Spurs Thread | 2025/26

[Marvin.]

It is interesting that good coaches struggle in some environments to manage.

Look at Man Utd and Spurs. Good coaches go there and die. What is it about these clubs that mean that the coach and players struggle. Surely to a very large extent the team are the players and their coaches on the training pitch and dressing room but this does not seem to be so.

If it comes down to clear communication and calmness, I think you will go a long way to find a better coach than Frank but football is about coaching tactics and managing people as well. Spurs were playing awful football.

Who is available? Harry Redknapp?

 

[Ho Chi Man City]

That's the difference between being at a club with fairly low expectations and one that is expected to win (even though it is Spurs). Shows that Frank is not a top manager, something I've always said. Easier to stop other teams playing and nicking the odd win, much more difficult to create and break teams down.

I do think he has some mitigation on the injury front. He’s had to cope with long term losses of important players, short term injuries (like we all do), a nutcase, AKA Romero and also juggling the Champions League with the Premier schedule.

We turned to shite when Rodri was injured against the Tarquins in September 24, Spuds have lost, Maddison, Kudus, Kulusevski Richarlison, and Bentancur plus recent injuries to Udogie, Danso, Porro and Bergvall and Spence just made it back from injury last night.

That’s some injury list, doubt if any team copes with equivalent losses, think of us losing the equivalent and having to play the Leverkusen lineup, we may have coped better but who knows.

 

[Ho Chi Man City]

Excellent timing for a new manager bounce.

I did break an unwritten rule this morning and it was very enjoyable on talkragshite.

FOYS

I hope you’re right but the Tarquins will just bully them at set pieces and get away with it as they always do.

 

[Gordyola]

Some of these supposed pundits on Sky suggesting they turn to old Harry as an interim. You are a foreign player and some 79 year old who you have never heard of turns up.... give me strength

Having read Nedum's book and the chapter of Redknapp who, in private is the total opposite of his happy Chappy public persona that would be funny

 

[Gaz76]

De zerbi left Marseille, would be a good shout if Tottenham had any brains, so no doubt it will be glen hoddle until the end of the season

 

[Gray]

De zerbi left Marseille, would be a good shout if Tottenham had any brains, so no doubt it will be glen hoddle until the end of the season

Bloody hell are you trying to kill Glen.

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

I do think he has some mitigation on the injury front. He’s had to cope with long term losses of important players, short term injuries (like we all do), a nutcase, AKA Romero and also juggling the Champions League with the Premier schedule.

We turned to shite when Rodri was injured against the Tarquins in September 24, Spuds have lost, Maddison, Kudus, Kulusevski Richarlison, and Bentancur plus recent injuries to Udogie, Danso, Porro and Bergvall and Spence just made it back from injury last night.

That’s some injury list, doubt if any team copes with equivalent losses, think of us losing the equivalent and having to play the Leverkusen lineup, we may have coped better but who knows.

All clubs have had injuries to key players. Ours seems to be ignored by Slysports and the MSM.Maybe Pep should remind them who have missed vast chunks of the season for us....... Kovacic, Stones, Gvardiol, Dias, Savinho, Ake, Ait-Nouri, Doku and not forgetting Bobb who hardly played before he left. Have I missed any?

 

[Gray]

Sky Spuds viewers wanting Catnip Snr as interim manager.

Triffic.

What about his slimy son?

 

[Gray]

All clubs have had injuries to key players. Ours seems to be ignored by Slysports and the MSM.Maybe Pep should remind them who have missed vast chunks of the season for us....... Kovacic, Stones, Gvardiol, Dias, Savinho, Ake, Ait-Nouri, Doku and not forgetting Bobb who hardly played before he left. Have I missed any?

We struggled through 2 seasons with De Bruyne constantly unavailable.

And don’t even get me started on Stones.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Sky Spuds viewers wanting Catnip Snr as interim manager.

Triffic.

Just saw that. Some fan wanted Redknapp or Hoddle!

Give it David Pleat ‘til the end of the season.

 

[Gray]

Just saw that. Some fan wanted Redknapp or Hoddle!

Give it David Pleat ‘til the end of the season.

Do they still make suede shoes?

 

[69FACUPfinal]

All this bounce people talking about, the only place these will be bouncing is down to the championship

We can but hope. They are up there with my intense dislike of the Red cartel Yankee clubs, Real Mardarses and Bayern. 1981 still sears into my memory. I would ABSOLUTELY LOVE for them to be relegated, how they are considered a top 6 club beggars belief...

 

[ancoats]

 

[burning blue soul]

"Give it Jermaine Jenas til the end of the season"

 

[Gazza]

They should go for Carrick - ex-player and it would force united into making him permanent manager to stop him going.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Must admit, I rated Frank highly and thought he'd do reasonably well at Spurs. Got that one wildly wrong. Spurs would be sitting a point above the relegation zone and we would be a point behind Arsenal had we beaten these cunts twice. Has to be the biggest fuck up of the season.

 

[Ho Chi Man City]

All clubs have had injuries to key players. Ours seems to be ignored by Slysports and the MSM.Maybe Pep should remind them who have missed vast chunks of the season for us....... Kovacic, Stones, Gvardiol, Dias, Savinho, Ake, Ait-Nouri, Doku and not forgetting Bobb who hardly played before he left. Have I missed any?

Even though we’ve had significant injuries we’ve coped relatively well but the players absence's have almost dove tailed with any two of Kush, Stones, Dias, Gvardiol, Ake being available (apart from when we had to bring Alleyne back from Watford) and we now have Guehi in there, plus Nunes playing at RB has been a lot better than we thought.

Savino and Bobb have not performed so their absence is hardly critical, Kovacic will not be the force of old but been a very good option for us and I agree we’ve missed him.

Ait Nouri only just begun to show some form but the jury is out and he can’t defend to save his life.

I still think the Spuds injury crisis has impacted on them way more than any other team, I’ve no sympathy for them but Thomas Frank is undeservedly being criticised in my opinion.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Must admit, I rated Frank highly and thought he'd do reasonably well at Spurs. Got that one wildly wrong. Spurs would be sitting a point above the relegation zone and we would be a point behind Arsenal had we beaten these cunts twice. Has to be the biggest fuck up of the season.

Not sure we can judge Frank at Spurs. No manager has succeeded there.

They broke Conte mentally.

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

I think Bournemouth have been hit harder than Spuds considering the relative clubs resources.

 

[SilvaGods]

Having read Nedum's book and the chapter of Redknapp who, in private is the total opposite of his happy Chappy public persona that would be funny

What did he say Gord?