Still on for the treble then.
Good morning born again wireless enthusiasts. I trust you all rounded off your evening’s aural entertainment with a warming cup of Ovaltine and a fistful of mogadons.
In fairness to the radio johnnies they captured the mood perfectly .Their minds wandered towards anything that was more interesting than the game. The fact that the hot water boiler at the Brittania was kaput so no tea (how they yearned for milk and two shugs) and the early departure of gentleman sporting an comb over to rival that of George Roper’s.
So only 1500 odd Tottingham fans saw it. You happy few. A few reports have trickled in and they all match the misery we imagined when listening. The reality that a noble few are determined to gloss over is the fact that playing second string players makes for third rate viewing and in this case …abject failure.
It’s just not the Tottingham way. Just like grinding out 1-0’s aren’t either. I predicted 0-0 and did so with a heavy heart. Bloody Stoke ferchrissakes. But no, I am told it is good for us to give the yoofsters out.
Cod liver oil is good for you too and as it is equally grim on the palate the overwhelming majority folk avoid it like the plague.
I have to ponder where we could end up if we extend the logic on all this. ‘It’s only the Europa, it’s only the Carling, it’s just the FA Cup’… Having an old fashioned football is going out of fashion. Players want £200k a week and then are goaded at gunpoint away from their mansions; away from scantiliy clad hypnotizing hookers writhing on water beds with jelly beans nestled in their belly buttons, past fleets of exotic cars in order they ‘run about a bit’ …in a TV studio.
Eventually football matches will be decided . Presented by soulless lady-boys like Georgie Thompson and Ben Shepherd eyes glazed will host a game not dissimilar to Top Trumps. Maybe a quick fire question round.
‘Wayne, who was …Sir Matt Busby?!’
*silence the he grins awkwardly some dribble appears at the corner of his mouth* ‘Could do with a fag… errrr was him what did them adverts for the telephone in the 70’s?’
The camera cuts to Alan Hansen, ‘Noo, THAT’S shocking!’ *canned laughter*
Categories will include Boot Sponsor Value, Japanese Incontinence Towel Advert Revenues and Bodily Organ Upgrade Points reflecting that players have so much cash that they now opt to install better organs to enhance their game. You know, like those old computer driving games where you won cash on each race and could then upgrade your wheels or your suspension.
And so the Carling door shuts and what have we learned? Well, all those who are glad we are no longer in the competition have taken another step closer to a Top Trump Footy utopia.
The secret word is CONFIDENCE. The Spaniard destroyed PSB’s confidence and Trout Chops has done the same to Pav and all because he wanted to go play for Manures.
All he needed was good managerial bollocking and then put back in the team. But no, Trout Chops put him on the bench like teachers of old would put naughty boys in the corner with a dunces cap on.
Great.
Thank you for illuminating us with your deep knowledge of what is going on inside our football club…
It’s a pleasure and it’s not very deep it was on the news. Pav wanted Manure football like the Bulgarian sulk before him. Trout Chops was obviously offended by that and went into a sulk of his own instead being a man manager.
What rubbish, he has played $hite in the majority of games since he signed which is why he isn’t likely to feature too much before he leaves. He is and always will be $hite when he is confident he is still $hite but 1 in 5 of the 35yd strikes that usually end up in the stand go in.
@rich He has played shite for all the reasons I have cited above. PSB played shite too after he had had the stuffing knocked out him by that other fucking useless manager Benitez.
It’s a fact – managers make or break players.
PAV is an absolute disgrace, he should never ever play for us again. He cant control anything played to him, he has no pace what so ever , he is down right lazy, cant shoot , never takes up the right positions and is probably one of our worse signings for a long long time. Get out pav you are a DISGRACE to our club. And as for the clown Gomes how on earth can you guesss wrong 7 out of 7 penalties. MUPPET!!
Pav wants out Dos wants out Sandro not fit Defoe missing Ady so why play them Falque Celabos Bostock Parrett would have done better
Its not that I dont care about the Carling Cup or even the Europa League but we simply dont have the squad this year to challenge on all fronts (our games against the Greeks and Stoke proved this). Yes we can play 3 games in 6 days at full strength but then we will have fatigued players who get injured and then we will not take fourth in the league. This will mean that VDV, Modders and Bale will be off (with more to follow) and we will start from the beginning again!
Spurs are a cup side, granted but in this case I think taking one for the team is more important!
On a brighter note, Sandro’s back and Ledleys magic dust has once again infected Kaboul!! I feel very positive for the league although yet again WE NEED A NEW STRIKER IN JAN!
In essence I don’t think anyone could or would disagree. Where I feel we could’ve done better was not trying to appease players who clearly don’t want to perform and have no right to be out there representing our club. I accept defeat as part of football,however I don’t accept a lack of effort.
It’s a sad fact of life that the League Cup, and Europa for that matter (but probably for different reasons) are not as attractive as they used to be for the ‘top end’ clubs. In my world silverware is silverware – but the low level financial returns from these competitions just don’t butter any parsnips ( my grandmother’s words) with the investment-led world of football management these days. It’s the world we’re in like it or not – global capitalism has turned football, like everything else, into nothing more than a consumer product with potntial for high return investment. Football – wise it’s as well that we got through the game without any injuries to key players – which is I’d guess Arry’s priority (wrongly or rightly). We don’t have a good track record for having players off the treatment table – so the priority will always be “avoid the knocks”! – we do need to give some of the kids more exposure. The most worrying thing for me is we still haven’t got the mental strangth it seems to win a penalty shoot out – or in Pav’s case the skill / desire / bottle to get the ball past a (pretty much) stationary figure from 12 yards. The bloke is no more than an ‘also ran’ – get rid.
This is the reason that fans will start walking away.
What would you say if your granddad said, “guess what, i was there when Spurs finished 4th one season 30 years ago”
Is that glory?
Id rather tell my grandkids that i saw us lift the cup a few times.
Sadly your grandkid won know what those cups are
I remember being 24. Im sure I could play 2 games a week.
Im not at all moaning about us going out, Its just a shame 2 cups have become almost consigned to history.
The Carling Cup and Europa League are sadly relics in an age funded by money and greed.
A real shame as the days out are great fun.
The Glory game is now about 4th place and not the cups. Sadly there is no prestige in them anymore.