Trappy little cockwomble
Him, not you
It’s 12 years since they finished outside the top 6.Clayton wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:51 am This is a match we should have no problem winning , Tottenham have never been what I would call one of the top clubs in the league having never been consistently at the top so Moyes surely will not capitulate before a ball is kicked . They do have a considerably better record than us as far as cup wins goes and they did win the old 1st division a couple of times well before I was even born , but they now have a manager with one of the biggest ego's in football who has the silverware to back it up , and one of the worlds best strikers .
So I expect a Moyes back to the walls tragedy , hoping not to lose by to much , but hopefully the lads especially with Johnson showing the right attitude to show them what we are capable of with a early goal and push on to beat them soundly 2-1 .
Tottenham and West Ham, based on potential revenue streams back in the day when money through the turnstiles was pretty much the sole source of income, should have been on a par. But Spurs record is superior simply because, off the field, they have been a far better run club. They had major financial problems in the late 80s/early 90s just as we did some years later but because of a better run boardroom overcame their issues far better than we did.Clayton wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:51 am This is a match we should have no problem winning , Tottenham have never been what I would call one of the top clubs in the league having never been consistently at the top so Moyes surely will not capitulate before a ball is kicked . They do have a considerably better record than us as far as cup wins goes and they did win the old 1st division a couple of times well before I was even born , but they now have a manager with one of the biggest ego's in football who has the silverware to back it up , and one of the worlds best strikers .
So I expect a Moyes back to the walls tragedy , hoping not to lose by to much , but hopefully the lads especially with Johnson showing the right attitude to show them what we are capable of with a early goal and push on to beat them soundly 2-1 .
Whiskyman wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 10:14 amTottenham and West Ham, based on potential revenue streams back in the day when money through the turnstiles was pretty much the sole source of income, should have been on a par. But Spurs record is superior simply because, off the field, they have been a far better run club. They had major financial problems in the late 80s/early 90s just as we did some years later but because of a better run boardroom overcame their issues far better than we did.Clayton wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:51 am This is a match we should have no problem winning , Tottenham have never been what I would call one of the top clubs in the league having never been consistently at the top so Moyes surely will not capitulate before a ball is kicked . They do have a considerably better record than us as far as cup wins goes and they did win the old 1st division a couple of times well before I was even born , but they now have a manager with one of the biggest ego's in football who has the silverware to back it up , and one of the worlds best strikers .
So I expect a Moyes back to the walls tragedy , hoping not to lose by to much , but hopefully the lads especially with Johnson showing the right attitude to show them what we are capable of with a early goal and push on to beat them soundly 2-1 .
I fail to see why we should have "no problem winning". They have arguably the best strike force pairing in the PL, have conceded fewer goals than we have, and player for player Kane & Son apart, there is , imo, little to choose between the two sides particularly as Reguilon is apparently still injured. One thing is absolutely certain imo. If we go "gung ho" we will come seriously unstuck. A degree of caution in any game is necessary and, imo, to describe our approach as "negative" is ludicrous. Most people consider Leeds a good watch because of their playing style but we have only scored 3 goals fewer than they have, And we've scored one more than Spurs, despite the presence of Kane & Son.
Imo it is this constant harping on about alleged "negativity", a view held by a fair few of our fans it seems, that convinces me that iof fans had been allowed into stadia this season we would be, at best, a mid table side. We simply do not have the players to play like Manchester City or Bayern Munich and, at least imo, we are producing decent, watchable performances most of the time. Of course there are occasions when standards drop but even Manchester City and Bayern Munich fall off their pedestals occasionally..
As for Sunday, I'm predicting 1-1.
Have you also checked other managers' records against the so called top 6 by way of comparison ? Excluding the managers of the top 6 themselves of course.Newmarket wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 10:58 am Moyes’ overall managerial record against the Vermin yields 1.03 ppg which at least gives us hope of getting a draw.
In fact the only Sky 6 team Moyes’ has a better managerial record against is (mostly a pre-Arab) Citeh at 1.38 ppg .
His record against the others is truly abysmal so maybe , just maybe he doesn’t consider Tottenham to be one of the “top” clubs.
Which is my little ray of hope .
Moyes won’t be negative tomorrow but I can’t see him “ going for it” vs them in a month of sundays.
Respect the point.
