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    Race for The Top 10

    Not far off....our better players are slightly better than their 90 counterparts and our worst players aren't as bad as our worst players were then. That we've become such a soft touch again is the biggest regression.
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    Spurs and VAR

    I think all three are 'Orange' - by law of averages it is surprising that all three weren't originally spotted or that VAR didn't upgrade to a red at a point in the season when there have been more decisions overruled (than at the start of the season when nothing was overruled!)
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    Race for The Top 10

    Top 4 is such a tease....nominally we're only a couple of wins away again and Chelsea are far from convincing. I've said previously that 72 points is the average pts required for 4th but as has been pointed out that threshold is going to be much lower (maybe 65 pts) this season. This will still...
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    Race for The Top 10

    There are pro's and con's - however I'm coning to the conclusion that Europa League provides some great opportunity for younger fringe players to acclimatise to first team roles. Its impossible to quantify but how much was Kane's development aided by his Europa appearances?; Woolwich have been...
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    Race for The Top 10

    Some stats for you that will primarily fend of any hope that we have for finishing top 4 (the first part courtesy of Lee McQueen on Last Word on Spurs pod): The average number of points required to finish Top 4 in PL over last 20 years is 72 points. Currently we have 31 points (from 24 games)...
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    Player recruitment set-up

    Going back to the Soccernomics (if thats the one I read) theory....they did a whole chapter on how to play the transfer market. The interesting lessons were: 1. Whenever bids for one of your players at a price exceeding your valuation you should sell. 2. 19-22 year olds are the best ages to buy...
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    Player recruitment set-up

    It's a good post and something we don't know about in very much detail. I don't know any more than you have already detailed. I'm sure I remember reading somewhere (possibly Soccernomics or similar) that explored transfers and concluded that only about 50% of incoming transfers at best work out...
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    Team vs middlesbrough

    Would be great to see Tanganga again but would imagine yesterday will have taken a lot out of him bear in mind he wont have played 90 minutes for a very long time. Think we can assume Foyth, Wanyama and KWP will be nowhere near any matchday squads. So more by process of elimination I'd guess at...
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    Short or long term plan?

    There may be a case for bringing forward spending ringfenced for the next couple of windows to try and fix the immediate problems; IF (and I'm not suggesting there is or isn't) there was a plan to bring in a second centre forward to complement or act purely as back up to Kane then perhaps Levy...
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    How optimistic are you for Spurs in the Twenties?

    I think we have the foundation (stadium and its revenue) to ensure that we're always in or around top 6 at least but I see the next couple of years being quite turbulent. I forecast a couple of managerial changes before we get back on the right track again and that might result in losing Kane...
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    Short or long term plan?

    The OP is a really pertinent question and has become more immediate due to the injuries of kane and Sissoko. There is no way that Levy will write off the season....he will believe this squad should be good enough to get top 4 and get to the latter stages of the CL; in my opinion that is...
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    my wembley rage!!!!!

    I have mixed feelings on the tournament. One on hand I always enjoy going to Wembley and its kind of nice seeing your team there and not being too bothered about losing the game. Additionally, with it being 2 months since the end of the season I needed my football fix too. However, I was...
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    Best performance you can remember from a Spurs keeper?

    Erik the Viking at Anfield in October 1989. We lost 1-0 and it was live on ITV but Erik had an incredible game in very wet conditions. Howells had a long range effort that whistled inches past the post in stoppage time. I remember being really disappointed that Ray Houghton was awarded man of...
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    League Cup exemption.

    I hope we do get an exemption for no better reason than I want value for my season ticket this year. Last few years we've had nothing UEFA cup matches as one of the two measley cup games so would be nice if we had away games until drawing Arsenal in the Semi-Final and Chelsea in the QF of the FA...
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    Flags at Wembley again?

    There will definately be flags again this year!
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