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Poch’s Progress
At just past the halfway point in the league season, it feels like a good time to pause for breath and consider the progress that we have made to date under Mauricio Pochettino, our latest Head Coach....
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Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 Burnley – some thoughts
On Wednesday night Spurs scored four goals without response for the second time in the space of a fortnight. On New Year’s Day, we went from 0-1 down to 4-1 up against Chelsea (finishing 5-3); this...
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Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Leicester City– some thoughts
We were seven minutes plus stoppage time from progression in the FA Cup on Saturday before Leicester City started a comeback that culminated in a complete turn-around. Spurs dominated possession in the...
View ArticleContracts up in 2015
I thought this was worth documenting as it’s something that comes up regularly. We have several first-team players with contracts expiring this summer: Brad Friedel Jordan Archer Benoît Assou-Ekotto...
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That Was the Week That Was
Wembley Woes or an Arch of Ambition? As Field Marshal Pochettino sent his troops off to the front line on Sunday (apologies, I couldn’t resist continuing my military analogy that I began on this week’s...
View ArticleFinding Yedlin
I’m getting asked a few times a week (normally when the U21s are about to play!) where DeAdre Yedlin is, so I thought I’d post this so I’ve got something to refer to when I’m telling people I don’t...
View ArticlePlan B or not Plan B…
Before Mauricio Pochettino joined Tottenham Hotspur there were warnings from those who had watched him closely at Southampton that his one big failing was his inflexibility. It was so pleasing, then,...
View ArticlePochettino’s five-year project
Football is obsessed with an immediate return on investment. New signings are expected to hit the ground running. Managers (or Head Coaches) who don’t bring about an instantaneous ‘bounce’ are viewed...
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Toothless Tottenham
Disclaimer: within this article I use various stats. I am most definitely not a statistician, and I apologise in advance if any statisticians read this and cringe at their use within my piece. I hope...
View ArticleWimmer – a Q&A with an FC Köln supporter
Like many other Spurs fans, I know very little about our new signing, Kevin Wimmer. To fill us in, my good friend Paul King spoke to UK 1.FC Köln. Firstly, thank you for offering to share your thoughts...
View Article25-man squad update – July 2015
Prior to the past few seasons I have written about how our 25-man squad is shaping up in line with the ‘home grown’ rule. I have been asked to do the same again this year. To summarise the rule again,...
View ArticleFootball Intelligence – the game’s direction of travel
Some people are turned off by statistics in football. Frequently I get responses when I tweet basic stats saying ‘I use my eyes’ – or words along those lines – disregarding any form of data or numbers....
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MLS All-Stars 2-1 Spurs – some thoughts
First thing’s first: it was a friendly, so let’s not take too much to heart. We can get an impression of a player or a style, but the intensity of friendlies is so much lower than that of a Premier...
View ArticleLoanee Update – August 2015
Pre-season is over, the scouting has been done and loan moves are starting to happen now. This week we’ve gone from having one player out on loan to having five: Grant Ward – Rotherham United...
View Article25-man Squad Update – August 2015
Prior to the past few seasons I have written about how our 25-man squad is shaping up in line with the ‘home grown’ rule. I wrote an update in July, and am regularly asked to update further, so here’s...
View Article25-man Squad Update – September 2015
Now that the transfer window has closed, we are required to notify the Premier League of our 25-man squad. To summarise the rule again, we are able to name a 25-man squad if eight of the players are...
View ArticleSpurs Statistical Round-Up
Some Friday stats! Spurs have made the most fouls per game (14) and have had the most yellow cards (26) in the Premier League but are yet to have a player sent off. We have had the third most shots per...
View ArticleI love Pochettino’s Tottenham
I love Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham. I’m putting that out there, unapologetically. I love his ‘straight down the line’ take with the media. No sound-bytes, no misleading quotes, no digging out...
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Jingle bells, jingle bells…
Well look at this! Here I am, blogging, so soon after my last post – the joy of the Christmas break! First, an apology for my previous slack levels of blog productivity; a new job and new house have...
View ArticleWhat happens when a Head Coach coaches
I’ve done some coaching in my time… Not sports coaching, of course, but coaching in the workplace. The idea is to assist someone in unlocking their potential — to help them achieve a goal, an end...
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