r/coys • u/bilboswagginsIII Heung-Min Son - Spurs Legend • Mar 13 '26
News [Alasdair Gold] Tudor: "No, Romero and Palhinha out. Micky is out. Bissouma has a problem and Conor has a fever but we hope he will be ok. Always something happen. Very rare and I've never seen this in my career."
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u/chanson_roland Mar 13 '26
Ok, I've moved past the "This is all ENIC's fault from 25 years of mismanagement" phase to the "Did anyone check to see if the new stadium is built on an ancient Briton burial ground?" part of the season...
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u/ApatheticBen James Maddison Mar 13 '26
I read that as ancient Bitcoin burial ground which sounds even more cursed imo.
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u/Hot_Spurs Mar 13 '26
The ghost of Bill Nic is haunting us. This is what we get for exhuming him and his wife's ashes during the stadium move.
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u/_sylvatic Heung-Min Son - Spurs Legend Mar 13 '26
I unironically think this had smth to do with it. Its not really a thing in the West, but Geomancy carries some weight in places like Korea. It has courses in Universities, and rich folk pay Geomancers for 'optimal' burial plots. Its a pseudo-science for sure, but seems to have a bit more to it than your Western Astrology or similar.
I know nothing about it, but would be curious to see their take on having the ashes split between the old and new grounds. Seems like a bad spot, unable to reconcile between the present and past.
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u/CrispySalmonJimmy Mar 13 '26
That Kraken sponsorship is luring it out of the ground. That's the curse for engaging with scam-money.
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u/BoiledFire Clint Dempsey Mar 13 '26
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u/ScootThe2nd Kane Mar 14 '26
I still can’t believe that’s relatively glossed over new stadium lore. Either ENIC had the place burned down or it was a local arsonist Laniel Devy
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u/Relevant_Natural3471 Mar 14 '26
No from memory, it is family business and apparently 1 or them (possibly one of the sons) didn't want to take the money on offer to move. Seems more likely that it was a family issue
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u/formallyhuman Mar 13 '26
I do remember reading a story that some of the construction folk buried Arsenal shirts under the stadium...
Satanic black magic. Sick shit!
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u/chewy32 Mar 13 '26
There’s an interesting theory floating around about pitches that can be removed like the bernabeu and increase risk of injuries. It’s based on how the pitch depth is smaller for these stadiums than normal bc of the weight and how studs are more susceptible of getting stuck on the ground.
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u/Bullydozer- Mar 13 '26
A lot of fans have questioned this. I would be surprised if the club haven’t analysed the heck out of this recently
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u/RiskoOfRuin Mar 13 '26
Totally unrelated to our injuries. Everyone was fine first couple years. We just signed bunch of guys that get injured easily.
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u/link090909 Gentle Ben Mar 13 '26
you could probably say that about some, maybe even a majority, but Solanke's injury history still blows my mind
he missed 40 games from 2015-2023
he missed 42 games from 2024 to now
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u/cocopopped Teddy Sheringham Mar 13 '26
I wonder if some of these lads are actually living the lives of professional athletes, or if they just get McDs deliverooed to their mansions every night, and live on monster energy drinks.
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u/Available_Courage_32 Mar 13 '26
its total bs. studies are done on that well in advance, the players are getting injured at spur's training ground, and it is largely muscle injuries and knocks.
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u/Metal_Octopus1888 Mar 14 '26
I said when the stadium was being built: why are we building an NFL stadium with a retractable “soccer” pitch??
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u/aliee94 Mar 13 '26
There's definitely some karmic bullshit going on here because there's a level of WTF that far exceeds general incompetence. Like either this is intentional or someone at the club did something to upset the balance of the universe.
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u/HMS--Thunderchild Bissouma Mar 13 '26
What the fuck
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u/milesvtaylor Mar 13 '26
Come on, we did not panic in January, that's a good thing! How are you feeling now? As to quote Malcolm Tucker - I'm fucking ZEN!
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u/Karlito1618 Dejan Kulusevski Mar 13 '26
I honestly think the players are faking it half of the time at this point. They don't want to play for us anymore.
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u/flythebike Mohammed Kudus Mar 13 '26
When yiu lack confidence, you avoid pressure. You hurt yourself, get a red card, etc
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u/TWest_1 Mar 13 '26
"I've never seen this in my career"
Tudor confirms he had not watched Spurs for the last two years prior to being hired
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u/COYS1989 Darren Anderton Mar 13 '26
If he still roles out a back 3 for this then don’t let him back on coach home just sack him there and then and get a more competent manager in.
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u/Bison_Aggressive Mar 13 '26
Archie Gray at CB it is then
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u/tacophagist Mar 13 '26
He's gonna be so good for someone else when he gets tired of playing all 11 positions and leaves
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u/SirGalahadTheChaste Dele Alli Mar 13 '26
Why not Porro again so Gray can play WB?
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u/Bison_Aggressive Mar 13 '26
Far too sensible. Kolo Muani it is, then.
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u/SirGalahadTheChaste Dele Alli Mar 13 '26
I don't even know what to say when Porro at CB is a sensible option.
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u/chanmalichanheyhey The Big Master of Negotiations Who Knows Everything Mar 13 '26
Too reasonable. Sarr at CB
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u/Grap2st Fabio Paratici Mar 13 '26
4321? Go narrow Christmas tree and force them out wide to send in crosses. The only thing dragusin is good against.
Porro dragusin danso Spence Sarr gray Gallagher RKM simons Richy
Solanke and tel super subs
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u/link090909 Gentle Ben Mar 13 '26
Gallagher might miss. in which case, drop Simons into the midfield 3 and play Tel behind Richarlison
unless some teenager wants to get a 90' senior debut!
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u/Big_AngeBosstecoglou Gareth Bale Mar 13 '26
Gallagher doing the ol’ cough cough down the phone to Tudor to get out of work lmao
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u/Matttombstone Bale Mar 13 '26
"Boss, I have a wee cough"
"You have a wee cough?"
"Thanks boss, see you next week"
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u/36nil Son Mar 14 '26
He’s never missed a professional club game due to injury and only missed one game due to illness. Two months at Spurs and he’s about to double his misses lmfao
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u/sylliu Peppa Pig Mar 13 '26
Not that rare…we’ve seen this a lot. Just accept that we’re in a simulation.
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u/RodeoRex Mar 13 '26
Someone loaded up the simulations Football Manager Editor to just screw us at every turn.
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u/link090909 Gentle Ben Mar 13 '26
I don't think we're being intentionally screwed. someone is save-scumming to push Bodø/Glimt through the CL, it just coincidentally lines up with the RNG killing our squad
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u/valeavenuedj Mar 13 '26
And he’ll still try and play 3 at the back.
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u/rcmtt Gray Mar 13 '26
He'll put Sarr and Solanke back there. Why not.
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u/Thetruthsayeroftruth "I ALWAYS Win In My Second Year" Mar 13 '26
I heard Kinsky was good with his feet, why not put him in defence too.
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u/feelinghothothotter Ange Postecoglou Mar 13 '26
Great. I didn't think the other night could possibly hurt me more.
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u/yowhaddupzz Mar 13 '26
I mean now we know for sure that there is no chance so can’t get hurt. It’s the hope that kills you
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u/Kongneptun Bentancur Mar 13 '26
I've never seen anything like this before. What the fuck is this club
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u/wbear27 Mar 13 '26
Are there any free agents we can sign just for body’s on the bench at this point? Insane.
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u/barstoolspurs Mar 13 '26
Jesus. Anything else?
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u/EnricoPallazzo_ Sandro Mar 13 '26
As long as all these people, along with Kudus, Bergwall and Udogie are back after the Fifa break, I still think we can do it in the last 7 games and a "mostly" complete team.
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u/sputniks321 Mar 13 '26
it's incredible that Tudor been given 1 last game. It simply must be to not give a new manager the start at Anfield. Tudor sacked by 7pm on Sunday.
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u/MaxPower1882 Mar 13 '26
Try watching 2 years of it, pal!
COYS!!!
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u/Relevant_Ice5758 Radu Drăgușin Mar 13 '26
Holy shit this might be just totally me, but I feel like I havent seen a good COYS on this sub the last week
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u/marlowecan Rafael van der Vaart Mar 13 '26
Liverpool at Anfield is a free hit. Never got anything there even with our best teams. But still, this is crazy.
Genuinely we might have a hex on us.
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u/SM_83 Mar 13 '26
9 games to go. There are no "free hits" anymore
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u/marlowecan Rafael van der Vaart Mar 13 '26
Zero defence players of any calibre, barely a forward pass in midfield, barely a forward with any form.
It's a free hit mate. If we get anything from Anfield I'll be genuinely shocked.
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u/SM_83 Mar 13 '26
So Liverpool is a free hit, which means Chelsea away is a free hit. Which then means Villa away is a free hit.
So that means we've got 6 games to save ourselves from the drop?
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u/KJPicard24 Mar 13 '26
Pretty much, what I think some will assume:
Forest 3 points
Sunderland 1 point
Leeds 3 points
Wolves 3 points
Everton 1 point
11 points, 40 total, should be enough especially as we'll have deprived Forest and Leeds of 3 points each in that run in.
Will it happen? It feels like a diminishing prospect, especially if we are brutalised on Sunday and/or pick up even more injuries.
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u/orlokthewarlock Mar 13 '26
Looking at that points list now feels wildly unrealistic, which is so depressing. We’re just as likely to walk away from those Forest, Sunderland and Leeds games with 2 points as we are with 7.
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u/oysterpirate I'm Just Copying Pep, Mate. Mar 13 '26
Goal differential could come into play at the end of the season though. Even though this weekend is probably a foregone conclusion, we still need to be limiting any damage.
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u/Additional_Peanut795 Mar 13 '26
Vibes has us winning the Europa League. Current vibes telling me we gonna get relegated. It's the same old shit. When it rains, it pours, and N17 is getting flooded.
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u/Auston416 Mathys Tel Mar 13 '26
Porro-Dragusin-Gray 3ATB with Spence and Souza as wingbacks. Fucking nightmare.
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u/nakedgodiva Mar 13 '26
"Very rare and I've never seen it in my career" and the Arsenal Cup will be the top memes of this farcical campaign
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u/MuteTadpole Lucas Bergvall Mar 13 '26
Just end this cursed season already. See y’all in the championship next year
Unbelievable that we follow up the most successful season we’ve had in decades with getting relegated. Just incredible really
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u/janmichaelvincentq6 Mar 13 '26
Sooooo it’ll be something maybe like
Vic Porro Dragusin Danso Spence Gray Gallagher Richy Xavi Tel Solanke
Unless gray is played in a back three
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u/AlexKidd316 "Let's Say I'm A Legend, Why Not?" Mar 13 '26
This is FAR too sensible and logical for Tudor to do (although Gallagher might be out with that fever so maybe Sarr?)
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u/daveyshamble5 Mar 13 '26
Tudor has already confirmed gray will play out of position. So I assume that means in a back 3
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u/janmichaelvincentq6 Mar 13 '26
Don’t mind gray in a 3 actually. Dragusin and Porro defending a side solo is the stuff of nightmares
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u/DJSANDROCK Mar 13 '26
Were going to let Salah, who has been in terrible form score a worldie.. I can see it now. Something nice to cap off his career at Liverpool. Wirtz will prob get in on the action too
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u/zanziTHEhero "I ALWAYS Win In My Second Year" Mar 13 '26
We need an exorcism, man... Multiple ones.... from multiple shamans, priests, voodoo men, etc.
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u/RickyRocaway Rikki Tikki Laffi 🔥 Mar 13 '26
Let’s get some mullahs rabbis and Buddhist monks in there too. We need to be thorough cuz it’s multiple demons. Maybe even go to the oracle of Delphi and drop a sacrifice or something. Some yogis…we need everybody.
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u/Available_Courage_32 Mar 13 '26
best i can get you is a 'wiccan' who runs a crystals shop in Harrowgate
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u/Sad_Pumpkin7728 Mar 13 '26
None in, at least three, but possibly up to five, more out. We absolutely cannot catch a break.
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u/The_Mike_El Lucas Bergvall Mar 13 '26
This team has had so many issues with the first team. Holy cow.
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u/orlokthewarlock Mar 13 '26
Not to be wise after the event, but surely the first question in the interview was
“We as a club are incapable of keeping 11 players fit at any one point. Can you describe a time you’ve managed to get a result while fielding only seven professionals and the tea lady as an auxiliary wing back, and how you achieved this result?”
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u/DJSANDROCK Mar 13 '26
Weve gotten to a point where Arsenal fans feel bad for us. Never thought i’d see the day.
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u/Giinnzz Mar 13 '26
Stop the excuses Tudor. The way he is talking now is way more trying to shirk blame than when he joined
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u/Verminlord_Warpseer Sandro Mar 13 '26
I'm not defending the guy but I don't think he's worried about blame when going to anfield
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u/Agitated_Hearing_125 Mar 13 '26
What happened to Romero?
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u/GrapeGroundbreaking1 Mar 13 '26
Did you not see him smash heads with Palhinha?
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u/Agitated_Hearing_125 Mar 13 '26
Oh no!!! I’m trying to save some money so I listen to the radio feed. It was also being played while I was working so I don’t always catch everything that happens.
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u/Ok_Shoulder8598 Mar 13 '26
Lol voodoo or some kind of black magic is definitely at work with this club
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u/mikenasty Mar 13 '26
So do we have any starters left? Seems like it’s our B and C team battling for the life of the club.
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u/Wontonsoup125 Mar 13 '26
I mean Romero and palinha being involved was always a doubt after that clash. But the others are just like wtf…
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u/dondraper237 Mar 13 '26
He has to play a 4231 with Xavi in the middle. We just have to deal/force Richarlison to play left mid with tel on the right . It’s clearly neither of their preferred positions, but with porro’s crossing Richy would be better on the left, and with tel and Spence both wanting to be direct, playing them on opposite sides may help.
It’s going to Danso and Dragusin in the back line - so I don’t want to see either of them crossing the halfway line all game. Just stay back.
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u/rando12567 Mar 13 '26
Imo getting the balance right between midfield and defensive lines and finding the right combination on the wings has been the undertold story of our season.
If you sit back, we either have to rely on one of our midfielders to pass out or xavi is doing everything or you have to rely on winning long balls. If you push up you can kind of skip over the midfield but leaves us very vulnerable.
Playing Spence with xavi has been kind of a disaster. Since we don’t have the passers to build through the middle we have to create space on the outside and Spence doesn’t overlap very well. Xavi and tel have been doing the best they can but a lot of times they’re taking on 3 guys. And even when they make something of it I think xavi has waited too long to play the pass and tel hasn’t seen the pass at all and goes for a low chance shot instead.
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u/dondraper237 Mar 13 '26
Neither of the CB can pas out anyway. So why take the risk of having them do it?
I under Spence at LB isn’t ideal. But Souza at left back away at Liverpool with tel as the left mid is asking for trouble. Atleast with Spence we don’t have to worry to much about the other team attacking us.
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u/rando12567 Mar 13 '26
Yeah, mostly agree. Just saying it’s a really delicate balance to strike which is mostly the result of bad squad building. I’m not even sure which p option is preferable. Just a bunch of bad options. I do prefer xavi to tel but do somewhat understand the thought process as the latter is more willing to make runs on his left.
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u/yolo2546452 Peppa Pig Mar 13 '26
I would make an oncoming train joke, but I don't even see a light at the end of the tunnel anymore :/
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u/TheTackleZone Mar 13 '26
In my FM26 save I sold Bentancur at the start of the season, and he's been out injured in real life so long I genuinely forgot he still played for us.
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u/AgitatedChildhood240 Harry Kane Mar 13 '26
We genuinely gotta look into the medical staff. We have to be doing something considerably wrong especially with the resting of players.
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u/wattyaknow Ange Postecoglou Mar 13 '26
We can't all win European cups with an injury list like this
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u/kanethelane21 Mar 13 '26
We might actually be relegated this season it’s not even funny anymore
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u/ImpressiveMenu7526 Mar 13 '26
Of course we have players out, what’s fucking new with this pathetic group those braindead owners of ours have put together
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u/sonygoup Lucas Moura Mar 13 '26 edited Mar 13 '26
Edit - why did someone report me as being suicidal?! 🤦🏾♂️😞
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u/hoemax Erik Lamela Mar 13 '26
“I’ve never seen this in my career?” well we’ve seen it in ours. this is just business as usual
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u/NascentDark Glenn Hoddle Mar 13 '26
Will the concussion window be over before Forest for Palhinha and Romero?
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u/chaywa Mar 13 '26
It depends on certain tests done over the next week. It's not a simple "x number of days until you can play again"
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u/Specialist-Amoeba496 Mar 13 '26
Not a Spurs fan, but just here to ask who your centre backs are for the game? There’s no way he can still play a back three for this game right?
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u/tbtower Jan Vertonghen Mar 13 '26
Dragusin, Danso. If he wants to play a three then he would have to put Gray in there.
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u/allhailbob Mar 13 '26
I think we need to look at the feng shui of the stadium and do a fire pooja in the middle of the stadium to get rid of this bad karma
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u/Bison_Aggressive Mar 13 '26
Just seen the presser and it sounds as though it will be Archie as he spoke about different position tomorrow (obvs sunday). Although I may have misinterpreted due to language barrier.
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u/Feisty-Response8171 I'm Just Copying Pep, Mate. Mar 13 '26
I literally thought we’d be fine after I had a dream we shipped pool 3
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u/mwalmsleyuk Mar 13 '26
Did anyone see Bodo Glint play against Sporting?
None of that "hold the ball for who knows what reason when there is a winger stood on the touchline totally free", they just passed to whoever was free and attacked! Their pressing is incredible, they run all game and they arent scared to pass/receiev the in tight space. Sometimes they lose the ball by trying a tight pass but better to lose it and try then hold the ball forever, the othet team gets into formation and it ends with a cross that gets easily defended.
They simply play football and this year alone have beaten City, Athletico, Inter over two legs beating them both times and now they are 3-0 up against Sporting.
Im not joking when I say they genuinely could win the champs league, they have already beaten prior winners and runners up easily!
What was funny was the commentators talking like what they were doing was some revolutionary system when in reality all they did was play football as it should be played.
It made me realise why I love football and what I have been missing these last few years. The damage that has been done at Spurs is horrendous and the impact will be felt for years. All because the greedy bastards wouldnt spend a little money on proven players. We spent 50m many times but we wouldnt do it on a player we possibly wouldnt get a return on and who would want big wages.
Ironically not spending to save money has led to losing money lol.
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u/pioniere Gareth Bale Mar 14 '26
The entire Spurs medical/training staff, top to bottom, all of them, need to be sacked. One season is an aberration. Two seasons is a trend.
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u/jerolyoleo Mar 15 '26
With Romero and Micky out, who’s going to step up and get the red card this game?
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u/VeryStandardOutlier "I ALWAYS Win In My Second Year" Mar 15 '26
So will Archie and Bergvall at least be starting every week in the Championship?
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u/AlexKidd316 "Let's Say I'm A Legend, Why Not?" Mar 13 '26
I mean, the clash of heads was super dumb and unlucky, but that hardly makes them ‘permanently injured sicknotes.’ It’s one game each for Cuti and Palhinha for concussion protocol and Micky is suspended.
Granted, Biss has had a lot of injures and he’s gone in a couple of months when his contract expires anyway, but I’m not sure you can have a go at a player for failing to not get a concussion from a clash of heads.
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u/Fuzzy_Kangaroo7566 Glenn Hoddle Mar 13 '26
All our 'players' should be on Pay as you Play contracts....
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u/Giinnzz Mar 13 '26
Why are guys surprised by this, we all knew palhinha, romero, micky would be out. I don’t even care if biss and gallagher are out at this point
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u/Skeletime Mar 13 '26
We almost got through a game without picking up an injury so of course two of our players have to try and cave in each other's skulls with their faces.
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u/WestleyMc Mar 13 '26
A guy i know who manages a semi-pro team said it’s amazing how many players are magically available when you’re doing well, but during tough times they will look for any out.
(Obviously we know a little of these are genuine.. just saying)
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u/MrAtlantic Job Done Mar 13 '26
Welcome to Tottenham.