comment by grandspurs (U3810)
posted 2 minutes ago
Atletico treated Europa league with respect whilst building an ethos. We should also.
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IMO we should treat ANY competition we are in with respect
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Most definitely...If you are a fan what's there not to like about watching a match that your team is playing. isn't that the point of supporting a team.
The more games the merrier for me. More experience for the team and young players. More experience for Poch, More revenue for the club to afford wages of players we think should be gracing our squad.
"But February games in the knock out stages are quite different to group matches."
You think Spurs will still be in with a shout of also qualifying for the Europa via their final PL position ??
Totally stupid of the OP!!
We should take seriously every competition and the Europa is certainly a very important one for us!
It's our level we aren't a top four club so this way we could still get another way to the CL!
Honestly Legue Cup and FA cup are easier to win than Europa league for us.
Do you really trust Spurs to put together 2 consistent performances int he knockout stages?
I'm just praying for a league cup final. That will do me fine for now.
Who knows? You might even get to the league cup final and not have to.
I really don't know what to make of Spurs this season, to be honest. I didn't think you were that good last season but you finished above us.
But you seem to have got even worse this year.
First six months at a new club can be difficult for a new manager so it's early days. But from what I've seen I'm not really sure how you even want to play.
Is that a fair comment or is there something distinct in your play that I've missed?
comment by Darren The King Fletcher (U10026)
posted 29 seconds ago
Who knows? You might even get to the league cup final and not have to.
I really don't know what to make of Spurs this season, to be honest. I didn't think you were that good last season but you finished above us.
But you seem to have got even worse this year.
First six months at a new club can be difficult for a new manager so it's early days. But from what I've seen I'm not really sure how you even want to play.
Is that a fair comment or is there something distinct in your play that I've missed?
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Agreed...Poch needs full season before he knows his best team. I was hoping Pre-season was all he needed....I was wrong
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"or is there something distinct in your play that I've missed?"
Football.
Agreed...Poch needs full season before he knows his best team
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A full season to find out his best team!!!!! Well I hope its a full season before he picks up a wage packet then because if you or me took 9 months to work out what was needed in a new job we would be picking up our P45 after 9 days.
Ioavirgo
Agreed...Poch needs full season before he knows his best team. I was hoping Pre-season was all he needed....I was wrong
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A manager should not need a full season to know his best team.
Other clubs have new managers and can work this stuff out within a month or 2. I dont know why we think we are the only club who appoints a new manager or has a "player overhaul" from season to season.
I know we need to rotate here and there but we change our team whether we play well or not.
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There can be a multitude of reasons why a manager is yet to know his best team. For example, in our case, we've just not had the players available for selection for the manager to consistently field it.
Not sure if Pochettino is facing problems such as these when it comes to Spurs.
I also think the idea of a best team isn't cut and dry especially if you have a manager that is willing to adapt his lineups and tactics for certain opponents because the 'best team' isn't strong enough to always play one way.
I think we also have an element of that at United too.
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I would have more respect for this Competition if they did not allow the 3rd place or losers from the CL Group stages to join it totally devalues this Cup and having to put up with Sunday games which we invariably lose straight after totally hacks me off !!
Our history has been built around Europa, not CL. We are not too good for the Europa.
comment by Numbers (U12711)
posted 2 minutes ago
I would have more respect for this Competition if they did not allow the 3rd place or losers from the CL Group stages to join it totally devalues this Cup and having to put up with Sunday games which we invariably lose straight after totally hacks me off !!
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I agree its crap, but its all about the prize. a European trophy and CL qualification...
correct me if I am wrong, but isn't our aim at the start of every season to try to win a trophy and to qualify for the CL?
this competition offers both... but you don't want anything to do with it? strange
When we consider our history, we have three things that really stand out as massively impressive:
1st and only non-league side to win the FA cup.
61 double.
1st English side to win a European trophy (Europa).
Great competition.
first team to do the double weren't we?
"first team to do the double weren't we?"
In the 20th century.
RDBD remembers it like it was yesterday
where have you been ? we have missed your outside the box view of life and maf has missed your formulas
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or should that be formulae
Chronic - all of our successes that are shown on the giant screen are generally in Black & White I suppose Ricky Villa's winning goal in the FA Cup Final was in glorious technicolour !!
Then when the disdain for a European competition when most of your success are in black and white?
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posted on 10/12/14
comment by grandspurs (U3810)
posted 2 minutes ago
Atletico treated Europa league with respect whilst building an ethos. We should also.
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IMO we should treat ANY competition we are in with respect
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Most definitely...If you are a fan what's there not to like about watching a match that your team is playing. isn't that the point of supporting a team.
The more games the merrier for me. More experience for the team and young players. More experience for Poch, More revenue for the club to afford wages of players we think should be gracing our squad.
posted on 10/12/14
"But February games in the knock out stages are quite different to group matches."
You think Spurs will still be in with a shout of also qualifying for the Europa via their final PL position ??
posted on 10/12/14
Totally stupid of the OP!!
We should take seriously every competition and the Europa is certainly a very important one for us!
It's our level we aren't a top four club so this way we could still get another way to the CL!
posted on 10/12/14
Honestly Legue Cup and FA cup are easier to win than Europa league for us.
Do you really trust Spurs to put together 2 consistent performances int he knockout stages?
I'm just praying for a league cup final. That will do me fine for now.
posted on 10/12/14
Who knows? You might even get to the league cup final and not have to.
I really don't know what to make of Spurs this season, to be honest. I didn't think you were that good last season but you finished above us.
But you seem to have got even worse this year.
First six months at a new club can be difficult for a new manager so it's early days. But from what I've seen I'm not really sure how you even want to play.
Is that a fair comment or is there something distinct in your play that I've missed?
posted on 10/12/14
comment by Darren The King Fletcher (U10026)
posted 29 seconds ago
Who knows? You might even get to the league cup final and not have to.
I really don't know what to make of Spurs this season, to be honest. I didn't think you were that good last season but you finished above us.
But you seem to have got even worse this year.
First six months at a new club can be difficult for a new manager so it's early days. But from what I've seen I'm not really sure how you even want to play.
Is that a fair comment or is there something distinct in your play that I've missed?
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Agreed...Poch needs full season before he knows his best team. I was hoping Pre-season was all he needed....I was wrong
posted on 10/12/14
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posted on 10/12/14
"or is there something distinct in your play that I've missed?"
Football.
posted on 10/12/14
Agreed...Poch needs full season before he knows his best team
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A full season to find out his best team!!!!! Well I hope its a full season before he picks up a wage packet then because if you or me took 9 months to work out what was needed in a new job we would be picking up our P45 after 9 days.
posted on 10/12/14
Ioavirgo
Agreed...Poch needs full season before he knows his best team. I was hoping Pre-season was all he needed....I was wrong
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A manager should not need a full season to know his best team.
Other clubs have new managers and can work this stuff out within a month or 2. I dont know why we think we are the only club who appoints a new manager or has a "player overhaul" from season to season.
I know we need to rotate here and there but we change our team whether we play well or not.
posted on 10/12/14
Football
There can be a multitude of reasons why a manager is yet to know his best team. For example, in our case, we've just not had the players available for selection for the manager to consistently field it.
Not sure if Pochettino is facing problems such as these when it comes to Spurs.
I also think the idea of a best team isn't cut and dry especially if you have a manager that is willing to adapt his lineups and tactics for certain opponents because the 'best team' isn't strong enough to always play one way.
I think we also have an element of that at United too.
posted on 10/12/14
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posted on 10/12/14
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posted on 10/12/14
I would have more respect for this Competition if they did not allow the 3rd place or losers from the CL Group stages to join it totally devalues this Cup and having to put up with Sunday games which we invariably lose straight after totally hacks me off !!
posted on 10/12/14
Our history has been built around Europa, not CL. We are not too good for the Europa.
posted on 10/12/14
comment by Numbers (U12711)
posted 2 minutes ago
I would have more respect for this Competition if they did not allow the 3rd place or losers from the CL Group stages to join it totally devalues this Cup and having to put up with Sunday games which we invariably lose straight after totally hacks me off !!
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I agree its crap, but its all about the prize. a European trophy and CL qualification...
correct me if I am wrong, but isn't our aim at the start of every season to try to win a trophy and to qualify for the CL?
this competition offers both... but you don't want anything to do with it? strange
posted on 10/12/14
When we consider our history, we have three things that really stand out as massively impressive:
1st and only non-league side to win the FA cup.
61 double.
1st English side to win a European trophy (Europa).
Great competition.
posted on 10/12/14
first team to do the double weren't we?
posted on 10/12/14
"first team to do the double weren't we?"
In the 20th century.
posted on 10/12/14
Wiki tells me it's PNE.
posted on 10/12/14
RDBD remembers it like it was yesterday
where have you been ? we have missed your outside the box view of life and maf has missed your formulas
posted on 10/12/14
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posted on 10/12/14
or should that be formulae
posted on 10/12/14
Chronic - all of our successes that are shown on the giant screen are generally in Black & White I suppose Ricky Villa's winning goal in the FA Cup Final was in glorious technicolour !!
posted on 10/12/14
Then when the disdain for a European competition when most of your success are in black and white?
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