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With more Premier League games likely postponed I think we need to exit this cup and use the extra midweek games to catch-up. Would hate to be 2 league games down against everyone else and still in 3 cups.
With more Premier League games likely postponed I think we need to exit this cup and use the extra midweek games to catch-up. Would hate to be 2 league games down against everyone else and still in 3 cups.
Why??????
People really are taking their 'fixture pile-up' concerns to a perverse degree..... If we're still in three cups it means we're doing well. Why on earth would you "hate" it?
Other teams will pick up games in hand too as the season rolls on; it's inevitable.... Let's just crack on and take the games as they fall.
This competitions a joke, winning it is about as prestigious as the Intertoto
We have no squad depth. The drop off in quality between our first team and the rest is scary, as highlighted by Mura result.Why??????
People really are taking their 'fixture pile-up' concerns to a perverse degree..... If we're still in three cups it means we're doing well. Why on earth would you "hate" it?
Other teams will pick up games in hand too as the season rolls on; it's inevitable.... Let's just crack on and take the games as they fall.
We have no squad depth. The drop off in quality between our first team and the rest is scary, as highlighted by Mura result.
We have already postponed the game against burnley and likely this weekend also due to COVID. That could hurt us as we get to the back end of the season and a few injuries.
It's an embarrassing competition. It's a glorified Intertoto and about as significant.With that mentality, you're going nowhere. Audi Cup was rubbish and it was a joke, but Conference League is a real competition. Roma competes in it, a very good Rennes team, in play-offs teams like Marseille, PSV and Leicester could enter. It's similar to Europa League. This league has a good marketing, good structure and the final in Tirana would be nice to experience and watch.
It's a good competition and we will need to beat some good teams if we want to win it. We can't just throw it away.
why would we forfeit if our next 2 league games are going to be rescheduled? like why would we do that?Can’t we just forfeit? Probably not the right way of thinking (& certainly won’t be Conte’s way of thinking as a winner) but I can’t help but feel that this tournament is going to be more of a hindrance if we end up with yet another 2 games just to get into the knockout phase. I want the lads to win every match, don’t get me wrong, but we have to prioritise our campaigns and this has to be bottom of the pile
Cos it’s a shit tournament that will likely hinder our season long term with a fixture pile up incoming.why would we forfeit if our next 2 league games are going to be rescheduled? like why would we do that?
Cos it’s a shit tournament that will likely hinder our season long term with a fixture pile up incoming.
Not saying I’m right & Conte would probably throttle me if he got his hands on me, but there’s no kudos in this competition. If we’d won the group then fair enough, but two extra games with rescheduled fixtures to fit in as well won’t do us any favours imo
It's an embarrassing competition. It's a glorified Intertoto and about as significant.
If it really IS 16 players out, Sunday HAS to be postponed...
Tomorrow could well also be postponed if there's a risk to the remaining players, and/or the Rennes squad.
*habit."Winning is a habbit" etc.
If we're being crippled by fixture pile-up in Feb/Mar we can make that call then (and send out a weak team if we feel the shit is about to hit the fan).... Tomorrow night aside, we're likely not to play again until 2 Sunday's time at the earliest now, so concerns about current fatigue are moot.
*habit.
Trouble is, the deeper into competitions we get, the more that’s at stake. Even this 3rd rate competition.
I’d rather bow out of this one and focus on more important things like the league & FA cup.
Again, not saying that’s right and I want Spurs to do well every time we play, but this isn’t a competition that will catapult us back into the big time.
If we were to go on and win it; the nay-sayers in our fanbase would still celebrate it.