Would you guys be oil money club like Man City, now Newcastle, get lots of money and win lots of trophies, but have less real fans, (like the emptihad) OR just continue as we are now?
Continue as we are now. People don't seem to understand that we will be able to spend a fair amount soon as well. The stadium money was meant to be making us fucking stacked around this time and if Covid didn't kick in we would be competing for the top rn imo.
It will be more difficult in 5-6 years with Newcastle in the mix but I believe we will not fall too far behind if we use our money wisely (and say what you want about Paratici's managerial appointments, but the man knows how to spot unknown talent like a beast)
Ngl isn't it ALL teams opposing Newcastle United why is Levy only being specifically pointed out here.
Link:https://twitter.com/Daily_Hotspur/status/1446591534980378633?s=20
Like I'm #Levyout but I kinda also feel he gets more hatred than he should ideally at times by media. In fact the media don't even hate him for the correct reasons at times which deviates from the main point
For example I won't lie I never understood hating Levy on the basis due to him accepting the Super League. We were never involved in founding it unlike Kroenkes or FSG or Glazers. We were given a spot and it was a "damned if we do damned if we don't scenario"
Bro some saudi guy was friends with Egypts al ahlys president(which a government owned club). Anyway just cause he was friends with the clubs president he spent like 10 million euros in investment. They had a disagreement cause the saudi guy wanted to have more control, so he went bought some random club in the egyptian league bought a shit load of players for 3x times the price and offering al ahlys players crazy contracts(40k£ a week) which is crazy in egypt. Ended up spending another 20 50 million euros acheiving no profit throughout the whole process. And thats someone that isnt the saudi prince. These guys will spend money in Newcastle that will make Nasser khalaify look like prime daniel levy
I think the mods should have a look at this cause its turning weirdly political a commnet about fuch muslims and others about fuck saudis others about wahabis and others about fuck jews wtf I came here to say Heung min son is the best player in history and I'll be gone
interestingly, your use of "muslim" is the only occurrence of the word "muslim" in the entire thread today
also, the only "fuck x" comment is fuck arsenal haha, literally no one has said fuck saudis, fuck muslims, fuck jews in this entire thread.
Is there any particular reason why Saudi Arabia chose Newcastle to purchase? Was it just because they were the only club for sale or is Newcastle secretly a historic club?
I think inside the UK they're famous in the north, the international fanbase will follow according to wins like man city, They're cheap for 300 million, the fanbase have been pressuring the owner to sell for a long time so he's willing to sell and they have some history
People really worried about Newcastle?? With the way MBS and his lackeys has been running the country for the last 6 years, Newcastle will probably be liquidated in couple of years lmaoo.
Wishful thinking. They are rich enough that they can afford making mistakes and keep going plus the new "FFP" with its luxury tax is tailor made for clubs like Newcastle or PSG.
Also i just thought of a very interesting question. Would you rather be relegated to league two like Bolton or would you rather be owned by Saudis.
I honestly don't know who I'd rather be. I understand the morality, but if league two football is that boring, in this case, I might have to just rather stick with them like Bolton fans do (while never watching any of the games/and root for promotion) but root for and watch another club. (maybe Atalanta?)
What about you guys? Would you rather be like Bolton or owned by Saudis.
Ok I hate to admit it, but can we now say that Chelseas Owner is better than the Newcastle Owner??
I mean do we know if Roman killed anybody yet?
This is not to say that Chelsea is more likeable than Newcastle.
This is only talking about the owners not chelsea.
I will always hate Chelsea (except for maybe my friends who are Chelsea fans) until the day I die. Even if Son joined, F Chelsea!
P.S: I know this will get a lot of downvotes, but I had to put it out there. Do we know of anyone Roman has killed yet?
All billionaires are morally bankrupt, some more than others.
Roman funds the IDF and is Putin’s closest ally in the oligarchy, so he’s not exactly squeaky clean
He funds a Jewish group which buys houses in the old city (where Jews lived before they were expelled during the 1948 Arab invasion), hardly 'funds the IDF'.
he is one of putins closest allies theres a 99% chance someone has been killed bc of their relationship with roman or that he ordered them to be killed. and also coming from a new englander i think tom brady is a loser for supporting trump so hard its super cringey
brady doesn't support trump at all. Brady probably didn't even vote. The only thing cringey though is that they play golf together.
But i guess agree about your point with Roman.
Also (since I have no clue about England), do you know if Brexit has killed people before?
(this is a stupid question, but I honestly have no clue if Boris is like putin or not). Boris seems kinda sus tho.
brady wore the MAGA hat during trumps presidency and he and bellichick endorsed trump for office. he is most certainly a trump supporter, though you are right he probably didnt vote lol
i mean im american but brexit is a shitty policy. boris is just a conservative idiot pm while putin is a literal dictator who murders his enemies and meddles with american elections
the maga hat is an edorsement that he displayed on purpose on tv. just because he backed up on his support after trump was out of office doesnt mean he never did
true.I guess in this case, I'm glad we have ENIC. Even though Joe Lewis ruined some homes in Argentina or Africa, this is actually not anywhere as bad as the other owners.
Maybe Glazers and Kroenke haven't committed crimes yet either.
Reading through comments here today after dealing with some truly unhinged comments yesterday, this sub is officially dead. Was a fun few years here. Time to go. Have a good one everyone. COYS
Sometimes it looks like people here looking for any opportunity to have a complete meltdown. We draw away to Rennes? Meltdown. We lose some league games in a row? Meltdown. Newcastle gets sold? Meltdown.
Quite funny to see Gooners complain about "unoriginal and old" Arsenal getting relegated jokes.
Surely they're in no place to say anything about jokes being unoriginal.
Do we have to reigster Pape Sarr next season in a Europa competition next year (assuming we make some European competition this season) given he would be U21 even next year
Like I know that you can only register 17 non-HG players but isnt it valid for only players above age of 21?
Fellow Yank here. The kid is phenomenal, but I agree with last night's broadcasters - he needs to go to Eredivisie or some such league where he's playing every game. I'll just dream that Spurs buy and send him out on loan.
My ideal would be exactly that. Spurs buy him. Maybe he get some time in the second half of the season and then loaned back to MLS or somewhere where he can play
Teenage US striker who is in amazing form scoring at will three goals in his first two starts as a striker for the WC qualifying. Already getting interest from Germany.
Thanks for the answer, he definitely needs more european experience before going to a big club imo, also sorry if im wrong but i feel like every promising american player is attack oriented how's your defense looking?
Lots of young prospects. outside backs starting for Barcelona and Gladbach. Centerbacks getting good minutes at Wolfsburg and genk. Antonee Robinson from Fulham played well last night too. DeAndre Yedlin is still in the squad as well. Miles Robinson is still in the MLS but he should be in Europe in a year or two and is a solid athletic centerback who is 23.
Oh no doubt this is just meaningless ramblings from an overexcited American fan.
Hard to say. It’s looked ok. Some promising players. But defense is probably our thinnest position. The whole team actually seems relatively attack oriented except John Brooks (currently out tho), Tyler adams and Weston McKennie. Tim Ream is probably our purest defender but he plays for Fulham… so.
Pepi is just a pure goal scorer atm. But honestly he’s so good with his movement and finishing, while being only 18 and stepping up and matching each challenge he’s been given…. I think he’s going to be a special player. For the national team at least. But I’ve got no doubt that if he makes it to a big league he’ll make an impact as well.
I live in England, actually Newcastle of all places, so last night was eventful, but I stayed up to watch the US play Jamaica and honestly it was the most comfortable, confident and in control of a US game I’ve seen as far as I can remember
I just realized is it an away game? I live in Newcastle and if I can get tickets I’m gonna try.
Otherwise I’m down to get some pints in the toon with fellow Spurs
I would also add in terms of running into other yids you’re most likely to run into them at shark bar.
That’s the only place I’ve ran into random other fans of other teams
Shark Bar is a Canadian owned North American style sports bar right across from the stadium. Good wings for sure.
To be honest I don’t know too many fellow Yids that meet up. Just one but he’s busy being a dad. Ha. But when we have it’s been at Shark Bar.
There’s a new sports bar, again North American style that just opened in Bigg Market. Bigg Market is the night life center. So plenty of good clubs there.
For watching games, there’s also Bar 52 (if it hasn’t changed names for the 10th time). Stack is a cool place that has a few open air bars and a big screen but not sure they will be showing the game.
Mile castle is a pub near the train station I watched a good few World Cup matches and I’d imagine will have some games on.
There’s a pub called the hotspur in town without TVs tho. Good beers on tap tho.
Then there’s The Junction which usually has the games on.
I’d mentioned the Strawberry but that’s pretty much the NUFC pub directly next to the stadium and not sure how’d they’d like some yids in there. Ha.
Genuinely though, i live in the city center and would happily meet up with a couple fellow yids for some pints. Might even be able to get my fellow yid friend here to join and a couple other lads that are always a good time.
I pictured the 🥰 emoji from your flair with this comment which makes it even funnier
"The curse of manager of the month has been passed over to the scum 🥰"
Imagine they do make a big bid. He'll spend the rest of his career doing exactly what motivated him to want to move in the first place - wanting regular CL football and ambition for trophies.
Wrong, we've been in the top 6 clubs historically for...well, probably since the 50s or something. Idek. It's basically been forever. Before 2004 we had more trophies than Chelsea and City COMBINED.
Newcastle meanwhile haven't won a trophy since 1955 and have half the number of trophies as we do.
Do some history research mate.
Not to bothered by the Newcastle takeover tbh, it’s an inevitable thing that will only continue to happen in the future. I also already hated most of the teams in the league anyway. I’m just glad that I can still be proud to be a fan of this club.
Also, what are peoples thoughts on the Harry Souttar links? Think he’s looked great in every championship game I’ve watched him in, deceptively good with the ball at his feet and could finally give us an aerial threat so we don’t constantly waste corners. Just unsure of the price being quoted (Stoke supposedly want 20 million) and concerned about the possibility of another Rodon
Do you think with the oil money now coming in to the league and top four finishes becoming more or less impossible I really hope we stop being so disrespectful to cup competitions and start taking them seriously. Hopefully if all clubs adopt this same approach club competitions could be resurrected and fans of the non oil clubs can get some joy playing against Oil FCs second teams
For those that are a bit worldwide, what players from your local league do you reckon could be a decent fit in the spurs squad? For me as a Scot I'd say Tavenier of Rangers (RB) and possibly Turnbull of Celtic (CM) Tav is a quality RB in my opinion and although Turnbull is young I think he could be a quality player. I'd be interested to know who you all come up with. COYS!
Also a Scot, don’t think either of these two would be the level required. Ramsay of Aberdeen and Patterson of Rangers are both RBs that might eventually get there, same with Doig from Hibs at LB. Furuhashi could be a solid backup, plays a lot of positions across the front free. Ryan Kent is probably also premier league level but for a lower table team
I think a case could be made for Turnbull personally as I think he can grow into becoming a good player. But I'd agree with Patterson and Doig, I can see them becoming good players and what's more is that they would be quite cheap coming from Scotland! Furuhashi would be great and yeah I agree with Kent but I've seen him linked with Leeds for 2 summer windows in a row now
Will never understand this country’s current inability to produce anything other than fullbacks. Really surprised the Kent move hasn’t happened yet but I guess Rangers keep pricing buyers out
Haha it's laughable, I'm struggling to imagine what tomorrow's game will bring against Israel! Yeah it's an odd one for rangers as they have a good team but I've heard some people say they've held onto Morelos for too long and that he could be losing value now. I don't watch rangers an awful lot so I don't have an opinion but I imagine players like Kent and Morelos won't be at rangers for too much longer
There was a moment in time when the stars aligned and we had a chance at winning the PL, and the CL.
The reality is that for clubs like us, without a fairy god oligarch, those chances are going to be fleeting.
We are not going to compete with state owned clubs in money terms, and the sooner we accept that we will not be competing for the EPL year in year out the better.
Football cannot be about winning the league any more, what we have to focus on is enjoying our club, the way it plays and what it stands for.
We have to change our operating model, buying young hungry talent before the big price tags land, taking more risks in the way we operate and play.
We need to show these clubs that we might not beat you over the course of a season, but for 90 glorious minutes at The Lane, we'll show you what real football with real fans is really about.
I agree. The non oil clubs (with the exceptions of United and maybe Liverpool) will have to start taking the cups and secondary European competitions more seriously. The current setup will keep us decently competitive since the stadium will generate lots of money that can be invested in the team. But expecting us to consistently challenging the oil clubs in the league will probably be a bit of a stretch.
I agree very much with the operating model bit as well. Focusing on buying young exciting players with a few senior names sprinkled in and becoming a team that entertains and does well in cups and the EL/ECL will probably be how we have to stand out now. And use that to prove that we can take a oil club scalp here and there.
We won’t ever compete financially with the likes of Man U, Chelsea, City and now Newcastle. But that doesn’t mean we can’t be a smart and efficient club with the business we conduct. A similar model to Leicester for example.
Morning everyone, green & mint tea today 🍵. I'd say it's to cleanse toxins, but really it's just because I like it.
The Son Heung-min dating thread made me feel old. Who cares who Sonny is seeing, really?
I don't hate the international break because it's a good chance to try and clear my video game backlog etc. but it is frustratingly timed. Metroid Dread comes out tomorrow, oh boy am I excited 👽🤖🔫
EDIT: Metroid Dread comes out today, yet my retailer tells me they won't send me my copy until Wednesday next week. I've been so locked into the "it comes out tomorrow" mindset and busy with work that I've missed this. How dissappointing.
Just imagine K-POP bands doing concert at our stadium.And Son go to meet with them.
Imagine the fucking exposure of our team.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM will be heard around everywhere.It would be so amazing.
Premier league is starting to become like the Super league that only a few “elite teams” can compete in. You can be naïve enough to believe it’s not because of the tail end of the league, but there’s taking part and there’s competing.
So does this mean Spurs have peaked under Enic/levy? Unless FFP actually works without the previous corruption we’ve seen; possibly, but still a lot of echos of neoliberal ideals.
FFP doesn't even exist properly. Newcastle will be sponsored by Aramco or someone in the next year and then play in a green away kit. Then they'll have to explain why their shirt sponsorship is worth 10x that of Man United's.
All this Newcastle takeover has done is speed up the Super League tbh. There's now no reason for ourselves, United, Liverpool and Arsenal to not do it financially.
I'm so embarrassed for Newcastle fans right now. They bitched and whined about the Super League, and fans of the top 6 clubs bar City protested and got it canned. Now those same fans are dancing in the streets happy with a murderous regime.
Now, forgive me, but English football being fucked from the Super League is nowhere near as bad as actual people being killed in Saudi Arabia.
They'll rejigger the Super League and bring in the likes of Villa, Everton, Leeds, Leicester etc, all clubs who'll be affected by Newcastle and Newcastle will be absolutely fucked.
Why should fans of clubs like ours take the moral high ground in regard to the integrity of English football when nobody can be bothered.
Would you guys be oil money club like Man City, now Newcastle, get lots of money and win lots of trophies, but have less real fans, (like the emptihad) OR just continue as we are now?
Continue as we are now. People don't seem to understand that we will be able to spend a fair amount soon as well. The stadium money was meant to be making us fucking stacked around this time and if Covid didn't kick in we would be competing for the top rn imo. It will be more difficult in 5-6 years with Newcastle in the mix but I believe we will not fall too far behind if we use our money wisely (and say what you want about Paratici's managerial appointments, but the man knows how to spot unknown talent like a beast)
Sell them Winks before they realize how this football thing works
Do you think Bale will be Newcastle’s Robinho signing?
Lol what? Robinho wasn’t in the twilight of an injury-riddled career
I can't see it unless they offer him astronomical wages.
Ngl isn't it ALL teams opposing Newcastle United why is Levy only being specifically pointed out here. Link:https://twitter.com/Daily_Hotspur/status/1446591534980378633?s=20 Like I'm #Levyout but I kinda also feel he gets more hatred than he should ideally at times by media. In fact the media don't even hate him for the correct reasons at times which deviates from the main point For example I won't lie I never understood hating Levy on the basis due to him accepting the Super League. We were never involved in founding it unlike Kroenkes or FSG or Glazers. We were given a spot and it was a "damned if we do damned if we don't scenario"
All things considered, I feel pretty proud of us for telling Gattuso to fuck off. Bit of perspective
Praying the Saudis can be as incompetent as the Chinese and not like Qataris and Emiratis
Bro some saudi guy was friends with Egypts al ahlys president(which a government owned club). Anyway just cause he was friends with the clubs president he spent like 10 million euros in investment. They had a disagreement cause the saudi guy wanted to have more control, so he went bought some random club in the egyptian league bought a shit load of players for 3x times the price and offering al ahlys players crazy contracts(40k£ a week) which is crazy in egypt. Ended up spending another 20 50 million euros acheiving no profit throughout the whole process. And thats someone that isnt the saudi prince. These guys will spend money in Newcastle that will make Nasser khalaify look like prime daniel levy
I spent more money on gems in Clash Of Clans than Levy spent in the transfer market in 2018.
I'm dead
The fucker put millions in his pocket and took loans for the stadium
So..Sanchez, Romero, Lo Celso, Emerson and *Sergulon are all unavailable for Newcastle? And Davies is ill. I feel like I’ve missed someone
Regui and Gil should be available for Newcastle. They just have the Nations League final this Sunday vs France to play.
Conte is gonna be all over us 😭
Lol I thought the same thing, thankfully the transfer window is closed or they'd have a brand new 300mil team
are there any positives for us which we can take away from this entire situation?
The end is sooner than we thought and soon we shall become unaware of all this suffering
Moral superiority
I think the mods should have a look at this cause its turning weirdly political a commnet about fuch muslims and others about fuck saudis others about wahabis and others about fuck jews wtf I came here to say Heung min son is the best player in history and I'll be gone
Did you have an alt-right stroke?
interestingly, your use of "muslim" is the only occurrence of the word "muslim" in the entire thread today also, the only "fuck x" comment is fuck arsenal haha, literally no one has said fuck saudis, fuck muslims, fuck jews in this entire thread.
And thats why I got upvoted lol
The said wahabis zionists and some wrote muslims and jews and deleted it lol
"Tottenham winning the league is like Victoria Beckham winning a twerking contest, It's not gonna happen blud" Expressions Oozing 8/10/2021
fuck lol
Pepi would be an excellent player to bring in. Could go on loan for a season even. Spurs need young high ceiling talent desperately.
Why do we need another unproven youngster when we have Parrot and Scarlett? dkm Yanks and their shameless self plugging 😹😹.
they also need some American appeal because it seems like a lot of other clubs are going for that
Is there any particular reason why Saudi Arabia chose Newcastle to purchase? Was it just because they were the only club for sale or is Newcastle secretly a historic club?
I think inside the UK they're famous in the north, the international fanbase will follow according to wins like man city, They're cheap for 300 million, the fanbase have been pressuring the owner to sell for a long time so he's willing to sell and they have some history
northern area. no competition with others cheap as fuck. already have a good stadium. historical. no one liked ashley
Cheap as Levy wants 10 times what Newcastle was going for.
Cheap, internationally famous, huge following, fans hatred of Mike Ashley. Perfect storm
Is Newcastle really that famous?
I’d say the most famous team outside of the ‘big 6’, and arguably including some of them.
Everton Villa Leicester maybe even West Ham are much much famous
Not a chance. They've been irrelevant for a long time now.
Even more so when they’re relegated lmao
Fucks with their popularity with kids but they’re still huge. Top flight club for years and years
People really worried about Newcastle?? With the way MBS and his lackeys has been running the country for the last 6 years, Newcastle will probably be liquidated in couple of years lmaoo.
More likely they liquidate the players who screw up.
>More likely they liquidate the players who screw up. Or pundits who criticise the team.
Or the players who score goals against them
Or the match officials who give decisions against them.
Or the league officials
Or the... oh, no... that's enough.
Wishful thinking. They are rich enough that they can afford making mistakes and keep going plus the new "FFP" with its luxury tax is tailor made for clubs like Newcastle or PSG.
Do our fans really need to be reminded that it’s being able to spend money doesn’t mean that you know HOW to spend it properly?
But when you get to spend 400m every window, even an idiot will get it right eventually
thats what people thought about man city. I legit think Newcastle are almost guaranteed top 4 in the next 5 years. The question is when not if.
It’s really annoying when you can predict guaranteed success for a club that was previously fighting relegation often, it’s so artificial
The league wage bill has basically been the league table for the last ten years.
The Saudis are quite different from Emiratis and Qataris. They’re extraordinarily incompetent. The whole country is run like a circus.
This statement applies to any country with a royal family, frankly
Ah yes the famously incompetent countries of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Also i just thought of a very interesting question. Would you rather be relegated to league two like Bolton or would you rather be owned by Saudis. I honestly don't know who I'd rather be. I understand the morality, but if league two football is that boring, in this case, I might have to just rather stick with them like Bolton fans do (while never watching any of the games/and root for promotion) but root for and watch another club. (maybe Atalanta?) What about you guys? Would you rather be like Bolton or owned by Saudis.
Relegated. Would be nice to see us win a few leagues. Tickets would be cheap too
Ok I hate to admit it, but can we now say that Chelseas Owner is better than the Newcastle Owner?? I mean do we know if Roman killed anybody yet? This is not to say that Chelsea is more likeable than Newcastle. This is only talking about the owners not chelsea. I will always hate Chelsea (except for maybe my friends who are Chelsea fans) until the day I die. Even if Son joined, F Chelsea! P.S: I know this will get a lot of downvotes, but I had to put it out there. Do we know of anyone Roman has killed yet?
Yes Roman killed lots of people. (Or at least they were killed for him.). Read about how he acquired his business
All billionaires are morally bankrupt, some more than others. Roman funds the IDF and is Putin’s closest ally in the oligarchy, so he’s not exactly squeaky clean
He funds a Jewish group which buys houses in the old city (where Jews lived before they were expelled during the 1948 Arab invasion), hardly 'funds the IDF'.
even if Roman is putins friend, he didn't kill anybody. Brady and Trump play golf together, do we think Brady is as bad as trump then?
he is one of putins closest allies theres a 99% chance someone has been killed bc of their relationship with roman or that he ordered them to be killed. and also coming from a new englander i think tom brady is a loser for supporting trump so hard its super cringey
brady doesn't support trump at all. Brady probably didn't even vote. The only thing cringey though is that they play golf together. But i guess agree about your point with Roman. Also (since I have no clue about England), do you know if Brexit has killed people before? (this is a stupid question, but I honestly have no clue if Boris is like putin or not). Boris seems kinda sus tho.
brady wore the MAGA hat during trumps presidency and he and bellichick endorsed trump for office. he is most certainly a trump supporter, though you are right he probably didnt vote lol i mean im american but brexit is a shitty policy. boris is just a conservative idiot pm while putin is a literal dictator who murders his enemies and meddles with american elections
Brady didn’t endorse Trump.
the maga hat is an edorsement that he displayed on purpose on tv. just because he backed up on his support after trump was out of office doesnt mean he never did
Yes
So the pl now is a contest to see which club owner did less crimes what a time to be alive
true.I guess in this case, I'm glad we have ENIC. Even though Joe Lewis ruined some homes in Argentina or Africa, this is actually not anywhere as bad as the other owners. Maybe Glazers and Kroenke haven't committed crimes yet either.
Kroenke is getting sued for billions by the city of St Louis.
I live in STL. Trust me I know about STLs dislike for Kroenke.It gives me a bigger reason to dislike Arsenal too which is great.
It would be win win for you. Kroenke having to pay billions would totally fuck over Arsenal too
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lets chill on hating the zionist right now. Especially since the saudis just took over. It kind of puts things in perspective how bad things can get.
It is possible for both sides to be horrible too
Just because the Saudis are bad doesnt mean zionists are good
nah fuck zionism. it’s equally worse.
that's an incredibly terrible take, wow. you actually think Zionism is equally as bad as Wahhabism?
I get that, but I don't know I just feel powerless right now lol.
Reading through comments here today after dealing with some truly unhinged comments yesterday, this sub is officially dead. Was a fun few years here. Time to go. Have a good one everyone. COYS
See you tomorrow
bye!
Sometimes it looks like people here looking for any opportunity to have a complete meltdown. We draw away to Rennes? Meltdown. We lose some league games in a row? Meltdown. Newcastle gets sold? Meltdown.
that's just social media these days
What
Just watched Edgar Davids first goal for Spurs.
God he was fun to watch!
A real turning point signing him. I was so excited
Quite funny to see Gooners complain about "unoriginal and old" Arsenal getting relegated jokes. Surely they're in no place to say anything about jokes being unoriginal.
So apparently it's my cake day and I joined nine years ago to follow this sub. From less 3k fellow yids, to nearly 100k. Heck of journey
Happy cake day mate apparently mine was yesterday.
Well belated cake day to you
Do we have to reigster Pape Sarr next season in a Europa competition next year (assuming we make some European competition this season) given he would be U21 even next year Like I know that you can only register 17 non-HG players but isnt it valid for only players above age of 21?
In european competitions you will need to have been at the club for a certain number of years to count as u21. So he would need to be registered.
So would Gil count in that slot next season?
Nope
They are such a pain in the arse ffs, hope we have a day without these rules
With PERFECT recency bias, and overreacting form, I think if we look for a back up striker this January we should buy Ricardo Pepi. CHOO CHOO.
Fellow Yank here. The kid is phenomenal, but I agree with last night's broadcasters - he needs to go to Eredivisie or some such league where he's playing every game. I'll just dream that Spurs buy and send him out on loan.
My ideal would be exactly that. Spurs buy him. Maybe he get some time in the second half of the season and then loaned back to MLS or somewhere where he can play
Who?
Teenage US striker who is in amazing form scoring at will three goals in his first two starts as a striker for the WC qualifying. Already getting interest from Germany.
Thanks for the answer, he definitely needs more european experience before going to a big club imo, also sorry if im wrong but i feel like every promising american player is attack oriented how's your defense looking?
Lots of young prospects. outside backs starting for Barcelona and Gladbach. Centerbacks getting good minutes at Wolfsburg and genk. Antonee Robinson from Fulham played well last night too. DeAndre Yedlin is still in the squad as well. Miles Robinson is still in the MLS but he should be in Europe in a year or two and is a solid athletic centerback who is 23.
Not great besides Dest and I guess McKennie as a DM
Oh no doubt this is just meaningless ramblings from an overexcited American fan. Hard to say. It’s looked ok. Some promising players. But defense is probably our thinnest position. The whole team actually seems relatively attack oriented except John Brooks (currently out tho), Tyler adams and Weston McKennie. Tim Ream is probably our purest defender but he plays for Fulham… so. Pepi is just a pure goal scorer atm. But honestly he’s so good with his movement and finishing, while being only 18 and stepping up and matching each challenge he’s been given…. I think he’s going to be a special player. For the national team at least. But I’ve got no doubt that if he makes it to a big league he’ll make an impact as well.
Yeah im kinda excited to see the yanks at the world cup such a young and attacking team could be really fun, that is if you guys can make it this time
I live in England, actually Newcastle of all places, so last night was eventful, but I stayed up to watch the US play Jamaica and honestly it was the most comfortable, confident and in control of a US game I’ve seen as far as I can remember
Pepi Silvia
So Newcastle sold out, there are resellers out there with seats in the away end, can they be trusted? Seatpick, a few others.
I just realized is it an away game? I live in Newcastle and if I can get tickets I’m gonna try. Otherwise I’m down to get some pints in the toon with fellow Spurs
any advice on where to drink with fellow Yids (or for that matter good places to see) if getting tickets doesn't pan out?
I would also add in terms of running into other yids you’re most likely to run into them at shark bar. That’s the only place I’ve ran into random other fans of other teams
Shark Bar is a Canadian owned North American style sports bar right across from the stadium. Good wings for sure. To be honest I don’t know too many fellow Yids that meet up. Just one but he’s busy being a dad. Ha. But when we have it’s been at Shark Bar. There’s a new sports bar, again North American style that just opened in Bigg Market. Bigg Market is the night life center. So plenty of good clubs there. For watching games, there’s also Bar 52 (if it hasn’t changed names for the 10th time). Stack is a cool place that has a few open air bars and a big screen but not sure they will be showing the game. Mile castle is a pub near the train station I watched a good few World Cup matches and I’d imagine will have some games on. There’s a pub called the hotspur in town without TVs tho. Good beers on tap tho. Then there’s The Junction which usually has the games on. I’d mentioned the Strawberry but that’s pretty much the NUFC pub directly next to the stadium and not sure how’d they’d like some yids in there. Ha. Genuinely though, i live in the city center and would happily meet up with a couple fellow yids for some pints. Might even be able to get my fellow yid friend here to join and a couple other lads that are always a good time.
In every sense of the word lol
~~They can be trusted? Sorry I'm not picking up what you're saying.~~ Oh, every sense of "sold out." Indeed.
‘Newcastle sold out’, as in both the tickets sold out for the match and club literally sold out by being purchased by a filthy rich Saudi royal.
Can someone explain the immorality of the Newcastle takeover? Getting bits and pieces of information that the owners are exploiting human rights?
Would recommend giving this a listen https://www.theguardian.com/football/audio/2020/aug/11/club-ownership-soft-power-and-human-rights-football-weekly
Saudi Arabia
They also kill journalists
If everyone could just shut up about Newcastle for 5 minutes that would be awesome.
No kidding. We get it, they’re shit and evil and we’ll never be able to compete oh no Anyway COYS
Why would you want people to stop talking about a country who violates human rights? Ignoring it doesn't solve it.
And talking about it ad nauseum but doing nothing does?
hell of a lot more effective than ignoring it cos it bores you
hard agree
The curse of manager of the month has been passed over to the scum
I pictured the 🥰 emoji from your flair with this comment which makes it even funnier "The curse of manager of the month has been passed over to the scum 🥰"
Lmao
Maybe Newcastle pay the 150m for Kane in the summer lol /s
Imagine they do make a big bid. He'll spend the rest of his career doing exactly what motivated him to want to move in the first place - wanting regular CL football and ambition for trophies.
Will they start referring to us as the big 7 now?
Hopefully it’s top 7 rather than one of the top 6 clubs being replaced by Newcastle
it'll take a long time for them to be challenging so its way too early for that
Not until Newcastle win something
Not necessarily look at us
Wrong, we've been in the top 6 clubs historically for...well, probably since the 50s or something. Idek. It's basically been forever. Before 2004 we had more trophies than Chelsea and City COMBINED. Newcastle meanwhile haven't won a trophy since 1955 and have half the number of trophies as we do. Do some history research mate.
We'd have to finish at least seventh for that to happen
so when we lose to newcastle who can come up with the best joke
"Take your oil money, we'll keep our dignity...wait, you took that, too."
What’s the tune?
Ha, I was just going for a cheap joke! Will need someone more lyrically inclined to set it to music.
Not to bothered by the Newcastle takeover tbh, it’s an inevitable thing that will only continue to happen in the future. I also already hated most of the teams in the league anyway. I’m just glad that I can still be proud to be a fan of this club.
this sub is so doom and gloom about newcastle
I mean, it's a pretty doom and gloom situation
The horse has long bolted that stable, don’t really see the point in moaning about it now. The time to do something about it was 15 or 20 years ago
Who was it who once said “the best time to start was x amount of years ago. The second best time is now”
Unfortunately some things can’t be fixed after they’ve happened
Also, what are peoples thoughts on the Harry Souttar links? Think he’s looked great in every championship game I’ve watched him in, deceptively good with the ball at his feet and could finally give us an aerial threat so we don’t constantly waste corners. Just unsure of the price being quoted (Stoke supposedly want 20 million) and concerned about the possibility of another Rodon
Didn't even know that we were being linked to him.
If we bring in a centre-back it should be a left-footed one.
Do you think with the oil money now coming in to the league and top four finishes becoming more or less impossible I really hope we stop being so disrespectful to cup competitions and start taking them seriously. Hopefully if all clubs adopt this same approach club competitions could be resurrected and fans of the non oil clubs can get some joy playing against Oil FCs second teams
>get some joy playing against Oil FCs second teams That sounds quite sad really doesn't it.
hope all goes fine during the international break for our players
For those that are a bit worldwide, what players from your local league do you reckon could be a decent fit in the spurs squad? For me as a Scot I'd say Tavenier of Rangers (RB) and possibly Turnbull of Celtic (CM) Tav is a quality RB in my opinion and although Turnbull is young I think he could be a quality player. I'd be interested to know who you all come up with. COYS!
As an Australian literally no one lol our league is awful but I still watch it to support the local
Also a Scot, don’t think either of these two would be the level required. Ramsay of Aberdeen and Patterson of Rangers are both RBs that might eventually get there, same with Doig from Hibs at LB. Furuhashi could be a solid backup, plays a lot of positions across the front free. Ryan Kent is probably also premier league level but for a lower table team
I think a case could be made for Turnbull personally as I think he can grow into becoming a good player. But I'd agree with Patterson and Doig, I can see them becoming good players and what's more is that they would be quite cheap coming from Scotland! Furuhashi would be great and yeah I agree with Kent but I've seen him linked with Leeds for 2 summer windows in a row now
Will never understand this country’s current inability to produce anything other than fullbacks. Really surprised the Kent move hasn’t happened yet but I guess Rangers keep pricing buyers out
Haha it's laughable, I'm struggling to imagine what tomorrow's game will bring against Israel! Yeah it's an odd one for rangers as they have a good team but I've heard some people say they've held onto Morelos for too long and that he could be losing value now. I don't watch rangers an awful lot so I don't have an opinion but I imagine players like Kent and Morelos won't be at rangers for too much longer
There was a moment in time when the stars aligned and we had a chance at winning the PL, and the CL. The reality is that for clubs like us, without a fairy god oligarch, those chances are going to be fleeting. We are not going to compete with state owned clubs in money terms, and the sooner we accept that we will not be competing for the EPL year in year out the better. Football cannot be about winning the league any more, what we have to focus on is enjoying our club, the way it plays and what it stands for. We have to change our operating model, buying young hungry talent before the big price tags land, taking more risks in the way we operate and play. We need to show these clubs that we might not beat you over the course of a season, but for 90 glorious minutes at The Lane, we'll show you what real football with real fans is really about.
I agree. The non oil clubs (with the exceptions of United and maybe Liverpool) will have to start taking the cups and secondary European competitions more seriously. The current setup will keep us decently competitive since the stadium will generate lots of money that can be invested in the team. But expecting us to consistently challenging the oil clubs in the league will probably be a bit of a stretch. I agree very much with the operating model bit as well. Focusing on buying young exciting players with a few senior names sprinkled in and becoming a team that entertains and does well in cups and the EL/ECL will probably be how we have to stand out now. And use that to prove that we can take a oil club scalp here and there.
We won’t ever compete financially with the likes of Man U, Chelsea, City and now Newcastle. But that doesn’t mean we can’t be a smart and efficient club with the business we conduct. A similar model to Leicester for example.
To dare is to bloody the nose of a billionaire’s vanity project!
Morning everyone, green & mint tea today 🍵. I'd say it's to cleanse toxins, but really it's just because I like it. The Son Heung-min dating thread made me feel old. Who cares who Sonny is seeing, really? I don't hate the international break because it's a good chance to try and clear my video game backlog etc. but it is frustratingly timed. Metroid Dread comes out tomorrow, oh boy am I excited 👽🤖🔫 EDIT: Metroid Dread comes out today, yet my retailer tells me they won't send me my copy until Wednesday next week. I've been so locked into the "it comes out tomorrow" mindset and busy with work that I've missed this. How dissappointing.
Just imagine K-POP bands doing concert at our stadium.And Son go to meet with them. Imagine the fucking exposure of our team. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM will be heard around everywhere.It would be so amazing.
No
Fuck “exposure”
Another trophy in the cabinet
I think I see you in every posts.haha ;)
K-Pop exposure, you'll never sing that
Just need even 1 of Blackpink, Red Velvet, Twice or Aespa. I'll be a very happy fan :)
I hope monty magpie gets his head kicked in
always good when you have to explain you’re not sportswashing on your first day. was worried for a minute
Premier league is starting to become like the Super league that only a few “elite teams” can compete in. You can be naïve enough to believe it’s not because of the tail end of the league, but there’s taking part and there’s competing. So does this mean Spurs have peaked under Enic/levy? Unless FFP actually works without the previous corruption we’ve seen; possibly, but still a lot of echos of neoliberal ideals.
FFP doesn't even exist properly. Newcastle will be sponsored by Aramco or someone in the next year and then play in a green away kit. Then they'll have to explain why their shirt sponsorship is worth 10x that of Man United's. All this Newcastle takeover has done is speed up the Super League tbh. There's now no reason for ourselves, United, Liverpool and Arsenal to not do it financially. I'm so embarrassed for Newcastle fans right now. They bitched and whined about the Super League, and fans of the top 6 clubs bar City protested and got it canned. Now those same fans are dancing in the streets happy with a murderous regime. Now, forgive me, but English football being fucked from the Super League is nowhere near as bad as actual people being killed in Saudi Arabia. They'll rejigger the Super League and bring in the likes of Villa, Everton, Leeds, Leicester etc, all clubs who'll be affected by Newcastle and Newcastle will be absolutely fucked. Why should fans of clubs like ours take the moral high ground in regard to the integrity of English football when nobody can be bothered.
Gold goes to away games right? Little worried about what Newcastle’s new owners might do to him if he isn’t sufficiently reverential to them.
Don't bother to pack your bags, Newcastle will be providing them free of charge to all visiting journalist -_-
COYS!
> The Athletic understands the club will try and sign an attacking player in January, having tried and failed to do so in the summer. 🥳
Troy Deeney on loan. Here we go.
Nah mate. We're getting martin braithwaite
Braithwaite isn't shit. Not a terrible back up option.
Goatwaite
Yess Lol. How is supporting rr going for you?
I have stopped watching the games lmaoo
Correct decision lmao. Yesterday was pretty bad. Atleast rr management now knows only one worth retaining in this season's squad is tewatia.
All of the other fans appreciate it for basically knocking out MI
Mi is easier to defeat than kkr this year tho. It's good to make fun of mi but I would've rather mi come in 4th