There’s definitely something in the argument that the Premier League has lost something in recent years. This season’s Champions League knockouts and the Euros feel so fresh in comparison.

Didn’t think this team/cycle/project/whatever had the capacity to make me feel like that again. That’s all I want, a team to really care for and they gave it everything.

Going to Dubrovnik in May, so currently rewatching Game of Thrones and instead of watching Spurs I just watched the episode where Oberyn fights The Mountain. Far less traumatising.

Completely crumbling here, which is nothing new at Stamford Bridge, but so obvious that everyone has given up on this project.

Still thinking about Bergvall’s performance last night. Not just the athleticism and bravery on the ball, which we knew about already, but I was so impressed with the amount of times he nipped Alkmaar attacks in the bud. Showed Bissouma and Bentancur how that position should be played.

I’ve watched less non-Spurs football this season for a number of reasons, so when I do watch top-level games like this it genuinely takes me slightly by surprise how good other teams are.

Weird to say this after growing up with them completely dominating English football, but thank god Manchester United are about to make me feel a bit better about Spurs.

Spence and Udogie starting together is very exciting, but Sonny and Brennan against a low block is enough to drive a person to insanity, so I have mixed feelings about today.

I thought we were going to be so up for this and even if it was too much for them, go down fighting. But yikes…

Is this what it felt like in the ‘90s with every win feeling incredible because they were so rare?

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Man, that is the best I’ve felt about Tottenham in AGES. Nothing beats academy products scoring.

Tottenham Hotspur play one single match without someone getting injured challenge.

I’m sure we’re about to see a hamstring explosion on a scale humankind has never witnessed before, but there’s no doubt my mood and general happiness is much improved when I get to watch Micky van de Ven play football.

I believe in Richarlison.

Rio Ferdinand acting like our keeper being calm and confident in his first league appearance and a North London Derby is a bad thing is doing my head in.

Conte on Bissouma.

I’d actually been doing pretty well this week with not thinking about this as it’s much less important in the grand scheme compared to other seasons. Feel absolutely horrid now.

I want to be optimistic about today, but there is no way anything positive can come out of wearing that awful blue kit in a NLD.

At least the lads have given themselves a nice rest today ahead of Wednesday.

Kinsky and Vicario are either gonna be best mates or mortal enemies. Not sure the club is big enough for two lunatics of that level.

Dom Solanke by the way.

That was a very controlled, mature performance from chaotic, irresponsible, unreliable Tottenham imo.

Hell yeah. Sonny forever.

The three minutes where it looked like Alfie Whiteman might have to stop scrolling through Letterboxd and actually do his job was one of the most thrilling experiences of my life.

Dominic Solanke the standout all season behind Kulusevski for me. Bullied the defender like Kane there.

If we’d heard an opponent’s third-choice keeper was making his debut against us, we’d all be convinced he’d turn into Manuel Neuer for 90 minutes. But because it’s Spurs…

Sad how early the apathy has set in this season due to how relentlessly we keep getting Tottenham’d. Feels like it’s been almost every day since August with no respite – even the City win was immediately marred by the Vicario news. Now at a point where I’m just intrigued how bad today’s gonna be.

Quite enjoying the lack of meltdown today – everyone seems to be pretty much on the same page here that they’re a few levels above us even without the mitigating circumstances.

Babe wake up, new Ange meme templates just dropped.

The Stanley Matthews final, the Michael Owen final, the Steven Gerrard final, the Sergio Reguilon quarterfinal.

The reports of Heung-min Son’s demise have been greatly exaggerated.

Bringing this one over from Twitter because I’m always gonna need it.

Seriously, how bad must Manchester City be?

Spurs are playing AGAIN already?

At the pub last night, biggest takeaway was how little people outside Tottenham (and Bournemouth I guess) think of Solanke. He’s a gem, must be so annoying to play against as a defender.

That’s literally the exact same tackle as Romero’s last year.

I cannot believe my eyes, this Cucurella performance is the exact type of nonsense we normally do in this fixture.

I am more than willing to take the 100 point deduction in a few years when it’s discovered we’ve undertaken some illegal genetic testing to restore Micky’s hamstring.

Vlad Chiriches sleeping well tonight, safe in the knowledge that he remains Tottenham’s best ever Romanian defender.

Remember when Mikey Moore was going to save us? Good times.

Salah just right up there with the best PL players ever, isn’t he? Always found it so weird when people would say he’s just a goalscorer, he’s got everything.

What a performance this is from the linesman’s moustache.

The Tottenham monkey’s paw twist from beating City 4-0 took longer to reveal itself than expected, but fair play it’s a huge one.

Remember when Pochettino said he wished he could’ve coached Dembele from a young age? Feel like we’re now seeing an idea of what that might have looked like through Kulusevski. Insane strength and technique, but combined with loads of decisive moments in the final third.

Pep Guardiola simply cannot comprehend the mystery that is Tottenham Hotspur. Even the greatest minds cannot figure out an institution that refuses to obey the natural laws of the universe.

I hate everything about “The Dekihad”, but you can’t argue with results.

I have always said James Maddison is a big game player and there is no evidence on this social media platform to say otherwise.

We’re either getting an AVB loss or a Mourinho win here.