Tottenham vs Hearts - Jamie McDonald Penalty Save - UEFA Europa League 25/8/11

[MrHeartsfc]

The total price of the Hearts team that played Spurs in the first leg: just over £250k

Total price of Spurs for the First leg: Over £60m

Give us £60m and Spurs wages then we'll give you a re-match



[bosher100]

@edinburghismaroon Bored of winding you up now, gonna move on to someone else. Maybe we'll meet in a tournament in a different sport sometime. Rugby? No you're shit at that. Cricket? Don't make me laugh. Maybe curling or snooker. Funny that the only 2 sports Scots are half decent at are sports with absolutely no physical prowess needed. I don't expect a reply because statistically its probable that you would've have a heart attack by the time you read this. FACT.

[bosher100]

@edinburghismaroon China has a population of 1.4 bil, India 1.2 bil, USA 312 mil. Are they World beaters when it comes to footy? Uruguay are ranked 5th in the World and their population is only 3.5million, so there goes your argument buddy. Trust you to look at the small fact again about Modric not wanting to be at Spurs, rather than the bigger picture. Face it, your rubbish and have no prospects for the future. At least we'll qualify for tournaments and have a chance of playing on the big stage

[jamboboy21]

1888cfc Na mate if you read through the posts you will see it was an English man that started spouting his shit about Scottish football being shit,See we all know it's shit but we will not turn are back on it,I don't give a toss about the English i just don't like their patronizing views and the way they think they are superior to everyone else in Britain,Nothing to do with William Wallace as the English keep putting it, simple the English are twats,SNP are in charge now and independence is near

[weetedwubywamb]

@jamboboy21 I'm a celtic fan and I cant believe I'm about to agree with a hearts fan but your right. We do all know that our game is shit in comparison to Spain or England and such, but our passion for our teams doesn't just die because of this. I would love to see attendances in England if the quality was the same as ours. Seein the number of hearts fans there makin noise when they were out already. Money may have made English football more superior, but fans wise they're sadly laggin behind.

[MrHeendoo]

@weetedwubywamb well said mate! im a saints fan and i've seen my team get beat by yous 4 - 1 at home but also beat rangers 4 - 1 and i'll always love st.johnstone! its the same with most of the SPL supporters and thats why scotlands national teams fans are so amazing! :D good luck in the title race by the way, i'd rather celtic won it that rangers! i'll be rooting for yous :D

[weetedwubywamb]

@MrHeendoo Cheers mate. Hopefully we'll do it.

[bosher100]

@edinburghismaroon Not feeling inferior are ya? I didn't mention the English league or England once, you build us up enough by keep mentioning the difference in class. BTW The Scottish league brings in overseas players, only difference being the class of player. We got Modric, you got Novikovas lol. You don't even wanna go there with the nations winning trophies, I don't need to tell you when we last won something, but jog my memory, when was the last time you even qualified for a tournament?

[1888cfc1888]

@bosher100 im a celtic fan, the difference between these two teams is money, simple. but if you want to talk about the national teams, then the england team is much more of a joke than the scotland team, first off capellos wages, wow, fuck me man, you tried to buy the world cup and got pumped off germany lol secondly where do all these world class stars go who "do it week in, week out" for their clubs? or are they even world class in the first place? erm no, well apart from wayne rooney

[bosher100]

@1888cfc1888 I didn't wanna talk about national teams as you put it. Look through the posts and you'll see that it was the other guy who started spouting about it. I simply made a point in the difference in class between Spurs and Hearts, had nothing to do with them being a Scots team. The only people who care about the Scotland/ England thing nowdays are Scots, because it used to be a rivalry, now its an embarrasment and you feel you have to defend your country. I dont care how shit you are.

[1888cfc1888]

@bosher100 i never defended scotland, i just said that the england team is nothing to boast about, but seemingly thats all you hear about how good they are and all the world class players they have, when simply they have one world class player

[bosher100]

@1888cfc1888 Seems to me that Scots talk about England more than the English do. I haven't mentioned once that England are a good team. I can't see why the Scots have an obsession about the England team. I personally don't care either way about the Scottish team, they're not important enough for me to give them a second thought, obviously you all cant say the same about England. One thing is clear at the moment though, the Scottish game is in disarray both internationally and domestic.

[bosher100]

@edinburghismaroon The simple fact is, this was your cup final. Your biggest game of the season is gonna be our smallest game. Whilst you're thinking about how you must show your support because youre playing an English team, all we're thinking about is resting our first team and giving the kids a run out against a clearly inferior team. Most of the Spurs fans were kids paying half price because the adults didn't want to spend to watch our reserves play Hearts. Thats the gulf between you and us

[Roche1983]

true, i wouldn't have wanted to miss seeing them gettin beat on penalties al those times.

yeah but not as successful. bigger country than uruguay and a lot of good players but at the end fo the day only Euro 88 to show for it. success is measured by trophies in football.

[ojideagu]

@insightintoit Uruguay are a good team right now. Historically they are not bigger though.

[Roche1983]

@ojideagu actually Uruguay have won the world cup twice, so wouldn't that make them historically more successfful ?

[ojideagu]

@Roche1983 On paper, when the world cup was in its infancy. However since 1950 they have been in the international wilderness and England have been the superior team.

[Roche1983]

@ojideagu haha funny cause if it was england who had won those two they would still go on about it any chance they got like 1966 ! so basically what you're saying is the world cup didn't really count until the 60's ?

[ojideagu]

@Roche1983 Uruguay have a better record on paper, but England have been a stronger team in most modern history:

After their fourth place finish in the 1954 World Cup, the team had mixed performances and after the fourth place finish in 1970, their dominance, quality and performance dropped. They were no longer a world football power and failed to qualify for the World Cup on 5 occasions in the last 9 times. They reached all time lows and were at one time 54th in the FIFA rankings.

[Roche1983]

@ojideagu still more successful than england. thast like saying to italy their wins in 1934 & 38 don't really count cause it was years ago. so basically they are more successful and england under achieve. it's ok to admit it.

[ojideagu]

@Roche1983 If England had failed to qualify for 5 out of the last 9 world cups, it would have been seen as a disaster. That's 20 years without playing in the world cup.

Holland were nowhere until 1970 and have not won the world cup. Yet Holland are seen as a far bigger team now than Uruguay.

[dislecksick]

HAHAHAHA!! THE SPL IS SUCH A FUCKING JOKE

[Roche1983]

@dislecksick country with population of 5 million, 12 teams in top division. what do you expect ? nowhere near the same tv money paid to the (overrated) english premiership teams so where's the shock ? in saying that arsenal are the only english team to walk away with a win from celtic park. what the fuck have spurs ever won ??

if you're looking for a joke try the english national team. they have no excuses for being bottle merchant cunts.

[dislecksick]

@Roche1983 typical bitter scot with a chip on his shoulder...you going to bring up braveheart too mate?! Pathetic. The reason I leave comments like this is to antagonise people who won't admit that the SPL is a complete farce. I spent 4 years in edinburgh having to read about games like kilmarnock versus "St. no one outside of scotland gives a shit", and watch gers / celtic humping yet another semi-pro side. YET, the scottish papers seem to think celtic and rangters would survive in the PL!!

[Roche1983]

@dislecksick haha who's bitter ?! we all know the spl is shit ! not like the 'self proclaimed' best league in the world in england. well when ur in scotland you're gonna read about scottish football so don't really see your point there. well they probably would survive with at £50M+ from tv coming in every year. 60,000 seater stadium, not like muggy little teams like fulham and wigan. what do they get, 15,000 a week ?

[ojideagu]

@Roche1983 Accept Fulham were in the final a couple years ago and are in the Europa League again. Not bad for a "muggy" little team. Celtic and Rangers are not even as good as Stoke or Birmingham.

[jamboboy21]

@dislecksick

Mate we as Scots don't claim to be good at football. in fact we all know that the SPL is utter shit and we know as a nation it's shit,But unlike the English they claim to be good a football,But in real terms the league is just bought with money, nothing to to with English being good at football,See this is why me as a Scotsman hates the fucking English because you like to look down on us with your complete patronizing remarks,All i got to say is thank fuck for SNP !!!!

[dislecksick]

@Roche1983 And bottlers they may be, but at least they get to major tournaments. Their only excuse is that they're thick as shit, overpaid and the english media pile on the pressure. At least I live in the hope that we feesibly COULD win a W.Cup in my lifetime. You on the other hand KNOW that you'll never witness it. How depressing. P.s. I HATE spurs but they were a very successful club back in the early 90's .....back when rangers and celtic were still winning the spl year in year out.

[Roche1983]

@dislecksick ha well i should hope so for one of the major nations ! although 2008...... . oh yeah, very depressing. very successful ? what did they win like ?! fa cup.....that is all. and what team do you support then ?

[dislecksick]

@Roche1983 Arsenal (cough)



[Roche1983]

@dislecksick well at least you try to play football and not buy the league !

[dislecksick]

@Roche1983 agreed...apologies for my tone earlier....

the arab and russian influx of cash into the PL is ruining it. End of. Salary and player value caps NOW for the benefit of football

[ojideagu]

@Roche1983 England are ranked 4th in the world by the way.

Population of Switzerland where Sion are from: 7 million

Population of Slovenia where Maribor are from: 2 Million

Population of Scotland with zero teams in Europe: 5 Million

Any more excuses?

[Roche1983]

@ojideagu haha yeah cause the ranking system makes sense. apparently norway are the 12 th best team in the world and holland are number 1, ahead of spain who are euro champs and world champs. hows that ?!?

[ojideagu]

@Roche1983 Spain keep losing friendlies, that's why they are ranked below Holland.