comment by Greatteamswinit4times- a terrible enemy (U6008)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by HRH King Ledley (U20095)
posted 2 hours, 47 minutes ago
comment by Greatteamswinit4times- a terrible enemy (U6008)
posted 9 minutes ago
You're wrong RC. I gave an example of Newcastle and Villa. What was Newcastle journey like again? Relegation? My only point was that villa fans won a trophy and their fans will always have that. What do Newcastle fans have now? A team that was pleasing to watch for two seasons. That's it.
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Nobody ever talks about the Villa league cup winning side of the 90s. I doubt even Villa fans care that much about it.

Everybody remembers that Newcastle side though - an exciting, flamboyant side that had a real go at beconing the best side in the country - and I am sure Newscastle fans reminisce about it far more than the Villa fans do about their minor cup win.

I look back more fondly at the Redknapp sides of 2009-12 than the Ramos or Graham cup winning teams.

Arsenal of 98/99 (potless, United's treble winning year) are far more memorable than any league cup winners of I care enough to remember

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I'm sure the Newcastle fans take great solace that you remember that team. They would much rather have a trophy.

We had a amazing team in 2013/14. Best football we'd played for 20 plus years. We won nothing. The "journey" as so many people have mentioned needs a destination. That season means nothing now because we won nothing. It was the building blocks towards nothing. If you go on and start to win things over the next few years I'll be with you all the way on your points. These years for Spurs fans will rightly be remembered for what they were. The building blocks for success. If you win nothing and are perennial top 4-6 then nobody will care about what you have "achieved" and you as fans will look back and ask how such a good team won nothing, in the same way Newcastle fans now do.
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Which season did you prefer? 11/12 or 13/14?

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I would guess you are the exception rather than the rule. Most people hated that 11/12 season; especially considering Suarez-gate et al.

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Greatteams

Wbat would you take now:

A) FA cup and 5th place

B) 2nd place, close to winning the league

A 10000000%

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You struggling with your alpahbet there GT?

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Spurs fans dismissing Europa League and League cup as a season worse than finishing 2nd. Our first equivalent to UEFA Cup in our history. Its very rare to see your team win a european trophy, even for Man Utd fans. I know the spanish teams have recently dominated both european competitions recently. Winning the Europa League even though we got a friendly draw is a lot harder the winning an FA Cup.

comment by Ace (U18814)
posted 1 week, 6 days ago
I think the reason Spurs fans are buoyant is because this is simply the best we've been for a very long time. Yes, trophies have to be the next step but that's easy for Chelsea or Utd fans to say when they've had billions pumped into the club without the need to sell any of their best players. With a similar level of investment we'd also have been winning trophies, just look at how City have progressed as a result of unprecedented cash injections. But we're trying to grow organically, it is what it is and the people behind the scenes are doing a good job of it.

But I digress. Having grown up going to Spurs throughout the 90's and early 00's, it was a depressing affair. We never made any progress on or off the pitch. We were always massively inconsistent, usually with one star name player surrounded by mediocrity. A constant manager merrygoround, any progression immediately followed by guaranteed regression. The 03/04 season was as bad as it got, we were pitifully bad. Meanwhile Arsenal were winning the title unbeaten and about to move to a massive new stadium.

Fast forward just over a decade and we are starting to see the clubs financial diligence pay off - state of the art training ground done with a fantastic new ground only 8 months away. A huge reason for optimism. On the pitch we have a squad full of talent and a coach who has delivered consistency in the league like we haven't seen for decades, sustained CL campaigns which we've never had, development of quality young players and a feeling of galvanisation at the club like none of our other managers have ever been able to deliver. We know what Poch stands for, how we play, what his philosophy is, what he demands of the players, and where the clubs wants to go. It feels like we're on an upward turn, it feels like we have a collective identity for the first time in a very long time. When you've been as crap/average as we have for so long that really means something to the fans. And, if we can make the final step to winning major honours when we get into the new ground then it will have been hard earned rather than handed to us on a platter by some frivolous benefactor.

We want to win trophies and I believe we will, but there are only 3/4 to go round and other clubs with bigger resources also vying for them - but there is more to football than just that. It's about passion, unity, identity, quality football, and hope, and we have all those things going on at Spurs right now which is why Spurs fans seem optimistic and buoyant.


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Ace

comment by Blanchflowers Boots (U1763)
posted 1 week, 2 days ago
comment by Ace (U18814)
posted 1 week, 6 days ago
I think the reason Spurs fans are buoyant is because this is simply the best we've been for a very long time. Yes, trophies have to be the next step but that's easy for Chelsea or Utd fans to say when they've had billions pumped into the club without the need to sell any of their best players. With a similar level of investment we'd also have been winning trophies, just look at how City have progressed as a result of unprecedented cash injections. But we're trying to grow organically, it is what it is and the people behind the scenes are doing a good job of it.

But I digress. Having grown up going to Spurs throughout the 90's and early 00's, it was a depressing affair. We never made any progress on or off the pitch. We were always massively inconsistent, usually with one star name player surrounded by mediocrity. A constant manager merrygoround, any progression immediately followed by guaranteed regression. The 03/04 season was as bad as it got, we were pitifully bad. Meanwhile Arsenal were winning the title unbeaten and about to move to a massive new stadium.

Fast forward just over a decade and we are starting to see the clubs financial diligence pay off - state of the art training ground done with a fantastic new ground only 8 months away. A huge reason for optimism. On the pitch we have a squad full of talent and a coach who has delivered consistency in the league like we haven't seen for decades, sustained CL campaigns which we've never had, development of quality young players and a feeling of galvanisation at the club like none of our other managers have ever been able to deliver. We know what Poch stands for, how we play, what his philosophy is, what he demands of the players, and where the clubs wants to go. It feels like we're on an upward turn, it feels like we have a collective identity for the first time in a very long time. When you've been as crap/average as we have for so long that really means something to the fans. And, if we can make the final step to winning major honours when we get into the new ground then it will have been hard earned rather than handed to us on a platter by some frivolous benefactor.

We want to win trophies and I believe we will, but there are only 3/4 to go round and other clubs with bigger resources also vying for them - but there is more to football than just that. It's about passion, unity, identity, quality football, and hope, and we have all those things going on at Spurs right now which is why Spurs fans seem optimistic and buoyant.


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3 seasons and #PochOut is already trending. What happened?

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comment by chatterer (U18218)
posted 1 day, 12 hours ago
comment by Blanchflowers Boots (U1763)
posted 1 week, 2 days ago
comment by Ace (U18814)
posted 1 week, 6 days ago
I think the reason Spurs fans are buoyant is because this is simply the best we've been for a very long time. Yes, trophies have to be the next step but that's easy for Chelsea or Utd fans to say when they've had billions pumped into the club without the need to sell any of their best players. With a similar level of investment we'd also have been winning trophies, just look at how City have progressed as a result of unprecedented cash injections. But we're trying to grow organically, it is what it is and the people behind the scenes are doing a good job of it.

But I digress. Having grown up going to Spurs throughout the 90's and early 00's, it was a depressing affair. We never made any progress on or off the pitch. We were always massively inconsistent, usually with one star name player surrounded by mediocrity. A constant manager merrygoround, any progression immediately followed by guaranteed regression. The 03/04 season was as bad as it got, we were pitifully bad. Meanwhile Arsenal were winning the title unbeaten and about to move to a massive new stadium.

Fast forward just over a decade and we are starting to see the clubs financial diligence pay off - state of the art training ground done with a fantastic new ground only 8 months away. A huge reason for optimism. On the pitch we have a squad full of talent and a coach who has delivered consistency in the league like we haven't seen for decades, sustained CL campaigns which we've never had, development of quality young players and a feeling of galvanisation at the club like none of our other managers have ever been able to deliver. We know what Poch stands for, how we play, what his philosophy is, what he demands of the players, and where the clubs wants to go. It feels like we're on an upward turn, it feels like we have a collective identity for the first time in a very long time. When you've been as crap/average as we have for so long that really means something to the fans. And, if we can make the final step to winning major honours when we get into the new ground then it will have been hard earned rather than handed to us on a platter by some frivolous benefactor.

We want to win trophies and I believe we will, but there are only 3/4 to go round and other clubs with bigger resources also vying for them - but there is more to football than just that. It's about passion, unity, identity, quality football, and hope, and we have all those things going on at Spurs right now which is why Spurs fans seem optimistic and buoyant.


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Ace
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3 seasons and #PochOut is already trending. What happened?
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