It takes a special kind of magic to get one’s head around football transfer fees. One of Fulham’s summer signings was Carlos Vinicius, a player that spent a pretty joyless season on loan at Spurs two years ago. His fee, had we found he was someone we wanted to buy, was then some €45million. Needless to say, Fulham paid a mere £5 million for the boy.
Conte’s not all that happy with his squad, based upon the limited minutes his new signings have been offered and of course, the less than cheery comments made in his recent pressers.
Spurs will win by at least two goals this afternoon – that’s my guess, maybe there should be spot prizes for those that don’t nod/wander off before the final whistle is blown? Oh, sorry, I forgot, we are only allowed to make nasty comments about Mourinho-ball, and this is soooooooooo very different.

Think I’m with you there Sir , and the pictures you’ve conjured in my head are highly amusing too !!!!!!!!!!111
Again, the worrying part of your responses is that you think Dier is better than Coady. One is in the England set up, one isn’t and Southgate plays the same system as Conte. The only argument you have is that Conte picks him. Conte also plays Davies and Royal! Do you honestly believe Conte is happy with the squad and First XI we have?
You need to look at this objectively and not throw your toys out the cot by calling someone a ‘rando’, which I presume in adult speak is random!
Why does Conte play Dier? Have you seen the competition? Romero is the only good CB we have and Conte has to play Dier because there is not much choice. If we had got Conte’s preferred choice of Bastoni, Dier would no longer be in our First XI.
Now that’s a lad I recall who could take vicious in swinging corners!!
That wasnt the same time,he is talking about jan toby Walker rose under Poch younare talking about Redknap times
Mitrovic heading towards the golden boot. He’s got that touch this time round.
Made hard work if it again Richarlison is growing on me. Better from Sonny. another 3 points. Roll on Weds.
Thats sounding like the bloke desperate to pull at last orders.
Conte, who sees him train every day, and has coached some of the best defenders to ever play the game rates him, but I’m sure some rando on the interwebz knows better than the gaffer.
True
Talking about Spurs full backs, those of us old enough on this blog to have remembered the consistently solid duo of Joe Kinnear and Cyril Knowles attracted minimal criticism!!
Best of a particularly bad bunch
I actually think Royal is not all bad, his problem is he can’t pass at pace and takes too long, but out of him, Doherty, Reg and Sess i’d rather Royal as it stands….
Players, and mere mortals, show joy all the time without taking clothes off. It’s unnecessary, juvenile, and could take him closer to a suspension when he’s really needed for a match.
Scoring the winner in a cup final, maybe. If he really has to, otherwise, I’d stick electrodes on his nipples in the shower, and sit the child down in my office and explain the importance of his being available to me for as many matches as possible during the season.
Imagine Kane’s out injured for a semi or a final and Billy Sollocks is just starting a suspension for accumulated yellows, two of which are for showing his chest to fans. I’d be bloody furious.
I also remember that that ‘best defence in Europe’ was kinda leaky round the sides against top tier teams. Anyone remember adebayor doing us twice from the right within a few minutes in the CL against Madrid. Could have been Ekotto.
Still not offering the purely team-focused play that Deki consistently does. At least from my view. I love Sonny, wear his name at times, but he needs to be refocused back onto a team effort.
I agree for now. Let Son come on for him after getting a good mental picture of what he wants to do when getting back out there.
Playing with a top top Central defence pairing with dembers in front of it. If either one of them could cross to a young, hungry Harry who was more often than not in the right place in the box I think we win something.
That’s a bit Puritan innit. The man thought he had opened his account on his awarded start for hard work. Hard to begrudge him expressing a jolt of joy.
OK. We had ziege for a season before something god awful happened to his leg. What a difference he made to an otherwise awful team though.
In fairness, Walkies & Rosey were two fifths of the best defence in Europe for a whole season. And they weren’t far off the following season either.
We have had headless chickens at full back for as long as I can remember. I include Rose and walker in that and always thought they were the biggest meh in pochs best teams. Because they couldnt cross for money. Walker obv has his uses and has done well in a better team, Danny not so much. I’m encouraged by the purchases of perisic, spence and udogie? That we are finally taking this position more seriously. Donkey, Royal, sauscison and Davies for that matter can all do one. Can’t cross – f off.
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But there is no brain in him. Which is a problem that probably results in low confidence when faced with decision making.
I see him as part of the future Spurs forward line. Present- Son(30), Kane(29), Richy(26)
Future- Deki(22), Bryan(21), Scarlett(18?)
Um. There have been a few 👍
Yup, it’s a slightly irritating interruption, but I’d prefer a correct decision more of the time than how it was with before. I used to get more irritated to see, for instance, a Spurs goal disallowed, but see it was a wrong decision on the replays, within seconds of the ref’s call. I think if VAR is removed, that’s fine, but then TV replays should be removed too. Returning to a situation where everyone except the referee can see replays would be ridiculous from my point of view.
Like the small, far away debate?
The most worrying part of your response is you rate Dier! He is not a good player and having him in our back line since Verts and Toby couldn’t ‘coach’ him in games has not progressed us.
Coady can actually pass a football long and short, defend and organise a defence. Dier cannot do any of this, hence why Coady has been ahead of him in the England set up for a while.
Whatever reason Lage doesn’t fancy Coady anymore may be because of his pace. As Everton will sit in he won’t get caught out much. In a 3 he would have fine for us.
Son was better as he looked to be able to take a touch, but got to start finishing his dinner or this condensed season could pass him by. At least he’s getting in the right areas to score, but still underperforming.
Charles is a menace, unlucky not to score 1 or 2 and must annoy the feck out of oppo defenders.
Romero is better than Sanchez.
Great to see Kane and Son getting some rest at the end ready for mid-week.
Royal ain’t it and likely to never be. Consistently poor in the final 3rd, barely able to handle simple build-up play and sharp passing under pressure. Is he really the best we’ve got?
Fulham looked useless today and still nearly nicked a draw, we should’ve been out of sight by half time with fringe players coming on and getting some minutes in. Better performance and got the win, but this is the bare minimum against teams like Fulham.
Not sure that would solve the problem of seeing close calls in real time. I have no problem with VAR most of the time.
We missed Bentancur last time out – he really does make our central midfield tick over smoothly. Calm on the ball and always looking for someone on the move.
Richarlison has great intensity but not as confident when on the ball – tends to rush things.
A better game all round today and on another day we would have had five or six.
Romero’s half tackle on Mitrovic was embarrassing.
Apparently Dane Scarlett’s goal for Portsmouth today was a corker.
You can never truly celebrate goals. Ruins the flow of the game
Instead of VAR why not have 2 linesmen on each side?
Son was better today. A bit unlucky
I’d hate to be a linesman, or any sort of ref. Nightmare.
Richy + Deki😍
It happens.. Speaking from experience
I’ll text Antonio.
Charli had a great match, as did Ddoris. Men of the match I thought.
Shame Charli’s volley didn’t go in, and that he was offside. If I was a manager and one of my players chose to have a yellow card by taking his shirt off, I’d slap him about in the changing room; really hard.
I had a feeling Perisic will be used up front a lot
Yeah fair play I just watched it back and it was a few inches and not miles, thanks for your input 👍
bloody VAR, Richy’s goal, I scared the dog and lost me voice…for nothing!
Richy has to start before Sonny for the moment.
Son and Richarlison – I’m still not sure how neither managed to score today
phew….gutted Richy’s goal didn’t count..
Lenglet and Charli definitely have the look of players who could gatecrash the starting 11
There is talent in Sessegnon, just hope he can grow more confident and bomb down that left side
I’d suggest that ‘miles off’ is far more apparent when looking at a still photo than in real time.
At least we’ve seen the effect of a bench with as much quality as the XI
Promotion at Stake.CL ????????
Decent performance today – but our home games tend to be
CL City
You hate the means by which an offside is noted?
And still we grind them out.
Our last lucky call ? Hull at WHL 1978.
Gotta love Richarlison, he’s a nutter. MOTM for me
Surprisingly tbh
Agreed.
Good performance minus some poor finishing and some unlucky finishing, Richarlison definitely makes things happen – Kulu has serious competition there
Richy Bent Lloris Harry PEH class
Sess very good 2h
Lenglet solid
No, how this game wasn’t out of sight is one of the great mysteries of our times
Lol
Spurs have never been the beneficiaries of a VAR call. Kinda looking suspicious now innit
👍
Richarlison has been excellent, so unlucky not to score today
How did the linesman not see that and flag it in real time while play continues, was miles off
even the commentator said it
Gotta Love the Var.
Eventually
Should remove the yellow as the goal he was celebrating is chalked off 😂
I hate VAR
Oops.
Well done fella!!!
He deserved a goal. MoM performace
First of many!
Richy
Now Chelksi scum getting benefited by VARcicle
It’s all Keystone cops now.
Richarlison is MOM for effort alone
How do we always manage to make teams seem like they are prime Barcelona?
It’s never easy
Assisted by either Willian or James just to rub more salt
Vinicius to get the draw goal. Can just see it.
Goal of the match.
Dier too
Romero & Dier making it easy for the Vich.
Erm ,, very Kane like.
We’re cursed in this game. Their keeper is having a blinder
Mitrovic sold Romero a pup there.Good goal.
Unlucky richy
One is more scum than the other
Let’s get the 3 points first
Just a shame we miss out on upping the GD big time.
Finally. Should be 7-0 by now but at least we have the buffer now
Kane again 😂
I know. But still.
Yeeeees.
Scum v scum is 1-1 now
It’s not a postcard, you massive twerp, but son obviously. Put richy on his better side and kulu on the right. 👍
Peri and Kulu. Yes.