leffe186

What's the difference between a league and a division? I can't be sure, I've always thought that technically a league is classed as the whole set of divisions within it. e.g. The Football League. Yeah, you divide a league up into divisions. It's not always the case (but it should be!).

He pretty much said in an interview the other day that Leicester said they would let him leave this summer if he stayed this year. Reckon he might go to someone like Tottenham if Lamela/Sissoko both leave. Forgot Lamela existed He just had an operation, might need another. Would be nice to get him back next year.

Never predicting a single defeat is crackers like, but they've beaten all of the top 6, so you'd probably be forgiven for thinking they'd be able to beat teams lower down as well on a match by match basis. Yeah, but they often don't beat them, so you could argue the other way too. He's biased towards Liverpool, we all know it, there's really not a lot of argument to be had there . He predicted them to get into the Champions League last year on match-by-match predictions and they finished 8th. Without a doubt. It's just not as bad as people make out imo. Agreed. I'm never going to let any pro-Liverpool bias slide though .

Agree with this, there's a lot of people who don't really understand the difference between diving and overreacting to contact ( but still a foul). I'm interested to see how they are going to rule on things like that. It's my main reservation. A good idea in principle but I fear it will cause more problems than it solves. Also, they had better make sure they review every single free-kick, or every "play-on", in every game. Not just the "big" incidents.

Given away a few of mine. I used to buy strips from a place in Letchworth in the 80s. Still have my Spurs 1980-81 shirt from when I was a kid and the yellow one from the 1982 final, plus assorted Spurs kits from the last 35 (Jesus) years. Still got Boca and River Plate original Adidas shirts from the 80s, plus an Australia away shirt from the early 90s (I think). Got a nice Fiorentina home shirt from the 80s too plus a non-descript Orient one that mainly means something because Alan Comfort wore it. For some reason my all-time favourite kit is a purple Kappa Spurs away one. Probably because I used to look good in it. The days of me looking good in a skin-tight Kappa kit are long gone.

Never predicting a single defeat is crackers like, but they've beaten all of the top 6, so you'd probably be forgiven for thinking they'd be able to beat teams lower down as well on a match by match basis. Yeah, but they often don't beat them, so you could argue the other way too. He's biased towards Liverpool, we all know it, there's really not a lot of argument to be had there . He predicted them to get into the Champions League last year on match-by-match predictions and they finished 8th.

Likeable FFS.

Disgusting Robbie Keane bias. Yup, you got me, I actually kinda liked the crappy cartwheel.

Never change, La Liga I'd agree, only the idiots sometimes end up reffing us in Europe.

Probably my second least favourite goal celebration behind Sturridge.

In the last hundred years they've won the first division the same number of times as us two put together. I think it would be mint if they come up. Edit: Huddersfield, obviously.

Not exactly the most daring opinion .

Simon Davies was a bit of a stretch . Think most of them were justifiable. I don't think Pat Jennings has aged in the last 25 years. Cliff Jones running onto the pitch was mint. Steve Archibald looked terrifying. Managed to get quite a bit of dust in my eye.

I've said it before and I'll say it again - how the fuck is that only 1-0?

So, with the proviso that nobody really gives a fuck, which two teams would you guys like to get into the CL out of: Man C Liverpool Arsenal Man U

I would have thought that the CL places would still be up for grabs.

Read the first line *click*.

I suspect that it's not only the Top 6 that are the problem here. In fact, I'm going to wager that Levy is savvy enough not to come up with bullshit like that. I'm looking at West Ham here, and in particular, their attitude to Leyton Orient.

So Noble's tackle and Walker's tackle both get a yellow card. Well at least we know where we stand ref - cheers for that.

Messi gets off that ban due to insufficient evidence. Eh?

Do you really expect to spend 70M net on players? Not taking the piss, it's a genuine question. Only six clubs had a net spend of more than 26M last summer, and we only spent 34M net because somebody presumably hacked our fax machine to buy Sissoko.

They're the really big ones. Carrick was at the time. For years and years Levy has kept getting solid money for the youth products and mediocre players like Chadli & Paulinho too. Just had a quick look at the net transfer spends last summer. Most teams seemed to end up around 20M (just on fees). With the extra money available, you guys should be able to spend 40-50 with a couple of sales, shouldn't you?

You're conflating two different questions though, I think. Our team has been built over several years, including players from our youth team. It's possible to build a squad to compete that doesn't cost a huge amount of money if you do so over an extended period of time. That's not the problem you face. You have one or two transfer windows to build a squad that is competitive in the league - and by competitive, I presume you mean capable of mid-table next year. Some of you seem to feel you need seven or eight players to get to that stage. I doubt that's the case, but let's say you need five players. 50M sounds like a reasonable amount to lay out. A couple of players for 15M, one for 10M, a couple for 5M. You should have the income to cover pretty decent wages.

Spurs are the epitome of being a squad more than a team, like. More than any other team in the league imo, they have two great or very good quality players for every position, except for Sissoko who obviously cost them £30m I dunno about that, to be honest. The fullback positions certainly, and Dier can cover a lot of places, but actually they lack depth at striker, CB and out wide. I'd argue that they're more of a fantastic functioning team than having great strength in depth. Think our depth at CB is pretty good tbh - Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Dier, then Wimmer and Cameron Carter-Vickers, with Davies and Wanyama capable of stepping in in an emergency. You can't really quibble too much with that. Striker is an obvious issue, although I still have hopes that Janssen will develop into the role. Other than that, it's only really Son. Wide - well it depends upon what you mean. Our true wide players are the full-backs, and we've arguably got the best group in the league. If you mean wingers, then it's N'Koudou, Lamela, and Son - but we don't use wingers. Main problem is that Lamela has missed the entire season.

Presumably it includes Alli, Trippier, Davies, Aldeweireld, Wanyama, Dier. All bought over the last couple of years for very reasonable amounts. Eriksen, Vertonghen and Lloris were bought a couple of years earlier for reasonable amounts, and Kane is home-grown. That just leaves Son who fits your profile. Not that I disagree with your basic point, it's bloody hard to get these players for reasonable amounts. Not impossible though.