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Match Tottenham Hotspur - Hull Tigers (Capital One Cup) - Block J 1945KO

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Nutter-Naylor said:
Google fella. Im sure it was done by some mad Europeans & we liked it & thus acquired it...............
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cheers but that didn't help much :mong:
 
Well that was an enjoyable match i must say. Hull are very good under Steve Bruce, they come with a game plan and stick to it and are very organised, credit where its due. It's difficult to break teams down that set up like that, our early goal helped. From the 2nd half onwards i think we saw a good old fashioned cup tie with action at both ends, now that's what gets the fans going.
I was in block 45 up by the Hull fans and there was a good atmosphere up there. Great to see loads of dads with kids, many of whom would be their first Spurs game, the lower pricing structure encourages this.

I do have one question with regards to the 1882 section, if the club gave 1882 a section in the park lane upper would that not generate an even better atmosphere?

Great to see Harry Kane getting some game time, he offers something different, looking forward to seeing him more.
 
ArtyB said:
Almost a positive write-up in the Mail shock...
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Except the "waving our shoes" comment...
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Point proven: Spurs fans make some noise before waving their shoes in the direction of Andre Villas-Boas
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...what total and utter bollocks! ...they make it sound like it was some form of protest!! Nothing of the sort, we held our shoes up in the air, we were in the East Upper... AVB (and the entire West Stand for that matter!) happened to be opposite... that's just the way the stadium has been designed!
...it's hardly an angry mob outside the West Stand gates demanding Christian Gross be sacked!!
 
It's no surprise Hull are so difficult to breakdown and well organized, remembering Bruce as a player he was a very good no nonsense defender in his heyday. Probably the best of fergies minions to have gone into management thus far.
 
You just knew someone would totally miss the point, and give AVB all the credit for last night's 'NOISE'!
Spurs manager AVB's rallying call helps turn up the volume at White Hart Lane
MIGUEL DELANEY - WHITE HART LANE - WEDNESDAY 30 OCTOBER 2013
All of the sound, none of the fury. If Andre Villas-Boas claimed on Sunday that disenchantment with the White Hart Lane atmosphere had "invaded" his squad for a long time, the crowd's response against Hull City in the League Cup was immediate. The stadium was thoroughly raucous by kick-off.

Within five minutes, most conspicuously, the supporters were singing the manager's name and chanting about "AVB's blue-and-white army". That was also considerably quicker than on Sunday.

It represented a great endorsement of Villas-Boas's stance, as Darren Alexander, of the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust, told The Independent would be the case before the game. It also meant this could be chalked off as a clever move from the manager rather than a bad gamble.

One argument on Sunday was that Villas-Boas was risking his previously fine relationship with the Spurs fans because of an issue that was growing, but did not yet warrant this kind of gripe. It seemed a curious target at this time. Instead, the bond was arguably only strengthened. The atmosphere was certainly improved. By 15 minutes, the home fans were imploring "Andre" to "give us a song". Of course, the real question is how long it will last.

One figure inside the Hull camp suggested before kick-off that they would attempt to agitate the crowd, and consequently the team, by frustrating Spurs, as in Sunday's league game. That did not happen initially. Villas-Boas's side seemed to respond to the more fervent atmosphere, producing more energetic football. It is no coincidence – if also a reflection of the kind of chicken-and-egg dynamic this is – that this was both the best atmosphere and home performance since the first half of the 1-1 draw with Chelsea. Unlike on Sunday, too, Spurs struck early to take the sting out of Hull's tactics and add more frisson to the atmosphere.

On 16 minutes, Gylfi Sigurdsson raised the roof with a goal that almost ripped the net off the posts. The decibel level went past 100 for the first time and continued until through half-time.

Then, on 53 minutes, came the first real moment of tension and test of that atmosphere as Hull produced an equaliser. Previous concessions like that might have brought a worrying silence, even murmurs of discontent. This time, with moments like that the kind of incident Villas-Boas was most concerned about, the home crowd immediately began to sing.

Every Tottenham challenge was met with a roar, every attack accompanied by a ripple of excitement. One corner was soundtracked by an expectant collective stamp of feet.

Hull could feel the noise. It was up to the Spurs team to provide the response of their own. Villas-Boas could this time have no complaints with the crowd.
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As if everyone simply decided on Sunday night to change their tickets and all descend (or should that be ascend) up in Block J... they make out like it was done on a whim!!
 
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I think last nights game has put 1882 on the map. AVB's comments set it up and it now looks like 1882 are a hardcore section of fans responding to him.

Even if that's not the case, any publicity is good publicity. If spurs are stupid enough to ignore this movement when they are sorting out the seating in the new stadium, then they dont deserve to have fans as loyal as 1882.

Older middle class supporters who have no interest in singing still enjoy having an atmosphere in the ground. Devoting a section of the seats to vocal fans is such an obvious step in the right direction.
 
100% this... agreed, not everyone wants to sing, and that's kinda fine. You get out what you put in. But that's not to say they also want everyone to sit in total silence. and I certainly don't think the quieter fans would want to deprive the right of fans to do want to sing.

If the 'new' new stadium plans STILL have a steep bank/'Kop' if you will, then it would be crazy not to allocate at least part of it maybe towards the back, (where those who want to stand won't affect those who want to, or have to sit) for all-singing, (all-dancing) fans!
 
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