Spurs 0 - 5 Liverpool (AVB now sacked)
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" Apologies cabin boy it was the roll of the ship "
" Roll of the ship sir, it felt like a roll of lino "
" Roll of the ship sir, it felt like a roll of lino "
Dark or golden. White is no good to me.
Cbrad - you are on your final warning.
In light of the AVB sacking Sunderland have called an emergency board meeting as Poyet has also requested permission to have a sh*t.
The whole thing is a bad joke.
They finish top of their Europa League group, in the QF of the League Cup and still sit 7th in the PL.
A mass of new players to integrate (which it seems AVB didn't actually have the final say in) and he's sacked?
Football has totally lost the plot... yeah, give them Pardew and we'll bring Joe Kinnear back as Manager!
Things could have been so different for Spurs if Chelsea hadn't won the Champion's League having been totally outplayed in their 3 final matches, meaning Spurs didn't qualify after finishing in a CL place.
I can't say I feel sorry for them, though. Spurs have been massive spenders for 35 years, year after year, largely without success. It really is remarkable how much money has gone into that club over such a long period. Will it ever end?
I can't say I feel sorry for them, though. Spurs have been massive spenders for 35 years, year after year, largely without success. It really is remarkable how much money has gone into that club over such a long period. Will it ever end?
I've got no sympathy whatsoever. Just what the hell do Tottenham think they are? I mean I dunno where it's all come from, genuinely.
What are they realistically trying to achieve here? I would guess that it would be fighting for the FOURTH Champions League spot at most.
In this age where you have insane funding for Chelsea and Man City, while Arsenal and Man United have the pedigree for finishing up top – you aren't likely to break into that.
These clubs just would not allow it to happen and they'll be spending again in January.
Now Everton are a better team, Liverpool obviously look great so there are no guarantees whatsoever. Never mind spending £100m, that's a drop in the ocean!
They've bought quantity not quality just to make a statement over Bale and they have too many players to pick a constant 11 from.
I said AVB wouldn't make it to xmas because the fans never wanted him from day one, but given his general performance this year what do these people expect?
What are they realistically trying to achieve here? I would guess that it would be fighting for the FOURTH Champions League spot at most.
In this age where you have insane funding for Chelsea and Man City, while Arsenal and Man United have the pedigree for finishing up top – you aren't likely to break into that.
These clubs just would not allow it to happen and they'll be spending again in January.
Now Everton are a better team, Liverpool obviously look great so there are no guarantees whatsoever. Never mind spending £100m, that's a drop in the ocean!
They've bought quantity not quality just to make a statement over Bale and they have too many players to pick a constant 11 from.
I said AVB wouldn't make it to xmas because the fans never wanted him from day one, but given his general performance this year what do these people expect?
Oh yeah and while we're at it we've had a day of "woe is Tottenham" from the likes of TalkSport – or should I say TalkSpurs.
It's my own fault I don't know why I still give it the time of day...
But anyway it's all been about how woeful Spurs are, how 'tragic' it is and very little genuine praise of Liverpool's performance.
Before the game it was all about would they cope with Stevie G and Sturridge missing, blah blah, and they answered the critics.
Brilliant from the opening minute and never rested on a comfortable scoreline, constantly searching for the next goal to pile on the misery.
For Spurs, never mind all this indignation of being battered by a Liverpool side boasting one of the world's top players, if AVB was an embarrassing result away from the sack then it should have been West Ham surely?
Losing to Man City and Liverpool, albeit heavily, for me is where Tottenham are. It's a brand new squad coping with the Europa at the same time.
What do these idiotic supporters expect? They're on the phones begging Levy to go, a guy who got stupid money for Bale and sanctioned silly spending.
A chairman being pilloried for showing too much ambition or 'not the right sort'... NUFC would be so lucky!
It's my own fault I don't know why I still give it the time of day...
But anyway it's all been about how woeful Spurs are, how 'tragic' it is and very little genuine praise of Liverpool's performance.
Before the game it was all about would they cope with Stevie G and Sturridge missing, blah blah, and they answered the critics.
Brilliant from the opening minute and never rested on a comfortable scoreline, constantly searching for the next goal to pile on the misery.
For Spurs, never mind all this indignation of being battered by a Liverpool side boasting one of the world's top players, if AVB was an embarrassing result away from the sack then it should have been West Ham surely?
Losing to Man City and Liverpool, albeit heavily, for me is where Tottenham are. It's a brand new squad coping with the Europa at the same time.
What do these idiotic supporters expect? They're on the phones begging Levy to go, a guy who got stupid money for Bale and sanctioned silly spending.
A chairman being pilloried for showing too much ambition or 'not the right sort'... NUFC would be so lucky!
Personally I think it's right for Villas Boas to go. Spurs were playing so poorly, and when you invest as heavily as they have, it's inevitable you're only going to last so long when there isn't even a redeeming feature in your style of play. I believe a good manager would have this team higher in the league, playing much better football.
The players they've signed are mostly overrated, but there's enough talent between them to have at the very least improved their standing relative to other teams. Being absolutely clobbered by teams that haven't spent anywhere near as much as you, no matter the gross or net (even though over the last few years Spurs have been in the top 2/3 pretty for net spend) persuasion, is going to raise serious questions.
I think Andre's case is pretty opaquely one where you look almost solely at him, rather than the squad not pulling their weight. He dropped in-form players, persisted with tactics that weren't working, and just stood on the touchline like a squid watching the world go by. We knew from his Chelsea tenure he was utterly stubborn and single-minded, and that's fair enough when you're successful, but it was so evidently not the case this season, that he made himself look moronic.
The players they've signed are mostly overrated, but there's enough talent between them to have at the very least improved their standing relative to other teams. Being absolutely clobbered by teams that haven't spent anywhere near as much as you, no matter the gross or net (even though over the last few years Spurs have been in the top 2/3 pretty for net spend) persuasion, is going to raise serious questions.
I think Andre's case is pretty opaquely one where you look almost solely at him, rather than the squad not pulling their weight. He dropped in-form players, persisted with tactics that weren't working, and just stood on the touchline like a squid watching the world go by. We knew from his Chelsea tenure he was utterly stubborn and single-minded, and that's fair enough when you're successful, but it was so evidently not the case this season, that he made himself look moronic.
AVB has a 55% win ratio... the best of any Spurs Manager since 1899!
It's Levy.
He hires and fires for fun.
They will appoint another 'big name' manager who will fail and the cycle will go on.
I almost expect Levy to take off his mask to reveal (in a Scooby Doo way) that he is actually Freddie Shepherd.
The right manager for them would be Laudrup.
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