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I actually agree with that.People mistake possession for dominance. You can dominate a game while having much less of the ball but by still controlling what happens. Teams absolutely have let us have the ball, no matter what anyone says.
Possession on its own is a meaningless stat.
Imagine feeding off these aggregators though!!! I don’t understand any fan that runs with what they say, ESPECIALLY the accounts that also spit out opinions.Aggregators in the absolute mud. Imagine being a Spurs twitter page and just outright making up shit quote for likes.
Well said Ange. It is better to fail aiming high than to succeed aiming low. At Spurs we set our sights very high, so that even failure will have in it an echo of glory.
Lol fucking bullshit. Most of the crap I get from oppo mates is just ‘you guys are so happy to just get top four and not win, no ambition!’ - if anything they think our fans are little fucking bitches lapping it up!!!!
Woolwich yes because AFTV got HUUUUGE and laughed at but that’s completely different. Spurs don’t have that rep at all. Chelsea have Rory, United have goldbridge etc. We have expressions who is mostly known for being funny, not a melt.
Our fans/club are easy to banter because we are top 6 with a huge stadium and yet haven’t won anything since 2008 and that was a fucking league cup.
Absolute joke you are trying to place blame on our fans for our banter status. In the real world top 6 clubs get bantered if they don’t win a cup for a few years!
I swear some of y’all live in La La land. All the other clubs get bantered for trophy droughts. Liverpool get bantered for only winning one league during a good period ffs.
The only reason Newcastle, Villa etc don’t cop it is because nobody cares about them. They aren’t traditional top 6, their fanbases are comparatively small and they spent ages in the wilderness.
We get it for being the upstart who thinks they’re in the big 6 but haven’t won anything to put down a marker. Put on your big boy pants and deal with that rather than doing Levy’s propaganda work for him.
If they are asked the question, would you like them not to answer it?I would have liked our captain and our manager to talk about us wanting to win the competition and not about how unfair the workload is for a player during the press conference of our first European game for a while.
Umo reverseThat’s a long post when you could’ve just said you have no clue what you’re on about.
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Let's hope so.
Click on the little cog symbol to the left of the forum footer, you can change the forum colour to light mode on that symbol.Has the site change on your phone or am I stroking out!! It's all black background. I'm on the tube do could be something I've done? ANYONE!!!
did you watch it?? they were going on and on and on. It didn't require that type of prolonged answer. Say a few things and keep it moving (like some of the other people that have commented on it). Make the competition your main focus....the press conference made the competition seem secondary and tbh it gave off the impression that playing in it was some sort of unwanted chore.If they are asked the question, would you like them not to answer it?
I’ll watch it. I’ve only seen the quotes and Son definitely spoke about wanting to win it.did you watch it?? they were going on and on and on. It didn't require that type of prolonged answer. Say a few things and keep it moving (like some of the other people that have commented on it). Make the competition your main focus....the press conference made the competition seem secondary and tbh it gave off the impression that playing in it was some sort of unwanted chore.
Could you enlighten us how it is flawed, what the variable are and how they detract from its value?The xG data is massively flawed to the point of making it little more than an educated guess at best.
I can see why some find it useful but there are simply far too many variables to take it seriously.
I literally just looked at skysports and BBC sports just now to make sure I wasn't going mad.I’ll watch it. I’ve only seen the quotes and Son definitely spoke about wanting to win it.
Could you enlighten us how it is flawed, what the variable are and how they detract from its value?
I'd like to state that I feel xG is misused and misunderstood...by both sides. But I do feel your take is a little strong and similar takes often derive from that misunderstanding.
Lol, I couldn't give a fuck about banter. It's literally the thing I care about least in football and anyone who gets sad cos thier mate texted them after we lost a game needs serious help.
Projection!
Projection!
It's M&M'd by most but it's not worthless (pp) as Dr Roc suggests. And used with other data and statistics raises its value.
And to think that not long agoSkysports main SPORTS headline is "Son criticises fixture demands: we're not robots."
BBC say "Scedule reaching dangerous levels- Postecoglu"

And to think that not long agoStarks was saying our poor form under Postecoglou was because we were playing only one game per week.
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