Champions League Contention

[Demitri_C]

We should all be happy tonight but after a typical villa of old we can't enjoy it after what happened tonight

Thanks chelsea

[PaulWinch again]

Whatever competitions we are in we are going to need to be a lot better defensively. We concede far too many goals.

[PeterWithesShin]

Wrong thread

[ez]

We still miss Mings. I'm convinced we would have conceded less goals if he didn't get injured. Can't wait to see him back.

[SamTheMouse]

Keep saying it but the injuries have really fucked us.   It's all about fine margins at this level and the teams that succeed are usually the ones that don't lose half their first team for huge chunks of the season. The Saudis have had the same problem this season, but fortunately we have Emery so are somehow in fourth spot at the start of May.

If we have normal injury luck next year, instead of the really shit luck we've had this season, we're going to fuck everyone up.

[mike]

It's entirely possible that Spurs won't beat the points total we've got now.

They won't. Said exactly this after the Arsenal game they lost. We could lose every game from now until the end of the season and still finish 4th.

hehehehehehe

If we play like tonight, we might be relying on that!

[Dave]

If anyone is worried about how confident Spurs fans are of taking fourth place from us, the busiest thread on their main forum is called "Would you take relegation if it meant new owners and a fresh start?"

Doesn't feel like the mentality of a club about to win a load of games to overtake us.

[Footy-Vill]

Saying water boils at 100 degrees every time is different to saying Spurs lose to Chelsea every time.

Actually it isn't really because, for example, water boils at around 90-92⁰C or less here in the Pyrenees when you are 2400-2900 m say, and would boil at about 68⁰ C up on Everest.

There is not much in it, They have greater (more quality) in depth.
Their GungHo attitude to defending is a problem and why they have not got more points.

It will be interesting to see if the relationship between theory and fact persists, and wise theories are correct.
The Spurs defence and tactics cannot be taken seriously in my view as they will concede 3+ goals to Chelsea and Liverpool
I already predicted they would to Arsenal and predicted they would 4+ goals against Newcastle.
I know tactical acumen and they don't have it in defence against such attacking players from these teams.

I suspect it will be case Chelsea won't lose.
The last time Spurs won was 6 years ago, and they don't have better players than they did then or a better team and minus Harry Kane. It would be unlucky for us if they managed to collect all three points.
Chelsea demolished Spurs 4-1 at Spurs, therefore all signs lead to a Chelsea victory based on form and history.

Chelsea V Spurs in Premier League now
32 matches played
20 Chelsea wins
11 draws
1 spurs win

Put the kettle on!

[Risso]

If anyone is worried about how confident Spurs fans are of taking fourth place from us, the busiest thread on their main forum is called "Would you take relegation if it meant new owners and a fresh start?"

Doesn't feel like the mentality of a club about to win a load of games to overtake us.

Ange, never one to exactly look an interviewer in the eye after a defeat, was staring at his feet so intently tonight you could literally only see the top of his head.

[PaulWinch again]

Spurs are done, I’m pretty confident on that.

[ChicagoLion]

If anyone is worried about how confident Spurs fans are of taking fourth place from us, the busiest thread on their main forum is called "Would you take relegation if it meant new owners and a fresh start?"

Doesn't feel like the mentality of a club about to win a load of games to overtake us.

Ange, never one to exactly look an interviewer in the eye after a defeat, was staring at his feet so intently tonight you could literally only see the top of his head.

He reminds me of the joke about how can you tell a Finish extrovert from a Finish introvert?


The Finish extrovert stares at your feet when he is talking to you.

[PeterWithesShin]

Spurs have taken 7 points from their last 7 games, not keeping a clean sheet and the 2 wins were laboured home wins over Luton and Forest. It's not impossible they win their last 3 but they'd give anything to swap positions with us.

[ChicagoLion]

Spurs have taken 7 points from their last 7 games, not keeping a clean sheet and the 2 wins were laboured home wins over Luton and Forest. It's not impossible they win their last 3 but they'd give anything to swap positions with us.

We win Sunday and it’s done.

[Risso]

Spurs have taken 7 points from their last 7 games, not keeping a clean sheet and the 2 wins were laboured home wins over Luton and Forest. It's not impossible they win their last 3 but they'd give anything to swap positions with us.

We win Sunday and it’s done.

If we win and they lose, that's it, properly done and dusted.

[paul_e]

If anyone is worried about how confident Spurs fans are of taking fourth place from us, the busiest thread on their main forum is called "Would you take relegation if it meant new owners and a fresh start?"

Doesn't feel like the mentality of a club about to win a load of games to overtake us.

Ange, never one to exactly look an interviewer in the eye after a defeat, was staring at his feet so intently tonight you could literally only see the top of his head.

He reminds me of the joke about how can you tell a Finish extrovert from a Finish introvert?


The Finish extrovert stares at your feet when he is talking to you.

If you like this it's worth googling for images of finnish people at bus stops, they're fucking brilliant. Natural queueing over there looks like peak covid restrictions to most of the rest of the world.