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Shit, and now we get this news today:

> Ivan Perisic has suffered a complex Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury in his right knee

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Romano has doubled down and confirmed. Only a matter of time now.

https://uk.unofficialbird.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1686813650156204032

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It would be interesting to see if Deki can play an 8 (where Skipp played) with Porro out wide.

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Their use of language still seems a little chaotic and informal to me.

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Try this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gzPQlN2zVAE

Good channel that, although they can't show the football clips.

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If he carries on at current rates, he's on for a year broadly similar to his golden boot winning 21-22 season.

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It would be a more fair reflection of Messi if we were to remove his latest three seasons. If you take only his data between 17-18 and 20-21 then his over performance is 36%, not too far *behind* our Sonny.

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Ange's pressers are usually good, but this has got to be the best one yet.

The above link on f.l is full text if you prefer to read these things, but here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic2qDnzUWT4

Wide ranging, often profound. Well worth a watch.

All those other managers we were linked with after Conte left: I'm starting to feel like we dodged a few bullets there. At this point, I couldn't be any happier with Ange. What an uncommon stroke of luck to get him.

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So it kind of doesn't matter what Bayern bid, PSG will outbid them.

Given that Kane doesn't want to go to PSG, will Levy grant Harry his wish?

Levy has about as much human warmth about him as an Antarctic snake, and given he seems perfectly fine contemplating the sale of Sanchez to fucking Moscow, I can see Kane ending up in Paris. But if Kane refuses to go to PSG, what then? Maybe he has enough sway over Levy to force move to Bayern?

Either way, hurry up – we want CBs!

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Also worth noting, of the top 5 passers into the box this season, three are Spurs players.

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My take is that the players were hyped out.

Add to that Bissouma's loss of form, perhaps due to the yellows and suspension hanging over him: his lack of presence leaves the back line more exposed.

Add to that we are the most fouled team this season (Maddison now out until 2024 due to ankle kicks he's sustained), with no PKs and most touches in opp box...

Add to that a lack of yellows against us, but plenty for...

Frustrations grow.

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All fair, and Ange doesn't need a long ball keeper this season. Maybe he'll be of a different mind when he sees what City, Arsenal etc do this term? I do hope Vic does well.

The anxiety stems from the fact that a lot of players Levy gets in have a hard dependency on them being able to improve their game and TOO OFTEN that hope is in vain. The ongoing narrative at Spurs is shambolic recruitment. But that's perhaps as much to do with shambolic recruitment of managers...

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“I remember one game, a very tricky away match against Lanus, the year when we finished third in the league. We were winning 2-1 when one of their strikers broke through alone. He ran from halfway, leaving our defenders behind, and looked certain to score. But then Alejo whistled, pretending it was the referee stopping the game. The striker stopped and one of our centre-backs stole the ball."

I've seen outraged comments on Sheffield's time wasting even before they scored. But it seems their strategy was to try and break our flow from the start; to frustrate; to suffocate.

I feel ambivalent about their tactics. As an underdog, you have to respect Heckingbottom for identifying a weakness and exploiting it. But dark arts are not fun to watch. Just glad it wasn't us this time.

Sorry to everyone who had to endure us under Conte I guess.

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I am really interested to see how Munn does, what changes he brings, and whether he is able to help end Tottenham's trophy drought. I'm liking these winds of change blowing through the club.

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I thought Porro was also great. He was playing as an 8 most of the time. Extraordinary given he's a fullback. I love how fluid and adaptable the system is, but their Achilles heel is very clearly a dug-in low block. Can't help but feel we will miss Perišić.

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I was pretty calm to tell the truth aside from a raised eyebrow over starting Son in the middle. The way we played was good. Our intensity was excellent. I was preparing to be disappointed, but not with the team or the setup - more with the officiating, the dark arts, the bad lack. We played Angeball and got unlucky (our xG was 2.12); no complaints. Apart from maybe that we should have started with Richarlison.

See these:

https://mastodon.online/@hallenbeck/111075588427957923

https://mastodon.online/@hallenbeck/111074301177489579

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This is a terrific in-depth analysis of Spurs' Angeball so far this season. Well worth the watch.

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If I were to buy a shirt with a name and number on it would be ROMERO 17.

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@Jabroni Just checked those replies on Twitter X. At this stage, difficult to class those accounts as "people". It's more like a gurgling regression to primordial soup.