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    ENIC

    I say this as someone who absolutely loathes them - it's a fair statement, honest about how far they've fallen short and identifying the areas they want to fix. But - words are worthless. They have let this institution crumble to the point of being moments from disaster. Unless this summer sees...
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    Cristian Romero

    That isn't the whole story mate. Like I said, it's been three years now (iirc) where Spurs have had the highest number of touches in the box without a penalty awarded. That is very hard to explain away as generalized bias - either we're bad at conning the refs by diving, or the refs don't feel...
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    Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

    I think he'll surprise you with both of them mate. Gallagher is, fundamentally, a pressing machine. First touch of a concrete wall, but he has about twenty sets of lungs and keeps the team pressing super-high. Everything about de Zerbi's tactics indicates this is what he wants from his side. I...
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    ***OMT - Tottenham Hotspur FC v Everton, Sun May 24th, 4.00pm, The Lane***

    Honestly, I think the experience of playing for their lives will benefit some of these players. They came close to the abyss. They had to claw themselves out of it. It's a rude wake up call for a group of men who thought themselves a lot better than they turned out to be. But what that does...
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    Next seasons squad

    For sure mate, but the issue to my mind is, the 'good at everything, great at nothing' guys are the ones who typically get cut when we need to thin the squad and raise money for incomings. That's where we're at now. In an ideal world I'd love to keep the guy, but we have 6 midfielders already...
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    The Goon Thread

    Amidst the spunking over the Goons' unprecedented, never-before-seen, incomparable achievement, it remains amusing to me that they won the title with fewer points, fewer goals scored, and more goals conceded, than we secured when finishing 2nd in 2016/17. That Toby-Jan defensive pairing outdid...
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    Canning Town Bingo Club

    A Spam fan I know summed it up quite poetically - where we were, you are. And where we are, you will be. We're on the same path they are, we're just a few years behind them (and a lot richer, so more chances for our lovely owners to stumble out of the pit through sheer luck). But beyond...
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    Mauricio Pochettino

    De Zerbi looks to have solidified his place here, so unless he explodes and leaves over the summer, that's possibly it for the dream of a Poch return for now. But I know he was watching yesterday, praying along with the rest of us that we made it. My heart will always belong to this man. One...
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    Cristian Romero

    Yep, exactly. Or an alternative - have someone friendly to us in the media make a broader point about how teams that pressure refs get all the decisions, while teams that act polite get shafted. Use Spurs as an example of a team that's polite to refs and suffers for it. PGMOL will then panic...
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    Johan Lange - Sporting Director

    He also recommended De Zerbi, by all accounts. He just wanted Tudor as an interim because he felt De Zerbi at the time was still managing Marseille, and wouldn't agree to coach us until the summer. Then he got sidelined by Dumb and Dumber and left, and they panicked and had no other plan so...
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    Cristian Romero

    To an extent he brings it on himself. But he's also reffed differently - other players make the exact same fouls he's been sent off for and aren't even given a second look by VAR. PGMOL have it in their heads that Romero is a dirty player, and also that Spurs are a soft touch - they won't get...
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    Antonin Kinsky

    I think that's become the majority position over the last few games mate. This kid stood up when it mattered. He was humiliated on the world stage against Atleti - things like that break men. To have the mental strength to just plug away and come back, make the saves he did, show the assurance...
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    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    I will die on the hill of him being a decent coach. Nothing earth shattering, but a decent coach and (by most accounts) a good man who tried to get to know the staff and get the players to also get to know them. But those types just don't work at Spurs. Never have, never will. You need to be a...
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    Next seasons squad

    Good list, though I'd raise a few counter points. 1. We can't sell both Richy and Solanke in one go - especially in a terrible striker market like this one where almost no one anywhere has broached twenty goals in the top leagues. To lose 15+ Premier League goals in one go with untested...
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    Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

    Certainly a possibility. Man didn't even wait a day to start squad planning - iirc he said he'd take 2 hours post-game and then start working on next season. Maddison mentioned de Zerbi usually stays at the training ground hotel planning things out with his staff past 9 PM, so I don't doubt...
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