Tottenham Dave
Erik Edman
Hopefully I won't tinkle too many people off with what I'm about to say, but I'm sorry, I've gotta say it.
We are now officially at war for the third spot.
With this in mind, I reckon it's important we do as much as we can to help our own cause, and to give as little ammo as possible to the filth, and their "fans".
The last few days reading of this board have me shaking my head in all honesty. There's so much negativity around here at the minute that frankly I'm questioning the balls of some of the Tottenham fans.
Look at the poll results on the 'Can we beat Arse to third?' thread? More than 50% of the members here think we won't.
I'd have been embarrassed if even 10% thought we would fail. But 50%? Admitting it on an open public forum, where Gooners lurk?
Nah, that ain't right.
If I was a Goon, and I was browsing this forum right now, I'd be loving it, and gaining confidence all the time.
A few months back when they were struggling, we had people on here quoting sniveling Gooners from Arse-Mania, they were lauding it up, and taking the tinkle. Well, I daren't check, but I'd say there's a fair chance of the same happening in reverse right now.
Do you want look like a 'sniveling Spud'?
You might not think a few comments on an internet board make much difference, but I disagree.
The general feeling, and confidence of the fans, regardless of the platform, gets through to the team one way or another.
It's all part of the 'drip-drip' effect.
And it's not just rival fans that look at football forums, journalists look too to guage to the mood, and you know what they are like when they smell blood. Stan Collymore is always quoting forums on Talkbrick. The Guardian football site does it too.
Mood and belief play a massive part, from all sections of supporters.
Look at the Goons now, they are starting to believe and get behind their side, and it's paying dividends. As astonishing as it sounds, you could actually hear their fans last night in the stadium, and look at the result they got.
Tottenham are better than Arsenal, we have proved it all year, and regardless of the mini slump we have just had, we are still above them in the table, with a more favourable run of games until the end of the season.
The last thing we should be doing now is publicly showing strain, bickering, and conceding defeat through things like polls.
Imagine the uproar if someone asked Harry if he thought Arsenal would catch us and he said "yes"?!?!?
This place would errupt - but what's the difference?
We all represent the Tottenham badge as well, on here, at work, wherever.
I'm not asking for everyone to say everything's rosy, and in many cases, the overly-positive threads are just as bad. How stupid does that 'laugh at Arsenal' thread look now? How about the 'Hazard' one if he goes somewhere else?
All I'm saying is, before you post anything, ask yourself if you'd be happy saying it in front of a Goon, because they are everywhere, and feeding off the brick like the dirty flies they are.
And to any Gooners reading this, you shouldn't be bigging yourselves up too much either, you've been a fudging embarrassment all season with your quest to get rid of the best manager in your history. And you all know as well as we do, that without RVP you are mid-table.
We're at war Yids, and personally, I'm not giving up just yet.
COME ON YOU SPURS!
