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  1. King of Otters

    Youth player(s) you had high hopes for?

    I literally thought Taarabt was going to be the new Zidane. I remember my brother in law scoffed after I told him Taarabt was the most talented player I’d seen come through the ranks at Spurs and I almost punched him in the face.
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    Europa Conference League 2021-22: the Road to Tirana, Albania

    Definitely glad we're in this rather than out of Europe altogether. Let's go out and win the thing and get the 'no trophies' monkey off our back for a while. Yeah, it might be low prestige, but I honestly don't think we can afford to turn our noses up at silverware at this point. Also, PL teams...
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    Was the appointment of Ryan Mason racist?

    I don't think so. It's shorthand for a certain type of perpetually offended blowhard who happens to flush pink when getting angry about Alex Scott being on Football Focus. I don't think anyone's in danger of being racially discriminated against on those terms.
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    Europa Conference League 2021-22: the Road to Tirana, Albania

    The absolute scenes when we get dumped out by a team of Lithuanian farmers in the quarter finals.
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    Harry Kane

    Imagine being top for assists and goals and the team you play for finishes seventh behind West Ham. We are maddeningly shit sometimes.
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    The Race for the Title, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th or even 6th Thread.

    Aside from anything else, I imagine being in the ECL will do our coefficient no harm ahead of the proposed changes to the CL.
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    Match Threads Leicester vs Spurs - Match thread - Day 38 - KO 4:00pm

    Fully onboard with us fucking Leicester out of the top 4 and then stealing their manager.
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    Harry Kane

    Bale was more spectacular, and could win games on his own, true. But goals are goals, and Harry’s numbers are up there with the best (in this country anyway). The fact that we’ve had Kane banging in 20-30 goals a season for eight years and still won nothing is a fucking travesty.
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    Harry Kane

    For me too. I (naively) felt that Bale could have catapulted us to greatness if we’d kept hold of him in his prime years. With Harry, we’ve had him in his prime and the club is going backwards anyway. It’s the death of all hope in us ever being competitive that paradoxically makes this one...
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    Harry Kane

    And it took for our title challenge to collapse completely was for them to enquire about the availability of Kane?
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    Harry Kane

    Yeah, I’m sure we would have run them close for the title otherwise!
  12. King of Otters

    Harry Kane

    Its sad, but I wouldn’t say it’s that odd really. The interview was completely stage managed to put pressure on Levy and to prepare the fans for the fact that he’s leaving.
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    This Week’s Manager Watch: Ryan Mason

    Out of his depth, but it’s not his fault. He was brought in as a bit of positive PR by a chairman who desperately needs some good press. This mess is all on Levy.
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    Was the appointment of Ryan Mason racist?

    Yep, that’s also a valid explanation. I don’t think there’s any harm in exploring things like unconscious bias in this context though. This is precisely why the Rooney Rule was introduced in the NFL and also why it made a difference in the number of black coaches represented in the league.
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    Was the appointment of Ryan Mason racist?

    Yeah maybe, but Ledley has zero managerial experience. Mason has at least been manager in the academy and presumably has ambitions in that direction.
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    Was the appointment of Ryan Mason racist?

    He might actually have the glimmer of a point here. Mason is the golden boy who has been fast tracked beyond his competence. Powell is a highly experienced coach who was overlooked because.....? We don’t know, but I think it’s fair to assume that optics were more important than experience here...
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    Harry Kane

    My take on Romano (which I know you've all been waiting for), is that he absolutely is a goal hanger, but that he's also relatively well connected. He might not be ahead of the curve on every single thing, but I generally find him to be one of the more reliable Twitter journos.
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    Harry Kane

    It’ll definitely include some high profile signing fallen from grace. Probably Van Der Beek or someone like that.
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