Yeah but they dont play attractive football.Madrid and Mourinho 3 trophies.
GUardiolas Barca 14 trophies.
Oh, how many trophies did Redknapp win here? Zero. Trophies > No trophies. Settled.
Yeah but they dont play attractive football.Madrid and Mourinho 3 trophies.
GUardiolas Barca 14 trophies.
But he doesnt play attractive football which isnt our DNA apparently. So you'd make an exception if we were talking about Guardiola then but no one else????? Pep Guardiola is one of my idols and the best manager in world football.
Tiki taka though. Its based on possession football which alot of people here cant stand and see as negative as seen with all the discussions since AVB left.Guardiola doesn't play attractive football??????
Mmm the 5-0 in Mourinhos 1st classic might be the most lopsided game Ive ever seen between 2 tops sides. How is 4-3-3 negative????
Tiki taka though. Its based on possession football which alot of people here cant stand and see as negative as seen with all the discussions since AVB left.
FFS, a clubs DNA can change at any given time! This whole bullshit "we have our tottenham back" really makes me sick to be honest.
I dont give a rats ass how we play as long as we win. You know that dull, boring football Chelsea played under Mourinho in his first term? Yeah, I'd take that any day of the week and twice on sunday if we were able to replicate the same results and win the league. Its about winning. Not about style.
FFS, a clubs DNA can change at any given time! This whole bullshit "we have our tottenham back" really makes me sick to be honest.
I dont give a rats ass how we play as long as we win. You know that dull, boring football Chelsea played under Mourinho in his first term? Yeah, I'd take that any day of the week and twice on sunday if we were able to replicate the same results and win the league. Its about winning. Not about style.
FFS, a clubs DNA can change at any given time! This whole bullshit "we have our tottenham back" really makes me sick to be honest.
I dont give a rats ass how we play as long as we win. You know that dull, boring football Chelsea played under Mourinho in his first term? Yeah, I'd take that any day of the week and twice on sunday if we were able to replicate the same results and win the league. Its about winning. Not about style.
Its a fair mindset to have i guess. I and im certain a lot of people would disagree though.
The way I see it is if that is true, there is no point in watching the game. If the result is all that matters then we might as well just look at the result at the end of the match and bask in the glory of success or wallow in the mire of defeat.
The enjoyment for me is in the taking part - the feast before my eyes is important to me. I want to see glorious things on the pitch and be part of the drama and all the emotions that go with it.
I want to taste my food not have it intravenously put in me for nourishment.
I want to read books not just find out the twist at the end.
Life, for me is all about the experiences in between the starts and the ends. The winning and losing. The highs and the lows. Its about the journey of how you get there not necessarily where you end up.
That's very poetic. I'm not entirely sure I could equate much of it to most of the time I've spent watching us play though. Either now or before AVB.
There were great players, special matches and periods of entertaining football but I slogged through the 90s and I can guarantee watching players like Jason Dozzell and Steve Sedgley was not a feast for the eyes.
In the context of our history, I'd like some success first and foremost and if we can do that with sparkling football all the better.
It's worrying that this needs explaining like this!!We never played Barca-style tiki taka football under AVB.
Personally I love Barca (have done for about 21 years), and the football they have played in recent times is incredible. Unlike AVB's Spurs, the big difference was movement. Barca were and are the perfect example of the style of football Tottenham gave the world - pass and move.
Under AVB everything was so slow and static. Yes we'd play possession football, but it was motionless and predictable. On the other hand Barca would move the ball quickly, and use clever movement to create chances and open up spaces.
It's easy to keep the ball if you offer no threat to the opposition whatsoever. What Barca do is to keep the ball while constantly looking to carve out opportunities to score, and pulling the opposition all over the pitch.
If that's what AVB was trying to do, he obviously didn't realise we lacked the sort of players to do it. All we did was pass the ball slowly and let the opposition wait patiently for the move to inevitably break down. No originality, no creativity, no movement, no change of tempo, and ultimately no threat.
This.That wasn't dull and boring football under Mourinho in his first couple of seasons though. Robben and Duff on the wings and scoring goals all over the place. We'd all take that everyday of the week.
OP has one of every rating
He's missing one ;o)
he still doesn't have the "Mod eye"