You would have to think that if we can’t even beat Palace on Wednesday to kickstart our campaign in the new stadium, then this becomes a full on crisis. Call me over dramatic all you want, but squandering this top 4 lead we had is right up there even for Spurs standards and thankfully ( f** knows how) we still have it in our own hands to get top 4.
This is slowly starting to fade with each passing defeat the team keeps conjuring up and even a draw Wednesday will not be good enough, as that would mean we would probably be out of the top 4 and we wouldn’t have it in our hands anymore. We really shouldn’t be in this position fighting for our top 4 place as we had such a healthy lead, but it is what it is and Spurs being Spurs were always going to mess it up somewhere down the line.
Time for them to step up now and get out this awful rut we are currently on. We have 2 home games now against Palace and Huddlesfield, whilst some of our rivals have some tough games in the next 2 fixtures. If we can’t take advantage of this now with these fixtures we have, then we don’t even deserve top 4.
Palace
posted on 1/4/19
comment by Diamondlights (U20501)
posted 36 seconds ago
3rd best team in the country doesn't lose 10 games by late March with the Champions away still to play
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The losses do not matter that much if you don`t draw a lot. The league is a points based business, so you could win 26, lose 12, and still accumulate 78 points. Not losing games does not guarantee you lots more points.
posted on 1/4/19
City are the best team in the country by far, Spurs are just as good as the other top teams with the difference being that Pool don't make many individual errors that cost them points and have a never ending supply of good fortune. Reverse all our individual errors and gifts from the officials with those of Pool, and we would be second behind City imo.
posted on 1/4/19
comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Diamondlights (U20501)
posted 36 seconds ago
3rd best team in the country doesn't lose 10 games by late March with the Champions away still to play
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The losses do not matter that much if you don`t draw a lot. The league is a points based business, so you could win 26, lose 12, and still accumulate 78 points. Not losing games does not guarantee you lots more points.
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Thats true mate.... but its symptomatic of Spurs.... Odd goal losses to United, Liverpool which we really should have got something from in addition to Saints, Burnley, Wolves, Watford etc would make a hell of a difference now. Great teams know when to grind out a draw when you are not playing well and move on. It helps establish runs of form In addition to games like yesterday where, when the pressure is on, you knew we'd find a way to throw it away..... Its what generates the "Spursy" tag and probably a reason why the other big teams don't fear us
I very much doubt there has been many champions who have gone a season with one draw. We had 7 draws last year and secured 4th by 7 points, the year before 4 draws and made top by 11 points
posted on 1/4/19
comment by Billy The Yidd (U3924)
posted 5 minutes ago
City are the best team in the country by far, Spurs are just as good as the other top teams with the difference being that Pool don't make many individual errors that cost them points and have a never ending supply of good fortune. Reverse all our individual errors and gifts from the officials with those of Pool, and we would be second behind City imo.
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Really ????? Individual Errors, Reffing mistakes, bad luck & missed chances are part of football..... as are pointless excuses !
posted on 1/4/19
At least we don't need to worry about a possible negative impact from a change of stadium anymore, since we can't do any worse at the moment. It'll either give us a boost or we'll carry on business as normal and still be rubbish.
posted on 1/4/19
DONT WORRY DON. HUGO LLORIS WILL COME OUT TODAY AND SAY THAT THE PLAYERS NEED TO STEP UP, AND LEARN FROM THEIR MISTAKES.....
this caaant club take us all for mugs.
posted on 1/4/19
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 20 minutes ago
At least we don't need to worry about a possible negative impact from a change of stadium anymore, since we can't do any worse at the moment. It'll either give us a boost or we'll carry on business as normal and still be rubbish.
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I like this...... Can't get any worse !!! Better than all this bollix about us winning every game at home from now till kingdom come & how "class is permanent, form is temporary"
posted on 1/4/19
I’ve just seen your remaining fixtures. 5 of them at home. With the exception of City, I can see you winning the rest.
You’re still in a good position for top 4 even despite your recent form purely because of how many wins you racked up earlier on in the season.
It’s all up for grabs. Wouldn’t surprise me if it goes down to the wire.
posted on 1/4/19
comment by Billy The Yidd (U3924)
posted 28 minutes ago
City are the best team in the country by far, Spurs are just as good as the other top teams with the difference being that Pool don't make many individual errors that cost them points and have a never ending supply of good fortune. Reverse all our individual errors and gifts from the officials with those of Pool, and we would be second behind City imo.
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We are not as good as Liverpool. We were last season but not this season. If you were to reverse the luck and individual errors we'd still be behind them, because at both ends of the pitch we haven't been as good as them. They've scored many more and conceded far fewer.
posted on 1/4/19
we wont be achieving anything with liabilities such as hugo lloris and kieren trippier in the side