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Is that the best happy clapping we can muster? You didn't even say we're going to win.The negativity here is embarrassing
It's a derby, ffs - form means very little imv
Players should be fired up for this - we will give them a game!!
COYS
Yeah let's pretend we're going into this derby full of confidence based upon our amazing run of games recently. I told you how I feel, I've never felt this negative for this derby before.I've seen it all now! Can nobody remember the arse fucking that Pires and Henry used to give us?! Only beat them once I think between 1996 and 2008!
Come on pull yourselves together we are doing a great Woolwich fan TV impression
There are going to be lower points in our journey, that's life, but these days low points are losing champions league games and being a couple of points from top, unbeaten in league while a brand new stadium being built, we are doing ok
I've seen it all now! Can nobody remember the arse fucking that Pires and Henry used to give us?! Only beat them once I think between 1996 and 2008!
There are going to be lower points in our journey, that's life, but these days low points are losing champions league games and being a couple of points from top, unbeaten in league while a brand new stadium being built, we are doing ok
To a certain extend you're right. However, we're (potentially) missing so many quality players, form not being as big of an issue doesn't solve that unfortunately. With a bit of bad luck we could be looking at Kane, Alderweireld, Lamela, Dembele and Sissoko all out or a couple on the bench at best. That's just too much individual quality missing imo.It's a derby, ffs - form means very little imv
To a certain extend you're right. However, we're (potentially) missing so many quality players, form not being as big of an issue doesn't solve that unfortunately. With a bit of bad luck we could be looking at Kane, Alderweireld, Lamela, Dembele and Sissoko all out or a couple on the bench at best. That's just too much individual quality missing imo.
There's a difference though mate. Lamela, Wimmer & Trippier were all signed because they'd been playing well at their previous clubs. Sissoko had a reputation for being lazy & useless at Newcastle- even their fans (the most blindly loyal & deluded fanatics) didn't rate him. He then has a good Euros ("hey look at me, I want a move, come get me") & ends up with his move.The same Sissoko that's being labelled the worst player ever to pull on a Spurs shirt?...... I can't keep up
Play badly and our players are all shite (Lamela, Wimmer, Trippier vs Liverpool).....but if they are absent for a game they become indispensable (Lamela, Wimmer, Trippier vs Leverkusen)
There's a difference though mate. Lamela, Wimmer & Trippier were all signed because they'd been playing well at their previous clubs. Sissoko had a reputation for being lazy & useless at Newcastle- even their fans (the most blindly loyal & deluded fanatics) didn't rate him. He then has a good Euros ("hey look at me, I want a move, come get me") & ends up with his move.
I won't slag any of the players off & always hope & pray they come good if they have a sticky start.
But the omens are there with sissoko. He was lippy about wanting to leave & who he believed he was good enough to play for, the geordies were cock a hoop to get rid (& had seen a lot more of him playing than any of us- with the possible exception of Totti ) & I haven't seen a glimmer of talent from him. He looks cumbersome, lacking in quality & not particularly motivated. At least with the 3 players you mention, if they get slated, it's because we know they are capable of better & have shown it in a Spurs shirt.
I'm blindly confident we will get something out of this one. My reasoning, such as it extends, is that we are due a strong performance. If they defend like they did on Tuesday, we will score goals. And we don't concede many.WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BLIND CONFIDENCE, WITHOUT ANY FOUNDATION OR REASONING?
...can't do any harm, can it?