Good Morning,
The first prattle of the season and it’s for the Europa. We’ve watched this game, this competition travel towards us for some time now and I’ve decided we really need to embrace it. It being …in Europe.
We need to distinguish ourselves and try at least to abandon this fast food attitude to football. Looking across a variety of teams forums as I do, there is a needy child element within most fan bases, all looking for confirmation that Messi has signed and that they’ve been given a bye to the Champions League final.
Life doesn’t work like that. Aside from once in a lifetime deals when the Treasurer of The Crown Prince of Nigeria emails you personally asking you to assist in a mutually beneficial business transaction, good times rarely come easy.
“If we’re not in Europe, we’re nothing.”
Do you really think that Bill Nicholson was the type of chap to make pronouncements like this and then mumble afterwards, ‘Err, with some obvious caveats..’ ? No, nor do I.
Yes it’s less money, yes it’s more effort. But any money is good when you’re building for the future and we currently have the largest squad in Western Europe outside of the Cirque du Soleil and the similarities don’t end there…
So let’s embrace this competition and if we’re in it, try to win it. Eh?
The Jam Tarts seem to be looking forward to the game but less so to the probable result. The atmosphere ought to be intense enough, Tynecastle is an old fashioned ground and the fans are right up to the pitch.
And I am given to understand Mr Dave McKay may very well be on the premises …what more motivation can possibly I give you? Bring it on.
So. We have a lump of players who need to be shop windowed/given some game time. Let’s exploit the Europa and quit the groaning.
BIOYC!
Does anybody have a site for the Next generation game Tottenham v Basel ?
Have you checked on myp2pDOTeu? They usually have even pretty obscure games linked.
Tried it,thanks anyway, Liverpool are losing 2-0 in the same tournament
Frontwheel, I agree, watching Arfur was better value than Spurs v Wolves. Not sure about the arguing with myself bit, unless you mean it’s a no-brainer. Sorry, I’m in drink and can be slow.
LosLorenzo, I’m so glad I’m not wasting ink by telling you what a moronic prick I think you are. Fucking Rooney wannabe.
The Vietnam war was the most televised event in history. Maybe we should have paid Lt Calley (look it up), 200k a week?
Boring…..
You don’t like me, fine. But if you are referring to my obstetrician comment, you should know that it was written with my tongue well and truly in my cheek. By way of a jocular remark I wanted to allude to why the players are paid more than the trained medical professional, not defend it.
Sarcasm doesn’t always come across on a blog. Should have used an emoticon :pinch:
LosLorenzo, there is no reply tab on your comment on Rebrov/Rasiak. It was irony. An attempt to introduce a some humour into a post that was getting a little too serious for it’s own good. You seem like a nice boy: I’d rather we were friends than enemies. Let’s forget about the moronic prick thing. XX
Looks like I’m not the only one who needs to use more of the ‘zmiles’ :face:
Moronic prick was way off base. I’m actually quite a clever prick :freu
My last rant, before I withdraw, once more, to the ranks of watchers.
We are burdened with a number of players(Volkswagen-used to be a Bentley, Jenarse-how can be 28? He’s been upsetting me for 20 years. Begbie, Bassoon and 3mp). None of them are going to attract the big spenders. Who is left in front of the counter? Poorer clubs that are taking a very proctological view to our misery. They know we need to sell, and all they have to do is wait. Danny is the biter bit. It’s business is all. Go out and buy a new Ford tomorrow, sell it the next day for minus 20%(Begbie). Go out and buy a new Ferrari Enzo, sell it the next day for plus 20%(Modric).
psb(lower case), has now gone to his boyhood club, and will shortly be paving the Beckham’s driveway. Just don’t ask him to paint the porch.
Together the others have to be worth at least £30 mil in old money. What would you do if you had an object worth £30 mil and wanted to sell it QUICKLY for something else? Would you take a hit to get what you want, or would you hold out for top dollar and risk losing your object? I’m so glad it’s not up to me.Especially as most of the objects of my desire are not going to be saying “sucky,fucky fi dolla”.They’ll be saying, “200k a week cabron/catzo, or my olive oil arse is gone”.
So many of the people on this board have to decide, on a daily basis, whether they can afford to go to the movies AND have a pizza afterwards: yet they expect the club we love to sell at a loss and buy at a premium. Maybe we should just shoot the works and hire O’leary and Ridsdale? I want my club to scale the heights. I believe that L’arse are waning,Chelsea are vulnerable, the arabs aren’t the real deal, and the dippers are full of wind and hiss. We have a chance with what we’ve got. Never forget the motto.
If we don’t buy a top class striker, I will view the season with some trepidation, but in 44 years, I’ve never felt differently.
If we do what some lunatics want, at least I’ll be able to get to the Crawley Town matches when I get my bus pass. And to all the sages who want us to splash the cash on Forlan and Rossi: would that be because they were so good last time they graced this Sceptred Isle? Ruiz, Samba/Cahill, barn door; and some obscure Balkan cunt who will light us up, then move to his dream club. You know it makes sense.