| Delusional Spurs Fans 20:28 - May 25 with 4143 views | Marshy67 |
I know some Spurs fans who still insist that they have had a better season than Arsenal because they have a trophy in the cabinet and will be playing Champions League football next season. Conveniently forgetting their team has lost 22 out of 38 league games.
OK the season is over, but if one of the 3 relegated Prem teams had had a bit more about them and mustered up 39 points Spurs would not only be playing Champions League football next season but Championship football as well!!!
To think Rangers finished 2nd back in '76 and 5th in '84 and for all that effort all we got was UEFA cup football.
Different times agreed but it seems harder nowadays not to qualify for European football than it does for it.
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| Delusional Spurs Fans on 20:35 - May 25 with 3421 views | izlingtonhoop |
As someone pointed out to me today; of the 17 teams that were in the premier league last season the worst one this season won a European trophy... and have qualified for thd champions league. [Post edited 25 May 20:48]
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| Delusional Spurs Fans on 23:10 - May 25 with 3136 views | eghamranger |
Brighton fans singing today ‘ European cup winners, you’re having a laugh’ |  | | |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 08:56 - May 26 with 2877 views | SydneyRs |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 23:10 - May 25 by eghamranger |
Brighton fans singing today ‘ European cup winners, you’re having a laugh’ |
I'd imagine the Spurs players were still shaking off the celebrations. Brighton fans I'm sure would love to win that trophy. | | | |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 09:18 - May 26 with 2786 views | robith |
Winning something > not winning something
Seems fairly straight forward arithmetic to me |  | | |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 09:46 - May 26 with 2719 views | R_from_afar |
I think Champions League qualification could turn out to be a poisoned chalice for them.
They were terrible in the league this season, but next season, not only will the pressure be on them to finish in a Champions League place, they will also be expected to take the Champions League seriously. They are going to be very stretched yet they look ill equipped to cope. It could get very messy. |  |
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| Delusional Spurs Fans on 09:52 - May 26 with 2685 views | Landshark |
I'd say it's a very successful season for Spurs, first trophy in 17 years, £5 million for winning the trophy, Champions League football and the £100 million that comes with it and a place in the European Super Cup with more chance of prize money.
Granted, if they lost the final it would have been a disaster season but their manager said he realised the league was a lost cause so put all his effort into winning the League Cup or Europa League.
If we had won the league cup and finished one place above the relegation zone it would be a season talked about in years to come as one of the best.
Arsenal finished 2nd and won nothing, will they remember this season in years to come? No. | | | |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 10:31 - May 26 with 2527 views | bullshootr |
About this time every year my Facebook timeline gets clogged up with my Spurs mates goading my Arsenal mates for not winning anything.
Arsenal fans smugly reply that they finished higher in the league and that's all that matters - © Arsene Wenger
Now Arsenal fans have to cope with the fact that the worst Spurs team in decades has won something and they haven't.
That "higher in the league" jibe sounds a little hollow, and they know it.
If you don't count the Community Shield (stop it Pep, my ribs are starting to hurt!) Arsenal haven't won a major trophy since 2020.
Spurs winning the Europa League will haunt them every day until they do win something, (and then there'll be no shutting them up).
- It'll crank the pressure on Arteta
- It'll have that gobshite Piers Morgan sobbing into his cornflakes every morning for weeks
- It'll probably leave Gunnersaurus seeking therapy
Now that's proper funny.
Football is about glory and winning things. That's what people remember. [Post edited 26 May 11:52]
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| Delusional Spurs Fans on 10:44 - May 26 with 2456 views | Wegerles_Stairs |
Yeah, tbf to them they have won something. Pre-Champions League, I always thought the UEFA Cup was the toughest competition in some ways as you had several decent teams in it from each country, whereas the European Cup only had one, the holders and a bunch of minnows.
Of course now there's a clear hierarchy of Champions League>Europa League>U11s Trophy>Conference League. | | | |
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| Delusional Spurs Fans on 11:00 - May 26 with 2419 views | mikeygunn |
I’d 100% prefer a spurs season. We still talk about finishing second, but that’s largely down to the fact Liverpool won in an unfair manner. We would talk much much more about winning a European trophy. In fact, I’d even prefer finishing 17th and getting knocked out in the first round of the conference league against a team from the Faroe Islands, if it meant seeing QPR in Europe. But that’s just me. |  | | |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 11:04 - May 26 with 2401 views | ozexile |
I agree with him. Give me a cup final win any day. | | | |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 11:10 - May 26 with 2371 views | Padulas_Shampoo |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 11:00 - May 26 by mikeygunn |
I’d 100% prefer a spurs season. We still talk about finishing second, but that’s largely down to the fact Liverpool won in an unfair manner. We would talk much much more about winning a European trophy. In fact, I’d even prefer finishing 17th and getting knocked out in the first round of the conference league against a team from the Faroe Islands, if it meant seeing QPR in Europe. But that’s just me. |
Yes but you’re a QPR fan that’s watched them do absolutely naff all in the league or cups for literally a decade. Of course you’d take that.
If your club consistently qualifies for the CL and challenges at the thick end of the title race the UEFA cup is obviously irrelevant to you. You can’t gloat over your rivals for winning a trophy they were literally too successful to compete in. Did Peterborough also have a better season than the Champions League semi finalists because they won the EFL trophy? |  | | |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 11:39 - May 26 with 2292 views | derbyhoop |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 09:52 - May 26 by Landshark |
I'd say it's a very successful season for Spurs, first trophy in 17 years, £5 million for winning the trophy, Champions League football and the £100 million that comes with it and a place in the European Super Cup with more chance of prize money.
Granted, if they lost the final it would have been a disaster season but their manager said he realised the league was a lost cause so put all his effort into winning the League Cup or Europa League.
If we had won the league cup and finished one place above the relegation zone it would be a season talked about in years to come as one of the best.
Arsenal finished 2nd and won nothing, will they remember this season in years to come? No. |
Arsenal did win a European trophy, though. The women beat Barcelo a 1-0 in the final. |  |
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| Delusional Spurs Fans on 11:46 - May 26 with 2276 views | bullshootr |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 11:39 - May 26 by derbyhoop |
Arsenal did win a European trophy, though. The women beat Barcelo a 1-0 in the final. |
That just puts even more pressure on Arteta.
I wouldn't be surprised if Arsenal (men) have a serious go at one of the domestic cups next season.
I don't think Arteta will survive another season without some silverware  | | | |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 11:49 - May 26 with 2264 views | kensalriser |
We had 9000 at a development squad cup final.
You can guarantee we’d be next dimension out of minds if our first team won something and no one would care about the league position. |  |
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| Delusional Spurs Fans on 12:46 - May 26 with 2124 views | charmr |
Personally I think Ange, who I like, should just say thanks but no thanks and walk. He’s in a total no win situation. The way the press goaded him about his future and we’re gently on Amorim says it all. Let them get on with it.
Bus parade and a city hall reception anyone for finishing 2nd in league 1 anyone. Fun though. [Post edited 26 May 12:54]
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| Delusional Spurs Fans on 13:08 - May 26 with 2060 views | CamberleyR |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 10:44 - May 26 by Wegerles_Stairs |
Yeah, tbf to them they have won something. Pre-Champions League, I always thought the UEFA Cup was the toughest competition in some ways as you had several decent teams in it from each country, whereas the European Cup only had one, the holders and a bunch of minnows.
Of course now there's a clear hierarchy of Champions League>Europa League>U11s Trophy>Conference League. |
The UEFA Cup was definitely harder to win back in the day. As you say it had more high quality teams plus there was an extra round and also until the late 90s had a two legged final.
When we first played in it 1976/77 we had:
Juventus, both Milan clubs, Barcelona, Feyenoord, Ajax, Köln, Red Star Belgrade, Porto, Celtic, Slovan Bratislava (with 5 or 6 players that had won the summer's Euros)
1984/85 was probably even tougher, we had:
Hamburg, Mönchengladbach, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, PSV Eindhoven, Ajax, Anderlecht, Bruges, Inter Milan, Dundee Utd, PSG, Sporting Lisbon in the draw. [Post edited 30 May 10:03]
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| Delusional Spurs Fans on 09:45 - May 30 with 1428 views | bullshootr |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 11:46 - May 26 by bullshootr |
That just puts even more pressure on Arteta.
I wouldn't be surprised if Arsenal (men) have a serious go at one of the domestic cups next season.
I don't think Arteta will survive another season without some silverware |
Squeaky bum time for Senor Arteta
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| Delusional Spurs Fans on 10:38 - May 30 with 1264 views | daveB |
I wouldn't take it too seriously, Spurs fans are just joyfully winding Arsenal up and they have bitten badly. I think if Spurs had needed more points they'd have got them, they wrote the league off in January and have been resting players for the Europa League.
They both had good seasons but I'd take Spurs season over Arsenal though winning a European trophy and creating an unforgettable night |  | | |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 10:45 - May 30 with 1252 views | PlanetHonneywood |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 11:04 - May 26 by ozexile |
I agree with him. Give me a cup final win any day. |
Indeed, especially as we have won every cup final we've been in over the last 22 years.
I make it three finals (there maybe more!). Reach more finals. Win more finals, I mean, I'm not trying to tell Kim Jung how to do his job...but |  |
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| Delusional Spurs Fans on 11:34 - May 30 with 1137 views | SydneyRs |
For comparison I'd rather have had Oxford's season in 86, winning a trophy and just avoiding relegation, than ours. | | | |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 11:36 - May 30 with 1127 views | SydneyRs |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 13:08 - May 26 by CamberleyR |
The UEFA Cup was definitely harder to win back in the day. As you say it had more high quality teams plus there was an extra round and also until the late 90s had a two legged final.
When we first played in it 1976/77 we had:
Juventus, both Milan clubs, Barcelona, Feyenoord, Ajax, Köln, Red Star Belgrade, Porto, Celtic, Slovan Bratislava (with 5 or 6 players that had won the summer's Euros)
1984/85 was probably even tougher, we had:
Hamburg, Mönchengladbach, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, PSV Eindhoven, Ajax, Anderlecht, Bruges, Inter Milan, Dundee Utd, PSG, Sporting Lisbon in the draw. [Post edited 30 May 10:03]
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For sure, more teams going into the CL waters down the Europa. | | | |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 12:05 - May 30 with 1073 views | PlanetHonneywood |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 11:34 - May 30 by SydneyRs |
For comparison I'd rather have had Oxford's season in 86, winning a trophy and just avoiding relegation, than ours. |
Yeah, I would've at the time too!! | |
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| Delusional Spurs Fans on 12:18 - May 30 with 1045 views | CamberleyR |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 11:34 - May 30 by SydneyRs |
For comparison I'd rather have had Oxford's season in 86, winning a trophy and just avoiding relegation, than ours. |
Oxford won a trophy in 1986? The Oxfordshire Senior Cup? | |
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| Delusional Spurs Fans on 12:30 - May 30 with 993 views | Paddyhoops |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 11:34 - May 30 by SydneyRs |
For comparison I'd rather have had Oxford's season in 86, winning a trophy and just avoiding relegation, than ours. |
I’d have taken Wigans season . Fa cup and relegation. | | | |
| Delusional Spurs Fans on 13:30 - May 30 with 890 views | LunarJetman |
In ten years time, no one is going to care or remember who finished 2nd or 17th in the 24/25 season but I guarantee people and especially Spurs fans will remember winning the Europa League… |  | | |
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