Ange is correct when he says that it’s significant that everybody is talking about Spurs and enjoying the style of play and isn’t it better that than grinding out matches leading to mid-table mediocrity. I predict that, assuming Mr Levy sticks with Ange, Spurs will win the Premier League over the next 2 seasons. I’ve never felt more engaged with my team than I do now…
Nice rundown as usual Tom. I get the impression the English football journalists and fellow football managers really enjoy Ange and all that he encompasses. He’s been a breath of fresh air in the Premier League and long may it continue.
My 2 cents on Carragher last night is it crossed the line from valid scrutiny into agenda. I am not talking about conspiratorial agendas, he just set his stall out hard after Chelsea, he probably thought Ange would be sacked and there'd be no repercussions. He then doubled down on those comments at half time yesterday and made himself look like an absolute tosser at full time trying to make any and all pieces fit. The FT analysis described a 6-1 Manchester United victory. Ange's interview that interrupted it was absolutely brilliant as it disarmingly and hilariously reduced him and that other bitter little man in the studio who used to play for this club to the parodies they are.
Hi Tom, thank you for your videos and analysis. I appreciate your measured approach and critique whist not being monotonously critical of Ange and the team’s performances. Really interesting that spurs will face Liverpool 3 times in about 6 weeks. I would be surprised if it didn’t up with 2 wins to 1. Not sure which way though, which is the beauty of it. They will be 3 cracking games. Awesome development opportunity for Spurs through this period.
Great point at the end Tom.... this really isn't that big of a game for spurs. Worst case scenario Liverpool get 3 more points in the title race.... everyone knows why that's a big deal. I'd like to see Spence Bergvall and Johnson start for Sarr Porro and Kulusevski. Forrest is a much bigger game imo.
Evening Tom. My Liverpool supporting mates are nervous as hell about this game. We beat them last season at home (another mad game...as per the norm) and I think that we are so unpredictable that opposing fans really have no clue now what to expect. I think it'll be close but another frantic 'high scoring defendings for losers' lunacy, but very enjoyable and entertaining for a Sunday afternoon!! Just checked and Paddy Power are 22-1 for a 0-0 😂 Spurs must be the bookies nightmare
My pet peeve with Neville is the elongated groans that he makes when 'action' happens - use words, Gary; that's your job! (to borrow a catch-phrase off another ex-pro)
I was watching Ange's post-match interview on Sky, and something about his appearance seemed odd - he looked toothy, like he had lost a lot of weight or something. Then it dawned on me that it was simply that he was smiling - it seems a long time since I last saw him doing that. Thanks as always, Tom
I’m enjoying your coverage on this channel, Tom. Hope you stick with it. I will say, though, there was some fucking delicious irony in the presser you sadly missed. Please tell us who asked the “gung ho” question, because it was [unwittingly] beautiful: Gung ho - as any amateur etymologist will tell you - being a transliteration of a Chinese phrase meaning “to work together”. It was applied to successful guerrilla tactics used against occupying US military forces in the SE Asian conflicts arising from WWII. So confused by the dizzying system of interchanging tactics used against them, bewildered narrative-pedlars in the US industrial military complex adopted the phrase to mean “over-zealous” or “excessively aggressive”, rather than concede the weaknesses exposed in their thitherto unthinking assumption of martial superiority...
Well that I did not know, so thanks for educating me. Although if a phrase is widely thought to mean one thing, does that in a sense change its meaning… Can’t remember who asked that one tbf.
Well indeed it does, but unintentional irony is no less ironic for the ignorance… otherwise, Shakespeare’s a bit of a captain hindsight merchant… a rank most analysts wear with pride nowadays, incidentally. Excepting present company, I hasten to add… 😇
In all seriousness, though, I do think there’s a point here. There are fundamental misconceptions in how Tottenham are reported that are kinda surreal. And I think a lot of them are rooted in a lack of curiosity, or a lazy reversion to narrative over journalism. Firstly, bear in mind; as a nation, Australia care only for three sports: Aussie Rules football, Rugby League football and cricket. They’re the best in the world at all three. And have been for most of my lifetime. As a Yorkshireman, I care not a jot for one of those, but the other two have regularly proved pretty humbling… Equally, I haven’t crunched the numbers, but if Australia haven’t won most Olympic medals per capita of any major nation over the same period, I’d be very surprised. So the notion Australia cannot produce elite level sports coaches is prima facie nonsensical. Similarly, the idea that a coach - any coach - reaching the pinnacle of their sport doesn’t understand the most basic principles of their chosen game is evidently moronic. And yet it’s perfectly acceptable to ask a coach whether it’s occurred to him that his team have a goal to defend, as well as one to attack? You would think some of these press questions would’ve evolved by now - especially given the consistency of the answers… But as any LLM bot will attest: it’s far easier to reconstruct a narrative than to explicate reality. And so asking: Have you considered being less gung ho against Liverpool? Could equally have been: Have you considered working together less against Liverpool? And it mean the exact same thing…
Liverpool sugar high is coming to a end on Sunday afternoon. Ange and the boys are going to make a statement, Tottenham is about to collect major scalps. Spurs will take those Liverpool pretenders to the woodshed. 6 - 0 Tottenham. COYS!!!!!
Ange is correct when he says that it’s significant that everybody is talking about Spurs and enjoying the style of play and isn’t it better that than grinding out matches leading to mid-table mediocrity. I predict that, assuming Mr Levy sticks with Ange, Spurs will win the Premier League over the next 2 seasons. I’ve never felt more engaged with my team than I do now…
Great to hear!
Nice rundown as usual Tom. I get the impression the English football journalists and fellow football managers really enjoy Ange and all that he encompasses. He’s been a breath of fresh air in the Premier League and long may it continue.
The reporters who do his pre-match press conferences generally do, not sure the TV guys who do him post match feel the same way…
My 2 cents on Carragher last night is it crossed the line from valid scrutiny into agenda. I am not talking about conspiratorial agendas, he just set his stall out hard after Chelsea, he probably thought Ange would be sacked and there'd be no repercussions. He then doubled down on those comments at half time yesterday and made himself look like an absolute tosser at full time trying to make any and all pieces fit. The FT analysis described a 6-1 Manchester United victory. Ange's interview that interrupted it was absolutely brilliant as it disarmingly and hilariously reduced him and that other bitter little man in the studio who used to play for this club to the parodies they are.
I was at the game so haven’t seen it properly
Very good analysis mate. I agree that those two turnips had their doom and gloom bubble burst by Ange's interview with Pat from Sky
Ha, ha. Ange owns both those twerp pundits. They also forget Ange is an well respected pundit himself.
Hi Tom, thank you for your videos and analysis. I appreciate your measured approach and critique whist not being monotonously critical of Ange and the team’s performances.
Really interesting that spurs will face Liverpool 3 times in about 6 weeks. I would be surprised if it didn’t up with 2 wins to 1. Not sure which way though, which is the beauty of it. They will be 3 cracking games. Awesome development opportunity for Spurs through this period.
My pleasure and thanks for the kind feedback. Should be three cracking games, I agree, but have no idea how they will play out!
Great point at the end Tom.... this really isn't that big of a game for spurs. Worst case scenario Liverpool get 3 more points in the title race.... everyone knows why that's a big deal. I'd like to see Spence Bergvall and Johnson start for Sarr Porro and Kulusevski. Forrest is a much bigger game imo.
Thanks v much. Interesting, can’t see him making all those changes though
Evening Tom. My Liverpool supporting mates are nervous as hell about this game. We beat them last season at home (another mad game...as per the norm) and I think that we are so unpredictable that opposing fans really have no clue now what to expect. I think it'll be close but another frantic 'high scoring defendings for losers' lunacy, but very enjoyable and entertaining for a Sunday afternoon!! Just checked and Paddy Power are 22-1 for a 0-0 😂 Spurs must be the bookies nightmare
Have absolutely no idea what to expect, and that’s the fun of it
My pet peeve with Neville is the elongated groans that he makes when 'action' happens - use words, Gary; that's your job! (to borrow a catch-phrase off another ex-pro)
I was watching Ange's post-match interview on Sky, and something about his appearance seemed odd - he looked toothy, like he had lost a lot of weight or something. Then it dawned on me that it was simply that he was smiling - it seems a long time since I last saw him doing that.
Thanks as always, Tom
🤣 yes more like what we see from him ahead of games
I’m enjoying your coverage on this channel, Tom. Hope you stick with it.
I will say, though, there was some fucking delicious irony in the presser you sadly missed. Please tell us who asked the “gung ho” question, because it was [unwittingly] beautiful:
Gung ho - as any amateur etymologist will tell you - being a transliteration of a Chinese phrase meaning “to work together”. It was applied to successful guerrilla tactics used against occupying US military forces in the SE Asian conflicts arising from WWII.
So confused by the dizzying system of interchanging tactics used against them, bewildered narrative-pedlars in the US industrial military complex adopted the phrase to mean “over-zealous” or “excessively aggressive”, rather than concede the weaknesses exposed in their thitherto unthinking assumption of martial superiority...
Well that I did not know, so thanks for educating me. Although if a phrase is widely thought to mean one thing, does that in a sense change its meaning…
Can’t remember who asked that one tbf.
Well indeed it does, but unintentional irony is no less ironic for the ignorance… otherwise, Shakespeare’s a bit of a captain hindsight merchant… a rank most analysts wear with pride nowadays, incidentally.
Excepting present company, I hasten to add… 😇
Of course, never been one to be smart after the fact, me, honest…
Shoulder-to-shoulder, brother 🫡
In all seriousness, though, I do think there’s a point here. There are fundamental misconceptions in how Tottenham are reported that are kinda surreal. And I think a lot of them are rooted in a lack of curiosity, or a lazy reversion to narrative over journalism.
Firstly, bear in mind; as a nation, Australia care only for three sports:
Aussie Rules football, Rugby League football and cricket.
They’re the best in the world at all three. And have been for most of my lifetime.
As a Yorkshireman, I care not a jot for one of those, but the other two have regularly proved pretty humbling…
Equally, I haven’t crunched the numbers, but if Australia haven’t won most Olympic medals per capita of any major nation over the same period, I’d be very surprised.
So the notion Australia cannot produce elite level sports coaches is prima facie nonsensical.
Similarly, the idea that a coach - any coach - reaching the pinnacle of their sport doesn’t understand the most basic principles of their chosen game is evidently moronic.
And yet it’s perfectly acceptable to ask a coach whether it’s occurred to him that his team have a goal to defend, as well as one to attack?
You would think some of these press questions would’ve evolved by now - especially given the consistency of the answers…
But as any LLM bot will attest: it’s far easier to reconstruct a narrative than to explicate reality.
And so asking:
Have you considered being less gung ho against Liverpool?
Could equally have been:
Have you considered working together less against Liverpool?
And it mean the exact same thing…
Might of Liverpool your having a laugh
Come on you spurs
Liverpool sugar high is coming to a end on Sunday afternoon. Ange and the boys are going to make a statement, Tottenham is about to collect major scalps. Spurs will take those Liverpool pretenders to the woodshed. 6 - 0 Tottenham. COYS!!!!!
Disagree entirely. 7 - 0 Tottenham. COYS!
🤣 I admire your optimism
Bosh