Spurtle it will be the same next season. Give spurs a minimum target and that is all we will aim for.
If 16 teams dropped out the league and we came 4th out of the last 4. We would still turn around and say we had a good season we finished top 4 and that was our aim at the start. Typical no good spurs mentality
Sorry to bring a dose of reality to this debate but we have done extremely well considering our financial position. Yes we're well run and have some awesome talents in the squad but look at the teams around us - oil barons, huge stadiums and a culture of winning.
We can't do much about the money side in the short term at least but Chronic's right - we need to believe. There's no magic wand, we MUST go all-out to win a trophy next season. I think the Europa's an excellent opportunity - for all the sneering it'd put us on the map again.
Chronic yes more than likely we would.
If we've got players like Parker thinking 4th is a success then you can fully understand why we dropped off the pace from third with a 13 point gap to 4th with 1 point behind. They'll start believing that if 1st isn't good enough "well 4th is still a success cause we'll get CL". And that's when it goes wrong.
We failed aiming high.
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failure aiming high would have been brining defoe on but losing to aston villa.
we brought scott parker on.
Yes, we are cursed. In January we were comfortably in 3rd place and challenging City and United for the top two places. Then came that dreadful run of results, but even then I thought the team was playing well enough in some of those games to have obtained more points than they did, but through a combination of lack of form/injuries/bad decisions (by management and match officials) circumstances conspired against us. Who would have thought that our friends in West London would play 270 mins of the most negative football seen on this planet to win the CL !
I agree with Scott Parker that Spurs have had a successful season...they have entertained us superbly for most of it, which unfortunately only raises out hopes and expectations, which made it that more disappointing when CL qualification did not materialize.
Yes, we are cursed, and the end result disappointing, but the season was certainly not boring, and I would hate to see OUR team change its style of play for the sake of a few points.
COYS
comment by Just Plain B.o.a.r.d (U1059) posted 7 hours, 21 minutes ago
We failed aiming high.
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failure aiming high would have been brining defoe on but losing to aston villa.
we brought scott parker on.
SandroRedknapp
Scott Parker was right, Spurs did have a good season, no trophy admittedly, but Top Four was the aim and was attained despite being up against teams that have had constant CL for the past twenty seasons, inclusive of two teams that have both thrown a billion each at the project, Spurs finished a creditable 4th.
The club could not legislate that a team that barely had a shot at goal from the SF onwards would somehow manage to lift the CL and deny Spurs their well earned place.
Well done Scott for a great season.
Sorry it it's an unsuccessful season.
Regardless of previous seasons, our aim was CL football, not top 4 (top 4 is the aspiration because it xan provide CL football). We failed. Doesn't matter about the ifs and buts, the fact is we will not be playing in it next season.
Insaneintheparklane.
You are 100% correct. Our aim was what 4th place supposedly got us. Not 4th place itself
In any other circumstances I would say we were unlucky to come 4th and Chelsea win cl, but considering the position we were in then we have ourselves to blame. When we were third redknapp said he would be disappointed to come below third. We did come below third so it's a disappointment especially considering how crucial third was this season
I don't even mind failure as long as we learn from it and improve as a result. Seemingly being active early in the transfer window seems a good sign.
Agree with above, this season will show everyone that top 4 isn't enough and we now need to be aiming at top 3. Also we can clearly see finishing above arsenal could become more of a reality. We obviously learnt a lesson from delaying the Parker and Adebayor signings and dropping 6 points early. At this moment I remain optimistic for the summer and next season.
Reality check fellas, we were gubbed 5-1 by City, 5-2 by Arsenal, 5-1 by Chelsea, which means there is still work in progress. We finished 4th, which any other season would have given us CL football.
comment by Insaneintheparklane (U7303) posted 22 minutes ago
I don't even mind failure as long as we learn from it and improve as a result. Seemingly being active early in the transfer window seems a good sign.
Who have we signed ?
being active and signing someone are two different things..
I will wait to reserve judgement but would not surprise me if we are putting in bids at a quarter to midnight on Aug 31st
For Hesky and Adams ...............
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Can't agree with anyone who says it was a sucess.
We wanted champions league football: We didn't get it
We were 10 points clear of arsenal in february: Finished behind them
We fought back from 2-0 away to city to level it up at 2-2: Lost 3-2
2-0 up against arsenal shortly after milan battered them 4-0 and been dumped out of the FA cup by sunderland: Lost 5-2
All over chelsea at the bridge: Drew 0-0
On top vs man united at home in the first half: Lost 3-1
See the common theme here? So close yet didn't get the job done. Sums up the season.
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posted on 31/5/12
Spurtle it will be the same next season. Give spurs a minimum target and that is all we will aim for.
If 16 teams dropped out the league and we came 4th out of the last 4. We would still turn around and say we had a good season we finished top 4 and that was our aim at the start. Typical no good spurs mentality
posted on 31/5/12
Sorry to bring a dose of reality to this debate but we have done extremely well considering our financial position. Yes we're well run and have some awesome talents in the squad but look at the teams around us - oil barons, huge stadiums and a culture of winning.
We can't do much about the money side in the short term at least but Chronic's right - we need to believe. There's no magic wand, we MUST go all-out to win a trophy next season. I think the Europa's an excellent opportunity - for all the sneering it'd put us on the map again.
posted on 31/5/12
Chronic yes more than likely we would.
If we've got players like Parker thinking 4th is a success then you can fully understand why we dropped off the pace from third with a 13 point gap to 4th with 1 point behind. They'll start believing that if 1st isn't good enough "well 4th is still a success cause we'll get CL". And that's when it goes wrong.
posted on 31/5/12
We failed aiming high.
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failure aiming high would have been brining defoe on but losing to aston villa.
we brought scott parker on.
posted on 31/5/12
Yes, we are cursed. In January we were comfortably in 3rd place and challenging City and United for the top two places. Then came that dreadful run of results, but even then I thought the team was playing well enough in some of those games to have obtained more points than they did, but through a combination of lack of form/injuries/bad decisions (by management and match officials) circumstances conspired against us. Who would have thought that our friends in West London would play 270 mins of the most negative football seen on this planet to win the CL !
I agree with Scott Parker that Spurs have had a successful season...they have entertained us superbly for most of it, which unfortunately only raises out hopes and expectations, which made it that more disappointing when CL qualification did not materialize.
Yes, we are cursed, and the end result disappointing, but the season was certainly not boring, and I would hate to see OUR team change its style of play for the sake of a few points.
COYS
posted on 31/5/12
comment by Just Plain B.o.a.r.d (U1059) posted 7 hours, 21 minutes ago
We failed aiming high.
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failure aiming high would have been brining defoe on but losing to aston villa.
we brought scott parker on.
posted on 31/5/12
SandroRedknapp
Scott Parker was right, Spurs did have a good season, no trophy admittedly, but Top Four was the aim and was attained despite being up against teams that have had constant CL for the past twenty seasons, inclusive of two teams that have both thrown a billion each at the project, Spurs finished a creditable 4th.
The club could not legislate that a team that barely had a shot at goal from the SF onwards would somehow manage to lift the CL and deny Spurs their well earned place.
Well done Scott for a great season.
posted on 31/5/12
Sorry it it's an unsuccessful season.
Regardless of previous seasons, our aim was CL football, not top 4 (top 4 is the aspiration because it xan provide CL football). We failed. Doesn't matter about the ifs and buts, the fact is we will not be playing in it next season.
posted on 31/5/12
Insaneintheparklane.
You are 100% correct. Our aim was what 4th place supposedly got us. Not 4th place itself
In any other circumstances I would say we were unlucky to come 4th and Chelsea win cl, but considering the position we were in then we have ourselves to blame. When we were third redknapp said he would be disappointed to come below third. We did come below third so it's a disappointment especially considering how crucial third was this season
posted on 31/5/12
I don't even mind failure as long as we learn from it and improve as a result. Seemingly being active early in the transfer window seems a good sign.
posted on 31/5/12
Agree with above, this season will show everyone that top 4 isn't enough and we now need to be aiming at top 3. Also we can clearly see finishing above arsenal could become more of a reality. We obviously learnt a lesson from delaying the Parker and Adebayor signings and dropping 6 points early. At this moment I remain optimistic for the summer and next season.
posted on 31/5/12
Reality check fellas, we were gubbed 5-1 by City, 5-2 by Arsenal, 5-1 by Chelsea, which means there is still work in progress. We finished 4th, which any other season would have given us CL football.
posted on 31/5/12
comment by Insaneintheparklane (U7303) posted 22 minutes ago
I don't even mind failure as long as we learn from it and improve as a result. Seemingly being active early in the transfer window seems a good sign.
Who have we signed ?
being active and signing someone are two different things..
I will wait to reserve judgement but would not surprise me if we are putting in bids at a quarter to midnight on Aug 31st
For Hesky and Adams ...............
posted on 31/5/12
Fair point
posted on 31/5/12
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posted on 31/5/12
Can't agree with anyone who says it was a sucess.
We wanted champions league football: We didn't get it
We were 10 points clear of arsenal in february: Finished behind them
We fought back from 2-0 away to city to level it up at 2-2: Lost 3-2
2-0 up against arsenal shortly after milan battered them 4-0 and been dumped out of the FA cup by sunderland: Lost 5-2
All over chelsea at the bridge: Drew 0-0
On top vs man united at home in the first half: Lost 3-1
See the common theme here? So close yet didn't get the job done. Sums up the season.
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