Intriguing reading these comments from Spurs fans ahead of facing Newcastle United at St James’ Park tonight.
Five weeks ago the two teams met on Tyneside.
That Carabao Cup last 16 match seeing United progress to the quarter-finals with goals from Schar and Woltemade.
Spurs fans seeing that result kick off a seven game run that has seen five defeats and only one victory in all competitions.
Eddie Howe’s Newcastle United team have won all four St James’ Park matches against Spurs, NUFC scoring 14 goals in that quartet of wins and conceding only two.
Spurs fans commenting via their top supporters forum:
‘Don’t hold any hope for this.
Newcastle are incredibly good at home and their fans will make it very hard.’
‘This must be the game where we turn the corner and start playing some decent football. Too many good players to not have any attack.’
‘Imagine if we won tonight? Feels like it’s so far from our capability.’
‘Their midfield will swat us away like flies.’
‘Easy match 3 points in the jeans small pocket thank you.’
‘This is gonna be a horror show.’
‘People are saying how awful we are.
Newcastle have the same points and worse GD. With a 1/3 of the season played.
They aren’t great. There are better teams in this league.
They do however have good home form and a crowd that will be up for it.’
‘Also they are improving after a relatively poor start. We, on the other hand are…’
‘I think we will win tonight. Football is a funny old game. They won easily at Everton at the weekend. We are on a bad run and especially up there. But sometimes in football it doesn’t always go the way we expect.
Cue another midweek 7 nil defeat up there.’
‘St James Park seems to be a place we do well at or very very badly. No in between!’
‘Next to nothing to believe we will pick-up anything tonight, and little to be comforted by in that event, as results are pretty much all that matters.
Avoiding embarrassment and mistakes might constitute something to hold on to but if that’s the extent of it, against a good but far from brilliant side…’
‘They will come at us hard from the start imo. If we withstand that then we have a chance. Tbh I look at Newcastle team and it doesn’t ring of household names or frighten me. Barnes is a decent player and have a big lump up top.’
‘One of the best midfields in the league. They are a top 6 team if not better. Ramsdale will be in goal tonight. Before the last 3 seasons our record was won 6 drawn 2 of previous 8.
We have to give it a go. Hope Xavi starts because if he doesn’t we will be reduced to hoping for a goal from set pieces.’
‘The away form that was being lauded is now starting to look like simply a case of an easy run of fixtures, and the Woolwich debacle has wiped out most of the optimism that we had from that one bright spot.’
‘As per normal I’m hoping for the best but fearing the worst … Newcastle are hitting form and our results have been woeful. It feels far to easy and obvious to just say we’re gonna lose… But..’
‘The only chance we have is if we turn up and match their physicality.
And I really can’t see that happening but you never know.
The sad thing is our record against the better sides in the league is getting worse and worse.’
‘We’re always rubbish up there. I’d just send the youth team up on a school trip and be done with it.’
‘I reckon we will do surprisingly well there tomorrow.
‘You never know what you will expect from Newcastle. One game they look like contenders next game they look like they should be relegated.’
‘Funny feeling we might get a result tomorrow night. Just think the team and players have to react. We’ve such a healthy squad. Romero back too. No excuses not to be up for this game!’
‘Player for player i think we are more talented than them. Think they will come at us hard early. We withstand that and impose our game we have a chance.’
‘Remember we beat them 4 nil under sherwood at their place. Could hear our crowd sing there’s only one Mike ashley. That was salt in the wound but very funny.’
‘We’ll be out fought, out muscled and outgunned for this I fear.’
‘I fancy us to get a result. I don’t think the gap between Newcastle and us is anything too big, and they are a much worse side than last year.
A battering here like in 23/24 though, and it is probably the beginning of the end for Frank.’