second half as an ersatz left-back, it underlined that a January spent slimming the squad and a policy of only having about 12 players they could trust were risky. Arsenal could do with Ainsley Maitland-Niles now.

 

[-Afri-Coy-]

I'm just waiting to see what shit Merson comes up with this week, those nostrils must be working overtime, and that egg on his face is starting to harden.

 

[djhotspur]

As a Jew, I am actually more offended by this comment. It is culturally illiterate. Not all expressions, idioms, colloquialisms are British. There are people from all over the world on SC. The poster was simply saying that the Villa players ran out of gas, after going full throttle in the first half. Being ‘gassed’ is a US colloquialism. Meaning that someone is out of energy. Perhaps it was phrased in a way that allowed for a lack of understanding. But at least ask first before going straight for the ‘shame’ button.

I agree. I’m English, partner is Jewish and I used the term ran out of gas or he was gassed etc as I watch a lot of boxing and ufc and they use that term a lot to describe fighters who ran out of steam etc. I don’t think there is any issue with the term used in that context in the slightest.

 

[Rosco1984]

I'm just waiting to see what shit Merson comes up with this week, those nostrils must be working overtime, and that egg on his face is starting to harden.

Matt Doherty is a bigger miss than Partey and Tierney and spurs will implode... Kane will join Arsenal and Son will go to Chelsea.

Arsenal stumbling to a 1-0 win at Villa Park when Villa decided not to turn up was far more comfortable and controlled than Spurs spanking them 4-0 after Villa threw everything at them and put in their best performance of the season.

I imagine something along those lines.

When Merson and previously Lawrenson make negative predictions and write off spurs I know its time to put a bet on us winning.

 

[Dg9204]

Starts talking Spurs around 15:40

Neville unsurprisingly being very dismissive of spurs recent from. Basically claiming that we've luckily fallen into 4th and conveniently ignoring that we've scored more than anyone in 2022.

 

[tommo84]

Starts talking Spurs around 15:40

Neville unsurprisingly being very dismissive of spurs recent from. Basically claiming that we've luckily fallen into 4th and conveniently ignoring that we've scored more than anyone in 2022.

When Neville is in a bad mood about Utd he goes into full ‘scorched earth’ mode and shits on almost everyone. Since Liverpool became regular title challengers again he’s become far too emotive in his analysis to the extent that you can tell what Utd’s result was just by listening to the way he talks about the rest of the weekend’s football.

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

Starts talking Spurs around 15:40

Neville unsurprisingly being very dismissive of spurs recent from. Basically claiming that we've luckily fallen into 4th and conveniently ignoring that we've scored more than anyone in 2022.

When Neville is in a bad mood about Utd he goes into full ‘scorched earth’ mode and shits on almost everyone. Since Liverpool became regular title challengers again he’s become far too emotive in his analysis to the extent that you can tell what Utd’s result was just by listening to the way he talks about the rest of the weekend’s football.

Once again. I know it's a radical thought, but maybe don't fucking listen to Gary Neville? Or pay any attention to what United are doing?

They're insignificant. Try to concentrate on your own club. They're looking pretty decent you know.

 

[Steffen]

Once again. I know it's a radical thought, but maybe don't fucking listen to Gary Neville? Or pay any attention to what United are doing?

They're insignificant. Try to concentrate on your own club. They're looking pretty decent you know.

Look at the name of the thread.

 

[tommo84]

Once again. I know it's a radical thought, but maybe don't fucking listen to Gary Neville? Or pay any attention to what United are doing?

They're insignificant. Try to concentrate on your own club. They're looking pretty decent you know.

You seem to have misread the tone of my post and have got more wound up by the discussion than I am about Neville’s comments (which is not at all). My whole point was that Neville repeatedly falls off the pedestal many put him on as the UK’s top pundit when Utd are crap, and resorts to the same missives in all directions that the average fan does when they’re having a bad day. If anything it’s become quite amusing as it’s predictable and like watching a moody child threaten to take his ball and go home.

I don’t actually think he says anything all that contentious in the above clip. We haven’t been amazing but we’ve hit form at the right time. I do find it funny that when Utd started well Neville claimed it was the strongest EPL ever (which it never was), and now he’s basically saying everyone is a bit crap aside from City and Liverpool.

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

Look at the name of the thread.

Reading the thread means having to watch/listen to the likes of Gary Neville?

I'm in here now & can safely say I've not watched, or heard a word from him for months.

Why would I watch, or listen to anything that I know I don't like, or will get no pleasure from?

I'll laugh at what people post in here. That's enough for me.

 

[Spursh]

When Neville is in a bad mood about Utd he goes into full ‘scorched earth’ mode and shits on almost everyone. Since Liverpool became regular title challengers again he’s become far too emotive in his analysis to the extent that you can tell what Utd’s result was just by listening to the way he talks about the rest of the weekend’s football.

Carragher’s a far more insightful and balanced pundit IMO. He’s arguably the best on TV.

It’s funny CBS has paired Carragher up with Micah Richards on their CL coverage, a pundit who offers zero insight and is painfully biased.

On the other hand, his ex-City teammate, Onouha, is a great up-and-coming voice in football. He’s very intelligent and considered in all of his analysis.

 

[Wadec]

Carragher’s a far more insightful and balanced pundit IMO. He’s arguably the best on TV.

It’s funny CBS has paired Carragher up with Micah Richards on their CL coverage, a pundit who offers zero insight and is painfully biased.

On the other hand, his ex-City teammate, Onouha, is a great up-and-coming voice in football. He’s very intelligent and considered in all of his analysis.

Completely agree. Felt both Neville and Carragher were on a similar path before the spitting incident both believing they were the pinnacle of football punditry, quite rightly Carragher was put to the sideline for some time due to what he did.

Since he has come back he has been the best pundit by a long way for me. He is fair, balanced and has an incredible knowledge of the game and its history. Neville on the other hand is the opposite, his analysis and commentary is so skewed towards United and what is happening there it is criminal.

I take everything the pundits say lightly as they all have allegiances and agendas. I do think there is an opportunity for Sky/BT to change things up moving forward by focusing on presenters and pundits with knowledge, charisma and impartiality to create excellent football content. Unfortunately they keep sending out the familiar faces with their clichés and big club focus. MNF used to be excellent and so in depth but the same people talking about the same things week after week has watered it down for me.

 

[Steffen]

Reading the thread means having to watch/listen to the likes of Gary Neville?

I'm in here now & can safely say I've not watched, or heard a word from him for months.

Why would I watch, or listen to anything that I know I don't like, or will get no pleasure from?

I'll laugh at what people post in here. That's enough for me.

The title is «What the media and pundits are saying about us», not «Let’s all have a wank while reading only positive stories about Spurs in the media».

He posted Neville’s latest meltdown, and commented on it. All very relevant for what this thread is about. It’s fine that you don’t want to listen to Neville’s drivel, but you don’t need to post passive-aggressive replies to other people that want to discuss it. Chill.

 

[codspur]

Completely agree. Felt both Neville and Carragher were on a similar path before the spitting incident both believing they were the pinnacle of football punditry, quite rightly Carragher was put to the sideline for some time due to what he did.

Since he has come back he has been the best pundit by a long way for me. He is fair, balanced and has an incredible knowledge of the game and its history. Neville on the other hand is the opposite, his analysis and commentary is so skewed towards United and what is happening there it is criminal.

I take everything the pundits say lightly as they all have allegiances and agendas. I do think there is an opportunity for Sky/BT to change things up moving forward by focusing on presenters and pundits with knowledge, charisma and impartiality to create excellent football content. Unfortunately they keep sending out the familiar faces with their clichés and big club focus. MNF used to be excellent and so in depth but the same people talking about the same things week after week has watered it down for me.

Think Emma Hayes is the best i've seen for a long time as she explains tactical situations really well

 

[codspur]

Think Emma Hayes is the best i've seen for a long time as she explains tactical situations really well. on the flip side of that Alan Smith is the most one eyed summariser

 

[jedimonkey]

Think Emma Hayes is the best i've seen for a long time as she explains tactical situations really well. on the flip side of that Alan Smith is the most one eyed summariser

I agree, Alan Smith is a cock.