Spurs thread 2019/20

[blueinsa]

VAR aside as we have other threads id be interested to hear what our resident Spurs lads think of Mourinho, his tactics, his sheer fucking negativity and him doing what he always does and that is slowly but surely throw players under his bus to avert attention away from the fact he is now a busted flush?

 

[JimB]

If it was incompetence you would of thought the authorities would of sorted it by now?

Well, yes, you would.

But the point remains, that there clearly isn't favouritism towards Spurs.

 

[JimB]

VAR aside as we have other threads id be interested to hear what our resident Spurs lads think of Mourinho, his tactics, his sheer fucking negativity and him doing what he always does and that is slowly but surely throw players under his bus to avert attention away from the fact he is now a busted flush?

I posted this a couple of pages back:

Watching Spurs at the moment is painful. The game against Leipzig followed a familiar pattern.

The team are in a no man's land - somewhere between Poch and Mourinho - with the result that we can play neither on the front foot nor on the back. By which I mean, we no longer press and force errors up the pitch as we used to but nor do we soak up pressure with any measure of control either. We concede so many good chances to the opposition - even poor opposition. I'm not into football stats and analysis but I suspect that our XG stats should actually be x-rated viewing for Spurs fans. How we've not been on the end of some fearful drubbings over the past few months is a mystery.

As far as I can tell, the current strategy is to hope that we don't concede (or concede more than one) in the first 70 minutes and to further hope that, by that time, the opposition have spent their lungs and legs. And then we start thinking about trying to win the game. Baffling. And horrible to watch, even if the results have mostly belied the performances.

Mourinho does have a valid excuse with regard to the squad - injuries to key players, along with others beginning to show their age or just having lost all form. He will need a good transfer window and proper preseason to groove in how he wants the team to play. But Spurs fans have never been the most patient with defensively minded managers - especially following in the footsteps of a hugely popular manager in Poch - so the team will have to get into its stride quickly next season. We won't put up with what we're getting now for another season.

 

[RayCTID]

Well, yes, you would.

But the point remains, that there clearly isn't favouritism towards Spurs.

You will back your club to the hilt but there is definitely strong evidence in that (as long as Harry Kane stays at your club and he remains England's national team Captain you will continue to get any additonal help) and the only times Spurs doesn't benefit is if doesn't effect the two history clubs positions.

 

[Crouchinho]

That makes one non sending off in our favour. Which still leaves us with a deficit of minus three over the past month alone.

Since January 18th, Capoue, Robertson, Cantwell and Sterling should all have been sent off against us but weren't. Go back a further two months and West Ham's Fredericks also got away with one.

With respect to today's decision, what you're seeing is incompetence. Certainly not favouritism.

Shhh mate them leg breakers against us didn't exist. History is always rewritten when it comes to Spurs

 

[RayCTID]

Shhh mate them leg breakers against us didn't exist. History is always rewritten when it comes to Spurs

Countless times your team has benefitted and got away with a few challenges against City over the years alone. Sterling was a very rare occasion where you could say we got away with one.

 

[Crouchinho]

Countless time your team has benefitted and got away with a few challenges against City. Sterling was very rare occasion where you could say we got away with one.

You have got away with a few in the past too. Let's not go all victim dipper style.

 

[JimB]

You will back your club to the hilt but there is definitely strong evidence in that (as long as Harry Kane stays at your club and he remains England's national team Captain you will continue to get any additonal help) and the only times Spurs doesn't benefit is if doesn't effect the two history clubs positions.

I'm not sure that you read my post about our red card decisions over the past month alone. Four against us in just five Premier League games. Then one for us today. How on earth does that make us beneficiaries of favouritism? I'm genuinely baffled that people can keep trotting this line out.

 

[Whymewhynot]

You have got away with a few in the past too. Let's not go all victim dipper style.

If you consider we was on the receiving end of shite var against you in the champions league game, home game this season and the horrible tackles in that home game 100 point season, we will be bitter towards var and spurs in our games. sterling getting away with one nowhere near evens it up. Even go back to Peps first season where you stole a point when Walker should have seen red. I don’t know if there’s any spurs bias, I certainly wonder what Chelsea have done for the mental decisions they’ve had against them this week.

 

[JimB]

Countless times your team has benefitted and got away with a few challenges against City over the years alone. Sterling was a very rare occasion where you could say we got away with one.

Mate, how far do you want to go back? We can all hark back to games and seasons past when our teams were hard done by. We're talking about this season. About VAR.