Post Match Thread - Spurs (A)

[FoxForceFive]

You make your own luck.

Not every time, but a helluva lot of the time.

If you create more chances, the higher the chance of one going in flukily, if you press constantly, the higher the chance someone fluffs their lines & gifts you a chance, if you make good runs constantly the more likely you are to get a dodgy onside call, play the ball in the box more often & get more men in there & you'll be more likely to get a penalty call.

The list goes on & on.

Those reasons are why we were called jammy in the 80s & why our fans bemoaned Utd's luck too.

It's not rocket science.

 

[cloggypop]

Spawny gets

 

[Mors]

MOTD2

 

[Rosco]

It goes without saying as far as I'm concerned.

If football is a game that inherently requires good fortune to be successful at, it's hardly worth mentioning it after every game - particularly as it is a factor out of our control.

You can't become better at being lucky or worse. You have to focus on the elements you can control and that's what everyone is doing.

They are now, but if we'd been beaten five nil there would have plenty of talk about us being unlucky

 

[doctor_mac]

They are now, but if we'd been beaten five nil there would have plenty of talk about us being unlucky

Bollocks. There would be hysteria that we were awful and doomed and that the apocalypse was nigh.

 

[StevieM]

Nobody has mentioned how lucky we were. Not surprising.

Suarez gave the ball away twice in the buildup to his first goal, he was very lucky to have the chance he took very well. Likewise with the second goal, Henderson was very lucky to get a second bite at the cherry.


Then the sending off was as soft as they come.

Hahahaha hahahaha!

No.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

Keep going Ross my man. It's working!

I just watched MOTD2 today and I'm smiling ... What a game.

 

[Rosco]

The luckiest aspect of it for us was that they were missing their best player, the best AM in the league, the one who had 9 key passes in a game. A feat so rarely accomplished nobody knows what the fuck it means.

 

[mark1975]

They are now, but if we'd been beaten five nil there would have plenty of talk about us being unlucky

We were unlucky when we hit the woodwork twice too. Oh.

 

[mark1975]

Fair play to some of the Spurs fans on our 4th goal, quite a few of them applauded the finish from Suarez.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

I am very thankful that the pre-match rumors of the return to the 3-4-2-1 system turned out to be not true. Rodgers didn't chicken out, didn't overthink, didn't give the Spurs' midfield 3 too much respect. Allen, Hendo and Lucas more than held their own against Dembele, Sandro/Holtby and Paulinho.

Well said Rurik. Make teams match up to us, not visa versa (I think Sheikh has been bleating on about this for a while).

And considering many of us were worried about the midfield battle - major props to our middle 3. What made the dominance though? 100% commitment. They were like pit bulls, and if they do that every game, EVERY team we play will struggle against that kind of onslaught.

 

[Spionkop69]

Some boss trolling by @Rosco

 

[FoxForceFive]

Some boss trolling by @Rosco

Indeed. When you know you're being trolled yet still bite that's some damn good trolling.

 

[Rosco]

'The Suarez of trolls'

 

[Mystic]

Some boss trolling by @Rosco

Indeed, unfortunately his reputation is making it somewhat is to spot these days!

 

[Hansern]

Some boss trolling by @Rosco

Its to easy to hide behind "trolling" when you make stupid comments though 😉

 

[Rosco]

Everything I said is 100% factual - go and check it out twitter boy

 

[Hansern]

Come back with some more posts about luck Factswoman

 

[Rosco]

Come back with some more posts about luck Factswoman

35% of what makes a result is luck (on average)

#truefact

 

[LeTallecWiz]

You're off by 3.2% mate ... just saying.

 

[cloggypop]

You're off by 3.2% mate ... just saying.

He is right

http://www.bettingexpert.com/blog/football-luck

Jammy sods

 

[Rosco]

I'm always right Cloggy.

And when I'm not, I'm unlucky

 

[Hansern]

35% of what makes a result is luck (on average)

#truefact

Wonderful insight. So its either a bit of luck or unluck in every game we play. Incredible.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

He is right

http://www.bettingexpert.com/blog/football-luck

Jammy sods

My luck sucks.

 

[tony]

He is right

http://www.bettingexpert.com/blog/football-luck

Jammy sods

only if Baseball is what Americans call football😉

 

[Ryan]

I feel like I need to start idiot proofing comments.

I never said "it was all down to luck", I said we were lucky.

And Spurs were lucky it wasn't 10-0.

Get a grip.

 

[Spionkop69]

And Spurs were lucky it wasn't 10-0.

Get a grip.

We've been waiting for you!!!

 

[Spionkop69]

Its to easy to hide behind "trolling" when you make stupid comments though 😉

Stop biting!!!

 

[Red Astaire]

We've been waiting for you!!!

I've not - At least in the Ashes thread! 🙁

 

[Red Bird]

The luckiest aspect of it for us was that they were missing their best player, the best AM in the league, the one who had 9 key passes in a game. A feat so rarely accomplished nobody knows what the fuck it means.

Hook, line and floater.