Re ; The EPL being considered “ a slog “ .
The Championship is the football equivalent of a Gulag ; tough , relentless, miserable ,merciless and very difficult to get out of .
We do NOT want to end up there if we can at all help it .
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Re ; The EPL being considered “ a slog “ .
The Championship is the football equivalent of a Gulag ; tough , relentless, miserable ,merciless and very difficult to get out of .
We do NOT want to end up there if we can at all help it .
Beat Sunderland on Sunday and West Ham drop back into it. Personally I think that would be hugely demoralising for them - huge home win but still in the brown stuff.
They then have to wait until Monday to play away at Palace.
All eyes on sunday
They then have to wait until Monday to play away at Palace.
All eyes on sunday
Didn't see the whole game but based on the West Ham highlights they simply don't look like a team that's getting relegated at all. Excusing the scoreline, their forward interplay is better and more fluid than we've looked all season. They just look like a proper football team in a way we don't.
Their fixtures are better than ours, but I think Leeds are our only hope now. They're the only team aside from us down at the bottom in honking form and their squad is the worst of the lot - plus Stach, maybe their best player, is injured for a few weeks.
Still feels like a long-shot, though. Would need them to shit the bed at home to one or both of Burnley and Wolves, and West Ham to not roll over for them to relegate us on the final day. Although unlike the other teams, we do have a degree of control as we play them at home.
Really struggle to see us coming above either of Forest or West Ham at this point.
Their fixtures are better than ours, but I think Leeds are our only hope now. They're the only team aside from us down at the bottom in honking form and their squad is the worst of the lot - plus Stach, maybe their best player, is injured for a few weeks.
Still feels like a long-shot, though. Would need them to shit the bed at home to one or both of Burnley and Wolves, and West Ham to not roll over for them to relegate us on the final day. Although unlike the other teams, we do have a degree of control as we play them at home.
Really struggle to see us coming above either of Forest or West Ham at this point.
The things that make the Premier League a slog that we would not have in the championship
VAR
Michael Oliver
Jarred Gillet
Alan Smith on commentary
Gary Neville saying “oooooh” everytime Romero blinks
Ref watch with Dermot
Woolwich cheating
Chelscum cheating
MOTD
Paul Merson
Talk Sport
we've got fuck all...
fuuuuuck aaaaaalllllll!!!
i just don't think we understand
we're going fucking down
without a fucking sound
we've got fuuuuuck aaaaallllll!
I presume, like me, you're the only Spurs fan that anyone seems to know, so I get it from angles too. But over the last 3 months I've made peace with it and am genuinely just apathetic and join in the jokes. Now the jokes aren't frequent at all.Im trying my absolute best not to bite in all the group chats i am in right now.
Im literally getting it from all angles. Its quite infuriating. Ive not reacted to any of it yet.
I find the random sympathy texts to be more annoying though. Those really get under my skin.
They're definitely not getting relegated. Their firm since January would have them in the European places over a season. We'd be worse than that Derby side.Didn't see the whole game but based on the West Ham highlights they simply don't look like a team that's getting relegated at all. Excusing the scoreline, their forward interplay is better and more fluid than we've looked all season. They just look like a proper football team in a way we don't.
Their fixtures are better than ours, but I think Leeds are our only hope now. They're the only team aside from us down at the bottom in honking form and their squad is the worst of the lot - plus Stach, maybe their best player, is injured for a few weeks.
Still feels like a long-shot, though. Would need them to shit the bed at home to one or both of Burnley and Wolves, and West Ham to not roll over for them to relegate us on the final day. Although unlike the other teams, we do have a degree of control as we play them at home.
Really struggle to see us coming above either of Forest or West Ham at this point.
Every day on this forum you read that West Ham will go on a losing run, we'll go on a magical winning run and everything is fine.
Disclaimer: obviously I don't want to get relegated
Everything you said is true, but I think there is another side to that coin. Burnley, who had a significantly worse squad than us, got relegated a few seasons back then absolutely romped the Championship under Kompany. Newcastle had a great time down there under Benitez and came straight back up.
De Zerbi with, say, 60% of our current squad, our best youngsters, and a few signings, would be very very competitive in the Championship indeed. I'm not gonna get all cocky and say we'd definitely walk it, but we'd be in an extremely strong position compared to the teams that have gone down and struggled.
I think if we go down and come straight back up it will be remembered by fans as one of the most fun, memorable seasons in a long time especially in the wake of 2 years of constant losing in the league. A new dawn, integrating youth, winning games, playing teams we never normally play, etc.
People’s arseholes going because West Ham beat the leagues bottom side - get a grip.
Yes we’re deep in it, but we’ve got a tactician now and we’ve got to help carry these fuckers over the line
Yes we’re deep in it, but we’ve got a tactician now and we’ve got to help carry these fuckers over the line
With these owners, doesn’t matter what we wish for.
We’re fucked either way.
Well when you put it like that....
Where do I sign up.... (or down?)
Have to accept the whole nation want us to go down. Reason? Jealousy of what we are or have been. Its them against us and for us to prove those fuckers wrong. Need to get behind the team and club more than ever now. And when we do survive this can never happen again.
Think for a lot of neutrals and non-rival fans it's pure novelty: "Imagine SPURS getting relegated lol" .
Majority of us were exactly the same when Newcastle and Villa were circling the drain.
the only thing giving me a sliver of hope is i think de zerbi is the kind of manager and plays the kind of football our squad responds well to at least initially. it may be too late and one bad goal conceded may have heads dropping but i don't think it's out of the question that we see an uptick under him. is it likely? i don't think so but again, grasping at straws here...
Europa semi-finals.
Villa all but certain to be in them. Our gane scheduled for May 2nd.
So... ?
Villa all but certain to be in them. Our gane scheduled for May 2nd.
So... ?
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Nah, the only thing is if De Zerbi can galvanise the players and if the players find resolve.
Anyone thinking De Zerbi in a short time can get the players playing how he ordinarily likes is kidding themselves.
It's all about the response to De Zerbi's presence.
The one small plus is that we have decent gaps between games.
Pretty much. Our turn.
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