Basel V Spurs

Pure Sound

At least we went out fighting, the closest possible result

Sugarlumps

Nice shuffle, wonder does he practice it?

SuprSi

Oh well, very poor from Ade in the end but did anyone expect anything different from his penalty? I don't think that's a bad way to go out though, the lads fought until the end with 10 men and can hopefully take something away from it in to the remainder of the season.

franktheplank

Fair play to them, great heart. Ah well CL next year hopefully.

galwayjohn89

markesmith wrote: »

Adebayor has to go in the summer. You don't miss a penalty like that and then give a goofy 'lol idk what i'm doing' type smile

He does my head in. Its as if he doesn't care. Like BAE but at least BAE is good and makes up for it with stupidly good skills.

tom1ie

irishmover wrote: »

Can focus on league now...

This is where I say it would be a poor season to finish outside top 4 after going so far in Europa.

leagues ****ed man

What has happened to Ade? I watched last season's DVD and he was amazing!!! Incredible change.

Insp. Harry Callahan

Came close tonight but damage was done at WHL in the 1st leg

PogMoThoin

They took great penos in all fairness. We can take some positives, we played well without Bale an Lennon. I thought Holtby had a good game, linked up well. Ade was good for most of it besides his poor peno at the end.

Here Precious2

We should have stuck a bag of Kerr pinks in our goal for the spotters..make an effort Bradley for Christ sake

tom1ie

Deleted User wrote: »

What has happened to Ade? I watched last season's DVD and he was amazing!!! Incredible change.

4 year contract

tippspur

Hard to believe Adebayor gets paid for playing football :mad:

tippspur

Here Precious2 wrote: »

We should have stuck a bag of Kerr pinks in our goal for the spotters..make an effort Bradley for Christ sake

He reminds me of Sylvester Stallone

tom1ie

the worst thing is in our current slump can you see us beating city or Chelsea?

Saab Ed

tom1ie wrote: »

leagues ****ed man

Yup and all because of this competition. If we miss fourth and end up competing in the Europa again next season, if AVB takes it seriously then my little short lived
Love in will be over. You need CL football to generate the funds to build a squad that can compete in domestic and Euro competitions. PL is too tough . You can do it in Scotland or Portugal or Holland, not in England.

irishmover

tom1ie wrote: »

leagues ****ed man

How? 6 games left and still well in the pack for CL football. Show even half an ounce of optimism man... We drew tonight with no Lloris, Bale, Lennon, Defoe, Sandro or Kaboul. Then spent extra time with 10 men and lost on penalties. The players didn't do too great but put their heart into it. 10 days off till man city game and surely some of those injured will return. Seasons not over just yet.

I remember the days when it was over in December.

tomo75

Being honest, on 100k a week and having done sweet fcuk all season, Ade should have buried his peno.

If we really stand back and look at our top 4 position an Europa run, none of it has been down to prolific strikers. Tonight (or should I say last week) We got found out.......

Insp. Harry Callahan

Should we really have had the 2nd choice goalkeeper in goal for such an important match??

tom1ie

irishmover wrote: »

How? 6 games left and still well in the pack for CL football. Show even half an ounce of optimism man... We drew tonight with no Lloris, Bale, Lennon, Defoe, Sandro or Kaboul. Then spent extra time with 10 men and lost on penalties. The players didn't do too great but put their heart into it. 10 days off till man city game and surely some of those injured will return. Seasons not over just yet.

I remember the days when it was over in December.

we haven't played well since before the pool game. except for 45 mins against Swansea we have been very poor even with bale and lennon. if you think, going on our previous form from the last 6 games, that we'll beat city or Chelsea and claim 4th your in la la land.

irishmover

Insp. Harry Callahan wrote: »

Should we really have had the 2nd choice goalkeeper in goal for such an important match??

Exactly what I was thinking the entire match and with the penalty shootouts thought it even more as Friedel isn't very mobile at all. We could have easily have had gone through with Lloris in goal but same could be said if the above mentioned injured players weren't injured.

You guys got what you want, full focus on the league, albeit later than most wanted. Me, I would have loved a trophy aswell as a top 4 spot.

The only good thing is that Chelsea have alot more games than us left to go.

Emoran

Even if Adebayor had of scored, I don't think brad would have saved anyway.

**** it anyway... Gutted

irishmover

tom1ie wrote: »

we haven't played well since before the pool game. except for 45 mins against Swansea we have been very poor even with bale and lennon. if you think, going on our previous form from the last 6 games, that we'll beat city or Chelsea and claim 4th your in la la land.

Clubs go in and out of form all season.

As I said, take a look at the table, the games left, the amount of games Chelsea have to play, Arsenal having to play 3 relegation battling sides. The blatant fact Benitez wants a trophy this season and you'll see that you yourself aren't far off la la land.

It is possible, stop being so bloody negative and constant looking at last season.

Emoran

Michael Dawson... Anyone ever slags him off or complains about him will have me to deal with

Captains performance tonight

Deserves to start week in week out with what he does for us

Insp. Harry Callahan

Letting Andros Townsend go on loan is now proving a big mistake, he could have done well tonight- I guess hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Squad looked very stretched tonight

tom1ie

irishmover wrote: »

Clubs go in and out of form all season.

As I said, take a look at the table, the games left, the amount of games Chelsea have to play, Arsenal having to play 3 relegation battling sides. The blatant fact Benitez wants a trophy this season and you'll see that you yourself aren't far off la la land.

It is possible, stop being so bloody negative and constant looking at last season.

yeah clubs go in and out out of form all season but the big clubs don't do it at the end of the season. we also have to play relegation battling sides and in Chelsea a side who want a top 4 finish. so stop being overly optimistic and get your head out of the clouds. And you have to look at last season and the season before that to see our run in form which is shocking

Here Precious2

Emoran wrote: »

Michael Dawson... Anyone ever slags him off or complains about him will have me to deal with

Captains performance tonight

Deserves to start week in week out with what he does for us

Yet he managed to get verts sent off with the control of a donkey

tom1ie

spurs outta Europe football coverage over beer finished good night all talk to you for the city match!

irishmover

tom1ie wrote: »

yeah clubs go in and out out of form all season but the big clubs don't do it at the end of the season. we also have to play relegation battling sides and in Chelsea a side who want a top 4 finish. so stop being overly optimistic and get your head out of the clouds. And you have to look at last season and the season before that to see our run in form which is shocking

From the sounds of it, it seems you only follow Spurs because they provide you with good ammunition to have a right good moan

Basically all you said was that we have as much a chance as any of the teams competing for top 4. You're right, we do.

Take a look at how much this club has changed in 10 months. Being in the quarter final of second tier European football and being still in the shout for CL football is a great achievement. Emphasis on the still in a shout for CL football ofcourse, because we are.

If we don't finish in the top 4 and you come back on here saying 'I told you so' then really and truly you are in la la land.... How anyone could want their club to do bad to prove a point ill never know..

Saab Ed

I really think our only chance of fourth now is if Chelsea implode. Europa plus F.A. cup as well as the league gives them a lot more football than us. Gooners are gonna pip us so lets hope we pip Chelsea.

jobeenfitz

I'm in the optimistic camp. We have a good chance getn top 4. Dempsey scored twice, Ade had a decent game and is showing more interest than he was a month ago. Holtby, Dempsey, Dawson and the boys out on their feet at the end. Good to see Carroll getn some time on the pitch and played well. I suspect Dembelle not 100% tonight, hope he's not injured. If we get Lennon, Bale and Defoe back for last 5 or 6 games no reason why we cant get top 4. Chelsea have games every 3 or 4 days till season end and that does catch up for energy levels and injuries. Come on the Spurs.