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It wasWasn't that Rob Palmer?
It wasWasn't that Rob Palmer?
Pundits would believe in our ability to win anything if we had bought our current squad for their current value, if we had gone out in the summer and paid a combined £350 million for Kane, Eriksen and Dele their perception would be completely different, maybe they are right maybe not but I am certain that is how they think.
Spurs have never won the league in my lifetime. And only won three cups - one FA, two League - since I properly started watching football (as much as I would like to say I played a pivotal cheering role in the 81-84 glory years, I suspect I had more pressing things to do like shitting myself and crying – some things never change!).
Winning stuff isn’t something I’ve grown accustomed to. A new generation seems to want to win at all costs despite us having lesser right to now but it doesn’t get much better than Wembley on Wednesday. Drink it in
Careful Harry Redknapp got slaughtered for saying something similar
Spurs have never won the league in my lifetime. And only won three cups - one FA, two League - since I properly started watching football (as much as I would like to say I played a pivotal cheering role in the 81-84 glory years, I suspect I had more pressing things to do like shitting myself and crying – some things never change!).
Winning stuff isn’t something I’ve grown accustomed to. A new generation seems to want to win at all costs despite us having lesser right to now but it doesn’t get much better than Wembley on Wednesday. Drink it in
Don't call in the co-op yet because it's going to get a lot better.Absolutely this.
I've supported Spurs for 25 years and for the vast majority of that time we have been shite. If Wednesday night is as good as it gets, i will die a happy man.
I think Bellamy is the only pundit I have heard call it out as it is, that both our previous two seasons we have ran two teams close who were not in the champions league and it was entirely possible we could have won two titles. No one else will say it. He's gone up a few notches in my book.
Agree with Bellamy and Ballague 100%
Of course winning matters but it's not the only barometer of success. Secondly, we should be enjoying these moments not stressing about winning stuff.
He won't make any headlines for saying it though and that's the reason why these ex players become pundits. They no longer have the adulation of fans and if they didn't go on tv they would slip away unnoticed. By becoming a pundit and saying something controversial or repeating the same old crap driven agenda all the time then you'll get SSN repeating it every hour or the Sun and Daily Mail making headlines and web pages about it. They are after an ego kick and recognition and that's about it on the whole.
See Collymore, Merson, Redknapp Jn, Nicholas, P Neville, Keane etc for example.
Agree with Bellamy and Ballague 100%
Of course winning matters but it's not the only barometer of success. Secondly, we should be enjoying these moments not stressing about winning stuff.
Agree with Bellamy and Ballague 100%
Of course winning matters but it's not the only barometer of success. Secondly, we should be enjoying these moments not stressing about winning stuff.
I think it's about networking and opinions. A pundit must have opinions. Now, it doesn't matter whether it is a correct opinion, as long as it's headline-worthy.I think people generally forget to take most things so called pundits say with a pinch of salt. They forget these people also have agents. They are all trying to create money for each other.
When Barton shot his mouth of the other night on TS he said 'I just say it how it is. All these other pundits are just networking.'
And thats all it is, networking.
You scratch my back I'll scratch yours.
Just listen to the media regarding Wiltshire for England. Its a fkin joke.
Maybe its becaise I'm getting older and more synical or maybe its because of the glaringly biased bile regarding Brexit but I now view everything spoken or written with a slant towards an alteria motive.
Yes of course everyone has an opinion but whether you are actually voicing your personal honest opinion or bigging up /knocking down someone for other reasons is another matter.I think it's about networking and opinions. A pundit must have opinions. Now, it doesn't matter whether it is a correct opinion, as long as it's headline-worthy.
Pundits would believe in our ability to win anything if we had bought our current squad for their current value, if we had gone out in the summer and paid a combined £350 million for Kane, Eriksen and Dele their perception would be completely different, maybe they are right maybe not but I am certain that is how they think.
I think it's about networking and opinions. A pundit must have opinions. Now, it doesn't matter whether it is a correct opinion, as long as it's headline-worthy.
For instance: "Tottenham will probably not be relegated" - correct, but bad pundit
"Tottenham can face relegation if and when Kane moves to Real Madrid" - really good pundit, but somewhat incorrect.
This is what pisses me off about the BBC though, I don't think they should be trying to compete for market share, they should concentrate on quality and stop chasing the clicks imo.Absolutely 100% this. Talksport and Sky lead the way. It’s nothing new, it gets people tuning in, texting, tweeting, clicking, sharing - and this sells ads. BBC ought to be above it but they are competing for market share to justify the license fee. It’s also not just us... we just notice more when we are the subject and right now we are the team people are talking about. As the saying goes there’s only one thing worse than being talked about....
I think it's about networking and opinions. A pundit must have opinions. Now, it doesn't matter whether it is a correct opinion, as long as it's headline-worthy.
For instance: "Tottenham will probably not be relegated" - correct, but bad pundit
"Tottenham can face relegation if and when Kane moves to Real Madrid" - really good pundit, but somewhat incorrect.