Tottenham Hotspur Thread

Shoco wrote: Do people see diving as being any different to doping? The reason for both is to gain an unfair advantage.

I would compare diving more to the "rough them up" a bit approach; or, the dragging at corners etc. Like if attacking players are being fouled consistently, I genuinely wouldn't expect them not to dive.

There is this illogical acceptance of leaving your leg in on someone or being overly physical with players as "part of the game" while outrage and abhorrence towards diving as it "ruins the game".I view them equally - against the rules - and don't understand why a dive is more morally reprehensible than a cynical foul or a late tackle.

Maybe biased due to the position I play, but if someone like Sanchez, Hazard, Zaha are getting booted regularly, good luck to them 'winning' fouls as a counter measure. As Pep said, "they are the artists"

As much as I hate diving and cynical fouling, it is feigning injury that has been the biggest blight on the game as a spectacle.

pre Madonna wrote: As much as I hate diving and cynical fouling, it is feigning injury that has been the biggest blight on the game as a spectacle.

Agree -
I find it hard to watch Spanish football with players pretending to be shot.
They should make players go off the field for 5 mins of treatment to stop 90% of this.

Hate cynical fowling too - a yellow card is not enough punishment IMO.
They need to introduce a 10 min sin bin or something to stop it.

Zinedine Kilbane 110 wrote: pre Madonna wrote: As much as I hate diving and cynical fouling, it is feigning injury that has been the biggest blight on the game as a spectacle. Agree - I find it hard to watch Spanish football with players pretending to be shot. They should make players go off the field for 5 mins of treatment to stop 90% of this. Hate cynical fowling too - a yellow card is not enough punishment IMO. They need to introduce a 10 min sin bin or something to stop it.

deiseblue wrote: Spurs totally dominant but extremely wasteful against a clueless Arsenal

Yeah it should have been 3/4 goals by the end.

Largest ever PL attendance - 83K

coyne wrote: Saw the 2nd half in the gym (out of all places) Kane’s header was world class, the missed header was easier than the one he scored and missed another chance 2 mins later, should of had a hattrick within a 5 minute window. Then you had Son and Lamela queuing up for missed chances. 1-0 flattered Arsenal it could of easily turned embarrassing for them on another day

Could have put 6/7 past Arsenal. That last week or so will be the start of a big run in the league I think. Should comfortably finish top 4 yet imo. The Juve game will tell a lot of how this Spurs team has come and how far they still have to go. Serious test, I think it will go right to the wire. Really tough one to call. Juves ability to grind results out is incredible. Really looking forward to this tie.

Roberto Baggio wrote: This is the time in the season when Spurs start to motor. They tend to have a slow start, drop silly points in August to October, then get warmed up and start to show their true potential around now, but are usually out of contention at this stage to be real live title challengers.   Begs the question, could they start a season in better form and put it all together

Spurs may have been the last unbeaten side but they had plenty of draws early last season that hurt them badly later. It was their incredible run in (was it 14 wins out of 15 or something), that gave them a small shot at the title. So last season and this, it's definitely some bit true to say they've started slower and come good towards the 2nd half of the season.