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Maybe they are waiting to see if they are going to offer you the manager’s job.
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My dad liked a bet so I was aware of the Derby since the 50s but the 1st Derby I saw live was Grundy’s. It was the Grundy-Bustino race that hooked me. Although he liked a bet my dad didn’t know the difference between Shergar and Red Rum.
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I became interested in racing a few years before Shergar’s derby. Obviously I’m wrong but it seems to me that Aga Khan has had about 40 horses called Azimpour since then.
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I don’t think Frank or Silva would currently command support from the fans. Letting Ange continue makes sense. If it goes t*ts up they could sack him then and fans would support it. Alternatively he might adopt a system which exposes the defence less. A more progressive version of the Europa form.
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Why? Do you think this is a sign of bigger changes to come ?
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I was 12 when Spurs did the double. It’s before you were born but in those days people thought the double was impossible, which is why they were considered a great team. Now it’s commonplace because the same teams win all the trophies year after year.
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It must be a strange world being a young backup goalkeeper. He’s 26 looking for a new job but has virtually no experience to offer another club and hasn’t played a competitive game for 3 years. So how do you go about getting a new club? Go on trial somewhere? Austin in a similar position.
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I used to live in a cul-de-sac but I got out before the stigma scarred me for life.
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It’s a real pity that he has never been fit enough to get a proper run of games. A much better player than many give him credit for but there is no evidence that he is consistent goal scorer. 13 PL goals in 35 games is his best return.
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We walked to Chatsworth. Unfortunately, the staff didn’t know about the Duke of Devonshire’s racing colours, which is a shame. It seems Beeley has been sold to George Boughey,
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Is it good for birds? We stayed in Beeley last summer and didn’t see very much.
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50 points still only gets us to 13th in the league. Is that acceptable? I don’t think so. Behind Fulham, Brentford, Palace among others.
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Maybe it’s not the time to discuss it but it’s only the lack of alternatives that keep him in the job. No one is excited by Frank or Silva. Iraola has fizzled out but 22 defeats is unacceptable. You can excuse the last month but injuries and prioritising the EL doesn’t excuse finishing 17th.
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Your point about Frank & Silva is the key here. The lack of viable alternatives keeps him in the job. They are competent but mediocre options. Iraola has fizzled out. You can excuse the last month but 22 defeats is inexcusable. I was there in 1977. We only lost 21 of 42 games getting relegated.
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Hard to take but in time it may be for the best. You miss out on the money in a competition you can’t win but are in a competition you could win.
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“Work on” is an understatement. Take out the 1st 10 games of 23/24 we have lost 34 games out of 66. It’s a big sample. Today, maybe the last month, were understandable, but the other 30 odd defeats? It’s only the lack of alternatives that keep him in place.
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He seems an outstanding man manager. Whether he is an elite coach is more questionable. But in the emotion of this evening it’s hard not to want him to continue. Neither full PL Angeball nor the Europa league “park the bus” fits the PL. Not sure what the alternative is.
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Most popular, probably, but not the best.
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Quite right. Pathetic journalism. Spurs have been poor, Postecoglou deserves criticism but personal insults are just disrespectful. Any coach who gets to this level has achieved far more than any journalist. No wonder journalists are generally despised.
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I’m not really sure style comes in to it. With few exceptions (e.g. Brighton) clubs seem to appoint the best coach available. However I don’t see us making quantum leaps with Silva. Bournemouth seem to have fizzled out. I can’t see Glasner leaving Palace for us now. Farioli has plenty of options.
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Deserved but… Guehi isn’t better than Romero. Lacroix not better than VdV. Munoz not better than Porro. Mateta not better than Solanke but we wouldn’t have stopped City scoring today. The difference is the coach. This season has set us back years. Complete disaster. Wednesday or bust, literally.
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To be fair, he had to leave Arsenal to win trophies.
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Maybe, but if O’Reilly was more aware he wouldn’t have let Munoz run off him in the first place. Talented footballer when Palace’s threats are obvious do why not deploy someone to counteract them?
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Pushy, obnoxious jerk. More projection.
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Seems ideal. Buy them already injured rather waiting for them to be injured.
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We’re back to summer of 2021 and Nuno levels of desperation. New signings, new managers are meant to bring new hope even if it’s false hope. I can’t get remotely excited about any of the possible candidates.
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I was teaching when Blair expanded the no of students going to University. We were sending kids to University who should never have been there. Meanwhile, try getting a plumber, carpenter, electrician or decorator where I live. 50% was always a ridiculous target.
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Lose at Villa and it will be 21. When we were relegated in 1977 we lost 21 games in a 42 game season. Today’s defeat is understandable. Most of the others haven’t been.
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People forget how good Bissouma was in those first heady weeks of Ange. His loss of form goes at least some way to explain our decline.
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It never ceases to amaze me how little TV companies expect of ex-players. It’s as if they are dazzled by celebrity. They say virtually nothing that you can’t see for yourself. Shearer is even worse.
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What I find most interesting about this is the objective and fair criticism of jockeys. In most racing media it seems taboo to say a bad word about specific rides. Most ex-jockeys working on TV seem very reluctant to say a bad word about their successors. This isn’t true in other sports.
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We had most of our best players available when we lost to Palace in October and gave up a 2-0 lead at Brighton. If I remember correctly you said it was a small sample size. We have looked defensively fragile but still failed to score far too often. Our goal difference is misleading.
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Why? Is their something in the Qatari ownership rumours? I thought it was just click bait.
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I’m not stupid but I’m not an accountant. As I understand it Spurs have made an operating loss for at least 3 years running. So where are the funds fans want us to spend to come from? If wages go up so do losses, don’t they? Can The Athletic get an accountant to do a “Spurs accounts for idiots?”
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That’s such a terrible goal for us to concede. Time to get out your list of coaches. This one has run his course.
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He isn’t safe. We simply aren’t good enough to win the Europa League. It’s pretty hard to argue that we are actually better than any of those teams above us in the table. Looking at our fixtures we will be close to 20 league losses by the end of the season.
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How many times have we got 0 this season. The goals for column looks good but lots of those goals have been scored when the game was effectively over. Several wins by 3 goals but hardly any by 1. We often fail to score when it really matters in tight games.
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We are always linked with wingers and centre backs but surely the biggest weakness in this squad is midfield. Bissouma inconsistent. Bentancur not over injuries. Bergvall still learning. But apart from Cardosa we are rarely linked with midfielders.
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It’s over. I’ve never been Ange out but this is unsustainable. Too chaotic. No control. Every other Dutch team in Europe have been soundly beaten. We were hanging on. Changing coaches is never good but we can’t progress like this. Too many risks. Too few positives.
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Amazing how quickly he has progressed. He’s a big lad too. Full of running and power. I had to look up his stats last night to confirm this is only his first season in a decent league.
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Have they reconfigured the track? Can’t remember them starting so many races right on a bend. Seems odd.
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The 3rd goal was really good but I’m beginning to think Ange is doomed. There’s too much chaos, we look too vulnerable on turnovers. Did we look like holding on if it had lasted longer? Everything has to be perfect for us to win consistently. AZ aren’t even that good, the 6th best team in Holland.
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It may turn out to be a great stadium but you can’t have 100,000 AND be close to the pitch. Simple geometry. It’s one of the reasons Wembley is so awful. Spurs struggle with 60,000. I was in a middle tier and you are still quite distant.
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I read it doing my degree over 40 years ago. I’ll have to dig it out of my bookcase.
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Ever read Eamon Dunphy’s Only a Game? It’s the story of Millwall’s failed promotion campaign in 71-72. The next season their form fell apart. One of its themes is how fickle form is. It’s one of the best books on football I’ve ever read. Hard to believe that these Spurs players can play well.
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It never ceases to amaze me how little all the broadcasters expect of their pundits. Shearer gets £400k of license fee to state the obvious. McCoist is at least likeable but none of them tell you anything you can’t see for yourself.
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Which sports actually have good punditry? Not many. The Sky cricket coverage is generally very good. Football is universally terrible. Racing is patchy. Sadly, there’s more interesting stuff on niche social media outlets.
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I know it’s from 2023 but if you re-did it Marco Silva should be on the list. He’s done a decent job everywhere but Everton who are even more of a basket case than we are. Fulham’s football in the Championship was as good as any side I can remember in that league. Experienced in the PL.
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Thing is it’s not just this game. This rotational midfield often leaves us with them all in the wrong area of the pitch when we lose the ball.
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I’d like someone with better tactical knowledge than me to explain why it is so easy to isolate Porro in acres of space. Easy to blame Porro but Doku would do that others with that much space.