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I wasn't sure whether to do this or not but, after the week I've just had, it's good to get it off my chest. Plus, I have a platform, and occasionally I ought to use it to raise awareness of the impact of issues affecting me that might also affect others - in this instance, it's online bullying and pile-ons.

The early season schedule has led to a sense of panic amongst some Spurs fans, but I just wanted to briefly attempt to allay some of that panic by showing how we could manage the congestion.

Things feel okay again. I didn't like last season. I didn't like the way things quickly went south under my beloved Mauricio Pochettino. I didn't even like much of the football post-restart (I understand I'm potentially in the minority there). I didn't like our players and manager breaking lockdown, Dele making a racially insensitive joke on Instagram, the emerging tension around Tanguy Ndombele... if we were going to skip a 'season review DVD', 2019/20 is definitely the one.

I tend to write each year about the 25-man squad and the implications of the homegrown players rule. This year I'm writing about it a little earlier than usual because it will impact on Spurs' transfer strategy. The reason being that Spurs have sleepwalked into a potential issue with homegrown player numbers which could impact on how many signings José Mourinho can make and/or the size of our squad for next season.

BONUS CONTENT! This is our third xSubs Q&A, usually reserved for xSubs Only! But having passed 500 xSubs we're celebrating by unlocking some content - after Nathan unlocked a video about Joe Rodon, Windy has chosen to unlock a pod about which fictional creatures we'd fight...

Non-Brits may wish to refer to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conkers

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Choking the life out the game, getting the win, Son again, Hojbjerg being our best signing, is this our best ever squad, and making ground.

Alex from Bristol, Flav and Ricky

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