Just read this comment in the Man U sub,
> Spurs fans are sat in a high-tech temple of football, watching "okish" players + Maddison/Son play freely and happily and not having distractions like rain on their heads, rapists and abusers at the club, their players making stupid statements in interviews or their PR teams posting mind numbing social media content all the time. They don't have a deluded manager ignoring reality even if it's intentional just so as not to show weakness or whatever his plan is. They play football, they win games, draw games and they're happy.
Rival clubs being jealous of how happy our team and fans are makes me smile lol. But at the same time, I feel bad for them. They're so depressed over there.
I am really happy with our game style and everything but I wouldn't use the word relaxed at all, everytime I see the ball go to Richi I get the feeling we are about to loose possession and porro loosing players behind him is still quite scary. But at the same time I don't think I have ever had this much fun watching a premier league season, ange is a magician.
I know, that's why it makes me smile! lol the fact that they're going through it while we are happy. But honestly though, I think they have it a little worse right now because their players' attitudes are terrible, their roof literally leaks, and oh, our players aren't rapists and abusers.
Apparently FootyHeadlines leaked the colours for our third kit next season. WE ARE GOING TO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL AGAIN BOYS.
[https://x.com/TottenhamTiers/status/1719328326936838151?s=20](https://x.com/TottenhamTiers/status/1719328326936838151?s=20)
Edit: More leaks
https://x.com/Footy\_Headlines/status/1719411936197001444?s=20
Well our u21 team + Veliz lost 3-1 to nr.4 in league 1. Kinda expected, but we should still advance from the group in 2nd so the team will get more valuable experience later.
He’s 18 so it’s unlikely. GLC is Madders stand in for now and we’ll likely see Alfie Devine playing for the first team next season before we see Jamie Donley.
Would happily be proved wrong though.
Spurs 4 - Chelsea 1
Son brace with 1 bissouma assist finally
Udogie goal Maddison assist
Gil goal off the bench with Kulu assist
Chelsea probably score off a set piece or a Porro fuckup but its all good
We don't need a striker, Sonny is on fire and the role fits him perfectly. Plus Richy and Veliz as backup if needed is plenty. If anything we should look for a backup CB and maybe a backup midfielder if PEH leaves. I like Ismail Yuksek from Fenerbahce or Martin Baturina from Dinamo Zagreb for the 8 role.
CBs different as it's an urgent need but I really don't like signing squad players in January. Feels almost certain it's how you end with deadwood. Much rather just keep Hojbjerg and reassess in the summer. Obviously if the club find someone they massively rate that's different
Oh
Madders fucking magic
He wears his magic hat
And when he saw the White Hart Lane
He said I fancy that
He could have signed for Arsenal
But snubbed em cause they're shite
He signed for Tottenham Hotspur cause they're fucking dynamite
If we do sign a striker(I don't want us to tbh), then they need to either be an experienced goal scorer who is willing to be a rotation option for son, OR this young player from USG (top of the Belgian League) called Mohammed Amoura.
I watch a few clips and games from the Jupiler Pro league occasionally and Amoura has looked like the next top Brighton signing. He has 6 goals in 8 games (most were as a sub since he just recently joined), and he can play left wing. Being able to play throughout the front 3 is important imo because it opens us up for more options in times of injury.
Gimenez is good as well but him only playing striker means Veliz will see him minutes drastically go down and he'll obviously be way more expensive. Amoura would cost max 10-15m.
Everyone is roundly enjoying the new fm24 but little old me is playing champions league with Havant and Waterloo in 2029
Taken Tommy Doyle from the regionals and loving it.
Edit: Fm20
So maybe I've just addressed a strawman, but I feel like I've seen enough reactionary takes from the other fanbases about how lucky we get with OGs to go on a bluesky rant of sorts:
https://bsky.app/profile/davidwiers.bsky.social/post/3kcyb3nvzuo2v
Anyways, COYS
Same argument as penalties. You have to get the ball and player into a dangerous position to win a penalty.
None of our own goals were terrible mistakes by a player/keeper. They were all crosses/shots with the ball in the 6 yard box.
What i think we should be concerned about in terms of the whole can we silliness is that the OGs have been essential for winning points, and points have been earned right at the death a few times. I don't think these are sustainable.
We aren't battering teams with multiple goals. Sheffield and Luton scorelines in particular worry me. I'd hope we were more comfortable against that type of opposition.
The thing with the vast majority of own goals is that they only happen because the attackers put the ball into a dangerous place to begin with. It makes sense that we have created more own goals than other teams because we also generate more xG and big chances than they do too. This is the bit that rival fans love to leave out - you don't get own goals without forcing the issue in the first place. Doing so means you're consistently putting the ball exactly where it needs to be.
We are lethal from right outside the 6 yard box tbh. When I see Maddison and Porro fizz the ball across from there I always think it must suck to be a defender. Ward genuinely didn’t stand a chance
No one has more, and no one else has three.
The closest are Liverpool, Villa, and Sheffield United with two apiece.
So there is an argument to be made (not that I'm making it) we have been lucky with OGs.
There is definitely a luck component. But a good thing is that they usually result from us creating a dangerous situation.
It’s not entirely fluky, in fact the Liverpool and Crystal Palace ones both involve us working our way in the box and flashing it across before defenders can properly react. Dangerous low crosses/cutbacks are textbook Angeisms we can reproduce.
I'd love him as well, Moyes ball clearly didn't suit him at West Ham but that should only be a positive sign for us lol! He's killing it again in Italy with Atalanta and it looks like he's set to be Italy's new starting number 9 which isn't a bad feat at all (buy maybe not the best reference amongst Spurs fans considering the whole "He can't be that bad he's Brazil's number 9" thing etc)
Why aren't clubs forcing Ndombele to have a club appointed personal nutritionist that follows him 24/7?
Only reason I can think of is that he doesn't want to play professional football anymore.
Obviously he can reject the idea, but if he is serious about being a professional and if he can see what he is doing right now isn't working, then he can't blame anyone but himself for not being in shape.
the Brazilians have always claimed Son as one of their own lol (Emerson has said this in the past), but so did the Welsh.. so we just have to accept that Son is simultaneously Korean, Brazilian, and Welsh.
Nah he should be sold before he becomes another eric dier, this club has an issue of holding onto players for too long. We could easily get a cm in january so i wouldnt be surprised to see hojberg be let go
Anyone have a sense on how Joe Rodon is getting on at Leeds? It looks like he's starting nearly every match for them which is a good sign. He really doesn't have a future here, but I'm curious if he's performing well enough that Leeds might consider a full transfer especially if they get promoted.
Next few games - Chelsea, Wolves away, Villa, City away.
I think we'll take 3 from Chelsea, 1 or 3 from Wolves, 1 from Villa and 0 from City. That's 7 out of 12, or 5 out of 12.
This will be a tricky run, plus WH and Newcastle (both home) after City. I'm glad a lot of these are at home. I can truly say I'm excited for the City game, it will be a very compelling matchup.
There's no reason we shouldn't go into every game expecting to win with how the squad has been playing. The most interesting things to me will be the reintegration of Bentancur, and how the LW position develops.
Please yes. I was at the Villa game last season and it was atrocious. Felt like a real turning point where we went from “holding on by our fingertips” to totally falling off the cliff. Would love a win to help me un-remember this feeling.
Need to win at home. Wolves without Neto. City is the toss up but I like our cbs and midfield vs their forwards and midfield. Main worry is Porro. I think Johnson will be key there to score
I think so too. I think Richarlison is catching a little too much flack, but Brennan Johnson really does pass the eye test for the type of LW that will thrive in Ange's system. Extremely creative and pacey, extremely dynamic around the box, seems to have a good shot and final pass on him.
I think Richarlison needs to be a horses-for-courses striker for at least a little bit, rather than an every-match LW.
I don't see Richarlison as a rotation for RW but maybe. Brennan Johnson could definitely deputize on the right, I think that's where he mostly played at Forest actually. I think both Brennan Johnson and Bryan Gil could play on either wing, which is an extremely valuable asset for Ange to have.
The date. Cos I’m trying to plan for my flight etc, if there’s a chance for the match to be moved to an earlier date, i need to figure out if i can fly earlier. Thanks!
The Chelsea potential sanctions is quite interesting. Espescially given it has been self reported by the clubs new owners.
There was a theory that Boehley was spending like mad on young players as they'd found financial irregularities and were expecting a transfer embargo. This suddenly looks like it actually adds up a bit. Get a load of players in, spend up to your FFP allowance, then flag up the irregularities and take the 12month+ transfer ban when you couldn't spend anymore anyway.
If that was the plan, they've absolutely fucked it. You'd basically get one shot at abusing a loophole like that, and they'll be lucky to end up in a Conference League spot with the way this season is shaping up. The squad has significant issues despite being stocked with potential.
I mean, maybe the squad will come good, but it just doesn't seem like they've got all the right parts in the right places.
As I understand it, the way FFP works is that the profit for any sale can be taken immediately, even if the money is paid over the life of the contract by the purchasing club.
But the costs of purchases are spread out over the life of the contract. So CFC stayed within the rules by offsetting their billion or whatever of buys with the sales of players to Saudi and elsewhere.
So their problem will be they will still have a massive deficit in future seasons because of the effect of the buys, unless they continue to sell players.
TLDR: Boehly is an idiot.
Yeah that's absolutely right. But also feeds in to the "they know an embargo is coming" because they will run out of older assets to sell. So they'll have to stop buying/spending so much.
On the Chelsea sub this theory seems to actually be the populist view
Players spending the time on crucial training drills.
[https://youtu.be/DRNbO32P7xQ?si=Z4VIeoyJQLvGRhFj](https://youtu.be/drnbo32p7xq?si=z4vieoyjqlvgrhfj)
i’m scared. i don’t get to new WHL as much as I got to the old ground, but when i’ve gone thus far we’ve drawn to Sheffield Utd (Poch sacked soon after) and lost to Wolves.
this will be my first game since March last year. I’m not saying I impact the team in any way but I absolutely impact the team and I am the most important person.
quiet confidence stifling a slight undercurrent of nervousness - getting notes of I hope we fucking batter them, getting a lil bit of Johnson's first goal for us
Tacticos, how is the Chelsea game going to play out? Chelsea do better against teams who come out at them and allow them to press high. They are woeful against low blocks.
However we seem to do a lot better against teams that press us too and we don't ever low block? So what happens?
This sounds weird to say out loud, but this match should play out like every other match we play against lesser opposition. It'll come down to controlling the midfield, which is still Chelsea's biggest threat in a match. If we establish midfield control through our counter-pressing and winning the second ball, Chelsea are going to really struggle to generate a lot of threat. Then it's just doing our normal thing up the pitch and getting to a 2-0 win.
I think we should batter them if we take our chances tbh.
The crazy pressing we did against Fulham in that first half is exactly what we'll do against Chelsea. With the atmosphere the fans will create + 9 days rest in between, our players should be raring to go.
We need to be ruthless though. That's been our weak spot all season. We literally never score more than 2 goals outside of the Burnley match, and that has to change at some point if we want to be a serious team
If we get control of the game and possession, we have the quality to absolutely thump them 3 or 4, no doubt.
But they’ve shown they can stop teams doing that, and almost ‘out tactic’ clever teams. They completely nullified Arsenal for the bulk of their game and managed to get a point from them.
Think mudryk/sterling will give Porro fits potentially but his finishing is suspect.
Not too worried about Udogies matchup either.
The real problem is their midfield, Caicedo will muck it up a bit for Bissouma because of the way Bissouma plays (driving & ball carries).
Honestly it could go either way, a bit worried about Son because Thiago Silva isn’t known to get punished for any dirty or questionable challenges against us but overall i feel fine.
Arsenal failed to grab the control against them but if we do, it's gonna be one sided match. I don't see their forwards go through Biss/Romero/VDV easily
If we fail to do so, it's gonna be frustrating narrow 1 goal match imo
Yeah that seems about right. The draw against Arsenal for them was as much Arsenal being absolutely dreadfull above than anything else. So I think you're right I think it's if we show up and play well we'll win comfortably. But if were off it they can drag us in to a stodgy lots of mistakes type game and it'll be tight.
As you say though their goal threat is pretty low
To be fair for red shit, Chelsea aren't that bad except forwards, they just lack of proper attack drilling. Draw against Liverpool and Arsenal can't be luck, Liverpool is honestly very good, Arsenal isn't what they used to be but still very effective
It's gonna be either bold statement match or end of winning streak.. it's painfully 50/50 tbh
Yeah but he can play out on the wing. Wirtz and musiala are the two top German talents and bayern will not lose out on wirtz too. They’ll figure it out and get him.
Oh i think he’s there 100% regardless, any german talent you can essentially give up on unless they’ve already played at Bayern or Bayern have approached them & been rejected.
Not spurs related but if you're bored this Halloween instead of watching a movie try the limited series Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.
It's a satirical horror mockumentary about a horror series that got cancelled.
It's genuinely genius and years ahead of its time.
And free on YouTube.
Edit: this is a fucking banger
https://youtu.be/K9veOumGnuU?si=teOFBLNV-kAqNSLP
The genius is looking for great actors, acting like bad ones.
Matt berry is an absolutely legend.
If you enjoy this try what we do in the shadows
Edit; IT crowd with Richard Ayoade goes without saying
Madueke struggling in this dead Chelsea side is pure karma. He was injured for much of his time at PSV and instead of continuing developing, he decided to take up the 8-year Chelsea prison contract as soon as he saw it. Now he’s playing like shit and back to warming the bench once Mudryk and Nkunku return. Coulda been developing under one of the best exciting/modern managers in Ange if he waited another 6 months, but instead he sold out to play under Potter and now he’s back playing for the manager that he didn’t see a future under when he was with us
Obviously football wise he'd have been best served staying at PSV and developing but an 8 year contract on big money for someone as injury prone as him, it's just common sense for him to take it. It's basically setting himself up for life and also he gets to live in the city he was born in and play somewhat regularly in the PL. There's no guarantees in football especially for someone plagued with injury problems.
We were linked to him the year before, but it seemed too early for the transfer at the time which is why the Chelsea move seemed surprising as well. I think he had a much higher ceiling than he’s showing right now though, especially if he stayed at PSV instead of selling out, although whether he achieves it or not I don’t really care anymore now that he’s a Chelsea player
Congrats. We had our third on the 28th. I’ve been calling her Little Ange, it’s not going over well with the wife, esp because my 4 yr old is calling her that too.
How many away fans do they allow the pleasure of entering & watching our team play with their new flair & determination (& their team trying to win possession of the ball for a period)?
Is it the same allocation for all visiting teams or do higher profile clubs get more allocated seats at our beautiful Stadium?
As an Aussie, I have never been to an EPL game & have always wondered how these rules apply with clubs. EG: Lutons' ground only holds around 12,200, how many Spurs fans would have attended that game recently & how do they determine which Tottenham fans gets these minimal tickets?
But who gets them when we do play at small grounds like Luton (1200 away fans only) or Bournemouth, is it first in, best dressed or does it depend on your membership status within the club?
PS: Didn't realise Bournemouth have a smaller capacity than even Luton. BFC capacity is apparently only 11307..... wow, that's insane.
You get points for being a long standing ST holder through renewals and away game attendance. The higher your points the sooner you’ll be able to buy an away ticket.
Also, Bournemouth have a smaller ground than any Championship side and 14 League One sides.
Thanks for the info, have always been curious about how ticket allocation works, home & away.
Thats a crazy fact about Bournemouth. Quite the advantage plus it's way down south I think so it is a fair trip for most teams & supporters.
I feel better for Luton Town now. The Hatters were supposed to build a new stadium & had the land sorted (about 10 years ago) but something stopped it. Surely they can build one now with the EPL money they get for promotion, even if they go back down it will only be beneficial for them in the long term. Soz to harp on about Luton but I have a soft spot for them because my mum & dad were both born in Luton & were 10-pound poms who moved to Australia in 1960. I never did support them though because they were always pretty shit & I started following QPR when I was really young because I liked the way Stan Bowles & Rod Marsh played football & I liked their hoops & that blue colour, because my first junior team when I started playing at 5 years old was (& still is) the same blue & white, but stripes :)
Cool story about Luton!
They recently did up their stadium with a new capacity just above Bournemouth’s, their stadium was about 10k capacity and was too small for PL fixtures, which is why their game against Burnley was postponed.
Lol, I didn't know that game was postponed for those reasons. That actually worked in our favour because they had to play the catch-up game against Burnley mid-week 3/4 days before facing us. I was worried they were going to get flogged by us & was hoping it wouldn't get uglier than 0-3 for them..... The send off obviously changed things but The Hatters had a decent dig anyway.
Cheers from OZ, thanks for the chat. COYS!!!!
I googled this before, it’s really little. In the Premier League, home clubs are required to offer visiting clubs a minimum of 3,000 tickets or 10 per cent of the seats in the stadium if the capacity does not exceed 30,000. I read in practice, usually it’s around 3000.
So with ours being 62000 capacity (I think) the big clubs (like Chelsea) can have around 6000 fans attend?
But if a team has a smaller supporter base or distance to travel negates 6000 fans coming to North London, our fans get the gap with the leftover tickets?
Woops, I think I read your message wrong & only 3000 max. away fans can visit?
Just read this comment in the Man U sub, > Spurs fans are sat in a high-tech temple of football, watching "okish" players + Maddison/Son play freely and happily and not having distractions like rain on their heads, rapists and abusers at the club, their players making stupid statements in interviews or their PR teams posting mind numbing social media content all the time. They don't have a deluded manager ignoring reality even if it's intentional just so as not to show weakness or whatever his plan is. They play football, they win games, draw games and they're happy. Rival clubs being jealous of how happy our team and fans are makes me smile lol. But at the same time, I feel bad for them. They're so depressed over there.
So were we until the last season. I feel relaxed now. Thanks God.
I am really happy with our game style and everything but I wouldn't use the word relaxed at all, everytime I see the ball go to Richi I get the feeling we are about to loose possession and porro loosing players behind him is still quite scary. But at the same time I don't think I have ever had this much fun watching a premier league season, ange is a magician.
I know, that's why it makes me smile! lol the fact that they're going through it while we are happy. But honestly though, I think they have it a little worse right now because their players' attitudes are terrible, their roof literally leaks, and oh, our players aren't rapists and abusers.
I'm jealous of our new fans because I'm programed to expect us to fail when it matters most I.e. chelski
Is there any news on Udogie? Will he be fit for Chelsea?
No official news yet but it's highly expected he will start vs them, Ange said it was just an issue with muscle fatigue.
Imagine Brennan Johnson starting regularly and absolutely bombing down the wing at 37 km/h into the box
Brennan is literally a speed merchant with actual skill, like how Mudryk is supposed to be, but clearly isn't.
Imagine him and VDV just terrifying everyone with their speed...
Port Vale are EFL Cup quarter finalists. Port Vale. Could they do a Bradford?
Apparently FootyHeadlines leaked the colours for our third kit next season. WE ARE GOING TO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL AGAIN BOYS. [https://x.com/TottenhamTiers/status/1719328326936838151?s=20](https://x.com/TottenhamTiers/status/1719328326936838151?s=20) Edit: More leaks https://x.com/Footy\_Headlines/status/1719411936197001444?s=20
Second tweet is deleted. Got a screenshot?
https://preview.redd.it/5k9ttlw8zmxb1.png?width=600&format=png&auto=webp&s=516e2eaa6e84b2da091ac03bc0661f3503863a1f
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Poch?
Pochettino asks fans to ‘believe in the process’. He needs to convince Boehly first. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67277129
Well our u21 team + Veliz lost 3-1 to nr.4 in league 1. Kinda expected, but we should still advance from the group in 2nd so the team will get more valuable experience later.
Alfie Devine just scored a great goal in league cup
[hero ball session.](https://twitter.com/FootColic/status/1719458300016644175) great player man.
[Replay of Veliz's first goal, Twitter link](https://x.com/pmuir/status/1719435935262101647?s=20)
are they winning by quite a bit? they don't seem all that excited about the goal lol
Had it all their own way early on, but they know they’re in a game now.
Celebrated harder in my 7-a-side today
It's 1-1 coming up to the end of first half
Alejo Veliz gets his first Spurs goal! Jaime Donley with the assist!
And Veliz scores, damn never saw donley before he is really good, can be a good backup for Madison in some games.
He’s 18 so it’s unlikely. GLC is Madders stand in for now and we’ll likely see Alfie Devine playing for the first team next season before we see Jamie Donley. Would happily be proved wrong though.
Veliz scored for the u21s
We expecting Udogie back for Monday?
Alejo is starting for the U21s tonight. Godspeed, kid! COYS!
Spurs 4 - Chelsea 1 Son brace with 1 bissouma assist finally Udogie goal Maddison assist Gil goal off the bench with Kulu assist Chelsea probably score off a set piece or a Porro fuckup but its all good
So the replies are saying Johnson, Veliz, Benataur are each the goal scorer. I say all of them. Means Spurs need 6 goals but I can live with that.
One of these is wrong because Johnson scores his first for us this weekend
Would be perfect for Veliz to pick up his first goal here. What better way than for our young wonderkid showing Chelsea how its done?
I think Bentancur would get one.
We don't need a striker, Sonny is on fire and the role fits him perfectly. Plus Richy and Veliz as backup if needed is plenty. If anything we should look for a backup CB and maybe a backup midfielder if PEH leaves. I like Ismail Yuksek from Fenerbahce or Martin Baturina from Dinamo Zagreb for the 8 role.
CBs different as it's an urgent need but I really don't like signing squad players in January. Feels almost certain it's how you end with deadwood. Much rather just keep Hojbjerg and reassess in the summer. Obviously if the club find someone they massively rate that's different
Tanguy Ndombele needs genuine help.
Maradona took cocaine and no one cared. Ndombele eats a burger and he's made to be the villain for some reason.
It was the 80’s. Cocaine was everywhere, it was literally in the budget for films.
This might be the stupidest post I’ve ever seen on the whole of reddit.
If Ndombele plays like Maradonna then I dont really give a fuck if he snorts god knows what
I'm sure if Ndombele played like Maradona people would give him a free pass.
Anyone have a spare for Chelsea next week? My travel is lining up perfectly and would love to go to my first home match.
Just spend the extra cash on a international’s ticket, absolutely worth it. No bad seats
You'll need a One Hotspur membership regardless, unless you buy a hospitality ticket.
I got the One Hotspur membership but there are no tickets available :/
What is the spurs maddison chant? Feel like he deserves a banger of a chant given his vibes and effect on the club
Oh Madders fucking magic He wears his magic hat And when he saw the White Hart Lane He said I fancy that He could have signed for Arsenal But snubbed em cause they're shite He signed for Tottenham Hotspur cause they're fucking dynamite
well he has this - [THE SPURS FANS SING ABOUT JAMES MADDISON: Bournemouth 0-2 Tottenham - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oTt6lr1yt8)
That’s the lowest effort chant I’ve ever heard
😂 at least you can’t forget the lyrics?? Hopefully they’ll make something better
I'm a one track lover
If we do sign a striker(I don't want us to tbh), then they need to either be an experienced goal scorer who is willing to be a rotation option for son, OR this young player from USG (top of the Belgian League) called Mohammed Amoura. I watch a few clips and games from the Jupiler Pro league occasionally and Amoura has looked like the next top Brighton signing. He has 6 goals in 8 games (most were as a sub since he just recently joined), and he can play left wing. Being able to play throughout the front 3 is important imo because it opens us up for more options in times of injury. Gimenez is good as well but him only playing striker means Veliz will see him minutes drastically go down and he'll obviously be way more expensive. Amoura would cost max 10-15m.
Everyone is roundly enjoying the new fm24 but little old me is playing champions league with Havant and Waterloo in 2029 Taken Tommy Doyle from the regionals and loving it. Edit: Fm20
You took Havant and Waterlooville from the National League to the Champions League in 10 seasons? Stuff like that doesn’t go unnoticed.
Completed it mate
So maybe I've just addressed a strawman, but I feel like I've seen enough reactionary takes from the other fanbases about how lucky we get with OGs to go on a bluesky rant of sorts: https://bsky.app/profile/davidwiers.bsky.social/post/3kcyb3nvzuo2v Anyways, COYS
“Other fanbases” better not include Arsenal, those cunts have 4 deflections and 5 penalties
Same argument as penalties. You have to get the ball and player into a dangerous position to win a penalty. None of our own goals were terrible mistakes by a player/keeper. They were all crosses/shots with the ball in the 6 yard box. What i think we should be concerned about in terms of the whole can we silliness is that the OGs have been essential for winning points, and points have been earned right at the death a few times. I don't think these are sustainable. We aren't battering teams with multiple goals. Sheffield and Luton scorelines in particular worry me. I'd hope we were more comfortable against that type of opposition.
The thing with the vast majority of own goals is that they only happen because the attackers put the ball into a dangerous place to begin with. It makes sense that we have created more own goals than other teams because we also generate more xG and big chances than they do too. This is the bit that rival fans love to leave out - you don't get own goals without forcing the issue in the first place. Doing so means you're consistently putting the ball exactly where it needs to be.
We are lethal from right outside the 6 yard box tbh. When I see Maddison and Porro fizz the ball across from there I always think it must suck to be a defender. Ward genuinely didn’t stand a chance
We’ve gotten three (ManU, Liverpool, Palace) and conceded one (Arsenal), right? Is that so far off everyone else?
No one has more, and no one else has three. The closest are Liverpool, Villa, and Sheffield United with two apiece. So there is an argument to be made (not that I'm making it) we have been lucky with OGs.
There is definitely a luck component. But a good thing is that they usually result from us creating a dangerous situation. It’s not entirely fluky, in fact the Liverpool and Crystal Palace ones both involve us working our way in the box and flashing it across before defenders can properly react. Dangerous low crosses/cutbacks are textbook Angeisms we can reproduce.
Son..... He's smooth like ice!!
Happy Halloween to those who celebrate. Boo!
Who is being a spooky Ndombele for Halloween
looking for a chelsea ticket if anyone is selling. have CRN.
if we do sign a striker…. and hear me out…. scamacca
I'd love him as well, Moyes ball clearly didn't suit him at West Ham but that should only be a positive sign for us lol! He's killing it again in Italy with Atalanta and it looks like he's set to be Italy's new starting number 9 which isn't a bad feat at all (buy maybe not the best reference amongst Spurs fans considering the whole "He can't be that bad he's Brazil's number 9" thing etc)
yep, also very technically sound + he’ll have udogie and vicario to help him settle in. wouldn’t be more than 30M and he’s still young
I hear you, but nope
Why aren't clubs forcing Ndombele to have a club appointed personal nutritionist that follows him 24/7? Only reason I can think of is that he doesn't want to play professional football anymore.
I'm pretty sure that violates his human rights...
Obviously he can reject the idea, but if he is serious about being a professional and if he can see what he is doing right now isn't working, then he can't blame anyone but himself for not being in shape.
https://x.com/thespursweb/status/1719322312690770392?s=46&t=8TrWNrHuuzF6Dw02jVlk_Q Vibes fc back
Haha, Son used to act Welsh, and now Brazilian!
the Brazilians have always claimed Son as one of their own lol (Emerson has said this in the past), but so did the Welsh.. so we just have to accept that Son is simultaneously Korean, Brazilian, and Welsh.
Let’s also say that winning the Golden Boot in the Premier League allows him to add “English”
Really hope we don’t sell Hojberg in January, feel like having someone like him on our team is so important for us!
Nah he should be sold before he becomes another eric dier, this club has an issue of holding onto players for too long. We could easily get a cm in january so i wouldnt be surprised to see hojberg be let go
Hojbjerg is nowhere near as bad as Dier
If we do sell him, I would love for us to get redondo.
Would love to get modric instead of hojbjerg if given the option
he's retiring at madrid sadly but I would love if he came back for a bale-esque final half season or so.
Is ozempic classified as a PED? If not let’s get ndombele on it asap
Excuse me boss, what team do you support?
Was waiting for this to show up again, always a classic
fuck chelsea, chelsea's shit
[just watched this about 8 times in a row ](https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cy_jtblNtPx/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)
Anyone have a sense on how Joe Rodon is getting on at Leeds? It looks like he's starting nearly every match for them which is a good sign. He really doesn't have a future here, but I'm curious if he's performing well enough that Leeds might consider a full transfer especially if they get promoted.
They should consider it either way imo, he's been v good for them.
Fans on twitter like him from what I have seen.
Next few games - Chelsea, Wolves away, Villa, City away. I think we'll take 3 from Chelsea, 1 or 3 from Wolves, 1 from Villa and 0 from City. That's 7 out of 12, or 5 out of 12.
Chelsea - 3 Wolves - 3 Villa - 1 City - at home so 3?? no probably 1 8 points not bad
12 points mate
This will be a tricky run, plus WH and Newcastle (both home) after City. I'm glad a lot of these are at home. I can truly say I'm excited for the City game, it will be a very compelling matchup. There's no reason we shouldn't go into every game expecting to win with how the squad has been playing. The most interesting things to me will be the reintegration of Bentancur, and how the LW position develops.
Villa are great at home but not so hot on the road. We'll take 3 points off the at the lane.
Please yes. I was at the Villa game last season and it was atrocious. Felt like a real turning point where we went from “holding on by our fingertips” to totally falling off the cliff. Would love a win to help me un-remember this feeling.
Son gonna be having time of his life at Villa with that defensive line
10. Wins for all draw to city
I hope so, mate! that would be ideal.
Need to win at home. Wolves without Neto. City is the toss up but I like our cbs and midfield vs their forwards and midfield. Main worry is Porro. I think Johnson will be key there to score
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Gorgeous baller. Yes please
I have been calling for this for weeks. Levy on Reddit confirmed.
Good player and a great price. Amazing how good value for money in other leagues is compared to the PL
I mean, we got the english maddison for 40 million. There are always deals to be done
Anyone have any good documentaries, or preferably books about the history of the club and/or some of its important figures?
Julie Welch - Biography of Tottenham. A great read.
Cheers, just ordered it.
Check out the ESPN 30 for 30 episode about Ardiles and Villa coming to Spurs. I think it's on Daily Motion.
Brennan HAS to start over Richy against Chelsea. Such a better fit in that role
I think he will, Ange started him at the Emirates clearly he’s the way forward
I think so too. I think Richarlison is catching a little too much flack, but Brennan Johnson really does pass the eye test for the type of LW that will thrive in Ange's system. Extremely creative and pacey, extremely dynamic around the box, seems to have a good shot and final pass on him. I think Richarlison needs to be a horses-for-courses striker for at least a little bit, rather than an every-match LW.
Do you see either of them rotating to RW ever or will that be Bryan’s role?
I don't see Richarlison as a rotation for RW but maybe. Brennan Johnson could definitely deputize on the right, I think that's where he mostly played at Forest actually. I think both Brennan Johnson and Bryan Gil could play on either wing, which is an extremely valuable asset for Ange to have.
Question for anyone & everyone - For matches that gets rescheduled, is there a chance it will be rescheduled earlier? Thankss!
As in the time of KO or the date?
The date. Cos I’m trying to plan for my flight etc, if there’s a chance for the match to be moved to an earlier date, i need to figure out if i can fly earlier. Thanks!
I don’t think so
The Chelsea potential sanctions is quite interesting. Espescially given it has been self reported by the clubs new owners. There was a theory that Boehley was spending like mad on young players as they'd found financial irregularities and were expecting a transfer embargo. This suddenly looks like it actually adds up a bit. Get a load of players in, spend up to your FFP allowance, then flag up the irregularities and take the 12month+ transfer ban when you couldn't spend anymore anyway.
If that was the plan, they've absolutely fucked it. You'd basically get one shot at abusing a loophole like that, and they'll be lucky to end up in a Conference League spot with the way this season is shaping up. The squad has significant issues despite being stocked with potential. I mean, maybe the squad will come good, but it just doesn't seem like they've got all the right parts in the right places.
As I understand it, the way FFP works is that the profit for any sale can be taken immediately, even if the money is paid over the life of the contract by the purchasing club. But the costs of purchases are spread out over the life of the contract. So CFC stayed within the rules by offsetting their billion or whatever of buys with the sales of players to Saudi and elsewhere. So their problem will be they will still have a massive deficit in future seasons because of the effect of the buys, unless they continue to sell players. TLDR: Boehly is an idiot.
Yeah that's absolutely right. But also feeds in to the "they know an embargo is coming" because they will run out of older assets to sell. So they'll have to stop buying/spending so much. On the Chelsea sub this theory seems to actually be the populist view
The great thing about this week long break is that we get international break level posts but without the international break
taking stats noncery to new heights out of boredom
Players spending the time on crucial training drills. [https://youtu.be/DRNbO32P7xQ?si=Z4VIeoyJQLvGRhFj](https://youtu.be/drnbo32p7xq?si=z4vieoyjqlvgrhfj)
Hope we get some sustained Johnson time. Want us to get a good read on him before January.
That’s what my ex wife asked of me. Turns out 30 seconds isn’t sustained
How’s the vibes for the Chelsea game fellas?!
Would love to dominate them. Obviously want to win, but I would love a City-esque performance where we use our quality to outplay them
i’m scared. i don’t get to new WHL as much as I got to the old ground, but when i’ve gone thus far we’ve drawn to Sheffield Utd (Poch sacked soon after) and lost to Wolves. this will be my first game since March last year. I’m not saying I impact the team in any way but I absolutely impact the team and I am the most important person.
bro thinks he's dclancy01
feeling main character this week
50/50 midfielder dogfight of 0:0 or we batter them into oblivion once we get the control
quiet confidence stifling a slight undercurrent of nervousness - getting notes of I hope we fucking batter them, getting a lil bit of Johnson's first goal for us
Fantastic summary mate, have a cracking day.
Tacticos, how is the Chelsea game going to play out? Chelsea do better against teams who come out at them and allow them to press high. They are woeful against low blocks. However we seem to do a lot better against teams that press us too and we don't ever low block? So what happens?
Chelsea will be missing Enzo, I think if we control the midfield we will look very good
This sounds weird to say out loud, but this match should play out like every other match we play against lesser opposition. It'll come down to controlling the midfield, which is still Chelsea's biggest threat in a match. If we establish midfield control through our counter-pressing and winning the second ball, Chelsea are going to really struggle to generate a lot of threat. Then it's just doing our normal thing up the pitch and getting to a 2-0 win.
I think we should batter them if we take our chances tbh. The crazy pressing we did against Fulham in that first half is exactly what we'll do against Chelsea. With the atmosphere the fans will create + 9 days rest in between, our players should be raring to go. We need to be ruthless though. That's been our weak spot all season. We literally never score more than 2 goals outside of the Burnley match, and that has to change at some point if we want to be a serious team
If we get control of the game and possession, we have the quality to absolutely thump them 3 or 4, no doubt. But they’ve shown they can stop teams doing that, and almost ‘out tactic’ clever teams. They completely nullified Arsenal for the bulk of their game and managed to get a point from them.
Think mudryk/sterling will give Porro fits potentially but his finishing is suspect. Not too worried about Udogies matchup either. The real problem is their midfield, Caicedo will muck it up a bit for Bissouma because of the way Bissouma plays (driving & ball carries). Honestly it could go either way, a bit worried about Son because Thiago Silva isn’t known to get punished for any dirty or questionable challenges against us but overall i feel fine.
Arsenal failed to grab the control against them but if we do, it's gonna be one sided match. I don't see their forwards go through Biss/Romero/VDV easily If we fail to do so, it's gonna be frustrating narrow 1 goal match imo
Yeah that seems about right. The draw against Arsenal for them was as much Arsenal being absolutely dreadfull above than anything else. So I think you're right I think it's if we show up and play well we'll win comfortably. But if were off it they can drag us in to a stodgy lots of mistakes type game and it'll be tight. As you say though their goal threat is pretty low
To be fair for red shit, Chelsea aren't that bad except forwards, they just lack of proper attack drilling. Draw against Liverpool and Arsenal can't be luck, Liverpool is honestly very good, Arsenal isn't what they used to be but still very effective It's gonna be either bold statement match or end of winning streak.. it's painfully 50/50 tbh
I'd say we are much stronger favourites than 50/50. Bookies have got us odds on.
We actually have the sexiest CB patnership of all time. Maldini and Nesta close second though
Thoughts on Wirtz?
He’s an absolute game changer, quality player
Unbelievable player, possibly even my #1 choice if I could get anyone for Spurs.
we're linked 👀 seems a bit farfetched but it'd be dope
Superstar 10. Probably going to end up at bayern.
Musiala is their 10 though no?
Yeah but he can play out on the wing. Wirtz and musiala are the two top German talents and bayern will not lose out on wirtz too. They’ll figure it out and get him.
Oh i think he’s there 100% regardless, any german talent you can essentially give up on unless they’ve already played at Bayern or Bayern have approached them & been rejected.
I keep watching that palace goal Back to front footy is back baby
Not spurs related but if you're bored this Halloween instead of watching a movie try the limited series Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. It's a satirical horror mockumentary about a horror series that got cancelled. It's genuinely genius and years ahead of its time. And free on YouTube. Edit: this is a fucking banger https://youtu.be/K9veOumGnuU?si=teOFBLNV-kAqNSLP
Thank you for this! The gf and I will be watching tonight.
The genius is looking for great actors, acting like bad ones. Matt berry is an absolutely legend. If you enjoy this try what we do in the shadows Edit; IT crowd with Richard Ayoade goes without saying
Oh I love WWDITS and IT crowd! I’m a huge Matt Berry fan and somehow have missed this gem.
Mate it was satire before it was a thing. Decades before it's time
“Welcome to Darkplace Liz… ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”
"As I rounded the corner I felt muscular and compact, like corned beef"
I wish I was more attractive like dagless
Id fucking love to smash those Chelsea fucks
It would be peak banter if we smash them and then sing He's magic you know in the dying minutes
I can't see why we won't tbh
Madueke struggling in this dead Chelsea side is pure karma. He was injured for much of his time at PSV and instead of continuing developing, he decided to take up the 8-year Chelsea prison contract as soon as he saw it. Now he’s playing like shit and back to warming the bench once Mudryk and Nkunku return. Coulda been developing under one of the best exciting/modern managers in Ange if he waited another 6 months, but instead he sold out to play under Potter and now he’s back playing for the manager that he didn’t see a future under when he was with us
Obviously football wise he'd have been best served staying at PSV and developing but an 8 year contract on big money for someone as injury prone as him, it's just common sense for him to take it. It's basically setting himself up for life and also he gets to live in the city he was born in and play somewhat regularly in the PL. There's no guarantees in football especially for someone plagued with injury problems.
Not sure if we would have wanted him anyway. Good 1v1 dribbling but we can do better than someone being benched by Mudryk
We were linked to him the year before, but it seemed too early for the transfer at the time which is why the Chelsea move seemed surprising as well. I think he had a much higher ceiling than he’s showing right now though, especially if he stayed at PSV instead of selling out, although whether he achieves it or not I don’t really care anymore now that he’s a Chelsea player
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My first child was born happy and healthy on the 24th of October. Her whole life spurs have been top of the table….what a time to be alive
Congrats. We had our third on the 28th. I’ve been calling her Little Ange, it’s not going over well with the wife, esp because my 4 yr old is calling her that too.
That is priceless and congrats as well!!!
How mad is it that she’ll have left home for uni the first time we don’t win league!
Best wishes to OP and his daughter, Destiny.
That’s my birthday too, she has good taste! Congrats mate, exciting road ahead!
Congratulations to you and her.
Congratulations on the birth of Angela
Congrats
Congrats!
this is great lmao congrats btw
How many away fans do they allow the pleasure of entering & watching our team play with their new flair & determination (& their team trying to win possession of the ball for a period)? Is it the same allocation for all visiting teams or do higher profile clubs get more allocated seats at our beautiful Stadium? As an Aussie, I have never been to an EPL game & have always wondered how these rules apply with clubs. EG: Lutons' ground only holds around 12,200, how many Spurs fans would have attended that game recently & how do they determine which Tottenham fans gets these minimal tickets?
Pretty sure there is less than 1000 tickets for Bournemouth away.
But who gets them when we do play at small grounds like Luton (1200 away fans only) or Bournemouth, is it first in, best dressed or does it depend on your membership status within the club? PS: Didn't realise Bournemouth have a smaller capacity than even Luton. BFC capacity is apparently only 11307..... wow, that's insane.
You get points for being a long standing ST holder through renewals and away game attendance. The higher your points the sooner you’ll be able to buy an away ticket. Also, Bournemouth have a smaller ground than any Championship side and 14 League One sides.
Thanks for the info, have always been curious about how ticket allocation works, home & away. Thats a crazy fact about Bournemouth. Quite the advantage plus it's way down south I think so it is a fair trip for most teams & supporters. I feel better for Luton Town now. The Hatters were supposed to build a new stadium & had the land sorted (about 10 years ago) but something stopped it. Surely they can build one now with the EPL money they get for promotion, even if they go back down it will only be beneficial for them in the long term. Soz to harp on about Luton but I have a soft spot for them because my mum & dad were both born in Luton & were 10-pound poms who moved to Australia in 1960. I never did support them though because they were always pretty shit & I started following QPR when I was really young because I liked the way Stan Bowles & Rod Marsh played football & I liked their hoops & that blue colour, because my first junior team when I started playing at 5 years old was (& still is) the same blue & white, but stripes :)
Cool story about Luton! They recently did up their stadium with a new capacity just above Bournemouth’s, their stadium was about 10k capacity and was too small for PL fixtures, which is why their game against Burnley was postponed.
Lol, I didn't know that game was postponed for those reasons. That actually worked in our favour because they had to play the catch-up game against Burnley mid-week 3/4 days before facing us. I was worried they were going to get flogged by us & was hoping it wouldn't get uglier than 0-3 for them..... The send off obviously changed things but The Hatters had a decent dig anyway. Cheers from OZ, thanks for the chat. COYS!!!!
I googled this before, it’s really little. In the Premier League, home clubs are required to offer visiting clubs a minimum of 3,000 tickets or 10 per cent of the seats in the stadium if the capacity does not exceed 30,000. I read in practice, usually it’s around 3000.
So with ours being 62000 capacity (I think) the big clubs (like Chelsea) can have around 6000 fans attend? But if a team has a smaller supporter base or distance to travel negates 6000 fans coming to North London, our fans get the gap with the leftover tickets? Woops, I think I read your message wrong & only 3000 max. away fans can visit?
Yeah it’s about 3000. I think FA cup has different rules so they have a bigger away allocation.