What Our Opponents' Fans Are Saying About Us 19/20

[McFlash]

Wouldn't surprise me!

Yeah, that thought has popped into my head recently. I wouldn't put it past Levy to pull something like that out.

 

[Seafordian Spurs]

Man United fan at work keeps sloping round to my desk trying to wind me up that I'm positive about Mourinho. Didn't like it when I said imagine what Mourinho could do with Kane in his team as he is better than Drogba. Also didn't like it when I said we are probably being bank rolled by Jeff Bezos now.

Never seen Jeff Bezos and Daniel Levy in the same room if you get what I'm saying? Right, guys?! ??

The joke is that, like me, they are bald.

 

[ljinko888]

Spurs mocked relentlessly by rival fans for not winning trophies
Spurs hire manager known for winning trophies
Bad decision, he's gonna destroy your team blah blah

This seems to be the narrative at the moment although people are intrigued to see how it will work out but I just know that they're going to pounce the moment it goes tits up.

It's funny I had this convo with two of my mates (Arsenal and Liverpool) in a Whats App group last week and said that we should be going for Jose, they scoffed at the mere suggestion, belittled Spurs saying that he's far too big for you, he wants money and Levy would never give him what he wants, basically I got shot down.

Cue Wednesday morning, backhanded compliments, sly digs etc...

Even now...he only took the job because there was nothing else available

Look it's just the tribalism of being a football supporter.

Find the thread on here about Mourinho's meltdown at United last season and we were all probably pissing ourselves too. Calling him a chequebook manager, calling him finished etc. Especially when the exact same thing happened at Chelsea before so it reinforced the opinions.

 

[Shadydan]

Look it's just the tribalism of being a football supporter.

Find the thread on here about Mourinho's meltdown at United last season and we were all probably pissing ourselves too. Calling him a chequebook manager, calling him finished etc. Especially when the exact same thing happened at Chelsea before so it reinforced the opinions.

I know mate I'm just contributing to a thread on here called what our opponents fans are saying.

 

[Ossie85]

We’ve had nothing but dogs abuse from rival clubs for years - the admiration lasted a very short honeymoon period in our couple of Poch seasons before we moved to Wembley. Not only do I not give a flying fuck what the rest of the football world thinks of us, it’s a myth that we were liked anyway.

It's not a myth. Football doesn't reduce to what rival premier league fans thinks
I can assure you we were admired in several parts of the world, by a lot of people

 

[Timberwolf]

It's not a myth. Football doesn't reduce to what rival premier league fans thinks
I can assure you we were admired in several parts of the world, by a lot of people

Yeah. We're in the unusual situation of being 3 different clubs' number 1 rival, which can make it seem like we're really hated, but in my experience most neutrals don't really have anything against Spurs and in most surveys I've seen we're the least hated of the so-called 'top 6'. We don't win stuff, aren't bankrolled by oil/gas money, have fairly likeable players (except Alli who everyone hates) and generally play attractive stuff. Aside from our fanbase's delusions of grandeur and some of the actions of our chairman, there isn't too much to dislike if you aren't an antisemite

In my time spend abroad people also seem pretty positive about Spurs and spoke highly of Kane, Son, Poch, Lloris, etc. There are obviously far more fans of Utd, Chelsea, Liverpool, etc, but we're now a known quantity and well respected by most football fans I've met.

All things considered I'd say we're a reasonably well liked team outside of London and random pockets of Leicester, So'ton, (insert club here) fans and the racists/fascists of the world.

 

[Gb160]

It's not a myth. Football doesn't reduce to what rival premier league fans thinks
I can assure you we were admired in several parts of the world, by a lot of people

Im not sure being admired carries any real importance tbh.
Surely being successful trumps being admired?

 

[Riandor]

All managerial appointments go tits up eventually, it is always just about what do you achieve along the way.

If Jose wins us trophies, then it will have been a success. If Jose sells Kane, get's us relegated and sacks us off after 18 months, yeah, it was a disaster, but other than the very top clubs who can by and large buy their way out of trouble, it's always the same risk. Jose just usually condenses the winning and the leaving into a shorter time frame. Frankly, it's what Pep likes to do as well, and usually no one criticises him (except Bayern fans)!

 

[Danny1]

It just demonstrates one thing, they're only being honest about him once he's gone.

The fact that most opposition fans are saying that 'Jose will fail/ruin us' makes me happy, because it's not what they actually think. Its bravado.
Make no mistake, they're worried, very worried.

Id be worried if last week Woolwich had sacked Emery and appointed Jose.
Id be very worried.

Spot on, I would have hated Woolwich appointing Jose. Knowing our horrible rivals had appointed one of the best would be terrible and they would not have shut up about it.

 

[dagraham]

Indeed everyone keeps bringing up his time at Yanited, but the fact is he should never have taken that job when he did. The infighting at boardroom level was absurd at the time, but I guess it was too big a job to turn down.

I can’t imagine living in a hotel for 2 years helped either.

 

[vicbob]

I can’t imagine living in a hotel for 2 years helped either.

especially one with inferior pillows and duvets

 

[spursgirls]

I can’t imagine living in a hotel for 2 years helped either.

Why was it he had to do that? The papers have made a big thing about him being able to live in his house in London now, so why couldn't he do that before?

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

Why was it he had to do that? The papers have made a big thing about him being able to live in his house in London now, so why couldn't he do that before?

Long commute

 

[RickyVilla]

Why was it he had to do that? The papers have made a big thing about him being able to live in his house in London now, so why couldn't he do that before?

Probably bedbugs.

 

[spursgirls]

Long commute

But he's being doing nothing for 10 months?

 

[Bobbins]

It's not a myth. Football doesn't reduce to what rival premier league fans thinks
I can assure you we were admired in several parts of the world, by a lot of people

I don't agree but even if I did - the point is who cares?

Football isn't a popularity contest and there isn't a Most Popular Club trophy.

I want to win stuff and I couldn't care less what other people think of us.

 

[Spurger King]

I have a theory that every rival fan or pundit who mocks the Jose appointment or makes the usual 'he can't do it without a warchest' comment, are making their observations from a deep rooted basis of fear as to how good we could be under Jose. I reckon if you could have an honest conversation with an Arsenal fan (tricky i know) they would admit to being terrified, just as we probably would have been had Jose rocked up at the library.

I thought he was going to join the gooners, and yeah it had me worried.

None of the United fans I know are particularly worried. They think they’ll get Pochettino.

 

[dagraham]

Man United fan at work keeps sloping round to my desk trying to wind me up that I'm positive about Mourinho. Didn't like it when I said imagine what Mourinho could do with Kane in his team as he is better than Drogba. Also didn't like it when I said we are probably being bank rolled by Jeff Bezos now.

If only mate! Dream takeover scenario.

 

[sausage]

But he's being doing nothing for 10 months?

I'm struggling to understand where you're going with this.

He lived in a hotel in Manchester for the 2.5 years he managed United because it would be too far to commute from London.

 

[RichieS]

Has @daveduvet had his say in this thread yet?