SpursSince1980
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Yes he does. The difference is the drunkard is funny and makes a modicum of sense. Merson is a flaming bag of bat shit bonkers.
What the pundits & media are saying about us
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Dead Ringer
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Hams it up for the media, can’t stand him as a ‘pundit’
Seems a decent guy off camera, but fuck him. Not even sure he believes his own bullshit
Seems a decent guy off camera, but fuck him. Not even sure he believes his own bullshit
Finchyid
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I think jenas does it on purpose because he is trying to be impartial…he loves spurs
BorjeSpurs
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anigo_montoya
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Was supposed to be at an evening with Gazza at Doncaster Race Course on Friday. Unfortunately 6 hours before it was to begin Gazza got took to hospital. They promptly replaced Gazza with Paul Merson and Dean Windass. I promptly asked for a refund.
spursfan77
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Easily the thickest pundit, although Danny Mills gives him a good run for his money. Stations like TalkSPORT and Sky Sports just want them to say controversial sound bites as it gets interactions. They’ve no real care about the quality of their output.
Doctor Dinkey
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Hmm I think a lot of us on here were probably saying the same thing!
midoshairband
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WeGotLedley
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Yeah. Remember that prank he played on Ian Wright? https://www.spurs-web.com/spurs-new...perb-spurs-trolling-of-a-sleeping-ian-wright/
That sealed him as a legend for me!!
hellava_tough
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Obviously that's nonsense.
But if you were going to make the argument, you'd be better off saying 'the one man' is Hugo Lloris.
No way we'd be anywhere near Top 4 with Gollini in goal.
hellava_tough
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A lot of pundits going with the '4-0 doesn't reflect the game' line.
Some even saying Villa played really well.
If you get spanked 4-0 you've done something seriously wrong.
I suspect Villa gassed themselves out in the first half and I know they left too much space for our front 3 to exploit in the second.
Both of these things are reflective of an inexperienced coach.
Football is played over 90 minutes, yet this fact seems to have been missed by the pundits.
Tiresome.
Some even saying Villa played really well.
If you get spanked 4-0 you've done something seriously wrong.
I suspect Villa gassed themselves out in the first half and I know they left too much space for our front 3 to exploit in the second.
Both of these things are reflective of an inexperienced coach.
Football is played over 90 minutes, yet this fact seems to have been missed by the pundits.
Tiresome.
spids
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They are right - Villa were absolutely fantastic first half and we were very fortunate not to be a few goals behind. We were totally out played and out fought. Ultimately the difference was that we have world class game winners at both ends and they have Mings and Ings.
Wadec
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There are very few pundits worth listening to. Lots have huge agendas or links to clubs and others are solely there to generate clicks and calls.
To use some recent games as evidence. Arsenal had possibly theist comfortable away game you will find against Villa. Both the crowd and opposition were flat and the game was played with a lack of intensity. Pundits claim its a big result in the race for top 4.
Arsenal play Palace who fly out of the blocks and put Arsenal under immense pressure. Palace win 3 zip. Our game against Villa was similar in terms of an intense away game, we withstand the pressure and win 4 zip. Yet pundits seem keen to stick the knife in. Don't getme wrong Villa showed a lot and deserve praise for that, but so do we for standing up to the pressure and coming away with 3 points and +4 goal difference.
We were up against a team with desire today and won comfortably in the end. Arsenal lost to Palace when up against it, United lost to Everton up against it. We hear the phrase a sign of a good side is winning when not playing well, well another sign is winning when the opposition plays well.
To use some recent games as evidence. Arsenal had possibly theist comfortable away game you will find against Villa. Both the crowd and opposition were flat and the game was played with a lack of intensity. Pundits claim its a big result in the race for top 4.
Arsenal play Palace who fly out of the blocks and put Arsenal under immense pressure. Palace win 3 zip. Our game against Villa was similar in terms of an intense away game, we withstand the pressure and win 4 zip. Yet pundits seem keen to stick the knife in. Don't getme wrong Villa showed a lot and deserve praise for that, but so do we for standing up to the pressure and coming away with 3 points and +4 goal difference.
We were up against a team with desire today and won comfortably in the end. Arsenal lost to Palace when up against it, United lost to Everton up against it. We hear the phrase a sign of a good side is winning when not playing well, well another sign is winning when the opposition plays well.
Marty
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Charlie Eccleshare on point as usual
theathletic.com
Conte's un-Spursy Spurs behaving more like a 'top, strong team'
Aston Villa had all the ingredients of a classic Spurs slip-up - and yet they instead took control of the race for the Champions League
theathletic.com
For most Spurs fans, scarred by previous letdowns, Saturday’s trip to Aston Villa felt riddled with danger.
A day when two of their biggest rivals had lost may have seemed like an opportunity to move ahead in the top-four race, but the pervading perception (whether rooted in reality or not) among Tottenham supporters is that the team tend to mess up when presented with this kind of chance.
Especially when up against an out-of-form opponent who after three straight defeats seemed there for the taking. Again this should be a positive thing but such has been Spurs’ apparent habit for giving ailing opponents a welcome boost over the years that the nickname “Dr Tottenham” has developed among the fanbase.
During the first half, it felt as though these fears might prove to be well-founded. Spurs were battered, giving up 14 shots — seven of which forced saves from the excellent Hugo Lloris.
It was a half that also played into another trope that Spurs have long-since had to put up with. That they don’t like it when teams try to rough them up. As the tackles flew in, with referee Graham Scott appearing to lose control of the game, Tottenham could easily have buckled. Matt Doherty was forced off early after a meaty tackle from Matty Cash, while Dejan Kulusevski was floored when Tyrone Mings flew in.
This Spurs team have also struggled to defend for the last few years, and so surely they would eventually roll over in the face of the Villa onslaught?
They didn’t. Nor did they wilt in the face of Villa’s physical approach. Nor did they blink after Arsenal and Manchester United had lost. Nor did they show any mercy to an opponent who was out of form and lacking confidence.
Instead they won 4-0 to move three points ahead of Arsenal and consolidate their position in fourth. They have won six of their last seven Premier League matches, scoring 25 goals in the process and becoming a model of consistency — disproving another trope in the process after that maddening win-loss run of January, February and early March.
The game’s key moment came in the 50th minute when Kulusevski produced a moment of individual brilliance to give Spurs a 2-0 lead against the run of play. It felt like a balloon had been pricked at Villa Park as the energy within the stadium completely disappeared.
And Kulusevski is part of another way Spurs have gone against the grain.
Because don’t they always fail to sign players in January? Don’t they resist going that extra mile when they are so close to achieving their aims?
Not this time. In Rodrigo Bentancur and the outstanding Kulusevski, Spurs have made precisely the additions they needed in the battle for the Champions League places. Both have slotted in straight away and been pivotal to the team’s recent good form.
Kulusevski has, along with Harry Kane, the joint-most Premier League assists (six) in the division since his arrival, and he added a gem to the list on Saturday. After running almost the length of the pitch to get up in support of Son Heung-min, showcasing his speed and desire, Kulusevski beat Mings again and rolled a perfect pass into the path of the South Korean to complete his hat-trick.
What a brilliant signing he’s been.
Bentancur has been similarly effective, and grew into the game after a difficult first half. His display here was especially pertinent against opponents who tried to sign him in January.
The way Conte spoke after the game suggested he was familiar with some of these supposed frailties that have dogged Spurs previously. “A great win, especially when you play a game after the games of your rivals in the race for the Champions League and they lost.”
The ruthlessness to take advantage of the slip-ups is the difference between “a little medium team” and a “top, strong team”, Conte said.
“To know that your opponents lose their games, and for sure they have to give you the right desire, right will to get three points because on one hand you know our rivals lose the game so if we lose we are always in the fourth place,” he explained. “A little medium team can think this. A top, strong team thinks that it is the right moment to improve the distance over your rivals and exploit this situation. We did this despite the difficulty of the game.”
Warming to the theme, Conte added: “We had to show in this moment that you start to feel the blood of your opponent and it is important to not fail.”
This ruthlessness, this professionalism, this sheer bloodymindedness all runs counter to the “Spursy” cliche. As odd as it sounds, Conte’s side did not play especially well against Villa but still came away with a 4-0 win. And on a day when Arsenal and United lost this could end up being seen as a pivotal moment in the battle to be in next season’s Champions League.
Still thinking Spurs will contrive to mess it up against Brighton next weekend? Of course you are, and there’s still a long way to go with plenty of scope for more twists and turns. But Tottenham at the moment are making a habit of defying the pessimism that has plagued them for so long.
Doubters, Conte included, are becoming believers.
A day when two of their biggest rivals had lost may have seemed like an opportunity to move ahead in the top-four race, but the pervading perception (whether rooted in reality or not) among Tottenham supporters is that the team tend to mess up when presented with this kind of chance.
Especially when up against an out-of-form opponent who after three straight defeats seemed there for the taking. Again this should be a positive thing but such has been Spurs’ apparent habit for giving ailing opponents a welcome boost over the years that the nickname “Dr Tottenham” has developed among the fanbase.
During the first half, it felt as though these fears might prove to be well-founded. Spurs were battered, giving up 14 shots — seven of which forced saves from the excellent Hugo Lloris.
It was a half that also played into another trope that Spurs have long-since had to put up with. That they don’t like it when teams try to rough them up. As the tackles flew in, with referee Graham Scott appearing to lose control of the game, Tottenham could easily have buckled. Matt Doherty was forced off early after a meaty tackle from Matty Cash, while Dejan Kulusevski was floored when Tyrone Mings flew in.
This Spurs team have also struggled to defend for the last few years, and so surely they would eventually roll over in the face of the Villa onslaught?
They didn’t. Nor did they wilt in the face of Villa’s physical approach. Nor did they blink after Arsenal and Manchester United had lost. Nor did they show any mercy to an opponent who was out of form and lacking confidence.
Instead they won 4-0 to move three points ahead of Arsenal and consolidate their position in fourth. They have won six of their last seven Premier League matches, scoring 25 goals in the process and becoming a model of consistency — disproving another trope in the process after that maddening win-loss run of January, February and early March.
The game’s key moment came in the 50th minute when Kulusevski produced a moment of individual brilliance to give Spurs a 2-0 lead against the run of play. It felt like a balloon had been pricked at Villa Park as the energy within the stadium completely disappeared.
And Kulusevski is part of another way Spurs have gone against the grain.
Because don’t they always fail to sign players in January? Don’t they resist going that extra mile when they are so close to achieving their aims?
Not this time. In Rodrigo Bentancur and the outstanding Kulusevski, Spurs have made precisely the additions they needed in the battle for the Champions League places. Both have slotted in straight away and been pivotal to the team’s recent good form.
Kulusevski has, along with Harry Kane, the joint-most Premier League assists (six) in the division since his arrival, and he added a gem to the list on Saturday. After running almost the length of the pitch to get up in support of Son Heung-min, showcasing his speed and desire, Kulusevski beat Mings again and rolled a perfect pass into the path of the South Korean to complete his hat-trick.
What a brilliant signing he’s been.
Bentancur has been similarly effective, and grew into the game after a difficult first half. His display here was especially pertinent against opponents who tried to sign him in January.
The way Conte spoke after the game suggested he was familiar with some of these supposed frailties that have dogged Spurs previously. “A great win, especially when you play a game after the games of your rivals in the race for the Champions League and they lost.”
The ruthlessness to take advantage of the slip-ups is the difference between “a little medium team” and a “top, strong team”, Conte said.
“To know that your opponents lose their games, and for sure they have to give you the right desire, right will to get three points because on one hand you know our rivals lose the game so if we lose we are always in the fourth place,” he explained. “A little medium team can think this. A top, strong team thinks that it is the right moment to improve the distance over your rivals and exploit this situation. We did this despite the difficulty of the game.”
Warming to the theme, Conte added: “We had to show in this moment that you start to feel the blood of your opponent and it is important to not fail.”
This ruthlessness, this professionalism, this sheer bloodymindedness all runs counter to the “Spursy” cliche. As odd as it sounds, Conte’s side did not play especially well against Villa but still came away with a 4-0 win. And on a day when Arsenal and United lost this could end up being seen as a pivotal moment in the battle to be in next season’s Champions League.
Still thinking Spurs will contrive to mess it up against Brighton next weekend? Of course you are, and there’s still a long way to go with plenty of scope for more twists and turns. But Tottenham at the moment are making a habit of defying the pessimism that has plagued them for so long.
Doubters, Conte included, are becoming believers.
mr ashley
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Disappeared? He is on everything at the moment.
didn’t he present the World Cup draw as well?
tommo84
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I think he’s doing a lot less punditry though and is instead moving into presenting roles, like Lineker and Alex Scott.
GMI
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A good read from Charlie as usual. He’s an Arsenal fan too so will have been hurting. A good journalist.Charlie Eccleshare on point as usual
Conte's un-Spursy Spurs behaving more like a 'top, strong team'
Aston Villa had all the ingredients of a classic Spurs slip-up - and yet they instead took control of the race for the Champions League
For most Spurs fans, scarred by previous letdowns, Saturday’s trip to Aston Villa felt riddled with danger.
A day when two of their biggest rivals had lost may have seemed like an opportunity to move ahead in the top-four race, but the pervading perception (whether rooted in reality or not) among Tottenham supporters is that the team tend to mess up when presented with this kind of chance.
Especially when up against an out-of-form opponent who after three straight defeats seemed there for the taking. Again this should be a positive thing but such has been Spurs’ apparent habit for giving ailing opponents a welcome boost over the years that the nickname “Dr Tottenham” has developed among the fanbase.
During the first half, it felt as though these fears might prove to be well-founded. Spurs were battered, giving up 14 shots — seven of which forced saves from the excellent Hugo Lloris.
It was a half that also played into another trope that Spurs have long-since had to put up with. That they don’t like it when teams try to rough them up. As the tackles flew in, with referee Graham Scott appearing to lose control of the game, Tottenham could easily have buckled. Matt Doherty was forced off early after a meaty tackle from Matty Cash, while Dejan Kulusevski was floored when Tyrone Mings flew in.
This Spurs team have also struggled to defend for the last few years, and so surely they would eventually roll over in the face of the Villa onslaught?
They didn’t. Nor did they wilt in the face of Villa’s physical approach. Nor did they blink after Arsenal and Manchester United had lost. Nor did they show any mercy to an opponent who was out of form and lacking confidence.
Instead they won 4-0 to move three points ahead of Arsenal and consolidate their position in fourth. They have won six of their last seven Premier League matches, scoring 25 goals in the process and becoming a model of consistency — disproving another trope in the process after that maddening win-loss run of January, February and early March.
The game’s key moment came in the 50th minute when Kulusevski produced a moment of individual brilliance to give Spurs a 2-0 lead against the run of play. It felt like a balloon had been pricked at Villa Park as the energy within the stadium completely disappeared.
And Kulusevski is part of another way Spurs have gone against the grain.
Because don’t they always fail to sign players in January? Don’t they resist going that extra mile when they are so close to achieving their aims?
Not this time. In Rodrigo Bentancur and the outstanding Kulusevski, Spurs have made precisely the additions they needed in the battle for the Champions League places. Both have slotted in straight away and been pivotal to the team’s recent good form.
Kulusevski has, along with Harry Kane, the joint-most Premier League assists (six) in the division since his arrival, and he added a gem to the list on Saturday. After running almost the length of the pitch to get up in support of Son Heung-min, showcasing his speed and desire, Kulusevski beat Mings again and rolled a perfect pass into the path of the South Korean to complete his hat-trick.
What a brilliant signing he’s been.
Bentancur has been similarly effective, and grew into the game after a difficult first half. His display here was especially pertinent against opponents who tried to sign him in January.
The way Conte spoke after the game suggested he was familiar with some of these supposed frailties that have dogged Spurs previously. “A great win, especially when you play a game after the games of your rivals in the race for the Champions League and they lost.”
The ruthlessness to take advantage of the slip-ups is the difference between “a little medium team” and a “top, strong team”, Conte said.
“To know that your opponents lose their games, and for sure they have to give you the right desire, right will to get three points because on one hand you know our rivals lose the game so if we lose we are always in the fourth place,” he explained. “A little medium team can think this. A top, strong team thinks that it is the right moment to improve the distance over your rivals and exploit this situation. We did this despite the difficulty of the game.”
Warming to the theme, Conte added: “We had to show in this moment that you start to feel the blood of your opponent and it is important to not fail.”
This ruthlessness, this professionalism, this sheer bloodymindedness all runs counter to the “Spursy” cliche. As odd as it sounds, Conte’s side did not play especially well against Villa but still came away with a 4-0 win. And on a day when Arsenal and United lost this could end up being seen as a pivotal moment in the battle to be in next season’s Champions League.
Still thinking Spurs will contrive to mess it up against Brighton next weekend? Of course you are, and there’s still a long way to go with plenty of scope for more twists and turns. But Tottenham at the moment are making a habit of defying the pessimism that has plagued them for so long.
Doubters, Conte included, are becoming believers.
midoshairband
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Arsenal are a zero man team in that case.
