Spurs (A) - Sun 1st Feb, 16:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

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I’m in the spurs end on sunday. Going to go fucking bonkers when we score a late winner.
Anyone know what the spurs lads are like? Will they do anything about it? Surely if it’s a late winner, they can’t kick me out if the game is over..
 
Maybe not the most popular opinion, but I think we should rest some players and not pick the "strongest 11" at all times. Rotation will be very important with the relentless schedule. Saving the legs of Rodri for example.

Donnarumma
Nunes Khusanov Guehi Ait-Nouri
Nico G Nico OR
Cherki Reijnders Semenyo
Haaland

Marmoush, Rodri, Foden, B. Silva and Lewis being obvious substitutes. Without proper rotation going forward I struggle to see us competing on all fronts. It will hurt team cohesion somewhat, but is necessary to get the job done. I see a lot of pundits say that Bodø Glimt's merits in the Champions League are greater due to the team being in off season. Disagree. They had a 3 week break, then started training lightly. Then 2 normal training weeks with 2 training games against ok opposition scoring 4 goals in each of them. They had mental focus and belief in the tactical approach towards the last 2 games and won them. That level of focus could easily be lost when competing on all fronts without rotation.
 
lets hope we start this game 4 or 5 points behind after Arse drops points vs Leeds tomorrow. that would give us extra motivation to do Spurs.

we need to put pressure on Arse by winning games not by draws and losses. less than 3 points out of two Spurs games this season would be really poor.

just dont be surprised if they sit back and counter and we try to control by slow build up while being wide open in midfield and each their run would be like hot knife vs butter.
 
Gorbachev said:
1992

I know what you mean mate..I take nothing for granted..but this spurs team are truly awful.

Easily one of the worst 5 teams in the league this year and their home record is awful
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Its the same awful spurs team who embarrassed us earlier on this season at the Etihad.
I still hear them singing
It's happened again
It's happened again
In reference to always playing us as if it's their cup final.
 
.db. said:
We’ve won our last 3 games at Spurs, we have to go back to 1981 to match that at Anfield, 1956 to beat it.
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Have forgotten they knocked us out the cup and one season their fans wanted to lose to hold back Arsenal.
Hopefully their fans want us to win Sunday too. I will take any help out there.
 
Franny 1234 said:
Its the same awful spurs team who embarrassed us earlier on this season at the Etihad.
I still hear them singing
It's happened again
It's happened again
In reference to always playing us as if it's their cup final.
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Ironic then that in the only cup final we’ve played against them this century we beat them

Small time cunts
 
We will be playing this game with the Sam team we will essentially be playing Champs League knockout games with

If that team can’t beat Spurs then we’ve no chance in the league or the Champs League

But as it turns out, I think we’ll be comfortable. 0-2 City
 
citeh94 said:
I’m in the spurs end on sunday. Going to go fucking bonkers when we score a late winner.
Anyone know what the spurs lads are like? Will they do anything about it? Surely if it’s a late winner, they can’t kick me out if the game is over..
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What would your reaction be to a Spurs fan losing it to a last minute winner in our end? Keep your head down or you’ll get a slap.
 
Blue Smarties said:
What would your reaction be to a Spurs fan losing it to a last minute winner in our end? Keep your head down or you’ll get a slap.
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Mate, it’s Spurs tbf, not exactly sitting with the ultras in Red Star Belgrade. Not to be in anyway dismissive of that point but where I’m sitting is hardly ultra level support. Mostly tourists..
Maybe I will get a slap. I think I might keep my head down tho. Thanks.
 
Donnarumma
Nunes Khusanov Guehi O’Reilly
Nico Rodri Bernardo
Cherki Haaland Semenyo

Can’t afford passengers in this so Foden and Reijnders start from the bench for me. Nobody in that 11 hides.
 
No1 was Colin bell said:
To be fair he does get the shit kicked out of him and gets stuck in. Unlike say John Stones who seems to get crocked picking up a cup of tea these days. Can’t remember last time we saw him, thoroughbred player that he is.
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Don't hold your breath on seeing Stones play, the next international break isn't for another two months.
 
citeh94 said:
Mate, it’s Spurs tbf, not exactly sitting with the ultras in Red Star Belgrade. Not to be in anyway dismissive of that point but where I’m sitting is hardly ultra level support. Mostly tourists..
Maybe I will get a slap. I think I might keep my head down tho. Thanks.
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Isn't not cheering if they score going to be a bit of a giveaway?
 
citeh94 said:
I’m in the spurs end on sunday. Going to go fucking bonkers when we score a late winner.
Anyone know what the spurs lads are like? Will they do anything about it? Surely if it’s a late winner, they can’t kick me out if the game is over..
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I blagged a ticket in the Spurs end for a league cup final years ago and was by myself in the Spurs end. They were playing the dips and Spurs held a 1-0 lead till near the final whistle. Then Liverpool scored and forgetting myself I said ‘fucking hell who scored that’ Big guy appeared from nowhere pulled me off my feet and shouted in my face ‘some cant in a red shirt’. I just about managed to get out, and missed seeing Spurs lose in extra time. Good luck.
 
SCEtoAUX said:
Isn't not cheering if they score going to be a bit of a giveaway?
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Nah. Had that experience at Upton Park years back. Went in through the wrong turnstile by mistake, and I'm pretty sure I found myself among the hardest of the West Ham ‘firm’. This was the seventies, they were not jokers, that lot. Kept my head down, smiled sickly when they scored, but didn't have to bounce around, and was boiling inside when we scored.
There are rules, and everyone knows them (except some stupid tourists, who think they're at the Superbowl, or wherever).

We won the game, by the way…
 
citeh94 said:
I’m in the spurs end on sunday. Going to go fucking bonkers when we score a late winner.
Anyone know what the spurs lads are like? Will they do anything about it? Surely if it’s a late winner, they can’t kick me out if the game is over..
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I wouldn't take any chances, just keep your head down, and enjoy the game .... a lot of them might well want City winning to impede Arsenal's title charge, but they have never really had any love for northerners ..... i remember being sat in a home end above the 'shelf' at the old White Hart Lane and getting rather excited when City equalised late on in a game there, and that was it, they chased me right out of the ground and halfway back to the coaches!

Probably just as well that I was faster, and showed them a clean pair of heels that day !
 
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