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Title: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: Biggs on March 07, 2013, 02:40:42 PM
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Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: RiffHard on March 08, 2013, 05:18:18 AM
After our performance yesterday and the results of other games I really cannot see a reason why we could not win the bloody cup. Come on, lads, make us proud.
Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: Yiddite on March 08, 2013, 07:55:45 AM
Certainly we are up among the best (if not the best)  with a performance like this.


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Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: Paul Finch on March 08, 2013, 08:21:23 AM
     I am not trying to be a smart arse, I have just watched the 1st Half and about 20 mins of the second half, were we really playing Inter Milan, because if we were, I cannot believe how poor they were, and that is not being derogatory to Spurs, how many shots on goal, times they actually entered our penalty area, or actually threatened our goal, I can tell you NOT MANY, they were pathetic. Yes we played well and were worth our win, but guys don't get carried away, there are a lot of far better teams than Inter left in the competition, and yes I do believe that we can win it. Lets not get too carried away, is all I am saying.


 :up: :up:
Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: RSS61 on March 08, 2013, 12:22:41 PM
Part of the reason, I thought, why Inter were so inept was because we started so well. It caught them by surprise I think. For me Verthonghen (again) was outstanding, as were Sigurdsson Dembele and Parker.
Going forwards, yet again, the only real problem I see is Adebayor, and now Defoe, who have both lost the ability to hit the back of the net, though to be fair to him Defoe looked sharp all evening, he just needs to re-discover his goal scoring confidence.
One goal for us in 2nd leg and it will be all over. However I dont expect Inter to be so bad at home.
Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: RiffHard on March 08, 2013, 03:07:18 PM
Quote from: RSS61 on March 08, 2013, 12:22:41 PM
Part of the reason, I thought, why Inter were so inept was because we started so well. It caught them by surprise I think. For me Verthonghen (again) was outstanding, as were Sigurdsson Dembele and Parker.
Going forwards, yet again, the only real problem I see is Adebayor, and now Defoe, who have both lost the ability to hit the back of the net, though to be fair to him Defoe looked sharp all evening, he just needs to re-discover his goal scoring confidence.
One goal for us in 2nd leg and it will be all over. However I dont expect Inter to be so bad at home.
3:0 is a pretty solid lead and to make matters worse for Inter they have no away goals. So, basically they could beat us 4:1 at San Siro and we would still proceed. Obviously I hope they won't trash us as it could damage morale.
Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: Metalanimal on March 08, 2013, 04:20:36 PM
Great win and a solid performance, whilst I would like us to win the cup I still believe the EPL and finishing within the top 4, as high as possible is priority.
Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: Glenn R on March 08, 2013, 05:16:51 PM
I thought Inter Milan was poor but we mustn’t take anything away from our performance. We deserved to win and we were the better team. Spurs started of the season shaky but have learnt from that. It was one of the best performances I’ve seen for a long time. They are knitting well together. The next match will be without Bale but the way the whole team played I think they will manage without him. Excellent performance.
Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: spursjoolz on March 08, 2013, 11:28:10 PM
I cannot see us lose in Milan. All we need is to score one goal and they would need 5 to take us out. We showed that we can we score without Bale!

I thought Sigurdson had a good game!
Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: ugs on March 09, 2013, 10:25:39 AM
Quote from: spursjoolz on March 08, 2013, 11:28:10 PM
I cannot see us lose in Milan. All we need is to score one goal and they would need 5 to take us out. We showed that we can we score without Bale!

I thought Sigurdson had a good game!

Joolz I agree, can't see Milan stopping us from scoring at least 1, AVB should be able to rest some of the more infuencial players or better still play a full side score a couple and then take them off at half time !!!
 
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Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: Glenn R on March 10, 2013, 05:10:38 PM
Quote from: ugs on March 09, 2013, 10:25:39 AM
Quote from: spursjoolz on March 08, 2013, 11:28:10 PM
I cannot see us lose in Milan. All we need is to score one goal and they would need 5 to take us out. We showed that we can we score without Bale!

I thought Sigurdson had a good game!

Joolz I agree, can't see Milan stopping us from scoring at least 1, AVB should be able to rest some of the more infuencial players or better still play a full side score a couple and then take them off at half time !!!
 
 :up:

Even though I agree with you we shouldn't underestimate Inter Milan. They are old dogs in Europe and I can see them making a fight back. We under estimate them and we will lose.
Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: Metalanimal on March 14, 2013, 08:43:35 PM
Quote from: ugs on March 09, 2013, 10:25:39 AM
Quote from: spursjoolz on March 08, 2013, 11:28:10 PM
I cannot see us lose in Milan. All we need is to score one goal and they would need 5 to take us out. We showed that we can we score without Bale!

I thought Sigurdson had a good game!

Joolz I agree, can't see Milan stopping us from scoring at least 1, AVB should be able to rest some of the more infuencial players or better still play a full side score a couple and then take them off at half time !!!
 
 :up:

He put out our league cup team didnt he? talk about make it tough we are through now a big win against Fulham Sunday is a must for our EPL campaign.
Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: Glenn R on March 14, 2013, 08:47:06 PM
A tough game but we are through.
Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: pukekohespur on March 15, 2013, 03:50:24 AM
And that my good people is what being a Spurs fan is all about. Take nothing for granted, life is never easy and no matter what the situation Super Spurs will make a tightrope walk out of a stroll in the park
Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: Paul Finch on March 15, 2013, 07:26:57 AM
      Perhaps now some of you will share my Trepidation regarding the PL, let last night be a lesson to all of us, don't take anything for granted, personally I would have been quite happy for us to have been knocked out of the Europa League, because we have far more important "fish to fry" namely qualifying for the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, winning the Europa League does not get us into the "CL", now our players are knackered after having to play 120 mins against Inter and have 2 days to recover before playing Fulham at Home in an important PL Game, THAT WE MUST WIN, in order to maintain our PUSH to finish TOP 4.
      I don't think anyone who posts on this site can or will argue with me on this!!!!


      :nope: :nope: :nope: :nope:
    Its called getting OUR PRIORITIES RIGHT gentlemen, something we have all seemed to have forgotten.
       :nods: :nods: :nods: :nods:
             
Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: Yiddite on March 15, 2013, 09:00:27 AM
Didn't quite follow the logic of AVB's team selection last night.
3 nil up and we play with 2 up front?


Scrapped through, Bale, Dawson, Benny, Lloris all rested.
The rest of the team well tired no doubt.
Fulham won't be a walk in the park but no game ever is.


Getting our priorities right is fundamental but on the flipside all games are there to be won.
So back to the old chestnut of team selection and whether to rest players or not.
Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: Paul Finch on March 15, 2013, 09:09:44 AM
Yiddite ,
            Bale was suspended not rested, and quite honestly, as I have said in an earlier post, had we have lost, it would not have bothered me, surely our priority is Premier League and Champions League qualification, AS I SAID, lets get our PRIORITIES RIGHT.
 :nods: :nods: :nods:
Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: RiffHard on March 15, 2013, 09:25:57 AM
We are in the quarter-finals of Europa League and while I agree we must cement our place in top four of Premier League, we would be foolish to give up on Europa League now. One could say we're only five games away from the trophy and mind you it's the only trophy we can win this season. I believe we can push on in both competitions.
Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: Paul Finch on March 15, 2013, 09:44:56 AM
Riff,
    Whilst I understand and to a point agree with you, our priority HAS TO BE qualification for CL next season, because mark my words FAILURE TO QUALIFY WILL MEAN LOSING BALE, and can we honestly afford to lose him? I DO NOT THINK WE CAN, just my opinion.


 :nods: :nods: :nods:
Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: Metalanimal on March 15, 2013, 12:50:52 PM
Quote from: Paul Finch on March 15, 2013, 09:44:56 AM
Riff,
    Whilst I understand and to a point agree with you, our priority HAS TO BE qualification for CL next season, because mark my words FAILURE TO QUALIFY WILL MEAN LOSING BALE, and can we honestly afford to lose him? I DO NOT THINK WE CAN, just my opinion.


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Paul I totally agree, since the start of this season I have said IMO this season is our most important for decades as it really is make or break, our priority has to be finishing in a CL slot.  Whilst a cup win would be awesome it must not be at the expense of our league campaign.  I too would not have been overly bothered if we got knocked out as really looking at and concerned regarding the bigger picture.
Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: Yiddite on March 15, 2013, 05:57:52 PM
Basel in the next round possibly one of the easier draws.


Getting knocked out in early stages of Europa and qualifying for C/L does ask questions
as to what chance would we have in C/L when we cannot progress
in the "inferior" competition.
Therefore agree with you Riff keep pushing on in both.


Whether Bale stays and who joins in the next transfer window is also greatly affected by finances
as well as where the team finish and what we win in my opinion.
Obviously a better performance is more attractive.


But as said before  C/L qualification is needed to aid the cause.
Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: RiffHard on March 16, 2013, 08:24:49 AM
Quote from: Yiddite on March 15, 2013, 05:57:52 PM
Basel in the next round possibly one of the easier draws.
Basel are by no means muppets and could cause us a great deal of problems. They have nothing to lose, they have no Bale who would leave unless they'll become champions... well, you get my point.
Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: ugs on March 16, 2013, 11:45:30 AM
Quote from: Yiddite on March 15, 2013, 09:00:27 AM
Didn't quite follow the logic of AVB's team selection last night.
3 nil up and we play with 2 up front?


Scrapped through, Bale, Dawson, Benny, Lloris all rested.
The rest of the team well tired no doubt.
Fulham won't be a walk in the park but no game ever is.


Getting our priorities right is fundamental but on the flipside all games are there to be won.
So back to the old chestnut of team selection and whether to rest players or not.

Yiddite you are absolutely spot on mate why 2 up front play 4-5-1 keep it tight don't play a high line and if they nick one fair enough, we had already won the tie but we tried to win it again. There was no need for the fullbacks to be bombing on they should of been no further than 10 yards away from the centre backs and we should of just passed Milan to death, as it happened it made for a typical Spurs roller coaster ride of a match very entertaining but absolute hell on the nerves.... AVB take note sometimes it's OK to do just enough and be for want of better word boring !!!!
 
Mr Finch you are also spot on that we should be concentrating on the CL spots in the Prem but if AVB is going to chase the Europa as well then he needs to wise up quickly and realise that sometimes you can't spead yourself that thin and hope things don't get stretched or broken. I Personally think now that we find ourselves in the last 8 we may need to pay the Europa a little more attention but ultimately keep our focus on the Prem !!!!
 
 :nods:
Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: spursjoolz on March 17, 2013, 11:01:25 AM
I agree with you entirely Paul, our prioriy is 4th place even if it means getting knocked out of Europa. Having said that, it would be good to get a trophy on the way, but not at any cost.

Our squad is still skinny imo and AVB needs to be careful about who he fields in such games as we saw on Thursday.

In any event we msut keep our chasers at bay and a Fulham win today is paramount for many reasons.
Title: Re: Tottenham v Inter Milan
Post by: Glenn R on March 18, 2013, 04:41:24 PM
I like to think we can go for both but I agree that our priority is a top 4 or higher spot.