Howfar can spurs go??

scottf · 10-03-2011, 12:04

After seeing off both milan teams with gritty performances just how far can they go?

If they avoid barca could they even get to the final at the first attempt?

HeadingNorth · 10-03-2011, 12:08

Even Barcelona can have an off day. That's why the "Champions' League," being a knockout tournament in the latter stages, is not a viable measurement of which team is the best in Europe. Knockout tournaments are chiefly won by luck.

Skybet currently have Barca as 6/5 favourites to win the tournament; which means they are more likely to lose than to win. If they do lose, then any of the other teams might take advantage; even Spurs.

mayfair · 10-03-2011, 12:55

Hopefully nowhere. Fat ugly ginger harry and his team of rejects already think they have won it anyway so whats it matter. We had the hardest draw against the best side in the world and lost by one goal so hopefully they get spurs and lets see how good the spurs are then.

missymoo73 · 10-03-2011, 13:16

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Originally Posted by mayfair

Hopefully nowhere. Fat ugly ginger harry and his team of rejects already think they have won it anyway so whats it matter. We had the hardest draw against the best side in the world and lost by one goal so hopefully they get spurs and lets see how good the spurs are then.

Oi Grumps

No need to be bitter just coz Arsenal lost miserably the other day

missymoo73 · 10-03-2011, 13:17

I hope they go all the way!!

GOOD LUCK LADS

Jason Bourne · 10-03-2011, 13:26

How far can they go?

All the way to the bottom of the Football Conference league, I hope!

Remember they're only still in the Premiership 'cos some ****of a referee threw every decision their way during the last game of the season a few years ago - Spurs should have gone down and Barnsley stayed up

shoreham4eva · 10-03-2011, 14:08

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Originally Posted by mayfair

Hopefully nowhere. Fat ugly ginger harry and his team of rejects already think they have won it anyway so whats it matter. We had the hardest draw against the best side in the world and lost by one goal so hopefully they get spurs and lets see how good the spurs are then.

Think you just have to sit down and accept that Spurs are indeed a very good team and play attractive football when they want to do so. They don't play the same style of football as Arsenal or Barcelona no, however they are a very hard team to break down and can dig deep to get results and catch teams on the break when they want to.

As for the Redknapp comments, as a Neutral I consider him one of the shrewdest and most knowledgable managers in the game, he knows how he likes his football team to play and in all honesty on managerial record and previous ability shown, he's a dead cert to be the next England gaffer and I personally consider him one of the best managers in the world right now.

MAC33 · 10-03-2011, 15:27

on the showing against Milan at home, i would say not very far.

shocking,boring match to watch,i'd want my money back after watching that.

Lennon had 2 opponents around him everytime he got the ball and Bale was off his game when he came on.

Corluka never crossed the halfway line, Hutton is far better going forward.

hope they get drawn against best team of all-time? in quarter-final.

then we will see if Bale is the best or 2nd best player in the world next to Messi.

i don't want Spurs winning champions league as i said before first qualifying match that they are capable of winning it,i could have got maybe 66/1 at start, not now thou.

mayfair · 10-03-2011, 16:21

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Originally Posted by shoreham4eva

Think you just have to sit down and accept that Spurs are indeed a very good team and play attractive football when they want to do so. They don't play the same style of football as Arsenal or Barcelona no, however they are a very hard team to break down and can dig deep to get results and catch teams on the break when they want to.

As for the Redknapp comments, as a Neutral I consider him one of the shrewdest and most knowledgable managers in the game, he knows how he likes his football team to play and in all honesty on managerial record and previous ability shown, he's a dead cert to be the next England gaffer and I personally consider him one of the best managers in the world right now.

Harry redknapp as england manager would be a joke in my eyes id rather have your old gaffer warnock but thts a different subject. As for spurs being attractive. Were they last night? No and shrewd id say more like a crook isnt he up on a f.a charge for something dodgy already and look at some of the players he signed at pompey for daft money who were crap at best. John utaka is one that springs to mind on 70k a week. Anyone would be a good manager with the money he has had at spurs. Look the fees he has paid up and you will be shocked how much he has spent and wasted in many cases. Naughton 7 million come on was he worth that really? Then we move onto you saying there attractive and hard to break down and can catch you on the break 'WHEN THEY WANT TO ' So when they were 4 down at inter and lettin 3 in at wolves at the weekend was that them NOT WANTING to be all the things you said about them. Oh and for the record they are a decent side and have done very very well to be where they are but please dont give horrid harry the praise because martin jol or any other half decent manager would have spurs in the same position or better with the coin he has had to spend. And one final point spurs are only in the champions league because they came fourth because of under achivement by liverpool last season. They will not win the champions league and il bet you anything you like they dont finish top 4 this season and as for next season they wont finish top 5. Why because reknapp isnt really that good! !! Rant over

taxman · 10-03-2011, 16:43

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Originally Posted by shoreham4eva

As for the Redknapp comments, as a Neutral I consider him one of the shrewdest and most knowledgable managers in the game, he knows how he likes his football team to play and in all honesty on managerial record and previous ability shown, he's a dead cert to be the next England gaffer and I personally consider him one of the best managers in the world right now.

Redknapp is a wheeler dealer, look at his transfer records at both West Ham and Portsmouth. He wouldn't have clue as England manager if he couldn't scour the foreign transfer markets.

Noob · 10-03-2011, 17:45

Further than Arsenal.

scoobydotcom · 10-03-2011, 18:33

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Further than Arsenal.

i was loving the 'are you watching ar-sen-al' chants at full-time!
i'd love to see spurs go on, just need a bit of luck with the draw

Stan Tamudo · 10-03-2011, 18:40

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i was loving the 'are you watching ar-sen-al' chants at full-time!

I've always thought that Spurs fans are more genuine than the spivs from down the road, the number of empty seats 5 to 10 minutes before the end of a game at The Emirates Stadium beggars belief irrespective of the scoreline.

CorkerSWFC · 10-03-2011, 18:54

I thought Spurs were lucky at times, Milan played well but had 11 men to break down which they failed to do so fair does to Tottenham, that won't work against the more fancied teams though.

daftlad · 10-03-2011, 19:02

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Originally Posted by CorkerSWFC

I thought Spurs were lucky at times, Milan played well but had 11 men to break down which they failed to do so fair does to Tottenham, that won't work against the more fancied teams though.

You have got to hope that they dont get Barcelona in the next round if they are to progress, because Barca will be big winners against Spurs

CorkerSWFC · 10-03-2011, 19:04

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You have got to hope that they dont get Barcelona in the next round if they are to progress, because Barca will be big winners against Spurs

Spurs are punching above there weight theres no doubt about that, i thought Gareth Bail looked a bit of a bottler last night.

mh01 · 10-03-2011, 20:16

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Spurs are punching above there weight theres no doubt about that, i thought Gareth Bail looked a bit of a bottler last night.

i wunt say he looked a bottler, more like unfit, that was his 2nd comeback match as sub after a 6 or so weeks layoff

Gypsy Hack · 10-03-2011, 21:04

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Originally Posted by mayfair

Hopefully nowhere. Fat ugly ginger harry and his team of rejects already think they have won it anyway so whats it matter. We had the hardest draw against the best side in the world and lost by one goal so hopefully they get spurs and lets see how good the spurs are then.

It's your own fault really for coming second in an easy group, isn't it?

Spurs were very poor by their standards last night, but they remain one of the competition's leading scorers and one of the most entertaining teams in it. Even your mob were playing "lump it to Van Persie/Bendtner" for most of the game at the Nou Camp.

Dimitri 11 · 12-03-2011, 13:13

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Even Barcelona can have an off day. That's why the "Champions' League," being a knockout tournament in the latter stages, is not a viable measurement of which team is the best in Europe. Knockout tournaments are chiefly won by luck.

The only truly viable way to measure who the best team in Europe is, would be to have a league where all the members of it play each other home and away. That's not something I want to see so the Champs. League in it's current format is the next best thing.

There's more luck involved in winning the CL than a domestic league but it's not chiefly down to luck. Otherwise we'd have seen a lot more obscure winners than what we've witnessed. In recent times only Porto have been truly shock winners and that looks less of a shock now than it did at the time, due to us now knowing how good Mourinho is.

TJC1 · 12-03-2011, 13:58

They didnt concede a goal in 2 games against the best team in italy. I reckon, if they avoid Barcelona, Spurs can get to the final.