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Match Tottenham Hotspur v. Manchester United - F.A. Cup Semi-Final
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Pochettino has previously said we but maybe the moment or maybe for the monent even he feels he needs to hear and see from his paymasters the kind of backing that changes the comment to a statement of inclusion.
But interesting and may develop.
Top rated comments from the BBC article about todays match:
This is the sort of shit the players should read, just like us fans. We have to deal with this day in day out while they sit in an ivory tower.
We don't need to "Think and move on", as Poch says. We need to feel pain so we learn what it means to lose and to win.
This is the sort of shit the players should read, just like us fans. We have to deal with this day in day out while they sit in an ivory tower.
We don't need to "Think and move on", as Poch says. We need to feel pain so we learn what it means to lose and to win.
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Some sort of count? Ok mate.
Hey Jayc1 though I have quoted you, this isn't meant to be aimed just at you.
That would have been great to hear tonight... but have you ever thought about yourself. For all I know you do cheer with all your might throughout the game.
But you probably don't.
From what I see from you on here; you're one of the most pessimistic cunts. Have you ever thought that maybe all those who aren't cheering are doing the same shit you are... they are spamming forums, Twitter etc with shit about how it use to be. With shit about how Poch got it wrong. With shit about how certain players sucked.
You said
Trippier and Davis are pretty much the best in the EPL (or close to it). I never hear "oh shit if only we have Young playing at left back. That would make us a title winning team..."
IMO Dier is great. He is still error prone. He seems to becoming more solid, but also more complacent.
Dembele is one of our best. Yes he fucked up this game. He gave the ball away when he shouldn't have. But it was on the touchline; it wasn't in the middle. It also required Pogba to do a perfect cross. Seriously if that was an Eriksen cross you (and many including me) would have had your dick out about how perfect it was.
Sanchez is a prospect, but he has earned his spot. Yes sometimes he seems vulnerable. But unlike Smalling and Jones he doesn't have 4 midfielders standing in front of him at all times.
Kane has been out of form. And yes maybe he should have started on the bench. However all of us cunts on here would be blaming Poch for not starting Kane because "he's fucken harry kane." We would want Poch's head if he did that.
I see no reason why we should have started Toby (as much as I love him). Nor do I see playing Vorm over Lloris making any real difference (last few weeks we have wanted Lloris out).
That would have been great to hear tonight... but have you ever thought about yourself. For all I know you do cheer with all your might throughout the game.
But you probably don't.
From what I see from you on here; you're one of the most pessimistic cunts. Have you ever thought that maybe all those who aren't cheering are doing the same shit you are... they are spamming forums, Twitter etc with shit about how it use to be. With shit about how Poch got it wrong. With shit about how certain players sucked.
You said
Trippier and Davis are pretty much the best in the EPL (or close to it). I never hear "oh shit if only we have Young playing at left back. That would make us a title winning team..."
IMO Dier is great. He is still error prone. He seems to becoming more solid, but also more complacent.
Dembele is one of our best. Yes he fucked up this game. He gave the ball away when he shouldn't have. But it was on the touchline; it wasn't in the middle. It also required Pogba to do a perfect cross. Seriously if that was an Eriksen cross you (and many including me) would have had your dick out about how perfect it was.
Sanchez is a prospect, but he has earned his spot. Yes sometimes he seems vulnerable. But unlike Smalling and Jones he doesn't have 4 midfielders standing in front of him at all times.
Kane has been out of form. And yes maybe he should have started on the bench. However all of us cunts on here would be blaming Poch for not starting Kane because "he's fucken harry kane." We would want Poch's head if he did that.
I see no reason why we should have started Toby (as much as I love him). Nor do I see playing Vorm over Lloris making any real difference (last few weeks we have wanted Lloris out).
How would they have stopped Dembele's mistake?
On the train home. Totally despondent. I really believed today. At 1-0 we were rampant. A clear chance was crafted for Eriksen. It had to go in. That would have been like 1991. Quick early strikes. But we failed to capitalise. We stopped working. We stopped moving. We stopped pressing. The crowd went silent. We clearly lack belief. The club lacks something.
Yes, the football at times is a dream. But, in this day and age, we have to compete. We have to make winning a habit. When it matters. With trophies. Where the glory is. I like the quotes from Dele on the BBC. It’s not good enough. We have to pick ourselves up and get CL football. If we do that, I hope the club still feels deeply unsatisfied.
This is the time to decide whether we want to be genuine winners, or another Newcastle or Leeds, who tried valiantly but won SFA and now nobody remembers that they were once considered big clubs. We have to find a way this summer to make a statement. We have to decide if our time really is now.
What a shit week.
Yes, the football at times is a dream. But, in this day and age, we have to compete. We have to make winning a habit. When it matters. With trophies. Where the glory is. I like the quotes from Dele on the BBC. It’s not good enough. We have to pick ourselves up and get CL football. If we do that, I hope the club still feels deeply unsatisfied.
This is the time to decide whether we want to be genuine winners, or another Newcastle or Leeds, who tried valiantly but won SFA and now nobody remembers that they were once considered big clubs. We have to find a way this summer to make a statement. We have to decide if our time really is now.
What a shit week.
We ? Fuck that. This is on the players. Week in. Week out for year on year we fans put it in - at great cost. We don’t roll over like that bunch of wankers today, Jesus we played with more passion v Portsmouth. The players AND Management team owe us 4 wins and no more pathetic shit like against Shity or Brighton or today. Absolutely filthy display from 1-1 onwards.
Not going to read your shite from a guy with 115 messages. You talk about supporting, you can't even be arsed to post on a forum you lazy cunt.
No, its a fucking dumb question and you know it.
I support Spurs as passionately as you or anyone else which is why im on here fucking melting tonight
What I dont support is a small time fucking transfer policy that sees us trouser the profits from players like Walker and replace with cheaper prospects.
A policy that sees us lose 8 semi finals in a row and win just one league cup in two pissing decades
Agree we dominated for the first period, trouble was we let Man U settle and that was game over.
Really? Second in the list of losers?
What would Bill Nicholson say?
What you posting that for you fucking bellend
This is the sort of shit the players should read, just like us fans. We have to deal with this day in day out while they sit in an ivory tower.
We don't need to "Think and move on", as Poch says. We need to feel pain so we learn what it means to lose and to win.
Do you work in professional sport? Deal with the media on a daily basis?
I highly doubt what he says to the media and what he thinks are the same things.
This defeat will hurt him. Or course it will. You don’t get to be a top level sportsman by easily accepting defeats and knockbacks along the way.
All good. But I don't judge myself by my 'posing on a forum count'. I usually dislike this forum when we are playing. It's a distraction from the game.
We never take our chances in these games when ahead and let the other team back in. And yes we are thoroughly predictable, which is Poch's greatest failing - the opposition always know what they will be facing and the best managers (such as those who reach semis) know how to combat it in such games.
Because this is what us fans have to deal with. This is the top rated BBC comments post. And every single one about us is like this.
The players have no idea how rough we have it and what losing means. They're in another dimension.
I'm tired of people taking the piss and ripping into us like this and Spurs give them every opportunity to do so. Again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. Repetitive? That's the amount of times we've lost an FA cup semi final in a row.
The first 20 minutes we showed how talented we are and man for man we are better than almost every team we face.
The next 70 we showed we are weak mentally as a squad when the going gets tough.
If any game could sum up what’s it like being a spurs fan it was that one.
Absolutely heartbroken again.
The next 70 we showed we are weak mentally as a squad when the going gets tough.
If any game could sum up what’s it like being a spurs fan it was that one.
Absolutely heartbroken again.
I think it will hurt him.
I don't think it will hurt the players who gave up so quickly.