Still can’t quite over Lange’s smug little self congratulatory patting himself on the back for not panicking in January.

Tottenham Hotspur (2026)

Small Prophets. Not entirely sure what it was meant to be as a show but a true joy.

I like the tackling and passing bits of rugby but I do not understand the tactics bits of it which means one team is better than the other one.

Hearing the Libero boys chat absolute bollocks about Spurs feels like seeing Anthony Bourdain visiting London. Makes you distrust how impressed you were by the previous episodes.

Nuno won more home league matches than Frank has.

‘Spurs would be better off getting relegated and learning a lesson’ is such a daft take. Like if somebody is a bad driver and they need to have a rude awakening you don’t hope they actually have a crash to learn that lesson.

Me in my twenties when my girlfriend went away for the weekend: I am going to drink many Beers and maybe even a sneaky cigarette Me in my late thirties when my wife goes away for the weekend: I am going to Bed before 9 o’clock

Frank keeps on losing but with just enough extenuating circumstances that make that loss or poor draw not sackable from the board’s perspective. Another one of those today but is there cumulatively a run of results that gets him sacked or do we have to get properly drubbed before they do it.

Frank’s comments on Romero being here next year makes me think he’s been told he won’t be here next year. His answer was very not my circus, not my monkeys.

If you are Romero or VDV then I think you’re right to think that any reassurances from the club that we are serious are right to be distrusted. This is not a club for a top player to spend their best years the way it’s currently run.

On the João Palhinha culture war my head is definitely on the side that he’s a terrible fit for what we need and his passing in midfield has made us worse. But in my heart - I just really like him. Should we keep him next year? Probably not. Would I still do it? Probably yes.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club (2024-present)

Marmoush, Akliouche, will you do the fandango?

Porro out for a month too now?

‘Spurs won’t get relegated they’d need to get less points than all of Palace, Leeds, Forest and West Ham over the last fifteen games. That will never happen.’

I obviously think Thomas Frank is a terrible manager for Spurs. But, for whatever reason, he’s got decent results in Europe. I’d probably let him manage that game and be lining up the interim option to start after we lose the following weekend.

"Sideways and backwards everywhere we go" from the away end.

I think leadership is useful if you’ve got a good team of talented young bunch of players than just needs some guidance in key moments. I don’t think you can lead shite not to be shite so we’re trying to solve the wrong problem at the wrong time:

What a perplexing football club we are.

Quite funny to see the divide between the yanks who adamantly think Pochettino would be an unmitigated and illogical disaster versus the English pashun merchants just waiting for a chance to dust off a rendition of He’s Magic.

Does concern me that if Vinai worked with Arteta and concluded the only reason Arsenal got good was time (and money). Like, he’s a loathsome prick but he’s quite clearly a talented manager. And Arsenal weren’t as shit either in style or results as Frank currently has us playing.

Only reason I’m not worried about West Ham catching us is that they won’t get to play a team as pitiful as Thomas Frank’s Tottenham Hotspur again this season.

Is kind of weird that the top three divisions of English football are called the Premier League, Championship and League One. Like you could put those in any order and it would be believable.

Gallagher will come in and straight away be our best midfielder. He’s also a better passer than I think many are giving credit for. Still not exactly what the squad needs but I don’t hate it. Also a former favourite of a certain magic Argentinian.

Spurs sliding into Xabi’s DMs like ‘I know you’ve just got out of a toxic relationship but would you like to get into an even more toxic one?’

‘Spurs should pick a football strategy and stick to it’ Buddy, we can’t even stick to the people who might pick a football strategy.

With this season basically a write off already I’d use this window to sign players from Europe who are good but need an adjustment period to the physicality of the league.

I know it’s basic but between Son, Brennan, Deki, Madders and Solanke we’ve lost a lot of goals from last season and the players we’ve signed to replace them are hardly notable bagsmen.

That I think is the single dullest game I’ve ever watched.

these teams having a mid off

Happy new transfer window. (Sign a midfielder who can pass I beg of you)

Absolutely sick of listening to Thomas Frank speak about my club.

Spurs have the worst PL home record of any ever present side in the premier league since Nov 2024 (Sky Sports) Spurs have only 17 home points in 13 months Not only is this the worst record of any ever present side it’s actually worse than newly promoted Sunderland who have 18 points in 8 games

Weird game. Think you can squint and see positives but also a lot of negatives. Hard to really tell what was on Frank.

When Ange managed Brisbane Roar he imagined he was managing Barcelona. When Frank manages Spurs he imagines he’s managing Brentford.

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Not to relitigate last season in terms of results but I do wonder how well the players respond to changing from a manager with almost baffling self belief, a very specific attacking ideology and who clearly held Tottenham as a club in high self esteem to the complete switch to pragmatism.

The only thing I can see Frank is trying to get them to do is to try the bait the press artificial transition but then a) aren’t coached into the automations deep so it’s too risky b) don’t actually create those transitions once we have baited the press and c) don’t have a plan when we concede

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Haven’t been too many of them recently but a day where Arsenal lose and Spurs win. That is a good day.

There’s been basically nothing positive about our performances in the league recently so even though yesterday was definitely not good overall at least there was some decent performances in there and a bit of fight. Does feel like a massive game in setting the tone going forward against Brentford.

What a strange game of football.

Not saying Xavi is a better player than Eze but I do think if you’d swapped the transfers then Eze at Spurs this season would have been a frustrated figure on the periphery of games attempting almost impossible passes and overly ambitious shots and Xavi would have been quite good at Arsenal.

I do think Frank’s out of his depth and the points on the board have masked how badly we’ve played for most of this season but I also don’t see what we do with this squad. It’s not just that it’s not good enough it’s that we’ve loaded up in midfield and attack in players who are just too similar.