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**Official** English Football Season 2023/24
- Thread starter Furball
- Start date
Socerer 01
International Captain
was anyone expecting anything different lol
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Could've tried to win at the Etihad
Skipper Pup
U19 Vice-Captain
CMON CITEEEHH!!! 
Skipper Pup
U19 Vice-Captain
Funnily enough your fans are the reason we don't want you winning the league! haha
Edit: actually, that's untrue. Only part of the reason.
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duffer
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
just this guy I think
Socerer 01
International Captain
idk this seems like normal fan behaviour tbh
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
Yeah, if only there was some previous to go on....
My favourite ever game as a Pompey fan was our 2-0 FA Cup semi win against Spurs in 2010. We were in financial ruin and heading for relegation, they thought they just had to turn up and win. Watching them all disappear as if someone sounded a fire alarm as our 2nd went in was one of the most beautiful things I've seen.
Chin Music
State Vice-Captain
As soon as the final whistle went last night I was WhatsApping gooners of my knowledge to pass on my apologies for the almost certain capitulation on Sunday.
Skipper Pup
U19 Vice-Captain
Not wanting to hand their biggest rival a premier league title?
I totally get why Spurs are ecstatic about the result and were the roles reversed I think Arsenal fans would be the same. Even had they won that game they were a slim chance of UCL anyway so it was inevitable they would act the way they are. That is the tribalism of football these days. I remember something similar when we played Chelsea in GW37 of 2009/10 and United fans expected us to do them a favour to hand them the league.
In response to some of the comments above - as far as a 'neutral' goes, I'd usually prefer to see anyone other than City win it (lord knows how much trauma they have caused for us LFC fans) but on this occasion I'm making an exception.
The way Odegaard & Arteta carried on after the game against us at the Emirates turned me off the whole idea of Arsenal winning it and then the approach to that game at the Etihad and celebrating a draw despite being the form side was laughable. Also the constant fan conversations about 'world class' players (who have won nothing) and Arteta as a manager (also won nothing) just make them very unlikeable so long may the trophy drought continue.
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HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Well, I for one wanted Tottenham to beat Man City this morning because it's a ****ing sport and you should always be looking to win. Bumped into an Arsenal fan friend of mind this morning and told him that if it helps them win the league, that's fine by me. It's largely meaningless parochialism to me. South vs. North, London vs. Manchester - that's just as important to me (which isn't that much btw). Most of my old friends from Essex are either Tottenham, West Ham, Arsenal or Liverpool fans. None of my Tottenham supporting friends wanted to lose to Man City to stop Arsenal getting a win. Those who did are just gurning morons.
But once again, this thread delivers with more crass generalisations in the name of fandom.
But once again, this thread delivers with more crass generalisations in the name of fandom.
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
I'm still hoping that a team with little to play for and low expectations (QPR, Villa) ends up causing rather more trouble to City who might just have got ahead of themselves.
To be fair, Sky interviewed a lot of fans outside the ground before the game and all said they wanted to win. Every club has its idiots, and it was those who were celebrating the defeat. However, it's not these Spurs fans that the rest of the footballing world generally has an issue with. It's those who think Spurs are a big club who should be winning trophies all the time, until they actually do, no one can take them seriously.
HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
And **** them too. I mean, again, all of the Tottenham fans I know would give their right arm to win the Tin Pot Paints Local Shield Trophy U-19 cup, so I don't know who these ***** are - but I don't dispute they exist but they sure gain more column inches than just normal people do. Why should any other team that actually wins anything even give the slightest **** about those fans? I mean, the only people who lose in this equation are Spurs fans of the type you're referring to. It's all just a load of old bollix all up, really.
Give me a good Essex vs. Lancashire match anyday. There's a needlessly personal rivalry that I can get behind that no other ****er even knows exists.
Skipper Pup
U19 Vice-Captain
Alex Carey thought the same thing and on that occasion I totally agreed!
Skipper Pup
U19 Vice-Captain
Then there are the fans who chant about tragedies. Now that is pathetic.