Do you realise that City, for example, have outspent Spurs in net terms by 19 to 1 in recent years ... and that's not including wages.
Lol ... he had just won the golden boot for the 2nd season running. The idea that Mourinho wanted Lukaku in preference to Kane is a non-starter, and everyone and his dog knows it.
Lost in title race to Leicester too.
Maybe he will succeed or maybe he wont be able to manage the egos of multiple players on high wages and screw up things completely. We never know until he works with big teams.
It's true i don't follow Tottenham week in and week out, but the few games that i watched he sure ain't. And that's just my opinion. But you two with your über football judgement/knowledge are surely employed by some top clubs. If not, offer your services to Spurs, maybe you'd help them win a cup at least every decade or so.
Right I don't want this to be WUMMER but why should we know our place and what shouldn't we grow? City certainly hasn't known its place, and due massive investment (which I don't particularly agree with) have leap frogged any team in the league. When ENIC sell us and they will, it will be to a mega rich owner. Now that owner could be and Arsenal type owner or a Chelsea/City type owner? Times are changing massively in the the EPL. United had massive plans this season but TBH are seriously under performing and for all the big names signings United fans want there have been no world class signings.
I can't be bothered responding further to someone who is clearly ignorant of the history of Spurs and whose view of Alderweireld is beyond stupid and based on very little.
We have actually performed very well for most of the season bar a couple of silly draws. We also look nailed on to sign Alexis Sanchez although that is pretty much a moot point as one thing you can't say about us over the last few years is that we've been unambitious in the transfer market.
Ah the coveted "being marginally above Utd in their worst period in 3 decades whilst they still win more in 2 years than we have in 20" trophy.
Do u think most fans are happy with the performances? That's. It the feeling I get at all. Spending so much but falling so far off City, that's not United at all.
Not sure why every opposition fan use this, it's not as if City are having a normal season, in 23 games they have dropped points in only 3 games, that's just a record never set in the league. We should have done better during the Christams games where we dropped points in 3 games but overall we have done well in this season.
Sorry I don't know how to take this and I know @GlastonSpur is big enough to take it, how do you feel about glaston on here?
If you honestly think this season is a fluke by city your in for a shock, their current football and results are head and shoulders above anyone else in the league. Oh and I say this absolutes hating City and Pep. I really don't think it's just opposition fans saying this either.
What? Where did I say this is fluke?
You said City werent having a normal season, I thought by that u meant that they couldn't reproduce it next season?
No I meant till date no one had a start like this.
Oh I was meaning I see no reason why the City team, even as it is at the moment can't reproduce it. I am not a Pep fan at all, but when he is given the environment and players he needs, he is very, very good at what he does.
Kane last summer had 3 seasons in a row scoring 20 goals in the PL. You do realise how rare that is yeah? To put it into words only 3 players in the entire history of the Premier League had managed to score 20 goals 3 seasons in a row, Shearer, Henry and Van Nistelrooy. To think clubs wouldn't want a player like that is a bit silly mate. If you look at it a different way, only 5 players in the Premier League history had managed to score 20+ goals in 3 seasons in their entire career: Shearer, Henry, Van Nistelrooy, Aguero and Les Ferdinand.
But that doesn't mean we're underperforming this season does it? As you said, we had plans for this season to perform to the level that would normally (based on previous seasons) mean challenging for/winning the title. Well, last season after 23 games Chelsea were first with 56 points. This season we have 50 and fair enough, as has been stated we did play badly for a short stint in December.
Correct, you will get slaughtered. Comparing Pochettino to Moyes... I bet you had a chuckle typing that out.
Come on, last season you won 2 cups, how many will you win this year? You can't compare previous seasons points haul to this one, I've seen United fans blast Spurs fans for doing the very same thing. Thats such a cope out, for the expectation and money spent, you are under performing, I'm pretty sure most United fans would agree.
Ehh, so you're saying for the expectation and money spent, we should be matching or bettering City's performance in the league no matter what they do? So essentially we should have won every single game for us to not be underperforming? Which United fan could possibly expect that
last year we won two. this year we still have a chance of three. might be unlikely. but who knows?
Is this our version of Ty? Our CB's are clearly better than Alderweireld? I wouldnt even put our CB's in the top 5 at the moment, Jones is probably the best, working his way back to form and has looked good recently. Im always worried with jones due to his terrible injury record. He is a classy player and maybe could have gone on to be world class(is it too late?) but like Wilshere, hard to include him in any sort of elite list due to injury. Bailly out injured, not really on the table for discussion, Smalling is a solid player but not top 5 CB material. Lindelof and Rojo have been ok squad players but hardly elite level.
We have performed better than the majority of The media though we would given the stadium situation, we have progressed in the CL better than anyone thought we would. Considering the investment of the other sides I think we are easily exceeding expectations, that's just my opinion.Ehh, so you're saying for the expectation and money spent, we should be matching or bettering City's performance in the league no matter what they do? So essentially we should have won every single game for us to not be underperforming? Which United fan could possibly expect that
No, we're performing a lot better than last season, our number of wins would have us in a close title fight in any of the last few seasons. That was the target for the season, that was what the squad and players we signed were supposed to be good enough for and so far so good. So I'd say if anything our performances are on par with expectations.
Oh, and I have never said Spurs are regressing, for me you're probably currently meeting your expectations as well.
I believe I can safely say on most other United fans' behalf that we want to be and expect and believe we can or will be the best team in Manchester. If we are not for a momentary point in time, it is what it is. That is life.
Living in fantasy land as usual. First, The world and his dog rather knew United were targeting two attacking players to replace the injured Ibrahimovic. Not one in Harry Kane.
As I said earlier, Kane alone will control his destiny. Not Levy, not Spurs alleged future commercial plans, not this mythical unbuyability you imagine surrounds him. Kane will be at Spurs for as long as his love of his boyhood club and being a legend their over rides any ambitions to win trophies. Period.
Im sorry. I'm not responsible for what you understand due to misreading my earlier postYou think Spurs should replace Poch with a Van Gaal/ De Boer partnership?
It's all well and good winning the big games, but if you struggle to score against the smaller teams and can't beat the worst teams in the league, you're not winning any league title.
Wouldn’t that also go against the argument that to be proven as a quality manager he needs to win something?
Not in comparison to last season. We’re 8 points up on this time last season four places higher in the table. 13 points up and three places higher than the season prior. That suggests significant improvement. This current Utd team shouldn’t be judged on how good we were five years ago. It should be judged on how we are progressing. We can point at money and say we’ve spent a lot and that is fair. As have many clubs. Spurs haven’t spent near as much but we’ve been told continually that they don’t need to as they already had a great team.
