I don’t understand how fans are so baffled by the Spurs fans behaviour. If us losing a game (with no real consequence for us) meant Palace didn’t win the league I’d be delighted with every goal we shipped.
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[Albion] Premier League 14-15/5/24
- Thread starter Bozza
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Leeds is a big conurbation all to themselves, with a history of trophies.
Spurs take a chunk of a huge metropolis, there was a great team albeit 60 years ago, and a smattering of brilliant players over the years which draw in young fans for life eg Gazza, Lineker, Bale.
Thankfully many fans/families don’t dump clubs who fail to win trophies. Otherwise everyone would’ve switched to Chavski and ManC.
Muzzman
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Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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At least living in the Steel City you don't have to put up with work colleagues and friends/acquaintances who are Sussex born and bred but support Arsenal. There can't be anyone Sussex-based on this board who doesn't know several of the above, which is why it amazes me that any BHA fan would want Arsenal to win anything. It's all crap, whether it's City or whoever for the title, no matter how people dress it up, but at least City are out of sight out of mind if you live in Sussex, and don't erode our supporter base as the likes of Arsenal do.If by dressing this up as a near deliberate defeat makes it more palatable for the Spurs fans, then good for them.
The fact is, irrespective of a feverish atmosphere and a genuine desire to win… this Spurs team loses that game 9 times out of 10… this rivalry hyperbole is a convenient sideshow to an inevitable defeat.
As for us, I guess we’re all a bit miffed that either champions elect represent a worse case… insufferable Arsenal and a media love in, conveniently side stepping the 200 million or so spend… or City steamrollering everyone AGAIN with their own loaded dice and ‘interesting’ FFP interpretation….
Yep, either way it’s going to suck, but in reality anyone winning except a Leicester type story or us… well, it’s always a bit meh.
Christ, Chelsea will probably be in the mix next year the very thought of which would make me want to lose a decisive fixture lol… hang onseriously though
Clive Walker
Stand Or Fall
the only feeling I was left with at the final whistle last night was boredom. Bored of the same team winning the PL. We mock La Liga at times and I do wish we had the variety that Seria A and Bunders seems to offer. We might have the best style of football in the UK but the eventual outcome is always so predictable.
Kalimantan Gull
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I think you've deflected the point. Spurs have done well this year and Ange looked to be building something good. He maybe still will, but certainly theres been a big falling out with the fans over the differing attitudes to the game last night, and while Arsenal won't win the league they can certainly enjoy laughing at the shenaningans we witnessed at the lane yesterday. Spursy.
Reading Spurs message boards today there is a huge amount of vitriol, most aimed at Ange for his comments and attitude, and the rest aimed at those angry with Ange. Which side do you fall?
brighton_tom
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But if spurs had won, they go into the final day needing to beat sheff United (likely to happen) & Villa to lose at palace (on current form could happen) to get champions league football. I get not wanting Arsenal to win the league but also celebrating your own failings seemed cringey.
Stato
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The comparisons with us and Palace don't really stand up. Arsenal have won the league loads of times. Another win would be annoying for the rivals, but not game changing. We and Palace, most likely will never win the league. I'd be quite happy to miss out on Champions League and play in the Europa if it meant that they could never say they'd done it, but had they already won it 13 times, I'd be far more concerned with our finish than them making it 14.
Kosh
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Which made defying the odds again, minus Kane, minus a coach who is able to look people in the eye… well, I say again that Spurs team loses 9 times out of 10.
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Motogull
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Kalimantan Gull
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Slightly different though? Arsenal win the league fairly regularly, whereas Palace doing so would be seismic. And win or lose, nothing changes with the rivalry. Theres always something to hang your hat on from both sides.
And really the point is not so much that the spurs fans wanted to lose , of course that makes sense, its far more that they revelled in it, sang songs, sang their opponents songs, argued with the manager and slagged him off incessantly afterwards for even darng to suggest they should try and have a winning attitude.
Clive Walker
Stand Or Fall
3 different winners in the last 3 years.
Like this you mean? (only 6 years ago)3 different winners in the last 3 years.
Have they had 4 different winners in 4 seasons at all in your lifetime?
jamie-oh
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This is a Brighton forum, primarily filled with Brighton fans. Who have never won a major trophy. Do people only support teams because of trophies, or their perceived chances of winning them? Or do people support their club because that is their club? Do you just pick up a brochure and think ooh, Chelsea for me, look at their champions league wins in the last decade or so?
I really really dont understand this comment at all, its the kind of comment a 14yr old american would make on twitter who 'supports' Man City and Real Madrid.