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  1. thfcsteff

    Ex-Manager watch: Antonio Conte

    Conte was irrelevant to that. Paratici was the don there, and I personally owe that man an apology for allowing his dodgy geezerism to cloud his undoubted ability to conjure excellent young players.
  2. thfcsteff

    Ex-Manager watch: Antonio Conte

    Postecoglu has changed the culture. From one of fear and uncertainty to one of clarity. Under ****e, no-one knew what was happening from one minute to the next due to the narcissistic control freakism which we quickly saw oozing from his every ore. You could literally see the players were both...
  3. thfcsteff

    Tottenham Hotspur Breaches of Jermain Defoe Transfer - Times Exclusive

    Very honourable and chivalrous of you Trix. But be honest with yourself; how many transfers from that era particularly, if investigated in any depth, would reveal 'broken rules'. And yes yes, you can 'only take responsibility for your own actions' (something I live my life by). But the...
  4. thfcsteff

    Tottenham Podcasts

    Going to chance it here and suggest you check out The Game Is About Glory...full disclosure, I am a host. We're in our 4th season, started during lockdown, and stridently look to avoid pointy-shouty in favour of discussion and humour where we can find it. Unafraid on the bigger topics but again...
  5. thfcsteff

    Pochettino or Conte

    Such a spot on post. I adore Poch, I love Conte.
  6. thfcsteff

    Pochettino or Conte

    Poch wasn't. His targets were quality. Everyone knows we wanted Mane and Gigi; those were two of the main reasons Mitchell quit. I think there were certainly issues with recruitment, but those largely lay with the committee around Poch. Son, Wanyama, Toby, Davies, Trippier and Dele were all...
  7. thfcsteff

    Pochettino or Conte

    So true. The comparison of the two can only be about the spirit they bring. Their teams, their methods, their tactics, are totally different. For example, Rose and Walker in their prime were brilliant FBs for sure, but they were still not WBs in the Conte sense.
  8. thfcsteff

    Pochettino or Conte

    He had nothing else? What he should've had going into the 2018/19 season was what he had been asking for. A new playmaker, a proper back-up forward and a new CB. I read somewhere here that there was 'nothing to suggest Poch wanted Grealish' except it is both true and was nearly done, until the...
  9. thfcsteff

    Player Watch: Gareth Bale - Retires

    Mate, You enjoy every single second of his return and know that his energy is with you.
  10. thfcsteff

    Player Watch: Gareth Bale - Retires

    I'm 53 and I will be ordering one. We have become a short-term project since sacking the GOAT manager/leader, so I absolutely believe the only way for this "short-term project" to work is to bring in someone exactly like Bale. It is the perfect move at the perfect time. We are all in dire need...
  11. thfcsteff

    Premier League 2019–?

    If that had been us we'd have been loving it. Normal behavior is out the window, common sense left the building ages ago, if 500,000 people can descend on Dorset, with a large swathe of them ending up clogging Bournemouth's beaches, then you have to accept this will happen. Might be an age...
  12. thfcsteff

    Bruno Fernandes at Manchester United

    So...how do you fit them? We have no idea if Ndombele will be fully fit for 35+ games a season. Hope he is, but...so...for me? Fernandes NDombele Dele. Lo Celso Son Kane Obviously for some games you'll want...
  13. thfcsteff

    Dele Alli at Everton

    There were far sloppier passers than him today. Urgency? How do YOU define urgency?! “Stupid flicks” oh dearie dearie me! It was a patience game yesterday, and if we’d pushed and pressed too much too early they’d have killed us.
  14. thfcsteff

    Dele Alli at Everton

    ??? Do you know what his role was yesterday? Do you know he switched positions? Do you know he is probably the only player we have intelligent enough to be able to do what he does? Do you even see what he does when not able to play with his preferred attacking partners? Do you watch his off the...
  15. thfcsteff

    Player Watch: Serge Aurier

    Looking at that graphic -and moving on from the poor positioning all round- at the moment shown, who is the covering defender in that situation? Now you could argue Aurier has two, but given that this it's a fluid game, who do you think Serge should, err, surge across and cover? He literally...
  16. thfcsteff

    Player Watch: Serge Aurier

    You can get away with it when you have a world class CB and genuine holding midfielders. We will also see, once again, that much of their defending happens high up the pitch!!
  17. thfcsteff

    Player watch: Danny Rose

    Mate. He left him at home this summer so as he could leave. Come on now!
  18. thfcsteff

    Poch: In or Out? - You CAN change your vote

    It would evoke similar feelings of hypocrisy and hatred for me. Fuck GGG. Fuck him. And fuck Mourinho.
  19. thfcsteff

    The Mauricio Pochettino thread

    What if Poch makes changes and we win? Good grief, that will take some undoing in misery land!!!!!!
  20. thfcsteff

    The Mauricio Pochettino thread

    Really? Is that what it is? Thank you so much for explaining to me why I want him to stay, be backed, turf the wasters out and get the chance to build mkII...
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