Match Threads Spurs vs Liverpool - Match Thread - Champions League Final

[IfiHadTheWings]

I see some of us already are or have for some time been laying the groundwork for mental management in the possible (probable?) event of disappointment that might arise from the CL final. Sorry to break this to you, but the possibility of disappointment is inherent in such big games. It is a part of the game. You can't plan it away or rationalise it away or tell yourself you'll be fine either way.

Disappointment will hit you if the team performs underwhelmingly it is inevitable. So rather than building the corner stones now for accepting a loss in the future; be fine with possibly becoming disappointed or heart broken. You don't just participate in a final and call it glory. The glass half full approach – save that for the tedious, rainy winter matches vs. Watford and Villa. This is a CL final – you don't just merely compete in it. You WIN it or you are not glorious. You fight and never surrender, or there will be disappointment. Competing at this level, you don't rationalise away fear of losing, you accept full on the possibility of a loss and you grab that bull by the horns.

We will win, or we will fail. One path is glorious, one path is forgettable. One will lead to hymns for the immortal, the other will be the sad swan song of the season.

If we don't win, that will be forgotten, just like we some day will forget what could have been, and the heart break that followed. So let's not hedge our bets and mentally try to cope in advance – let's talk about the shot at becoming immortal champions.

I’v just picked up my sword and am ready to follow you into battle. Rousing speech

COYS

 

[spursfan77]

I’ve been trying to avoid media, especially from the Liverpool side about Saturday but I must have heard 3 or 4 of their players say the same thing. That their experience of last season’s final gives them a leg up over us so they should win. It’s like it’s been drummed into them to think that. Seems a strange way to mentally prepare them to me.

 

[onthetwo]

This final has come at just the right time for the club IMHO so win or lose, i hope that the occasion Itself leaves us wanting more.
When i say ‘us’, i guess i mean mostly DL!

 

[Stamford]

I'm actually dreading a bad result and being surrounded by loads of unbearable scousers

 

[Krule]

I was watching the clip from the UEFA Cup Final in the 'On this Day' thread (for which many thanks, @TheChosenOne) and I'd forgotten how the Spurs crowd reacted when Danny Thomas missed the penalty that would have won us the game. They didn't shout 'FFS, Danny', or 'get rid' or 'I told you he was shit'. Rather, they spontaneously burst into a rendition of 'There's only one Danny Thomas' in support of a player at the lowest ebb in his career.

I know it's asking a bit much of the Match Thread, but these players have come through a ridiculous number of injuries and setbacks to drag this team to potentially its greatest ever triumph. In many ways, one could argue they shouldn't be there. But they are there and, in many other ways, they absolutely deserve it for their bravery, their mentality, their never-say-die attitude in this competition.

So, if at all possible, it would be great to have a little more of the 'One Danny Thomas' attitude in this thread and a little less of the 'Oh, fuck off, Trippier' approach. Asking a bit much, I know, but, hey, worth a try.

Oh, and if you haven't seen the 'On this Day' thread of which I speak, enjoy...

http://www.spurscommunity.co.uk/index.php?threads/on-this-day.136184/

Totally agree....whatever happens let's all try and stay positive and focused. The team have earned the right to our full support and respect just by getting to this final.....now let's do our bit to get them over the last hurdle.
COYS !!

 

[bigpalacios]

Getting on the beer now and going to keep going, ill probably be dead by Sunday night?

COYS

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

I’ve been trying to avoid media, especially from the Liverpool side about Saturday but I must have heard 3 or 4 of their players say the same thing. That their experience of last season’s final gives them a leg up over us so they should win. It’s like it’s been drummed into them to think that. Seems a strange way to mentally prepare them to me.

“Remember that time we failed last season? We failed so, so well”

 

[TheBlueRooster]

I’ve been trying to avoid media, especially from the Liverpool side about Saturday but I must have heard 3 or 4 of their players say the same thing. That their experience of last season’s final gives them a leg up over us so they should win. It’s like it’s been drummed into them to think that. Seems a strange way to mentally prepare them to me.

Is it any different than nine of our players being in the semi finals of the World Cup? That must count for something, maybe that experience got us to where we are. We are not the Tottenham of old we can do this.

COYS.

 

[lol]

Oh my god its real this time

 

[absolute bobbins]

I'll just leave this here

 

[longtimespur]

Whatever the result I can only be extremely proud of our club.
Everything that has come together this season is because of our endeavour and, if we keep that state of mind, we are more than capable of bringing home the biggest trophy a team can win in this hemisphere.
COYS our time is now here.

 

[Dougal]

I'll just leave this here

Probably safer than leaving it in a Liverpool forum. Bet you it’s be gone within seconds. Thieving fuckers.

 

[Giovanni]

I cant take this. Im hoping there will be a defibrillator somewhere nearby at the screening!
Just want this so bad. Win the match, cry and party all night and then the parade.

C'mon

 

[SlotBadger]

Win the match, cry and party all night

The semi-final was the first time I’ve shed tears watching us, but I’m convinced I’ll be crying regardless of the result come Saturday.

Let’s just hope it’s tears of joy.

 

[mrboombarrakoomba]

i hope so toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[Gassin's finest]

 

[Shadydan]

Excellent tactical preview here

 

[zepstar]

With temperatures set to stay in the 30s for the duration of the match, not enough has been said about which team will adapt to those conditions the best. It is unseasonable. A good 5/6 degrees on where it should be. It could be what decides this game.

 

[Mr Pink]

I’ve been trying to avoid media, especially from the Liverpool side about Saturday but I must have heard 3 or 4 of their players say the same thing. That their experience of last season’s final gives them a leg up over us so they should win. It’s like it’s been drummed into them to think that. Seems a strange way to mentally prepare them to me.

It's probably Klopps way of dealing with the fact he's lost how many finals now?

I think that's a funny sort of pressure to handle in a game they're slight favourites for.

I think Liverpool are under more pressure than us and that's his way of trying to cope with it.

 

[THFCSPURS19]

Not much to say, just wanna place my name in internet history as part of a Champions League Final thread involving Tottenham.