Toby’s pace issue is meaningless when we don’t move up the pitch fast enough anyway. He won’t sit any deeper than Sanchez does.
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But he might actually mark someone rather than ball watching like Sanchez
So happy for you that the operations went well, and hope that things work out for your friend.
You're so right that health is the most important thing, something we tend to take for granted, until something goes wrong.
I think it was Dino Zoff that said football was probably the most important of the unimportant things in life.
Mrs P may I ask about how are you feeling about the team / club at the moment. You have been deeply connected to the club over so many years and so Im interested to know how you assess the current situation.
I expect that ordinarily i would be described as being a Happy Clappy fan but given recent events I feel the very opposite. I feel low, pessimistic and have little faith in the team.
These did not age well....
I could write a book on how I'm feeling right now, talk about mood swings!
I have mentioned how I'm feeling in various threads, but I'll try to sum it up here.
I was gutted when Poch went, but understood that he had to go. I also thought Jose was probably the right replacement at that time. I never thought he was a long term appointment but I thought he would at least steady the ship and win us a trophy or two, before it all went sour.
I was even willing to put up with negative football if it meant us getting results.
Like so many people, not being able to attend matches live, the feeling is of being remote from the team. I hate VAR, I hate the openly biased commentary and I can't watch 90 + minutes of turgid football that we seem to serve up week after week.
The last straw for me was the Zagreb game, what an embarrassment. I'm definitely Jose Out after backing him since he arrived. I'm now thinking that ENIC should shove off too, but depends on who takes over.
I will always support this Club, but until we get back into the stadium, I'm going to catch the highlights on MOTD, if it's worth watching. I will renew my season ticket for the next couple of seasons, but don't know how much longer I will be able to afford it after that.
I'm with you in that it's not much fun being a Spurs supporter at the moment, especially where I come from - bloody 'ammers everywhere you look.
Not sure I have even seen the film. It's the album that made me aware of that social aspect in Britain. Was the thing about the fancy motor scooters true as well?
Thats what I've started doing. I cant bring myself to watch our games in full anymore. If I'd have watched the Newcastle game it would have been 2 hours out of my day and at the end of it I'd have been thoroughly pissed off. I didnt even check for score updates just looked when the game was over. Fully expected us to drop points so when I checked the score at the end I barely felt anything. Whereas if I'd invested 2 hours of my day watching us labour our way through the game and inevitably squander a lead it would have really got to me. I'm undecided about what to do for the cup final. A couple of years ago it would have been absolutely unthinkable for me to not watch a final but I'm swaying towards not bothering.
As a fan of 53 years standing I would agree with pretty much all of that post. I am going to renew next season purely so it takes me to 2022 and I can say I have been attending Spurs games for 50 years. No other reason.
I have never felt such a huge disconnect between the fans and the team as we currently have. I don't even remember it being this bad in the Sugar years (maybe because I was younger or perhaps because we could vent our frustration at the ground?).
After being a Spurs junkie for so many decades I can't even be bothered to watch league games on TV any more.
I was hoping we would win one more trophy before I started pushing up daisies but that dream continues to fade rapidly.
Again, this post is bang on the money.
Whenever we have a one goal lead with 15-20 minutes to go I wait for the notification of the opposition teams equaliser. I merely raised my eyebrows when Newcastle scored their second and went on with my day because it was inevitable.
We’ve dropped 15 points from winning positions, I’m not saying imagine where we’d be with these extra 15 points but if we held on for at least half of them, we’d be in top 4 and very close to the 3rd place. And we haven’t even played well this season, up to our full potential imo.
To be 6th with this team is criminal.
To be 6th with this team is criminal.
Not far behind you in years, but you are closer to the action.
I feel your pain mate, albeit thousands of miles away. I really do.
Its fucking demoralising.
Agree with this, and the quoted post.
It's quite funny actually (yes it's definitely at that point now), I can't really bring myself to watch our games lately and if I don't a friend of mine sends me message updates, unless I ask him not to.
So on Sunday, I was checking my messages and twitter periodically and by all accounts we were doing our usual, Harry Kane carrying us and the rest just drab, and it was getting to the last sort of 15/20 mins and I was waiting for the inevitable. My mate messaged me saying "Kane just hit the post", which in isolation is quite encouraging right.... I replied a minute later and said "your next message will be that it's 2-2", within a minute he replied, "2-2. Genuinely."
I like Sanchez and think he has a real good player inside him but he seems shot to bits of any confidence.
I saw a freekick being prepared for yday and Tanganga was telling Sanchez where to stand. I know It's a small detail but the young man playing out of position is there organising the supposed to be main man at the back.
I would much rather Aurier play RB hes by far our best and throw tanganga in with Rodon for future. I think Aurier and Regi compliment each other well on the wing each and offer similar. Rodon and Tanganga are both leaders on the pitch and could bounce off each other well if given time to work each other out.
They're both fast and get back well if caught out which allows them to make a couple of mistakes positionally as they each have a player next to them that will work back for you.
Toby and Dier are too slow, Sanchez is just way to nervous.
I saw a freekick being prepared for yday and Tanganga was telling Sanchez where to stand. I know It's a small detail but the young man playing out of position is there organising the supposed to be main man at the back.
I would much rather Aurier play RB hes by far our best and throw tanganga in with Rodon for future. I think Aurier and Regi compliment each other well on the wing each and offer similar. Rodon and Tanganga are both leaders on the pitch and could bounce off each other well if given time to work each other out.
They're both fast and get back well if caught out which allows them to make a couple of mistakes positionally as they each have a player next to them that will work back for you.
Toby and Dier are too slow, Sanchez is just way to nervous.
It even goes beyond that, this forum is about a tenth as much fun as it used to be - pointless rows, threads going round in circles, obsessive posters, everyone picking a different player(s) to slag off tirelessly (I see Regui and Hoj are the latest on the rank, joining Ndombele who's back out of favour)
People seem to be having a virtual dance-off to see who can show online that they hate Spurs more than the rest, it's boring the tits and cock off me
Often thought that Lamela doesn't release Son when given the chance.
50 I think.
Like you I have been a fan since the early 60's and imo, the last time we were all this disillusioned was our relegation season. With ENIC and Levy calling the shots, it's unlikely that anything will change
Somehow the fans have to find the strength to see this through...hopefully in our lifetime.