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How do you feel about Mourinho appointment

  • Excited - silverware here we come baby

    Votes: 666 46.7%
  • Meh - will give him a chance and hope he is successful

    Votes: 468 32.8%
  • Horrified - praying for the day he'll fuck off

    Votes: 292 20.5%

  • Total voters
    1,426

wrd

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Just gonna leave this here, Michael Owen knows...



I do agree with what he's saying, especially in the stadium. I think no game better encapsulated that than the Juventus game where Dybala scored twice and the atmosphere died. I always see Liverpool constantly mocked for being deluded but the way their fans rock that stadium and it makes me sick saying this but the way they rocked that stadium vs City, vs Barca and how their fans were in Istanbul is a huge difference maker. Our fans do certainly create an atmosphere of "here we go again".

However at the weekend it was an empty stadium, so I don't think how the fans are can really be brought into it right now. I thought that we would probably benefit more than most with no fans in the stadium and maybe the fans would realise that at times we're a bit of a hindrance but you look at our results at home and that doesn't seem to be the case thus far.
 
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gilzeantheking

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Jun 16, 2011
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Just gonna leave this here, Michael Owen knows...



It's nothing new. I had an Uncle who recently passed. Him and his mate, in the 50's and 60's used to go to Spurs one week and Arsenal the next. It was quite a common tning to do back then I believe. I once asked him who he preferred to watch, he said Spurs in those days played the better football so he would rather watch them. He added the caveat, don't class me as a Spurs fan because they are such a moaning whining bunch of *****. :(

Edit. I should add when I go to games with my son, we often listen to those around us whinging. One of us always says. Uncle Lou was right wsn't he (y)
 

spurs mental

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Mar 10, 2007
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Whilst players and fans can trade off one another for energy and atmosphere I think it's bollocks to suggest it's fan's that are at fault.
I believed we would beat Liverpool in the 81 league cup final but we folded in extra time.
I believed we would win all the fa cup semi finals since and yet we have managed to lose everyone since 91.
I believed we would win the CL final when I sat in the stadium that night only for us to choke again.
The club has a history of falling short when it matters, and yet we have certain posters who won't allow criticism no matter how bad we perform.
We could lose 6-0 to Stoke in the next round of the league cup but certain fan's will blame it on the North West winds that we are not used to.
We know who these posters are, they are those in their early thirties, with dopey beards, corduroy trousers and heavy brogue shoes who drink cask ale and listen to the dusty peddlers.
Their opinion we have no interest in not now not ever.
Sorry, but I genuinely have no idea what any of this means or how it's relevant to anything in this thread.
 

fishhhandaricecake

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Nov 15, 2018
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Great line-up today by Jose not many better pragmatic managers in terms of picking teams to win matches but also rotating enough to keep the majority of players happy and motivated.

nice touch with Ben Davies captain as well.
 

fishhhandaricecake

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Tottenham Hotspur Have Now Scored 31 Goals In Their Last 10 Games In All Competitions.

Yeah boring Jose football :)
I know its partly down to the players we now have and I loved the peak high energy relentless pressing and inscision football under Poch but once it went off the boil I was dieing for us to play with some wingers and pace which we never did and now we have that in abundance I have to say this at times as exciting and good football as i've ever seen us play to be honest.

Well done Jose, Levy, Hitchen etc.
Now to keep tightening up from set-pieces and let the quadruple role in.
 

fishhhandaricecake

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What this season so far has shown is that Jose is world class in his approach in terms of building a squad, tactics, motivation etc etc but it also shows that he is also human like other managers and so compare his mood in press conferences and interviews this season to last, this season after newcastle when we were robbed he kept fairly calm and decided to not comment, against west ham he complimented them for their efforts instead of having a go at the team, all the negativity is gone.

Notice I said negativitiy, criticisim is still there because he demands the highest standards and he uses criticisim very well but compare his mood now to mid of last season when we had no son kane sissoko bergwijn and we were losing games, tons of injuries and the squad was no where near the depth it needed to be he knew as he said at the time he had a gun with no bullets, now he has 2 huge army tanks with mounted machine guns and he's loving life.

Win at Burnley and we are well on track in terms of momentum.

COYS.
 

shelfboy68

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Jun 14, 2008
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What this season so far has shown is that Jose is world class in his approach in terms of building a squad, tactics, motivation etc etc but it also shows that he is also human like other managers and so compare his mood in press conferences and interviews this season to last, this season after newcastle when we were robbed he kept fairly calm and decided to not comment, against west ham he complimented them for their efforts instead of having a go at the team, all the negativity is gone.

Notice I said negativitiy, criticisim is still there because he demands the highest standards and he uses criticisim very well but compare his mood now to mid of last season when we had no son kane sissoko bergwijn and we were losing games, tons of injuries and the squad was no where near the depth it needed to be he knew as he said at the time he had a gun with no bullets, now he has 2 huge army tanks with mounted machine guns and he's loving life.

Win at Burnley and we are well on track in terms of momentum.

COYS.
I think we have to win to stay in touch with the pack, our home form has been so cack that it puts a bit of pressure on winning away.
 

fishhhandaricecake

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Jose keeps refering to Klopp's Liverpool in press conferences and how it took him many transfer windows and a number of seasons to transform the team. I love this because usually Jose is very good at 'predicting the future', he's a pragmatist and he can read the strengths of his team and potential compared to others, how much time it needs and what ingredients are needed to win.

He said next summer we will 'tweak' the squad but that is normal for a big club but it sounds like he's very happy with the strength of the squad and knows really that we only probably need a world class CB and back-up to PEH to have everything he needs. He also said he needs time and not just quality of players. We are seeing the fruits of our labour now and how much better we look this season compared to last is night and day, sure we can improve especially defensively but the building blocks are there, he also said we need to improve mentally which can take time.

We might not win the league and CL like Klopp has done but I think given time if things continue on the trajectory they're on given that Klopp's Liverpool will start to burnout soon enough if not this season then next and same for Pep's Man.City then we have as good a chance as anyone to really try and compete for the biggest prizes. A League cup would do, an FA cup or EL would be amazing but ultimately if we can get one of those this season I think Jose will know that will be the building block and stepping stone to then really going for a PL or CL with this squad.

All very exciting. Lets keep enjoying the ride.

Burnley will be a tough match and we might even lose but everything is going in the right direction, there will still be bumps in the road but ride it out lads this rollercoaster will be fun with Jose.
 

fishhhandaricecake

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For me, the week where we had 4 games where Jose navigated us through them all with no back-up striker yet and no Bale fit that was the week that could've turned our season. If we'd lost to Chelsea in the League Cup and in the EL qualifiers the whole narrative this season would be completely different, as it is we have an excellent platform now and the momentum will only keep building. Those EL qualifiers were a pain in the ass but they gave our squad more minutes, gametime and fitness and ultimately will have been a good experience, the squad is in such good shape now that even a big injury crisis like last season shouldn't really de-rail us too much so a lot less pressure on the players because of the great depth in the squad.

Big momentum building now, buzzing.

COYS.
 

spurs mental

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For me, the week where we had 4 games where Jose navigated us through them all with no back-up striker yet and no Bale fit that was the week that could've turned our season. If we'd lost to Chelsea in the League Cup and in the EL qualifiers the whole narrative this season would be completely different, as it is we have an excellent platform now and the momentum will only keep building. Those EL qualifiers were a pain in the ass but they gave our squad more minutes, gametime and fitness and ultimately will have been a good experience, the squad is in such good shape now that even a big injury crisis like last season shouldn't really de-rail us too much so a lot less pressure on the players because of the great depth in the squad.

Big momentum building now, buzzing.

COYS.

Momentum. Its exactly what we need to continue to build, so much so that even a bump like West Ham coming back last week, or the odd defeat, means nothing because we pick ourselves up and go again. Honestly, it's what kept Liverpool so far ahead last season. They had the odd blip but such was the momentum they had built up it was fine to have the odd one.

If we can build enough of it we have a chance of winning the league I believe.
 

@Bobby__Lucky

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Jose keeps refering to Klopp's Liverpool in press conferences and how it took him many transfer windows and a number of seasons to transform the team. I love this because usually Jose is very good at 'predicting the future', he's a pragmatist and he can read the strengths of his team and potential compared to others, how much time it needs and what ingredients are needed to win.

He said next summer we will 'tweak' the squad but that is normal for a big club but it sounds like he's very happy with the strength of the squad and knows really that we only probably need a world class CB and back-up to PEH to have everything he needs. He also said he needs time and not just quality of players. We are seeing the fruits of our labour now and how much better we look this season compared to last is night and day, sure we can improve especially defensively but the building blocks are there, he also said we need to improve mentally which can take time.

We might not win the league and CL like Klopp has done but I think given time if things continue on the trajectory they're on given that Klopp's Liverpool will start to burnout soon enough if not this season then next and same for Pep's Man.City then we have as good a chance as anyone to really try and compete for the biggest prizes. A League cup would do, an FA cup or EL would be amazing but ultimately if we can get one of those this season I think Jose will know that will be the building block and stepping stone to then really going for a PL or CL with this squad.

All very exciting. Lets keep enjoying the ride.

Burnley will be a tough match and we might even lose but everything is going in the right direction, there will still be bumps in the road but ride it out lads this rollercoaster will be fun with Jose.

A very balanced post.

In the mind of Jose from his words and methods we are chasing the Title this very moment.
 
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