'Shankland' is an amazing name for a striker.

Yes

What I tell myself during a five a side game where I haven't scored:

Djed Spence, the first Muslim man to play football for England, refused to shake hands with alleged rapist Thomas Partey last night. Nigel Farage, self-appointed saviour of ‘Judeo-Christian values’, described alleged rapist Andrew Tate as ‘an important voice’ for men young men a couple of years ago.

Holy shit. @jonmackenzie.bsky.social do you have a salary re-negotiation anytime soon? Time to press them.

I take it the ‘meta’ concept was always tongue-in-cheek, but the service @iain.coys.social does by surveying the Spurs media landscape—as opposed to ‘content aggregation’—is perhaps under-appreciated.

Remember when a bunch of racists judged Djed Spence for taking a celebratory photo with a cigar after winning a title, and then he turned out to be the most principled and emotionally mature player in the team?

This match is 99% stoppage / rolling on the floor. Terrible.

If we pay West Ham’s asking price of £80m for M. Fernandes it would be a bad idea.

Weaponizing Ronaldo’s ego against the opponent was a true stroke of genius.

In furtherance of my apparently hot take on Spurs’ young midfielders: prospects come and go, but basically just 2 at Spurs currently make me think they’re ready right now to play significant Prem minutes: Bergvall and Moore.

Lots not to like about Ronaldo, but one thing I admire is he’s surely aware of what everyone’s saying about him holding Portugal back but is such a mentality sicko that he pulls out that finish, and you can see what it means to him.

I wrote the article and then Poch just went off the cuff…

I will always hate Infantino 10x the normal amount because he’s managed to convince much of the knowing world that all this bullshit is ‘American.’

And FWIW, I'd look to sell Gray before Bergvall, if we needed to clear space.

Re. Bergvall looking to leave: I told you this would happen, and it's not simply about finishing 17th. In fact it wasn't an issue the first time we finished 17th. It's about unambitious football and incompetent leadership. profspur.substack.com/p/you-cant-h...

Bingo

Lol www.nytimes.com/athletic/736...

The world’s game is not easy!

Australia make the US look good technically

There’s a lot of bad stuff in football that comes from social media, but one good thing is you realize that a lot of the players are just genuinely and often charmingly weird dudes.

Thomas Tuchel has always said England can play like a Premier League team. At half-time in Dallas, he told the players to prove him right. My piece: www.nytimes.com/athletic/736...

‘Bloodstock’?

Djed. Djed. Spence. DJED SPENCE

Kane is the best player in the world.

On the left is an American football shirt (my home city). On the right is a Premier League club's football shirt. If you've never clocked the difference but are complaining about 'Americanisation' of football, maybe time to rethink your thesis.

The Peckening

Kinda think it tells you nothing whatsoever about the Levy era.

This made me chuckle because I imagined myself getting this cup and making a big fuss about it and chucking into the trash bin and everyone else in the McDonald’s having absolutely no idea why anyone would have such a reaction.

Side point: Spurs still funded generously by Ange's accomplishments as manager.

All the talk about Mbappe catching Klose for all-time WC goalscorer and then Messi was like hold my beer.

Just watched the highlights and I wonder if anyone told Algeria to pick up the Argentina no. 10 on the edge of the box.

A mild concern I have is that Premier League Brain will mislead people who matter into thinking Vuskovic isn’t fast or agile enough to be good for Spurs, so might look to cash in.

Keepers not covering themselves in glory at the end of this one but I don’t mind it.

!!!

The through-passes are off the charts good.

Right call I think

And they’re playing the wrong ones!

This is only good business if Romero stays. Yep, you read that right.

Questions that answer themselves:

Tonali in would be in compliance with my rule #1: always sign quality.

Just to add: the most impressive thing about 40-yr-old Vozinha was not his shot stopping (though that was good), but his calm commitment to playing out under pressure, knowing when to launch it and when to distribute, and his calm hovering over the ball before picking it up, to eat time. Brilliant.

If I were Tonali I’d much rather play for Tottenham Hotspur.

I’m sorry but you have Netflix because ‘Americans’ hate commercials. Do not confuse Infantino’s opportunistic deals with Trump media for what ‘Americans’ want for the game.

This is Infantino and FIFA, not ‘the Americans.’ Grim lack of analytical skills here.

You love to see that kind of effort get a point. Well done Cabo Verde.

Thank you for listening

Spain are back to boring Spain w/o both 1v1 wingers.

Looks like they might be about to get Laminated tho