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  1. Eric Dier is our playmaker
    He might not yet be Xabi Alonso, but Eric Dier is developing impressive deep-lying playmaker skills to go alongside his existing defensive talents. Dier’s rise this season would have been the ‘story of Spurs’ season’ in most other campaigns. But, much like how the Premier League has three or four huge stories going on at […]
  2. I’m sorry, Mousa
    I wanted you gone; gone to the highest bidder, probably Sunderland. I called you a 5-a-side player. I said that you were too niche to ever be a success at Spurs How wrong I was. I’m sorry for doubting you. This season, you have become a lynchpin. When you’re not in our team, I worry. I […]
  3. The Best Thing You’ve Ever Read About Spurs
    That’s not even a clickbait title. This summary of a talk by John McDermott, our Head of Coaching & Player Development, at Pomona College in Southern California on 22nd March is the Best. Thing. Ever. Thank you to @RobPNicolson for taking the time to type up the lengthy notes from a fantastic lecture. Myself and @bankruptspurs (some […]
    • WindyCOYS
    • 12 minute read
    • 26th March 2016 at 14:25
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  4. Game plan
    Just a quick one from me in light of what we have just witnessed, as I feel like I need to unburden myself. Spurs’ main strength this season has been the ability with which we have implemented and stuck to our game plan. Tonight, against West Ham, we came up against a side who did […]
  5. “Spurs did well at the weekend”
    I wrote this for Iain Macintosh’s wonderful site, The Set Pieces. “Spurs did well at the weekend,” is something my work colleagues generally used to say to me, perhaps twice a year and usually in a slightly surprised tone of voice. The sort of voice that suggested they were still questioning the accuracy of the […]

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