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At the very least we seem to have cut the fat when it comes to bad eggs in the squad. Fair few have alluded to missing Maddison's creativity, but giving him such a big "dressing room role" as a leader two years ago was part of the problem. Bloke spent more time arguing with fans on Twitter than grabbing the bull by the balls and inspiring those around him when we were clearly in freefall. Given he now has "looked good while failing in spectacular, embarrassing fashion" on his CV, he was always a perfect fit for Spurs. We've got Vardy clearly relishing what is almost certainly his last season in football, let alone the Premier League. That sort of stuff inspires and, while it's something I didn't really see in him even last time out at this level, since we went down he's really grown into a true leader. Having folks like himself and Coady around goes a huge way to setting standards for younger or less experienced players. Celebrations for that goal from the squad were WILD. I'll never get bored of seeing Winks looking like the Nintendo 64 kid on Christmas Morning every time we score an important one. I can't really think of anyone in there now who won't play for the shirt, apart from that lazy bastard who Cooper brought on "for the bants" in the last 15 last night. Hopefully that was to put him in the window now Skipp is here. It really does translate to the crowd when you see players getting stuck in. You know the energy you'll get from Fatawu. The likes of Kristiansen. McAteer and Bobby Reid, while limited footballers, will get the crowd pumping if they continue to show the graft they did last night. And shout-out to Buonannote, who was like Teflon at times with 3-4 Spurs players on his heels. It's gonna be a long, hard season but that second half is the blueprint to keep us on side regardless of what happens to us come May.

If any of us on here would have said 2-3 years ago that he would be starting - and bossing - even one game for us in the Premier League in 2024, you / I / they would have been laughed out of the room. We were under the cosh for a lot of the game yesterday, but he was solid as a rock. Credit Wout as well, but he kept losing Solanke for those headers which Mads mercifully mopped up. I don't recall Vesty getting beaten in the air by comparison. Absolutely fair play Jannik, you're fast becoming one of my favourite players. Don't think there's been a turnaround in a player's form and standing like this at the club since... well, a certain Mr. Vardy was pretty pants in his first year for us.

Got a sore throat this morning, always a good sign. There were a few moments between Vards bagging and the injury where I actually couldn't hear myself above the noise, been ages since I remember that happening, probably F*rest at home in the relegation year. Fair f***ing play - if that's what we're like when none of us have any hope or expectation, maybe a season or two as the plucky underdog again will do us in the crowd some good.

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Goat back ez win

Two wins in the bag early, then mentally treat it as the 'real' start of the season. Sounds simple on paper, but until we're facing similar fodder like Southampton, Everton or Ipswich it's going to be a tough ask. We can only hope the players are more up for it than most of us are right now. ✌️

Some of us need to get over the Enzo thing. Yes it'll be funny if his wallpaper-paste football fails at Chelsea, but he did the job required of him. Don't waste your energy on him, or at the very least direct it further north at willing failure on someone who actually put our club in this position. Far bigger problems at Leicester City than him no longer being in charge. We'd still have a KDH-sized hole in midfield on account of our board's financial negligence, it'd have just been a West Ham or Brighton that poached him instead.

That's chicken and egg though - the board clearly did not believe we were going to get relegated - or even drop out of the top half and potential European competition income. The whole deck of cards came tumbling down once we were relegated. The financial assumptions are on Whelan. They were based on a false sense of security on the pitch which Rudkin was responsible for. They're all as culpable as one another as far as I'm concerned. Regardless of our recent golden era, it is absolutely scandalous that we spent the money we did on wages and transfers given that it was totally reliant on always finishing in the top 6-8.

Does this mean Nicky Maynard isn't coming?

Translated: 'I jumped back on the bandwagon now we're good again, and couldn't get anything for my Facebook wall'

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Russellball really is appalling isn't it? This is a rare time when S'ton will dominate possession in the top flight, and yet they have next to nothing besides pot shots against ten men. I'm sat here praying that Cooper finds his own style or replicates what he did at Forest with the press / counter. If he tries to merely pick at the sides of Enzo's style, this will be us every week. There's a saying up north that is very relevant - 'they're all fart, no shit'.

I hate that I feel slightly better about our prospects after watching other 'rival' teams play. Everton, Ipswich and Southampton in particular looking like hot garbage.

Taken all of a day to remind me how much of a killjoy VAR is. And I agree with the decision on this one too! How did it take them three minutes to work that out?

Oh yikes, that does not look good for Danillo.

F*rest spent years looking down their nose at our DIY TIFOs, but they seem to have ditched the factory-printed nonsense for good old paper and fabric. Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery @Union FS

He'd still find a way to turn up after closing

Stringer suckled at the club's teat for the majority of the 'golden years' and given his track record, probably has some delusions about being 'mates' with the higher-ups, so doesn't surprise me he'd advocate for them. Guy's probably desperate for a matchday role now he's throwing his media career down the drain.

Would be a boost, granted. But that would be too good a scenario. This club is clearly cursed. I'm pretty sure someone at the club walked under a ladder, tripped, smashed a mirror and then stole this guy's slab sometime around the FA Cup win.

We bought their star striker in Slimani from them a few years ago because we were considered a better prospect. However much he flattered to deceive for us, we were capable of taking our pick of players at a whole host of clubs across Europe as recently as the early 2020s. Can you imagine any top league club's main man looking at us now and thinking 'yeah that's the move I need'?

Roma I can accept. Getting outmanoeuvred by the likes of Sporting and Hoffenheim, clubs we could previously quite easily attract players from, is quite a damning indictment of the state our club now finds itself in.

So they made £400,000 off this fast con? Where's the next Riyad Mahrez?

Excited to see him bag a 90th minute consolation in a 1-4 humbling.

So, uhhh... Tommy Cannon is our only fit first-team striker with 2 days to go? Spurs do hate gunners to be fair.

Unleash the Cannon on Monday then? We all know how much the Spuds hate gunners.