'The Glory days are back'
Friday, August 21, 2009 at 8:04AM Sky Sports News, you've done it again.
Give it a rest with all the ‘Spurs for the top 4’ nonsense please. Picking out a couple of simpletons and enticing them to talk about ‘the glory days’ just because we’ve won two games on the trot is not a representative of the majority. Prior to the start of the season, most of the media and pundits had as for 6th at best. Fans agreed. Six points later you’re showing a Spurs shirt with ‘Top 4’ printed on the back (did you offer to pay for that?) and interviewing two giddy over excitable supporters who probably have ancestry you can trace all the way back to a Newcastle mental institution. What next? Cameras outside of Harry’s house with four or five Spurs fans gleefully jumping up and down behind a reporter holding up a cupboard cut out Premier League trophy? Daniel Levy to commission a new special release entitled, ‘The Glory Days are Back – 2 games, 1 DVD’? Chas'n'Dave to release a new track with the lyric, 'We're gonna do it again like last week'?
I guess with no repeat performance of last year’s debacle, and thus no Soccer Saturday punditry mock of the week to entertain the SSN viewers, you’re taking the tactic of building us up so that any fall would appear to be bigger than it is so you push Charlie Nicholas in front of a camera to slate all of the deluded Lilywhites who all believed we were Top 4 material after two games. Are you chaps so insecure about the Premier Leagues status as 'the best in the world' that every game and performance has to appear to mean more than it actually does? Wait until we've won 12 on the spin, then you can wet your knickers to your hearts content.
Shame for all the countless clips of fans saying '6th at best' ending up on the edit room floor. Not newsworthy. No potential for a sound-bite there. Realistic fans on SSN? Doesn't fit the narrative does it?
As for the lady who claimed ‘It’s great to see the glory years come back’ who has apparently supported us since 1977, how much acid did you drop you absolute belting melter? Get a grip ffs. And if I see anyone wearing a Spurs shirt with ‘Top 4’ on the back, I’m going to pelt you with frozen monkey shit pellets.
We all know how the media work. Pick out the weak moronic ones, prime them up with questions and force them to say the most sensationalist comment possible, edit it to fuck, and run it every 20 minutes. I guess if some fans want to over-react wearing ridiculous smiles on their faces, it's better than what we had at the start of last season with all the insufferable crying about relegation and the Keystone Kop comparisons. Fans moping around with sickles and hooded cloaks. Depressing stuff. And from one extreme to another. You never fail to let us down.
How about running a story with more substance? It's staggering that nobody has picked up on Chirpy's drinking problem. He's the Amy Winehouse of mascots. A mess who spends most of his time getting shit-faced in Faces Gants Hill, and then staggering around WHL on match-day hugging and harassing people. Can nobody smell the alcoholic stink on his breath?
Anyway, I'm off to have 'Champions League Treble winners, 2011 - 2012 - 2013' tattooed on my back.
GTFI COYS.
Reader Comments (52)
Good article, totally agree
Haha, gotta love Sky! They do like dredging out the stereotypes and ripping the piss. Does make me cringe seeing some of our fans mug it.
I am liking the fans measured response to the rediculous 'glory days tag' that is being banded about.
People say Spurs fans are fickle. I say the media is fickle on our behalf, we get tarred with their particularly shitty brush! Thanks SS for making other fans think we're all completed deluded mugs!
Why not move onto the Goons and how they are 'going to win the CL and the title' after one game in each? Because from what I've read in recent days from their fans (having been dipping my toe into the dark side last couple of days to guage their real views and opinions) they all think they are only 1-2 players away from both. But then they also think they have money to burn, and that Denilson is better than Palacious (had to chuckle at that one).
Kinda looking forward to NLD this year, reckon it will be another draw, but be interesting nonetheless with them giving it the 'bigun' and us (seemingly) more quietly confident.
I remember Gillette Soccer Saturday last season, playing clown music or whatever and having a stand up comedian telling Spurs jokes in a video-clip about our form and Gomes, followed by the panel sitting there giggling like school girls.
They do like to solidify stereotypes. You see it with the way they cover anything related to Newcastle and they are forever having us down as fickle dreamers. Granted some fans are, but fuck me, that Top 4 shirt was one of the most blatant pieces of construed bullshit I have ever seen.
Quality article. These journo's and the morons they put in front of the camera just make life harder for the more realistic amongst us. I can hear the Wet Spam supporter now if we don't win on Sunday - 'Ha Ha thought you were going to win the league' etc We just don't need it.
Come now Tricky, the media say a bad word about Wengers team of super-kids that never age and improve every season? Never!
It's ironic no that Arsenal are turning into something akin to Spurs. Great football, no silverware. It's the 1980's without Champs League.
I completely agree with you Spooky. Unfortunately, that is the way of the beast. I'm all for the media to go crazy over Manchester City and to leave us alone. Unfortunately, the media knows and understands that the majority of Spurs fans buy into their own hype.
We should strive to finish as high as we can. If we make the top four, then great, but let's not get downhearted if we finish in 6th.
Looking forward to the game against West Ham.
COYS!!!
Jaymes Marsh
THBN
fuck off,,,,, a little bit of OPTIMISM never hurt anyone your dour cnut... Get the shirts printed, we gonna do it !! bit of confidence in the team and with the fans and we have total shitheads like you moaning and begrudging everyone a bit of well deserved fun... Spurs for the league ! spurs for the cup ! defoe for golden boot, harry for knighthood and modric for president ! Haaa
Spooky, tongue in cheek yeah? I know you know that interviewing a Spurs fan saying 'I reckon 6th is a realistic target' doesn't work for tv. Sky Sports News live off exclusives and sensationalism and have to exaggerate everything. It's pretty much The Sun in television format. It's pretty much modern day journalism. So they take an extreme and they go over the top and they do it probably because they know it will rile us. TalkSport are just as bad. Its the way of the world.
Oops, of course you know why they never age at goon central, I have discovered that the team after training is hermetically sealed in plastic containers until the next day. It's the only way they can keep them from breaking in between training sessions.
Whinger goes round and tells them all a goodnight story before they are 'sealed in' about monsters and ghouls, or Adams and Keown as we would know them.
spurswin the league - blatant Goon/spammer.
Personally, want to know more about Chirpy and his exploits. Is he responsible for Ledders recent 'antics'? Bad influence i reckon.
I think now what separates Spurs from the top 4 is not the quality of squad, its mental strength, desire and a bit of experience.....these things only come with games & time. We could stay at the top until after Christmas but the pressure and expectation would be new ground for Spurs and it would take it's toll. That is why it does not matter who we (or Man city) buy, progress takes time.
Right now 6th would be progress for us (7th would be progress for Man City). We and they should be happy with that, so long as we are moving in the right direction.. That does not mean we cannot achieve more, we just should not expect it!
Arsene Wenger is the king of spin. After a couple of decent wins, he's got the fans and players believing they can walk on water again. Nobody is latching onto this and when you think about it pragmatically, Arsenal are top 4 already and are in a far far better position to challenge and yet no hype about the rebirth of the beast or anything. Easy targets we are.
A spooky rant. About time. You had me thinking you've completely sold out with all these serious articles. Dont be conforming.
Sky can take us to the cleaners when we start singing 'Are you watching Arsenal?' - which always comes back to bite us on the arse (excuse the awful awful pun).
If we win at the weekend, Sky might launch a spin-off Spurs channel in our honour.
Progress, progress, progress, boring ! It is eleven against eleven every match... we can beat every team in the league, or they can beat us, or we can call it evens,,,! football is about having a bit of fun ?, u sad asses. Enjoy the games, enjoy the wins and never be ashamed to be optimistic. You are not the manager, so why worry your little limited minds with the technicalities of the team, or who we should buy?, or who influences who? who used all the bog roll at half time ?...
COYS
What you banging on about fella? You smoking a spliff or something?
Most Spurs fans are good humoured about this and are self-deprecating about all the 'hype'. Everyone is positive. But historically, we all know what tends to happen.
"Fans moping around with sickles and hooded cloaks"
LOL so true.
how much acid did you drop you absolute belting melter?
That has made my day!! Pure Genius!
you make progress building a garden shed, you make progress with your crappy promotion at work, progress is just limitation and is only acceptable to limited minds. Do you make slow and steady progress with a beautiful woman/ man in your bed ?. No. You have fun and enjoy yourself. Football should be treated more like sex and less like a damp patch "progressively" consuming your sturgid personalities.
Feet on the ground....36 more games and as we proved last season we can beet the best....good squad.(Gomes?) not sure...time will tell top six will do me this season. Goood luck Harry and the team and thanks for putting a smile on our faces Harry
Good man mighty, a little conservative optimism, albeit with a little goofy Gomes comment in the middle, get out clause or what ?. but still keep smiling.. By the way nathan, not a gooner, spurs fan since 1981.. And optimistic every year, and fecking love it
I come in peace ;)
I think you'll find most clubs think the media are against them. I know Utd fans who always claim that the tabloids and Sky are digging at them. Which I don't personally see considering the love in Sky have for the Top 4. I think Andy Gray has a clause in his contract to retain an erection every time we play. I also believe that most of the journos are Utd/Arsenal/Chelsea fans and the rest probably West Ham. One or two are Spurs and they seem to slag off you club more than the rest do. I agree with what's been said. Stereotypes are used in every instance because that's how one set of fans is identified.
Spurs = fickle, dreamers, over the top, emotional
Arsenal = arrogant, quiet, moaners
Utd = prawn sandwich brigade, Surrey dwellers
Chelsea = plastics, glory hunters
etc
Pigeon-hole them and it's easier for the likes of Sky and doesn't confuse the viewers.
Personally, I think Spurs look good and I have no qualms to say that you have 2 or 3 players I'd gladly take for my team. Bassong, Palacios, Modric. Lennon too. And King. Could not have said that 5 years ago.
what , you dont believe in us dominating the league spooky ? i ve repainted my house lillywhite with a spurs logo on the roof and a banner : League Champions 2009-2010 , i m starting on my car when i get home
Loving spurswin the league
strange place this top of the league place ......worse than alcohol...hic!
still nice place to be ...as you said .....triple JD and coke......huud on the rocks....
Modric Martini and a lennon twist....
there IS an alcohol ban at the spurs Bar!
love the dream of winning the league ....though
ill think ill have another....ta!
I agree its nothing but overblown media hype, but, that said, if Harry can use it to galvanise the team, we could reap the benefits. We're going to be up on confidence after two decent wins and another against West Ham will have the scribes reaching for the superlatives once more; if the team start to believe they're as good as is being said, we might finally get somewhere up the pissing league come September. COYS.
love you too spooky !!! love all spurs fans !!Big love to all the YIDS.... don't be afraid, share the love. WE are Tottenham, we the fans
Spot on as ever Spooks. Those 'snake-oil' salesmen at Sky had us relegated after 2 or 3 games last season, we were Euro contenders at the end of it. The majority of these pseudo journalists know jack about football. When we have a wobble, and it'll happen, they'll be caning us for a bunch of deluded dreamers. I'll stick to being cautiously optimistic thanks very much.
We have a balanced and confident side, performing to the best of it's abilities, with a manager giving every impression that he knows what he's doing. It's absolutely wonderful to see a Spurs team playing quality football again, but I'll not be getting carried away on a rollercoaster of media bullshit. Slowee slowee catchee monkee. Having said that, I'm gagging for us to give the Hull treatment to those fly-tipping caravan jockeys on Sunday. COYS BIOYWHC
False dawns, transfer merry go round, buying back old players, overcrowded midfield options, team to watch, break the top 4, playing the Spurs way, dodgy keepers, manager overload, director of football, crocked king,,, mmmmmm baby i'm ready now, enough of the spurs eroticism. Everton and Villa progress, damn even Fulham progress, we are SPURS, we are SEX
Good article. I too watched in horror as the "glory days are back" line. If she has any spare drugs I will have some ta very much. As usual anything that encroaches on the holy quad-rinity are ridiculed as freaks and over delusional so that when, as is likely, said team doesn't manage to break the divine right league "pundits" like Prat Le Tissier can just laugh at them.
Also I watched the sky highlights when I got back from Hull and can anyone explain what exactly Dave Bassett leant to them...apart from the obvious "NOTHING". He got more names wrong then David Pleat (Wilson Palios...who is he!!!) and also then brought tears of mirth to my eyes when he offered the expert opinion that Hull's 20th minute substitution was obviously for an injury as the guy walked off funny like.....
Good old Sky Sports!!!
COYS
lest we forget the media are a pack of wolves baying for someones demise........
does it care......this week yes........a long time in football........
like to see spurs wipe a few smug people up the wrong way!
the only way is to score and score again.....JD etc
Spooky - you've got this horribly wrong
Redknapp was quoted on Sunday as saying"no one at the club is allowed to drink" so I think you need to give Chirpy a break.....
Good article.....The Sky Commentary Team are the Guardians of anything old skool Top 4. They really don't want any new upstarts barging in and spoiling their party......
However, lets enjoy the Table whilst we can....
God have mercy on us all if we manage to go 5 games unbeaten.
Well said. If I had my way, no Spurs fan - or player, Ledley - would even mention the words "top 4" before Christmas. As for talk of winning the title: Give me a break! Nuff said.
Ledley always mentions Top 4. But then what are players meant to say when pushed by Sky etc? Harry has said it too but then said the opposite so its all very much taken out of context. Most of the time. Cant say anyone I know is believing we can break the top 4.
Couldn't agree more - A great article, especially regards the duplicitous evil that is monkey paws and all the Sky Sports vermin.
I can't believe I actually saw an article on NewsNow by some numpty musing 'Can Spurs win the league this season'. Dear god.
You're all missing the point.
It's addressed in the article for fuck sake!
Chirpy is a fucking disgrace. Something needs to be done. It won't be long before he's jumping behind the wheel and mowing down innocent lamp posts at 3am.
I'll support Chirpy as he is one of our own but he needs to be named and shamed for his escapades and made an example of! Fucking waster!
Hear hear. Really cheeses me off when the press (particularly Sky) put Spurs on a pedestal at the earliers opportuinity to knock us down. I am enjoying the fact we've won 2 on the bounce, I have absolutely no expectations of us wiining the league. COYS
yeah they are lifting us up to knock us down when we lose, its the great british newspaper tradition.
Hope we keep em waiting a while. We still need another defender and winger. get rid of bentley and jenas and get ashley young and Distin or Dunne as defense back up.
We all slate Sky. Yet we all watch it.
I feel dirty.
you are dirrrty
Chirpy ate my hamster
Spurswin the league - you are genius. But are you also drunk? lol. Loved the "We are Spurs. We are SEX" line. I'm going to borrow that one :D
I'm personally going for the 'think it won't happen and it might' tactic. I said it on here before the Liverpool game and it worked! I guess I'm superstitious. Trying not to compare with the start of teh 05/06 season!
We all know what we want to happen but whisper it so you don't tempt fate... lol.
And spooky - have you read the illustrious harry Hotspurs' latest blog? You two couldn't be further apart in opion - for once.
Good to see.
Ps - I prefer DML to HH for a read ;)
no maddy , lets just try and jinx it by screaming out loud we ar going all the way ! :-) Fate is to be tempted at every occasion you get
Very well said. What I like so much about the team this year that has been missing in recent years is the attitude and determination. I think one of the reasons its easy to buckle down and get the job done is that the players and coach don't seem to be setting any expectation beyond "Lets focus on getting a result in the next match".
We are going to lose games this year. The result won't be as important as how the games are lost and how we respond. Bringing the form and determination we've seen so far to every match is more important than how many points we accumulate.
Hehe - "frozen monkey shit pellets"
Yeah fuck it. Fuck fate. You make your own luck!
BIOYC!
"Ledley always mentions Top 4. But then what are players meant to say when pushed by Sky etc? "
How about "Fuck off fat boy!" I am sure that will get them off their top 4 horses for a bit.