The Moonlit Knight
Banned
That's because people never learn one very important fact. You judge a team after 38 games from August to May.
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3rd place is not out of sight
- Thread starter chancer
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That's because people never learn one very important fact. You judge a team after 38 games from August to May.
DHSF
Les Ferdinand
You strike me more of a Barca fan - actually to be more specific a Messi lover.
Dont wanna hear any of this pessimistic bull brick. You also laughed when people even dared to think Norwich would take anything out of Arse game.
Bloody fudging hell. Pessimism grates me so fudgein much
paxtonwolf
Tony Marchi
Its a tough one. Going for a winner could backfire on us, I'd certainly rather one point than none, a win is vital for 3rd for sure, whereas a point could be vital for 4th.
Its going to help in that respect that Saudi Sportswashing Machine start 30mins before us. If they lose to City we possibly can afford to go for the win in that situation, knowing if we do get caught on the counter, we are no worse off than when we started.
Oh sod it, just dont know
Spursalot
Jimmy McCormick
So i guess it's pointless having the forums open in between, we may as well close it down when the season starts and open it up again after the last day of the season?
You will always judge each performance, it's just judging it on it's own merits that matters. You can't say you haven't judged the team after every single game, I bet if i went back and looked through the ratings threads i'd find your posts.
paxtonwolf
Tony Marchi
This is the thing with Spurs.
We get hope, they take it away from us. Now we have hope again. The rollercoaster of emotions that comes with being a Lilywhite
The Moonlit Knight
Banned
So i guess it's pointless having the forums open in between, we may as well close it down when the season starts and open it up again after the last day of the season?
You will always judge each performance, it's just judging it on it's own merits that matters. You can't say you haven't judged the team after every single game, I bet if i went back and looked through the ratings threads i'd find your posts.
No it's pointless slating the team for what may never happen. Same goes the other way too.
The season isn't over yet. We could still finish 6th! But until that point happens I won't be calling for the Manager's head because we've had a "failed" season.
Spursalot
Jimmy McCormick
I know, i'm optimistic that we will finish 3rd, but it's not definite.
To clarify though, it's not ok to slate the team for specific results, but it is ok to slate specific players for specific performances even though the season is 38 games long. I think i've got it.
The Moonlit Knight
Banned
It's fine to slate the team, Manager and players in isolated incidents, e.g. over the course of one match. It's stupid comments like "Taken us as far as he can", "We're definitely not getting Champions League unless Redknapp goes NOW" and crap like that. Basically predictive pessimism or optimism is stupid.
The Moonlit Knight
Banned
I'll rephrase that. Predictions based on emotional feelings are stupid.
Spursalot
Jimmy McCormick
Spursalot
Jimmy McCormick
That is what i assumed you meant by it anyway.
DHSF
Les Ferdinand
I have fully backed Harry all the way through and want him to stay next season BUT this result doesnt mean Harry backers are right or Harry bashers are right I guess it just means we have an amazing chance of finishin third, EVEN if we dont all that would take is a tweak here and a tweak there to really go for the title.
The reason I mentioned the above is that I know EVEN if we dont finish third the bashers are gonna come out and say "I told ya so".
milo
Jack L. Jones
Absolutely, the only league position that matters is the one at the end of the season.
The Moonlit Knight
Banned
Agreed. What amazes me is that they really don't see, or appreciate, the fine line. We could finish 3rd if we get 6pts. If we get 0pts then we may finish 6th, but could also still finish 4th. If we got 0pts and finished 4th people would be saying what a great job we've done to get top four again. If we get one point and get 6th people will be calling for the Manager's head.....even though the 1pt would actually be a (very marginally!) better end to the season than 0pts!
People just seem to form their opinions and arguments with practically zero context. This isn't just the rebels, but many of the loyalists too. I just don't get it personally. The gap between a great season and a disaster logically has to be a LOT larger than 6pts. The only exception to that rule is for teams in the relegation battle.
Jurgen the German
Erik Thorstvedt
This result today will surely give us and Saudi Sportswashing Machine a massive lift for tomorrow.
Incredible that we could still finish 3rd after the last two hellish months!
I'm really shocked that Arsenal didn't win today, no offence to Norwich, but Arsenal normally beat the smaller clubs, and most of the time they smash them! They've now drawn at home to Wolves, Norwich and lost to Wigan.
Incredible that we could still finish 3rd after the last two hellish months!
I'm really shocked that Arsenal didn't win today, no offence to Norwich, but Arsenal normally beat the smaller clubs, and most of the time they smash them! They've now drawn at home to Wolves, Norwich and lost to Wigan.
DHSF
Les Ferdinand
they have actually been quite brick against the "little" teams. I mean Wigan springs to mind. But they also lost against Swansea, QPR etc and drawn a fair few also
Jurgen the German
Erik Thorstvedt
Yeah this season they have struggled against the teams they really should be beating which is surprising because they wipe the floor with those kind of teams year in year out.
