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At the beginning of August I wrote about how our 25-man squad is shaping up. After the sale of one ‘home grown’ player (Dawson), the loan of two others (Fredericks and Carroll) and the signing on a non-home grown player (Fazio), I thought I’d follow it up. To summarise the rule again, we are able […]
- WindyCOYS
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- 30th August 2014 at 11:42
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Michael Dawson is a throwback. Not just in terms of his on-pitch style – courageous and uncompromising – but also his off-pitch demeanour. Even his haircut – a short back and sides, generally swept across his forehead – is reminiscent of the era in which footballers like Dawson came from; an era when money didn’t […]
- WindyCOYS
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- 26th August 2014 at 18:59
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The 25-man squad rule has become an important aspect in ‘transfer planning’, and Spurs seem to be pretty adept at it. To summarise the rule again, we are able to name a 25-man squad if eight of the players are “home grown”. We could name fewer than eight home grown players, but would need to […]
- WindyCOYS
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- 2nd August 2014 at 13:38
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If you didn’t get to see the match live, there are streaming links here. As with the Toronto FC match, I’ve written some brief notes. First half: – Mason seems to have taken to Pochettino’s tactics like a duck to water. He positioned himself intelligently again and seemed to enjoy playing alongside the defensive-minded Capoue. […]
- WindyCOYS
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- 27th July 2014 at 17:52
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I don’t want to go into too much detail, because Luke Balls-Burgess has done that here, and I don’t think there’s a lot else that can be said about the second pre-season friendly of the summer, but having just caught up on the Toronto game, I’ve written some brief notes. I’ve no desire to judge players […]
- WindyCOYS
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- 24th July 2014 at 23:09
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