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[Skylarker]

Fergie's United didn't score many goals like that. Arsenal did. To be honest, I don't recall Liverpool doing that very often either. It just wasn't the English way back then. I can remember the press going mental because the Holland 88 team scored a passing goal against England. I think there were something like 22 passes in the move which wouldn't be considered epic nowadays.

I mean quick passing and slick finishing. Granted it's more common these days but the top teams have been scoring like that for years.

I guess the point is we're now seeing smaller clubs doing it so that's good. I'm just not really feeling the praise Pep mentality that a lot of people have. Wenger has had more of an influence in England but people rarely mention that because he left the PL with his tail between his legs.

 

[Libby]

I mean quick passing and slick finishing. Granted it's more common these days but the top teams have been scoring like that for years.

I guess the point is we're now seeing smaller clubs doing it so that's good. I'm just not really feeling the praise Pep mentality that a lot of people have. Wenger has had more of an influence in England but people rarely mention that because he left the PL with his tail between his legs.

 

[Stan]

I mean quick passing and slick finishing. Granted it's more common these days but the top teams have been scoring like that for years.

I guess the point is we're now seeing smaller clubs doing it so that's good. I'm just not really feeling the praise Pep mentality that a lot of people have. Wenger has had more of an influence in England but people rarely mention that because he left the PL with his tail between his legs.

Wenger’s Arsenal, before his head became fully inserted up his arse, were mesmerising at times.

 

[NSIS]

The thing with Pep’s Barca side was they always wanted the ball. Apart from their tip-tap style of play, if they somehow gave the ball away they would hunt the opposition down like a pack until they got it back.

That press and the fact they worked twice as hard without the ball is the thing I remember about that Barca side.

 

[Stan]

The thing with Pep’s Barca side was they always wanted the ball. Apart from their tip-tap style of play, if they somehow gave the ball away they would hunt the opposition down like a pack until they got it back.

That press and the fact they worked twice as hard without the ball is the thing I remember about that Barca side.

One of the CL finals they beat us in was one of the most dominant performances I’ve ever seen. We were a very good team but they bullied us for 90 minutes.

 

[Libby]

It was the same when Pochettino first joined us, all the media were ****ing themselves silly about this 'new' high press style that apparently had never been seen before.

There was great football played in league one when we were in there and for many years previous I'm sure. Pep didn't invent possession football. Frankly it's an insult to previous greats.

 

[Hoddle is a god]

Spurs haven't won at Arsenal since 1993 and 2010.

That's just twice in 26 years.

Mind you, there have been 11 draws in the Prem League era.

Arsenal are hot favourites for today's game.

 

[pompeymeowth]

Those of us old enough will remember Revie's Leeds side stringing something like 30 passes together against Southampton on Match of the Day in the 1970s ... not sure whether there was a goal at the end of it ...

Pep didn't invent it ... the Dutch national side in the 70s and the Brazil side that won the world cup in 1970 ... look no further than the 4th goal in the final Carlos Alberto ...

... but Pep has been an influence to young coaches coming through, there is no doubt

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[BobbyD]

If only mate...I was at WHL for both our home games and apart from 20 mins against Villa we were crap!
No way are we top 4 material.

On a serious note...it'll be interestimg to see how long the Chelsea fans stick with them. Some fans get frustrated (once they become accustomed to success) with things not going their way.
Even having a "hero" as a manager can wear thin if results don't go their way...look at united for that. You get the idea that OGS is on borrowed time.

I think Lampard could well be a good msnsger but do wonder if he has taken the Chelsea job too soon but time will tell.

Yup true. There will always be some who moan regardless of how well or how bad or ****ty the circumstances are.

The spurs are as you say are as strong as they have ever been but the atmosphere has been flat at times even though you have superstars, a brand new spanking stadium etc

Its really who the media like to focus on.

 

[astro]

Nice goal but it's a bit cringe that everytime a goal like that's scored Pep gets a mention.

Liverpool scored goals like that for fun in the 80's. United scored them for fun in the 90's. Wenger's Arsenal also scored them for fun in the early 00's.

City are just a fake club that exists for sportswashing a brutal oil dictatorship. They've been making a deliberate attempt to create some culture for the club. There's no proper fanbase to speak of and the players are mercenaries so they've decided to try to turn Pep into a Shankly-style figure. It started with the documentary they forced him to be part of where they tried to peddle the story that Pep winning the PL with the most expensive side in history would be some kind of unprecendented triumpth over adversity.

 

[paultheplug]

Lol. We are expecting a transition year bro. But you boys after splashing some cash are
...competing for the 4th place trophy....

You have effectively spent over £100 million on two players even though you are in the middle of a transfer ban. Something not right there.

 

[FosseFilberto]

City are just a fake club that exists for sportswashing a brutal oil dictatorship. They've been making a deliberate attempt to create some culture for the club. There's no proper fanbase to speak of and the players are mercenaries so they've decided to try to turn Pep into a Shankly-style figure. It started with the documentary they forced him to be part of where they tried to peddle the story that Pep winning the PL with the most expensive side in history would be some kind of unprecendented triumpth over adversity.

You do write some bollocks ... made many trips to the old Maine Rd in the 70s and 80s and they always had a great fan base and they always travelled in numbers ... the side that beat us in the 1969 Cup final with the likes of Colin Bell, Mike Summerbee and Neil Young had no oil money backing it ...

How are they much different to the Yanks backing you and United, a Russian backing Chelsea.. or even, at a lesser level, the Thais backing us ... and the likes of Arsenal, Everton and Wolves all competing due to an influx of foreign money?

Don't let your bitterness at losing out to a phenomenal team make you disingenuous and irrational ...

 

[jaffaSlot]

Spurs haven't won at Arsenal since 1993 and 2010.

That's just twice in 26 years.

Mind you, there have been 11 draws in the Prem League era.

Arsenal are hot favourites for today's game.

Got your excuses in early I see

 

[brb]

You do write some bollocks ... made many trips to the old Maine Rd in the 70s and 80s and they always had a great fan base and they always travelled in numbers ... the side that beat us in the 1969 Cup final with the likes of Colin Bell, Mike Summerbee and Neil Young had no oil money backing it ...

How are they much different to the Yanks backing you and United, a Russian backing Chelsea.. or even, at a lesser level, the Thais backing us ... and the likes of Arsenal, Everton and Wolves all competing due to an influx of foreign money?

Don't let your bitterness at losing out to a phenomenal team make you disingenuous and irrational ...

I used to like the old Man City, before they turned into the club they are today for exactly some of the reasons you have given in the first paragraph.

 

[brb]

I think what we are starting to see is the decline of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club - I predicted this would happen after they completed their new ridiculous billion pound ground. They will at first just become another West Ham United, before falling from grace and switiching to NFL.

Defeat at Arsenal today, will accelerate that decline even faster than I expected.

 

[Star of David Bardsley]

I used to like the old Man City, before they turned into the club they are today for exactly some of the reasons you have given in the first paragraph.

They’ve always been a reasonably big club with a bigger core support than most, as you’d expect with their location even with United next door. ****ing idiots like Astro who think football started when he was at primary school are representative of no one but themselves.

 

[Blueman]

You do write some bollocks ... made many trips to the old Maine Rd in the 70s and 80s and they always had a great fan base and they always travelled in numbers ... the side that beat us in the 1969 Cup final with the likes of Colin Bell, Mike Summerbee and Neil Young had no oil money backing it ...

How are they much different to the Yanks backing you and United, a Russian backing Chelsea.. or even, at a lesser level, the Thais backing us ... and the likes of Arsenal, Everton and Wolves all competing due to an influx of foreign money?

Don't let your bitterness at losing out to a phenomenal team make you disingenuous and irrational ...

He really is a bitter ****.

 

[BobbyD]

They’ve always been a reasonably big club with a bigger core support than most, as you’d expect with their location even with United next door. ****ing idiots like Astro who think football started when he was at primary school are representative of no one but themselves.

@astro do you have anything to say?

Also hows it feel to be like Steven Gerrard and never seen your team win the league

 

[Blueman]

City are just a fake club that exists for sportswashing a brutal oil dictatorship. They've been making a deliberate attempt to create some culture for the club. There's no proper fanbase to speak of and the players are mercenaries so they've decided to try to turn Pep into a Shankly-style figure. It started with the documentary they forced him to be part of where they tried to peddle the story that Pep winning the PL with the most expensive side in history would be some kind of unprecendented triumpth over adversity.

I'd rather have their fan base than yours chump.

 

[Blueman]

They’ve always been a reasonably big club with a bigger core support than most, as you’d expect with their location even with United next door. ****ing idiots like Astro who think football started when he was at primary school are representative of no one but themselves.