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Tottenham Hotspur 2011-2012 Official Thread

I sense an opportunity for a 12 page discussion on whether the Sol Campbell song's racist or not (it's not). We haven't done that one for a good few months, it must be time.

ETA: :D I was typing that as MP posted. How's that for psychic? :D
 
Which is fine, but in John Fashanu's case it was for being gay - with the implication that being gay was something hateful. Le Saux got the same, partly because he's a bit pompous and it clearly riled him - even though it's 'untainted by any coarse fact' it's still distasteful in the extreme.

I appreciate I've chosen perhaps the clearest cut of all, but the distinction is surely clear - there is inherent discrimination in society, and mocking footballers according to these prejudices is clearly objectionable.
 
Maurice Picarda said:
The reason that I enjoy the paedophile chant at Wenger is that it's so manifestly unfounded an accusation. Purity of malice is untainted by any coarse fact.
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Same here.

Either it's clearly a load of baws, or the outrage is somewhat misplaced in defence of a child-molester.
 
Corax said:
Same here.

Either it's clearly a load of baws, or the outrage is somewhat misplaced in defence of a child-molester.
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I was arguing the principle, not the instance.

I'm happy for someone to mock Beckham's choice of wife all they wish. And not just because, thankfully, we're not all married to a pipe cleaner.
 
mattie said:
Which is fine, but in John Fashanu's case it was for being gay - with the implication that being gay was something hateful. Le Saux got the same, partly because he's a bit pompous and it clearly riled him - even though it's 'untainted by any coarse fact' it's still distasteful in the extreme.

I appreciate I've chosen perhaps the clearest cut of all, but the distinction is surely clear - there is inherent discrimination in society, and mocking footballers according to these prejudices is clearly objectionable.
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Despite both being 'untainted by etc', the distinction between the Le Saux thing and Wenger is that one is obviously so. It's perfectly possible that Le Saux was gay, married and kids or not*.

*I don't believe him to be, but that's not the point.
 
Corax said:
Despite both being 'untainted by etc', the distinction between the Le Saux thing and Wenger is that one is obviously so. It's perfectly possible that Le Saux was gay, married and kids or not*.

*I don't believe him to be, but that's not the point.
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Again, this is not in reference to Wenger.
 
I remember one year an enourmous - I mean really giant, almost the size of those flags you sometimes see in Italy - on the Park Lane; the full text was 'Sol loves Barrymore'. It was just so wonderfully infantile.

The game was live on Sky, but no one I spoke to who watched it on the telly had a clue it was there most of the game - studio direction.

I like chanting if it's obviously untrue and/or amusing, the earnest, mindless, plainly offensive stuff is just painful and embarrassing. But where any given chant lays in that spectrum....
 
are you talking about putting a run of wins together or a run of losses?

cos with spurs, you just never know do you.
 
I feel like we should have a montage, like at the end of Big Brother or something.

The bit when we had 2 threads going was comedy gold. Hats off Dave.
 
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just look at it!!!!

Im actually really shocked no one has ever made a harry redknapp candle.Well i suppose one day tussards might.

dave
 
So is 'arry playing silly bollocks by implying Adebeyor has a hamstring and is doubtful, or is it real..... inclined to the former atm... whatever, we're 6/4 favourites (away against the drab, comedy geordies), it seems.

Sunday 4.00pm kick orf again.
 
It's alright lads, I'll struggle on alone here........

Not many people know this but..... we've obv got yoof of Prem-level quality in centre back Stephen Caulker playing at Swansea (when he hasn't done his knee for 8 weeks trying to keep the goons from scoring), but I've noticed on-loan Kyle Naughton (the lesser know of the Kyle's) is now first choice for mid-table Norwich. Unfortunatley he's first choice right back, a position the better known Kyle seems to have taken to at both Prem and Ingerlan level: you wait years for one to come along and ....

I also noticed (the things you do in international weeks) we have 87 players on the books:
http://www.myfootballfacts.com/TottenhamHotspurCurrentSquads.html

And there's this, which explains why we don't have a proper reserve team anymore - we send them out on loan instead:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C._Reserves_and_Academy
 
Yep. That was a conscious decision by Harry when he joined, believing it's much better for their development. Looks like he's right n'all.
 
The fact that I'm disappointed at a draw away to the currently 4th placed team shows how far we've come
 
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