The Spurs thread

Depends who they buy. Kane Alli combo is good enough to beat most of the dross sides, and there defence is strong.

I'd look for another CM to play with Dier and a goalscorer from wide to replace Lamela.
 
Big feck up from Spurs tonight. A loss against us and a draw to Chelsea (both games away) from Leicester meant Spurs had the title if they won all their games.
 
SirHenryPercy said:
I think City are probably a shoe-in for next year, I'd fancy Spurs & Liverpool to take the next 2 places and then Chelsea and Utd to fight it out for 4th/5th.

Arsenal with Wenger staying are going to be in trouble.
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Arsenal always get top 4 with Wenger...it's hard to see him not doing it even if it seems logical for him to finally drop out. If we kept LVG I would agree with us being 5th but I think Mourinho will have us in top 4 for sure.
 
ti vu said:
You wrote Chelsea off completely? If anything, Spur would find it hard to compete will forever top 4 Arsenal, while Citeh, Liverpool and Chelsea may improve vastly. As United fan I am here to bigging up my club. Just saying a management change can change the club fortune greatly. So the competition is stiff.
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I forgot about Chelsea's existence to be honest. Edited them in
 
Hammerfell said:
If we get Mourinho I'd fancy us to finish 3rd at least.
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We'll see, I'm not worried about Conte and Mourinho joining Chelsea and Utd. I am worried about Pep at City and what Klopp is already doing at Liverpool.

But thank god Wenger is staying.
 
SirHenryPercy said:
We deserve top 4, we deserve 2nd which is where we will likely finish and that's pretty bloody good. We came up a little bit short at certain moments in the season but what really done for us was our terrible start. To overhaul nearly all of the league after that start is pretty impressive, we were 10-12 points behind some of them at one point or another.

We can be proud of our team and especially the brand of football that we've played.
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Banter aside, this is true however. Spurs deserved their 2nd spot this campaign. Not bad football as well, but most importantly kept the title challenge right up until the end. Something you couldn't say about even better Spurs teams..
 
On the face of it, next season's title race is going to be incredible.
 
GlastonSpur said:
The best defence and best attack in the league says otherwise. But you certainly deserve your "possession football" under LvG. It's possessed you all the way to your 2nd finish outside the top 4 in 3 seasons, besides being boring as hell. But never mind, you can count all the money in the bank instead.
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How do you already know we will finish outside top 4 BTW? We will be 2 points behind Arsenal and City if we win our game in hand and they're yet to play eah other.
 
ForlansHair said:
They did sort of do a bit of an Arsenal this season. They haven't won more than 2 in a row since February. The loss to West Ham where they would have gone top if they'd won was the beginning of the slide.
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Cheesy said:
Nah, it's not anywhere near an Arsenal. They've lost more points than they ideally should have, but they've still only lost one of their last 14, and while they haven't won more than two in a row since the end of February, it's more been because of draws against Arsenal and Liverpool, and a defeat to West Ham. They've picked up 33 points in their last 14 games overall, so that can hardly be described as bottling it like Arsenal, especially when they were never actually in a prime position to win it.
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They were just two points behind Leicester as March rolled around, with ten games to play. The title was essentially theirs to grab, especially given how City and Arsenal have collapsed since. Unfortunately for Spurs, Leicester have since shown themselves to be a stronger team, and widened the gap, and will deservedly be lifting the title this weekend or the next.

What a time to be alive.
 
Attila said:
It really could go anywhere with the exception of Arsenal
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And Spur. They couldn't win it when the old faces have woeful season. Add CL and potential EL fixture on Spur next season when there are sure sign the other teams would come back strongly, seeing Spur goes back where they belong.
 
SteveJ said:
On the face of it, next season's title race is going to be incredible.
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Yeah, potentially five or so teams being touted as possible winners next season...and the likely champions aren't one of them.:lol:
 
The way Leicester were/are playing it's no shame losing out to them for the title. If anything Spurs fans should be chuffed they finished second, they can only learn and move on from here.
 
SirHenryPercy said:
We'll see, I'm not worried about Conte and Mourinho joining Chelsea and Utd. I am worried about Pep at City and what Klopp is already doing at Liverpool.

But thank god Wenger is staying.
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I don't know how you can be so confident that Mourinho's United won't be a problem when he's been successful wherever he's gone but fair enough.
 
ti vu said:
And Spur. They couldn't win it when the old faces have woeful season. Add CL and potential EL fixture on Spur next season when there are sure sign the other teams would come back strongly, seeing Spur goes back where they belong.
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Apart from currently being stronger than all the other likely competitors with a young team which whilst needing reinforcements doesn't need a fortune spent in it.

We'll definitely be in the top 4 shake up and have nobody to fear, some of the so called big teams are going to need 5 or 6 players and they are all going to be competing for the same ones. City will take the first pick of who they want and the others will have to scrap it out for players to improve them.
 
Trizy said:
The way Leicester were/are playing it's no shame losing out to them for the title. If anything Spurs fans should be chuffed they finished second, they can only learn and move on from here.
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We aren't 2nd yet, we still realistically need 4 points for that and 2 to finish top 3.
 
SirHenryPercy said:
We aren't 2nd yet, we still realistically need 4 points for that and 2 to finish top 3.
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Realistically even 1 point will do it. City and Arsenal play each other and you have better GD than both leading by 5 points with 3 to go.

It will be monumental if you feck this up.
 
SirHenryPercy said:
Apart from currently being stronger than all the other likely competitors with a young team which whilst needing reinforcements doesn't need a fortune spent in it.

We'll definitely be in the top 4 shake up and have nobody to fear, some of the so called big teams are going to need 5 or 6 players and they are all going to be competing for the same ones. City will take the first pick of who they want and the others will have to scrap it out for players to improve them.
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Disagree mate. Football does not work that way. Experience heads are needed to maintain the success. Getting there is easier than stay there. If anything, Spurs currently good players would need to greatly improve their mentality. Same challenge goes to Poch whether he got it to maintain top finish place. Most of Spur squad haven't experienced the pressure of being forced to up performance bar Kane and Lloris(?) aka winning mentality. This is what tells apart potential team vs true good team.

So Spur doesn't simply have advantage of settle squad over other teams. If anything, a world class manager can instill motivate their newly built squad to overcome quicker and even eclipse Spur current level quickly. Time will tell.
 
GlastonSpur said:
The best defence and best attack in the league says otherwise. But you certainly deserve your "possession football" under LvG. It's possessed you all the way to your 2nd finish outside the top 4 in 3 seasons, besides being boring as hell. But never mind, you can count all the money in the bank instead.
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Someone is not happy. One little comment sent you into a mini rant.
 
ti vu said:
Disagree mate. Football does not work that way. Experience heads are needed to maintain the success. Getting there is easier than stay there. If anything, Spurs currently good players would need to greatly improve their mentality. Same challenge goes to Poch whether he got it to maintain top finish place. Most of Spur squad haven't experienced the pressure of being forced to up performance bar Kane and Lloris(?) aka winning mentality. This is what tells apart potential team vs true good team.

So Spur doesn't simply have advantage of settle squad over other teams. If anything, a world class manager can instill motivate their newly built squad to overcome quicker and even eclipse Spur current level quickly. Time will tell.
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Honestly can't work out what you're saying?
 
It's a pity cause I wanted Spurs to win it. Nevertheless, it's been a special season for them.
 
SirHenryPercy said:
Honestly can't work out what you're saying?
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Fair enough mate. You will understand quick enough next season. Or ask your neighbor Arsenal how they were so close to win the league every year but somehow to be able to drop off the level in according to the league winner. ;)
 
Attila said:
I don't think Spurs will be involved in the title race next season. City are only 5 points behind them despite having a really shit season. With the money + Guardiola coming I think they will push on quite a lot. Expect them to battle it out for 4th with Liverpool. My prediction would be

City/United/Chelsea
Arsenal
Spurs/Liverpool

Edit - I forgot about Chelsea! Conte seems to be a really good manager and Chelsea have a great squad, no europe to deal with and I think they will be spending a large amount of money. It's really hard to predict next season
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You're missing a team.
 
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ThierryHenry said:
You're missing a team.
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I don't think Leicester will manage to keep Mahrez and Kante. Plus they will have european football so I think that will be their main focus and it will be a huge surprise for me to see them maintain that kind of league form for another season.
 
Adisa said:
It's a pity cause I wanted Spurs to win it. Nevertheless, it's been a special season for them.
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It has actually and at times our football has been a joy to watch, we have certainly played the aggressive attacking football and tried to play every game on the front foot. That's how we want to see our football, quick paced with skill and aggression.

Falling short for us is no disgrace but I wonder how much Poch will look at the start of the season, where we looked quite heavy legged for the first month or so after what was apparently the hardest pre-season any of the players had ever experienced.
 
Shark said:
... Spurs are a nothing club.
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Man. Utd have declined to become an EL-Level club, whilst Spurs will be playing the Champions' League. Your "nothing club" has the taste of sour grapes.
 
Spurs have potentially a more exciting future than Leicester. But Poch will be in demand across Europe soon enough and then they'll fecked again.
 
Billy Blaggs said:
Spurs fans really are up their own arses aren't they. Not worried about a Utd team with Mourinho at the helm.
Giving it large when they just fecked up their title challenge (the first in how long?)
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You could turn it round and say Utd fans are up their own arses when having not looked like challenging for 3 years they will suddenly be doing so if they employ Mourinho?

Or you could simply think it's just different people having different opinions.
 
Ole's_toe_poke said:
Spurs have potentially a more exciting future than Leicester. But Poch will be in demand across Europe soon enough and then they'll fecked again.
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He's not talking like that, made a pretty strong hint after the game tonight that he sees his future at Spurs.
 
Billy Blaggs said:
Spurs fans really are up their own arses aren't they. Not worried about a Utd team with Mourinho at the helm.
Giving it large when they just fecked up their title challenge (the first in how long?)
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Not generalizing all of them, but some does come across as arrogant and unknowingly they sound as an even more naive version of Gooner fan! That's some feat right there.

There is a long way between challenging and actual winning the thing and maintain the level and the title. If everything works in a linear way, Spur would not be worth being the same league as United based on reputation in last decade, when we start to have some serious shit seasons.

GlastonSpur said:
Well, sunshine, I'm happier than United fans, that's for sure :)
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Oh really? Congratulations on another trophyless season for a long long time no United bother to remember. We're well aware of our own long 3 years trophyless and that is generously throw away the FA cup final coming up. We're so miserable with just that. Must be wonderful being Spur supporter being lesser club than Citeh and Chelsea.

There must be something in the tap water in North London. Can't tell apart Spur and Arsenal. Oh well.
 
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ti vu said:
Not generalizing all of them, but some does come across as arrogant and unknowingly they sound as an even more naive version of Gooner fan! That's some feat right there.

There is a long way between challenging and actual winning the thing and maintain the level and the title. If everything works in a linear way, Spur would not be worth being the same league as United based on reputation in last decade, when we start to have some serious shit seasons.
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Reputation won't win anybody points, doesn't matter whether you are Barcelona or Accrington Stanley.
 
SirHenryPercy said:
He's not talking like that, made a pretty strong hint after the game tonight that he sees his future at Spurs.
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One more season IMO. But if his trajectory continues the way it has then I can't see him sticking around for much longer after that. For one, I'd expect Madrid to run out of managers to hire at some point soon enough.
 
Ole's_toe_poke said:
One more season IMO. But if his trajectory continues the way it has then I can't see him sticking around for much longer after that. For one, I'd expect Madrid to run out of managers to hire at some point soon enough.
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I reckon an absolute certainty to take us into the new stadium so that will be 3 years. Once in there it's a whole new ball game for us, I reckon he'll be at the helm for a minimum 5 years.

Madrid is the only realistic threat.
 
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