*** Tottenham Hotspur v Bodo/Glimt *** Semi final , 1st leg 1/5/25.

[K.D.D.D.D.Soc]

All the pressure is on Spurs. There are virtually no positive result for us. Anything other than a 3+ goal win will be seen as a bad result. Not because we absolutely should steam roll them, but because people think we should, especially with half their first XI out. But they're still capable of hurting us, and we're perfectly capable of shooting ourselves in the foot.

They have absolutely nothing to lose, and might surprise a few. It's being presented as a fairytale story, but they haven't fluked they're way here. They're here on merit.

I honestly have no idea how it will pan out. If we're on it, we should beat them, but I'm not super confident.

Nice to see some respect for our opponents, it's so boring to read about "pig farmers" everytime we play a European team. It's been wonderful to see them get this far and I'm sure most fans would love to see them win it. We've got to make sure they don't.

 

[Mikey10]

Phil Neal. A type of tree-generated fruit.

That documentary remains one of the best bits of TV that I have ever seen. I loved Graham Taylor as a pundit and a man, but that programme charted his sad unraveling in a desperately hard job.

 

[Kandi1977]

Pitch, not pit mate. Did they really say it was particularly hard? Surely all top level grass pitches are similarly hard.

Yes, they said it was the best maintained pitch they've ever played on, but that it was also really hard, and speculated that it might be a factor in all our injuries.
I texted my mate who is their GK coach, and he said the same. Felt harder than their artificial pitch, and the ball had almost the same bounce as artifical turf.

 

[monkeybarry]

It had me until it described maddison as fast and direct.

Why be wrong when you can get AI to be wrong for you?!
AI is for the hard of thinking

 

[Jordinho]

It's now been almost ten hours and I'm leaving Stansted on a bus bound for Stratford, then another bus to the hotel. Good thing it's a late kick off tomorrow.

 

[IulianSteaua]

Here is the thing. We have to bully them at home. Lazio lost 2-0 away on their synthetic surface. That means anything else than a 2 goal margin gives us a disadvantage. We should more aware and better at adapting to this opponent than the Italians were or we risk their fate.

 

[thfcsteff]

Yes, they said it was the best maintained pitch they've ever played on, but that it was also really hard, and speculated that it might be a factor in all our injuries.
I texted my mate who is their GK coach, and he said the same. Felt harder than their artificial pitch, and the ball had almost the same bounce as artifical turf.

Strange. I've been on the pitch a couple of times for some time, and it felt 'softer' than the OG WHL...this was last season; maybe they've laid new turf this season?