What gave you more pleasure?

[AW?]

:lol:

I was actually bigging young Gareth up on a Rangers forum yesterday.

Can you imagine, lad... if both Hutton and Bale fulfil their potential... We're going to be quite tasty from full-back in a couple of years time :-D

It's quite amazing how from having no defence whatsoever we suddenly have one of the best potentially in the Prem. We sort out our shoddy midfield and we will kick arse next season.

King is obviously a worry and to an extent the same goes for Bale.

I might start praying hard again for them coz it worked this time for us in the cup :wink:

 

[AW?]

There's nothing like spectacularly snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, causing multiple brain aneurysms, several heart attacks, a couple of strokes, and maybe the onset of AIDS to really make you feel like you've had a great season. :up:

It really beggars belief doesn't it?

Winning something in style or completely fucking things up...

:think:

Tricky one that.

 

[PYiddy]

I'd have to say Lasagna, and I don't see why people can't understand that.

The cup was great, but it was a couple of one-off games (however fantastic) that don't really reflect this season. The Lasagna season had a real sense of us arriving as a team, that we could at last compete. I know we're used to false dawns, but that was the brightest one so far for me, that we sustained our form over a season, that people started to fear us, that the media actually began quite liking us and thinking we'd developed a spine, we were suddenly everyone's second team.

The irony is that our football has been more attractive on the eye this season and we've got something out of it at the end, but we are also back to the 'same old Spurs' of being frustratingly inconsistent. Yes, that's the Spurs way, but that's why i took more pleasure from the Lasagna season. It seems an anomaly in our recent history, and hence one to cherish.

Here's hoping next season eclipses them both. I'm sure most of us think it will

????? surely a couple is a couple, and not two "one-offs"?

And anyway, the man city game away was a stunning victory, so you have 3 "one-off" games there.

Then if u add boro to the mix as anothe premiership scalp in the competition, you have 4 "one- off" games which bought us silverware for the first time in a lot of years.

 

[whl_yid1982]

This seasons carling cup win all day long, was one of the best days of my life being there at wembley and one i will never forget.

 

[Stoof]

I really beggars belief doesn't it?

Winning something in style or completely fucking things up...

:think:

Tricky one that.

I'm with you all the way on this one AW. I still get a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach when I think about that West Ham game. I was on a train back from Exeter and I was listening on my phone which had almost no battery left. When we equalised I thought we were gonna win. As I hopped off at Paddington the final whistle went and we had lost. I walked through the ticket barriers with puffy eyes and a heavy heart. And do you know what made matters worse ... "The Bakerloo and Circle lines are both experiencing servere delays". ****s.

I digress - even if you gave me the choice of finishing 4th or winning a trophy, I'd still choose the trophy. Is that wrong? Or is lifting a Cup the single most glorious thing a club could do?

What would Billy Nick say? Is finishing 4th in something glorious? Winning at all costs? No it quite clearly isn't. Is lifting a trophy a sign that you're the best in that competition in that particular year, does it not etch another mark on the "Trophies Won" tally? Of course.

Fourth place smourth place. Give me glory anyday.

 

[AW?]

????? surely a couple is a couple, and not two "one-offs"?

And anyway, the man city game away was a stunning victory, so you have 3 "one-off" games there.

Then if u add boro to the mix as anothe premiership scalp in the competition, you have 4 "one- off" games which bought us silverware for the first time in a lot of years.

Well said.

And wasn't it City's first home defeat of the season too, or was that the game before when we beat them in the league? Either way it was a great win.

What more do you want?

 

[haxman]

This season. A no-brainer for me. As Arsenalwho posted, destroying the Goons the way we did was unreal, I was buzzing for a day or two after that. And then the final itself, the relief at the final whistle after the most tense 30 mins of extra-time football I've experienced in years made this season one to remember.

 

[TheBigMatch]

This season.
We've won cups for ever, but the league only once.
Winning trophies is brilliant. We used to be good at it, that's what I want back again. So what if Ramos is considered as a cup winning manager only, fine for me IMO.
Let Sky and THE BIG FOUR do what they do, OK it would be good financially to finish in the top four now and again for the dosh the Champions League brings, but.
When we won the cup this year, apart from the fact that we had a trophy, the big news was the we were guaranteed to be in Europe next season. Well, we were already in Europe this season at the time. What is point of fighting like fcuk to get into a European competition of any sort, if we aren't good enough to get to the final at least.
So next season, lets forget this top four shite for once and try and become a team that has a good chance of actually winning a European trophy. :shrug:
Sorry rant over.

"the League only once" ???????????? Eek Since when did 1951 not count?

I do agree with pushing the top four issue aside as long as the team still goes out to get a win in every game. We don't need the bullshit hype of last summer.

A UEFA Cup win next season would be the priority for me. We're already the 4th most successful in terms of trophies won. We've won more cups than l'arse. Winning another UEFA Cup would give us double the European bragging rights of ar5ena1. Merely competing in the Champions League gives nothing but a few extra ££££'s to squander on players that sit on the bench..... ££'s that will be long forgotten while the glory of a league Cup or a European Cup will still be remembered. I'm sure there are some old Spurs on the site that still remember winning the League in 1951 and 1961.

 

[guiltyparty]

????? surely a couple is a couple, and not two "one-offs"?

And anyway, the man city game away was a stunning victory, so you have 3 "one-off" games there.

Then if u add boro to the mix as anothe premiership scalp in the competition, you have 4 "one- off" games which bought us silverware for the first time in a lot of years.

Cup games are one-off games, which is what I was alluding to. You can spin it anyway you want (and trying to claim beating Middlesboro as anything apart from 'the done thing' shows you're stretching), but it's a personal thing. I don't understand why people are getting so defensive.

It was a simple question: which did you derive more pleasure from. It's not an argument, you can't say anyone's 'wrong', it's based on what everyone felt. And as much as I enjoyed the cup run and win, I enjoyed the other season more. I don't know why; yes, maybe it says a lot about me. But I did. I'm glad you all took more pleasure in this year.

 

[idlepete]

I digress - even if you gave me the choice of finishing 4th or winning a trophy, I'd still choose the trophy. Is that wrong? Or is lifting a Cup the single most glorious thing a club could do?

What would Billy Nick say? Is finishing 4th in something glorious? Winning at all costs? No it quite clearly isn't. Is lifting a trophy a sign that you're the best in that competition in that particular year, does it not etch another mark on the "Trophies Won" tally? Of course.

Fourth place smourth place. Give me glory anyday.

See, this is where we differ. I'd prefer to finsh fourth, cos quite frankly, I think it's that bit more difficult than winning a cup. I see it as more of an achievement, with more rewards, a chance to play in the big boys' competition that would push Spurs further than winning the cup will and enable us to attract even better players, which, in turn, can lead to more glory and more trophies later down the line. There isn't that much in it though, and yeah I can see why you don't agree. And obviously we didn't finish fourth, so it was just gutting.

The only other way the lasagne season could have been better than this season would have been if I'd finished it by personally hunting down David Dein, kidnapping him, tying him up in my cellar and then making the cheating corrupt **** drink a pint of his own diahorrea every hour, on the hour, for the next forty years. That would have been good.

 

[TheBlueRooster]

Winning another UEFA Cup would give us double the European bragging rights of ar5ena1.

Winning the Eurovision Song contest would give us double the bragging rights. They've only ever won the CWC, the Fairs Cup wasn't a UEFA trophy. So I would say that they've only ever won once in Europe.

The Champions league as you say is only about money. Their is a strong possibility that it will be an all English final this year, which in mind is no different to winning the FA or League cups.

 

[AW?]

Cup games are one-off games, which is what I was alluding to. You can spin it anyway you want (and trying to claim beating Middlesboro as anything apart from 'the done thing' shows you're stretching), but it's a personal thing. I don't understand why people are getting so defensive.

It was a simple question: which did you derive more pleasure from. It's not an argument, you can't say anyone's 'wrong', it's based on what everyone felt. And as much as I enjoyed the cup run and win, I enjoyed the other season more. I don't know why; yes, maybe it says a lot about me. But I did. I'm glad you all took more pleasure in this year.

I know what your saying, and in that "lasagna" year we did play some good footy (Carrick helped) but we seriously rode our luck in some games and although we did very well, i did wonder how the fuck we won some of them. The Blackburn games really sticks in my mind and there was quite a few others.

Yes we had a good season, but finishing 4th that year clearly wasn't meant to be,

 

[Liquidator]

I really enjoyed the entire 'lasagne' season despite the fact we finished fifth. We were in 4th place from October wasn't it? That felt bloody fantastic.

Of course to fall at the final hurdle was gutting, but we were right there up until the last day of the season - and don't let any gooner fan tell you they thought they'd overhaul us. They were gutted all season.

Remember that when comparing the two seasons. The Goons looking at their shoes pretty much all season. Surely that means something??

Don't get me wrong, winning the CCup was great - mainly because of the wins against Arsenal and CFC, and the UEFA qualification we really needed.

But I enjoyed 05/06 more - because we were back up the end of the table I've always felt we belonged, playing great football, feeling good for almost an entire season.

It was the dawn of a new era. And I've been supporting THFC a l-o-n-n-n-n-g-g time.

It's not that unnatural. An analogy might be - were you happier at the birth of your child, or when they won their first prize at school?

Wouldn't most people would probably elect for the birth?

Anyway - cheers to all of you - This has been a tough old season, and we've ended it with silverware.

I wonder if they'll be able to say that down the Emirates, or Stamford Bridge?

:beer:

 

[Wsussexspur]

Id say this season! However it is kind of sad that we go into last 8 games for first time in two seasons with nothing to play for except pride!

 

[Stoof]

Id say this season! However it is kind of sad that we go into last 8 games for first time in two seasons with nothing to play for except pride!

True - but, aside from a bit less from the Premier League for a lower finish, objective for the season complete (+ trophy?)

Didn't stop the Liverpool game selling out as rapidly as it did though! Bastards!

 

[orkneyspur]

"the League only once" ???????????? Eek Since when did 1951 not count?
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FCUK you're right. There's a thread running on chat about who is the oldest on SC, I would like to point out that my addled brain is as a result of too many years self destruction and for missing out a really obvious fact is a real embarrassment.

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

What would Billy Nick say? Is finishing 4th in something glorious? Winning at all costs? No it quite clearly isn't. Is lifting a trophy a sign that you're the best in that competition in that particular year, does it not etch another mark on the "Trophies Won" tally? Of course.

Fourth place smourth place. Give me glory anyday.

Fourth place, fourth place hallelujah
And the Spurs go marching on on on! :up:

 

[SouthLondonSpur]

I'll go for the Lasagne, but then I'm a fat bastard.

This season, although capped with a little glory, is a progression once again. Our manager only started in October, it has had too many dissapointments in league form to be as exciting as Lasagne-gate.

Still loved beating the Chavs in the final though.

 

[Mornstar]

i'd go for lasange over a champions league spot or the cup any day.

 

[Has1978]

The lasagna season is tinged with sadness. Started well but ended very badly.

Also, many of the wins were ground out, barely deserved affairs e.g. Boro, Fulham, Blackburn, Bolton at home.

We laboured to home wins against Sunderland and Portsmouth (who were not good then). We won them and that's all well and good but they were tight affairs - not exactly anything to shout about. No thrashings, no champagne football there.

We didn't really go and give anyone a beating but it is true we were more consistent especially defensively. Might have something to do with or 2 best players fit almost all season and having the fewest number of games to play out of every team in every division.

We also didn't win a single game against quality oppostion.

This season, we were less consistent but the highs were much higher. And we won something. This season wins.