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RS

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I am still genuinely a bit shocked it was that bad. PL is well and truly in the mud.
So tennis has been in the dirt since 2016/2017 and football has been the dirt for how long?

Well if you wanna be stretchy on tennis the last strong era is seen as 2011-2013 which would mean even longer.
 

Poisoned Slice

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Wearing the Spurs tocque proudly tonight.
Enjoy your success.
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Kralingen

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So tennis has been in the dirt since 2016/2017 and football has been the dirt for how long?

Well if you wanna be stretchy on tennis the last strong era is seen as 2011-2013 which is even longer.
Pandemic killed all sports tbh. NBA has been absolutely awful since the bubble. The players are so talented but the product is just so one dimensional. OKC putting up a historic net rating only to lose to the Zombie Warriors is enough to make a grown man cry.

Any remaining life left in sport was extinguished in that long three year winter - if you look across all sports, 21-22 was the absolute nadir. 2021 specifically was probably the worst year of my sporting life I can remember - everything was just crap.
 
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Federer and Del Potro

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So tennis has been in the dirt since 2016/2017 and football has been the dirt for how long?

Well if you wanna be stretchy on tennis the last strong era is seen as 2011-2013 which would mean even longer.

Football isn't in the dirt. Just most of the Premier League . Like I said the other day, the league tries to market itself on Chelsea/United/Tottenham still being good.

You can still watch high caliber football outside of the little bubble of England and their gatekeepers. Now to be fair to the Prem, Liverpool are capable of this world class football. City/Arsenal are borderline but not quite there this year.

Plenty of teams in Europe that play entertaining football.

Premier League holding onto the dying embers of fanbases of Spuds/Manseventher to try to hype you up for matches like today still. Sad thing is you cant even call them Manseventher anymore. They can't even get near 7th these days.
 

Poisoned Slice

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Pandemic killed all sports tbh. NBA has been absolutely awful since the bubble. The players are so talented but the product is just so one dimensional and awful.

Any remaining life left in sport was extinguished in that long three year winter - if you look across all sports, 21-22 was the absolute nadir. 2021 specifically was probably the worst year of my sporting life I can remember - everything was just crap.
I even took a talk tennis vacation.
 

Federer and Del Potro

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Kral calls every sport crap but has 32k posts on a dying tennis forum and joined when it was at his self-proclaimed apex of crap. Imagine his post count if sports weren't crap - paranoidandroid levels?
 

Poisoned Slice

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Kral calls every sport crap but has 32k posts on a dying tennis forum and joined when it was at his self-proclaimed apex of crap. Imagine his post count if sports weren't crap - paranoidandroid levels?
I just remember 2021 and getting into the final vs Villarreal and just so depressed. Think this was the time when I had special powers and could inspire a win if I was here. But no, now that seems like a golden age compared to now, now it just gets worse every week.
 

Federer and Del Potro

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He is a different guy every time.
I just remember 2021 and getting into the final vs Villarreal and just so depressed. Think this was the time when I had special powers and could inspire a win if I was here. But no, now that seems like a golden age compared to now, now it just gets worse every week.

Amorim didn't expand on how much we would have to suffer. I knew it would be bad but this is like, 2014 United x10 bad.
 

Kralingen

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Kral calls every sport crap but has 32k posts on a dying tennis forum and joined when it was at his self-proclaimed apex of crap. Imagine his post count if sports weren't crap - paranoidandroid levels?
The few times they are good keep you desperate for more. The 22 NCAA tournament was cinema. 2022 NBA Eastern and 2024 Western playoffs were begrudgingly pretty epic. CL runs have been fun. I enjoy Raz.

As they say, picking gold out of the crap.
 

Federer and Del Potro

Bionic Poster
The few times they are good keep you desperate for more. The 22 NCAA tournament was cinema. 2022 NBA Eastern and 2024 Western playoffs were begrudgingly pretty epic. CL runs have been fun. I enjoy Raz.

As they say, picking gold out of the crap.

Champions League has been consistently quality content for 25 years. Most finals are extremely competitive and entertaining. Even City's behemoth team going for the treble was an interesting final. Could have been more interesting if Lukaku was ever clinical in big games.

NCAA has always been a case of having to pick gold out of the crap. NIL shifted the goalposts some what but by and large it's still the same. The 2000's had some real borefest NCAA champions (Not sure anyone was more boring than those Florida football/basketball champion teams).

NBA nowadays is sure of a hell lot better than watching the Warriors beat hospital teams over and over a decade ago. Or 74-72 games two decades ago.

NFL has always been picking gold out of the crap. Even back in the "golden days".

Tennis I agree. But I was here for most of the golden age of it so I'm not too salty about that.
 

RS

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Football isn't in the dirt. Just most of the Premier League . Like I said the other day, the league tries to market itself on Chelsea/United/Tottenham still being good.

You can still watch high caliber football outside of the little bubble of England and their gatekeepers. Now to be fair to the Prem, Liverpool are capable of this world class football. City/Arsenal are borderline but not quite there this year.

Plenty of teams in Europe that play entertaining football.

Premier League holding onto the dying embers of fanbases of Spuds/Manseventher to try to hype you up for matches like today still. Sad thing is you cant even call them Manseventher anymore. They can't even get near 7th these days.
I don't think it's in the dirt. I was purposely saying that to get a response.
 

Poisoned Slice

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His 2016 brief comeback will still be better. Happy to change my mind if I see different.

To be clear in 2016 he found out he had a son/snogged women and got into a fight with 4 murderers and helped Phil out when he was on the verge of death.
Grant and Phil saying bruv on loop for minutes will be cherished footage for all to enjoy.
 
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Feña14

G.O.A.T.
Alot of rumours about which members of staff Sir Jim has fired in his latest round of “cost cutting”.

I think we’ve found the answer.

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Fabresque

Legend
It’s a brilliant team with elite players in every phase of play. Proven creators and technicians both centrally and on the flanks. Experience at the core. Real hard men who will stand up to be counted.

And then you’ve got Hojlund. Well, at least he’s quick, fast, and he’s got pace.

It’s a team every Spurs fan would dream of.
“Proven technicians” ffs.
 

Feña14

G.O.A.T.
Ahh well, look on the bright side. It’s not like Antony is looking like Vini Jr out in Spain :)

A great goal, an assist and won a penalty today.

If it makes Man Utd fans feel better, I watched Juventus v Inter this evening and Veiga was incredible. Defending like his life depends on it, line breaking passes, marauding runs through the Inter team.

Stick him in the Chelsea team and he’s a headless chicken.

Funny how good players look good when they’re allowed to be.
 

Fabresque

Legend
You know it was bad when you get the Hojlund feat. Zirkzee duet video doing the rounds.

I swear the only reason they signed Hojlund was cuz his name sounded similar to Haaland and they could milk the Hojlund vs. Haaland; United vs. City marketing. Let idiots like UTDTrey and Goldfish run up the propaganda.

For gods sake he has 2 goals in 20 Prem games. He is literally a bottom 3 striker in the league.
 

Fabresque

Legend
Zirkzee to be fair didn’t look bad, it’s just he’s surrounded by total and utter garbage around him in attack. None of them have the IQ to think ahead of the current situation and their touches are non-league level.
 

Kralingen

Bionic Poster
Hojlund and Garnacho are examples of why the physical thresholds needed to play top level football make the product worse. Hojlund is one of the most physically impressive players I’ve seen play Spurs but he couldn’t control a ball from 2 feet away. Garnacho’s fast but his brain is on a much slower frequency.

Lukaku gets too much hate.
 

Poisoned Slice

Bionic Poster
It’s a brilliant team with elite players in every phase of play. Proven creators and technicians both centrally and on the flanks. Experience at the core. Real hard men who will stand up to be counted.

And then you’ve got Hojlund. Well, at least he’s quick, fast, and he’s got pace.

It’s a team every Spurs fan would dream of.
The one player I'd like to have from Spurs would be Vicario.
 

Poisoned Slice

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Hate to keep saying it every week but Amorim retains my 1000% support, and it might go even further if my name change is approved.

I still give him a summer and transfer window, unless he has been sacked by then.
 
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