TOTTENHAM ARE STILL A BIG CLUB!

tbf, I imagine the other clubs feel the same way about us.

Someone had to inherit the Man United draw.

Plenty potential for Spurs to finish third and end up in the fucking Europa again. I'd rather they go out having played Barca or Milan rather than some tame 1-0 defeat in Moscow.

Kane and Alli vs Akinfeev, Berezutsky, Ignashevich and Shennikov - what could possibly go wro...

No, on current form, and fully accepting that on their day Spurs can lose to anyone in the world, they should be ok against CSKA. Monaco are much weaker than they were two years ago. Leverkusen are good, though.

Lads it's far indeed we've come when we're moaning about the unglam standard of our cl opponents ffs

Lamela you fucking mug

(assuming that was lamela)

No team with Ben Davies in it will ever win the cl

Better

Is it not a penalty if the ball isn't in play? Didn't Blanc concede one in the World Cup once?

Possibly not, googling it.

No. Same thing happened recently in a Prem game but can't remember which one

lol at the Monaco defenders having the same meagre understanding of the rules as me.

xps Davies hasn't even been bad, there's just a glaring lack of finesse and vision compared to his teammates (even the ones who are often dense and drive me nuts)

Sounds like you're describing a back-up left back.

Monaco are much weaker than they were two years ago.

hmmm

They are, though they have had a terrific start to the season. Man-for-man it's a weaker team but Jardim is still an excellent manager. I missed the first half hour so didn't see them at their best but the last 45 minutes at least was all Spurs, though without a great deal of quality to show for it.

I was at the game and while the first 15mins were all Spurs it seemed inevitable that Monaco would score with their first attack. Dier was being asked to do way too much (and he's off the boil in any case) and they kept running through our midfield until Dembele came on.

Should really have brought Sissoko on earlier, there was a sense that something might happen every time he ran at them, although a right flank of Sissoko and Walker is both terrifying and a disaster waiting to happen.

Spurs all over CSKA in opening 30 minutes.

We'll concede any minute now.

Spurs look hugely vulnerable atm and have barely created anything. They can step up several gears though.

Lamela stinking place out of it with his passing

Not sure subbing Janssen instead is a wise move.

Lamela at CF.

<3 u Igor.

seen figures for various club's net spend, didn't realise what an exceptional case spurs are. top 6's net spend since 12/13 (this cribbed off twitter so somewhat dubious)

City £402m
United £368m
Arsenal £205m
Chelsea £192m
Liverpool £121m
Tottenham £1m

and looking here http://www.transferleague.co.uk/premier-league-last-five-seasons/transfer-league-tables/premier-league-table-last-five-seasons spurs have a lower net spend than any team currently in the PL except swansea. that's crazy, how is it the case?

Selling club innit? ;)

£80m for Bale, £30m or whatever for Modric, £10m+ for pretty much every piece of squad deadweight. It adds up.

is there a more accomplished selling club?

Porto. Juve.

If we can get more than £20m for Ben Davies, as Levy is reported to be holding out for, we would be up there with any of them.

Cos I was interested I looked up transfer fees of starting 11 vs chelsea:

lloris 10.71
vertonghen 12.75
alderweild 12.75
dier 2.98
rose 4.25
wanyama 12.75
dembele 11.05
walker 1.7
kane 0
erikson 11.48
ali 5.6
86.02

Courtois 7.61
cahill 7.14
luiz 29.75
Azpilicueta 7.48
alonso 19.55
kante 30.43
matic 21.25
moses 9.78
Hazard 29.75
Pedro 22.95
Costa 32.3
217.99

Janssen refused a transfer to Galatasaray, his manager said today, as he "wants to go for his chance" at Spurs. That could've upped the balance with a million or two...

levy <3

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2nAZUiXEAAxvq_.jpg

Tunnel side seats in the new stadium

Guys straight up called fuckit eh

Walker clearly up for fuvking us tonight

Walker I can't even.

This is hateful stuff. Every decision a lazy clownish one, every execution a lazy slow one.

Alli stinking the place out of it this past while, the odd finish aside. Dembele turns are being measured in seasons

i turned this shit off around 35 minutes. guardian minute by minute indicating spurs are playing better in the second half.

Timing!

Dier at fault yet again.

lol

Pack of cunts. Was there ever a team switched off at throws like us

Behind to a Jeremy Perbet goal.

BBC Live Reporting:

Eric Dier's free-kick is very poor, strangling it wide of goal.

I have a ticket for next week but if Spurs refuse to turn up for the first leg I don't see why I should turn up for the second.

So far this season I've gone to the three CL games and masochistically decided to follow the run through the Europa as well. Currently feeling the same as you.

Presence of Sissoko in the starting lineup basically indicates "don't bother watching this".

Davies also

And dier at CB

And winks

Basically without our top CB pairing and Eriksen we're 10th

Fam.