Doubling down on this as I've seen more criticisms of individuals since full-time. I don't think it's fair to dig out players for not being what the team needs in that moment, especially when they have never been that player

Although, Frank has also said it was Gray's mistake and no issue from Vicario

The issue I feel Spurs have is there's a fair amount of evidence that the club's Football department have an inconsistent approach to footballing ideology. We can talk about manager vs squad quality but if the Director (or equiv) is not setting a path for the club, everything is an inefficient mess

A friend of mine is a Forest fan who lives abroad but has gone home for Xmas and is at this game. Happy for them at least

Not remotely why people used to rate him so highly, but I'm taking that Ibrahim Sangare strike as a bit of delayed vindication

Please tell me more about Frank being 'tactically astute'

Watching back, I think Vicario could have done better in his decision making. However, I think if Gray drops and calls for it, he has to be ready to handle the situation. I think I just don’t like seeing everyone dig out Vicario (or any other Spurs player really) when it’s the system that sucks

In what world is that on Vicario? Gray drops and calls for the pass. It's a simple ball out to Romero. All game they have shown that pattern with Bentancur dropping and making a first touch pass to the fullback. It was on Gray

The Slavia statement is classic smirking winking nonsense

While probably unrelated, bringing Son back as a guest at the Slavia Prague game is giving ‘For Use in an Emergency to Improve the Vibes’

Romero and Van de Ven are two of my favourite striker defenders

Annoyingly, that penalty decision is going to detract from much of the scrutiny this performance deserves

Romero and Van de Ven are two of my favourite striker defenders

To be clear, I am of the opinion that the manager is the main issue. However, I don’t think any player in the Spurs squad could do that Guimaraes finish

Balls into the box played along the floor are reaching their target. Might be something Spurs can think about

I am no fan of Frank's approach, but the line-up is: - Starting defence minus vdv likely for rest & rotation - PMS, LB & RB is the most athletic midfield 3 he can pick to try + match up in a transition heavy game - BJ is transition threat & MK + RKM are most technically proficient forwards

I appreciate that maybe the these moments Frank is referring to, his analysis is correct, but reading 'We were going in behind when we shouldn’t go in behind, we were playing in the middle when we shouldn’t play in the middle...' made the frustration bubble up again

The one positive is that the whole exercise is siphoning the left's worst vibes straight into oblivion, while the rest of us get on with more constructive pursuits.

Shame that Jamie Donley is not even in Stoke's squad for today's game. Wonder whether it's more beneficial to tough out a rough season or to look for a switch to a different club in January. Phillips on the other hand looks like he could be a decent sale, especially if Stoke they come up next season

I haven't watched any football since halftime against Newcastle in the League Cup and the odd feeling is I don't miss it at all I never thought I would become completely disinterested in the sport but it's all just so predictable

I've been told that my stance against AI is not doing my employability any favours. The job market is a disaster for someone with media production background (or as far as I have seen anyway). The fact so many people are still going out to bat for OpenAI is mind-boggling to me

Gone to a gig instead of Tottenham this evening, but it all sounds generally positive. Glad people seem to be enjoying the game

Two huge applauses when Faiza Shaheen says that Labour should tax the rich to make up for the Brexit generated shortfall exposed in the budget #BBCQT

I have been so disinterested with Spurs so far this season but this half has been the first glimpse of open play attacking fluidity and I've quite enjoyed it

That was the best open play move Spurs have put together all season

'Unprecedented' is unfortunately one thing that this injury crisis is not

I know we don't need to keep doing this but if that performance were under Ange it would be labeled as defensively naive Appreciate it is early days for Frank but it is only how he is perceived which is changing the rhetoric to that being a 'resilient' performance

No Traitors commentary until the Spurs game is finished please 🙏🏻

Could be Gray at LB but based on previous games this season, I think Spurs are lining up like this

I feel like I'm close to losing all interest in football. There are so few teams I enjoy watching now and I get basically no excitement from it. Think the only remedy might be taking a big break from it for a while

I believe Spurs once again have the most first team injuries of all the Premier League clubs

I'm on the other side of the stadium so might just be my vision but it looks like Danso is doing the offside trap warmup and I can't see Romero out there?

Destiny injured or being rested?

The use of AI to marionette a woman whose tortured existence was spent trying to carve her own life and identity out of the space men forced her into is both damningly macabre and a surprisingly perfect encapsulation of the problems with this ghoulish use of technology.

I do wonder whether all the people who responded to the assassination with "This means war" & "No mercy for liberals" etc, are capable of perceiving that Trump could not give less of a shit

On the train from Montréal back to Toronto and will fly back to London tomorrow. Had the most incredible 2 weeks going between cities and lakeside cabins. However, I think I will now always regret not moving here with my friends a few years ago when I had the chance

I am out of reach from Tottenham's ability to disappoint

If fans have issue with Bentancur because of last summer, that is totally valid. However, I think 'analysis' calling him bad is completely off-mark. Spurs bad build-up is structural as well as profile & 29 is not too old for a player on a mid-length contract

Played my wildcard this week and I have either optimised my team or completely destroyed it #fpl

Trying to pack efficiently for 2 weeks in Canada but the forecast is highs of 23°, lows of 14°, sunny and rainy. Im spending times in cities and more rural areas, so I guess I just need to bring all the clothes I own

This has been out less than a week but I'm pretty sure it is already going to be one of my most listened to songs of the year. Something about it hits just right as Autumn weather is kicking in

The richest man in the world is a racist with the emotional development of a 12 year old, his friend who finances the right believes he’s fighting the Antichrist, and the President is a dimwitted sex criminal who thinks he’s a polymath. Curtailing their influence is literally the government’s job.

It's my fault for curating my social media timelines the way that I have, but I can't be on here. I am sick to death of seeing all of their cruel stupid faces and listening to their nonsense on a daily basis

Whether it’s paracetamol or something else, Trump and co are perpetuating the idea autism is wrong and disability is an individual’s responsibility to avoid. It’s anti-science but it’s deeply ableist at its core. The goal is for non-disabled to be afraid and disabled people to be ashamed.

To celebrate the first day of Fall, enjoy Aardman's beautiful stop motion short for the 10th anniversary of Over The Garden Wall.

I can't tell whether RFK and Trump are doing this only because they believe medical conspiracy theories or if this is part of a malicious scheme to frame neurodivergence as a choice or fault of the parent, then go on to remove all kinds of social & financial support for neurodivergent people

14 defensive contributions!? Forget what I said, we're fine

My Kudus -> Semenyo transfer may work out long term but has gone about as badly as I could have predicted this week #fpl

I think FPL has crashed as it won't let me use my wildcard. Maybe it is a sign to keep my team mostly the same

Feeling incentivised to smash through my watchlist on Disney+ then cancel it forever