Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted July 27, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 27, 2017 42 minutes ago, Briefcase said: I think his point is that Spurs have a small club mentality. I get the new stadium but Spurs should be kicking on and adding players to the squad. Just feels like Spurs are happy to win nothing because they play the Tottenham way and thats all that matters. Who are you referring to? A massive part of the fan base is pissed that we haven't signed anyone. Shit, I'm not best pleased myself but I understand the difficulties we are facing, both financial and in terms of getting in players that will actually improve our *squad* who are happy to not nessercarily start every game. Plus, it's not like we've got a history of not spending money. Just recently, where we have spent big it hasn't turned out so well. I'd be delighted if Onomah, Walker-Peters and N'Koudou can push on and give us that missing strength in depth. Conte is just annoyed by Levy saying that current spending is unsustainable. Part of that is Levy justifying his tight fistededness, but he's also right to be concerned. I haven't really seen much talk about the idea that all the money flying around has created a bubble that could very well burst. It's alright for the likes of Chelsea and City, whose owners have almost unlimited funds, but what about the likes of Everton or West Ham? Spending all this cash on transfer fees and wages, what happens to clubs like that if the bubble bursts? The small club mentality thing is nonsense. If you're a Chelsea or a City, it barely matters what your revenue looks like or if you're filling your stadium because they've got billionaire owners who dgaf about losses. United have years of success, and all the revenue streams that brings, to be able to go out and spend 70m on a striker. Spurs haven't had that. Our revenue has been hamstring by our stadium capacity and our lack of real success on the pitch. The success we have had recently, such as it is, has already borne fruit in terms of the Nike deal, improved terms with AIA, naming rights still to be decided. Once the stadium opens, we can spend. And actually, you're right. Many supporters would be loathe to see us play like, say, a Mourinho team - despite the buttload of trophies he's won. Playing football the "Tottenham way" is all this club has had for many years, so for some supporters turning our back on that to win trophies wouldn't be something they'd want. Me? I'm sure there's a balance to be struck. And hell, we finished second last year playing like a Spurs team is "supposed" to play. Who's to say we can't win the title playing that way, with the team we've got right now? A lot of stuff would have to go our way in terms of injuries and the form of other teams and, of course, there's the Wembley factor. But stranger things have happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted July 27, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 27, 2017 57 minutes ago, Briefcase said: Just feels like Spurs are happy to win nothing because they play the Tottenham way and thats all that matters. I love picking away at Spurs, it's one of my favourite things, but Christ what a load of old shit this post is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Are title winning teams ever really boring and defensive or shit to watch? I know Mourinho gets a lot of stick and that's fine but his best teams could dominate and over power opposition but shut up shop when needed. City, Leicester, Wengers Arsenal were never boring title winners. Fergies shit United team are the only team in recent memory that I can think of that were shit to watch but he kind of gets a pass there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted July 27, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 27, 2017 I think it'd be very difficult to win the title in this day and age by playing boring football. Half the time the mentality for a lot of teams seems to be it doesn't matter how many they score, we will just score more. That's not backed up by any facts, mind you. Just a bit of a perception. It was certainly the Tottenham way for a period of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted July 27, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 27, 2017 Just found a very interesting game on Sporcle. See if you can figure out who the player is purely from his movements from club to club. https://www.sporcle.com/games/sixte105/football-players-mapped-out-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members I Bent My Wookie Posted July 27, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 27, 2017 Stuff like this still makes me want to have another Brain of the UKFF competition, if only to defend my title. Was one of my favourite things on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallicks Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 10/20 on that movements quiz. There were 3 or 4 I would never have got. Good fun though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted July 28, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 28, 2017 I got 14. There were a few I'd never have gotten and a couple I was kicking myself over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted July 28, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 28, 2017 If you look at the section below, there's a whole host of those quizzes. Massive time eater, lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted July 30, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 30, 2017 CHAMPIONS! LOOK AT THE JUBILATION. (The best thing is, we only won one game and Sevilla won more, but fuck off it's our rules yeah) One down, 5 to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted July 30, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 30, 2017 Arsenal 1-2 Sevilla. Arsenal are champions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted July 30, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 30, 2017 If you thought that was baffling, for today's friendly against Valerenga, MUTV had United legends Quinton Fortune and Bojan Djordjic as studio guests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SuperBacon Posted July 30, 2017 Members Share Posted July 30, 2017 Doesn't Fortune work for the club as a scout or something? @PunkStep you'll be pleased to know I actually went to the Emirates today. Eldests first game. It now means she's seen her team win as many trophies live as I have seen mine. Still hate the ground. Soulless shithole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mr_Danger Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 He was brilliant on early football manager/late championship manager if that's any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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