The College Dropout Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 5 hours ago, Izakaya said: This will be a 0-0 for the ages. For most other pair of teams I would agree. It should be a 0-0. But Spurs and Newcastle - nope? I expect us to go back 5 and try and keep a clean sheet too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weznufc Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 14 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: For most other pair of teams I would agree. It should be a 0-0. But Spurs and Newcastle - nope? I expect us to go back 5 and try and keep a clean sheet too. We'll be asking for trouble doing that. These are shite go at them. Score 1st and they will shite themselves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 I've been told that if we leave our spiritual home, sell our soul to the money gods of football and price the working classes out of the stadium, that one day we can aspire to be another Tottenham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milburn Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Doctor Newcastle visiting Tottenham… Draw at best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abacus Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Just me that's quite positive about this one then? Man City away in a tie that was almost already lost is one thing. But even though they are decent Brentford at home was a bit of a kick in the pants so I hope / expect to see a bit of a reaction here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 12 minutes ago, Benwell Lad said: I've been told that if we leave our spiritual home, sell our soul to the money gods of football and price the working classes out of the stadium, that one day we can aspire to be another Tottenham. Yeah, be careful not to sell your soul to the money gods of football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 36 minutes ago, Weznufc said: We'll be asking for trouble doing that. These are shite go at them. Score 1st and they will shite themselves. As will we. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 9 minutes ago, leffe186 said: Yeah, be careful not to sell your soul to the money gods of football. On that part, sadly, there is no longer any choice At least three of London's seven PL clubs (assuming we can class Croydon as London) still remain in their spiritual homes. Well done to them. For now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocker Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 14 minutes ago, leffe186 said: Yeah, be careful not to sell your soul to the money gods of football. We largely had no choice in the matter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Ramsdale Thiaw Botman Burn Miley Bruno Tonali Hall Elanga Woltemade Barnes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Rocker said: We largely had no choice in the matter. You think we do? Just responding to the post. Was…quite a statement . I won’t flat out criticise a fan of Newcastle because they’re owned by the Saudis because as you say - you don’t have much say in the matter. Just, maybe you have to be a bit more circumspect with criticism now . Not you, obviously. We’re still in our spiritual home though I would argue. Ironically Arsenal are not, but that’s another story, Edited February 9 by leffe186 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankpingel Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 We're favourites for this (Skybet). I'd make Spurs slight favourites but it's obviously winnable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonAbroad Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Romero's suspension, Udogie's injury and the fact they played on Saturday for over an hour with 10 men gives me hope. Their crowd will be so important though, if we can start strong and go ahead it'll turn toxic (hopefully). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 11 minutes ago, leffe186 said: You think we do? Just responding to the post. Was…quite a statement . I won’t flat out criticise a fan of Newcastle because they’re owned by the Saudis because as you say - you don’t have much say in the matter. Just, maybe you have to be a bit more circumspect with criticism now . Not you, obviously. We’re still in our spiritual home though I would argue. Ironically Arsenal are not, but that’s another story, Must be me I guess in that case. Just say it man As it happens my post was tongue in cheek based on some things our CEO has been saying and not really criticism as such. Tottenham are just the best example given what's happened since increasing your capacity to get tens of thousands more prawn sandwich eaters into the ground. I can however understand your touchiness given the state you're in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
soyt Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Are we starting to slip to a relegation battle if we get beat? I mean people are saying that spurs could be in danger and we have only 4 points more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 1 minute ago, soyt said: Are we starting to slip to a relegation battle if we get beat? I mean people are saying that spurs could be in danger and we have only 4 points more. No Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 I think West Ham will almost certainly gain points on us over the next two rounds of games but it's very unlikely we'll get sucked into anything. We need to win like two more games to be safe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 38 minutes ago, soyt said: Are we starting to slip to a relegation battle if we get beat? I mean people are saying that spurs could be in danger and we have only 4 points more. No I don’t think so. It’s obviously the bottom two plus one. West Ham are on a bit of a roll but have some tougher games coming up, Leeds are starting to put things together, but both they and West Ham (and Forest) have terrible GD. Palace might get sucked in too. I think it’s one of them plus us. Our biggest problem is obviously not knowing who’s going to be available for any games d/t injury and the extra pressure being put on the remaining fit players because of that and the CL. You’ve been through this before - at this point all you need is a couple of things to go against you in a couple of games and you can be right in it - but with the injuries we’re already there. Then youu add in those little things. It was a pretty even game at Old Trafford until the red but then suddenly that game’s gone and now Romero - our club captain - is out for four games. I think we’re going down, but one win could turn it around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 We aren't getting relegated. But how many points will 17th need to stay up? For the first time in a long time, 17th might need 38 points to stay up. The last team to get relegated with as much as 37 points? Newcastle United. Think West Ham got relegated once with 42 points. History might repeat itself Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 2 minutes ago, leffe186 said: No I don’t think so. It’s obviously the bottom two plus one. West Ham are on a bit of a roll but have some tougher games coming up, Leeds are starting to put things together, but both they and West Ham (and Forest) have terrible GD. Palace might get sucked in too. I think it’s one of them plus us. Our biggest problem is obviously not knowing who’s going to be available for any games d/t injury and the extra pressure being put on the remaining fit players because of that and the CL. You’ve been through this before - at this point all you need is a couple of things to go against you in a couple of games and you can be right in it - but with the injuries we’re already there. Then youu add in those little things. It was a pretty even game at Old Trafford until the red but then suddenly that game’s gone and now Romero - our club captain - is out for four games. I think we’re going down, but one win could turn it around. Nah outside of the bottom 5 only Palace are in any real danger and that's due to the environment (maybe Brighton who have been awful but I doubt it). Spurs will win 3 games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 We're not going down man. We'll likely start grinding out points again once we're out this ridiculous 2 games a week cycle and get a few players back. Would probably play the kids against Villa at the weekend, rotate the first team against Qarabag and City, then try to have a proper push from the Everton game onwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 (edited) 23 minutes ago, leffe186 said: I think we’re going down, but one win could turn it around. Really? That feels incredibly pessimistic. You probably need what, 7 or 8 more points from the remaining 39. You’ll get that no bother. I know it’s hard to see clearly when your team is in a bad run, especially when you seem to lose another player every game, but there’s very, very little chance of you going down. edit - obviously I hope you’re even more convinced of it come Tuesday night… Edited February 9 by SteV Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Talking about relegation, you can tell we are having a shite season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 11 minutes ago, SteV said: Really? That feels incredibly pessimistic. You probably need what, 7 or 8 more points from the remaining 39. You’ll get that no bother. I know it’s hard to see clearly when your team is in a bad run, especially when you seem to lose another player every game, but there’s very, very little chance of you going down. edit - obviously I hope you’re even more convinced of it come Tuesday night… It just has a lot of the hallmarks of a big team going down. The injuries are genuinely insane. Kulu and Maddison may miss the entire season and Bentancur and Davies almost certainly won’t be back. Danso did an injury I’ve never even heard of before in an innocuous way against Frankfurt, and apparently may not play again this season. Bergvall is out until April at least, as is Kudus. I looked at the injury table and we have at least twice the amount of injuries as every single team except Chelsea and Man City (and nearly twice as many as them anyway). Then you zoom in and their return dates are mainly 8-13th Feb I.e. this week. We’ve got several key players missing for months at a time. It’s just not sustainable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 I’d put Burn in. LCB if back 3, stay at home LB if back 4. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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