You're Just Tottenham With Money...On Second Thought...The Sp*rs Thread

... missing, though. the final ball, i mean.

 

the best thing about you lot's tottenham threads is the way the bar keeps moving.

"champions' league? you're having a laugh!"

... we finish 4th.

"it'll just be that much funnier when they don't qualify for the group stage."

... job done.

"ha! can't wait 'til inter put them in their place. welcome to the big time, spuds."

... europe's champions comprehensively beaten at the lane.

i understand, of course. we've all got to get our joy where we can.

it must be getting tough, though, if this is what it's come to.

yes ... yes, we will get raided for bale. he's clearly good enough that he'd have the world's biggest, obscenest(sic) spenders offering ludicrous money, regardless of where he plays. at least, in the meantime, his every comment is that he wants to continue his development at spurs, and stay to be a part of what he feels the club is sure to accomplish ... as opposed to, say, making it perfectly clear that he'd rather play for a bigger, more prestigious club. like ... oh, i don't know ... barcelona, or something.


that said, i don't mean to come off critical of your spurs threads; or of you fellas' commitment to maintaining one at all times. it's a laudable endeavor, to be sure. frankly, i'd encourage other club forums to do the same.

 

what? in the league cup? i know i would ... but then, i thought you fellas were above caring about that one.



... and the bar keeps moving.

 

well, i'm not sure that you did, in so many words. but if you'd care to dig around in the archives - around, oh, the '98 league cup semi - you'll find ample evidence that gooners, generally speaking, found celebrating a league cup win an indicator of limited abilities and aspirations.

that said, i agree emphatically with your implication that any NLD win is worth celebrating. it is, however, a premise that is slightly undermined by the inverse suggestion that some losses aren't worth lamenting. not that you did, mind, so fair enough. but quite a few here ...

 

fair enough.

they mean alot to me, though ... and i don't care which team it is that puts out the weakened side. we put out youth players against shakhtar in the UEFA cup a couple seasons back, and when we came up short, i was not in the slightest pacified or less engaged than i would have been had we 'gone for it'. furthermore, i do not in any way presume that shakhtar should feel their victory less meaningful. we may be talking about de-prioritized competitions, but we are not talking about youth matches. you put your team out and you play. shakhtar couldn't pick our team ... we couldn't pick your team (in that semi) ... i'm not sure i can find understand the pride in saying "well, we just cared less than you".

i mean, care or don't care if you want - it's not my intention to sound all preachy about it. and i'll gladly concede that some of your fellas didn't seem to care all that much when you beat us in the league cup ... so fair play that it's not (always) just a 'sour grapes' thing.

but i certainly care ... whether others do or not. obviously, i'd prefer that you lot be miserable after we've bettered you , but that's not what matters in the end. i care every time spurs play.

a bit, yes.

 

yup.