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Match ****Tottenham Hotspur V Man City **** Tuesday 8 o clock in the afternoon

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You want us to win ?

  • Yes

    Votes: 91 25.0%
  • No

    Votes: 216 59.3%
  • Don’t care

    Votes: 24 6.6%
  • BREXIT MEANS BREXIT

    Votes: 33 9.1%

  • Total voters
    364
Meh. We only need a draw and if we can't get that against the bottom of the league side, then we don't deserve to finish 5th.

So again, no, we do NOT want to beat City. End of.
It wasn't exactly one-sided when we played Sheffield United at home was it?

Yes, yes, nothing to play for them etc. Or a massive media shitstorm through throwing a game on their minds going into a must not lose Europa game.

We should try and win every game we play. End of.
 
A bit of history.
Back in 2010, Inter and Roma were fighting for the Scudetto (the League title) in Italy. Matchday 36, Lazio, who were threatened by relegation at that point and a win would secure staying in Serie A, were playing Inter at home.
In an online poll (that I sadly can't find anymore) around 90% of Lazio fans voted to lose and risk getting relegated (bear in mind that relegation to Serie B in those years would normally mean that the clubs would be fighting to not get into administration) rather than win and help Roma win the Scudetto.
Fast forward to the match, and Lazio lose to Inter 2-0. Although a "brotherhood derby" since Inter and Lazio fans had a good relationship at the time (things have soured a bit since Inzaghi moved from Lazio to Inter), it's one of the only cases in Italy where the home crowd was actively cheering against their own team and actually celebrated when Inter scored their first goal (bringing out one of the most famous signs as well, saying "Oh Nooooo" when Inter scored).


View: https://youtu.be/LZED0-Eelg0?si=D_Qf9l7HDiVG4ckq

Rivalries are part of football. Whoever doesn't understand Spurs fans wanting City to win on tuesday, doesn't understand football.


Good post.

Well at least this current scenario has helped us sniff out who aren't really spurs fans.
 
Whoever doesn't understand Spurs fans wanting Spurs to win on Tuesday, doesn't understand the Spurs fans who want Spurs to win.
:porrohands: :mickyarm:

Are you actually saying you wouldn't be delighted if we thrash the cunts 7-1? Because if you are, you don't understand football.
No, we wouldn't. We would not be delighted in handing Woolwich the title. If you're ok with that, then you don't understand football.

Believe it or not, rivalry is a part of football.
 
2 side notes re: motivation......

1. The players will earn a big chunk of money if they get into the CL.

2. Demanding that the players throw the game v City; one can't then get pissy if we go up to Sheff and shit the bed........ You can't expect the team to just seamlessly switch their professionalism on and off at will.
1) So what if Villa win tonight? that point become redundant.

2) Haha Sheffield United are one of the worst teams in premier league history and i assume theres a bonus for getting into Europa as well right? if they're motivated by money like you stated in your first point then doesn't that point stand against Sheffield United as well?
 
It wasn't exactly one-sided when we played Sheffield United at home was it?

Yes, yes, nothing to play for them etc. Or a massive media shitstorm through throwing a game on their minds going into a must not lose Europa game.

We should try and win every game we play. End of.

You're not a spurs fan if you want the scum to win the title. End of.

And like I fucking said (you can read, right?) - if we can't beat or at a bare minimum draw with Sheff Utd, we don't deserve to finish 5th.

END FUCKING OF.

There's no need for you to reply - I won't entertain gooner lovers anymore this morning.
 
No, we wouldn't. We would not be delighted in handing Woolwich the title. If you're ok with that, then you don't understand football.

Believe it or not, rivalry is a part of football.
Believe it or not, winning is more important than rivalry. Much more important. In fact, it's everything.
 
Utd played like dogs yesterday and had a chance to affect the title race but nope it's always us that have to be in the headlines and the ones that drive the narrative...
 
You agreed with this post from Rosie, who was replying to me...

You are not entitled to say that fans are not real fans for disagreeing with your view.

Yet you're doing the exact same thing to others 🤷🏻‍♂️

You've spent the last 48 hours humiliating yourself, saying to all and sundry that anyone who wants us to lose to City isn't a real spurs fan, and you've double downed on it, so I strongly suggest you shut the fuck up.
 
Believe it or not, winning is more important than rivalry. Much more important. In fact, it's everything.
Yeah you're right, winning a game that doesn't impact us at all at this stage is way more important than a rivalry where you could literally hand your biggest rivals a league title.

I'm genuinely astounded that this is even a debate. People want to show that they're 'Proper Spurs' because they don't want us to lose a game are unable to understand the concept of a rivalry.
 
You're not a spurs fan if you want the scum to win the title. End of.

And like I fucking said (you can read, right?) - if we can't beat or at a bare minimum draw with Sheff Utd, we don't deserve to finish 5th.

END FUCKING OF.

There's no need for you to reply - I won't entertain gooner lovers anymore this morning.
Sing when we're losing.
You only sing when we're losing.
 
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