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Fri 8th Nov: MATCH WRAP | Galatasaray 3 - 2 Spurs
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As a Spurs fan, this one was tough to watch. Galatasaray claimed a 3-2 victory in Istanbul, and though we showed moments of promise, defensive errors and a red card really put us on the back foot. Will Lankshear’s first senior goal gave us hope, but the young striker’s dismissal in the second half left us struggling with just ten men. Ange’s tactical changes almost sparked a comeback, with Dominic Solanke getting one back, but it wasn’t enough. Tune in as we unpack the highs, lows, and what Spurs need to focus on going forward in the Europa League campaign.
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Tottenham vs Galatasaray: Match Recap
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome to the Daily Tottenham Podcast from the Global Sports Podcast Network. I'm Joe Forrester and today we're looking back on a bonkers night in Istanbul as Spurs, despite seemingly being determined to concede eight or nine goals, only lost 3-2.
00:00:21
Scott Duke-Giles
and it was a mixed night for Will Langshir scoring both his debut senior goal and being sent off. A lot to chat about here and before we jump in, just remember you can have your say at GSPN Tottenham on all social media.
Hosts' Locations & Match Atmosphere
00:00:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah You've already heard from me. You just heard the dulcet tones of the Duke, Scott Duke Giles there. um But I'm delighted to say that we have a brand new edition as well to the Daily Tottenham Podcast. um Chris Mervyn, welcome to the show. How you doing, mate?
00:00:50
Chris Mervyn
Hello, mate. So thanks for having me. And I feel like I should have a at at sort of duke-esque sort of thing in the middle of my name, really. A nickname. A nickname, maybe. Swerve.
00:01:01
Chris Mervyn
There we go.
00:01:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Swerve, Swerve in Mervyn.
00:01:02
Chris Mervyn
There we go. That's it.
00:01:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, but there we go. And it kind of nicely rounds out the the geography of this podcast because Scott is in London. um You're down in the southwest. I'm in Yorkshire. So we really are.
00:01:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're taking the UK over one podcast at a time.
00:01:15
Chris Mervyn
What a triangle.
00:01:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
There we go. um Right. Obviously we all we all saw the game last night. um Yeah, well I mean, what what was that? It was an interesting night in Istanbul.
00:01:26
Chris Mervyn
Okay.
00:01:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Spurs edged past Galatasaray 3-2 in a thrilling but obviously ultimately disappointing ah game away. ah Turkish champions obviously capitalised on Tottenham's defensive lapses.
00:01:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Spurs looked a lot better with 10 men on the pitch. um Absolutely incredible atmosphere um at the stadium as there always is we all kind of remember fondly or with some trepidation maybe the the welcome to hell banners that Manchester United received and it was an absolutely
00:01:54
Chris Mervyn
Yeah.
Spurs' Performance & Commentary Analysis
00:01:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
bonkers atmosphere.
00:01:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Chris I'll start with you I mean what kind of what what are you what looking back on that game kind of gut reaction what on earth did you make of it?
00:02:07
Chris Mervyn
The life of a Spurs fan, encapsulated once again in the second half or first half.
00:02:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:02:16
Chris Mervyn
I enjoyed it. I thought it was it was it's quite good. I was quite proud of it at points as well. I think the atmosphere, the youngsters on the pitch in particular as well. um and even the social media afterwards there was quite a lot of people saying well you've got to pay the youngsters and plug them in and that's how they learn and let's say adapt and get better um some negativity get rid of Angela's other stuff but hey I'm quite pragmatic and it's so um I believe in process um and um yeah main annoying thing for me to start off with was probably getting hodles commentary
00:02:49
Chris Mervyn
yeah just find him I just find him, it just goes over the same thing all the time. It's like almost as bad as Gary Neville on Spurs.
00:02:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah You mentioned this in in a message to me. And I was actually halfway through explaining to my wife who Glenn what Hoddle was and why...
00:03:05
Chris Mervyn
I am probably doing that to my wife too, but there's no point in actually starting the conversation.
00:03:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, she did ask me, she said, is it the same co-commentator for every game? I thought, well, that that would that be quite a workload. um so um i but I was kind of explaining who Glenn was and why he matters to Spurs and and kind of why he matters to England and England fans as well.
00:03:18
Chris Mervyn
I'm glad it isn't.
00:03:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
and a bit misty eyed over him but but Chris you're not a fan.
00:03:30
Chris Mervyn
ah just ah you Was he a good manager? I don't know. ah i like people I respect people who have got that experience and have been there and done it.
00:03:44
Chris Mervyn
I just didn't, he's got, he's quite negative. um And he says the same thing all the time in regards to why pay out from the back. Well, that's, have you not watched
Game Statistics & Key Moments
00:03:52
Chris Mervyn
Spurs? That's how we play now. yeah You know, that's what we do.
00:03:55
Chris Mervyn
And to be honest, it wasn't anything about, it was, it was errors that like Andrew says afterwards, there were, there were places where we could have made the easy pass, but they just don't, not two individual errors.
00:04:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:04:05
Chris Mervyn
um And it might've been the atmosphere. It might've been because they were young. It might've been in the press, who knows, but yeah. overall Overall, if you hadn't watched the match and you saw it with 3-2, you'd be like, okay, yeah, well, we lost that.
00:04:19
Chris Mervyn
I thought you were going to lose it anyway.
00:04:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:04:20
Chris Mervyn
But it's because we watched it and we're it we're proper fans and we want them to do well. um Yeah, it was...
00:04:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm Yeah, well, i'm I'm glad you mentioned um the playing out for the bat, because that was that was the big theme. um Just some some stats for you. Galatasar had 28 attempts compared to Spurs 5. Fraser Forster had a great game, to be fair. um Spurs in and out.
00:04:42
Chris Mervyn
Apart from that cross.
00:04:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah yeah I mean, it it it it could have easily been eight or nine.
00:04:44
Chris Mervyn
We don't talk about it.
00:04:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Just to kind of talk you through the game and what happened. um First goal was an absolute rocket. Eunice Aachen scored in the six minute kind of left footed volley after a ricochet kind of foot up, sort of almost level with his head, like a beautiful piece of technique. Fantastic. And then, Will Lancsier, leveled in the 18th minute, notching his first senior goal for Spurs, and boldly, I don't know if accidentally, and he got confused about his geography in the ground, celebrating in front of the home fans, which is, which is really, really bold.
Player Reactions & Style of Play Discussion
00:05:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And then Victor Ozerman, yeah,
00:05:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
That one, um that's where he's been. Anyone who's fans of Italian football, that's where he ended up. Yeah, he scored twice in rapid succession, could have had more. um Scott, what did you make of it? A lot of playing out from the back, seems to be the same ball into the box over and over again. A bizarre night.
00:05:43
Scott Duke-Giles
It was a bizarre night. um I thought if if that's kind of what hell is, Joe, and I think I shall be kind of, ah can I can gladly commit myself to a night of, sin to like you know, not a night, a lifetime of sin, because um there's there's a lot of celebrating in hell, it would seem.
00:06:00
Scott Duke-Giles
And they were they were absolutely going nuts, especially when Yaman Yunus put that one in from ah
00:06:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:06:06
Scott Duke-Giles
outside the box. I liked Lange's celebration.
00:06:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:09
Scott Duke-Giles
I thought that was because he kind of saw there was a point where he went to go and give it large and he kind of did, I guess, a little bit. and but Then he didn't seem entirely sure whether that was the right course of action. And then, you know, Johnson and Son went over him and sort of trying to push him away.
00:06:22
Chris Mervyn
Yeah, it's a great advert for spec savers.
00:06:22
Scott Duke-Giles
um
00:06:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
don't Don't do this.
00:06:23
Scott Duke-Giles
so that Yeah, a little bit, yeah.
00:06:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:26
Scott Duke-Giles
um Yeah, I thought it was quite remarkable that ah they only scored three goals, to be honest, and so I think they they had the ball in the net a few more times in there, but it was kind of various offsides and what have you.
00:06:38
Scott Duke-Giles
So that really strange watch. but I didn't I don't know. I didn't feel ah that invested in it. Perhaps I was kind of slightly resigned to it to us losing to a sense before and almost I didn't really mind that we were going to lose this game because we obviously you know won the previous three in the Europa League.
00:06:48
Chris Mervyn
yeah
00:06:59
Scott Duke-Giles
um but I mean i thought i didn't think it was a you know ah thought there were a kind of positives to take out from it. um if If that is the Europa League um mindset where we're going to kind of still play out from the back, and that i don't I don't think that's going to change ah depending on the opponent. um so i wasn't I wasn't necessarily you know fuming with the with the approach.
00:07:24
Scott Duke-Giles
um In fact, i but out in in my West Stand home in the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, there are a few kind of people who are very critical of the approach. like Still, and going to the games must be really... you know ah They must be distraught, and they say ah and i the theyre playing out from the back all the time. and um ah but I do worry about them.
00:07:44
Scott Duke-Giles
um
00:07:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
What are they, are they, are they can conte back? Is that the conte back lobby?
00:07:47
Scott Duke-Giles
I think they might be content back. yeah yeah yeah be which bring Lock it up, guys. Lock it long. um ah But I mean, no.
00:07:55
Chris Mervyn
It's not a surprise, is it Scott? It's not a surprise playing from the back. then you know When is it going to drop? that That's what we do. and
00:08:01
Scott Duke-Giles
And I almost don't get angry when it goes wrong now. but i kind of even Even when we give the ball away and stuff, I kind of just shrug and kind of think, oh, well that's you know i mean you know that just that' something that you accept. um But know i thought I thought that they they did sort of all right last night. It was comical at times.
00:08:20
Scott Duke-Giles
um
00:08:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
would you know
00:08:20
Scott Duke-Giles
but
00:08:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
but I'm with you, Scott, because like because I thought, would you know what? like We're gonna qualify. We've won the previous three games in the competition. Galatasaray top in Turkey.
00:08:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah They also haven't lost a game yet in the Europa League. They've got all these, it was a real who's who of what happened to him.
Young Players' Potential
00:08:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Watching them with kind of...
00:08:41
Scott Duke-Giles
Yeah, it was like, you know what I thought it was like the film, you know, Expendables, when they get when they get like all the like old aging action heroes back for like, what kind of one last job, it kind of felt a bit like that.
00:08:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes! Yeah!
00:08:50
Chris Mervyn
Yeah. There he is! He's there!
00:08:52
Scott Duke-Giles
And then, yeah, and then we were like a kind of a quite a low threat kind of foreign force who the Expendables had to kind of ah but destroy their way through.
00:09:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Destroy.
00:09:03
Scott Duke-Giles
Yeah, that's what that's what that game was a bit like.
00:09:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
it was it was It was wildly entertaining. Like it was wildly entertaining. I didn't really expect to win. um Chris, um ah I agree with what you said that kind of it, was really nice to see see the youngsters and that is how you learn.
00:09:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
um What did you kind of make of the the second half, Chris, when Posterkogliu brought on Bentankur and Kulesevsky?
00:09:26
Chris Mervyn
ah
00:09:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I thought I suppose we're a lot better.
00:09:27
Chris Mervyn
different Different class, Bentoncore, I mean, and when he's on it, he's on it in the and he just looks if he's asked If he's not quite on it, everything's late, and everything's like, ah oh, crikey, he's going to get a yellow card, and he's not quite there, he's not going to make it, he's chasing shadows, but when he's on it, i'm absolutely fantastic.
00:09:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:09:46
Chris Mervyn
I thought he was great, Benson Core. I thought he was, you know, um arguably for the time he was on, he was definitely the player of the match, and Kudaszewski just hosed the ball a bit better, and I think if we look back on it and think, you know, if we paid off if we got a stronger Salome currently, Quaggy, if we paid our best players there, including Salangi, Lancashire had quite a few opportunities where he was just his strength, he's not a man yet, he's he's you know growing into his body, he's finding his strength, some of the runs, some of those first touches, Salangi would have maybe have gotten the goal or two, I think, and you know, you can't do anything about the first goal, but later on in the second half, I thought, of again, we were were better.
Galatasaray's Experience & Impact
00:10:28
Chris Mervyn
Don't get me wrong,
00:10:29
Chris Mervyn
Mertens was held together with tape or something, I think, because he just fell apart. And I think everybody in the Gathasterite team, in the last 20 minutes, it was like they had just come out of a sauna, you know, and they've absolutely drained. And, you know, we obviously look better, but there's a lot more spaces on there. Our fitness was better as well. So, yeah, pretty good. I like the second half.
00:10:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, do you know what? Like, I absolutely couldn't agree with you more. Dominic Solanke, great when he came on again, brimming with confidence, which you absolutely love to see, because kind of a lot has been made of his function in Anj teams. It's like, look, he's not just a striker, he's there to get goals. He's there to win the ball, press high, do all the tactical stuff that Anj needs from a centre forward. But nice to see him scoring. um And he actually got the second with a lovely little sort of Croy flick, real, takes real confidence to to score a goal like that.
00:11:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
um First first goal as well was ah visually, visually sumptuous too. So lovely ball ah from Archie Gray kind of we had a bit of a joy with this ball kind of across the box trying to find people through three on the right hand side. In this case, it was Brennan Johnson who beat the offside trap, laid it back for world actually, who tapped it in but Scott will actually was subsequently sent off.
00:11:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
in the um in the second half with, yeah, very sort of grumpy schoolboy tackle. A bit silly, but do you put that down to an experience?
00:11:51
Scott Duke-Giles
Yeah, I think so. um The exuberance was high, Joe. And he he went he went, he went, he really, really flew in. And then he kind of had the, he had the air of, um you know, a a misbehaved child.
00:12:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:04
Scott Duke-Giles
and and And I quite liked how Ange talked about it afterwards. I saw a video of him ah speaking about it to the press after the game and he he essentially just said what I said and he said you know he'll get he'll go over that and he would have learned a lot from that and that's kind of that's all you can really say about that I think really.
00:12:20
Chris Mervyn
Yeah, it was straight out of the Gaza tackling DVD, wasn't it?
00:12:21
Scott Duke-Giles
um i
00:12:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:25
Chris Mervyn
It looked like Gaza, you know, when he when he just tries a little bit too hard.
00:12:25
Scott Duke-Giles
oh Of course yeah yeah yeah something doesn't really go his way and he lashes out yeah it was is is ah that that that kind of vibe Joe.
00:12:28
Chris Mervyn
um Exactly.
00:12:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
see It's classic 07 Wayne Rooney, actually, like
Match Reflections & Learning Opportunities
00:12:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
run 50 yards to win the ball back, but still tenuously slide the opponent in half.
00:12:37
Chris Mervyn
Yeah, yeah. Well, we've mentioned two fantastic players there. If Lancashire gets anywhere close to those, we're in for a good time, aren't we?
00:12:46
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00:13:14
Scott Duke-Giles
Yes, so we mentioned a bit of, ah ah well, we alluded to Poster Koglu's interaction with the media after the game, where he acknowledged the defensive lapses and Lancz's dismissal, but praised his side's resilience in nearly putting off a late comeback. And I really liked Andrew's reaction, as I say, because sometimes when we lose, he can you know be really short and snippy and a bit moody. And I've previously talked on a podcast before about why I don't like that, partly because it comes across as quite rude.
00:13:41
Scott Duke-Giles
But partly because I think it's also kind of, um i thought I feel like it could be a little bit put on. I think that as is in this kind of high performance age of football, where, you know, losing is a game against, you know you know, against a good side is the end of the world and you've really got to stare at yourself in the mirror and think, why, why have we lost? You know, I just think that's a little bit put on a lot of the time. And so this was a much more natural reaction to a loss. I don't know what you think about that, Joe. Do you ever take on that?
00:14:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Do you know what? Like I think everybody, the vibe that, that we've all got. And I think that he had as well is it was a bit of a free hit. So it was like, do you know what we're going to, we're definitely going to qualify with the favorites for the whole competition.
00:14:16
Chris Mervyn
Yeah.
00:14:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like let's go out there to a place with a mental atmosphere, get some youngsters in there, a couple of 18 year olds and 19 year old on the pitch. Let's give them the experience. Do you know what? If we win, which we very nearly did, it's worth saying. And the difference between the teams was an outrageously good volley after six minutes. So that that was the I mean, that was obviously the the first goal. But yeah, I kind of think that that and kind of realize it's probably a night that we learned from and improve the team. I really thought that um it It looked very obvious to me that Radi Dragacin hasn't played a lot of football in that system because he struggled a little bit more with the playing out from the back.
00:14:57
Chris Mervyn
Rough.
00:14:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it's just it just it just comes with time, to be honest, that kind of thing. So so yeah, like i as I say, I'm not gutted. I don't think Andrew's gutted either. um And actually, I think there's a lot of positives long term to probably take out of it.
Midfield Performance & Future Prospects
00:15:09
Scott Duke-Giles
Absolutely. um Quickly on Galatasaray, Chris. Oscemen described his braces just the beginning, 40 hopes will be a successful European campaign. um Indeed, their third now in the Europa League table, Lazio are top, having won all their games, then it's Ajax, then Galatasaray. Tottenham are seventh, which means we're still in the automatic automatic qualification places. Do you think that they might go far in this tournament?
00:15:37
Chris Mervyn
It's a difficult one, isn't it? Because they they looked at home, they looked work well. Hey, it's a Spurs fan talking here, obviously. At home, they look worldies. We do sometimes as well. um But I would say that better the better teams in the and the competition, including us, when we play our full team and they're not at home, yeah, they might they might struggle a little bit. But there's some ageing players in there who have thought that Davison Sanchez, world class.
00:16:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:06
Chris Mervyn
It's always a way when you go and play against teams with experts, players, and you're like, why did we let him go again? Because he would do, you know, even his headers, I mean, we talked about Dragosan. Obviously he's young, he's got a lot to learn still, but even his headn and his clearance headers, there was options to head it back to the keeper, um to a player in front of him quite a few times, and he just went for a big clearance.
00:16:25
Chris Mervyn
um and It doesn't work with our system, because we lose the ball again, and they they actually kept it okay.
00:16:30
Chris Mervyn
and what a threat going forward. quickly so yeah I think they will move they'll cause issues. I don't think we really pressed them as much as we could do until later on in the second half.
00:16:30
Scott Duke-Giles
Mm.
00:16:42
Chris Mervyn
and Obviously that was because he he changed the system and Madison went off as well. I feel gutted for Madison. I really do. I really like him as a player.
00:16:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
He looked gutted, didn't he as well?
00:16:53
Chris Mervyn
Yeah, because he knew he didn't he hadn't done what he if knows he can do. And every Spurs player wants him to do well. um It's just that he's just struggling at the moment.
00:17:04
Chris Mervyn
I think I've made a comment on a post a little while ago. It was about Madison. And I said, I like him, but when you're further forward, you can use the ball and not worry about it because you've got people behind you.
00:17:15
Chris Mervyn
When he's in that deep, deeper line position and he dwells and they're taking off his feet like it happened yesterday. um Yeah, that's... It's not great, you really open and obviously we've got a makeshift back four.
Defensive Challenges & Adjustments
00:17:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
And he was replaced by Tsar, wasn't he as well? So it's like, you're explicitly being replaced by the guy who everybody's talking about being a starter over you.
00:17:31
Chris Mervyn
Yeah.
00:17:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
I was like, ah did I did feel a bit guided for him.
00:17:36
Chris Mervyn
Yeah. If he had come on for Saar a little bit later, he probably would have found the space and done something a bit better because it was there.
00:17:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:17:44
Chris Mervyn
It was just that he had gone through those hard times as well. And Saar was driving forward. In fact, they were all driving forward. Even Persuma was driving forward as well. And Persuma had a mixed game, I thought.
00:17:56
Chris Mervyn
um First half he was a little bit. Again, they were all there, giving the ball away, loose passes. ah The second touch seemed to just disappear from him. In the second half, obviously, when the when the changes were made in particular, he was so much better.
00:18:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:09
Scott Duke-Giles
Yeah, ah Joe, I wanted to quickly ask you about centre backs and this kind of current pairing we have given ah's something that we might see more going forward.
00:18:19
Scott Duke-Giles
But before, ah when I was at the ah AZ Outmark game um ah earlier in the Europa League campaign, whenever um I was sitting, you know, in the West End, and ah ah whenever um I was whenever Dragon Scene got the ball, there was a Romanian or a gentleman who I presume to be Romanian, were kind of, you know, a few seats down from us who, whenever he got the ball kind of burst into song, felt like a joyous, like a um but like a joyous very melodic kind of riffs on Dragison's name.
00:18:45
Chris Mervyn
What was he singing?
00:18:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:18:50
Scott Duke-Giles
And yeah, it was marvelous.
00:18:50
Chris Mervyn
abarre yeah
00:18:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:18:54
Scott Duke-Giles
Whenever I think of Dragison now, I have this man's beautiful song reverberating around my ears. um
00:19:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
so Solo, did he just go just on his own?
00:19:03
Scott Duke-Giles
Yeah, but he kind of it was quite a boardy performance. like He was slapping his legs and stamping up and down. I don't know i don't know whether he was Romanian, but i think he I think he might have been, um given...
00:19:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
I love that energy. imagine Imagine carrying that energy through life. you'd get
00:19:16
Scott Duke-Giles
Yeah, i mean i've I've never seen him again, and I will probably never see him.
00:19:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
but
00:19:17
Chris Mervyn
Wow.
00:19:20
Scott Duke-Giles
you know I probably never will, which is which makes me feel very sad. but um But what do you make of the Davis-Dragison pair? Because that's something, and given given our comment predicament back there, we'll probably be seeing a bit more.
00:19:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, um they definitely struggled with Ozament's movement. ah He is, as Chris said, that there they are they do have a very aging team.
00:19:37
Chris Mervyn
yeah
00:19:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
I must admit, like, ah after Hakim ZH came on and then Michy Batshuai, I was like, you're taking the Mickey now. Like, these people actually, do they play for Gallatin? That, like, it was just the most ridiculous lineup of people who were semi-decent three years ago.
00:19:53
Chris Mervyn
yeah
00:19:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But yeah, do you know what? Like, I thought they really struggled with Ozament's movement. um I thought they they didn't look comfortable with the ball at their feet and Galatasaray's press. I genuinely put that down to drag us in not having enough game time. And Ben Davis also, ah I really kind of, this is something I really think about quite a lot. He's a converted left back and also not naturally a ball playing defender. So it's not in his comfort zone. um But he's he's a very serviceable defender. um I think we'll see more slip ups like that because it's, as I say, it's not his comfort zone and Dragos in's not used to it.
00:20:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I do see elements with Radi Dragos in, obviously it's pretty ah basic to say, look at the size of him, that size, the strength, um he's got good pace as well, that once he does get comfortable, I think he's going to be a really serious player for us.
00:20:41
Chris Mervyn
His blocks are good, aren't they?
00:20:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Yeah.
00:20:43
Chris Mervyn
He's got some kind of Michael Dawson-esque, throwing yourself in front of things. It doesn't matter if I get smashed in the face, I'm i'm ugly anyway. You know, kind of kind of vibe to him.
00:20:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:20:51
Chris Mervyn
But why is no one gone for um <unk> noman going for the striker? Orsonman. I don't understand it. Because he looks class, doesn't he?
00:21:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, he, yeah, I think so.
00:21:01
Chris Mervyn
Is it just about money and that's all people care about? Or is there something underlying he's not very good for the team spirit? Would he fit into spares?
00:21:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
it
00:21:07
Chris Mervyn
I don't know.
00:21:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
hey you well i but He was someone i I know we looked at. i think I believe he fell out with the Napoli president and basically made his position in Italy untenable. So I was just like, I'll just go to Turkey. And they made a lot of it in commentary last night, didn't they?
00:21:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, they come and said, oh, he's having a great time. He's really bedded into life in Istanbul, which that to me says, player out of media spotlight spends most nights in nightclub. Basically, that's how I read that.
00:21:31
Chris Mervyn
You cynic.
00:21:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah I mean, as a child of the 90s, and you've watched those paparazzi pictures of people falling out of nightclubs, I thought that's just Victor Osmond, isn't it? um But yeah, I don't know. The set of that partnership is obviously not ideal. I think drag is in long term for us, and particularly with the rumors of Romero going.
00:21:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
I like the idea of him and van de Venne as a pair, um but for now I think we are going to have to muddle through and we do have the advantage of course. Ipswich at the weekend, no disrespect to Ipswich, but should be a relatively straightforward game.
Young Players' Development
00:21:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Can't wait to play this clip on Monday when we've lost 4-3.
00:22:03
Chris Mervyn
yeah
00:22:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Then obviously an international break as well, so it does give us time to get get van de Venne back from his hamstring injury.
00:22:08
Scott Duke-Giles
Yes, yes.
00:22:09
Chris Mervyn
And Grey was good, wasn't he, as well.
00:22:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:22:11
Chris Mervyn
I'll just mention Grey.
00:22:14
Chris Mervyn
He's not a left, well, he's a left-back, he's paid it, but he's not that standard of left-back yet, is he? and
00:22:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's in everything,
00:22:20
Chris Mervyn
But when he that ballley came when he comes into midfield, he can see stuff. um and And unfortunately, Bergval, he's another one who didn't quite make hit the heights of where he should be. But getting a sense of the pressure, at the press that was on him, you can there's no space to drive. But Grey, I was quite proud of Grey being youngster.
00:22:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, and lovely book as well for the assist. For the the assist for the assist.
00:22:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, yeah.
00:22:46
Scott Duke-Giles
Yes, yes, the pre-assists as they say.
00:22:48
Scott Duke-Giles
Anyway, if we we'll be looking forward a little bit more in part three, but first, do you have a story to tell that the world needs to hear?
00:22:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:54
Scott Duke-Giles
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Europa League Prospects for Spurs
00:23:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep, absolutely. And um just to finish up, let's let's talk about kind of Spurs prospects in the competition. None of us seem that worried. um It's the, those top eight go through automatically. As Scott mentioned, we're now seventh, but you'd kind of think there was enough time to to make that up. um Scott, do you do you still kind of confidently feel it would be relatively plain sailing for Spurs to progress?
00:23:50
Scott Duke-Giles
I mean, I'd hope so. I got i got my email at 10.30 today to secure my Roma ticket for the mean sum of £62. They obviously think um my my bank account is healthier than it is to to be we to be doing that. um But I think it should be because it's a Roma, Ellsberg, and then um ah but one game that I can't quite remember
00:24:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Ranges, is it?
00:24:16
Scott Duke-Giles
Rangers and then Hoffenheim, which I will be venturing into Germany to to go and see that game, hopefully.
00:24:16
Chris Mervyn
yeah
00:24:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, lovely.
00:24:22
Scott Duke-Giles
But yeah, ah yeah with with my friend Matt.
00:24:22
Chris Mervyn
Nice.
00:24:25
Scott Duke-Giles
Anyway, shout out.
00:24:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Shout out Matt.
00:24:28
Scott Duke-Giles
Yeah, thanks, Matt. yeah Yeah, he does listen.
00:24:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
but
00:24:30
Scott Duke-Giles
He does listen. So, um yeah, but thanks.
00:24:32
Chris Mervyn
Is he real? Is Matt real?
00:24:33
Scott Duke-Giles
Yeah, no, no, yeah I've made him up. Yeah, i've i've I have ah massively.
00:24:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's like the Romanian guy, he's a...
00:24:36
Scott Duke-Giles
Yeah, yeah he's ah the Romanian guy is actually Matt.
00:24:37
Chris Mervyn
Yeah, you're best friends.
00:24:39
Scott Duke-Giles
we'll be singing We'll be singing on the plane. um ah But yeah, i think I think they should be okay okay with those four remaining fixtures. and yeah who know But then then again, it might be all on the Hoffenheim game, so who knows?
00:24:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah really I really hope not. I mean, Chris, how to how do you feel? Do you think Tottenham will be be progressing in the Europa League?
00:24:59
Chris Mervyn
absolutely walk in the park. Yeah, no problem at all. Going to win this one. I've got absolutely no idea, and that's the beauty of it, being a Spurs fan.
00:25:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:25:07
Chris Mervyn
You kind of along it for it for the ride, the good times, the bad times, and they usually come in the same match. um say Yeah, I think we won't be okay. I really do. I'm quite confident about it. I wasn't bothered by us losing, really. I think we blooded a few youngsters in. I think moving forward, yeah, there's some good teams there and some ones which should we we should beat.
Hugo Lloris's Book Insights
00:25:29
Chris Mervyn
Hoffenheim, yeah, it could come down to the last game. We could just be on the on the periphery. Who knows? But that's exciting, isn't it? I like the new format, to be fair.
00:25:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Do you know what? It's fun. And it's also quite fun working it out. It's freshened it up a little bit. Do you know what? Ultimately, quite a resilient performance from Spurs. um Second half to be particularly proud of. Langshir, silly tackle, but ultimately got his first senior goal in a very tough place to go. um Archie Gray played really well. I think it's a night with a lot of positives. And and Spurs, hopefully, touch wood, fingers crossed, all that stuff should be progressing in the Europa League. um We're nearly done, but I'm very excited to say It's time for for a little twist on History Corner with the Duke. Because Scott, you've got you've got a book you want to talk to us about.
00:26:10
Scott Duke-Giles
Yes, Joe, yes, yes. And this book recently released, um well, released in November. So a lot of people, Joe, this Christmas might be cuddling up with Hugo, because what what a dream, what a dream that would be. um Because Hugo and Oreste has ah released a book, which is actually entitled, it's not just a kind of autobiography, it's actually called Earning My Spurs, A Life in Football from Nice to LA and Beyond. Well, it is an autobiography, but it's called Earning My Spurs. So it's a particularly,
00:26:40
Scott Duke-Giles
interesting thing for Spurs fans. He's also done a an interview ah with the in the Guardian to um promote the book, which is a very interesting read. I won't go into it too much because we're almost done, but he says, um he says, we didn't give Maurizio the credit he deserved.
00:26:54
Scott Duke-Giles
And in this article, he talks about how Daniel Levy um gifted all of the players in the Champions League team before the before the final, a watch which said ah Champions League finalists rather than um
00:27:01
Chris Mervyn
Oh, like this.
00:27:07
Scott Duke-Giles
Champions League winners and that that rattled Hugo to such an extent. He kind of alludes to that impacting the performance on the pitch, which ah I don't know. I mean, ah we we all remember that game and I don't know whether what watches were the cause of that result.
00:27:21
Chris Mervyn
Did we turn up?
00:27:23
Scott Duke-Giles
But then i thought I thought this was, if I could read a little bit, an excerpt from the book, Joe, I would love to, as this is kind of Hugo Larisse on Antonio Conte.
00:27:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes.
00:27:32
Scott Duke-Giles
He says, and I'm not gonna do it in a French accent, but i but but but but know that i know know that I could if I wanted to.
00:27:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
I was really hoping you would.
00:27:36
Chris Mervyn
Please.
00:27:39
Scott Duke-Giles
um He says, he says ah okay, i but I won't go on for too long, but he says, I found Antonio Conte to be quite a character driven by victory, which gave him energy, but he found it very hard to control this frustration when we started drawing, let alone losing, because his inner torment had to get out.
00:27:56
Scott Duke-Giles
And if he was tormented, then everyone had to share that torment too, you're telling me. and things could get very complicated very fast. During matches Kontak was extreme and and eruptive as he appeared, gather garnering respect ah sorry goner with respect and fear. Such a strong personality, pushwingers to prefer to play on the side rather than on the dugout.
00:28:17
Scott Duke-Giles
I have never forgotten our first defeat under Kontek, a 2-1 loss to NS Mura in Slovenia in the UEFA Conference League. Even though I wasn't playing, I was still entitled to his screams and reproaches, just like everyone else. In squad meetings, we would spend at least 30 minutes a day doing video analysis, not forgetting the interminable preparation camps at our training centre. After the defeat in Maribel, he screamed, Mura, Mura, who's Mura? We lost to Mura. I can still hear him.
00:28:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh wow.
00:28:47
Scott Duke-Giles
So yeah, a remarkable, remarkable anecdote which um sheds light on what was clearly a very rational and sane appointment for manager.
00:28:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
He can, so he can still hear it. That's like the silence of the lamps where she's like haunted by it.
00:28:58
Scott Duke-Giles
It's a little bit Vietnam.
00:28:59
Chris Mervyn
It's a bit, it's a bit like, sorry, it's a bit like that song, Murumura, the Romanian song in your head Scott, isn't it really?
00:29:05
Scott Duke-Giles
Yeah, it is a little bit.
00:29:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
I just.
00:29:07
Scott Duke-Giles
Oh god, yeah.
00:29:07
Chris Mervyn
I think God has not a book on Romanian love songs or something, so.
00:29:10
Scott Duke-Giles
Yeah, that'd still be my head. But yeah, so um if anyone's looking for a gift for a Tottenham fan or anything, that's a good to ah good option perhaps for a Christmas gift.
00:29:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
I just think as well, just if you're ever having a bad day at work and your boss has been a pain, just imagine if that was your line manager. Like
Episode Conclusion & Listener Acknowledgments
00:29:26
Scott Duke-Giles
Yeah.
00:29:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
like that is, you gotta go to work.
00:29:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, like obviously they're millionaires, but you gotta go to work today. It's like, oh God, Antonio's here. I've got a walk from the car parking with him. Oh no, it'd just be relentless.
00:29:39
Chris Mervyn
Oh, nice.
00:29:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But there you go. um That's it for today. um Thank you very much, ah Chris, on a superb debut. um Great to have you on the pod.
00:29:46
Chris Mervyn
Thanks. Enjoyed it.
00:29:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you, as always, Scott. um And don't forget to listen on Monday. We'll be looking back at Spurs vs Ipswich in the Premier League. Remember, you can have your say at GSP and Tottenham on all social media. Plus, if you are enjoying the pod, please do remember to give us a review.
00:29:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Five stars is easiest, I often find. um It really does help other Spurs fans to find us. Also, um I've been having a look at the data and a big shout out to all our US listeners, um because we've got a lot of people listening in America.
00:30:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, howdy.
00:30:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
very much, everybody, wherever you're listening in the world. And we will see you next time.