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After that shit show vs Wolves I don't think we'll have a game against a disinterested team until Brighton on the very last day- and they still may be very interested to beat us.
We'll be lucky to make it to 40 points this season.
THE SCORE
Spurs have taken just 18 points from their last 20 league matches (Photo: Getty)
Daniel Storey
Chief Football Writer
April 14, 2025 6:00 am (Updated 6:02 am)
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It’s going to end soon. It is already ending, so scorched has the earth become. Tottenham have a Europa League tie in Frankfurt on Thursday night and Ange Postecoglou is lucky to be in charge for it. Even that is surely only because Spurs would prefer not to turn to Ryan Mason for yet another caretaker stint.
If belief, confidence and momentum are all crucial when travelling away in Europe, it would be astonishing if Tottenham qualified in Germany. This team is a mess. For all the dogma of the Postecoglou style, even that has fallen away now.
Tottenham play like a team that spends no time in midweek working out how to thwart an opponent’s threat. If “We’ll just focus on what we do” is the idea here, it doesn’t work either because nobody seems to know what the bloke next to them wants.
Wolves were competent; Tottenham were not. The timings of the goals in Sunday’s 4-2 defeat were instructive too, Tottenham twice conceding in the five minutes after they gave themselves some hope of rescuing a point. Even the good news comes laced with fear that it will merely be a prelude for instant calamity
Tottenham's blind faith in Postecoglou is coming to an end
This stopped working a long time ago
Daniel Storey
Chief Football Writer
April 14, 2025 6:00 am (Updated 6:02 am)
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This is an extract of The Score. Sign-up up here to receive the newsletter every Monday morning with The i Paper’s verdict on all 20 Premier League clubs
It’s going to end soon. It is already ending, so scorched has the earth become. Tottenham have a Europa League tie in Frankfurt on Thursday night and Ange Postecoglou is lucky to be in charge for it. Even that is surely only because Spurs would prefer not to turn to Ryan Mason for yet another caretaker stint.
If belief, confidence and momentum are all crucial when travelling away in Europe, it would be astonishing if Tottenham qualified in Germany. This team is a mess. For all the dogma of the Postecoglou style, even that has fallen away now.
Tottenham play like a team that spends no time in midweek working out how to thwart an opponent’s threat. If “We’ll just focus on what we do” is the idea here, it doesn’t work either because nobody seems to know what the bloke next to them wants.
Wolves were competent; Tottenham were not. The timings of the goals in Sunday’s 4-2 defeat were instructive too, Tottenham twice conceding in the five minutes after they gave themselves some hope of rescuing a point. Even the good news comes laced with fear that it will merely be a prelude for instant calamity
Liverpool
Woolwich
Chelsea
Man City
A. Villa
N. Forest
Newcastle
Brighton
Unfortunately all pretty tough sides for us these days. Without Europe we can definitely get ourselves in the top 6-8th places if we are on our shit, but it will take a very focused effort with a great coach. With the incredible investment that Villa and Forest are seeing, not to mention Newcastle, we are dangerously close to fading from European relevance
think our hope has to be a real coaching team who work with the players to improve them & no midweek football, the down side is when will our young players get game time ? ( Gray, Moore, etc)Liverpool
Woolwich
Chelsea
Man City
A. Villa
N. Forest
Newcastle
Brighton
Unfortunately all pretty tough sides for us these days. Without Europe we can definitely get ourselves in the top 6-8th places if we are on our shit, but it will take a very focused effort with a great coach. With the incredible investment that Villa and Forest are seeing, not to mention Newcastle, we are dangerously close to fading from European relevance
Also playing midweek football will strain the playing staff at some of those clubs
There is saying:
If trying harder doesn't work....then try smarter...
If trying harder doesn't work....then try smarter...
Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn’t work hard.There is saying:
If trying harder doesn't work....then try smarter...
Story of our last 18 months.
Anyone else expecting a Charge Of The Light Brigade outcome on Thursday?
A multi tasker! You’re clearly talented.You have a bright future ahead young man, maybe in politics.
You’re our future, the country is relying on you and this once great country’s destiny is in your erm………hands
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He is not good enough even to be classified as a scape goat.
He is just dumb donkey.
Reading Roy Keane’s comments about the Man U players coming out in interviews after defeats giving soundbytes makes them sound like dishonest players (saying learned from mistakes, hurting after defeat) made me instantly think of us. Ours are the same. They give these interviews but does them losing really hurt them that much?
In all fairness, Harry R wasn't exactly known to be a tactical master mind either...
Is Harry Redknapp a master tactician or just lucky?
Thomas Levin on the 4-4-2-loving wheeler-dealer.
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I think this team is dead on its feet, some, who's confidence is on the floor, some who clearly have no belief anymore, some are just physically done. Losing as much as they have is exhausting, even more so without proper leadership.
Only thing that is guaranteed to be like a charge of the light brigade is another fuck up from management and the people in charge
The Lord Cardigan levels of stupidity was the point I was going for , should have added more context clearly
Nah I’d take the win of the cup. He’d be sacked by November anyway because we’d be bottom of the league. His replacement would bring some wins and the season turn out fine. But it’s not going to happen because there’s no way this side can win the Europa league under him.
"Just look at the way he's lifting the trophy, what an arrogant tosser"
"First trophy in over a decade, just who does the smug cunt think he is"
My bad, you did say outcome
Nope. Players are not playing for this useless boss.
We’ll go out with a whimper and THEN Ange will be gone (silver linings).
The reality is that getting rid of him now MAY give us a short boost that will help us get through…but Levy won’t do that because he’s a tight cunt.
In all fairness, Harry R wasn't exactly known to be a tactical master mind either...
Is Harry Redknapp a master tactician or just lucky?
Thomas Levin on the 4-4-2-loving wheeler-dealer.
Anyone who watched us knock AC Milan out of the CL under Harry would realise that he understands tactics alright.