It has only just occurred to me that I can start watching pressers again! I’ve missed them. I can’t wait to see someone at the mic *not* telling us how bad last season was, how unsupportive supporters are, how good bad performances were, and how arsenal is the model to which we should aspire (🤮)!

Got a set piece goal. Time to sit deep and invite pressure for 40 minutes! I mean, what else can you do at 1-0?

Cuti the scorer turns Cuti the provider! #SetPieceFC

There is NO plan for chance creation, NONE, aside from hoping for individual brilliance. WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY DO IN TRAINING????????

Commentator says we’re trailing j a game we were in control of. When are we EVER in CONTROL of ANY MATCH?????

As long as he’s still sacked in the morning, I’m satisfied

Cuti has that look of full game-plan nullification. I like it!

One positive note: 2 goals off the bench for Ollie Irow today in his Mansfield Town loan debut!

Big match Saturday. A win puts us 16 points clear of relegation zone w/16 to play. A loss narrows it to 10. Based on form since 11/1 (9 pts in 10), that doesn’t make me feel safe from a genuine relegation battle…which was NEVER the case last season, no matter how some try to rewrite history!

I truly hope the speculation that Gallagher will be Spurs’ highest earner is off the mark. That would be truly outrageous.

Does anyone remember through balls? Everyone else still seems to do them

As much as I want #FrankOut I do genuinely believe that if the club can provide him with the world’s best starting XI, along with strong squad depth, Spurs might be able to finish in a European spot (probably back in Europa)

Great analysis, this. #FrankOut youtu.be/qJFBv9a3BE4?...

“I was hoping for a signing and now there’s talk of one…and heaven knows I’m miserable now…” ☹️

There is one simple (albeit expensive) move to get the supporters back on board and salvage the season. Be decisive. Don’t be cheap. #FrankOut @spursoffical.bsky.social

It’s bizarre that Frank continues to assert that he’s working to improve the attack. After 6+ months in the job, the possession game is so basic that it looks more like what an interim manager would implement if he had only couple of training sessions with the players. #FrankOut

Serie A is putting on a “why VAR should go in the bin” demonstration during Atalanta/Roma today. Took an age to allow a goal that was clearly good, and then took a longer time desperately searching for justification to disallow another. Horrendous. As utilized, VAR is so so bad for the game.

What a terrible, terrible football match

Haven’t watched Liverpool much this season, but based on the first half, I can certainly see why they’re mid-table.

That red is good for Frank. Now nothing that happens from here on is his fault (although there is seemingly no limit to his excuses).

VAR’s run of atrocities against football continues with an appalling SP decision to deny Mikey Moore of a perfectly valid second goal today. BIN VAR NOW!!!

I don’t want to see one penny spent in January on players for Thomas Frank. I want to see players brought in for the purpose of playing free-flowing front-foot Tottenham football. Trying to buy players for specific (temporary) managers is how we wound up with the current isle of misfit toys.

@nathanaclark.bsky.social @theextrainch.bsky.social To what degree do you think the high fee paid to Brentford + the large bonus/3rd-year-salary paid to Ange is playing/will play a role in a reluctance to pull the plug on Frank’s floundering project vs if a “free agent” manager had been hired?

Before I do player ratings, can someone remind me whether the scale is 1 to 10 or 0 to 10…? I feel like it could become relevant today.

If that forest owner bully put his shares into a “blind trust” for UEFA reasons, how is he also able to clearly remain involved in club business? And how does the EPL not step in to stop an owner from blocking a release clause? I can’t make any sense of this. @theextrainch.bsky.social

No offense to Bardi, but you know it’s been a bad match (even by preseason/friendly standards) when spotting Bardi in the crowd is by FAR the high point @theextrainch.bsky.social @nathanaclark.bsky.social @windycoys.bsky.social

If the next manager struggles out of the gate, we’re going to destroy him. FUMING! @spursoffical.bsky.social

It’s the one-year anniversary of the release of my first solo album, and I’d be chuffed if you’d consider giving it a listen (available on all major streaming outlets). Thanks, and COYS!!! music.apple.com/us/album/cau...

@theextrainch.bsky.social @windycoys.bsky.social @nathanaclark.bsky.social It’s hindsight, sure, but with 2 homegrown spots unused in UEL, and 3 senior spots basically unused in EPL, it sure feels like Troy Parrott would’ve been worth a lot more than €6M (even with the sell-on) to keep around

Rules for UCL tv coverage: • Mute tv, open app at kickoff time, no sooner • Keep tv muted until clock is in upper-left, to be safe • Exit app immediately at halftime whistle, set phone timer for 15 minutes • Repeat kickoff procedure for second half • Hard-close app right at final whistle

There’s almost nothing in sport more annoying than soft penalties. They’re just so hyper-punitive and outcome-affecting for marginal infractions.

How was Caicedo even on the pitch to draw a pen after that reckless tackle on Pape (which was far more deserving of red than Cuti’s last year in this fixture)?!? Cuti actually played the ball!!! VAR is as useless as the last two clowns to have reffed this fixture.

Porro played 90+ for the 3rd time in 8 days, 2nd time in < 72 hours. Djed has been back in training for two full weeks. Djed has looked bright and creative every time he has (albeit rarely) played. HELP ME UNDERSTAND!!! @theextrainch.bsky.social @nathanaclark.bsky.social

Oh Bundesliga. You’ve really been doling out some soft penalties this season. #bundesliga