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Discussion in 'Tottenham Hotspur' started by Spurlock, Jan 2, 2012.

  1. bigsmithy9

    bigsmithy9 Well-Known Member

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    It's amazing how these "foreign" fans come out of the woodwork blowing their trumpets out of their backsides talking crap.
    If Leicester win it,good luck to them.
     
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  2. The RDBD

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    "And they say " you can't educate pork ""

    Get back in your basket, Omar.
     
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  3. BuzzardFoxMick

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    Oops
     
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  4. Citizen Kane

    Citizen Kane Danny Rosebud

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    Wouldn't surprise me if they win every game between now and the end of the season 1-0. They are simply the best team in the league at grinding out these results and, as I've said previously, no-one in their remaining 7 games has the quality to do anything about it.

    West Ham dropping points is good for us. I'm very much a glass half full person and I'm constantly keeping an eye on the chasing pack. If we go 11 points clear of 5th with a win tomorrow, I think it'll be the first time I've felt comfortable with our top 4 chances.

    Look, we just need to keep going. Chasing down the Foxes to the bitter end will inevitably lead to our highest ever league finish and highest ever points tally, together with our best ever goal difference. Whether or not we win the league, those are massive milestones that I will be incredibly proud of.
     
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  5. Citizen Kane

    Citizen Kane Danny Rosebud

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    Another small consolation about today is that the Palace free-fall continues in style. Winless since mid-December. With Norwich and Swansea winning, a Sunderland victory tomorrow could see them in real danger of the drop. For the reasons I will list below, (quote Kevin Keegan) "I would just love it" (end quote) if they went down.

    1. Alan Pardew
    2. Emmanuel Adebayor
    3. Thuggish players who elbow people
    4. Thuggish players who collapse like they've been shot every time they're tackled
    5. Alan Pardew
    6. Emmanuel Adebayor
    7. Alan Adebayor
     
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  6. O.Spurcat

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    I have a lot of time for people who think Pardew is a knob.
     
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  7. YounesKaBOOM

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    I think they'll drop at least 8 points, will we be able to make up the ground with our fixtures? Probably not.
     
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  8. YounesKaBOOM

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    Goes hand in hand with being a Spurs fan.
     
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  9. Spurf

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    Just to tidy up the glass content descriptions.

    Glass Half FULL is an optimist and not a typical Spurs fan

    Glass half EMPTY is the pessimist and much more the condition of many Spurs fans.
     
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  10. Citizen Kane

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    Not necessarily. Depends what the glass is 'half full' with. In my case, being the true Spur that I am, it is indeed half full...of warm, flat cheap beer.
     
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  11. YounesKaBOOM

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    Correct, my glass is so empty that I automatically read that previous comment as "empty" instead of "full", what it actually said
     
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  12. Sucky

    Sucky peoples champ & forum saviour

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    My depressed-o-meter was going haywire indicating seismic level activity over here, is everyone ok?
     
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  15. FosseFilberto

    FosseFilberto Pizzeria Superiore and some ...
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    ... you are wrong, the other guy is right ... earlier in the season other teams came at us going for the three points and got burned... they are now setting up to contain and to go for a point at least, although still hoping they might nick a win ... very different attitudes in the return fixtures because many got burned by the speed of our counter attacking in the first fixture ... so far we are dealing with it very well ...
     
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  16. The Huddlefro

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    In reality mate its 6 and two 3s - teams are more wary of you now so they'll set up accordingly, and your players are probably being a little more careful as they don't want to let this one go. Both are understandable.
     
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  17. FosseFilberto

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    ..fair points ... mine really was based on games that we had earlier in the season like at Newcastle, Norwich, West Brom, ... we've scored 3 goals away from home on 5 separate occasions and those clubs are now very cautious.. or perhaps showing us some respect?
     
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  18. littleDinosaurLuke

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    The point worth mentioning again with Leicester is that they are keeping clean sheets - 4 in a row now. Whether their play is pretty or not at present doesn't matter much if one goal is proving enough for 3 points game after game.

    But there is still a long way to go. Their last 3 games - Utd (a), Everton (h) and Chelsea (a) could test their nerves. Utd and Chelsea might not have been much of a threat so far, but Utd have the 3rd best home record (only two defeats and 7 goals conceded in 14 games) and Chelsea are proving hard to beat. (14 PL games unbeaten)
     
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  19. Citizen Kane

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    ...Whilst Martinez has managed to turn the most promising Everton squad in a generation to utter dross. Horrendously over-rated manager who I'm glad we showed no interest in after Sherwood. Leicester won't drop points against them.

    The biggest problem Luke, is that the maths just don't add up. Even if Leicester lose outright to United (unlikely) and Chelsea (slightly less unlikely), that means we cannot even afford to draw a single one of our remaining games. I can't see us winning 8 in a row and I don't think most Spurs fans can either, which means that Leicester at least need to lose 2 and draw 1 for us to have what is a microscopically slender chance of winning. Realistically, I'd imagine they'd need to drop 9-10 points from their remaining 21 for us to have a healthy shot at it. And I for one cannot see that happening.
     
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  20. The RDBD

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    If Spurs are not at least level with Leicester by the last game of the season, then game over.
    Given that Chelsky will no doubt go Fulop-gate if Spurs can win the PL, Spurs will have to be in
    a position where they can take the PL by at least matching the Leicester result.

    Which at best means Leicester dropping at least 5 pts on Spurs in the last 6 games.
    Very unlikely IMHO.
     
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