I’m nowhere near as high on Kinsky as many of you but can’t help but feel so delighted for him after what he went through. What a story.

Can’t believe I went out to bat for our transfer policy on the pod last night and an hour later we are spending £80m on another above average 8.

Honestly so thrilled about the Porro news 🤍

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We've not released our player update yet (released players, academy extensions/pro contracts) and the suspicious part of my wonders if it's because there are some contract negotiations ongoing. For reference, last year we published it on 31 May

I am doing some prep for our squad review pod this weekend. This is a visualisation of the age profile of the squad that I include in our notes. I'll share a similar one on contract length when I have updated it.

I think we’re going to sign Harry Wilson and I think some people are going to be furious about it and some people are going to think it’s an amazing signing. I’m somewhere in the middle on it, knowing full well that centrists are the worst.

Morning 😁

I know a lot of fellow Spurs fans will be concerned if the current leadership stays in place but I think it's pretty clear we've got the right CEO in charge. #thfc #coys

Which surprising player exits do you think we might see this summer? I’m not talking about the ones we all know and constantly discuss leaving. One that will make you do this.

Relief. That we are safe, that the season’s over, that I never have to watch Kolo Muani in a Spurs shirt again.

I’ve just been to see a completely existential Rob Auton work in progress and it’s made me feel a lot better about the match 😂

The wait for Sunday is intolerable

Tbh I do think serious questions need to be asked of De Zerbi re continually picking Kolo Muani. I know the alternatives are few and far between but there are alternatives. Rarely seen a player play as bad for as long and keep his place. Spence RW Sunday please.

Can i just shock you? I like football teams owned by a blood-soaked autocracy trying to launder its deservedly sinister reputation through sport, despite what i said earlier. #thfc #coys

What is Mathys Tel? 🇫🇷🤔

Sort of ridiculous how much better Maddison looked, after a year out, than our other front third options.

I think Porro was the canary in the coal mine this season - Frank had this cultured passer punting balls up the line for Kudus and co, De Zerbi immediately has him stepping inside and playing one and two touch passes. He’s a quality player who has been made to look like a clogger.

A vaguely competent winger on the pitch and that scoreline is totally different. Created so many appetising 1v1 situations. Exciting.

In all seriousness, tonight's performance was kind of what I expected Thomas Frank to deliver consistently for us. I am an idiot. (I'll expand more on the pod tomorrow.)

Possessing the football is a hell of a drug. You should try it sometime, Thomas Frank, you neek.

Okay people really want us to speculate as to the cause of our injuries on the pod. Here are the theories I’ve seen: Lasting impact of Ange-ball Retractable pitch Training pitch issues Coaches overruling medical staff Incompetent medical staff Cursed training ground Cursed physio room Any more?

Had quite a lot of pushback about WHU’s run in & my suggesting they’re bad too & it’s a battle of who is worst. They have: Brentford A Arsenal H Newcastle A Leeds H Last 6 matches WHU about level xG with us & marginally better xGA than us. Brentford won 7 of last 9 meetings with WHU. Hopium!

Reflected on this on the podcast today. Extraordinary.

Re Simons, our physio staff asking him to do something that explosive after suffering a jarring injury seemed crazy

RKM’s performances over the last months are some of the worst I’ve seen from a high-level professional in all of my years of watching football

I got a coys tattoo last week cos I’m proper Spurs but I got it really small cos publicly supporting Spurs is like a humiliation kink

Bringing Palhinha and Sarr on when you’re chasing a game is just mad. Better off having academy attackers (or just Olusesi) on the bench.

We’ve looked competent at building up and have made a lot of individual errors. Bergvall and Kolo Muani both candidates for the hook.

I am absolutely riddled with pre match nerves today

Training video observations - Booting the ball in the air and asking for ‘big winners’ is hilarious - Gray seems super prominent - Lots of lil chats with Bergvall - At one point he is saying sometimes you need one touch sometimes two sometimes three sometimes four

Pretty much never watch Sky Sports unless I'm watching actual sport but briefly switched it on this morning & you'd never have known about any controversy surrounding the appointment of RDZ. Of course they'd want to shut it down for *reasons* but there's a big/interesting story here, odd to neglect.

If you feel strongly about this, tell them *now* before it is too late.

Never felt so upset with Spurs

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I have some reason to believe we are trying to appoint RDZ. Given our CEO and the situation at his previous club, this is not entirely surprising. Chris has summed up my thoughts exactly in this post on Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DWRt2sTCMB... Check it out, share it widely.

All together, always

That felt big. COYS!

Maeson King (CB/LB), Malachi Hardy (CB/RB), Rio Kyerematen (CM/AM) and Tye Hall (CM) have all been added to the squad for tonight.

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Re Olusesi, I don’t know if you noticed but he was giving out to Dragusin for passing back to Vicario unnecessarily. Not sure if it’s that he’s not had the confidence hit of the others or that he’s just more technically assured but he was able to pass forward in moments our other CMs go backwards.

I unapologetically love him

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Whoever decided it was okay for Romero to return to the pitch yesterday after that clash of heads should not be in a job by the way. The number of times we've seen this at Spurs. Appalling.

I thought starting Kinský was completely insane. That's on Tudor, not Kinský. I thought he got the call to substitute him right. To then ignore him when he came off absolutely stank. 22yo, barely played, being applauded off by 60,000 Atlético fans. Displayed a total lack of emotional intelligence.

I need to see the Spence / Tudor handshake thing, has anyone seen a clip?

Gunter, Rowswell and Olusesi are the only youth players that have been added to List B for tonight. That means we have 21 fit and available players of the 23 allowed. There is the possibility of us naming four goalkeepers in the matchday squad. I think that might be a club first if it happens.

Spurs play today.