general

1. Homegrown

   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.

   • WindyCOYS
   • 4 minute read
   • 18th July 2020 at 11:02
   • 1 comment
2. Desire

   Football's intangibles will be forever debated because it's almost impossible to come to a resolution or sometimes even a compromise when the arguments are so antithetical. 'Desire' is definitely one such intangible in this category.

   • WindyCOYS
   • 6 minute read
   • 5th July 2020 at 11:08
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3. Project Restart: Effing Absurd

   Over the past month I have recorded two podcasts with Alex Benham. He is brilliant. Alex is a listener of The Extra Inch and he got in touch with me having heard Nathan A Clark exclaim that the idea of restarting the Premier League was 'fucking absurd'. I thought it would be really useful to invite Alex to converse with me in blog form about Covid-19 and, in particular, the Premier League's response to it and their intentions going forward.

   • WindyCOYS
   • 11 minute read
   • 29th May 2020 at 10:29
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4. How I Feel

   I've called this 'How I Feel' because, for me, football and the conversations around it impact on my feelings. What a snowflake. When Spurs were playing well and it felt like the club and its fan-base were together, I felt great! We all did. Now things are not going well and divisions have set in, I feel sad about it. I feel helpless, powerless, I'm not enjoying the football, I feel like part of my weekly or bi-weekly escapism has become a chore.

   • WindyCOYS
   • 4 minute read
   • 8th March 2020 at 10:27
   • 11 comments
5. Where We Go From Here

   I convinced myself that we would beat Chelsea, that we would move into fourth and that the absence of our two star strikers, two best players would be less keenly felt than anticipated. I'm an idiot.

   • WindyCOYS
   • 8 minute read
   • 23rd February 2020 at 11:06
   • 44 comments