Barca or bayern in our CL group would mean not winning the league so no thanks
Give us FC Copenhagen
West Ham and Chelsea will not want Spurs to win the league so I think you can put those games down as pretty much 6 points. You can't mess it up from here surely.
comment by Top_of_the_fox (U17279)
posted 2 minutes ago
Barca or bayern in our CL group would mean not winning the league so no thanks
Give us FC Copenhagen
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Where's your positivity TOTF?!!!
Chelsea away last game is great. A complete dead rubber for them and they will probably play the kids.
comment by BH_Spurs (U10357)
posted 1 minute ago
West Ham and Chelsea will not want Spurs to win the league so I think you can put those games down as pretty much 6 points. You can't mess it up from here surely.
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So they'll let us win? They'll not bother, and just let us walk the ball in the net?
You don't honestly believe Chelsea and WHU players care that much about Spurs that they'd throw games?
3 of our last 5 are dead rubbers for the opponent tbh. At least
Ripley I admire your candid views and thank you.
For others to suggest teams are going to let us win thats crazy.
There maybe 10% effort lacking in their performance or Chelsea may put out their kids. But even the kids will do their best to gain a contract wage rise or promotion to the first team.
No one is suggesting any team will roll over for us. But when you have something to play for then it makes a huge difference. That's what made today's game probably harder for us than when we play Everton or Chelsea
Sunderland needed a point and we still came through it.
Five games to go. Five massive massive games.
Anything could happen, but you've got to hope we can get at least 2 wins.
I didn't like the Spurs result today. I feel like that has put a lot of wind in their sails.
I still feel sick.
Westham are still desperate for top 4 so no way in a million years will they not try against Leicester. Anyone who actually thinks this is deluded and clueless. Westham will go all out for that game because it's last chance saloon for them in the quest for top 4
Blackstar, to be fair mate Sunderland are atrocious and that showed today. Your real test is the hammers and if you come through that with 3 points then congrats the league is yours. Can see hammers certainly doing their best for the 3 points though
West Ham have got a big game in mid week which in itself could be an advantage to us. But if they win that and their priorities may change by Sunday
I disagree Don. A counter attacking team hates playing sides that sit deep and defend. It's why we have had to grind results out and it was no different today. I would take the likes of Everton and West Ham every week over Sunderland and Watford.
It's not the same for Spurs but we rely on teams coming on to us. Sunderland are far better defensively than west ham or Everton who are so open it's untrue. That's great for vardy and mahrez
I'm not saying west ham will be easy but we are more comfortable playing that kind of team than Sunderland who pressed us all over the park and kicked us to death today.
We have beaten West Ham away and if we can defend like we have done recently then I think we will get through it ok
Don i dont mean west ham wont be going for three points. Of course they will
I just think we have some games coming up better suited to our style than teams set up to defend.
I agree with BS, West Ham coming to try to beat us will play straight into our hands and is a much better type of game for us. I'd rather being playing West Ham, United, Everton and Chelsea more than Sunderland, Newcastle, WBA and Norwich and even Swansea.
We play counter attacking football which needs teams to come and attack us, we back ourselves defensively and hit at pace on the break. We don't want teams sitting deep playing for draws because that makes it more difficult to utilise our pace.
Our goals yesterday were precisely why we're so dangerous, another glorious ball by Drinky and Vardy doing what he does best and then Vards in a foot race and there's only one winner. This is what we will get from playing teams who try to beat us and we will get loads of space in our upcoming games, so what other fans might see on paper as better teams and more difficult, they're actually better for us.
comment by arrothefoxinoz (U8567)
posted 7 hours, 20 minutes ago
I agree with BS, West Ham coming to try to beat us will play straight into our hands and is a much better type of game for us. I'd rather being playing West Ham, United, Everton and Chelsea more than Sunderland, Newcastle, WBA and Norwich and even Swansea.
We play counter attacking football which needs teams to come and attack us, we back ourselves defensively and hit at pace on the break. We don't want teams sitting deep playing for draws because that makes it more difficult to utilise our pace.
Our goals yesterday were precisely why we're so dangerous, another glorious ball by Drinky and Vardy doing what he does best and then Vards in a foot race and there's only one winner. This is what we will get from playing teams who try to beat us and we will get loads of space in our upcoming games, so what other fans might see on paper as better teams and more difficult, they're actually better for us.
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I don't disagree with any of that. I am though surprised at Sunderland's lack of tactical discipline yesterday. For a team desperate for points, playing against a team who are ruthless on the counter, to get over-confident when getting some decent possession is unacceptable at this level.
I agree that teams who deploy the style of tactics like WHU, Chelsea and ManUtd are better suited to us - however naturally the trade off is that the risk goes up. One slip up against Sunderland, you might not concede (see Jack Rodwell), vs slipping up to WHU, and say Payet, you will concede.
What we have shown, definitively, is that we collect points and adapt our style to suit every run of games thrown at us.
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posted on 10/4/16
Barca or bayern in our CL group would mean not winning the league so no thanks
Give us FC Copenhagen
posted on 10/4/16
West Ham and Chelsea will not want Spurs to win the league so I think you can put those games down as pretty much 6 points. You can't mess it up from here surely.
posted on 10/4/16
comment by Top_of_the_fox (U17279)
posted 2 minutes ago
Barca or bayern in our CL group would mean not winning the league so no thanks
Give us FC Copenhagen
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Where's your positivity TOTF?!!!
posted on 10/4/16
Chelsea away last game is great. A complete dead rubber for them and they will probably play the kids.
posted on 10/4/16
comment by BH_Spurs (U10357)
posted 1 minute ago
West Ham and Chelsea will not want Spurs to win the league so I think you can put those games down as pretty much 6 points. You can't mess it up from here surely.
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So they'll let us win? They'll not bother, and just let us walk the ball in the net?
You don't honestly believe Chelsea and WHU players care that much about Spurs that they'd throw games?
posted on 10/4/16
3 of our last 5 are dead rubbers for the opponent tbh. At least
posted on 10/4/16
Ripley I admire your candid views and thank you.
For others to suggest teams are going to let us win thats crazy.
There maybe 10% effort lacking in their performance or Chelsea may put out their kids. But even the kids will do their best to gain a contract wage rise or promotion to the first team.
posted on 10/4/16
No one is suggesting any team will roll over for us. But when you have something to play for then it makes a huge difference. That's what made today's game probably harder for us than when we play Everton or Chelsea
Sunderland needed a point and we still came through it.
posted on 10/4/16
Five games to go. Five massive massive games.
Anything could happen, but you've got to hope we can get at least 2 wins.
I didn't like the Spurs result today. I feel like that has put a lot of wind in their sails.
I still feel sick.
posted on 10/4/16
Westham are still desperate for top 4 so no way in a million years will they not try against Leicester. Anyone who actually thinks this is deluded and clueless. Westham will go all out for that game because it's last chance saloon for them in the quest for top 4
posted on 10/4/16
Blackstar, to be fair mate Sunderland are atrocious and that showed today. Your real test is the hammers and if you come through that with 3 points then congrats the league is yours. Can see hammers certainly doing their best for the 3 points though
posted on 10/4/16
West Ham have got a big game in mid week which in itself could be an advantage to us. But if they win that and their priorities may change by Sunday
posted on 10/4/16
I disagree Don. A counter attacking team hates playing sides that sit deep and defend. It's why we have had to grind results out and it was no different today. I would take the likes of Everton and West Ham every week over Sunderland and Watford.
It's not the same for Spurs but we rely on teams coming on to us. Sunderland are far better defensively than west ham or Everton who are so open it's untrue. That's great for vardy and mahrez
I'm not saying west ham will be easy but we are more comfortable playing that kind of team than Sunderland who pressed us all over the park and kicked us to death today.
We have beaten West Ham away and if we can defend like we have done recently then I think we will get through it ok
posted on 10/4/16
Don i dont mean west ham wont be going for three points. Of course they will
I just think we have some games coming up better suited to our style than teams set up to defend.
posted on 11/4/16
I agree with BS, West Ham coming to try to beat us will play straight into our hands and is a much better type of game for us. I'd rather being playing West Ham, United, Everton and Chelsea more than Sunderland, Newcastle, WBA and Norwich and even Swansea.
We play counter attacking football which needs teams to come and attack us, we back ourselves defensively and hit at pace on the break. We don't want teams sitting deep playing for draws because that makes it more difficult to utilise our pace.
Our goals yesterday were precisely why we're so dangerous, another glorious ball by Drinky and Vardy doing what he does best and then Vards in a foot race and there's only one winner. This is what we will get from playing teams who try to beat us and we will get loads of space in our upcoming games, so what other fans might see on paper as better teams and more difficult, they're actually better for us.
posted on 11/4/16
comment by arrothefoxinoz (U8567)
posted 7 hours, 20 minutes ago
I agree with BS, West Ham coming to try to beat us will play straight into our hands and is a much better type of game for us. I'd rather being playing West Ham, United, Everton and Chelsea more than Sunderland, Newcastle, WBA and Norwich and even Swansea.
We play counter attacking football which needs teams to come and attack us, we back ourselves defensively and hit at pace on the break. We don't want teams sitting deep playing for draws because that makes it more difficult to utilise our pace.
Our goals yesterday were precisely why we're so dangerous, another glorious ball by Drinky and Vardy doing what he does best and then Vards in a foot race and there's only one winner. This is what we will get from playing teams who try to beat us and we will get loads of space in our upcoming games, so what other fans might see on paper as better teams and more difficult, they're actually better for us.
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I don't disagree with any of that. I am though surprised at Sunderland's lack of tactical discipline yesterday. For a team desperate for points, playing against a team who are ruthless on the counter, to get over-confident when getting some decent possession is unacceptable at this level.
I agree that teams who deploy the style of tactics like WHU, Chelsea and ManUtd are better suited to us - however naturally the trade off is that the risk goes up. One slip up against Sunderland, you might not concede (see Jack Rodwell), vs slipping up to WHU, and say Payet, you will concede.
What we have shown, definitively, is that we collect points and adapt our style to suit every run of games thrown at us.
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