Did I really just hear AvB just describe his Tottenham team as "heroes"

[Monty91]

who have reshaped the landscape of European competition by taking seriously a tournament in which they only managed to reach the Quarter Finals, at which point they were beaten (and were largely outplayed) by a club from the footballing backwaters of Switzerland?

[The JBear]

[Mack]

[Monty91]

of perseverance and fortitude.

[Ashberto]

I think that at Dunkirk the heroic aspect was the rescue rather than the retreat.

[Ashberto]

[Nicosia Gooner]

AVB said pre-match that Adebayor will make the difference and he was 100% spot on, give credit where credit is due

[Monty91]

[eastgermanautos]

[Mack]

[Classic Jorge]

If you apply the same principle that people do to Hiroshima then that must surely be a good thing.

[Classic Jorge]

[Mack]

[Ashberto]

of taste, of course.

[Classic Jorge]

You arent saying that Hiroshima and Nagasaki* were two of the most abominable atrocities ever committed, are you?

*Honourable mention for Dresden in order to assuage some liberal guilt or something

[Camp Freddie]

...but you are right, glory in defeat is a peculiarly English characteristic.

[Peter]

Thrown at them and didnt. A bit like allowing a player to score in his testimonial.

[eastgermanautos]