Bodo were a good team, I'll grant that, and it was an open end-to-end game.
I will make a few points here.....
1. Our back four is pretty damned good and played very well, as did the whole team... Udogie, VDV, Romero, and Porro. Great to have VDV back!
2. What do you think of Capt Romero? Solid as a rock! There are some idiots on here (Sandy) who say he can't jump.....well what about that jump that set of Solanke's goal?
3. The midfield without Maddison. Bentancur and Bissouma did a good job controlling the middle of the pitch. We played most of the game in their half. And I think Bissouma really showed up today. Surprised me!
Kulushevski helped somewhat, but was off his usual pace.
4. The attack: Richarleson, Solanke and Johnson. worked their socks off. I think Richarleson is just too slow to be a great CF. We need to find someone else. Matys Tel may be the right guy, young and hungry, and very good. Solanke and Johnson we should keep.
5. Son was missed. This was the kind of opposition he would love to play against.
6. The plastic pitch. Much was made of how spurs would have trouble playing o n this surface. Well, the truth is they didn't! Yes the pitch held the water, it was raining, and every time the ball was kicked you could see the water splash up with the kick. But Spurs played damned well on this surface.
How about installing it at WHL? Cheaper upkeep, less water bill.
7. Pedro Porro....he's the under-rated player on this side. Today He and Destiny Udogie played their hearts out.
8. Can we beat Manchester United? Yes this side can. I would not bet against them. It will be a very good match, I'll guarantee that!
The Arctic Tundra Match
posted on 9/5/25
comment by Striketeam7 - staying humble (U18109)
posted 15 seconds ago
Sandy giving it the big one because we avoided relegation
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Sandy is a fulltime WUM.
And says we cannot beat ManU.
What a clown!!
posted on 9/5/25
comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - staying humble (U18109)
posted 15 seconds ago
Sandy giving it the big one because we avoided relegation
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Sandy is a fulltime WUM.
And says we cannot beat ManU.
What a clown!!
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I’ve filtered him - unfortunately I can still see some of his comments when people reply.
If more filtered him then he would either faaack off or stop being such a belll end
posted on 9/5/25
comment by Striketeam7 - staying humble (U18109)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - staying humble (U18109)
posted 15 seconds ago
Sandy giving it the big one because we avoided relegation
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Sandy is a fulltime WUM.
And says we cannot beat ManU.
What a clown!!
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I’ve filtered him - unfortunately I can still see some of his comments when people reply.
If more filtered him then he would either faaack off or stop being such a belll end
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He used to filter me....but now he just annoys me instead.
posted on 9/5/25
comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 36 seconds ago
Oh hello Sizzle has come out of hiding. To embarrassed to congratulate the manager for getting Spurs to a European final last night.
All we need now is the likes of Mack, Fridge, Brother, Spurtle and a few others to raise their head above the parapet and praise Ange andcthe team.
Imagine being so stupid that not when the best defence was back in tandem, and other key players return the results would improve.
Thankfully some of our toxic fanbase are having to eat large dollops of humble pie this season.
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Have we won something? No?
Then I suggest you sit the f*ck back down and don’t come for me until I send for you.
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You really are crying this morning. Lovely to see the Ange haters out in force this morning. Pathetic bunch.
posted on 9/5/25
comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 36 seconds ago
Oh hello Sizzle has come out of hiding. To embarrassed to congratulate the manager for getting Spurs to a European final last night.
All we need now is the likes of Mack, Fridge, Brother, Spurtle and a few others to raise their head above the parapet and praise Ange andcthe team.
Imagine being so stupid that not when the best defence was back in tandem, and other key players return the results would improve.
Thankfully some of our toxic fanbase are having to eat large dollops of humble pie this season.
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Have we won something? No?
Then I suggest you sit the f*ck back down and don’t come for me until I send for you.
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You really are crying this morning. Lovely to see the Ange haters out in force this morning. Pathetic bunch.
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Back under your rock Troll.
posted on 9/5/25
comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 12 minutes ago
comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 36 seconds ago
Oh hello Sizzle has come out of hiding. To embarrassed to congratulate the manager for getting Spurs to a European final last night.
All we need now is the likes of Mack, Fridge, Brother, Spurtle and a few others to raise their head above the parapet and praise Ange andcthe team.
Imagine being so stupid that not when the best defence was back in tandem, and other key players return the results would improve.
Thankfully some of our toxic fanbase are having to eat large dollops of humble pie this season.
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Have we won something? No?
Then I suggest you sit the f*ck back down and don’t come for me until I send for you.
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You really are crying this morning. Lovely to see the Ange haters out in force this morning. Pathetic bunch.
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Back under your rock Troll.
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You are the biggest troll on the board. Out with your toxity less than 12 hours after Spurs reached a European final.
Dry your eyes deary.
posted on 9/5/25
I was surprised by how poor Bodo were.
This was a team that beat Lazio, Porto and thrashed a good few others. Always scoring at home.
I expected more from them but in the whole 2 ties they had 3 shots on target. One of those defleceted over Vic for their goal.
But we made them look bad. We did a proper job on them and while some like to say the competition is crap or the opposition is crap, the same voices were talking up Bodo's threat or writing us off after a home draw vs Frankfurt (who we also kept at arms length and stopped them scoring at home for the first time since Mar 24).
We were utterly professional and while one can talk about the quality of the opposition, overall we made that look easy. You can only bet what is in front of you and a dominant 5-1 win is reflective of a a very decent team who played well to overcome their underdog opposition. We didn't scrape by, we dominated. Therefore there is nothing that should diminish this achievement, but we now need to go on and win it.
The final will be 50/50 and i think we are a better team than them on our day. So we need to bring that game
posted on 9/5/25
comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 3 hours, 53 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - staying humble (U18109)
posted 15 seconds ago
Sandy giving it the big one because we avoided relegation
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Sandy is a fulltime WUM.
And says we cannot beat ManU.
What a clown!!
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He actually said that? Surely he knows we've beaten them 3 times this season already.
posted on 9/5/25
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 1 hour, 59 minutes ago
I was surprised by how poor Bodo were.
This was a team that beat Lazio, Porto and thrashed a good few others. Always scoring at home.
I expected more from them but in the whole 2 ties they had 3 shots on target. One of those defleceted over Vic for their goal.
But we made them look bad. We did a proper job on them and while some like to say the competition is crap or the opposition is crap, the same voices were talking up Bodo's threat or writing us off after a home draw vs Frankfurt (who we also kept at arms length and stopped them scoring at home for the first time since Mar 24).
We were utterly professional and while one can talk about the quality of the opposition, overall we made that look easy. You can only bet what is in front of you and a dominant 5-1 win is reflective of a a very decent team who played well to overcome their underdog opposition. We didn't scrape by, we dominated. Therefore there is nothing that should diminish this achievement, but we now need to go on and win it.
The final will be 50/50 and i think we are a better team than them on our day. So we need to bring that game
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Thanks to Bodo for knocking Lazio out as we may well not have beaten them in the semi's
posted on 9/5/25
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 3 hours, 36 minutes ago
I was surprised by how poor Bodo were.
This was a team that beat Lazio, Porto and thrashed a good few others. Always scoring at home.
I expected more from them but in the whole 2 ties they had 3 shots on target. One of those defleceted over Vic for their goal.
But we made them look bad. We did a proper job on them and while some like to say the competition is crap or the opposition is crap, the same voices were talking up Bodo's threat or writing us off after a home draw vs Frankfurt (who we also kept at arms length and stopped them scoring at home for the first time since Mar 24).
We were utterly professional and while one can talk about the quality of the opposition, overall we made that look easy. You can only bet what is in front of you and a dominant 5-1 win is reflective of a a very decent team who played well to overcome their underdog opposition. We didn't scrape by, we dominated. Therefore there is nothing that should diminish this achievement, but we now need to go on and win it.
The final will be 50/50 and i think we are a better team than them on our day. So we need to bring that game
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The neck on those faaacking minnows got on my tiiits. Kept talking about our crap press or crap defence etc - then all they could muster was 1 goal in 180mins and conceding to us after 1 minute. Back in their box