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Turn back the clock just 10 years. We suddenly have a match at Wembley Stadium with the chance to reach the last 32 of the UEFA cup. Tickets would be sought after like gold nuggets. This thread would already be 50 pages long. Let's not get too fucking Woolwich about this. Enjoy the occasion. Who knows, we may even need this competition to reach next seasons CL. Imagine the glory of lifting another European trophy. We Are Spurs
Only game I could get to due to work commitments. Am just looking forward to meeting my son at Euston, going on the piss, watching Spurs under the floodlights, at Wembley, then having a few more beers in the hotel bar rather than having to make the trip back across London to Woodford. I'm happy to be able to go. Obviously would have been delirious had we gone into the game with a chance of progressing. But I'm not complaining. Don't get to see Spurs as often as I'd like, & rarely have the opportunity to catch up with my son. To be able to do both on the same day is Christmas come early. Let's go out of the CL with a bang rather than a whimper.
You have written 17 words there and just about all of them are wrong.
100% this ^^^
I fully agree. I remember winning the league cup in 99 and 08 more fondly than Crouchie's goal which sealed the CL, or any game of last season.
Surely if we can Qualify for the CL by WINNING a trophy (The Europa Lea... UEFA CUP!) rather than qualify for the same competition by finishing 4th and NOT WINNING a trophy, then SURELY we should go for the Trophy.What it does do (qualification for EL) is give the squad players a chance to gain more experience/playing time. It also gives Poch more European experience & the opportunity to run the rule over his squad in competitive matches. It brings in more money for the club
It also gives the fans more European nights out.
The only down side to it is that it is likely to have some impact on our chances of reaching the top 4
but is top 4 more important than a trophy? And a trophy that guarantees a spot in the same tournament, that a top 4 place gives us?
I've come to the conclusion that it's win/win regardless of the result. Either outcome is fine by me. I simply want to see us perform well.
But if you ask yourself "would I rather us not bother with the EL & concentrate on top 4, or would I rather us win the damn thing?" I'd be surprised if any fan would want us to finish top 4 ahead of winning the EL trophy.
I think people are concerned that we won't take it seriously though & deny ourselves the opportunity of winning it. The thing is, you can't win it if you ain't in it, & based on our CL performances this time around, we need more European experience.
Another thing that's just occurred to me- our first team probably has less experience in Europe than it should have- because we've rested some of our nailed on starters for PL fixtures over the past few seasons we have been in EL. Maybe we need the EL more than we would care to believe, to gain valuable experience of playing in Europe for a young squad?
Probably doesn't make much sense, but I understand what I'm getting at
I'm with you, would love us to win the Europa League, or even reach the final at least, at the expense of a few league places if it has to be that way.
