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Thu 28th Nov: CROSSOVER - Spurs vs Fulham
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In this episode of The Daily Tottenham Podcast, we preview Tottenham Hotspur's upcoming Premier League clash against Fulham on December 1, 2024. We discuss Spurs' recent struggles, including back-to-back defeats and defensive issues, but with key players like Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven expected to return, will they be able to bounce back? We also explore Fulham's strong form, with seven points from their last three matches, and whether they can improve on their historically poor record at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Tune in for the latest team news, key stats, and tactical insights ahead of this London derby!
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Introduction and Guest Introduction
00:00:02
Speaker
Every club. Every day. The Global Sports Podcast network work Network. Okay. Hello and welcome back to the Daily Tottenham Podcast. My name is Scott Duke Giles and my voice has just come back from Saturday when I was one of the lucky few who was fortunate enough to be up at the Etihad to watch us win 4-0. I'm never ever going to stop saying that. I would say I'd be saying that every day of my whole life. um But yeah, i've ah because of that and the combination of Stormbert and I wasn't wearing a proper coat
00:00:33
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I've been very ill and very croaky throughout this week, but I feel like I'm feeling better now.
Team Standings and League Competitiveness
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Speaker
And I have a very special guest um from the Daily Fulham podcast to join us for this crossover episode. It's Gavin. Hello, Gavin. Hello, Scott. Very happy to be here talking all things Spurs and Fulham. Looking forward to the weekend's game. Looking forward to what we got to talk about on today's show.
00:00:54
Speaker
Yes, indeed. And remember, you'll have to listen to find out what we have to say. And remember, you can have your say at GSPN Tottenham on all social media. Right. So ahead of this game, ah Tottenham, the consistent Tottenham Hotspur are in sixth place with a majestic 19 points and fill them a tenth. But there are only one point behind us on 18. So it's
Fulham's Performance and Marco Silva's Impact
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all ah very close in like the mid to maybe upper mid table.
00:01:21
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this season. So, p teams have been jumping around all over the shop. I remember when we were 10th Gavin a long time ago. Was that two weeks ago, wasn't it? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, before Saturday. um So, ah right, Fulham so far this season, Gavin, can you tell me a little bit about how you feeling the vibes are? They seem to be quite impressive with their array of ex-Arsenal talent. um Yeah, well, how are the fans feeling? Yeah, they got a nice collection of Hail End boys just before, behind the main striker Raul Jimenez, but so It's been pretty positive up until the last game. It just shows the last game coming into that game. ah One of the things I said was ah possibly to avoid complacencies because coming into the wars game they add back to back wins back to back London Derby wins and then you have the international break and everyone loves the international breaks don't it it just it just never seems to come at the right time. when When is there a good time for an international break? Maybe if you've got like 10 players injured and there's a chance of them coming back, but it just sort of kills that momentum and then they went into a a lead in that game against Wolves and then succumbed to a full one defeat. So it was a bit, put a bit of a damp there on fingers, but the first few months of the season, everything's been going well. They've been playing a great stylish brand of football. You go into games, expecting them to score in every game. They've only had the one blank and that was on the opening day. So
00:02:33
Speaker
All things positive. They've got tricky runner games now, starting with this weekend's fixture. um But no, can't complain really. Top half of the table. um it's it's They're doing as well as anyone could have hoped for, I think, so far at this stage. ah Marco Silva seems to be such a um stylish and charismatic manager when he's been at Fulham. I know he's had unsuccessful spells at other clubs, so it's it's interesting to see him do really well at Fulham. How did the fans kind of feel towards him? I imagine there'd be quite a lot of good feeling there.
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Yeah, he is
Fulham's Squad Depth and Attacking Strength
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certainly the messiah amongst Fulham fans as you touched on his spell in England. It's been a bit mixed because it started at Hull. He took them down. Even though he he took Hull down, I feel like he enhanced his reputation in a weird sort of way. He got a move to Watford. It's been one of Watford's many managers this ah this century. And then Everton was, I guess, the place where it all all went wrong. But if you break it down, his actual win percentage rate, Everton wasn't that bad. So they just had a bit of a sticky spell and then he He brought himself back to um take over at Fulham in the championship and they've had two steady seasons which is what they needed after period a period of time where you're a yo-yo club and no one wants to be associated with that. way you You're too good for the championship, you're not good enough to stay in the Premier League so finishes of 10th and 13th And whenever you go into a season now under Marco Silva, you're pretty secure. you you You have no real feelings of relegation. It's where you can finish in the league. Can you push on for Europe? ah They've got the perfect manager. He's rejected advances from Saudi Arabia. And I'm sure there'll be times in the coming months, maybe coming seasons, where there'll be offers elsewhere. So it's it's important for Fulham to keep hold on onto him, that is for sure.
00:04:11
Speaker
And does he have, like, good problems in that Fulham have so many good players going forward? I mean, I was watching the Monday night football where um Harry Wilson scored two late goals. And I just kind of think, oh, but he's such a good player. And for Wales as well, I've been and kind of keeping tabs on Wales, because obviously I want to see how Brennan Johnson is doing. And obviously, you know, Ben Davison, a few other Tottenham players knocking around there as well.
00:04:33
Speaker
um And like if if Wilson can't get in that team, you think, God, they are who's keeping him out? But then you look at a team, and it's like, you know, you're Smith, Rowe, or Woby. They've got such a great players in those positions. Are the selection problems weighing heavy on his mind, do you think?
00:04:50
Speaker
Well, these are the problems you want to have as a manager, aren't they? When you've got a fully fit squad to choose from and Fulham have been blessed by and large through the season, not had too many injuries. They've just had a couple recently, so you don't want that to start on the pilot. But yeah, I mean, I'm Welsh myself, so I i tend to watch as many Welsh games as I can, although at times with the Nations League, sometimes you can't be bothered. Is it really that important? But now watching his displays for Wales, a lot of the fans are saying, how is he not getting a kick for Fulham? There was a start that came out the other day that he had the best minutes per goal ratio in the league, which was 24 minutes. So that's telling you, know he's not playing football, is he? he's he's Before the well the Wolves game where he had a bit more time off the bench, he had half an hour. He'd only played 72 minutes of Premier League football, I think, and you can see what a talented player he has. And Adam Otrore, as another player as well who started the season, well, you know what he can do on a good day.
00:05:39
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um on on a bad day can be different but he's that sort of wild card player and he's another good option to have off the bench so it's it's great as as a manager to have these options and it's it's important as well it's healthy competition because then you know as a player in the side if you're not having a good performance you can't just be have a run of the mill performance and expect you're going to be in the team next week because you've got someone else on the bench that's ready to take your place.
Fulham's Defense and Injury Concerns
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Yeah, I remember, well, ah we we are done with trial is a name that's familiar to lots of Tottenham fans, because I think before he is ill fated spell at Barcelona, we were very heavily linked with trial ray and um Conte wanted him for a long time. And I think ah um I don't think I'm mistaken in saying that the first time he lathered up, and the first time he kind of got that a Babel oil on his arms, that was at Tottenham. I remember watching this. And then ah one of my but my Tottenham friend who I was watching with that at the time said simply said, that's perverse.
00:06:32
Speaker
to say that, which I thought was quite funny. um You mentioned um injuries. Are there any film and players that Tottenham fans can expect to see? Well, not expect to see that we might expect to see, you know? Yeah, well, this is before the time we recorded in this podcast is before the pre-match press conference. So ah for the last game, Sander Berger was missing, which caused a bit of a surprise because he had been ah sort of a mainstay in the team before the international break, as Sassanu Kitchen.
00:06:59
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got injured on the previous international break. So he was out for a while with a shoulder injury. Sander Berger came in to replace him. And then when we saw the team sheet for the Wolves game, Sassa Lukic came back into the fold, but it was a surprise to everyone that Sander Berger wasn't involved in the squad at all. So I think the reports are that he's carry who's carrying a bit, of not whether he's fit enough for the weekend. Time will tell. The bigger concern is Joachim Anderson, who came off in in the defeat against Wolves. Such was his injury, the fact that despite them being behind at the time there were two and two and behind when he went off injured so they still had the chance to get themselves back in the game so he must have been really physically hurt the fact that he couldn't continue and they subsequently lost 4-1 so he's one that's probably more of a more of a big a doubt for this weekend's game and he he would be a massive loss because
00:07:44
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I'm sure to a wider football public, people who don't follow Fulham so much, there would have been a lot of eyebrows raised at that signing, going from Crystal Palace to Fulham, people talking about a sideways move, maybe even people saying it was a backwards move, but you look at the the way both teams have performed this season, it's certainly been the right move for Fulham and not not the right one for Crystal Palace.
00:08:05
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Yes, and he works especially well as like a centre-back pairing with it. Is it Calvin Bassi who he kind of starts yeah alongside? And they're very ah quite different players. Bassi seems to be a very physical player. He doesn't like lose much in the air and all of that kind of stuff. Whereas Joachim Anderson, he gets on the ball and is on the front foot. um
Tottenham's Performance and Fan Experience
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How have Fulham been defensively this season?
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Defensively they've been good I mean I don't know how much attention you pay to sort of xg stats but in my chair I haven't looked at it after the walls game because walls were able to cut them open of course you know you got this mid game superstance today we're playing against ten men for the last 15 minutes of that game but prior to that game they They are the best XG aside from Liverpool. We know what Liverpool's outstanding their defensive record is. The disappointment probably was that they haven't kept the clean sheets that they would have liked to because there's been late, late equalizers going against them, both from Everton and West Ham. But generally, under Marco Silva, their will drilled, they all know their roles. ah And defensively, it's not been too much a problem prior to that war game, obviously.
00:09:04
Speaker
Hmm, that I mean, there's assuming a lot of a lot from me to to keep up with the XG stats. I've only kind of you know, I was recently informed what it means and um hey, it's good stuff. um So after this, we're going to be talking more about The mighty Tottenham are great results and not so great results. But in the meantime, this podcast is part of the Global Sports Podcast Network, the only network bringing you exclusive daily news and views on your Premier League team, the Premier League, women's football and fantasy football. It's a unique listening experience that puts fans first, bringing you the very latest breaking news from your team. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and make us your first listen every day. Global Sports Podcast Network, every club, every day.
00:09:50
Speaker
So Scott, how is life as a Spurs fan? It's very Jekyll and Hyde isn't it? It can be at times. One minute you're giving Ipswich their first win in the Premier League for 20 plus years and then the next minute you're going to the Etihad, granted Manchester City have got some problems in a minute but you go and beat them 4-0. So I mean it's certainly a rollercoaster, it's never a dull moment is it?
00:10:11
Speaker
Hmm, Gavin, I was, ah well, I was kind of in the concourse of the Etihad and I'd got there quite late because i well um obviously I caught the start of the game, but um I was kind of hanging out with some friends and family who were based in Manchester. And then I realised as I was in the kind of concourse, I hadn't even checked the team.
00:10:26
Speaker
And so I went to kind of check my team, but you'll see i'm ah I'm a glasses wearer and I wasn't wearing my glasses at the time. So I was fumbling around with my glasses, trying to load up the team on my on my phone. And one bloke right behind me said, don't bother, mate. We're going to lose like that over my shoulder, which I thought was, ah you know, that's that there's no faith. But that kind of um sums us up really. And the the kind of incredulity in the away end as ah you were to know up but once after two Madison's two kind of sort of early goals in the second half. was So everyone everyone's looking around and kind of laughing in a way. It's like how ridiculous we are. um I don't know. It's it's easy to romanticise it in a way because um we've just come off like a 4-0 win against City, which is ridiculous. despite i mean you Obviously, they've got their issues um right now, City. But it's so it's easy to look look at it and be like, oh, we're so kind of like you know plucky. and you know Aren't Tottenham funny to watch?
00:11:23
Speaker
But after the Ipswich game, there was a serious meltdown and it's really quite tiring to oscillate from one thing to the other. I wish there was consistency amongst the fans more than anything else where we have to accept that sometimes you're going to be a little bit rubbish and sometimes you're going to be unplayable.
Tottenham's Cup Focus and Key Players
00:11:42
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I think once we do that, then everything will be a little bit more harmonious.
00:11:45
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But I don't know how we can be so inconsistent on the pitch. huh I kind of don't go into the into any game expecting anything now. um And it the the the important thing to say as well is that I think but if we kind of crash out of the cups and we end up kind of having really disappointing losses in the cups, that will be a big thing. More so than like losing to Ipswich in the league.
00:12:07
Speaker
if they lost to Ipswich in the FA Cup in the early rounds of the FA Cup or you know if we don't beat United in the next round of the League Cup I think that's when people will start to get a bit discontented because that is the big thing for Tottenham fans this season for sure. Well that's interesting you say that because then I was going to ask that ah question which is the priority, what does Anderson see as the priority this season because They are in a court final to the Carabao Cup. It looks like they're progressing well in the Europa League. Is the priority to finally deliver a trophy to Spurs? Because it gets mentioned so many times, doesn't it, that they haven't had a trophy. Is it 2008 or 2009? Oh, 2008. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Good times. Good times. yeah i jonathan Was that Jonathan Woodgate when they were in? Oh, yes, and he crept into the net after he scored. Yeah, it was good times. Yeah, the two-one against Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final, Kevin.
00:12:53
Speaker
but Do you feel that Ange is placing equal importance on all the cup competitions then this season? I mean, he says he is. I mean, he came out with that thing um right at the start of the season saying ah in ah in his very gruff Australian way that he he always wins in his second season, which is ah really setting himself up for something there. um But I mean, and he would never say that he's prioritizing the cups because, you know, football is high performance these days and you have to win everything. And when you don't win everything, so it's an absolute disaster. And you have to really go home and scream at yourself in the mirror.
00:13:25
Speaker
But um I think, ah ah so he would never say that, but I think he sort of is prioritising the cups. I mean, we played a very strong team against City in the league cup, of which, ah you know, I mean, it is City at home, so you're going to play a strong league. But even in the Europa League games against Altmaz, one that stands out, Ferrant Vakos, we played a very strong team. Galatasaray, we were really hit by injuries, but that was still a very strong team, um even though we lost that game.
00:13:50
Speaker
um So i think i think I think there is a slight kind of feeling that Andrew's really taking the Cup seriously, which is ah kind of, you know, it's very good for us. I mean, we've been really good in the Cups this season. I mean, I've been to the Europa League home games and we've looked you've looked really good. We look very competent.
00:14:05
Speaker
um apart from when Dragison got sent off with seven minutes gone against Karabakh. That was a good time. um And I mean, you know, the the the the Christmas period is when the cups really start to take hold, right? So the FA Cup, the third round is in January, sometime early January, always. And then that United game is huge, I think, in the Karabakh Cup. but Yeah, so we'll see how it goes. But my feeling is he's taking it very seriously.
00:14:28
Speaker
Yeah, so let's just isolate the cut from the league now. I know they finished fifth last season and at ah this stage of last season. They might have even been top one after 11 games. They were so certainly up there. But how would you view the sort of top of the league now and where Spurs can possibly finish? Because aside from Liverpool,
00:14:44
Speaker
All the other teams in and around, they look like they're having their problems. Manchester City having their biggest blip in forever. Arsenal maybe not at the levels they were the last two seasons. You've got Chelsea slowly, quietly creeping themselves in the mix. Do you feel like there is an opportunity with Manchester City's drop-off that maybe second and third in the league is achievable?
00:15:04
Speaker
I mean it's conceivable, but I don't think it i don't think so. i mean like I think we have too so much frailty ourselves. and um i think you know i mean It is in our hands to get there, but that's the very problem that is in our hands, which probably means that we won't do it. um and i think There's a general feeling ah amongst fans, as I say, that like you go into the games and you have no idea what to expect. So it's kind of like, I think there should be an acceptance that ah with this style and with kind of and is our manager, it's not going to be great all the time. And so I think a lot of fans have got to temper their expectations. And I suppose it's it's an important thing to say, there's so much division in the fan base right now.
00:15:44
Speaker
I mean like we people, wait I mean not so much in the last week because we've just beaten City 4-0 and where everyone's kind of general generally happy but there's hand-jout people before that. ah There were kind of people at each other's throats and ah kind I think you know it can be quite a toxic place especially the online Tottenham fan base and so it's really hard to say what Tottenham fans expectations are. i As a match kind of going fan I would see that like ah in the stadium as well. I think there's a lot of divisions, there's a lot of booing all the time. I mean, there's always been booing. Tottenham are a club that boo. That's just what happens. We're not united who would never boo the team. um So yeah, I i think, um yeah, isolating the league, I think we've had some great performances and tough games, you know. I mean, I know United on the 10th hog isn't, was what can't be necessarily classified as the toughest game. But we went to Old Trafford and won 3-0. We've looked pretty good in, ah well, we beat Villa as well, and um you know and now beat City as well. So yeah, it's ah you never know what you're going to get, Kevin.
00:16:50
Speaker
Yeah. And one thing you said there, which I think is quite relevant, is that the toxic toxicity you said about the fan base at times, maybe with with social media, and that's particularly relevant to one of the players. And you said you watch Wales games because of Brennan Johnson, and you've got Ben Davis. And Brennan Johnson is someone that's taken a lot of criticism um from several quarters on social media. He deactivated his Instagram account. I think he's back up and running now. So just talk about the journey he's been on, the mental resilience he's shown, because he is your joint top scorer in the league this season.
00:17:19
Speaker
I think, yeah, john I mean, the Johnson thing is um kind of a modern phenomenon in football, where I think that's where there is a separation between the online fans and the match going fans, because I've been ah I've been at games where the fans have gotten on players back and like an individual players back as well. And it's not nice. um But I think the Johnson stuff was purely online, which obviously, you know, it's it's hot it's awful, it's horrible. But like, um like kind of go into the games. I didn't really get the sense that fans were getting on his back. I mean, there are a few idiots who kind of yell out stuff and like that kind of thing. But as ah as a collective, I feel like we've all been quite supportive of him. But that's obviously horrible that he had to go through that on social media. And then the image that sticks out in my mind in the wake of that, we played Coventry in the League Cup and um he scored the winner, like a late winner where we won 2-1.
00:18:05
Speaker
and like he was like he looked so down even though he scored the winner and the fans, sorry the players were pushing him towards the fans and stuff and um yeah he reluctantly clapped but since then he's just been on fire and he he's he's he plays so well in the system because he's so fast and because he's quite an instinctive footballer as well.
00:18:22
Speaker
he can like he just does that thing where he gets into the um he runs the channels and then gets into the box at the most ideal time to finish crosses and if you watch a lot of his goals they're all i mean a lot of them are tappids right but he's done so well to get there i mean those goals are so exciting where like often it's down well it's always with johnson down the left and then he gets crossed in and johnson comes in from the right to finish it like those goals were like Werner Septima or the famous one against the United where Mickey van der Venn runs the length of the pitch and puts him in and I don't know he's he's a wonderful footballer really and he's so perfect as I say perfect for the system because he's so fast also I think his attitude as well is he's such a likeable footballer as a likeable person I think like you know probably from watching Wales you know he's ah you know very highly regarded in all
00:19:10
Speaker
um in all kind of football spaces because he works so hard and he talks so well, he's very articulate as a guy. His dad's always in the away ends, you know, giving it large and all that. I think, i yeah, ah I really like Johnson and so I'm really glad to see he's ah kind of created a sustained run of form as well, where he's been scoring basically every game for a long time now. So it's good stuff.
00:19:31
Speaker
Yeah, definitely. and Being a Welshman, I was delighted to see him backing and banging on those goals, responding to the critics in the best possible way because, I don't know, it's probably different with it with english people with english with English players that maybe receive abuse because Wales were a smaller country. so you feel a bit more protective you of ah of your own so you take it a bit more personally so to see him coming up trumps was was certainly great to see. One other Spurs player I just want to finally focus on is is Dom Solanke who was brought in for a big transfer fee wasn't he over the summer from Bournemouth and Harry Kane of course the part in the club last summer they didn't really find that replacement did they? How do you think Dominic Solanke settled into his time at Spurs and
00:20:12
Speaker
it's It's difficult, isn't it? Because he's always going to be mentioned in the same category as Harry Kane. He's the guy after Kane. It's like the guy coming in after c Sir Alex Ferguson. So how do you think he's dealing with that sort of pressure, with the sort of pressure of of the price tag? How do you see him is getting progressing?
00:20:29
Speaker
I think he's done really well so far since coming in. I mean, he's not banging in goals every game. And indeed, my dad actually was saying um before the Villa game, where he where he played very well and scored two goals, that he was quite worried about him and like because he hadn't you know he wasn't scoring. But there's so much more to his game. I thought he's he's he's different to the player I thought we were getting, at least.
00:20:48
Speaker
but I thought we were getting like a poacher, someone who's like Fox of the Box kind of thing where he's going to be there to finish it off. um But he's so he's so good on the ball. And he drops deeper as well, like the aforementioned um Mr. Kane. He drops deep and he grabs the ball. And he's such a good passer as well. um And he plays in the runners who are behind. like If you watch a city game, that's what he was doing the whole time. He was just knocking the ball to Kuleszewski or Johnson or anyone who was in behind. um Like, ah yeah, and so he he and he presses like a maniac as well. It's just one thing. I mean, we were talking about Fulham center back. And if Anderson is out, then whoever is whoever is his replacement is going to have Solanke on him the whole time because he's so, I know, fit and um fast. And yeah, I think a lot of top fans are really warming to him. ah He's yeah, he's he scored a few kind of important goals here and there. And I'm sure they'll come for him in in bulk soon, hopefully.
00:21:42
Speaker
Um, but yeah, I think, I think there's a lot of good feeling towards him. I mean, you know, that is like, you know, very new. We haven't had to deal with the new striker question for such a long time.
Spurs' Goalkeeping Concerns
00:21:51
Speaker
I remember before Kane, it was every season we had a new striker. He sold Dardo, Adebayor and, you know, Janssen. I suppose Janssen was kind of there with Kane. So that, that doesn't work as well. But you know, it was every season we'd be chopping and changing and we'd look like a mess for a while because we didn't have a proper striker. This season, I think we've looked good going forward mostly because he's there.
00:22:12
Speaker
Yeah no I agree with that but from what I've seen in the Spurs games it's not that as a strike of course you get judged on your goals but as you mentioned he's been key in sort of a high press and also he's Lincoln play as well I thought the game against Aston Villa which was a full one when I thought he was excellent as well so you're always going to get the comparison to Harry Kane. I think just judge the player in isolation and he's done well. I'm sure Brawn, my fans will be a bit frustrated. They'll want to be banging yeah all those goals. So them last season has only taken him to get an english England call. it well Now he's gone to Spurs. But yeah, there's no doubt in my mind he will be an important player for ah Spurs this season.
00:22:47
Speaker
Absolutely. Yeah, right. We're going to do a little bit more of a head-to-head analysis. But first, do you have a story to tell that the world needs to hear? Have you struggled with reaching new audiences who are engaged with your story? It might be time for you to start a podcast. Let me tell you about a platform you use here at the Global Sports Podcast Network.
00:23:03
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00:23:39
Speaker
um But we've beaten Fulham at home in the last few encounters. um Indeed, Fulham haven't won at home. Well, Tottenham's home. When we've played Fulham at home, they haven't beaten us since 2013. Right, that took a good while to get out. And it's been quite an exciting fixture in times past because average goals per game in this fixture is 2.64. Gavin, you don't have to do a prediction, the score prediction.
00:24:06
Speaker
but like how do you kind of see this game going? Where do you think Fulham can hurt us or are you worried Gavin? Um, I guess, are you worried because you're not, you're not, you're wondering what Spurs are going to turn up. I'm worried just generally. yeah just a worried man of look I think, I think this is going to be an entertaining, entertaining game. I think the slu statistics will tell you that Spurs are the top scorers in the Premier League this season. I mentioned in my previous show, I think they scored four goals in, in four games this, this season for four separate occasions and full um score I've scored in every game.
00:24:39
Speaker
bar the Man United game, the first game of the season. So I think it could be an end-to-end game. I know what Spurs are like. They like to impose themselves. They play with that high press and this their possession statistics, I think, are only behind Manchester City. So one of the things we spoke about was Anderson and possibly his replacement, which is East of the Op, which would be a big blow because East of the Op isn't quite as comfortable on the ball. And with that high press, it might cause a bit of problems um full if fullham concedent possession um and in dangerous territory. So that is a bit of a concern. ah Yeah, I'm expecting a good a good game. There's good attacking players on both sides.
00:25:16
Speaker
Yeah, and it's a weird kind of kickoff time. It's um Sunday at 1.30pm. Obviously, I was listening to what you were saying, but as I've just remembered that, I was just thinking about, what am I going to do for lunch? I don't know what i'm goingnna do dont what time to have my lunch because i because you can get like a um you get food at the stadium, but often the sausage rolls are too hot.
00:25:35
Speaker
but I've had them twice this season and both times they've kind of burnt my mouth and then the pies they don't look great and also the pies are like six pounds as well I can't spend six pounds on a pie I'm not made of money but it's a weird time I mean this this Sunday early afternoon games always weird everyone's kind of in a vague state of tiredness and worrying about the week ahead of slash hungover, um of course. um But i think I think, you know, if if ah so it's such an obvious thing to say, but if the Tottenham team who turned up to play City the other week turn up, I think we'll be all right. But conceivably, it could be the team who gets hip switch, in which case we'll get chattering.
00:26:11
Speaker
Yeah, so sorry to button it. Can I just ask you about Vicario? Because I know he's like oh yeah he's out for a few months now, isn't he? And Andrew said he was asked the question about whether he's going to look into the market for a new goalkeeper on a short-term basis, but he's going to stick with Fraser Forster. Is that area a little bit of concern for Spurs fans going forward now?
Tottenham vs Fulham Match Expectations
00:26:28
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Oh yeah, we definitely I definitely should have brought this up earlier. It's a huge concern. Yeah, it's quite a big fault of mine to only get to this 26 minutes in or whatever. But um yeah, it's it's looking it's looking quite problematic, indeed, um because the the big man, Fraser Forster, he's not the most comfortable with his feet, and he's a bit slow. And he's and the game against Galatasaray, he kind of looked very shaky, but he did pull off an amazing save, but he did look very shaky. And Vaccaro is absolutely remarkable in the fact that he played that game with one hour with a broken ankle. I mean, a broken ankle is not like a Mickey Mouse injury. so How did he do that? And he was really good as well. He made loads of saves. That's a huge worry, I think. Yeah. And, um you know, I think if Fulham get their press right, because we use Wicario so much and he's so good with his feet, it's like just having a but another the defender in goal.
00:27:18
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right A very comfortable defender on the ball, I mean, goal. So we might have to change our kind of approach a little bit, um where we use the keeper less. ah But something tells me that Anjan is rigidity rigidity and his stubbornness probably isn't going to do that. So it's ah it's a huge concern for Tottenham fans. Absolutely, yeah.
00:27:38
Speaker
Yeah, and and I was saying on the preview show as well, i was just for full and just test him, you know, I've shot i shots from 25, 30 yards, see what he can do, because you know what it's like at grounds, if if he spills a couple early on, there's that anxiety, creates a nervousness and just just sort of prey on that. I mean, set set pieces, I mean, he's physical, isn't he? I mean, size of him, he's like six or eight, isn't he? So yeah, don't but actually, don't worry about set pieces, full and don't want to score for corners or free kicks, so nothing to worry about. that Yeah, I mean, this is the inverse of the car really that like that's the only area of forces that I feel generally before even though you really messed up a corner against Galatasaray, which haunts me anyway, but yeah, that will be interesting. Listen, I think yeah, I think the if we're going to go for a score prediction, I think I'm going to press you for a gap and I've decided um I'm going to go for I'm going to go for two one to Tottenham.
00:28:24
Speaker
it was for this game and so it'll be ah be a comfortable victory but then Fulham will grab on in the 89th minute or something like that and then we'll look a bit shaky o and then it'll be big celebrations at the end because we've held on. Yeah, i think I think there's goals written all over this game. I think it's going to be an end-to-end enjoyable game. Well, maybe
Closing Remarks and Podcast Promotion
00:28:41
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not an enjoyable for a Spurs fan, maybe be a bit anxiety ridden at times but i think I think Spurs might just come out 3-2 winners on this occasion.
00:28:50
Speaker
I take a free two, absolutely. um Yes, well, cheers, Gavin. This has been wonderful. Thanks for um telling us all about Fulham and giving us the fans' point of view ahead of this game. um That's it for today. Please don't forget to listen tomorrow, where Joe and Chris will be looking back at the Roma game.
00:29:05
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