[Football] Spurs 3 - 0 Real Madrid

[Triggaaar]

Unless I've got my maths wrong surely that would mean we would beat Real Madrid 6-2

Madrid were able to put 1 past Spurs. That's less than West Ham managed (3). But free scoring West Ham couldn't score against us, so it's quite clear Madrid wouldn't either.

The only question is how many we'd score. Spurs scored 3, which is 50% more than they scored against West Ham, so we should win 4 or 5 nil.

 

[Simster]

Maybe it would help if we had a decent manager.

Anyway, I thought the consensus on here was that Sterling was shit?

I suspect it probably would help, yes.

As for Sterling, IMO this season he's certainly looked significantly better than players previously considered his piers, players like Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

 

[Wardy's twin]

Give Spurs the credit they deserve,

a) they are not inflating player prices (only when they sell)

b) they play young ( often English) players if they merit it rather than rely on reputation

c) they play good football

and no I am not a closet Spurs fan

 

[Triggaaar]

b) they play young ( often English) players if they merit it rather than rely on reputation

Manure can claim that one too can't they?

 

[Wardy's twin]

Manure can claim that one too can't they?

They can but they also have been known to spend a lot of money on reputations, some have come off but others haven't. I think Spurs are under rated in what they are doing.

 

[Stat Brother]

Lads, it's Tottenham.

 

[Monkey Man]

Most of the Premier League football I've watched so far this season has been pretty uninspiring. (I haven't seen a Man City game yet, and am not counting BHA games because I don't watch them objectively. I'm a fan.)

But the times I've seen Spurs I've been hugely impressed by the Alli/Kane combination and the club's football generally. Much more entertaining than what I've seen from Man Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea or Liverpool.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

That’s also twice in 2 Weeks Winks has been better than the offering of the CM of Real, he doesn’t lose the ball.

If Southgate has any brains he should be starting for England.

The ball to Trippier for the first goal was quality as well.

You could build an exciting and skilful side that teams would fear using the City and Spurs players as the core.

 

[SK1NT]

It was a fantastic evening. Managed to watch this is a directors box with our own chef, how the other half live.

not being biased but the scoreline flattered Real. We could have easily had another 3.

The highlight of the evening was the ole'ing with a total disregard for the current European champions.

Bring on the 13th Dec

 

[Megazone]

Just wanted to point out that you made both of these statements in the same post.

Wolves took Man City all the way to Penalties.....

 

[KVLT]

Top work I thought by James Richardson on the BT Sport goals show last night after Alli scored:

"Real sliced open on the counter by the Deli-man."

 

[Gritt23]

Wolves took Man City all the way to Penalties.....

In a League game

 

[Gritt23]

Point is that it's such lazy and tired beating of the "best League in the World" drum to say that no-one outside the top few in Spain are any good and routinely get thrashed, "whereas the fantastic Premier League is so competitive all the way down.

Bollox. Football has gone the same way everywhere. The mega rich clubs at the top win most of the time, and often thrash a team near the bottom. But there are always surprise results. That happens here, it happens in Spain, and it's only the wretched Sky era that has brought this incessant need to be the "best League in the World" and to try to prove the point by belittling other Leagues. Why does it matter?

For me, the best, most exciting League in the World is the one my team play in. Always has been, always will be.

 

[Megazone]

Point is that it's such lazy and tired beating of the "best League in the World" drum to say that no-one outside the top few in Spain are any good and routinely get thrashed, "whereas the fantastic Premier League is so competitive all the way down.

Bollox. Football has gone the same way everywhere. The mega rich clubs at the top win most of the time, and often thrash a team near the bottom. But there are always surprise results. That happens here, it happens in Spain, and it's only the wretched Sky era that has brought this incessant need to be the "best League in the World" and to try to prove the point by belittling other Leagues. Why does it matter?
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It's not belittling other leagues. It's making a comparison. After all, isn't football all about opinions, or should that stop and we all agree on the same thing? NSC would be fun that way.

I doubt a 2nd tier team in Spain would get promoted, almost get relegated the following season and then win the La Liga the next season.

Look at all the Top flight winners in Spain since 1984 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Spanish_football_champions. Do you not think that would spoil the standard of most other teams competing wth them like it does in Scotland?

Here's a list of Spanish top flight winners:

Real Madrid
Barcelona
Atlético Madrid
Athletic Bilbao
Valencia
Real Sociedad
Deportivo La Coruña
Sevilla
Real Betis

Here's a list of English top flight winners:

Manchester United
Liverpool
Arsenal
Everton
Aston Villa
Sunderland
Chelsea
Manchester City
Newcastle United
Sheffield Wednesday
Leeds United
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Huddersfield Town
Blackburn Rovers
Preston North End
Tottenham Hotspur
Derby County
Burnley
Portsmouth
Ipswich Town
Nottingham Forest
Sheffield United
West Bromwich Albion
Leicester City

 

[Nixonator]

Point is that it's such lazy and tired beating of the "best League in the World" drum to say that no-one outside the top few in Spain are any good and routinely get thrashed, "whereas the fantastic Premier League is so competitive all the way down.

Bollox. Football has gone the same way everywhere. The mega rich clubs at the top win most of the time, and often thrash a team near the bottom. But there are always surprise results. That happens here, it happens in Spain, and it's only the wretched Sky era that has brought this incessant need to be the "best League in the World" and to try to prove the point by belittling other Leagues. Why does it matter?

For me, the best, most exciting League in the World is the one my team play in. Always has been, always will be.

Real and Barca sell their own rights, so the gap is much bigger. Yes you get upsets, but much less frequently.

Atletico have done well to break into what I thought would be a 2 horse race ad infinitum since Valencia/Deportivo at the turn of the milennium. Check where they've been the last few years.

La Liga is different football, I don't think anyone can reliably predict how their clubs would do against ours week in week out, especially when you consider that they play at different times in a different climate. One thing that is undeniable though, it IS less competitive because of how their TV rights work.

 

[Lindfield by the Pond]

We beat West Ham 3-0

West Ham beat Spurs 3-2

Spurs beat Real Madrid 3-1

= We would beat Real Madrid 2-0

Which makes us European Champions. I love football logic. Hours of fun.

 

[Gritt23]

One thing that is undeniable though, it IS less competitive because of how their TV rights work.

Is it though. Top 2, granted, a bigger cap than here, although still a gap that has been bridged without the mega finances very recently by Atletico Madrid.

But look down the last decade or so at the range of teams they have seen in their top 4 compared to us. I would say they have had more team come through and make a challenge before falling back into the pack again than we have over the last decade or two.

Our top 6 probably won't change now until next August. Whereas I would say Spain has a much better chance of a team breaking teh top 4, earning a Champions League place, and benefiting from the finances that then brings.