Gotta say I drew the most colorful fan base, thanks for joining in FreudlyuchenkoQuote:
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Gotta say I drew the most colorful fan base, thanks for joining in FreudlyuchenkoQuote:
Originally Posted by Freudlyuchenko
Oh Dawg61, we made our first signings today, Dutch goalkeeper Michel Vorm and left back Ben Davies both from Swansea, in return we've given them attacking midfielder Gylfi Thor Siggurdson
Sounds like y'all will have fun this season as far as the Spurs are concerned.
When do you expect danny rose to be soldQuote:
Originally Posted by Freudlyuchenko
Yeah, I'd say we are the least racist and most cosmopolitan. In North London we have vibrant Jewish, Greek and Turkish communities with the more common West Indian, African, Arab, Indian sub-continent that you get in London. I live in central London so I'm in no-mans land. I know you know but we hate Arsenal. I went out to a park then to dinner with a friend, I flipped off every man/women/child or sign I saw wearing Arsenal, and also their stadium. You must learn to HATEQuote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
Hmmmm, hmmmmm, I dunno... it is a tough one, we have him and Benoit Assou Ekotto in the position along with youth player Zeki Fryers but I'd keep him over the other two. If he is sold then probably some time in August, though I'll always remember him for his first ever touch in a Spurs shirt against Arsenal when we hadn't beaten them in the league for years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypV1QfnZsmsQuote:
Originally Posted by DudyDawg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrjVlEXBmCU
It was expected to happen soon, and with signing Davies I think it'll happen.
I, as a Madrid fan, also want to thank spurs for developing some of our talent for us lol
And as a Spurs supporter thanks for all the $$$$, Bale ?84 + Modric ?33, cheeky ?117 million..... shoutout to HaloQuote:
Originally Posted by DudyDawg
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Originally Posted by Freudlyuchenko
Haha hey it's been worth it. Now you guys need to spend it better!! Go win a trophy or get in the CL for f@cks sake
Oi, non of that. I'm going to be honest we are Europa League quality, we could win it and were unlucky in the competition, in the CL.... we will get smacked around the place it'll be humiliating. Hopefully one (or more of) FA cup, League Cup and the Europa League and I'll be delighted with next season... or just us finishing above Arsenal.Quote:
Originally Posted by DudyDawg
Would be nice to finish in the top four, get knocked down to Europa and win it then tho. But I don't consider English teams to be favorites in any European competition. So it'll be tough for them to win hardware in Europe regardless of CL or Europa
Eh we went out to the eventual runner ups because of a dodgy reff whilst playing our B team with no centre backs, so we are good enough. We could take Sevilla.Quote:
Originally Posted by DudyDawg
Transfer update, my Dynamo have signed USMNT player Demarcus Beasley and make him the designated player.
I just don't think the English game and style, at least recently, matches well with German and mainly Spanish clubs of equal/greater talent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Freudlyuchenko
Not sure you guys would beat a Sevilla or Valencia right now.
Valencia are very week financial sense and could get taken apart by transfers, Sevilla are also picked upon by bigger outfits. If it comes down to the calibre of the players we are superior. For Spurs last season was painful however as we were significantly less than the sum of our parts, we have the potential to be great.Quote:
Originally Posted by DudyDawg
Oh, I realize the finances of teams like that are far from good. And yes, they consistently lose their best players to big clubs (Negredo, Navas, David Silva, Rakitic), but they're still beating the English clubs in Europe. Both in the CL and Europa they are winning and the English clubs aren't performing up to their financial status recently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Freudlyuchenko
I don't know about that as well, I cannot remember the last time and English team played a Spanish team, oh wait, yeah, last season in the Europa league Swansea played Valencia. Swansea finished 12th in the Premier League, beat Valencia 3-0 at the Mestalla and lost 1-0 and the Liberty... last season Spurs won 1-0 against Swansea at the Lane and 3-1 at the Liberty... yeah, we could beat Valencia.Quote:
Originally Posted by DudyDawg
I know what you're saying, but that doesn't always mean the same thing will happen. There are circumstances that change. I'm talking about the general struggles of English clubs in the CL recently and the success of Spanish clubs in both European leagues, which has been far and away better than English clubs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Freudlyuchenko
That trend is what I'm referring to, and that trend makes me lean Spanish or German when playing an English team no matter who it is
Well that is the beauty of football/soccer if it was written on paper it wouldn't be very interesting. We'll see when the European season starts!Quote:
Originally Posted by DudyDawg
@DudyDawg do you watch a lot of Spanish football?
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Originally Posted by Freudlyuchenko
Haha that I whole heartedly agree with. Sadly tho, I don't think spurs will do much in Europe or EPL, but can really see them winning something. How do you feel about them getting rid of Gylfi. I'm not so sure Swansea didn't come out on too of that deal.
New member and Palace in exile here in CT. Joined up after Smitty posted on our forum
Smitty has pulled the plum, no doubt.
COYP! (Come on You Palace!)
As mentioned we're playing the Crew tonight (Youtube live feed link already posted by that reprobate Pistol, who btw is not, once you've worked out his username, mad but drunk :D)
For those who can't get to see the game tonight, we're playing Philly on Friday night. Hopefully there will be a feed for that game too. Should be well attended by Palace fans (yours truly included) - we have our own section in the ground (stadium) so hopefully a lot of noise!
For those who cannot sit through an entire game of football (not soccer) yet without disparing at the lack of points being racked up on the scoreboard, here's a couple of highlight reels.
This one was our finest hour in recent years - getting promoted to the Premier via the play-off. The final was at Wembley with around 40,000 Palace there (including yours truly... and keeping it topical, I bumped into Pistol in the pisser (bathroom) at half-time!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEhftups14Q
And this one from last season, when we decided who won the Premiership ;) by coming back from 0-3 down against Liverpool and leaving Suarez blubbing.
Quality's not so good unfortunately but it was an amazing 10 minutes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSX6WBrUDbA
Smitty enjoy the ride! And to the others, have fun supporting your various picks.
Get ready for early morning starts on Saturday and Sunday on NBCSN (as an aside, the presenter, Rebecca Lowe is Palace too!)
Yes I do. Like I said I'm a Real Madrid fan. I watch mostly Spanish and English football, and only really see teams in Italy/Germany/France play in Europe. I would say I watch mostly English, followed very close by Spanish (and every Madrid game I can), and European after that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Freudlyuchenko
I also work for the Houston Dynamo right now, so I see quite a bit of MLS
Nice!! Does that mean Spurs are letting the US goalkeeper go? Sorry Cadaver and SwanseaQuote:
Originally Posted by Freudlyuchenko
Nah, he's now third choice and at 43 will retire at the end of the season and join the coaching set up as well as be a club ambassador for your part of the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
Dynamo are my favourite MLS team, I was playing as them on Fifa10 and the 'love in' went from there, Brian Ching is THE MAN. What do you do for them?Quote:
Originally Posted by DudyDawg
I work in marketing. Brian still is with us and works in the office now. Gotten to spend some time with him and even watched a few WC games together. He's an even better guy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Freudlyuchenko
Thanks for joining in CT_Palace, lots of great stuff in your post
Question on soccer/football fan experience…
Seems to me the most coveted seats are all at the ends of the pitch in soccer, whereas you want to be along the sidelines closer to the middle in football… Is there anything to this?
Some of it is personal preference. A lot of it is bc in most places they put the supporters groups (fan groups who sing/chant/drum all game) in one end, kind of like a student section. If I were picking, I would like to be closer to the middle tho.
The best seats in the house are in the middle of the pitch however in the older stadia people form an affection with a part of the stadium.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smitty
For example at White Hart Lane we have four sides, Paxton, Shelf Side, Park Lane and the West Stand, the loudest parts were (these recent influx of so called 'success' has really quietened the Lane down) Park Lane and Shelf, with West Stand where the rich people who didn't sing went. Going to the game isn't all about the match it is about the experience of supporting your club, and for some people that is down to what part of the stadium they are in.
That's a good question Smitty and not one I admit to knowing exactly why. But yes, you're right, perhaps not so much coveted, but certainly the ends behind the goal is usually where you will find the most passionate of fans. At Crystal Palace's ground, Selhurst Park, it's called the Holmesdale (From the Holmesdale Road running along that side of the ground) and can be seen in my avatar.
Historically football teams in the UK have always had a "home" end reserved solely for the home team supporters and in the old days an "away" end for the visiting supporters. Of course this separation didn't always work and that usually led to trouble. Today, the away fans are not necessarily seated behind the goal opposite the home end but are segregated somewhere else within the ground. The ends of the grounds were also traditionally standing only (called terraces), not seated. it's only been since the Hillsborough Disaster that Premier league and Championship teams grounds were required to be all seaters. Being standing only, they could hold many more supporters than the seated equivalent, this improved the atmosphere and singing and tickets for these sections were cheaper and therefore more popular.
In today's all-seater stadiums the tradition of a home end still persists but without doubt the advent of all seater stadiums and the subsequent increase of ticket pricing has destroyed the atmosphere of the old days at some clubs (Arsenal being a classic example - their ground, The Emirates Stadium is known as the library :D). At Palace however, the noise and the atmosphere persists often led by a group fans known as the Holmesdale Fanatics.
Do you know what happened with the safe standing they were trying to get looked at in Parliament? Is it still on trial at a Championship/League One club.Quote:
Originally Posted by CT_Palace
I'm part of the 1882 Movement who are trying to bring back the atmosphere to the Lane, we're good when we can get tickets it is often too hard to get together on the big matches, it is why I love Europa league nights.
This thread just went from awesome to legendary
5 Minutes to kick off, do you want a stream?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
The spurs Toronto game is on ESPN2 here in the states.Quote:
Originally Posted by Freudlyuchenko
Not sure actually, but I'm not holding my breath. Don't think anything will happen until the old bill are onside with it and knowing their view on football supporters that aint going to happen soon. I don't think its on trial anywhere although Peterborough still had standing sections when they played in the Championship season before lastQuote:
Originally Posted by Freudlyuchenko
Some good MLS-EPL games tonight with Toronto-Tottenham playing now and Kansas City-Manchester City immediately after. Both on ESPN2
West Brom signed their goal keeper, Ben Foster, to a four year deal plus a 12 month option for the club. I didn't see what the contract was worth.