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My expectations are nowhere near what some are. I just want better than this idiot.
It's the actual Spurs fans who admit Ange is shit, but refuse to entertain the idea of an Iraola, Frank, Silva because they're not good enough to win us the league.
I'm not happy with it, but I'd certainly take it, as a cup is important. As long as we jettison the lardy cunt from down under.
Maybe the very same players should make an effort when they play? Pass to one of their own team? Make a tackle or two? Then they might get what they want.
Each to their own but i've never understood the trophies are the only thing that matters point of view. 95% of all club fans are going to be miserable if thats all the matters. I want to see a competitive side across all competitions that you enjoy watching where your looking forward to the next game.
Very eloquently put.
I agree I am sick of travelling to WHL every few weeks just to watch the drivel we see every week and I live in Enfield. I cannot understand how anyone with more than an hours journey could have been bothered to go to our last home match against Forest. Going to watch Spurs at the moment is soul destroying and cost more than ever.
I assume that the club has quite the say in the official interviews compared to a leak through Vic's family at a game.
But doesnt roy Keane have a spat with everybody? Remember sedgeley winding him up in cup final 91 as keane was giving Edinburgh grief.
Cant believe how shit our manager is. If we win europa takes 50 per cent off pain atm. But I still want Ange out. Even if media make him some kind of darling as he won us a trophy. Hes gone beyond the point of no return imo.Basil Fawlty were in total control mate!!
Honestly there's some managers that I've hated but respected, like Redknapp, or not respected but actually liked, like AVB.
Sorry Matt, I feel like I am disagreeing with you a lot today which is not the intention. I will reign myself in after this one... but look this club was built on the mantra "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." - that's what this club is about... we've gone from Mourinho, Conte to Ange and what is likely to be manager adapt and getting his team into the top half of the table. Although for the record Frank has only finished top half once in three completed seasons (9th in 22-23) and probably won't make top half this season. Is that what you want? I don't prescribe to the comment "well anything is better than Ange" by that token we should put Mason in charge. So I don't mind people refusing to entertain Iraola, Frank and Silva because those are the fans (like myself) who refuse to accept top half of the Premier League as the height of our ambition. With our revenue, resources, stadium and facilities we should be aiming to challenge for the league every fucking season. The fact we aren't is embarrassing.
It's not bizzare. It's the same reason that Mabbutt backs him publicly. Club employees are contracted to the club. In private I have personally been told at least four senior players think it's a complete farce. Agents are now agitating about the direction and want reassurances or transfers.
Most Premier League teams win fuck all but every single one of those fans that keep going week in week out believe they can do a Leicester or even a Forest this season if the cards full their way. And that's the difference... I doubt any Spurs fans under this owner think we will win anything. It's not in our DNA since ENIC took over. Granted we didn't win much before them but we certainly won more. We must avoid normalising success as a top six finish. It isn't... it's BS Kool-aid that Levy / ENIC want you to drink... we should be challenging for the title and other domestic trophies every season and I have yet to hear any argument as to WHY we shouldn't that doesn't involve penny pinching ownership more interested in balance sheets than team sheets.
AVB was just big words and wore a suit. He thought that was enough. Tbh I hated francis, conte and Mourinho. Francis nearly turned us into QPR, conte thought he was doing us a favour and high maintenance. Mourinho just bored the shit out of me. Always a soundbite with him as well. Trouble.
Simple truth is, the club doesn't or isn't aiming for the top, as long as it continues to pull in 60k plus and sells pints and pies it's job done.
