Heron

Amen.

Fair play for the name like

However, that may mean they're out their groove too. Hopefully.

Newcastle got battered off PSG when they played them marra.

Kick them whilst they're down. Plymouth Paris Saint German Pnewcastle

There's Wally.

I haven't seen Barnes perform that role either... Barnes has nabbed a few more goals this season but Willock has been known to perform that role better than Barnes (historically speaking for us).

That's also right. Depends how we approach the game I guess.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's intentional, it's desperation - but this is all a match ticket should really be. The issue of not turning over enough to cover overheads isn't that the ticket prices aren't high enough, it's that the overheads are obscene. I am speaking generally here, up and down the country. The same price probably gets you Bundesliga tickets in Germany. Football in this country is horrendously overcooked financially. You only have to look at Man United. Making dozens of 'normal' folk redundant and blaming overheads when they have sub-standard, passed-it footballers running around on over 100k a week. It's shocking.

I'm fine. I think we should be approaching the game with the idea of going toe to toe with them. With Botman and Hall out we're pretty threadbare sitting in and defending all game especially when they have a whole host of players who can score from outside the area. Barnes isn't going to be the man to close them down and press them high with enough pace and intensity to really do it enough effect. I think that's where Willock comes in and perhaps can drop into a midfield 4 if the game dictates it when we're our of possession. Barnes is bringing more goals and assists, which I understand, but from the point of view of us not having the ball much I feel Willock suits us better and is also more effective when the game is stretched.

Doesn't start for me on Sunday as I think he may well have more impact off the bench. The way I'd play I'd probably start Willock.

Fair. I just don't value the CL over a cup win. I've been there, done that, got the t-shirt. My Dad is like 67 and only seen us win the fairs cup, I'm 35 and have seen us lift nothing of note. So a cup win would be a fantastic moment for us both to share and would have huge benefits for the club and it's confidence etc. To kick on. It's basically heart vs head this debate tbh. No one is wrong.

Spurs global brand isn't anywhere near as strong as teams who win shit though. Getting a cup win and Europe will build our profile more than CL for a season imo. I mean none of this matters anyway cause we're winning the cup and getting CL...

The thing is - I get why we're laughing - but if you remove all the reasoning behind it they're actually leading the way.

Expanding the global brand will only be done at greater speed by winning trophies and not achieving CL football. Obviously the latter helps but fans who aren't from the region are more likely to tune in for a team that wins trophies. I honestly think none of our key players leave in the summer if we win a cup.

Get Into these fuckers.

Cheers mate!

Burn was probably one of the only players worthy of any credibility today. Him, Dubravka and Joelinton. Burn was by far and away our man of the match.

Fucking sublime.

Gordon massively fucked up today but he wasn't alone in being sub par. I just think he got sent off because of frustration at his own performance. Or I hope so...cause he was fairly shite...again. He's clearly our best player in that position, but he gets far less shit than his counterpart with equal goal involvements on the opposite flank department being less talented.

I was canny gutted as my voice went early doors, but what an absolutely shit atmosphere today. Was 200% embarrassing.

Imagine saying we were failing on all 3 fronts, in this situation, 3 years ago. Man United are failing. Spurs are failing. Man City and Chelsea are failing (at a push). They're about the only 4 this season. The rest are very much a mixed bag of hitting form and falling out of form because they're made up predominantly of half a dozen decent to international class players and managers trying to get the absolute maximum out of half a dozen lads who probably aren't consistently of this level. You cannot deny we should be aiming to be above Forest and Bournemouth, we may well be come the end of the season, but for now surely the focus is on our first domestic cup win in 70years after beating 5th, 3rd, 2nd and now 1st to do so...

Well...the Wembley display is almost all ordered, produced and ready to go...