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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Keep thinking about how Conte and Jose, these supposed guaranteed winners rocked up and just complained about everything. The club isn't built for success etc. Ange turns up, backs himself, tells the club what winning a trophy will do then goes and wins one. Thats a winner.

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Couldn't give a flying fuck about CL qualification. Its a European Final to win a trophy.

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Adam Powley @adampowley.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Not having this narrative that Frankfurt aren't up to much. Third in Bundesliga, winning experience and nous, unbeaten at home in the Yurop this season. They didn't play well because they weren't allowed to. Spurs individually, collectively, tactically on it. Right subs right time. Deserved.

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I've a feeling Spurs are in for a sobering managerial search this summer.

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Very sensible handling of Mikey Moore. This is the sort of insight that is lacking that usually allows for terrible takes to fill the gaps

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

This season has been a mess but Lucas Bergvall is turning into a fabulous midfielder. Always so positive and fearless on the ball. As he matures, if those lapses in concentration/decision making fall away he's going to be an elite player.

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Thomas Frank would be my choice for next Spurs manager. Its time ownership stopped bringing in managers who either require elite players or specific system players as they wont give the manager what they need. Frank is smart, pragmatic and at the level Spurs actually are

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Thoughts and prayers with anyone having to sit through the Minecraft movie with their kids. My punishment starts in 2 hours

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

All of that isn't to excuse Ange, he has faults with both his system and reactions at times but don't hire a system specific coach and not back him and at what point does a human reaction to things become expected?! Its so bad from so many angles.

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

That a week before a huge European quarter final you can't keep the manager or sack him. The process of ownership in every aspect of the club is woeful bar one....making money. They're elite at that.

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

But now briefing that Spurs are looking at replacement managers, thus undermining the manager. Then other stories of "Ange has to get Europe" which then writes the league off in terms of importance. All the while the manager is left hanging and getting pelters from frustrated fans. Now so toxic

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

This is Levy's masterpiece. Bring in a manager who galvanised the fanbase, plays the football we want to see. Then don't fully back him, leaving squad with clear gaps. Those are exposed in a horrendous run of injuries. Take ages to bring in players in Jan. Season now drifts away. Still in Europe

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Let's just stop all this nonsense. No one is watching this Baller League shit. Surely

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Nice spot for a morning coffee

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Seb Stafford-Bloor @sebsb.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

If I have a take on Tottenham and what kind of coach they need, I think it's secondary to the reality that the ownership style will always expose whatever flaws exist in a candidate. There are good ideas and nice theories, but whomever is in the job will only have part of what they need to do it.

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The first leg was a classic away performance knowing you have them at home next week. We were never really in danger of losing that tie. They only scored a freak og. When Ange goes the long read in the Athletic on just what he had to deal with this season will be eye opening for many

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Hard question really as most of what Levy does i wouldn't do but the fact almost every player we've signed since Ange has been there mentioned him being the reason they signed and they're clearing still behind him. I wouldn't make a change but he's clearly going to get sacked

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I absolutely loved Pochettino's Spurs but the fact he went to Chelsea showed he wasn't the messiah we thought he was and the reasons he didn't win trophies at Spurs are all still going to be a factor. Not least ownership.

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

That Bergvall pen is just so clear I'm amazed VAR didn't overturn that. The whole "he dived earlier" argument is mute when VAR is there to review decisions.

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

This is not a knock on Gray,Danso,Dragusin as I like them but nothing shows just the gap in class between a Romero and VDV partnership quite as much as when you see the difference in the same game. Spurs were in complete control with Romero and VDV. Getting them both fully fit before 1/4s is crucial

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Just the word itself sounds insane

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Yeah, i think I am pretty much on the same page. Just to have some bloody options would be nice.

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

100% and I suspect that'll be the next stick to beat Ange with. "He's got players back. Why isn't it back to normal"

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Oh for sure but does the Spurs history of chewing up successful managers and spitting them out override that?

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

It would be quite something to let the manager convince players to sign for the club then sack him

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Just hope we can get a few players back, keep them fit and start to build some momentum in the EL. Tough ask but we deserve a run of good fortune

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

My entire life of being a Spurs fan suggests he won't succeed and this won't get better but there needs to be a crumb of hope otherwise, what is the point?! I don't think i have the energy to be sold another project. The players being behind him tells me enough at this point.

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

His presser last night was another reason why I'm desperate for him to succeed. Conte and Jose would have driven over and reversed back on every player by now. Ange hasn't and won't. His defence of them and what they're having to do is rare and a sign of the man.

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

It's fair to have concerns and questions but to suggest this horrific run of injuries in a relentless stretch of the season isn't a direct cause on the players left standing being physically and mentally (something not spoken about enough) drained, is to not look at it objectively

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Vicario, Porro, Romero, VDV, Udogie, Gray, Bergvall, Kulusevski, Johnson, Solanke, Tel Subs: Kinsky, Danso, Spence, Bentancur, Sarr, Maddison, Son, Moore, Odobert/Richarlison Until I can see a run of games where this is the options for Ange, I can't yet throw the towel in on him.

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Yeah, I thought I'd look as I needed some more detail on that last episode and there is one for every episode

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

I don't mind it too much, gives something to look forward to TV wise. Did you know Ben Stiller and Adam Scott do a podcast each week as well?

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

The latest episode of Severance is just a ridiculous flex in pretty much every aspect of making a TV show. Unreal

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Apparently SMG won't be the lead character and it will focus on a new slayer.

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Yeah I was expecting a complete reboot but if done right, I'll watch that original cast come back together.

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I'm not surprised it's come around again as I've felt it was ripe for a remake or reboot for a while.

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

For sure, given how the show ended, I'm not sure how a continuation works. I'm here for it but need more info. Apparently other OG characters in line to return as well

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Pretty much my exact reaction

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

They're going to act like beating City is an incredible thing aren't they? Despite half the league beating them this year

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Out of depth on identifying players to fit a system? I doubt it. Out of his depth on identifying players we are willing to pay for, possibly.

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

They certainly aren't backing him, that's for sure. The odd briefing of "we want to help him" and then nothing suggests they want to make it seem like they did and were left no choice but to make a change etc. Its the playbook we've seen so often. Levy knows best

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Sincerely hope I'm wrong here but it feels to me a matter of when Ange is sacked over the next couple of weeks. Not if. He's been seriously let down and the lack of movement or urgency in this window is staggering from Levy. Make no mistake, this isn't a scouting issue. It's a money one.

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

This is one hell of a thread and some really interesting analysis. It's also quite depressing that this level of analysis is absolutely nowhere to be seen in the vast majority of the football discourse, across all mediums.

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Very much looking forward to watching the Conference Championship games on est time next weekend, sat in a bar. Rather than a Sunday night at home.

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Not sure they've got the energy to ha

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

For all the talk of "Ange needs to change his style" i actually can't remember the last time we looked like an Ange team. Man City away? Increasingly we are a team trying to just survive these games. Than stamp our authority on it. Largely because we haven't the fitness or depth to do either

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Given how quickly we saw players throw managers under the bus in the past. This is telling. It probably won't matter as Levy is gonna Levy. If Ange was working them too hard, forcing them to player injured or out of his depth...he'd have been binned off by the squad long ago.

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

It's hard to have a truly united fan base. I understand why many want a change and for others they can't control who owns the club or how it's run. It just all feels pointless until there is real change at board level. I like Ange but he's been hung out to dry by lack of incomings

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Joe Sayers @sayers14.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

It's kind of what he deserves for the years of mismagement but the fans are the ones who suffer most there. He might not give himself a few million pay rise if we go down

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