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It really wasn't as immediately and as confrontingly as miserable as this.
Frank has had way more tools, investment, and a romero/vdv pairing (not a Gray and Davies) pairing for long enough to know this is just worse.
Frank has had way more tools, investment, and a romero/vdv pairing (not a Gray and Davies) pairing for long enough to know this is just worse.
February 10, 2026 at 9:33 PM
It really wasn't as immediately and as confrontingly as miserable as this.
Frank has had way more tools, investment, and a romero/vdv pairing (not a Gray and Davies) pairing for long enough to know this is just worse.
Frank has had way more tools, investment, and a romero/vdv pairing (not a Gray and Davies) pairing for long enough to know this is just worse.
The right managers need that. Agree time is important but its only if there's a suggestion somewhere that there's a strategy/idea of how to play (poch 2014). Just cant see that with Frank so in my view gotta start again.
January 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
The right managers need that. Agree time is important but its only if there's a suggestion somewhere that there's a strategy/idea of how to play (poch 2014). Just cant see that with Frank so in my view gotta start again.
If you think those players come in and we're suddenly top eight, that's fair. I don't. We clearly dont know how to create chances.
November 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
If you think those players come in and we're suddenly top eight, that's fair. I don't. We clearly dont know how to create chances.
We have internationals throughout this team. We should be better than this.
November 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
We have internationals throughout this team. We should be better than this.
This isnt about squad not being good enough. Not if last year's finish was a stackable offence - we are in that level of form right now.
November 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This isnt about squad not being good enough. Not if last year's finish was a stackable offence - we are in that level of form right now.
I quite like it. Observe that build up has been working better on the right so far this season - so put all the players there...
October 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I quite like it. Observe that build up has been working better on the right so far this season - so put all the players there...
I'm surprised the xG there was that low - I don't know if counted some of those dangerous moments we had that didn't materialise into chances (Udogie cross etc.).. thought it was an encouraging performance, if not inspired!
October 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I'm surprised the xG there was that low - I don't know if counted some of those dangerous moments we had that didn't materialise into chances (Udogie cross etc.).. thought it was an encouraging performance, if not inspired!
How much do you think better wingers makes our midfield look a bit more functional? Genuinely felt bad for biss & bentancur today because any outball was an immediate turnover
February 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
How much do you think better wingers makes our midfield look a bit more functional? Genuinely felt bad for biss & bentancur today because any outball was an immediate turnover
Have said this before but think our wingers are majority of the problem here... If there's no outball, midfield looks bad, when midfield can't hold ball, defence looks bad. Front 3 needs so much succession planning
February 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Have said this before but think our wingers are majority of the problem here... If there's no outball, midfield looks bad, when midfield can't hold ball, defence looks bad. Front 3 needs so much succession planning
This is a mad take. Form suggests we're in a death spiral - but dude we've seen the mid-season sack/caretaker roll-out enough now in recent memory to know this is often way worse than what came before. Who's the hire/replacement that makes things better?
January 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This is a mad take. Form suggests we're in a death spiral - but dude we've seen the mid-season sack/caretaker roll-out enough now in recent memory to know this is often way worse than what came before. Who's the hire/replacement that makes things better?
Surely the lesson in that for us was - if we want success with Ange, we need led a bigger, deeper squad...
Just feels now like another 18 month cycle and the problem continues
Just feels now like another 18 month cycle and the problem continues
January 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Surely the lesson in that for us was - if we want success with Ange, we need led a bigger, deeper squad...
Just feels now like another 18 month cycle and the problem continues
Just feels now like another 18 month cycle and the problem continues
Be careful what you wish for here - yes we are in terrible, terrible form - but we've seen the stellini/mason/whoever midseason sacking and it's inevitably been worse than what was before... Squad is the same whoever comes in and they are all knackered & broken
January 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Be careful what you wish for here - yes we are in terrible, terrible form - but we've seen the stellini/mason/whoever midseason sacking and it's inevitably been worse than what was before... Squad is the same whoever comes in and they are all knackered & broken
Big, big chances...
January 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Big, big chances...
He's basically been a ball repellant now for a while - think we can afford one space attacker, but not both wings.... Irrespective surely clear we at least need a succession plan
January 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
He's basically been a ball repellant now for a while - think we can afford one space attacker, but not both wings.... Irrespective surely clear we at least need a succession plan
Generally everyone is just completely knackered... But think we need to talk about Son
January 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Generally everyone is just completely knackered... But think we need to talk about Son
Son succession plan is needed though
December 22, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Son succession plan is needed though
Isn't this the crucial point of the piece? "Tottenham could have had Díaz in 2022. Tottenham could have assembled a proper backroom structure years ago" - feels like you're pinning a lot of this piece on the manager (sorry, mate) and ignoring ALL the context of poor squad building & recruitment
December 22, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Isn't this the crucial point of the piece? "Tottenham could have had Díaz in 2022. Tottenham could have assembled a proper backroom structure years ago" - feels like you're pinning a lot of this piece on the manager (sorry, mate) and ignoring ALL the context of poor squad building & recruitment
Thoughts on Dragusin's improved short range game in this? He's played some decent and brave balls into the middle I thought..
December 15, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Thoughts on Dragusin's improved short range game in this? He's played some decent and brave balls into the middle I thought..
It's been noticeable for a while. Son succession planning critical but also just seen that as I'm leaving the stadium he's now scored.
December 8, 2024 at 6:26 PM
It's been noticeable for a while. Son succession planning critical but also just seen that as I'm leaving the stadium he's now scored.
How he's not given one of their players a yellow yet is baffling... Corrupt.. grand conspiracy.
December 5, 2024 at 9:23 PM
How he's not given one of their players a yellow yet is baffling... Corrupt.. grand conspiracy.
Genuinely terrible.
December 5, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Genuinely terrible.
We actually don't deserve nice things
October 25, 2024 at 4:50 PM
We actually don't deserve nice things
Not the subs themselves but the timing of them - was clear Lolo was wilting and they were all over him when they got their first... Game needed Biss much earlier to start picking up from CBs but driving through their front press
October 6, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Not the subs themselves but the timing of them - was clear Lolo was wilting and they were all over him when they got their first... Game needed Biss much earlier to start picking up from CBs but driving through their front press