Today's Football 2016 / 2017 Season

Old Blue 2 · February 23, 2017

jal123 said:
Ok mate.

jal, seriously, you would have had to have seen them to believe it...

Rook · February 24, 2017

Stutheblue said:
All jokes aside. They're a good side in my opinion but they can't seem to deliver at the crucial times.

Yea I like Spurs. But its good to have a bit of fun every now and then.

Rook · February 24, 2017

Armel said:
This is hilarious.

Spurs manage to lose against the team ranked 8th in Belgium. They even played with a makeshift squad because of injuries (one sub was a 17 year old who only played twice in the Belgian competition).

I thought Genk was a French club. I also didn't even know Belgium had 8 teams in their league.

Armel · February 24, 2017

Rook said:
I thought Genk was a French club. I also didn't even know Belgium had 8 teams in their league.

16

. It's an interesting competition format. First you have the regular competition, then the teams that end up in the first 6 places play playoffs for the most important European places. Playoffs: point totals get halved (makes it more exciting) and every team plays 2 matches against every other playoff team.

The budget of Gent is 30 mil €, Spurs +- 200 mil € I thought.

Jamo Martinez · February 24, 2017

Old Blue 2 said:
Yeah, I know. If I watched Spurs at Goodison in the 60/61 season, I know we won the World Cup in July 66. Watched it on the telly, didn't I? But that Spurs team was magnificent, no two ways about it! Others of my age will tell you the same.

I believe the Burnley team of that period (did they win the league in 62?) were pretty tasty too. Read somewhere that the chairman banned tv cameras so there's no footage.

Jacob · February 24, 2017

I see Alli is certainly stamping his credentials on "the new Steven Gerrard" tag he was given after a couple of games. I thought the "bad haircut... check" was bad enough.

Thomasc · February 24, 2017

Does that mean Alli is out against us next week?

Kenshin · February 24, 2017

Thomasc said:
Does that mean Alli is out against us next week?

I don't think so, bans only keep to the competition so Ali will be banned from the first european game next season if they qualify for it.

Old Blue 2 · February 24, 2017

Jamo Martinez said:
I believe the Burnley team of that period (did they win the league in 62?) were pretty tasty too. Read somewhere that the chairman banned tv cameras so there's no footage.

Yeah, Burnley's title winning team was great as well. But they quickly went the same way as we did post-'70 (after we won the league). Did nothing after that, and their Chairman, Bob Lord said in the late -'60s that they'd be the team of the '70s. He was sadly mistaken...

Old Blue 2 · February 24, 2017

Jacob said:
I see Alli is certainly stamping his credentials on "the new Steven Gerrard" tag he was given after a couple of games. I thought the "bad haircut... check" was bad enough.

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A 100% deserved red card. And he looked surprised when he was shown it. Prick...

PITA · February 24, 2017

Old Blue 2 said:
Just seen the Europa League games on ITV. That tackle of Alli's was horrendous. Leg-breaker, an utter disgrace! He reminds me of Wilshire a couple of seasons ago - if things aren't going his way, he's a total snide of a player...

The studio pundits weren't overly critical of him. Something like 'He has a tendency to do that but he will do it less as he gains more experience'. Beggars belief.

Brendan Janus · February 24, 2017

Christ that's a shocker !!

Old Blue 2 · February 24, 2017

PITA said:
The studio pundits weren't overly critical of him. Something like 'He has a tendency to do that but he will do it less as he gains more experience'. Beggars belief.

They excused it by saying he had an 'edge' to his play, and never wanted him to lose it. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. As I have said, that was a leg-breaker of a tackle, the kind of tackle that basically finished Oviedo's career with us and likely will see him finish his career in a lower division or abroad playing for a far lesser team. But hey, Alli is with a glamorous London club, so they go easy with the criticism...