I watched the game, but on tv. Just wondered what it was like in the stadium as saturday it was good.
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I watched the game, but on tv. Just wondered what it was like in the stadium as saturday it was good.
Although a tongue in cheek article, this kind of backs up what I have been thinking about us being too nice, our players being too naive and us not doing the dirty side of the game. I thought it last season and it has continued into this. Whilst I dont want us to be super cynical, I would like us to go down "injured" more or take a bit more time over restarts. Eg. last night in the last ten minutes we were needlessly taking quick free kicks when our players looked visibly tired.
www.nytimes.com
Spurs play the game quickly, in a “We’ve got no time for time-wasting” manner. They were the quickest team in the league last season for getting the game moving again (24.4 seconds per restart).
“I don’t believe in the dark arts,” Postecoglou said at a press conference this week. “I don’t know how to do it; it’s just not in my make up. My thing has always been, if teams are going to go down that way we’ve got to be even more disciplined to make sure we don’t get distracted.”
Richarlison probably wouldn’t agree… maybe that’s why he’s been out of favour? James Maddison is always on the wind-up, but with a Del Boy-esque knowing smile and cheeky wink.
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg was the king at falling on the ball, talking to the ref, slowing things down and managing the game. But now? It’s just not what Spurs do, mate.
xSH (expected s***housery) – 1/10
Ranking each Premier League club for ‘dark arts’
Mystery injuries, delaying tactics, busy medics... every club bends rules where they can, but who are the best (and worst) exponents?
www.nytimes.com
20. Tottenham Hotspur
Ange Postecoglou. Principled. Strong moral core. Hates cheating. Fair dinkum.Spurs play the game quickly, in a “We’ve got no time for time-wasting” manner. They were the quickest team in the league last season for getting the game moving again (24.4 seconds per restart).
“I don’t believe in the dark arts,” Postecoglou said at a press conference this week. “I don’t know how to do it; it’s just not in my make up. My thing has always been, if teams are going to go down that way we’ve got to be even more disciplined to make sure we don’t get distracted.”
Richarlison probably wouldn’t agree… maybe that’s why he’s been out of favour? James Maddison is always on the wind-up, but with a Del Boy-esque knowing smile and cheeky wink.
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg was the king at falling on the ball, talking to the ref, slowing things down and managing the game. But now? It’s just not what Spurs do, mate.
xSH (expected s***housery) – 1/10
amazing that people still believe or get rattled by the shite said on talkshite. been awhile since I listened, do they still employ the condensed matter physicists Darrent Bent, Agbonlahor, ohara and that chelsea cunt cunty?
Lol the idiot commentators on tnt kept banging on about the Juninho chance first half never noticing been flagged offside ANYWAY.
Regardless of club the majority of posters on forums/social media etc hardly ever support the teams they follow so I'm unsure how the category 'real' can be applied.
Constructive criticism certainly should not be interpreted as being disloyal or anti and if I want to criticise the owners, coach or playing staff I will do so based on the fact I am a paying customer and mindful of getting rinsed by follicly challenged little people.
Doesn't mean the armchairs/viewers don 't have real or valid opinions it simply questions their relevance.
As for the boo boys.....I don't really blame them, it's down to the lobotomists who made them like that.
It's amazing there's a select few who deal their negativity in hypotheticals.
"IF they done this. IF they done that." And it only works for the opposition too. Cannot enjoy a game incase someone better, was put in the exact same game, where the same scenarios happen and perhaps take the chances.
It was never IF when we were dominating Leicester and Newcastle.
Good point about the Juninho chance. That would have counted towards xG too as wasn't originally flagged. So take away the offside chance and the ludicrous penalty, what was their xG against a found out, out of his depth managers 10 man Spurs!?
I think the crowd was quite good considering the delay and sending off, and was a good attendance as well.
If they can follow it up with something at utd, it would be a decent turnaround after the NLD.
They did create chances mate, look we won so that's a good thing isn't it.
Onwards and upwards for the weekend now.
Which ones though?
You forgot about the other Chelsea cunt know it all,the font of footballing knowledge that is Rory Jennings the ex eastEnders actor now talksport host lmfao.amazing that people still believe or get rattled by the shite said on talkshite. been awhile since I listened, do they still employ the condensed matter physicists Darrent Bent, Agbonlahor, ohara and that chelsea cunt cunty?
Although a tongue in cheek article, this kind of backs up what I have been thinking about us being too nice, our players being too naive and us not doing the dirty side of the game. I thought it last season and it has continued into this. Whilst I dont want us to be super cynical, I would like us to go down "injured" more or take a bit more time over restarts. Eg. last night in the last ten minutes we were needlessly taking quick free kicks when our players looked visibly tired.
Ranking each Premier League club for ‘dark arts’
Mystery injuries, delaying tactics, busy medics... every club bends rules where they can, but who are the best (and worst) exponents?
20. Tottenham Hotspur
Ange Postecoglou. Principled. Strong moral core. Hates cheating. Fair dinkum.
Spurs play the game quickly, in a “We’ve got no time for time-wasting” manner. They were the quickest team in the league last season for getting the game moving again (24.4 seconds per restart).
“I don’t believe in the dark arts,” Postecoglou said at a press conference this week. “I don’t know how to do it; it’s just not in my make up. My thing has always been, if teams are going to go down that way we’ve got to be even more disciplined to make sure we don’t get distracted.”
Richarlison probably wouldn’t agree… maybe that’s why he’s been out of favour? James Maddison is always on the wind-up, but with a Del Boy-esque knowing smile and cheeky wink.
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg was the king at falling on the ball, talking to the ref, slowing things down and managing the game. But now? It’s just not what Spurs do, mate.
xSH (expected s***housery) – 1/10
always thought we could use some malice but if we do show a bit more malice, there’s no harm in articles painting us to be the nice guys
If you watched the game as I did you will know.
Okay this might just be my overactive imagination...but he sure sounds remarkably like that fat bald bloke looks a bit like Levy always on AFTV. Not Judges. Anyone know who I mean?
Same.
Just on some of their chances, I felt a couple were offside live, I've just seen the highlights and I'd say THREE of their big chances that stood (so are included within the stats) were easily offside so had they scored from them would have been chalked off by VAR (if it was operational??).
No idea but he’s not a Spurs fan
Levy canteen prices coming in clutch
We may disagree on a lot of things, but this one I'm totally with you.
I don't engage in "bantah" with any rival fans. I flat out refuse to do it. When I was in my teens and twenties it was non stop abuse from Spam, Arse, United fans etc.
One day I just thought "I could do without this nonsense" especially as it almost bordered on bullying IMO, when you have groups of people all directing it at one/few people.
And it was great. Nobody ever bothers to say anything negative to me about Spurs anymore. We could get our arses handed to us and I wouldn't get a message, a facebook tag, nothing.
'Appy days.
Perhaps that's why I was happy for us to go and beat City and get a CL spot last season. I wouldn't have had any stick from any gooners. Fans here were, embarrassingly, more worried about stick than the team they support achieving something.
Wouldn't be the first.
Brendan Rodgers when he joined Liverpool
When he was sacked he'd lost weight and had turkey teeth
Staying with Liverpool
Klopp before
Klopp after. Eyes and turkey teeth
It seems when a coach gets a decent job in the limelight, they go all TOWIE and start doing wierd shit to their teeth, lose a bit of weight and dress better.
I was listening to the radio in the car on they way home and they claimed that VAR is not operational, at least at this stage of the competition, presumably because some of the car park and ploughed field grounds in Godknowswhereistan don't have it. Then I got home and fast-forwarded through the game and at the penalty call a VAR box flashed up, but there was no "check over" or anything.
So I've no idea if it was on or not.
Well spotted Matt.Wouldn't be the first.
Brendan Rodgers when he joined Liverpool
When he was sacked he'd lost weight and had turkey teeth
Staying with Liverpool
Klopp before
Klopp after. Eyes and turkey teeth
It seems when a coach gets a decent job in the limelight, they go all TOWIE and start doing wierd shit to their teeth, lose a bit of weight and dress better.
Ange has gone from looking a bit unwell in an unfit kind of way, to looking a bit unwell in a bit of an unwell kind of way. Hope he's alright - I like the guy. I'd imagine he's not a great fan of colder climates too - although compared to Glasgow I'd imagine Enfield is almost St Tropez.