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    Rough highlights of Prem teams' transfer windows

    It's probably a good example as I see he's valued around 20m at the moment. I'm trying to fit a square peg in a round hole here (I did say 'rarely' though!) but winning these two cups still has some value for United. As we know, a long time without any silverware (something that can easily...
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    Rough highlights of Prem teams' transfer windows

    I think price tags should only be considered with hindsight. Paying 40m for a guy, winning a cup or getting into the CL and selling him a couple of seasons down the line, even for half the price is a very good piece of business in my opinion. Getting a guy on a free who won't play a game all...
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    The transfer thread

    I'd argue Bale did pretty well for himself... ;)
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    Dubrovnik

    My only advice is: never go there in the summer. I haven't been there in ages but I have horrible memories of being feeling like cattle in the narrow streets of Dubrovnik. Also, if you go there by car, be prepared for a rough ride and don't drive there if you're drunk: it's really dangerous. And...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    Well, I'm fine, thank you for asking! You probably missed it but I did post semi-regularly this season! You tend to fade into the background when you grow older ;) Unsurprisingly, as the world is on the verge of total destruction, I'm enjoying the best time of my life profesionally! So, I will...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    I think you make a lot of fair points here. The only thing that could be held against you, I think, is that the picture you paint shows how far the game has moved on from what it was until the mid-90s, when a great manager could win a lot of trophies with a decent team and when winning a trophy...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    Something I don't really get about other teams getting CL football is that we got that for some time, went all the way to the final five years ago... and look where we are now. Arsenal missed out for six years in a row and they are challenging for the title. Of course, it's better to be in than...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    I share your sentiment on this. On a slightly broader perspective, we (as human beings) tend to look for a single explanation/reason when something goes wrong when, in fact, it's more often than not a combination of many little things that put together, produce a certain outcome. Maybe it's the...
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    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool FC ***

    For some reason, I found our first-half performance even less enoyable than the one against Chelsea but there seems to be a general agreement that we have to deal with a mix of players who have been under-performing since they returned from injury and a couple of people who seem to have dropped...
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    *** Tottenham Hotspur vs Chelsea OMT ***

    The law of averages. Apparently we were over-performing in terms of xG or xG conversion or whatever it's called (basically, we were scoring more often than we should have) and we were also conceding less than the stats suggested. Apparently, the same thing happened with Fulham recently (I don't...
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    *** Tottenham Hotspur vs Chelsea OMT ***

    Something clearly broke after the first Chelsea game. Sure, other teams have 'figured us out' in the meantime but I feel there's more to it. Before that, everything was going our way, even when we weren't playing particularly well. Since then, there's been less movement off the ball and there's...
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    **** Tottenham Hotspur FC vs Fulham FC ****

    As I said, my understanding of Postecoglou's tactics is that it demands a lot of stamina and movement off the ball. What I did like in the first part of the season was the fact that the player with the ball often had two or three partners calling for the ball. Since December, I get the feeling...
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    **** Tottenham Hotspur FC vs Fulham FC ****

    Maybe another way to look at it is that 'dominating' doesn't really mean much in football. It's just something we use in our conversations to support a claim but we can't even agree on what it means. At the end of the day, football is about results: if you 'dominate' 38 games in a season and end...
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    Classic Signings - Robbie Keane

    He's the reason why my childhood friend became an Everton fan. We've been lucky enough to have Kane and Son more recently but Berbatov and Keane formed an absolutely brilliant partnership. So much so that, despite all their talent, they never were quite the same after they broke up!
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    The owners - where do you sit?

    Fans are fickle by nature. If you'd asked the same question when we didn't sign a player for a full year, the result would have been very different. Alternatively, when we came that close to winning the league, who would have said no? A week after sacking Pochettino, the split would have been...
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    LOSSES IN MUSIC

    My teenage years were spent listening mostly to the Pogues and the Clash. I was lucky enough to go see the Pogues live on a few occasions, as my parents had a friend who used to tour with them (even got me a signed card from the whole band!). I met MacGowan on two different occasions and while...
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    ***TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR vs Wolves OMT***

    The collective performance was poor, as expected but a few players did fairly well. I think Royal gave a good account of himself and so did Davies. Of course, they're not very well suited to Postecoglou's system but I don't think you can blame their performance. Kulusevski and Porro make for a...
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    ***TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR vs Wolves OMT***

    On the plus side, Postecoglou got some good performances from squad players during pre-season. It would have been nice to have Sanchez for this one but it is what it is. Whatever happens, we're on a learning curve so it won't be the end of the world.
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    ***TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR vs Chelsea OMT***

    I wouldn't go that far but his tactics on Monday do seem like a statement. He's explained many times that he wanted his players to know that he'd shoulder the blame if something went wrong on the pitch because of his set-up. Monday could be seen as a case where he put his money where his mouth...
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    ***TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR vs Chelsea OMT***

    The VAR ruined the game for me but the injuries concern me a lot more than the result or the game itself. If someone had offered me 8 wins in the first 11 games three months ago, I'd have bitten their hand off. The most important thing was to start the season well in order to avoid questions...
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