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The official Spurs ticketing seating-diagram now shows that no available seats are left for our first CL game at Wembley (against Monaco).
Whilst this isn't necessarily reliable, since sometimes significant blocks of tickets are held back for later sales, the Daily Mail reports that Spurs are on course to sell-out the full 82,000 tickets, which if it happens will break our all-time attendance record for a home match (75,038 for an FA Cup sixth-round tie against Sunderland in 1938).
Apparently its at full 90k. http://www.skysports.com/football/n...ay-champions-league-games-to-90000-at-wembley
Cheapest adult tickets working out to be £23 a game for non members might be doing the trick. Helped also by the novelty of a spurs CL game.
All said, a big statement by spurs, going all the way to full capacity. Could possibly set some sort of attendance record for CL group stages.
Apparently its at full 90k. http://www.skysports.com/football/n...ay-champions-league-games-to-90000-at-wembley
Cheapest adult tickets working out to be £23 a game for non members might be doing the trick. Helped also by the novelty of a spurs CL game.
All said, a big statement by spurs, going all the way to full capacity. Could possibly set some sort of attendance record for CL group stages.
According to what Levy said today it's "going to be the best attended Champions League home game in Britain ever".
Tomorrow we need to start upping our performance levels, 20 minutes apart against Everton and Pakace we've been off the pace.
Not imperative that we win tomorrow but our standards definitely need to go up a notch.
Not imperative that we win tomorrow but our standards definitely need to go up a notch.
Close to or more than 80,000 sold for all 3 group games of the CL, more seating still to be released for all 3 games and likely that all 3 will be full to the rafters.
Yep. However, Dembele is back after tomorrow, which should help a lot.
I actually felt like we were pretty good for near the whole match against palace, we just weren't taking the chances we had created.
Anyone else think they should have signed Mane instead of Sissosko this summer? Same position and similar price
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How much is Mane on? I wouldn't have thought that the wages of someone like Mane would be out of reach for spurs
Doubt he would be making excessive demands either when he could play for a better club and in the CL too
Depends which Sissoko we get, the Toon one will be a nightmare, the euros one will add a lot of power to our side.
Probably yeah. Who knows why it didn't happen, sounds like we were possibly interested.
He had about 30 good minutes at the Euros then was Toon Sissoko for most of the rest.
Sissoko really strikes me as someone similar to Dembele. Someone with obvious skills and attributes, but is often misused and is expected to contribute in different ways than what he's best at.
Similar to Dembele, Sissoko has a good combination of ball control, dribbling, and power. Also similar to him is the fact that he's not the greatest offensively, although he's markedly better than Dembele. That skillset suggests they should be played as an AM and many narrow minded managers have attempted to do so with both, but I think Sissoko may be best at CM.
If Poch can get Sissoko agrressively defending the way he's got Dembele doing so we could easily have Dembele 2.0 on our hands.
Similar to Dembele, Sissoko has a good combination of ball control, dribbling, and power. Also similar to him is the fact that he's not the greatest offensively, although he's markedly better than Dembele. That skillset suggests they should be played as an AM and many narrow minded managers have attempted to do so with both, but I think Sissoko may be best at CM.
If Poch can get Sissoko agrressively defending the way he's got Dembele doing so we could easily have Dembele 2.0 on our hands.
He was very very good throughout the Germany and Portugal games, arguably the best player on the pitch in both.
In answer to the question we needed a player that can play CM, quite a bit actually because unless we used Alli there young Harry Winks would have been our 4th choice there, and we also needed a player who can play in the 3 behind Kane who is more powerful, quick and direct. In theory we've bought one player who can do either job for us, time will tell how it looks in reality.
We might well see him today playing from the right as Lamela was very late back this week.
Quick thank you must also go to Allatdyce for forcing Rose to play with a hamstring problem, look for any of England's Spurs contingent now being pulled out with even the slightest knock.
So, a decent start to the season becomes a good start for Spurs. We have the same points from the same fixtures as last season, but have 5 more points after Game Week 4 than we had last time around, with only 2 goals conceded so far.
I have to give you credit regarding what you said about Son last season and his importance. Even though, I also noted his ability I did not believe he was good enough to be a regular for Spurs. After today's performance with two goals and two assists, it seems he will give Pochettino something to think about regarding his place in their front three. Even though Stoke has been poor this season and it could just be an anomoly, it was still a good performance.
On another point, Pochettino seems to still pushing strong with his Spurs team and that is without Dembele. Still unbeaten, but he will certainly face tougher challenges when fixtures become more stacked for him.
Much better today after a poor opening 20 minutes. We looked fitter and stronger and played with a lot more fluidity against it must be said a very poor Stoke side.
As you say overall we've had a decent start.
Wembley stadium website now says that the Monaco match is sold out for general admission, with only hospitality packages now left.
Walker has signed a new contract, only Vertonghen and Lamela left to do who have 2 and 3 years respectively to have the entire first team squad on long term deals. Both are expected to be done in the next month or so.
We seem to be in decent shape as we move towards a couple of difficult years.
We seem to be in decent shape as we move towards a couple of difficult years.
Great news about Walker - he has improved a lot over the past year and imo is one of the very best in his position in the league.
Still needs to concentrate some times but overall I agree he has improved greatly. I expect to see Trippier moved on next summer and Kyke Walker-Peters stepping up to be Kyle Walkers deputy, we all dream of a team of Kyle Walkers.........doesn't quite work!
Eric Dier has become the latest Spurs player to sign a new contract, for 5 more years running until 2021.
It's great that the core of our young side is committing to stay, so that they can all continue to develop together.
It's great that the core of our young side is committing to stay, so that they can all continue to develop together.
Another good bit of business by the club, it amazes me what we can get away with paying compared to some other clubs.
What I like about it is that we give incentives for players to do well - we reward you with a better contract when you prove yourself - even if that means we give you a new contract every year, if we feel you deserve a pay rise you will get one. I think that is how we manage to start people off fairly low compared to other clubs, we have a track record of rewarding good performances (at least in past few years) so younger players in particular know that if they play well they will get a better contract.
True this is only Dier's 3rd season and I think it's his 3rd new deal, Kane will shortly sign a new deal and he also has been getting a new one every season.
Really unimpressed tonight. They are going to struggle going off that performance. Playing at Wembley really was a bad idea.
Jannsen and Kane is not a partnership that strikes fear in my heart. Think Jannsen coming off killed the match for them tbh. Also seemed like Walker waned in the 2nd half and couldn't provide the attacking outlet and width on the right that he did for the first 60 minutes.
Still think Spurs are another wide attacker and CM short for a season with CL demands.
Still think Spurs are another wide attacker and CM short for a season with CL demands.
Them two up top Janssen & Kane don't look right at all.
They need a winger with pace. Don't rate Lamela.
If they'd bought Mane, he'd of been a brilliant addition on the right.
If they'd bought Mane, he'd of been a brilliant addition on the right.
They signed a winger - N'koudou. Don't think he's played yet though.
Why are Spurs playing at Wembley? Is there ground somehow not complying with some UEFA regulations or something?
I think the main issue is the team that started tonight is last seasons team and they brought on the fabled dembele and it didn't change all that much. Its a shame, as I think Spurs could of bought a couple of really good first team players, but have failed to do so. Loads more games to come in the CL mind, they're not out by any stretch, but at least a draw would of been expected here.
How exactly does one WUM or derail the Spurs thread? 
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Not only that, you have the same scores (almost). This is witchcraft:
16/17:
Everton a D1-1
Crystal Palace h W1-0
Liverpool h D1-1
Stoke City a W4-0
15/16:
Everton a D1-1
Crystal Palace h W1-0
Liverpool h D0-0
Stoke City a W4-0
(Which means that Spurs are well on their way to getting the same points total as last season, which at the very best gets them a 4th place most previous PL seasons, last year's insane season being a very rare exception.)
How exactly does one WUM or derail the Spurs thread?
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There are times people want to actually have a discussion of the team and not just trying to bait certain posters. This thread can be a mess.
Poll not looking promising is it, blimey. Worrying times for the Spurs. Looked proper average tonight.
Ah yes, I see now. People taking certain posters a bit too seriously methinks.
It would be even worse if they had Pogba in their team.
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