Translation - Levy only gave me a few bob for youngsters
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Translation - Levy only gave me a few bob for youngsters
Just in terms of basic fitness. You would think they would have pushed it way more. Maybe being passive and sitting off dropped their levels.
Still, I’m not one to blame Jose for everything. I think he became a convenient scapegoat for some absolute dogshit served up by certain players.
It was a gamble in a moment of desperation and the dice came up snake eyes.
And tactics aside, I think Jose is much more of an X’s and O’s “you go there, you do this” kind of coach, whereas Nuno places much more emphasis on the culture and attitude of his team.
Obviously any manager does both, it’s a 60/40 type question. But the dressing room needed a culture change and Nuno seems to have had real success in that regard.
Not an ideal window by any stretch, but he's identified and addressed the core issue in defence with a quality CB and what looks like an actual RB. I'm happy with that.
Plus the French kid looks like an exciting prospect for next season, and is exactly the kind of signing so many of us have been crying out for.
Plus the French kid looks like an exciting prospect for next season, and is exactly the kind of signing so many of us have been crying out for.
Add Romero to that list too.
Seems like a vet given his recent exposure but is only 23. Quality now and long term potential.
Moriba would have been lovely.
Certainly hit the ground running, ol' Fab.
This phrase really doesn't mesh well with the rest of your post.
We have no one to play up top.
We will lose every game Scarlett starts in any competition.
No logic in that at all
Replacing a proven winner with an absolute novice shortly before a cup final bearing in mind we had won one trophy in 20 years was madness
You might get a new manager bounce when you actually appoint a recognised manager
Not Mason!
Patrick Cutrone that year they played ten million games.
Who was terrible, but an honest to god senior CF.
Really they just worked the hell out of Jimenez. 51 starts all comps. (Coady made 57!)
Look I'm less that impressed that no goalscorers were added to the squad this summer, but see previous comment about about Scarlet..... You're being harsh and hasty in that respect.
Slot him in the middle of 2 of Lucas, Stevie, Son, Gil with a proper MF behind them before making your mind up.
I wish us and him the best of luck under those circumstances and stranger things have happened than pulling a quality performance out of a promising kid, but I’m sorry I will not wait to make my mind up about the propriety of relying on that outcome.
The club doesn’t give a shit about competing in the only competitions it can actually win and I hate it.
A) We didn't buy Kane.
B) We absolutely would have sold him if the money made sense to us. But the offer didn't come.
C) Eriksen was bought with the profit made on Bale. He was sold for more than we paid for him, and if he left when we wanted him to, would have been sold for a lot, lot more.
D) Still time to make a lot of money on Dier and Dele, who combined cost less than £10m
On a personal note, I was gutted when we turned United down for Dier and we'll now never get that level of money for him again.
Plus Hart and the others
Looks like Ndombelly is in the last chance saloon so hope he responds but not confident he wants to
how is Ndombelly in last chance saloon ? he has a contract for 3 yrs on £200K a week we have to buy it back or keep him
its us that are in a problem there is the contract and we agreed to pay £56M for him so we are £100M down until we sell him and who buys him agrees to pay his wages £200k pw
Maybe he could teach him how to break sweat?
Fair point.
Players improve because they are motivated to do so - I've assumed the manager has been part of that motivation but that may not be the case. I'm just glad that Dele, Dier and Sanchez have all been playing so much better this season.
Here's the whole article about Paratici being on the bench. Maybe them being there keep the subs' minds on the field rather than off-field activities 
Personally, I think this really is a non-issue planted by someone who wants to upset Spurs. Not long ago it was Kane the players were upset about, then it was Nuno and now it's Paratici & Hitchen.
Soon The Sun will write an article about Spurs players (on the bench) being unhappy about noisy Spurs fans as they can't hear each other talking due to the noise...
www.thesun.co.uk
And although Tottenham are on a high — top of the league with three wins from three — some players are said to be uncomfortable with the presence and behaviour of Paratici and Hitchen.
A source said: “It just doesn’t sit right with the players.
"The substitutes on the bench don’t feel they are able to speak freely among themselves with those guys sitting next to them.
“The players as a whole don’t like it when the two of them are on their feet shouting at the match officials or the team.”
But they will have to put up with it until at least October.
It is understood that the pair are on the bench because the Premier League’s pandemic protocols require all players and staff in the “red zone” testing pool to be seated together in designated areas.
The league is hoping it will be able to modify the regulations next month.
Comment section (from Daily Mail):
Nanny State, Broken Britain, United Kingdom,
This story is from Dan King of The Sun, he's always throwing dirt at Tottenham but it very rarely sticks. Saddo.
Personally, I think this really is a non-issue planted by someone who wants to upset Spurs. Not long ago it was Kane the players were upset about, then it was Nuno and now it's Paratici & Hitchen.
Soon The Sun will write an article about Spurs players (on the bench) being unhappy about noisy Spurs fans as they can't hear each other talking due to the noise...
Spurs aces unhappy at behaviour of senior staff Paratici and Hitchen in dug-out
TOTTENHAM players are unhappy about senior club staff jumping about in the dug-out during games. Fabio Paratici, Spurs’ managing director of football, and Steve Hitchen, technical performance direc…
www.thesun.co.uk
And although Tottenham are on a high — top of the league with three wins from three — some players are said to be uncomfortable with the presence and behaviour of Paratici and Hitchen.
A source said: “It just doesn’t sit right with the players.
"The substitutes on the bench don’t feel they are able to speak freely among themselves with those guys sitting next to them.
“The players as a whole don’t like it when the two of them are on their feet shouting at the match officials or the team.”
But they will have to put up with it until at least October.
It is understood that the pair are on the bench because the Premier League’s pandemic protocols require all players and staff in the “red zone” testing pool to be seated together in designated areas.
The league is hoping it will be able to modify the regulations next month.
Comment section (from Daily Mail):
Nanny State, Broken Britain, United Kingdom,
This story is from Dan King of The Sun, he's always throwing dirt at Tottenham but it very rarely sticks. Saddo.
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