Alderweireld: Tottenham confident of top-four finish

[mawspurs]

The Belgian defender is under no illusions about the difficulty of the task but believes that Spurs are ready for Champions League qualification for the first time since 2011-12

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[Everlasting Seconds]

Rookie mistake

 

[JoeT]

I really hope you are right Toby, but unless Spurs sign another striker to help H.K. up front I can't see where our goals are going to come from.

 

[WhiteHeartLowe]

Whenever I think about the possibility of a top four finish next season I always ask myself which of the current top four will realistically lose out to make way for us ? In other words, which of them are we going to be better/ more consistent than? I find it hard to see any of them quite honestly, and I wonder if a realistic target is another scrap for 5th with Liverpool. Maybe that's our level at this time.

 

[Smokinhotspur]

i personally am sick of this obsession with the TOP FOUR. Since HR left, we have been a team with no identity and no clear sense of how it wants to play (which has not been helped by the different styles of managers we have had). I would settle for a team with a clear identity, personality and style of play that we can be proud of as a starting point. I think getting rid of players that don't fit into our manager's philisophy and getting in those that do is a good starting point so long may that continue. In terms of targets, I think maintaining top 6 and a good run or possibly winning a cup is about right at this stage.

 

[yiddo23]

I really hope you are right Toby, but unless Spurs sign another striker to help H.K. up front I can't see where our goals are going to come from.

Haha I think that signing is a pretty safe bet man, no need to be so dreary

 

[TottenhamMattSpur]

Same shit, different voice, different year.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Sorry Toby, but we don't have the team to get into the top four at the moment. The heart wants but the body cant deliver.

 

[bigspurs]

There's always a gaping wound in our squad somewhere. The striker problem has been around since Berbatov left!

 

[Lifeson]

Poor guy, when's he gonna realize it won't happen and stop caring?

 

[CowInAComa]

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[diamondlight]

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like this?

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[CowInAComa]

like this?

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no i think whingey should have an 'e' in it.

 

[diamondlight]

Poor guy, when's he gonna realize it won't happen and stop caring?

Ha ha, this is a brilliant comment. Playing for Spurs must be like working for a horridly sluggish bureaucracy. You arrive full of enthusiasm, before getting ground down and crushed by collective apathy.

 

[UbeAstard]

When a player signs for a club and then says something like this it comes over cocky to me. Its like 'now I've improved them enough....'.

 

[spursintheblood]

Half of the game is mentality. Why do you think we have cleared out negative deadwood. Many were fine players. It is not just about the system. Poch is instilling a belief and a mentality. You win things with kids when they will try for each other and the club. That is what we are building. Toby is the added bite and experience.

I for one reckon we're gonna surprise a few people. This team has bedded down together and the first eleven is pretty much the same. Utd have spent loads and have a new midfield to gel. Liverpool have invested and brought in many as well. Who is to say they'll settle well.

11 vs 11. On their day every team can pull of a result. Consistency is the key. Live in hope. Audere es facere etc.

 

[Lenten]

Half of the game is mentality. Why do you think we have cleared out negative deadwood. Many were fine players. It is not just about the system. Poch is instilling a belief and a mentality. You win things with kids when they will try for each other and the club. That is what we are building. Toby is the added bite and experience.

I for one reckon we're gonna surprise a few people. This team has bedded down together and the first eleven is pretty much the same. Utd have spent loads and have a new midfield to gel. Liverpool have invested and brought in many as well. Who is to say they'll settle well.

11 vs 11. On their day every team can pull of a result. Consistency is the key. Live in hope. Audere es facere etc.

brilliant comment. Another way of saying the same thing is that what separates good players from great ones is usually not some physical difference but a mental one.

 

[14/04/91]

Whenever I think about the possibility of a top four finish next season I always ask myself which of the current top four will realistically lose out to make way for us ? In other words, which of them are we going to be better/ more consistent than? I find it hard to see any of them quite honestly, and I wonder if a realistic target is another scrap for 5th with Liverpool. Maybe that's our level at this time.

Spot on. The top 4 are collectively stronger than they have been for a good few years now and it will be a huge shock if us (or anyone else) finish above any of them.
We qualified for the CL at a time when 4th place was genuinely up for grabs.

Add in the fact that we had 2 world class players who have gone on to win the trophy (plus Vdv) and that might temper some expectations.

 

[deadlight]

There's always a gaping wound in our squad somewhere. The striker problem has been around since Berbatov left!

On that note, I hear that Berba is looking to come back to the EPL (not us!)

Apparently DimTim reckons he can drag the last reserves of a special player out of Dimitri, and is trying to sign him. Why am I not surprised? Villa - The Old Codgers Club.

 

[Idealisticalith]

i personally am sick of this obsession with the TOP FOUR. Since HR left, we have been a team with no identity and no clear sense of how it wants to play (which has not been helped by the different styles of managers we have had). I would settle for a team with a clear identity, personality and style of play that we can be proud of as a starting point. I think getting rid of players that don't fit into our manager's philisophy and getting in those that do is a good starting point so long may that continue. In terms of targets, I think maintaining top 6 and a good run or possibly winning a cup is about right at this stage.

I agree with your opinion. But, we always read/heard the same statements every new season from 3/4 years ago if im not wrong. I don't know exactly what is Spurs' board real target in every seasons, win silverware(s), or 'just' reach the top four?? But, I personally see those statement from our managers point of view that they are not want our star/big name players gone