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There's no asterisk next to his name so I don't think he's a trialist. I can only assume that he's a first year academy kid who's stepped in. Where are Byrne and Sarge?

We've got Sotiriou, Smith, Smyth and Drinan so I don't see us signing any other forwards. I guess Jackett thinks that there's enough goals in that lot. It could be that I'm left with egg on my face at the end of the season but I see Smyth struggling this season. I think we'll probably end up with Dr...

I saw a lot of Winks when he was younger and he was a lot more dynamic. He had a couple of really bad ankle injuries after he broke into the first team and to be honest he's never looked the same. He can't get around the pitch any more and definitely shouldn't be playing at a club like Spurs and def...

At this stage in his career I'd be surprised if he wanted to move too far. I expect he'll end up at Barnet, Borehamwood or Southend or somewhere like that. Professional club, local and upper end of the National League. Sutton might fancy him as well, he's got tons of league experience and they're go...

I sincerely hope he doesn't go to Chelsea. He'll be there till he's 26 and never play a game.

He's a bit of a donkey, if memory serves, but we needed a big lump and we've got one. I can't imagine he'll start every game. I hope we're going to be a little easier on the eye than that.

faith1234 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:16 am It said a a midfielder

If its the Joe Muscatt who started out at Spurs and moved to Bolton then he's always been a fullback.

Decent player. Can play left back or right back. 5'9ish. Not the quickest.

If its true and that's a big if it does sort of start to give us some indications as to what sort of system Kenny might be looking to play. Drinan sounds like a ratter, someone who puts himself about up front without necessarily being a huge physical presence that can hold the ball up. What pops int...

The POP's are probably principles of play. The first two start with the word professional. The last heading is FP (first principle?) and seems to be followed by the word foundation.

Genuine questions... Who's available? From Jackett's interview we're clearly looking for experience. Jamal Blackman, Stephen Henderson, Wayne Hennessey, Ryan Alsopp, Marcus Bettinelli, Jordan Archer, Sam Walker, Kieran Westwood, Andy Lonergan, Scott Carson, Jack Bonham, Steve Arnold, Remi Matthews, ...

I let my five year old and two year old stay up late to watch the game. Upside is I've probably turned them off football for life. I thought Scotland were excellent, organisationally. We were completely flat. Our movement was lazy and predictable. We had two holding midfielders who just gave it to t...

Whatever the footballing issues Hendon might have had as mitigating circumstances what really did for him was his attitude. He threw the players under the bus in double quick time and publicly and just generally acted like a classless pr*ck. Even Dave Victor wasn't a fan and he likes everybody. How ...

Yep. I'll have a bit of that.

We've got a lot of work to do

Well, the new bloke thinks mixed marriages (i.e - Jews and any one else) are a plague, so... yeh.

On that topic I was pondering the effect that the current financial climate will have on the semi-pro game. A lot of talented professionals are going to be going semi-pro in order to maintain their current income levels. That's going to make the Conference North and South unusually competitive.

There's no rush. Its a buyers market and there will be some very good deals out there.

Poch's family still live in London and he's had a major fall out with PSG DOF Leonardo. I don't think Harry will leave this summer for various reasons although he certainly won't be happy to see Poch return as they had fallen out big time by the time Poch left Spurs. Personally, I'm ambivalent about...

Load of old cobblers. HK has three years to run on his contract and he's not going to go anywhere for less than £120m (and that's a damn sight less than I think he'll go for, especially given that Levy, the owner, is already under a sh*t ton of pressure after the Jose and Super League fiascos and n...

I don't think I've ever hidden or denied that I have a soft spot for Spurs. One side of my family is Spurs, the other side Orient. I 'feel' more Orient because that's the club I used to go and watch on a Saturday. That doesn't take away from my salient point. The media have been trying to flog Kane...

I don't think I've ever hidden or denied that I have a soft spot for Spurs. One side of my family is Spurs, the other side Orient. I 'feel' more Orient because that's the club I used to go and watch on a Saturday. That doesn't take away from my salient point. The media have been trying to flog Kane ...

Load of old cobblers. HK has three years to run on his contract and he's not going to go anywhere for less than £120m (and that's a damn sight less than I think he'll go for, especially given that Levy, the owner, is already under a sh*t ton of pressure after the Jose and Super League fiascos and ne...

It all seems very sensible to me. The only decisions I would question is releasing Widdowson and trying to resign Clay. Do the board seriously think we won't be able to pick up two or three better midfielders than Clay? The guy does literally nothing.