TOTTENHAM ARE STILL A BIG CLUB!

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Lock thread forever if they lose in the CL qualification against HB Tórshavn or whoever.

them losing in qualification to the random european team schteeeve takes over is gonna be joeks.

i know tax evasion and robot dance and eurgh but of all the spurs teams I can remember, this is def. the one i'm ok w/ being (moderately) successful.

For decades the debate has raged about who, Spurs or Man City, are the biggest bottlers. Now we know.

oh I think that debate has only just started tbh.

i thought Arsenal ended that debate a while back

Arsenal are still a big club.

There are two teams in North London.

Other big clubs who finish 4th in England: Everton, Newcastle, Leeds.

Bottlers, Matt? Wasn't it just that we were beaten by the better side last night? I don't think the players choked at all - they gave it a right go, but weren't good enough.

Well done, Spurs.

^ the kind of thing that means I don't hate City, yet

Bottlers is one of the most overused bits of jargon in football imo but yeah I think Spurs had fourth place for a decent enough chunk of 09-10 for it not to be the issue at hand here

"Bottlers" seems tied in to that weird desire to make out like footballers are morally deficient for not being good enough to win matches sometimes.

I guess so many of Spurs' standouts this season being old hands is belated redemption for the weakness of their digestive tracts during Lasagnegate.

Don't think the City players choked, but Mancini's tactics were pretty reserved in the second half.

But tbh either team were good value for CL spot this year ahead of Liverpool and boring boring Villa

"Bottlers" seems tied in to that weird desire to make out like footballers are morally deficient for not being good enough to win matches sometimes.

Yes, and some people accuse footballers of "lacking passion" when they're not up to scratch in a given game (or in general).

Some teams do lack passion. Newcastle last year were, player for player, easily good enough to stay up, they just didn't care enough.

Adebayor, for both Man City last night (maybe in other games? I dunno) and whenever I saw him last season for Arsenal.

They looked short of ideas in midfield as well without Ireland. You're not going to get much in the way of incisive passing with De Jong and Barry in there, especially compared to Modric/Huddlestone. There were times when Kolo Toure seemed like their best attacking midfielder.

The persistent talk of them selling Ireland just confuses ever more after a performance like that, it's true.

Adebayor, for both Man City last night (maybe in other games? I dunno) and whenever I saw him last season for Arsenal.

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Dunno... the guy did get shot at for playing football. He looked like he was kinda getting back to form before that. 'bottlers' to me are more about the Berbatovs and lol Bordeaux this season, when there is really no excuse why supremely talented top of the table types (lol hungover alliteration) just chuck it in for no reason.

and yeah newcastle a prime example.

Other big clubs who finish 4th in England: Everton, Newcastle, Leeds.

... Arsenal, this year

Well lets hope Spurs follow our achievements in being 1 of 3 teams to qualify for the CL every season for a decade.

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Adebayor hadn't been shot at while playing out his last 6 months in an Arsenal team that badly needed a leader from the front last season.

Maye those guys were actually gunners, ifyagetme.

Berbatov- another example of Ferguson's tactical shortcomings. Players either work or they don't, and if they don't then it's their fault.

wait, that picture holds like a million questions...

berbatov was supremely talented when Spurs were last as well tbrr

If Spurs had drawn with Man City and then lost to Burnley, that would have counted as bottling.

yep.

if jol had dropped robinson at any stage over 2 years, it wouldn't have been counted as bottling.

not rocket science- when you don't bottle you're not bottling.

beating city, arsenal and chelsea in the last 5 games to seal it is basically anti-jol/bottle stuff.

sam- yeah berbatov was supremely talented when spurs were bottom! don't understand where yer goin with that tbh.

fergie likes his players to huff and puff, berba was never going to fit in. the only successful stroller of the fergie years was Cantona.

i dunno tbh. not really up to thinking today.

anyone done a list yet of who else might be in the qualifying pot? i vote martin lol reunion with ajax.

vs martin jol in a one-off, vital match?

bring it on. we'll loan them jenas.

even luis fabiano is beginning to believe

Usually that's the sort of thing players say when they're trying to attract Arsenal's interest but hey, we're a Champions League club now.

well, in fairness it's only two weeks since we got not much more that a disdainful sniff from him, but we've gone and got our hair done in a metaphorical sense.

L-R Spurs, Fabiano

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Other way round isn't it?

eh i dunno i'm not really a grease fanatic tbh. but i don't think so. or did they both oh i don't know

Both sing the chorus but it's Danny doing all the chasing.

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The Craig McLachlan & Debbie Gibson version is probably more apt for a not big club.
(also note url mattscdsingles.com almost has a Spurs fan in it)

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is it too much to ask that the sponsor's blue matches the rest of the kit?

Is it just his shorts that come with the knee bandage or do they all get them?

oh dear

not feeling it :/

could grow on me, it's kinda german club team in style.

No you don't understand, Ledley's injury has got so bad he's got a job in a leisure centre.

Or maybe as a holiday rep.

shorts mightn't be helping but is top half don't fit on his bottom alf proper

Read Vertonghen came to Spurs in the summer of 2012. That's his eight best years as a player, and all that time he didn't win a single trophy. Nothing. Just letting that sink in.

Spurs last silverware was the prestigious Barclays Asia Trophy in 2009, under Redknapp. Which, well, lol

Still a big club though.

To be fair, who has won anything in that period? Man U, Man C, Lpool, Chelsea, Arsenal... plus Leicester, Wigan and Swansea. It's hardly getting shared around.

Yeah, there's what, 4 or 5 trophies up for grabs each year?

Of which only 2 really mean anything

4 or 5 national is quite a lot compared to most European countries that only have the title and the cup.

I'm only counting League, FA Cup, League Cup and any European titles.

Take a similar period when I was a kid (1973-80) and there 14 teams winning a domestic or European honour (and this was despite Liverpool appearing to win everything!). It's a bit of an elite shut-out now.

Juventus have just won their 9th title in a row, Bayern are on 8 in a row, PSG have won 7 out of the last 8 titles, Real or Barca have won 15 out of the last 16 titles.

Carabao cup tho

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8584391/Tottenham-offered-chance-sign-Watford-captain-Troy-Deeney-Jose-Mourinho-seeks-cover.html

I'd prefer one of the Bournemouth lads despite their problems this season, they're younger and could perform better with improved service. Plus I don't think Deeney is physically well suited to spending large amounts of time on the bench. But nearly anyone will do right now.

Would prefer an up and coming European prospect but I guess their price tag would be prohibitive for us at this stage. And very few higher tier strikers would agree to playing second fiddle to Kane for most of the season.

I don't think Deeney is physically well suited to spending large amounts of time on the bench.

Let's not beat about the bush, he's a fat bastard. I think Mou has realized his trolling isn't having much effect on opposition managers anymore so he mostly concentrates on trolling Spurs fans these days.

You know it's quite strange that Amnesty Are demanding more stringent tests for the Premier League than from the Government on Arms sales, Kate Allen was a representative of Haringey council, that's Tottenham.... Spurs war by proxy. pic.twitter.com/K6vrQVRU4I

— Graham.Watson (@GrahamWatty) August 6, 2020

For shame lads

Højbjerg has signed.

Manchester City are preparing a £40m bid for England and Tottenham midfielder Harry Winks, 24

O_o

Winks is one of the players I was thinking would benefit from playing alongside Hojberg, allowing him to play the game he should be playing rather than continuing to entertain the notion that he's a defensive midfielder. But Mourinho just isn't the manager to develop that game.

We've probably planted this story in order to generate some interest so hey.

Winks seems willing but I’m not sure he’s good enough to justify keeping him as anything other than an occasionally-used squad member.

Milan are rumoured to have agreed a price for Aurier but are mulling over whether his ‘exuberant character’ makes it a good idea.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53803874

Let’s hope Gazzaniga stays fit. In retrospect, it’s a shame they didn’t sign Pau Lopez after his loan.

Pervis Estupiñán is being linked. Excellent season at Osasuna and far too good to be heading back to Watford.

lol massive signing

His neck is genuinely disconcerting. How have I never noticed this before?

It’s the same size and width as his head.

it's possible that Head and Shoulders causes head shrinkage

Joe Hart, in the Dining Room with the Lead Piping... pic.twitter.com/Ekt1ecEOPl

— ⚽️442oons⚽️ (@442oons) August 15, 2020

When, if ever, did you start thinking Tottenham were a bunch of cunts?

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https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/aug/25/all-or-nothing-tottenham-hotspur-finds-jose-mourinho-leaning-into-the-lens-documentary-amazon

excited to find out whether the Matt Doherty stories are true

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— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) August 30, 2020

Eriksen rumoured to be up for sale already.

Doc improves Spurs imo but i'm cool with us moving him on tbh, assuming we replace him with somebody younger and more mobile

the usual eejits in the Express and Star are prophesying the usual disaster tho

watched the first couple of episodes of the Amazon Spurs doc

Jose is really quite endearing when he's turning on the charm (although you can sense the darkness lurking just out of frame)

also Harry Kane is the least inspiring man alive

in a field where Michael Owen has lived and worked?

Owen is only "alive" in a theoretical sense

✓

Schrödinger's footballer

lol

Getting knocked out of the Europa League by Plovdiv despite a full strength squad.

Plovdiv down to nine men. Do they have time to make it 2-0?

Ok, 1-1 now.

2-1 Spurs, never in doubt, on to Macedonia.

Might get through to the next round after all

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54237123

No idea how we managed to get through with that bizarre lineup but Spurs were legit good in the second half.

Or rather incompetent in many ways but purposeful and energetic. Chelsea were awful.

Literally any striker will do at this point but nothing I’ve seen of Carlos Vinicius suggests he’s much good. He struggled at Monaco and had half a decent season in the Portuguese premier league before dropping off. I guess he’s the best they’re likely to get on loan with four days to go though.

Inevitably, like Gedson, he’s represented by Jorge Mendes.

Doherty too

I'm curious as to how long Mendes and other agents can get away with representing both managers and players, particularly when some of the clubs are PLCs. As long as they don't make Spurs take up Gedson's €50m option to buy, it'll probably be a while though.

Tottenham's hopes of agreeing a new contract with forward Son Heung-min, 28, have been boosted after the South Korean joined the same agency as manager Jose Mourinho. (Talksport)

However, Mourinho says that will have no influence on Son's ongoing contract talks. (Star)

Hadn't realised how close Son and Kane were to becoming the most productive goalscoring partnership since the dawn of time (ie 1992). That's kind of insane seeing as it only really feels like they've clicked together this year. I suppose Dele was supposed to play that role, if Mourinho has done one thing that Poch would never have done, it's turning Kane into a consistent, high-level provider rather than expecting him to be on the end of everything.

I suppose now that Solskjaer is good not bad that explains why Poch is off to Zenit St. Petersburg. That and getting paid a gazillion roubles a year.

Shanghai SIPG in 2022, Marseille by 2024.