To Dare is To Do. Let's go.

Opportunity is there. Can they do it though?

Heck of a start

Where on earth has this mentality been? This is incredible and even fun to watch. My goodness

COYS!!!!

Looking great so far

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Where on earth has this mentality been? This is incredible and even fun to watch. My goodness

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well it is nice to see. AV is resting tho for UEFA Europa League 2nd leg this week on Thurs

LOVE the yellow let's keep playing in that

Yeah but still. It's been so long since spurs have been fun to watch. I don't care if they're playing Port Vale. This is fun football

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Yeah but still. It's been so long since spurs have been fun to watch. I don't care if they're playing Port Vale. This is fun football

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Bogged down now in the second half but.... hang on. I'll only be comfortable with <1 minute in added time and a 2 goal lead. lol

Seen enough second half Aggie football and spurs meltdowns to know better than to count my chickens!

Remaining matches and where they are in the table

Tottenham
May 11 vs Leeds 14th
May 19 at Chelsea 9th
May 24 vs Everton 11th


West Ham
May 10 vs Arsenal 1st LOSS
May 17 at Newcastle 13th
May 24 vs Leeds 14th

next week could be huge swing if we could win and Arsenal takes care of business (just 3 days after West Hams big Eurpoa League match)

2-1 WIN!!!!!

Up to 17th in table by a point.

Intentionally did not post during the game to not jinx it. Huge 3 points!!!

Most fun I've had watching Spurs since the Europa League parade. COYS!

Happy matchday Spurs fans. Really need top pick up the 3 points today and give ourselves a little daylight in the relegation nightmare. COYS, let's do this.

big opportunity

let's go.

to dare is to do

1-0

SQUEEZE Ags/Spurs

UGH penalty.... just unnecessary really but also totally unintentional

bicycle kick defensively to try to clear and attacker throws his head in there. contact so it is a penalty.

13 minutes of stoppage time!!!!!

Zombie Jon Snow said:

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13 minutes of stoppage time!!!!!

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that makes me more nervous not more excited.

more afraid of the loss than excited about a win - very spursy attitude i know. I have Battered Spurs Syndrome.

OMG not sure how that missed - Leeds blasted point blank and SPurs goalie barely touches it and deflects off the top crossbar!!!!!

that HAS TO BE A PENALTY!!!!!!!

ugh maybe a touch on the ball though

nevermind

another corner COYS!!!!!!!

another corner

TIE

ugh but better than a L

2 points ahead with 2 to play


West Ham has to win a game in their last 2. If they tie both we stay ahead on GD (+10) even if we lose both most likely.


Tottenham
May 19 at Chelsea 9th
May 24 vs Everton 11th


West Ham
May 17 at Newcastle 13th
May 24 vs Leeds 14th


If they lose at Newcastle and we tie Chelsea then we are through as well.

Ties are actually good at this point for us. But it would have been nice to get the W today. Played really well just the one accidental penalty and one really good chance the goalie thankfully got a hand on.

Another good game though.

Richarlison had one great opportunity but the ball came to him up and he blasted it over the bar.

Never easy being a Spurs fan. That penalty is a tough break as stated above no intent.

But also felt lucky to get the draw.

Zombie Jon Snow said:

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UGH penalty.... just unnecessary really but also totally unintentional

bicycle kick defensively to try to clear and attacker throws his head in there. contact so it is a penalty.

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I know it was the " right call", But this is the kind of stuff that will keep this sport from ever really getting big in this country. Americans don't understand how something so incidental and accidental can impact the trajectory of the game and even the season. That dude was just clearing the box and a guy ran into his foot with his face and it's his fault?

Does Newcastle fight for Europe and Leeds play for anything in WHU's last 2? Can we get 4 points from Stamford Bridge & home to Everton?

Sure would be nice to go into Stamford next week needing just one point…come on Newcastle

Zombie Jon Snow said:

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UGH penalty.... just unnecessary really but also totally unintentional

bicycle kick defensively to try to clear and attacker throws his head in there. contact so it is a penalty.

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The slightest of touches there and it's a penalty, yet on the other side, the slightest of touch on the ball in the box but 95% body isn't a penalty. It's the rules I know, but goodness it just doesn't seem fair. Are Spurs the unluckiest of clubs in that regard? Sure seems like it. Not to mention we seldom get a penalty awarded. Cruel sport sometimes.

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Sure would be nice to go into Stamford next week needing just one point…come on Newcastle

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This. Newcastle win would be massive.

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Zombie Jon Snow said:

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UGH penalty.... just unnecessary really but also totally unintentional

bicycle kick defensively to try to clear and attacker throws his head in there. contact so it is a penalty.

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The slightest of touches there and it's a penalty, yet on the other side, the slightest of touch on the ball in the box but 95% body isn't a penalty. It's the rules I know, but goodness it just doesn't seem fair. Are Spurs the unluckiest of clubs in that regard? Sure seems like it. Not to mention we seldom get a penalty awarded. Cruel sport sometimes.

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So I did not think about one aspect at the time but I heard a lot of people who know football better than me discussing the non penalty on Leeds with the touch and tackle of Maddison.....

Several things make no sense or at least should be scrutinized there.

1. How the hell does the ref not make the penalty call to start with???? There is no way he saw that very slight touch that barely redirected the ball at all at full speed. The consensus is that VAR has made them less likely to call things like that the way they see them and let VAR figure it out. But that compounds the problem here. Because had he called the penalty it would have gotten a longer review to confirm the penalty.

Now here is why that is important.

2. Yes the defender apparently touched the ball barely - and the non call by the ref in real time meant that the VAR review was only looking to see if the ball was touched. It was so therefore no penalty.

BUT THIS IS THE CRUX

3. Even though he touched the ball it was barely a deflection and the defender in his tackling action was definitely taken out of the play himself. But he then of course took Maddison out. But that ball was still very much playable by Maddison after the deflection and there fore the tackle still could have/should have been a penalty because the deflection was not like it ended the potential for the player to score. He could have still gotten that ball and scored. And therefore that could have still been a penalty. In other words a better deflection would mean no penalty but that incidental touch did not end Maddisons chance to score.

So again this goes back to the ref not calling the penalty to begin with. If he calls the penalty as he should have and VAR looks at the action after the touch to see if he could have score they might have upheld a penalty called there.

This is sort of an innate VAR problem - the refs aren't calling penalties the way they used to because they don't want to be overruled. But in this case we know pre VAR that would have been a penalty 99.9% of the time. The fact that it wasn't called led the VAR to only look at if it was touched since the ref did not call a penalty. UGH.


I've now reversed my stance. Ref should have called it and VAR should have upheld it due to Maddison still being able to possess it after the touch and have a scoring chance.

In fact we have 2 penalties this season against Spurs in much the same situation. Both Palhinha and Porro were booked for penalties on tackles where they touched the ball first but the tackles were a little more egregious or "dangerous". I get that. But here you have a tackle after a touch where the player still could have scored if not tackled. Whether it was dangerous or not it stopped a scoring chance that had nothing to do with the deflection.