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We can confirm that it has been mutually agreed for Head Coach Igor Tudor to leave the Club with immediate effect. Tomislav Rogic and Riccardo Ragnacci have also left their respective roles of Goalkeeping Coach and Physical Coach. We thank Igor, Tomislav and Riccardo for their efforts during the past six weeks, in which they worked tirelessly. We also acknowledge the bereavement that Igor has recently suffered and send our support to him and his family at this difficult time. An update on a new Head Coach will be provided in due course.

@PhoenixSpurs @xAlexTHFC And look if it doesn’t work at least we’ll all shut up about wanting him back. 😂 but he’s got at least as much chance at succeeding as anyone else, more so imo. Who better can we *realistically* get?

@PhoenixSpurs @xAlexTHFC Probably around the last time he had a project to build rather than unlimited funds and astronomical expectations. I want him back because I want someone who actually cares and doesn’t act like he’s above the club, and someone who aims high and doesn’t tell us we’re shit.

Just fuck the World Cup off and come home gaffer

@BrettSiegelNBA Clearly the league feels the fines haven’t been sufficient motivation or they wouldnt be bouncing around these ideas which are just as terrible as you said. It’s less about the players who we agree are trying. But execs will always try to game any system, why not make it harder?

@ItsCaptainKoala There’s no way to stop that and it’s simply part of the game. You can’t force guys to play, especially if they do actually have injuries. The league is constantly investigating those on the injury report and they will fine teams, as they have, for resting healthy players.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Tanking is only in the spotlight this year because of the historic draft class we have. The current draft lottery system could definitely be updated slightly, especially picking top-5 or something in back-to-back years, but it doesn’t need a complete overhaul. Just change the odds of a team being allowed to receive a better draft pick year-after-year, and limit trades protections on picks to top 4 and lottery only. We do not need to have an 18-22 team lottery. That makes no sense whatsoever, nor does it prevent teams from still throwing in the towel on the season.

@BrettSiegelNBA True, the players have too much professional pride. But holding players out has happened this year and in previous years (AD with Pels). So it’s a failsafe, a deterrent against tanking and a motivation to play hard all year. The worst teams get more chances to earn high picks.

@ItsCaptainKoala Ask yourself why they’re eliminated. They just simply aren’t good. At no point this year has it actually looked like teams were throwing games. Those guys are still playing for jobs next year and years ahead. It’s been competitive.

@solventspurs Isn't Lamela available as well?

Erik Lamela entraîneur intérimaire des Spurs avec Ryan Mason ?

@RickySacks @LastWordOnSpurs I’ve taken to the Poch book and in impeccable timing, happened upon this bit today.

Any Club by now would’ve sacked Igor Tudor, but let’s be honest we are a total dysfunctional mess from top to bottom. We unpick a painful night in Spain and debate who can save Tottenham Hotspur in the perilous state we find ourselves in, as we scramble to search for a solution.

Wondering what Poch was thinking? He definitely wouldn’t have hooked Kinsky… #COYS

@PaulHitsheet That last part though. Can’t say he made a genuine attempt to play the ball inside the penalty area, he tugged on his arm. If he hadn’t done that I’m not convinced it was DOGSO outside the box, maybe. But the second pull gave the ref no choice. It was foolish.

or a foul outside the penalty area. However, if the offence occurs inside the penalty area and the referee awards a penalty kick, the player may receive a yellow card instead, provided they made a genuine attempt to play the ball. 2/2

In professional football, denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (DOGSO) typically results in a red card and a one-match suspension. This applies when a player commits a foul that prevents an opponent from having a clear chance to score, such as a deliberate handball - 1/2

Ryan Mason coming back for 10 games at the end of the season every 2 years

@benfgerdes @sufferingspurs Poch wasn't thrilled with All or Nothing either so they brought in someone who loved the cameras.

@sufferingspurs Poch thought the squad needed to be refreshed, Levy thought it needed a winning manager. Simple as that. Dont know why everyone is trying to overanalyze. Horrible decision then, still true now.

I think using the last seven months of Pochettino’s tenure as a stick to beat him with is not only wrong, it’s also irrelevant in any discussions about him returning to the club. That was a squad that had largely been together for the best part of 5 years. In that time the core of the squad had remained pretty much the same. A few additions to the fringes, plenty who had come and gone without succeeding and of course TWO whole transfer windows without signing anyone at all. Plenty of mitigating factors as to why that version of Spurs started to falter from March 2019 onwards. Namely in that defeat away at Burnley when the title charge fell apart when Spurs had done so well to stay in contact with a record breaking Liverpool and City title race. There were so many nearly moments that exhausted that squad and likely made them lose hope anything could ever happen. The fact they were competing every season with an elite City and Liverpool title race that they simply weren’t equipped to compete with. And then of course that build up to champions league final, where despite all the distraction - they were still able to attain 4th in the league. Then of course that hangover from the CL final, which obviously affected Pochettino as much as anyone else. It was probably time for a change. But I don’t think that was on Poch. I think that cycle of players had spent years together and many of them needed a change and a refresh. Other than the outgoing Ben Davies, not one of them is still at the club. I fully believe we would get a new, fresh and more experienced version of Pochettino who will have learned from his mistakes. And has also since managed some of the world’s best players. Sometimes you just go with your heart. Pochettino is our heart. But he’s not only that, he is absolutely a world class manager. And he has unfinished business at Tottenham. Bring him back

@LastWordOnSpurs @HaytersTV Everyone is stuck together in the belief he must go asap.

🇩🇰Thomas Frank calls on everyone around him to keep a ‘cool head’: 🗣️"There have been a few before me up here, not only at Tottenham, but at other clubs too that have lost their head, we need to stick together." 📺[@HaytersTV] #THFC | #COYS | #SPURS

@JamesTMaw @jonoblain If you're optimistic,a new manager bounce could get you 20-25 points out of that. If you're realistic and nothing changes, probably 5.

@jonoblain Was saying earlier, if we were eighth or ninth you’d be looking at that and thinking we could maybe make a late push for top five. But the life has been sucked out of everything.

There's no real chance of a run here, maybe SUN, BHA, WOL (but doubt it). We'll lose where we expect to lose and just hope something else turns up.

@DogOnDefense @thespursweb The band Keane

@thespursweb Redknapp, Robbie Keane, Roy Keane, anybody

Who would you want as #thfc interim manager?

@berzo12 @AlasdairGold Not just fired.

@AlasdairGold If they fire him after he said this I would actually respect them a touch.

Thomas Frank to TNT Sport when asked if his job is under threat: "I spoke to them [owners] yesterday so no." football.london/tottenham-hots…

@solventspurs They won’t though. The Romero red has insulated him. They will give him a pass, when he deserves nothing of the sort.

Timeless tweet:

@cyberistia What’s more important, some idea of a “legacy” maybe getting spoiled, or pulling the club out of the dirt? Don’t let them condition the “to dare is to do” out of you. If you worry about what might happen if something doesn’t go perfectly then you will never do anything.

I would take Pochettino back tomorrow on an emotional level, but in reality it would be a mistake. He would always be judged against his first spell, when he had an exceptional group of young players and the timing was perfect. That comparison would be impossible to win. The conditions that allowed that side to flourish simply don’t exist anymore. It’s also worth remembering that even then he wasn’t properly backed. Key rebuild moments were missed and the squad was allowed to age and stagnate. Expecting him to recreate that success now, with a weaker base, would be even harder. On top of that, the market is far tougher. Prices are inflated, margins are thinner, and competition is relentless. Building a competitive squad now requires either sustained backing or elite long-term planning, neither of which Spurs have consistently shown. Bringing him back now risks more than failure. It risks tarnishing what was special. And Pochettino knows the board won’t back him in the way he’d need. Sometimes the right decision is to leave a legacy untouched rather than try to revive it in a harsher, less forgiving environment.