Guest Mickyblueeyes Posted 30 October 2016 Posted 30 October 2016 1 hour ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said: SHINJI IS THE BOY WHY HAS IT TAKEN SOME PEOPLE SO LONG I have to admit I was one of those who questioned his importance. His last two performances have shown his worth and shut me right up. I for one am very pleased by that. I think we need to find a way of making up for his lack of hold up play, which is unfair to expect him to do considering he is not that type of player. Keep shutting me up Shinji!!
Guest Col city fan Posted 30 October 2016 Posted 30 October 2016 It shouldn't have taken anyone long? Again, just look at the stats with Shinji in the first team compared to not. When he starts, we usually do well.
Dan Posted 30 October 2016 Posted 30 October 2016 The Fighting Cock I've had a good read through that thread. A lot of anti-Leicester stuff, which I can sort of understand, but some of it is scarcely believable. It's like they've all been hypnotised by the media. I read the following excuses for Spurs not winning the game, by Spurs fans: - The international break screwed them over. As in, the whole reason we had a break was to screw Tottenham over, nothing else. - Leicester got a lucky CL draw, meaning they won their opening three games, meaning they didn't have to focus on the next game which happened to be after they played Spurs. This follows on from the comments back in June moaning that Leicester were at home after every CL game. - The referee. I'm being deadly serious. Some of their fans think the referee was on our side. For once, I am genuinely speechless. - Everyone ups their game for Tottenham. Following on from "everyone rolls over for Leicester", it's now everyone wants to beat Spurs, we all roll over for Man Utd, Chelsea and Liverpool just because we don't want Spurs to win the league. That's why Spurs didn't beat Leicester. - Teams sit back against Tottenham and they can't break it down. The same poster then goes on to say that Tottenham generally struggle against teams who sit back against them. I mean, what an unthinkable co-incidence, only in football could you get a scenario where one team plays to the weaknesses of their opposition. This is why we love the game. I know we all post some shite in the heat of the moment but this lot are like nothing I've ever come across. It's never, ever their fault. They're what everyone thinks Liverpool are.
Corky Posted 30 October 2016 Posted 30 October 2016 Everyone rolled over for us to allow us to win 1-0 43 times last season. Why didn't we win at least 4-0 each time if the opposition wanted us to win?
Dan Posted 30 October 2016 Posted 30 October 2016 Can't believe Norwich rolled over and let Brighton beat them 5-0 at the weekend helping Brighton go up just because a psychic predicted that Spurs will have some bad luck involving seagulls at some point in the next few years. Makes me sick how anti-Spurs football is.
GeorgeTheFox Posted 31 October 2016 Posted 31 October 2016 On 10/29/2016 at 17:34, MPH said: Meltdown for Spurs fans only undefeated team and its not good enough for them! Blew the league last year!??? It was never theirs to lose. Deluded twats
Sionnach gorm Posted 31 October 2016 Posted 31 October 2016 4 hours ago, Col city fan said: Dele Alli epitomizes the modern young footballer. He's a superb player. He's altheletic, scores goals and will surely be an international for years to come. He's also a little fookin cheat who falls over at the first hint of being touched by an opponent, like he's just been shot. It's not professionalism...it's cheating and in some ways, it's making the game of football almost farcical. Dead on. It is a sad state of affairs. "Diving" used to be most common with South American players. I remember, while in Italy in the 70's, a commentator on Italian television saying that the most "honest" football players were the British (English) players. He claimed that British footballers found diving dishonest and "exaggerated" pain unmasculine. How sad for us to have people like Dele Alli. He's just an embarrassment.
Guest Cujek Posted 31 October 2016 Posted 31 October 2016 Rooney, Leighton baines, stirling and dellI Alli are what is wrong in football. Worst 4 internationals England has produced in the last 30 years. All crybaby, over entitled idiots. I have seen all of them smacking the floor in a toddler like tantrum when something don't go their way.
Guest ttfn Posted 31 October 2016 Posted 31 October 2016 8 hours ago, Corky said: Everyone rolled over for us to allow us to win 1-0 43 times last season. Why didn't we win at least 4-0 each time if the opposition wanted us to win? Because we're shit, keep up.
Vlad the Fox Posted 31 October 2016 Posted 31 October 2016 2 hours ago, Gerbold said: It's the antithesis of the Corinthian spirit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinthian_F.C. I was vaguely formulating a response based around the influx of, in particular, Spanish players and Spanish speaking South American players - particularly from Argentina and Uruguay. I wondered why the Spanish national side had never won a major title from 1964 until 2008 and it occurred to me that a 'dirty' side cannot win such a title. Then I thought about the Italians - who made an art out of ruthless tackling and gamesmanship and won the World Cup twice (in modern times). Maybe it's a lame hypothesis - or maybe it's a 'Latin' thing - do you recall when City played Arsenal at the Emirates and one of our lads clattered either Koscielny or Monreal and whichever Arsenal player it was did the whole rolling-around-in-agony display? And I thought, "Is this still really going on?". Koscielny, who's French, strikes me as a proper tough guy but Monreal is Spanish. That agonised writhing surprised me when I first witnessed it in the 60s - an English or Scottish player would rather die than show he'd been hurt. But the Italians, Spanish and Portuguese have brought with them the seamy side of football as well as their undoubted skills. And the youngsters are taught it or 'ape' it - I knew a ref. who officiated amateur games in Coventry, who told me he'd been to a talk given by a Leeds defender, Terry Yorath, who informed the assembled that the Leeds first team defenders had trained the apprentices in fouling techniques when he was there (70s)! Whether that was just Don Revie's unique attention to detail :-) I don't know but it shows the nastier side of the will to win. It amazes now how commentators and pundits often describe professional fouls, such as Simpsons on Saturday, as clever and good because it stops a dangerous attack in its tracks. Don't get me wrong I thought (hypocritically) 'well done Danny' but I don't want to hear pundits and the like describe them as good challenges because it's not, it's cheating, it's good if they fairly break up the attack or make a good tackle but cynical tackle is not and I don't want my kids growing up learning to play thinking that's ok.
Steven Posted 31 October 2016 Author Posted 31 October 2016 12 hours ago, worthosoriginals said: Not only a modern day football thing though? Francis lee... of man city in the late 60s springs to mind. Great goalscorer but could be a diving cheat frequently. I only remember the 70s version of Franny Lee diving.
justfoxes Posted 31 October 2016 Posted 31 October 2016 The spuds forum really puts a smile on your face how we "Parked the Bus then cheated our way into their half and how the ref is clearly a Leicester fan our goal was lucky la de la la de la etc etc etc!!" They need to show a bit of humility because some of their fans sound like pent up prepubescent keyboard warriors who have newly aqquired the Caaant word as they use it more than I've ever seen on a football forum (which should never be spelt correctly as it's a really lower grey mattered word meant for the illiterate primates and shows total disrespect to other posters !!) we like to use the spelling Cnut if we need to use such a descriptive word as not to offend anyone our little southern spuddy's but it was quite hilarious to watch them melt down slag us off say how we are a tin pot club who got the rest of the league to roll over for us and blame everyone for their own teams inability to wear down and beat the English champions !! my sides are still sore from laughing too much !!
Monsell1976 Posted 31 October 2016 Posted 31 October 2016 12 hours ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said: SHINJI IS THE BOY WHY HAS IT TAKEN SOME PEOPLE SO LONG He's proved he's a good link up striker, but he's a striker who misses a lot of chances, and scores nowhere near enough. Just hope with this run in the side, he might add the goals, and become a great striker, not just a link up man
Ric Flair Posted 31 October 2016 Posted 31 October 2016 12 hours ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said: SHINJI IS THE BOY WHY HAS IT TAKEN SOME PEOPLE SO LONG He is head and shoulders above the displays he put in last season where he slipped over countless times a game. He now seems to be confident, composed, physical, intelligent and relentless. I think he'll be our top scorer this season, I've a feeling he's now going to become undroppable and our most lethal finisher.
RonnieTodger Posted 31 October 2016 Posted 31 October 2016 Laughable that Spurs retards moan about our "tactics", given the pathetic way Alli and Janssen in particular collapsed to the floor at every given opportunity. What a throughly dislikable bunch of twats they are. Fans and players.
ealingfox Posted 31 October 2016 Posted 31 October 2016 32 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: He is head and shoulders above the displays he put in last season where he slipped over countless times a game. He now seems to be confident, composed, physical, intelligent and relentless. I think he'll be our top scorer this season, I've a feeling he's now going to become undroppable and our most lethal finisher. He really isn't, he's the same player. The intelligence and technical ability was there for all to see last season. He's a great footballer, just not a great goalscorer.
Ric Flair Posted 31 October 2016 Posted 31 October 2016 2 minutes ago, ealingfox said: He really isn't, he's the same player. The intelligence and technical ability was there for all to see last season. He's a great footballer, just not a great goalscorer. He wasn't influencing the game as fluently last season as he is now, he just looks more experienced and confident in the Premier League now. He isn't losing possession or getting fouled as much so the game seems to flow more through him, perhaps it's not that important in the outcome of matches but to the eye he looks a more complete link up man. Now if he could just take a bit off those flash headers he gets involved with, he's sent so many just over the bar or rattled the bar, I was hoping his shorter haircut would have helped this!
Shelf Side Spurs Posted 31 October 2016 Posted 31 October 2016 I must admit I haven't read all 12 pages, but can probably guess a lot of it......in short it was a poor game. In my view you came to do a job and did it well, not too dissimilar to last season, although back in January I thought you looked better - stronger, a bit more threatening/confident going forward and more organised. Personally I enjoyed watching your triumph last season, but on Saturday the constant niggling fouls, breaking up the game and time wasting got annoying. I agree with those that felt Janssen and Dele in particular were looking for fouls and it was a soft penalty, it all contributed to a bit of a dull match and our support was very quiet. Overall we probably should have won with the two chances that hit the bar, but equally you had a chance or two near the end. Good luck against Copenhagen, have fun if you're going.
HighPeakFox Posted 31 October 2016 Posted 31 October 2016 45 minutes ago, Shelf Side Spurs said: I must admit I haven't read all 12 pages, but can probably guess a lot of it......in short it was a poor game. In my view you came to do a job and did it well, not too dissimilar to last season, although back in January I thought you looked better - stronger, a bit more threatening/confident going forward and more organised. Personally I enjoyed watching your triumph last season, but on Saturday the constant niggling fouls, breaking up the game and time wasting got annoying. I agree with those that felt Janssen and Dele in particular were looking for fouls and it was a soft penalty, it all contributed to a bit of a dull match and our support was very quiet. Overall we probably should have won with the two chances that hit the bar, but equally you had a chance or two near the end. Good luck against Copenhagen, have fun if you're going. We'll overlook Walker trying to break Musa's leg shall we?
Babylon Posted 31 October 2016 Posted 31 October 2016 1 hour ago, Shelf Side Spurs said: I must admit I haven't read all 12 pages, but can probably guess a lot of it......in short it was a poor game. In my view you came to do a job and did it well, not too dissimilar to last season, although back in January I thought you looked better - stronger, a bit more threatening/confident going forward and more organised. Personally I enjoyed watching your triumph last season, but on Saturday the constant niggling fouls, breaking up the game and time wasting got annoying. I agree with those that felt Janssen and Dele in particular were looking for fouls and it was a soft penalty, it all contributed to a bit of a dull match and our support was very quiet. Overall we probably should have won with the two chances that hit the bar, but equally you had a chance or two near the end. Good luck against Copenhagen, have fun if you're going. I must say I find all the moaning about fouling quite funny from Spurs fans. You've committed the second most fouls in the league this year, second only to Watford, you've got 6 more yellow cards than us as well already. Now considering you actually have the ball way more than the opposition in the main, that really is some going. We on the other hand are at the top of the fair play table. Just as we were last season... and last season once again you had one of the highest foul rates (4th most) and one of the highest number of yellow cards (3rd) with 72 yellows, compared to our 45. You are the very epitome of you can dish it out, but you can't take it.
MC Prussian Posted 31 October 2016 Posted 31 October 2016 Didn't like Janssen's behaviour on the pitch. Rolled into Morgan at least once, claiming a penalty. I'm glad Madley let that one go for once. However, I swear Dele Alli is worse than Okazaki when it comes to getting to grips with the pitch. The guy falls over more often than a bag of potatoes, he's either very lightweight or been instructed to obstruct our way of playing by deliberately drawing fouls.
Ric Flair Posted 31 October 2016 Posted 31 October 2016 The most astounding part of Saturday's fouling debacle was Mahrez getting penalised frequently and never getting any himself when clattered. This is a man who gets a nose bleed when he challenges for a ball and yet Madley was blowing up every time he went near Danny Rose, bizarre. I did think Drinkwater was guilty of some very tactical fouling but other than that it was farcical.
Babylon Posted 31 October 2016 Posted 31 October 2016 7 minutes ago, MC Prussian said: http://de.tinypic.com/r/2lb0sr4/9 Unreal... not sure there was a single foul in any of them..
MC Prussian Posted 31 October 2016 Posted 31 October 2016 2 minutes ago, Babylon said: Unreal... not sure there was a single foul in any of them.. The collision with Andy King in particular still has me in stitches. The guy's such a fraud - but I suppose he gets the job done and does what he's been asked to do.
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