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[igebotz]

Spurs lost... West Ham losing is equally advantageous, if you want more profit then you have to win against Leeds at home, while Leeds has a good victory.

I believe West Ham will be beaten by Arsenal because they continue to chase points so that Man City cannot catch up, it's just that now how far will Spurs unite tomorrow night? I myself have doubts about betting on Tottenham.

Never underestimate a relegation bond teams at this phase of the season; while Arsenal would be playing carefully to not drop points, Westham would be putting everything thing on the line, taking more risk as possible to not lose any more game after they lost last week. It's a dangerous game for Arsenal more.

Totteham are up against in form Leeds I think that's an easy one for Leeds I don't care what bookies says. I've watched too much of their games this season.

[darxiaomi]

Im just thinking about the West Ham fighting in relegation and the only it comes to my mind is that super Carlitos Tevez season with the hammers scoring a free kick goal against Manchester United and saving them from relegation, that game makes him go to the United after.

So is gonna be the same history but this time against Arsenal and the protagonist is gonna be another player? Maybe Valentín Castellanos?

[buwaytress]

English teams are in the final in all the UEFA club competitions, imagine that. Now if all goes to plan according to the Law of "Shouldn't Happen", the winners in Europe will come from France, Germany, and Spain -- despite all having English opponents.

Oh Tevez, dar, you brought memories.

I have to say, of the lot, I'm deeply surprised by Rayo. This team's training grounds and pitch are legendary, and I expected them to fall away but actually beat Strasbourg over 2 legs. They won't have their beloved shitty pitch, but I pray they teach Palace a lesson, and Freiburg (without my beloved Ritsu, poor guy missed out) smacks Unai, and PSG break Gooner legs.

Nothing personal.

P.S. Women's Champions League will be Barca-Lyon (duh) but Arsenal actually reached the semis...

[un_rank]

Are you wishing us well or you're gaslighting us ?   no doubt a lot could happen at Wembley but logically we don't stand a chance; we've lost to many teams at their lowest point this season - we don't have our days..

I do not mind, we got bigger fish to fry and a win for you guys will help with that. Plus you would not get us join the bandwagon of English fans who fangirl City.

Believe in your boys, a final is always anyone's game. Remember City and Palace last season, yes Palace were is very good form but you guys are way more successful and pedigree plays a role in matches like this.

The other thing of course nice to know is Arsenal must also beat West Ham so,,, if everything falls in place we will have 1 game cushion. I just wish we played first tho,,, so we can win with no other thoughts!

On paper that should be the toughest match of the ones left. It is still a derby and we have stumbled against them in some recent fixtures. I will breathe a little easier if we clear that.

- Jay -

[igebotz]

English teams are in the final in all the UEFA club competitions, imagine that. Now if all goes to plan according to the Law of "Shouldn't Happen", the winners in Europe will come from France, Germany, and Spain -- despite all having English opponents.

We all liked it except for one team that Bodo Glimt their path to the final without any real challenge- the easiest path ever in CL history. Well, your guess is as good as mine. 

Believe in your boys, a final is always anyone's game. Remember City and Palace last season, yes Palace were is very good form but you guys are way more successful and pedigree plays a role in matches like this.

I'm more concerned about our Wembley curse; we've been the better team in the last 4-5 league final games - I'm afraid it could continue this season.

We're always the better team against Manchester City but never get positive results.

[un_rank]

We're always the better team against Manchester City but never get positive results.

That is a bit of a stretch but you guys have been decent in some matches earning a draw. I will probably just hate watch the both of you like a proper neutral. If you guys fail to win against Liverpool which I do not see happening by the way, this will be your best shot at getting to the Europa League, giving you an alternative route to the UCL next season.

- Jay -

[leea-1334]

The other thing of course nice to know is Arsenal must also beat West Ham so,,, if everything falls in place we will have 1 game cushion. I just wish we played first tho,,, so we can win with no other thoughts!

On paper that should be the toughest match of the ones left. It is still a derby and we have stumbled against them in some recent fixtures. I will breathe a little easier if we clear that.

- Jay -

Just do us Spurs fans a favor and beat them,,, even 1-0 is good, then at least if we lose we are still on top. I really hate that we play on Monday however, I just prefer to win and then hopefully you win, and then the cushion is in place. The pressure is not something our team is able to deal with recently.

Spurs lost... West Ham losing is equally advantageous, if you want more profit then you have to win against Leeds at home, while Leeds has a good victory.

I believe West Ham will be beaten by Arsenal because they continue to chase points so that Man City cannot catch up, it's just that now how far will Spurs unite tomorrow night? I myself have doubts about betting on Tottenham.

Leeds odds are good yes,,, we are not the right odds to win but hopefully it means that we have some belief   Nobody doubts us more than ourselves.

[igebotz]

We're always the better team against Manchester City but never get positive results.

That is a bit of a stretch but you guys have been decent in some matches earning a draw. I will probably just hate watch the both of you like a proper neutral. If you guys fail to win against Liverpool which I do not see happening by the way, this will be your best shot at getting to the Europa League, giving you an alternative route to the UCL next season.

We've always been that team with a lot of possession without real impacts; just side ways, back passes and all that- today at some point we had 70% ball possession against Liverpool with zero shot on target, just our players passing the ball in their half pretending to be doing something useful.

How was the foul on Pedro not given as penalty in the second half? He clearly was in possession of the ball before the kick from behind - others get it for less.

[buwaytress]

We all liked it except for one team that Bodo Glimt their path to the final without any real challenge- the easiest path ever in CL history. Well, your guess is as good as mine. 

Haha, and both our stupidos continued to blank. Mine had a stomach bug, I would have asked him to play anyway, might even have been better if he shat his pants, no one would go near him. Yours had a goal chalked off but I hope the daylight rule Wenger is trying to pass with FIFA will get implemented in EPL, lower the VAR requirement and let only obviously offside calls spoil games. Knee, elbow, shoes, come on.

How was the foul on Pedro not given as penalty in the second half? He clearly was in possession of the ball before the kick from behind - others get it for less.

Manufactured contact. All the refs on the panel agreed on this. I can't remember but dumbass McAllister likes to do that and he won a penalty, I didn't think he should have.

[BABY SHOES]

Liverpool disappoints again... Chelsea 7 games 2 goals is already better than nothing. Lol Slot he said he would last until next season with a different team, so I guess he said.

Leeds odds are good yes,,, we are not the right odds to win but hopefully it means that we have some belief   Nobody doubts us more than ourselves.

Yeah... confidence must be had, if there is any doubt they can lose again, it is certain that Spurs will be desperate to win, this is a dead price for them.

We've always been that team with a lot of possession without real impacts; just side ways, back passes and all that- today at some point we had 70% ball possession against Liverpool with zero shot on target, just our players passing the ball in their half pretending to be doing something useful.

Hehe at least it's useful to keep passing sideways until controlling possession, the interim coach doesn't have a good idea, but who thinks will be suitable in this new round?

[igebotz]

Manufactured contact. All the refs on the panel agreed on this. I can't remember but dumbass McAllister likes to do that and he won a penalty, I didn't think he should have.

Manufactured contact? Perhaps the contact being "soft" would have been more appropriate to excuse another VAR incompetence.

If that was against Chelsea I'm certain the ref would've given it without thinking twice- we didn't deserve to win but the refs should at least show some level of competency that's all.

Immediately I saw our lineup, I knew we were up to no good - we let someone without a PRO licence lead our team in the critical part of the season 

[un_rank]

Just do us Spurs fans a favor and beat them,,, even 1-0 is good, then at least if we lose we are still on top. I really hate that we play on Monday however, I just prefer to win and then hopefully you win, and then the cushion is in place. The pressure is not something our team is able to deal with recently.

1-0 will work for me too, I am not thinking of goal difference just focusing on how we can win all our remaining matches. You guys have a healthy goal difference so the score should not matter at all, just West Ham not picking any points. About the pressure, all teams will have to deal with it if they want to achieve their targets.

How was the foul on Pedro not given as penalty in the second half? He clearly was in possession of the ball before the kick from behind - others get it for less.

For a coach without a license he did pretty well at Anfield, I did not expect you guys to be able to get a point. Cut him some slack.

- Jay -

[igebotz]

How was the foul on Pedro not given as penalty in the second half? He clearly was in possession of the ball before the kick from behind - others get it for less.

For a coach without a license he did pretty well at Anfield, I did not expect you guys to be able to get a point. Cut him some slack.

We were just 5 points out of the top4 when he took over; now we're more than 13 points out, and our chances of finishing in the top 6 are gone. Cut him some slack for a point against Liverpool.

Why was he granted this job in the first place? My only relief is that the owners are operating the club at a loss, no profits on their investments. Pure Ponzi schemes kind of.

[un_rank]

We were just 5 points out of the top4 when he took over; now we're more than 13 points out, and our chances of finishing in the top 6 are gone. Cut him some slack for a point against Liverpool.

That is not on him, you were already on one of your worst downward spirals at the time, I think 5 losses with no goals scored, lack of togetherness among the boys, the team would have been projected to get to this point with Liam still in charge and to have lost to Liverpool too. You cannot hand someone a sinking ship and be surprised that it actually sank.

Why was he granted this job in the first place? My only relief is that the owners are operating the club at a loss, no profits on their investments. Pure Ponzi schemes kind of.

Probably cause they need time to select the right manager. I wonder who the management sells next season to cover the losses? Palmer? James?

- Jay -

[leea-1334]

Just do us Spurs fans a favor and beat them,,, even 1-0 is good, then at least if we lose we are still on top. I really hate that we play on Monday however, I just prefer to win and then hopefully you win, and then the cushion is in place. The pressure is not something our team is able to deal with recently.

1-0 will work for me too, I am not thinking of goal difference just focusing on how we can win all our remaining matches. You guys have a healthy goal difference so the score should not matter at all, just West Ham not picking any points. About the pressure, all teams will have to deal with it if they want to achieve their targets.

Come on Gunners hit them hard and hit them fast,,, you are right GD should not matter for us, but it takes 1 4-0 win for West Ham and 1 4-0 loss for us and suddenly the difference only becomes 4, and then it becomes scary I want to agree how unlikely this scenario is but,,, this is Tottenham  

Yeah... confidence must be had, if there is any doubt they can lose again, it is certain that Spurs will be desperate to win, this is a dead price for them.

I hate Monday football worse than Friday football

[buwaytress]

Manufactured contact? Perhaps the contact being "soft" would have been more appropriate to excuse another VAR incompetence.

If that was against Chelsea I'm certain the ref would've given it without thinking twice- we didn't deserve to win but the refs should at least show some level of competency that's all.

Immediately I saw our lineup, I knew we were up to no good - we let someone without a PRO licence lead our team in the critical part of the season 

It wasn't soft, it's when you put your body out to be fouled instead of going for the ball. Let's just agree we hate players who don't play for the ball and play for a foul... but we agree: neither of our teams deserved to win. When a kid is the brightest spark in offence, we should be worried.

We're lucky the teams around us aren't interested in 3rd and 4th, I don't even feel we deserve Champions League the way we're playing. Villa, Bournemouth, Brighton, Bentford -- if there is such a thing in football as justice -- each deserves it much more.

[un_rank]

Come on Gunners hit them hard and hit them fast,,, you are right GD should not matter for us, but it takes 1 4-0 win for West Ham and 1 4-0 loss for us and suddenly the difference only becomes 4, and then it becomes scary I want to agree how unlikely this scenario is but,,, this is Tottenham  

It was not hard or fast but it was a win which is the most important thing for us (and I guess you guys too). It was not an impressive display on the road but at this stage of the season getting the 3 points is the most important thing. 2 more very tough games to be played, I know on paper West Ham should have been the most tricky we had left but your toughest opponent is always the one you are playing next.

On the other side of the table, your destiny is even more in your hands now. A win against Leeds who have been confirmed to be safe and may be playing with some relaxation will all but secure your place in the league next season.

- Jay -

[Ryu_Ar1]

Come on Gunners hit them hard and hit them fast,,, you are right GD should not matter for us, but it takes 1 4-0 win for West Ham and 1 4-0 loss for us and suddenly the difference only becomes 4, and then it becomes scary I want to agree how unlikely this scenario is but,,, this is Tottenham  

Arsenal have given way to Tottenham this time even though only 1 goal but West Ham did not get a point in this match and interestingly there was a controversy at the end and I was actually more happy with the controversy than the 90 minutes of the match lol.

Now it remains to see if Tottenham are able or not to face Leeds because if they lose then their situation remains uncomfortable before the end of the season.

But apart from the position in the relegation zone now it looks like the conditions for the Championship are also quite stressful with Arsenal conditions that are sometimes difficult to guess like this.

[igebotz]

It wasn't soft, it's when you put your body out to be fouled instead of going for the ball. Let's just agree we hate players who don't play for the ball and play for a foul... but we agree: neither of our teams deserved to win. When a kid is the brightest spark in offence, we should be worried.

We're lucky the teams around us aren't interested in 3rd and 4th, I don't even feel we deserve Champions League the way we're playing. Villa, Bournemouth, Brighton, Bentford -- if there is such a thing in football as justice -- each deserves it much more.

This is why Messi and Hazard will forever be goated; you don't see them playing for foul, they play for the ball and stick their legs to it.

I'm kinda disappointed at Newcastle United; I expected them to be taking advantage of the traditional top 6 teams whenever they fall short of expectations to return back them to the champions league. But you never see them compete.

So Pep is going bro let Arsenal win the win with such a terrible football - they got lucky today let's see how far they can go.

[leea-1334]

Come on Gunners hit them hard and hit them fast,,, you are right GD should not matter for us, but it takes 1 4-0 win for West Ham and 1 4-0 loss for us and suddenly the difference only becomes 4, and then it becomes scary I want to agree how unlikely this scenario is but,,, this is Tottenham  

It was not hard or fast but it was a win which is the most important thing for us (and I guess you guys too). It was not an impressive display on the road but at this stage of the season getting the 3 points is the most important thing. 2 more very tough games to be played, I know on paper West Ham should have been the most tricky we had left but your toughest opponent is always the one you are playing next.

On the other side of the table, your destiny is even more in your hands now. A win against Leeds who have been confirmed to be safe and may be playing with some relaxation will all but secure your place in the league next season.

- Jay -

The next game is always the most important, and by that,,, the toughest, agree. Thank you for winning, even though I see a lot of critics talk about the past with that disallowed goal from West Ham, you must say the decision was correct. Football cannot make mistakes to pay for past mistakes,,, it must strive not to make them in the future.

And yes! Destiny is in our hands,,, win 1 more game tonight, and things actually open up so much more!