Spurs playing suggesting it is actually better than a trophy.
Just saying.....
Spurs playing suggesting it is actually better than a trophy.
Just saying.....
I think the point that I, in the past, and now Spurs fans are making, is that 4th place is not in and of itself better than a trophy. But if you are able to effectively use the undeniable prestige and financial rewards of competing in the CL to help you progress footballistically as a club (heck, perhaps even win the thing), then it is of course better than winning a domestic cup, which does precisely nothing to help you push on as a club.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
People always willfully misunderstood this argument and claimed it showed a) lack of ambition or b) a greater concern with the club's balance sheet than on-field success.
People like you, in fact. Until now, curiously...
Do you have a preference for the new manager? I'm very much hoping for Brendon Rodgers, personally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
O. Kee.
Not this time, I'm afraid. I always appreciated that 4th place was more important for the club than the FA Cup even if it was just for the financial reasons. I wanted a cup as well, and was very happy the first time we won it. However, it remains a good day out and little more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
My point here is not that Wenger was wrong. It is that he was ridiculed for saying it. I suppose it is really just that we are judged by a different standard to Spurs, for obvious reasons.....
I remember being ridiculed on Awimb for suggesting I'd quite like him when he was at Liverpool. I have a vague memory that LA eventually agreed with me, after calling me a big nosed **** several times in succession, natch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I want Paddy V. I know he'll probably be totally fúcking useless, but I cannot bear the idea of us becoming Just Another Club that goes from manager to manager every three years. Without a manager whose identity is bound up with the club, the magic is totally gone, for me, Clive :-(
So you wouldn't fancy just hiring one of the standard big names- an Ancelotti or similar for a two year stint?Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
I think it will be quite interesting to see how the new role is being interpreted. Clearly it wont be the almost total control that Wenger had but equally I am not comfortable with a situation where your head coach is merely one of many heads of department and is considered as expendable as a head of negotiation.
:shrug: But we are Just Another Club. We've done it now. We've sacked our greatest ever manager to appease dribbling, entitled ****s whose views should have no bearing whatsoever on decisions taken by the board.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
We're no better than Leicester. That's what comes of selling out to the Yanqui.
Vieira? You daft big-nosed ****.
No, we sacked our greatest manager because performance was dropping across the board and there were no reasons to believe it would change. If it were about dribbling, entitled ****s we would have sacked him years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
:nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
If you always do what you've always done...etc. And what Arsene keeps doing is no longer satisfactory.
SC - do you actually think we should keep AW?
It's time to go! :claude:
I can't hear you lalalalalalalala!Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG