Ben White clearly made an innocent mistake when walking across the Atletico Madrid crest. He's not showing a lack of respect. He’s caught up in the emotion of the occasion. Simeone father and especially son were unimpressed… #AFC 1/2
@JohnDoe29248490@homebyeleven@GMB One might call casting serious aspersions over the story of someone “they know sod all about” a personal attack….
Or is it ok for you but not for others?
@homebyeleven@GMB Really, a personal attack on someone you know sod all about.
If that sums up your argument and your level of intellect, then take a hike and do everyone a favour and stop commenting on things you haven’t a clue about.
After we spoke to Claire Ainsley last week, who believed she'd become a millionaire, only to find out it was a glitch on the William Hill app, we have been inundated from viewers with similar issues.
Lee Oliver and Matt Cook believed they had won £193,000 between them while using the William Hill app. But they have since been asked to pay it back.
They speak to Richard and Kate.
Kolo Muani has looked pretty good in the first 15 mins
Danso and Porro keep clipping the ball over Wolves' defence for RKM and he is causing problems with his speed
🚨𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍! | Tottenham Hotspur defender Destiny Udogie is an injury DOUBT for Spurs’ trip to Wolves on Saturday.
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#THFC | #COYS | #TOTTENHAM | #SPURS
The Hillsborough disaster told through the eyes of Des Lynam, who was in the stadium that afternoon for the BBC.
This was broadcast in 2009 for the 20th anniversary. Both powerful and heartbreaking.
A day that nobody will ever forget. 💔
#JFT97
@zmkhilji@FabrizioRomano@monsterfutball WTf are you talking about?!
Yellow card every day of the week.
Football won today over ego, diving, play acting, cheating and gamesmanship.
But Madrid players and fans are not humble or gracious enough to accept that 🤷♂️
🗣️ ''That's the kind of incident that comes because defenders are trying to shield the ball''
Analysis on the collision between Cristian Romero and Antonin Kinsky after Romero tried to shield the ball from Brian Brobbey.
@simonyemane@renocoral This group doesn’t come back up though. That’s the major issue.
Very few of our squad is humble enough or has what it takes to get out of the Championship.
That means yet another rebuild and huge turnover of players.
This is not about talent, coaching, or bad luck at this point.
This is about lack of respect and effort.
Nothing in this performance made me think this game was important to these players.
Club is fighting for survival without players on the pitch is fighting for the badge.
De Zerbi's first ever Spurs team. Kinsky back for first time since Atletico away. Bergvall's first start since Dortmund in January. Udogie first start for two months. And all three strikers start: Richarlison, Solanke and RKM.
Nasty collision between Kinsky and Romero. Before that Tel, Sarr and Palhinha came on for Richarlison, Gray and Bergvall. football.london/tottenham-hots…
🚨 Mikey Moore opens up about his strange long-term injury at #THFC last season that was AFFECTING HIS HEART! 😳
“I went for a driving lesson at the time that night, and then all of a sudden I just felt a bit of pain in my chest. The doctor called me in and was like, "FORGET ABOUT FOOTBALL for now." 😬
“It came back that I had myocarditis, which is a virus, and it just went to the heart and gave me, gave me the pains in my heart!”
“I was lucky that I caught it, caught it early because l'm not sure what could have happened after that.”
So thankful that this didn’t become any more serious. Mikey Moore is a serious talent and one of our own! 🤍
@henrywinter Why do all these writers always state the 2019 CL final as the sliding doors moment.
They all completely ignore the fact Spurs went 3 transfer windows without signing anyone in 2018 and that run to the final ran against a significant downward trajectory in league performances
Managers come and go at Tottenham Hotspur like buses on the High Road outside. Some stop there slightly longer than others, some stall, some over-rev their engines, but all move on, some in a cloud of smoke. Assuming he doesn't take a look and accelerate past, the latest arrival, Roberto di Zerbi, is a good head coach, not A-list but potentially up there, depending on his temperament. He’s committed to attacking football which Spurs fans want.
He’s very demanding of players and, occasionally, of the board, so sparks will fly eventually. He also has to address his comments about Mason Greenwood. But RDZ would undoubtedly be a coup for Spurs, a statement of intent that they can get out of this relegation mess and build for the future. His arrival will also put pressure on the players to show some fight. They can’t hide behind a manager’s flaws now.
But RDZ should be only one part of the Tottenham rescue plan/rebuild. Much is right about Spurs: magnificent stadium and training ground and a fanbase that is large, passionate and rightly concerned about the leadership of their club, especially in the board-room. If RDZ is to succeed, Spurs have to improve player recruitment and the board has to underwrite that.
Since failing to invest in elite talent after the 2019 Champions League final, Spurs have wasted an eye-wateringly obscene amount of money on poor recruitment. It’s not that they haven’t spent. They have. It’s just that they haven’t spent it well. (Spurs certainly aren’t alone in this failing, of course).
According to Transfermarkt, Spurs have spent £979m on loans and transfers since Pochettino was dismissed in November 2019. The popular Argentine left the club bemoaning failure to invest properly in the squad after that UCL final defeat in Madrid. How much real talent did they acquire in that time?
Definitely some. Kulusevski cost £8.66m loan fee and then £26m permanent; he’s a talent, unfortunately sidelined through injury. Van de Ven is worth more than the £34.65m he cost. Same with the excellent Gray (£35.75m), Bergvall (£17.32m) and Sarr (£14.5m). Spence may be a strange character but he’s worth more than the £12m paid, especially with England caps.
Porro cost £4.3m loan and then £34.65m. If Spurs went down, there will be players like Porro in demand (which is part of the problem as they know there’s a safety net for them). Kudus is unfortunately injured. Simons may train on under the right coach.
Otherwise, in five of those seven seasons since Madrid, Spurs Player of the Year has been the home-grown Kane or the 2015 £22m value-for-money Son. Van de Ven and Bergvall have been the most recent recipients of the honour. Gray, a beacon of hope in a dark season, will probably win this season.
Spurs have also spent heavily on managers. The cost of recruiting and paying off six head coaches (and their staff) since Madrid is just shy of £60m. Compensation to their clubs (such as £6.7m to Brentford for Frank) and their pay-offs (such as the reported £8m to Frank) does not include wages, probably doubling the outlay to around £120m spent on managers in seven years. Churn is expensive.
Three of the head coaches, Pochettino, Mourinho and Conte, are heavyweights. Nuno was too cautious, Postecoglou won the Europa League but neglected the Premier League, Frank was admired but failed to understand expectations while Tudor was out of his depth.
All would have achieved more with a stronger group of players (and less of an injury list). These coaches deserve some culpability for Tottenham’s travails but the real indictment is the players not fighting hard enough for the cause – and the recruitment department for not bringing in the right characters.
RDZ, if he stops at Spurs, has work to do on that squad, getting them to take more responsibility in these seven games and then strengthening it. Recruitment has to be better. #THFC