So true, now the minute we get knocked out, I completely lose interest.
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Just checked. I'm up to 54. Must had added a couple and forgot about them.
Yeah, same mate
Prophetic thread from
Mensa
, your perspicacity serves you well
Mensa
, your perspicacity serves you well
Personally l haven't enjoyed the ride since the beginning of last season.
Even before Christmas when results were good the football was haphazard, bumbling and not attractive. Everything came to a head after February when the away form collapsed with ramshackle performances .
The road to Madrid was typical chaos but brilliantly unbelievable. The final
was so soul crushing and so flat for a once in a life time occasion.
Today l feel that both Poch/Levy have failed on many different levels . The mess seems to get bigger daily but without intelligent planning and financial clout we are in for a long bloody shit journey .
Even before Christmas when results were good the football was haphazard, bumbling and not attractive. Everything came to a head after February when the away form collapsed with ramshackle performances .
The road to Madrid was typical chaos but brilliantly unbelievable. The final
was so soul crushing and so flat for a once in a life time occasion.
Today l feel that both Poch/Levy have failed on many different levels . The mess seems to get bigger daily but without intelligent planning and financial clout we are in for a long bloody shit journey .
How’s you’re super duper happy approach working out
Lol - when fantasy meets reality.
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I confess to "checking out' for a couple of years around 2001, had some personal garbage to deal with. Funnily enough did the same regarding going to church when I first left home! But you never stop being a Spurs supporter (or Catholic for that matter), just the way you support them may have to change, due to circumstances. We should never feel guilty about that.
Being a Spurs supporter has always been a mix of pain, ecstasy and hopes being raised and then smashed to smithereens.
Would I want it any different? You bet your bottom dollar I would!!!!
Being a Spurs supporter has always been a mix of pain, ecstasy and hopes being raised and then smashed to smithereens.
Would I want it any different? You bet your bottom dollar I would!!!!
I still know practically every scorer in every final in the 70's and 80's....now I can't even name who played who 5 years ago...
Football has become stale in general, especially in the PL.
That being said, I still love Spurs, I just realise that we won't win a single thing unless we get new owners that invest in the football side, I don't mean that we need owners who will spend £600m in 5 years like City have because you only have to look at United to see that money doesn't exactly buy success.
What we do need though is owners who invest in scouting and focus on improving the team and when finding players who will improve us, paying the money to make it happen, rather than just improving the marketability of the club like it's solely a business venture, stadiums don't win trophies.
That being said, I still love Spurs, I just realise that we won't win a single thing unless we get new owners that invest in the football side, I don't mean that we need owners who will spend £600m in 5 years like City have because you only have to look at United to see that money doesn't exactly buy success.
What we do need though is owners who invest in scouting and focus on improving the team and when finding players who will improve us, paying the money to make it happen, rather than just improving the marketability of the club like it's solely a business venture, stadiums don't win trophies.
So you suggest we clear house the same way United did, new chief executive and new manager...that's going well...
I bloody love watching Spurs play; live, in the pub, on my laptop on the phone, doesn't matter. It's one of the highlights of my week. I also really like listening to thefightingcock podcast and reading this forum, although I'm starting to suspect it isn't family friendly :eriksenlol:
But you see his head ^. I love that smiley but I'm getting sick of seeing players like him not care. Not showing any passion. It makes watching them feel like an ordeal. Sure they have off days, always did, or days where they're flat out knackered. But in their current state this is one of the most couldn't-give-a-shit teams full of talent I've seen wear the shirt. We've had lesser teams give more and here we have the reverse. And it's draining my enthusiasm.
All the other PL games I catch on MOTD but that's it. Too much footie to take in. I can't remember who most of the players are. Couldn't even name most of Brighton's team and we only watched them yesterday (Collins not included...that cheeky little sod was quality). When you lot talk about who we should buy in the transfers, 9 times out of 10 I've never heard of them if they're from abroad. Dybala was the only one who made me sit up.
In all honesty, the most enjoyable game I've watched this season was a championship match between Middlesboro and Luton. Old school tatty stadium, fans right up in the faces of the players, incredible atmosphere, loads of goals. Returning to PL matches in these huge stadiums felt a little cold by comparison.
I hate those newsnow links that take you to headlines like: Lloris is injured and Spurs fans want him GONE, followed by 4 Twotters with a like each bleating on about how shit he is. Voice your opinions on Twitter or forums but don't make a bloody article out of it.
But you see his head ^. I love that smiley but I'm getting sick of seeing players like him not care. Not showing any passion. It makes watching them feel like an ordeal. Sure they have off days, always did, or days where they're flat out knackered. But in their current state this is one of the most couldn't-give-a-shit teams full of talent I've seen wear the shirt. We've had lesser teams give more and here we have the reverse. And it's draining my enthusiasm.
All the other PL games I catch on MOTD but that's it. Too much footie to take in. I can't remember who most of the players are. Couldn't even name most of Brighton's team and we only watched them yesterday (Collins not included...that cheeky little sod was quality). When you lot talk about who we should buy in the transfers, 9 times out of 10 I've never heard of them if they're from abroad. Dybala was the only one who made me sit up.
In all honesty, the most enjoyable game I've watched this season was a championship match between Middlesboro and Luton. Old school tatty stadium, fans right up in the faces of the players, incredible atmosphere, loads of goals. Returning to PL matches in these huge stadiums felt a little cold by comparison.
I hate those newsnow links that take you to headlines like: Lloris is injured and Spurs fans want him GONE, followed by 4 Twotters with a like each bleating on about how shit he is. Voice your opinions on Twitter or forums but don't make a bloody article out of it.
Yes, years ago but not completely for the reasons stated but similar.
Without a system of equalising it a bit, the skew is too difficult to bridge over the course of a season.
But this time round, City and Liverpool apart, it's a more even playing field. No doubt at all.
Same here. I can pretty much take or leave watching most matches. I used to make sure i was in to watch a certain game & base things around that. Now I watch it if I happen to be in. I guess it's bad in the sense I don't like football as much. But good in the sense you make it less important & you can take or leave it. Also with us its just top 4 or not, so it's not like will we win the title. We already know we won't. So that's not big rewards & surprise in store. Modern football has made top 4 bigger than the cups sadly.
I have MOTD on series record & usually end up with about 15 unwatched. I get that far behind. So can't even be bothered to watch all the highlights.
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It's no coincidence Liverpool & city got new owners & are now flying. Unless we change owners we will never get there.
I actually get more of a buzz in the pub talking about the old days as I do going to games,well almost.
There ,I've said it..
There ,I've said it..
I was getting bored at the beginning of the season but, I've got to say, the current crisis has piqued my interest again - maybe it's my gallows humour? 
I follow our games fairly closely and go to some matches, but I can take/leave (mostly leave!) the media circus surrounding football. As for other matches in the PL and Championship, foreign leagues etc I catch a couple a season nowadays - combination of being busy with other stuff and saturation, I don't have time. There's too much for even the most die-hard fan to take in - 24 hour coverage, a billion matches on different TV/internet channels, constant rolling speculation in the media etc etc...
I follow our games fairly closely and go to some matches, but I can take/leave (mostly leave!) the media circus surrounding football. As for other matches in the PL and Championship, foreign leagues etc I catch a couple a season nowadays - combination of being busy with other stuff and saturation, I don't have time. There's too much for even the most die-hard fan to take in - 24 hour coverage, a billion matches on different TV/internet channels, constant rolling speculation in the media etc etc...
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