Doesn't really matter if you go out in the 1st round or semi. You still end up winning fudge all.For a guy who apparently cares not for the domestic cup competitions, we've now been in back to back semi finals of one of them. Admittedly lost both, but is that worse than fudging it up in the 4th round?
If we call the British consulate in Portugal, do you think they'll find GGG for us, and give him a custard tart and a cuddle?To be fair I don’t sctailly
Give a brick anymore. I’m disappointed I’m a bell and have promised to spend £900 on a game where I’m 35 and watching 19 year old
Boys in tight shirts kick balls. Why the givnement haven’t arrested me for this I don’t know. If anyone does want my ST then let me know as I think imm gonna let my £50 depose
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Doesn't really matter if you go out in the 1st round or semi. You still end up winning fudge all.
Just back in. Driving back from dropping my nephew home, the headline of the sports item on the radio news bulletin wasn’t “Man Utd win FA Cup semi-final”. It was “Tottenham lose their 8th FA Cup semi final in a row”.
We deliver it gift wrapped for the media.
Arrested. Deported.If we call the British consulate in Portugal, do you think they'll find GGG for us, and give him a custard tart and a cuddle?
Every time, its what we do. We can win big games in a league season but one off, bigger games we just don't have the stomach for. I think the problem now is that generally speaking the fans just don't believe the team can see it over the line now and once you are in that position where the fans lose faith then it is a slippery slope.
Still know which I prefer. I'd rather have bricky results like this, as galling as they are, than be watching some other teams contest the semi final.Doesn't really matter if you go out in the 1st round or semi. You still end up winning fudge all.
Re. top of the league, the game I'm thinking of was the season Leicester won it. We had Arsenal at home, they went down to ten men and we drew the game, should have lost it by the end, we were hanging on. If we won, we could have gone top and put Leicester under pressure when they went away to Watford later that evening. We never had the chance to go top again and Leicester won it fairly easily in the end.
Last season, semi final against Chelsea. They didn't even start with their best XI, Hazard on the bench. We had more of the play, I think we were the better side for long periods in the game. But we lost.
This season, knockout tie v Juventus. See above.
Now, semi-final against Utd. Started well but once they worked us out, we were so passive. Another chance to win something gone.
In each season, these players have had the opportunity to go beyond what we have had since the Redknapp era i.e. the 'Top 4 Cup.' We seem to fail the test in a similar way each season when it comes to these games. I do not think that is even debatable.
On the positive side, it was nice to play at Wembley. It doesn’t happen every week, you know.
No, it’s not debatable that we have failed to win a trophy (which is basically the implication of what you are saying?)
I just think you can’t totally discount the aforementioned victories in CL and against Chelsea, even if they weren’t knockout cup games or to go top.
And whilst we may have a mental block, it could also just be that we’ve lost 3 games to Chelsea, Man U and Juventus - 3 very good teams. It’s a small sample size, that gets tied into decades of tottenham’s history well before any current staff or players were here.
Anyway I’m partly just trying to look at the other side of the argument. I’m as depressed as anyone that we’ve lost another big game against a big team.
Both this game and the Juve one have some things in common. Dominated early, played very well. Let the opposition back in, not strong enough in defense, and maybe lacked a bit of belief to get over the line.
We played well against Juve and first half today, so lots to build upon. How Poch shores up our defense is crucial. Its our foundation, and needs to be solid again next season.