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DAILY TOTTENHAM: Tuesday 4th February 2025: BRENTFORD MATCH REVIEW and pre match Liverpool.
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Daily Tottenham's Chris Mervyn and Ollie Kasabi join up once again to bring you their post match Brentford reactions, look forward to Thursdays Liverpool 2nd leg Semi final and talk transfers.
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Introduction to the Daily Tottenham Podcast
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Hello, hello, hello, hello, Spurs family.
Positive Vibes and Recent Victories
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And welcome to another episode of Daily Tottenham, your one-stop daily podcast for all things Tottenham Hotspur on the Global Sports Podcast Network. Good morning, good evening, I'm Chris Mervyn and today,
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wow two in a row two in a row we've got to celebrate um'm i'm i'm a little bit feeling a bit strange usually i start this off with um ah after the really disappointing and i've had to delete that from the script um there's no need to say that sort of stuff today it's all very positive and um although it wasn't ange ball but who cares about that um to be honest, because we had a hell of a result there.
Guest Introduction and Spurs' Recent Form
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um I am joined once again by the man I would always put in my central defence instead of Davies heading out and he'd be just as effective. It's Ollie, how are you, mates, all right?
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Oliver
I am buzzing for once.
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Buzzing.
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Oliver
And yeah, I mean, two wins in a row, two clean sheets in a row. You can't really ask for much more um at the moment.
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No, not at all, mate, not at all. And you've got your feeling back in when you're pinching yourself, and like I can feel stuff.
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Oliver
Yeah, I'm not numb anymore.
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It's starting to come back. You know, if you've ever broken like ah a leg or something and then you have a bit of a delayed nerve and you can't quite feel it, so it's ah feelli it's coming back.
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Oliver
Yeah. shit
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Wow. um Obviously we are um going to talk about um really, really encouraging win and hard fought win against Brentford, to be honest. um Although Brentford paid their part, to be honest, with some pretty lackluster finishing.
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Oliver
Yeah.
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Oliver
Yeah.
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But at the same point, you know what? They put their
Brentford Match Recap: Defensive Strengths
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bodies on the line. um so If you haven't seen the match, where have you been? 2-0. It wasn't the most riveting, but it was if you were a Spurs fan, but there was always that element of Spurs-y, oh, it's one enough, and thank goodness we got the second one at the later one. Oli, go into the match. how How did you feel going into the match? I mean, we spoke about it anyway previously, but um we had to get something out of that mate, didn't we?
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Oliver
Yeah, I mean, we we need to start picking up points and going into the match. I ah didn't have much faith at all, really, because Brentford had scored more goals than any other home team um than and than anyone.
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Oliver
um So, yeah, I didn't really have much faith. And the fact we kept a clean sheet, um it was a credit to the team as they dug in for the whole game.
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debate They really did. I apologize about that slight technical mishap then. That's what happens when I double click on a button, which I shouldn't press. So, sorry mate, you're right out of your flow there, didn't you?
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Oliver
you it
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I could see your face going, what is that sound? it's not the It's not the ad break yet. You're right, it's not the ad break yet. We're still talking about Bradford and we're talking about this for a little bit more time. So, not much hope.
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What did you say on the on the on the podcast before? And do you reckon it was going to be, did you say to, to what did I say?
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Oliver
I said 2-1 I think you said 2-1 as well Yeah
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I can't remember what I said. Yeah, well, we got the two right, mate, didn't we? And to be honest, um that was a performance built on really hard work, um some really good individual performances, of course there was.
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um I'll talk about Spence in a minute. He obviously got behind the match as well. Or MVP for all those American listeners. um Yeah, he he paid his part, really really did well. And he kept Whissa absolutely quiet, didn't he?
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And hopefully he can do the same against Liverpool.
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Oliver
Yeah.
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So I'm sure we'll be in the in the team for that. um But there was some really good stand up performance right across the board really. I thought i personally Kingsky was quite commanding in his box.
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He came out with really strong punches, ah made some good saves.
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Oliver
Yeah. I thought pursuing was good.
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Besuma was really good. yeah basim but
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Oliver
He's been, he's been improving a lot recently. Um, in my opinion, I think he's put in some great performances when he's, uh, had the minutes and he's he's done a job really well.
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yeah but Well, they sort of, I mean, it might have been tactics, it might have just been the fact that they thought, you know, what we've got to get results out of this, we're going to be defensively quite strong, but they sort of um blocked that area, didn't they, with Benton Core and Passuma.
In-depth Defensive Tactics Discussion
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And it was almost like two lines of defense or all the time, really, even when um Brentford did break and managed to get a shot away, it often hit a man um because ah there was two block, two sort of lines of defense almost, wasn't there?
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Oliver
Yeah, yeah, that was Yeah, he's he's a joke I just I cannot wait until he gets to be free and playing that defensive midfield role because he Yeah, we're getting plays back
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so it was fairly decent it was fairly decent um over bright sparks obviously um gray is absolute joke some of his blocks um you know what he's just a good all-round footballer only he really is
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And it's coming, it's coming mate. We're getting, we're getting setbacks here and we're even bidding on setbacks as well, which we'll talk about in the second part of this show.
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Oliver
Yeah.
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Um, but, um, yeah, it was really, really encouraging once again. Uh, Poro. did what Parra does, um often, you know, he took a shot or two, which he thought, oh.
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But in general, he was pretty pretty decent.
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Oliver
Yeah, he didn't bomb it forward.
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Didn't bomb it forward. They were quite reserved on that. yeah And yet they did go on a counter-attack as well, um especially the, obviously, the first half goal, sorry, the first goal, sorry, was a sunny corner.
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Oliver
Yeah.
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um And it was Passuma there really causing issues in the in the defense there.
Richarlison's Struggles and Comparisons
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um
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Oliver
Yeah. I mean, it's like the teams just realized that you can basically do whatever you want at corners and you won't get penalized for it.
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Yeah. hundred A hundred percent. Yeah. he was back and it He was basically horizontal against this guy, leaning so much into him. And the guy had no chat no choice but to hold on to him. um And um he basically just turned him, said, okay, I'll just turn you fully.
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Oliver
Yeah. I mean, I'm, I'm loving it.
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And it came off his back. He almost picked him up and pushed the ball into, you know, wow.
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Oliver
Yeah, teams teams have been doing it to us for months and in the last few games we've realised we can do what we want and the refs don't do anything about it.
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Yeah, ah good ball game by Sonny, he's got that whip quite quite good. It doesn't do it as consistently as it should do, to be fair, but um it's still a good one. And then obviously very nervy all the way rest of through, very very backs against the wall sort of um play, really. We did have a few breaks, Chris Essey again, excellent.
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Oliver
Yeah.
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um looks like a 45-year-old with Acne um but he's obviously a young lad still himself and he's still learning his trade.
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Oliver
I thought one thing I did notice was Rich Hardison is nowhere near the level of Solanke and you can you can really you can really see it in the game, especially against Brentford.
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Nowhere near. No.
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He's still much unfit mate and even put it
Anticipation for Liverpool Match: Key Concerns
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that way as well, he's still short but he's not in the right position, he doesn't even try and get in the right position sometimes.
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Oliver
Yeah, he's he's not he's not fully fit but Yeah, if we if we had Solanke on that pitch against Brentford, we score at least two more and I fully believe that and I think we.
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Yeah, there was there was two balls, wasn't there? There was one to the near post where he didn't even go in on that run.
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Oliver
Yeah. Yeah.
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And so Lanky's in there. isn't and But the one which stood out for me was, I think it was a back post ball where he just was behind his defender. Just get in front.
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Oliver
Yeah, I mean, you just you just isn't where you expect a striker to be at all and
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Yeah, he almost seems to be a bit more comfortable now on the left wing, don't he?
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Oliver
yeah he was drifting out of there and Son was coming and playing as a striker but that maybe that's just to confuse the Brantford defence a bit.
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Yeah, well, it confused me.
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I think all three of them were switching around, to be honest honest, a little bit in in periods.
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Oliver
I think we're we're really gonna
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but it was
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Oliver
miss, um, we're really going to see, um, Sri Lanka's absence against Liverpool because in that one nil win, he was probably the best player on that pitch. He was, and even when we got, got a goal, um, Bowwell's goal, the way he was working against a fresh legs. Canate was just outstanding. And I think we're really going to miss him.
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Yeah, I think so. His work rate is is massive, and but his work rate in the right areas as well, um and he still manages to get there, and he's heard it plays excellent.
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Oliver
Yeah.
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um doesn't go down straight away. it's Obviously, when Sonny plays in that position, he just takes a little nudge and he's down, isn't he?
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Oliver
Yeah.
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You saw that with penalty decisions or undecisions there as well with Mikey Moore and things like that. A little nudge, you can't go down. the Refs want you to have a little bit of backbone.
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Oliver
especially with with Marky Moore, like he that the refs know he's he's a young guy and they're going to think, oh, he he's not at he not strong at all. anything If Marky goes down, then ah the refs are just going to say shoulder to shoulder, the guy was stronger than Marky Moore.
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Oliver
So when we are so lanky, you don't have that um that excuse for a ref.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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No, not at all mate. Not at all. Yeah. He's going to be a big miss, going to be a big miss. Um, but the transfer window is still
Transfer Window Insights and Squad Depth
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open. So who knows what's going to happen? Eh?
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Oliver
Yeah.
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Um, so, uh, ended the match, obviously two nil, really good basketball performance there. Um, lots of positive take from it and it just helps with the momentum, doesn't it really? You know, two, two wins there as well.
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Oliver
Yeah, we really need, we really needed something at least a point against Brantford to going into this game against Liverpool because after the Liverpool game, we got Villa and the Cup.
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yeah yeah yeah you're right mate you're right and uh although ever the optimist for as a Spurs fan um i am feeling okay about Thursday as well which we'll talk about at the end of this podcast to be honest but um
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Oliver
And if we were going in with a loss against Ellsberg and a loss against Brantford, then our season is basically over because we'd have zero momentum and we don't, there's no chance we'd beat Liverpool if it was like that.
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Oliver
Yeah.
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I'm not really worried. It's so much better. I come off the back of two wins. It really is.
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Oliver
yeah
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um Let's speak a bit more about ah transfers and possible players coming in and maybe even going out after this break.
New Signings and Transfer Challenges
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Okay, welcome back, welcome back, guys. um So, transfers. Lots been going on, lots have been lots of chat. um We're in the last day now when this has been recorded, which is Monday.
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Oliver
Yep.
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And um we've had some movement for Spurs itself. So first of all, we've had Central Defender come in.
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Oliver
Yep.
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Tell us more about it, Oli.
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Oliver
Kevin Danso, he's an Austrian international. £20 million pounds is a loan um with the obligation, I believe. um I'm pretty sure um that means we we, if he meets a certain set of requirements, we have to pay, lend the money.
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Oliver
He looked
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it's it's ah It's a cup winning medal, Europa Cup.
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Oliver
he he did them He did look quite good and apparently he counts towards the homegrown requirements and because he played for for Reading and MK Dons' Academy so that's quite good.
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Yeah, this is important.
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yeah really is my uh... i've as per any from any player which willing to uh... i always go on youtube and there's somebody already uh... done it for welcome to spurs even before people's of sign of course and who is this guy and i hope he gets paid for doing that uh...
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Oliver
yeah
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but um... as per usual the youtube clips sound excellent and look excellent sorry uh... and uh... he's a big physical defender fast
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Oliver
Yeah, very fast.
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Um, legs like tree trunks, you know, he looks pretty, pretty good. And, um, we'd be interested to see how he fits in. Is he right-sided or left-sided?
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Oliver
ah He's right footed, so i assume I assume he's right sided.
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Do you know? Yeah. Right-sided. Yeah. Okay. Cause he's going to be interested in it the way he's going to pan out.
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Oliver
and yeah yep uh i don't i don't really know how to feel about uh this one to be honest because the guy has literally told us to do one uh right in our face and um it looked like
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Um, Mateus, tell, tell us more.
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That could be media mate, could be media saying, oh spurs, yeah, you don't want spurs.
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Oliver
you should
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and Make it a bit more juicy.
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Oliver
Well, um I think i think um ah think he was set on the United, um but they didn't want to pay a like five million pound loan fee, which is why he's come to us because he was just going to rot on the bench for buying.
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Maybe just watch both the matches yesterday and for fancy spurs more actually.
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Oliver
Yeah, maybe he saw the the quality that we have and the ah lack of quality ah United have.
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Maybe he's worried he's going to play up front for United,
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Oliver
um
Transfer Tactics and Negotiation Strategies
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and that's why.
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Because obviously they put the midfielders up front.
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Oliver
well Well, I don't think anyone can save United's attack right now. They are they're a mess right now. um not you Not even tell, no matter how ah talented he is.
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No, true.
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Oliver
and yeah um There's talk that is not just a straight line and there is an obligation um that could be possibly added to the negotiations because buy-in are still in debt ah from the Harry Kane deal and buy-in are pretty comfortable with letting tell go for some reason.
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Oliver
they Maybe it's company, maybe it's the board, ah but they don't really fancy him. So there's a possibility there's an obligation. I'd like there to be an obligation because I'm excited about him.
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Yeah, me too.
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Oliver
And I think as he could do really well in the these six months. And then if he had to go back to buying, I'd be very disappointed.
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Yeah, I think put it this way, I think at Bayern, you've got Harry Kane in front of you, who's, you know, you're not going to get in front of Harry Kane, to be fair, not not yet anyway.
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Oliver
Yeah.
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And Kane, even when he's injured, wants to play, he's, you know, proper footballer recently, you won't, you know, you could have a broken foot and you still want to play.
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Oliver
Yeah.
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So I can see why he wants to leave. I think with
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To be honest, it's it's hard, but apart from the last two results, before that, it was, we were looking, not not a great proposition, but it's amazing how much difference to positive sort of moves forward works.
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Oliver
well It was Anj, Anj had a call with him and and now he's ah and now he's joining.
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Yeah.
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Oliver
When Anj knocks, it's a different knock. He's stopped Bergval from going to Barcelona. He's stopped multiple multiple um players from...
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You can just imagine, can't you? Don't worry about Daniel Levy. Leave him to me.
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Oliver
ini
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He's a bit of a knob. You're right. Excuse my French. Just leave it to me. you know I'll see you're right. You'll get some game time. and yeah but It'd be great, mate.
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Oliver
yeah and and just pull is different yeah yeah yeah he's he's been promised playing time um
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um and Yeah, I think so. I think so. I think he's just down to earth. and He's a football person rather than a business person talking to you. I think that goes a long way, doesn't it? And the and the history is littered with managers getting involved and and making decisions for people um because they've spent the time in finding out about that player and how they were fitting the team more importantly, which is yeah obviously important to any footballer if they want to continue their career. yeah
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He'll get it.
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Oliver
which is, yeah, I think you'll, I think you'll play on the right.
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yeah he pays it work Yeah, he plays right across on the right left and strike and forward.
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Oliver
Yeah.
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strike strikeker So I think he's going to get lots of opportunities. And, you know, we've got an organic shift in team where, you know, more can play both sides. Sunny can play left center.
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Kulu can move into the center mid.
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Oliver
Yeah. Rich Harlison can play on the left. It's just a very versatile team.
00:16:24
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Yeah, so we've got a good one. It definitely may, definitely. Another player we're linked to, or we've had a bid which has been declined, is a player from Crystal Palace.
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Oliver
Yeah, Mark Gahey for £17 million, pounds a lot of money. um And there is one reason why Daniel Levy has allowed this £70 million bid to happen.
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Oliver
It's because is' because um it's the final day of the window and he knows Crystal Palace won't have time to find a replacement for a player of his quality.
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You cynic!
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Oliver
He is one of Palace's most important players. And he knew there was no chance Palace would ever accept that um with the amount of time they had left to get a replacement. So he's a smart guy, Daniel Levy. He thinks, oh, look look, fans, I'm trying to buy players. But no, he's not. He's playing with all of you.
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Yeah, I think even even with Tell as well, and when he was trying to buy him, it wasn't with money, it was with just paying off the debt that they owe us for
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Oliver
Yeah.
Excitement for Transfer Deadline Day
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Harry Kane.
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So um yeah he's he he's ah he's just yeah he's an individual, isn't he?
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Oliver
Yeah, he is ah he's a funny guy.
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Oliver
yeah
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Let's put it that way. um Any other players we've been linked to, anything like that?
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Oliver
we well
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I mean, we still need a striker, don't we?
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Oliver
with We're pushing we're actually pushing for a centre back.
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Maybe. Or was it a centre back?
00:17:51
Oliver
Dragison looks like he's going to be out for the rest of the season. So that's why we're really pushing for another centre back.
00:17:56
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What an innocuous injury that was. chronicing
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Oliver
um the sassy from chelsea has declined us about 50 times um but i'm buzzing yeah i'm buzzing with that he is his pants um but right now
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hey thanks Thank God. Yeah. Well, it sounds too similar to disaster, to be to be fair.
00:18:16
Oliver
Right now, as as we're recording, Tottenham have sent an offer of £20m for Maximin Esteve from Burnley, but Burnley are asking for £30m. I'm assuming Esteve's a centre-back.
00:18:31
Oliver
Um, sounds French. Um, don't really know anything about him. Didn't have the time to find out anything.
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but breaking news but sound effect
00:18:40
Oliver
you should But, um, we go we're going, we're going for, we're going for another player on a deadline day, not long until the window shots. Um, if they want 30 and if Andrew wants him, just give him an extra 10 million, get it done.
00:18:56
Oliver
We need the, we need the bodies going into this vital stage of the season.
00:19:00
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I'm sure we'll read more about that particular player in in the coming days, et cetera. But um I love transfer of deadline day. um It's just full of absolutely made up stories that are never going to happen.
00:19:13
Oliver
shit
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And then you do get something left field, which nothing's ever been commented on. And you think, where the heck did that
Upcoming Liverpool Match Preview
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come from?
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Oliver
yeah absolute madness yeah that that summer window in 2019 when we didn't buy anyone
00:19:20
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And that's the beauty of it, isn't it? But I have also sat through obviously, and you will have as well as a Spurs fan, sat through deadline days and watched Sky Sports right into the deadline closing. And oh no, they haven't bought anybody. And that that that, yeah, yeah, so painful. And we were linked to people and they were like, yeah, they were spotted get on the jet to somewhere else. Crikey.
00:19:49
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um After the break, we're going to talk about um our next match, which is Thursday's um Cup semi-final second leg against Liverpool. It's going to be a tough one. Let's talk about after break.
00:20:50
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Welcome back. Welcome back. So third part of the show, we're going to talk about our impending a second leg against Liverpool, um one which we've kind of been looking forward to, but also not looking forward to, um but that's just typically the life of a
Liverpool's Record and Spurs' Strategies
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Spurs supporter.
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Oliver
Yep.
00:21:06
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Ollie. Right. So we're in a good place, but
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Oliver
We are in a good place and we do have a 1-0 lead going into the second leg. but Liverpool are just a different kind of monster and day of they've lost two games since September 17th. One was against us obviously and the the other one was the last ah most recent games of the Champions League where 12 of the first team players didn't even go to the Netherlands.
00:21:38
Oliver
So they they they've basically lost one game since September 17th and that is what we're up against.
00:21:39
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it's ridiculous It's ridiculous.
00:21:47
Oliver
Going to Anfield as well is not going to be fun but there's a chance.
00:21:52
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Mate, it's the hope. It's the hope. So who's, I believe they got some injuries.
00:22:00
Oliver
Uh, Trent got injured, which I think is actually an advantage for Liverpool because that guy cannot defend to save his life.
00:22:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Is that right? Yeah.
00:22:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I was.
00:22:07
Oliver
Um, I think other than that, though, they've got pretty much everyone there.
00:22:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:14
Oliver
Um, can I taste back? Um, he'll start. Uh, yeah, I think, I think it's going to be full strength. Unfortunately.
00:22:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, backs against the wall adversity is what we do, what we've had to be doing recently.
00:22:28
Oliver
Yep.
00:22:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we obviously have got a 1-0 lead and I hope they just treat it as we we're not got a 1-0 lead, we're just going to push for and and try and get something on the break and just be a bit more compact again.
00:22:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
So it's a mixture of what we did against Brentford a little bit without without giving them so many opportunities because they will take advantage of the opportunities.
00:22:47
Oliver
Yeah, they've got too much quality.
00:22:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
They're a much better team. Yeah, but if, um you know, if Salah's taken care of, if Spence can...
00:22:53
Oliver
Yeah, Jed Spence will do a job again. He did it in the first leg.
00:22:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, he's on the right side.
00:22:56
Oliver
Salah didn't have a sniff in that first leg because of Jed Spence.
00:22:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
He didn't. He was a quite as one and obviously that's going to really help us. It'd be interesting to see what he does with regards to the team lineup. I don't think our new centre-backs is going to be up and running for that.
00:23:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'd be surprised if he throws him in.
00:23:12
Oliver
i
00:23:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Would you?
00:23:13
Oliver
I'd play Gray, even if Danso was available, I'd still play Gray, which is says a lot about Gray.
00:23:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:20
Oliver
It's a testament to him because he's just been outstanding. um And I feel like he settled now. I think it'd be a bit of a risk to chuck the new guy in in such a big game.
00:23:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
I do think that as well, mate, to be honest. And yeah, it's it's it's a difficult one with regards to it. But if he's put on the bench, which he should be, because Davey's done a great job.
00:23:42
Oliver
Yeah.
00:23:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
But keep it as subtle as it can do. Bring Band of Ben in.
00:23:49
Oliver
Yeah.
00:23:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
So start off, see how he goes. If it's a game where he's going to be stretched, which he will be, um then you can come on, can't you, the new guy.
00:23:58
Oliver
Yeah.
00:23:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
which seems bad. So fundamentally we're going to go for the similar team to most recent games I guess really.
00:24:06
Oliver
Yeah,
Potential Lineup and Tactics Analysis
00:24:07
Oliver
I mean, it's just going to be Van der Ven coming in. I think Bergvael is going to start, because he didn't start against Brentford.
00:24:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:18
Oliver
I think Cooley will go to the right, and Bergvael will be the attacking mid with Busumma and Bentancore. I think we we'll have Busumma and Bentancore, because they're both quite good defensively, and we're we're going to need that.
00:24:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think you're right.
00:24:32
Oliver
um against Liverpool. And I think they they deserve the starts as well. They've been they' been good.
00:24:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, the that last few games have been really good, but I mean, it also, and we spoke about it, I think a while ago, get a settled team there. and just trying to change one or two players, but keep the team settled and it breeds confidence because you actually have won already of these players, the last two matches.
00:24:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
If you change it too much, it's that balance, isn't it?
00:24:56
Oliver
Yeah.
00:24:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
And you can have the best, you know, apart from a striker, a striker would go straight in there if he was fit, you know, a good striker.
00:25:00
Oliver
Yeah.
00:25:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm not saying Michelle isn't primarily standard, but he's just not top primarily standard. He's certainly not hitting the heights at the moment.
00:25:07
Oliver
No.
00:25:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
I love his endeavor and his housery. um But yeah, it's it's not quite there for him.
00:25:15
Oliver
ah Yeah. I love, I love how much he works for the team. He just, uh, he just doesn't have that final finishing, finishing touch to to help the team go forward.
00:25:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Yeah, he works really hard for the team. And that and that goes a long way to endearing himself to the fans.
00:25:29
Oliver
Yeah.
00:25:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
And you know he does play for the badge at the end of the day, which what fans love to see the amount of times he's put them out.
00:25:30
Oliver
Yeah.
00:25:34
Oliver
he's ah He's a former of a Tony in as well. He might you might fancy a go against Liverpool. You never know Yeah That was just kill me if he got a red card we that would just kill me I
00:25:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, he had a good record, I think, as well, actually. um So he'll definitely be up for it. And you know why not? um Hopefully, he'll keep his temper in and doesn't get anything.
00:25:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. So we're not only playing with Vishalison, we're now playing without Vishalison. There's no striker. That would be fantastic. And also, Busumu as well, and Bentacore to be honest, they need to just keep their counsel a little bit and not get an early yellow card if they can do,
Discipline and Strategy Against Liverpool
00:26:10
Oliver
yeah I remember that the game against City, Persuma got like a yellow card in like the first minute or something.
00:26:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
because the the pressure will be on.
00:26:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it was it was a crazy time. I mean, doesn't that must be a record or something.
00:26:18
Oliver
I think Persuma, when he does get a yellow though, he he is he quite composed and he he knows he knows he doesn't have to dive into any challenges.
00:26:31
Oliver
I don't really remember the last red card he got other than that dive against Luton.
00:26:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, Ollie, you've done it. Well done, you.
00:26:38
Oliver
hey shit
00:26:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Jeez.
00:26:41
Oliver
yeah that was um yeah yeah yeah we went back to go forward yeah
00:26:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hopefully, yeah I'm tempted to fail. I'm sure you haven't. OK, so um where can we hit them? It's going to be on the break again, isn't it? If we can get something, I mean, saying the second goal against Brentford, actually, that was tangible.
00:26:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
That was from the back. That was beautifully done. But it was against a tired Brentford team. Yeah, um so they they worked the space really well. Actually, if you look back on that goal, these first two passes were a little bit ropey and they could have been intercepted but other than that but that's the kind of line you have to sort of walk across really if you want to yeah yeah and he's been he's built that that sort of team on on that but we just haven't got the players to do it for the 90 minutes all the way through yet in this instance
00:27:11
Oliver
Yeah, there are some risks you have to take to get in them kind of positions to score goals.
00:27:25
Oliver
Yeah, there could potentially be extra time as well.
00:27:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, in this instance, I think that that's a good thing because ultimately we need to be a bit more structured. um You get to the final, you play in hopefully Newcastle.
00:27:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:27:40
Oliver
I don't know now, ah after Arsenal's game against City, I actually um fear for Newcastle a bit. Bournemouth battered Newcastle um and Fulham just beat Newcastle, both at Newcastle, so I think Arsenal could have a good chance, even 2-0 down. Unfortunately.
00:28:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know what? It's a game. It's one game. um You know, we've got to get there first, of course we have, but it's one game we get to the final and you've got to fancy your chances that we'll have some of the players back.
00:28:12
Oliver
Yeah, if you if you can't get up for it, then what's the point?
Predictions and Podcast Conclusion
00:28:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Exactly. That's what you train when you're younger and you go all the way through the academies to get to play at Wembley to to score that goal.
00:28:23
Oliver
Yeah.
00:28:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
So we shall see, mate, we shall see. So predictions.
00:28:31
Oliver
Ooh, I'm gonna go 2-1 Liverpool in the 90 and then 1-1 in extra time and then Tottenham win on penalties.
00:28:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
a nice relaxing evening. yeah That will no doubt probably work out that way. I'm going to go for one all.
00:28:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
I guess that yeah over two legs we've still went at me so um I can go for one all and it'd be nervy but I think they'll score first and then we will score and we'll get lucky.
00:28:58
Oliver
yeah
00:29:05
Oliver
We have such a bad record at Anfield though.
00:29:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Back's against the wall.
00:29:08
Oliver
Really, really bad record there.
00:29:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well that means no time left at present to change it.
00:29:12
Oliver
Yep.
00:29:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Let's keep a positive mindset we would with the with a big 2-0.
00:29:17
Oliver
Yep.
00:29:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Anything else about that match mate you want to say?
00:29:22
Oliver
um we we need ah We need the gods to help us. We need we need something. um But that 1-0 lead is is vital. If we didn't have that 1-0 lead, I really didn't wouldn't have any faith. But I have some now.
00:29:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Question in regards to attackers, tell if he's signed already. Does he go into that?
00:29:48
Oliver
He, I don't think, ooh, he is on Thursday. um Maybe, I don't think he'd get in the starting 11 at all.
00:29:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
They'll have two days training or one day.
00:29:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, no, off the bench.
00:30:00
Oliver
um On the bench, um if if he was on the bench, he could, with my prediction, going into extra time, he could be a great player to bring on.
00:30:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
that my reputation was going to go down and then score in in the second half and then being and that's going to be tell second half.
00:30:15
Oliver
i'd I'd rather your prediction, I'd rather just win in the 90.
00:30:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
100%. Well, we'll see how we go, mate. um That's all we've we've got time for today on today's Daily Tottenham. We hope you've enjoyed the podcast today. ah Please remember to follow us on social media channels at GSP and Tottenham. um And also we're on YouTube as well, which is Global Sports Podcast Network. um So you can find us on there also. Until next time, it's goodbye from him, Ollie Kasabi.
00:30:42
Oliver
Goodbye.
00:30:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
and it's goodbye from me, Chris Mervyn, you've been listening to the Daily Tottenham. Come on, you Spurs!