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  1. DubaiSpur

    Cristian Romero

    Like I said, players look better in better teams. When you have Mbappe, Vinicius, Rodrygo and whomever else attacking the other side, players like Romero can look magnificent because they don't have to defend as much - other teams are too scared of that front three to get after Madrid. Romero...
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    Johan Lange - Technical Director

    I'll say one thing about this guy - I get the feeling he was hired more because Levy likes the way he works than for any intrinsic talent at building a team. Freely admit it's just a hunch on my end, but the signs are there, imo. There was a moment under Paratici where I felt we were breaking...
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    Cristian Romero

    Romero liking, and then unliking, a tweet by Argentine journalist Gaston Edul claiming the reason we lost is because we don't work in a detailed way like other clubs apparently do - with the proof being offered being that Romero apparently had to arrange his own flight back home after...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    I don't think so. It's the invincibility of youth - you don't tend to get as down about things, and there's an optimism about the future that allows you to overcome setbacks. Even if things go tits up, playing regularly will help them far more than if we meander along (like now) and they only...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    Not for me. He doesn't offer enough attacking-wise to make up for his defensive weaknesses, which he hasn't really rectified. He's fine as the wing-back in a side with a somewhat lower line. He might even excel there - if he's given license to cross from out wide with a three man backline...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    Agreed. He really needs to do a Poch and just unleash Bergvall, Gray, Spence, Moore et al for a few games. Even if they don't do well, they offer energy and bravery, and we need both. Poch got time in part because he threw Mason, Bentaleb, Rose and Harry into the mix in his first season, giving...
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    Set Pieces

    Think he's a better shot-stopper, but Raya is a better commander of his box. On playing out from the back, think they're both roughly even - ditto when it comes to sweeping.
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    He didn't want to come to us back when we had better players than we do now. And Levy reportedly didn't want a diva like Nagelsmann after the Mou and Conte affairs. Which is why we got a pleasant, if mediocre, yes-man in Postecoglou. Plus, I'd question if this wing play we're focused on is any...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    He never said he wouldn't manage Chelsea. Did say he would never manage Arsenal or Barcelona (having been an Espanyol and Spurs man). He's kept his word on that. You're entitled to your views, but in my experience Poch is one of the most honest and honorable men I've seen at the helm of Spurs...
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    Set Pieces

    To be fair, nothing wrong with our set pieces today (defensively, anyway). Momentary lapse in concentration, happens to every team (although Romero is picking up a habit of being unreliable in derbies). More want to draw attention to Vicario's flapping and his general inability to control his...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    I agree, and being Canadian I don't mind that situation. ;) But he will be there to coach them at that group stage, at a minimum. So, engaged until 2026. He's a man of his word mate. He gave them his word, he isn't going back on it. Man doesn't even have an agent, so it's even more important...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    He won't be available before 2026 - he was signed to coach them through to their World Cup on home soil in 2026, and that isn't going to change because he's given them his word on that. Our first chance to re-sign Poch came after sacking Conte - we instead went with a mediocre journeyman fresh...
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    James Maddison

    This summer mate. Not last summer - we were apparently chasing Eze this summer. Ended up balking at the release clause and not signing anyone there, because we apparently felt a kid from the Swedish Sunday league was enough cover. How did you think I was referring to 2023 when I mentioned...
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    James Maddison

    Remember when we were apparently chasing Eze all summer, and ended up predictably cheaping out on him? We've been playing a system that employs two attacking midfielders in Maddison and Kulusevski, and I think part of the reason for that is to make up for the fact that Maddison has declined...
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    *** OMT: Mighty Spurs vs Scum ***

    If I'm counting right, that brings us back to Poch's first season. It all kicked off for him around the tenth game (I think the Harry free kick against Villa?). Maybe it all kicks off for Postecoglou in his 50th game, i.e, by October. You have to account for the disparity in quality - Poch was...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    Exactly, and well put. It's the fundamental reason why I don't really care if he stays or goes - nothing ever changes either way.
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    Yes, after four games. After ten or so, if we're still in this position, then yes Levy will sack him and hire some other mediocre journeyman just like him. But for now, he's got time to turn it around.
  18. DubaiSpur

    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    Smart call. It's a similar system, albeit with more cutting edge - and after all we dropped 65m on their striker, so Iraola knows him at least. But personally I don't think it'll come to that - we'll pick up a few points here and there and Postecoglou will muddle along as he has since his luck...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    I feel you, but it is what it is mate. We aren't sacking him unless we're in the bottom half, and we will pick up just enough wins to stay in and around the top six. He's better than the rough majority of coaches in this league, and that's what we'll get out of him - better than the rough...
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    Dominic Solanke

    Bit useless today, but in fairness he had nothing to feed on. We didn't buy a world-beater who can create by himself - we were spoiled by having Harry do that for so many years. Needs better service, and he'll get a roughly half-decent goal tally. Not sure you can expect anything more from him.
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