With all due respect, I imagine most Spurs fans would agree with Raziel on this. And most Liverpool fans would agree with the Scouse Raziel, most Arsenal fans would agree with the Arsenal version, most Burnley fans would agree with the Burnley version etc etc.
We are all inherently biased when it comes to these things and what I find strange is that most fans, of all clubs, don't even seem to have particularly great insight into that fact. I like to think I'm relatively objective but when I'm in the stadium, logic flies out of the window and I think pretty much every chance is close, every decision the ref gives against us is a scandal, every opposing player is a dirty, diving pansy out to injure our players and all of our players are simply misunderstood innocents. This clearly is not an objective or realistic view of things. Things are slightly better when I'm not in the stadium and much better still when I'm not in match mode at all.
As I said, I was recently reminded of the Kane and Alli challenges against Emirates Marketing Project when we lost 4-1. Also as I said, I had effectively blanked this out of my memory. Watching them again, the challenges were horrific and could have caused serious injury. And came when we were being thoroughly outplayed so I'd imagine not from the most innocent of places either. Yet I imagine most of us have forgotten all about instances like that (I certainly have, I can barely remember what happened in our matches 2 months ago)!
We have played that way, the 'battle of the bridge' and that Emirates Marketing Project game for instance comes instantly to mind and I'm sure there are other examples. And most importantly, if we think we don't play that way regularly, we should. Part of the genius of Ferguson's Man Utd teams was that he could go out and play some incredible football. Yet he could also go out and spoil the likes of Arsenal and if he came across a team like Blackburn or Bolton that would kick 7 bricks out of them, he could field players that would kick them right back and then beat them through superior talent too.
I have to say, I feel like I watched a different match to some of you. Burnley certainly tried to rough us up (though we deserved to lose that match regardless) but I didn't watch the Chelsea or Arsenal matches thinking these are teams trying to spoil us. Mostly I was watching at disbelief at how poorly we were playing and trying to remember Poch's high pressing, aggressive teams and wondering what the hell happened to that.
Still, I know this view likely won't get much traction on a Spurs board and as you said, we're getting into opinion now, so like assholes etc etc.
