All he has to do is keep us up. That’s it. This isn’t about vision, approach, philosophy, style, tactics or really anything beyond scratching out 7 or 8 points. Job done. For that single task, I would have thought experience of our league and competition would probably be the most useful thing.

The discourse around what does or doesn’t constitute a “big club” might be the most tiresome and pointless in the entire history of the game.

Anyone who takes the opportunity at moments like this to “I told you so” can get blocked. We all want what’s best for the club and we don’t always agree on what that entails. That’s fine, and what this place is for. But seeing the club’s failure as your own little personal victory is pathetic.

I’ve just had a very difficult conversation with ChatGPT

So really, who’s the right caretaker to come in now? Heitinga seems the most likely. Mason I guess a possibility but that really would feel like a bit of a joke. Robbie Keane? Ange??

How do we feel about getting Levy in as caretaker CEO until he end of the season?

All we need is a caretaker with some vibes who can win two games before the end of the season. Redknapp, Hoddle, Mason…even Tim Sherwood could probably do it. We just need a little new manager bounce and it’s job done.

We really need to be careful we don’t drag ourselves into a relegation narrative. These things are powerful and can meaningfully shape what actually happens. Yes we’re in danger. Other teams are in much worse danger. Rationality is important as the media and rivals will push this narrative for fun.

Romero missed 27 games last season btw for those praising his disciplinary record.

Weirdly this game has somehow made me slightly more Frank in.

The thing is you don’t have to be both. As a club the player we hold in the highest esteem is Ledley King, who had all the good of these players and none of the bad. And we love him more because we don’t have to make excuses for vicious behaviour and pretend it’s just passion.

Gets worse every time I see it. How can anyone not see the intent in that? Knows exactly what he’s doing. If Casemiro or Bruno did that to one of our players we’d be calling it exactly what it is.

I actually feel for Frank here. He’ll get the blame for the humping we’re about to receive but we were playing well and had every chance of a result before Romero fucked us, not just for this game but the next four. He’s probably just got Frank sacked.

I get we want to give our players the benefit of the doubt but nobody should be defending any player doing that. It was malicious and dangerous. And that’s before taking into account the stupidity of it. Don’t blame the ref. Blame our idiot “Captain”.

He’s done that completely on purpose and deserves that 100%.

How did Kalvin Phillips go from being good enough for City, to not good enough for West Ham in the space of a season?

Well, the window has slammed shut, and the decision to sell last season’s top goalscorer still strikes me as a very strange one. I don’t believe his value would have been any lower come the summer and he would have been a useful person to have around until then. We are weaker for the sale.

I feel the need to point out again that we’ve got some pretty good players even with most of our squad injured. I’m just not buying the issue is there. Yes we’re unbalanced and thin in certain positions, but this is a team playing beneath itself.

“I know this looks bad, but there was a lot more good than bad if you think about it. I mean they only scored in 2 seconds of that first half, which means there was 2,698 seconds in which City didn’t score. That’s progress. That’s us moving forwards!”

I was just thinking about how we could do with fewer strikers.

Great finish. We’ve really missed him.

“He’s elected to punch the ball” is a great football cliche. Such a weird turn of phrase.

PSG payed €95m for RKM??? I had no idea. Wow.

The idea that trophies matter most is a relic from the past. I wish it wasn’t. It shouldn’t be. But in the modern game consistently finishing in the top six is much more important than winning a trophy. Any trophy. Look at Leicester if you don’t agree.

One of those signings that’s hard to argue with in and of itself, but doesn’t really immediately solve our most significant problems. Much like the other two signings this window. As always who knows what’s in the works. Reserving judgment for now.

I am absolutely astounded F1 is nominated for Best Picture. It was the most formulaic, tropey, cliched, corporate-driven piece of “prestige entertainment” I’ve ever seen. Every beat felt approved by a brand partnership deck. Every turn arrived exactly when the algorithm said it should. Euch…

We played brilliantly to get the goals and credit to Frank for that performance. At the same time the red card meant it was easy to keep the lead, which is the area where Frank has really been lacking.

I mean the blueprint is clear now. Get someone sent off every game.

I feel like Frank is trying to manage the narrative for when he’s sacked and looking for his next job, which means he’s definitely getting sacked, which means we should definitely get on with sacking him.

I don’t care if there’s nobody better available right now, I don’t want Frank having anything to do with this transfer window. He has to go. I also find it very hard to believe there’s no better manager available somewhere in the world.

I’ve had a season ticket for 30 years and am likely to cancel this summer. I very much doubt I’m the only one. And I doubt tourists will be falling over themselves to watch this shit if that’s the plan.

Not there today so watching a dodgy stream. They keep talking about how difficult the Spurs home fans are to please, as if not wanting to lose every single game is a high standard…

Today I’m thinking about state backed ownership, billionaire vanity projects, leveraged buyouts, asset stripping, club ownership as asset flipping, boardrooms chasing exit value, multi club ownership networks, feeder clubs for talent parking, loan carousel advantages, shared scouting and data…

This is the entire story right here.

Have to say this might be the first time in my life that I haven’t had a strong opinion on what Spurs should do. I honestly have no idea where we go from here.

What’s the opposite of “glory hunter” fans? Misery hoarders? Trophy avoiders? Failure enthusiasts? Open to suggestions. It would be good to put a name to whatever this is…

Can’t wait to see Pep turn Semenyo into a really boring player.

I’m sorry but it clearly wasn’t a penalty.

The biggest mistake United ever made was allowing City to be the ones to go get Pep and build the club around him. United was the obvious choice for him.

Stadium looks about a third full with kickoff in 10 minutes. Getting worse and worse.

You’re not supposed to enjoy football, it’s just something you do.

Whatever you think of the Johnson sale (and I have mixed feelings), if all our business this window is that decisive then it’s going to be a fun January!

But mystified as the perception that £35m is a “good fee” for Johnson. Good for them maybe, but I find it hard to put a positive spin on taking a huge hit on him.

I can get my head round “cutting our losses” on BJ but it’s a strange one. Club clearly feels he’s not worth anything like the fee we paid for him. Maybe he isn’t but Glasner, a manger with excellent talent ID skills, obviously sees a bargain. Feels like the first move to reverse Levy’s moves.

Very rarely hear the word “adjudged” outside a football commentary context. Possibly never.

Does anyone know if there’s been any attempts to get Gary Mabbutt a Knighthood? He got an MBE back in 1994, but his work since then connecting with and serving our older fanbase has been absolutely extraordinary, as well as many other great causes, and he truly deserves meaningful recognition.

The more I think about it the more I realise we probably just need to stick with Frank until the summer at least. To break this cycle we need to properly plan for the future in a meaningful way. Our next manager shouldn’t be whoever happens to be available right now.

That was the first piece of Andrew Tate content I’ve ever engaged with, and I have to say it was thoroughly enjoyable.

Never been a fan of the theory that if you give irresponsible players the captaincy they learn responsibility.

I reckon if we’d gone down to 8 we’d have won.