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DAILY TOTTENHAM: Wednesday 12th Februaury 2025: The quiet after the Villa result and Man Utd preview
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Daily Tottenham's Chris Mervyn and Ollie Kasabi come out of hiding to talk about that empty feeling after the Villa match, the plight of Ange and preview the Man Utd match.
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Introduction to Daily Tottenham
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello, hello Spurs family. 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 Merving and today I am...
Initial Reactions to Villa Match
00:00:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
o I am a little bit disappointed still but we had a few days now to collect our thoughts. I've just said to Ollie who's on the podcast with me today that If we had come on straight after the the Villa match, I didn't know what to say, to be honest.
00:00:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
I am devoid of anything inspirational, devoid of any information which I could pass on and didn't want to talk about it at all. And if I was a snail, I'd go straight into my shell.
00:00:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's what I felt like anyway.
Ollie's Insights and Coping as a Fan
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Global Sports Podcast Network
um As I said before, Ollie is on this one. So yeah, the man who I would definitely want beside me on a leavey out march this Saturday.
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Oliver
mr
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um And hopefully those guys um
00:01:02
Oliver
yeah
00:01:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Change the talk and then we'll create something on Saturday. Shout out to them there. Something needs to happen. But we'll talk about that a little bit later. Ollie, how are you, mate? How has your week been? How are you feeling after Villa? And have you got your emotion back in check?
00:01:22
Oliver
I have got my motion back in check mark my my defense mechanism after a poor result is always kind of to just shut off from the world completely and not go anywhere near my phone.
00:01:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, what do you mean?
00:01:34
Oliver
ah
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Global Sports Podcast Network
It was a match on yesterday, wasn't it?
00:01:35
Oliver
it
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Didn't know, didn't know.
00:01:36
Oliver
shit And um yeah, I mean, I'm feeling I'm feeling all right now. um um Yeah, like you said, ah if we film this right after the game, ah I wouldn't know what to say. I'd just be angry. um But I'm right now.
00:01:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
I
Analyzing the Villa Match Performance
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Global Sports Podcast Network
think what we have to do as is as a podcast anyway is there are loads of podcasts out there which will go straight on afterwards, they're proper shouting, swearing, um they've got real emotion now, I totally get that and it's definitely what I felt inside and outside and you know I get in a really bad mood when I watch Spurs at the moment and it's not good for people around me and people can't talk to me when I'm watching the football now because five minutes in I am proper annoyed um don't want to talk to people snappy it's not great it's not a great look put it that way not bad and um Villa talk to me about it mate we we went we should have done better come on but it was really disappointing you would text it
00:02:26
Oliver
No.
00:02:39
Oliver
that i mean There was a point in the game the maybe the 20th to the end of the first half where I thought, you know what, we can have these here. They weren't playing too well.
00:02:51
Oliver
And we were dominating the ball for a good chunk of that first half. And I thought there was a decent chance, um especially after Son missed that golden an opportunity um that tipped me over the edge.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
sonic whoa
00:03:05
Oliver
um Yeah, I thought we had a chance, but no. um I should have been realistic and yeah, and another loss, another disappointment.
00:03:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's just so It just kills you inside,
Tottenham's Decline and Relegation Concerns
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Global Sports Podcast Network
doesn't it?
00:03:20
Oliver
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
It just really does. It's like someone, say you've got ice cream inside of you and someone's just going with a big scoop and taking a bit of your out every time and it's the good bits and you're left with the bits which are like, I'm scraping a barrel for any any good stuff now about spurs.
00:03:27
Oliver
Yeah. Yeah.
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Oliver
shit
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Global Sports Podcast Network
It's really not good at all.
00:03:36
Oliver
I mean, I saw, I saw a tweet the other day and, um, in 2019, uh, Villa, we're in a championship, uh, playoff final against Derby and we were in Madrid in a Champions League final.
00:03:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:49
Oliver
And now, now look at the state of our club and their club
Marketing vs. Player Quality Debate
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Oliver
in a matter of years.
00:03:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, mate, do we need to go... I hate to say this, but do we need to get relegated in order to sort this rubbish out and get new owners and push up again?
00:04:02
Oliver
you if we if we got relegated that would be the end of Tottenham because all the players would go everyone would go we we have Beyonce in there every now and then
00:04:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
But we still have a lovely stadium and a go-kart truck. Oh, again, what is with the blimming marketing department, you know, did it on deadline day.
00:04:23
Oliver
history but
00:04:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
We had the, oh, announcing Beyonce. No, no, you don't do that. when All the Spurs found one is ah as a striker and a decent centre back to cover us.
00:04:32
Oliver
Yeah.
00:04:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And again, you know, they didn't, at least they didn't do it straight away, but you know, other stuff. I don't give a two rats whatever. There needs to be a different preference setting or something on my stuff.
00:04:44
Oliver
Yeah, we are a football club.
00:04:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't want to hear about stuff. Yeah, great you've signed so-and-so to be in the in the stadium, but how about signing some good players?
Midfield and Defensive Struggles Discussion
00:04:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Some top quality players, you're going to get big wages, you know, the budget is there for it, but it ain't going to happen ah every time we say this, every time we say this.
00:04:52
Oliver
Yeah.
00:04:59
Oliver
Never
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Global Sports Podcast Network
So, Villa, um the guys didn't get going again, did they?
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Oliver
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Ready?
00:05:06
Oliver
No, the, uh, I think the main problem was the midfield.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:05:09
Oliver
They, it was non-existent in my opinion, especially Ben, thank God.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:05:13
Oliver
That's two games in a row. I think that's the worst two games I've seen him play in a Spurs shirt. Um, maybe it was, uh, not all his fault because Poro, he was covering Poro, um, when Poro was going forward.
00:05:28
Oliver
And then that was just leaving a great big gap in the midfield. And I'm not sure if that was Anj or if that's just Ben Tancour using his brain, seeing that there's space he has to cover, but that that just left a huge gap for Villa's best player ah on on the ah starting 11, Rodgers. So just run into and do whatever he liked, really.
00:05:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
decent player. yeah It was like giving Salah in Liverpool that that little bit of extra space. it It was there every time and we were pushing on too much.
00:05:58
Oliver
Yeah, you could do whatever you wanted.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
I just ah just don't get it. i mean There was ah also a stat, I think I heard a yes but this this morning, that Poro has played more than nearly all the players in Europe minutes-wise or something silly like
00:06:14
Oliver
I mean,
Impact of Player Fatigue
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Oliver
I wouldn't be surprised. He he hasn't been able to get a a rest at all, really.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
that.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
he had that one game oftenly a couple of games ago and that that was it but other than that he's played every minute and to be honest grey and burgval are up there as well especially grey so so we obviously didn't really do much at all obviously tell came on and
00:06:20
Oliver
Yeah.
00:06:27
Oliver
Yeah, I think Bovell started like eight of the last 11 games at 18 years old and he's played over like a thousand minutes or something. It's just ridiculous.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
It's, he did it right. Um, he's definitely not a striker in my opinion, but he's not going to be, you know, is
00:06:50
Oliver
Scored? No, neither. I think he has to be on that wing and I i think it's um
Critique of Player Performances and Coaching Decisions
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Oliver
I think it's a disgrace that Ange brought off my chemo at half time. I think some should have been brought off. um and ah
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Global Sports Podcast Network
yep.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
didn't deserve Didn't do anything to deserve to stay on the pitch, did he? End of the day.
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Oliver
no
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Global Sports Podcast Network
and And I can understand why, because Mikey Moore, does he does lose the ball a little bit, and and then you' you've you've got the pressure straight on you. But um yeah, I don't know.
00:07:23
Oliver
I mean, he put in an outstanding, like a proper quality ball in for Son and all he had to do, it was a tapping and he still managed to give the keeper the opportunity to save it.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah.
00:07:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it ah you know we weren't the only Spurs fans to be shouting out, I could have finished that.
00:07:42
Oliver
Yeah.
00:07:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because it was it was there on the plate. And I just think now that he's such a nice guy, the pressure is is massive on him, on his shoulders.
00:07:52
Oliver
i don't know I don't know what it's down to if it if it's tiredness, if there's confidence it's It's a couple of chances now.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
It's got to be pressure. Yeah.
00:07:59
Oliver
He had one against Everton exactly the same and he's missed um he missed a few good chances now in recent weeks.
00:08:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's not as if he's overthinking it because it's not like, you know, when Kane would have had a better, and of course we're comparing him against Kane, and to be honest, Sonny's a great player but he's not a Kane.
00:08:16
Oliver
No.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
So when you're looking at, when he was going for a barren period, and he struggles with a barren period, and they lose a bit of confidence, they just take an extra touch and things like that, and yeah, that's that could be this the thing for that. But not to not be able to stick your foot out um on something, um yeah.
00:08:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's not great is it at all so gaps with the field gaps of the field midfield was a ah mess um and we were limp um they just didn't seem up for it at all again uh again felt sorry for the fans who went down down there um and villa again they were worth there for the taking there's a few teams you know i think brentfield played better than villa did to be fair i think they had any better chances
00:08:33
Oliver
Yeah, I think it just needs a break.
00:08:56
Oliver
Yeah, I feel like we're really not that good at all, but we we just didn't show anything.
00:09:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
When they put a midfielder on, Esencio, he and know this his deb as well so you wanted to do some touches and some sort of back heels etc just for the fans, but he helycy got on the ball and was busy and you know because he had the space to do stuff too it as well.
00:09:21
Oliver
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
um you know to start a and a new sign up front Marlin as well. um Even he looked decent, it was what we were missing. um Again, crying out for our first team back, Solanke in particular.
00:09:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
You don't realise what you've got until he's gone.
00:09:35
Oliver
Yeah, he he is I think his he is arguably our most important player, Solanke.
00:09:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:45
Oliver
You can just see the the void there is now that he's gone and it's really disappointing.
00:09:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it becomes more apparent, more apparent every match on there, mate.
00:09:52
Oliver
Yeah, yeah.
00:09:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
um You know, Kula Seski can do stuff and I would say he's still our best player and chance of something happening.
Role of the Podcast and Match Analysis
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Global Sports Podcast Network
But you still need him to be able to play off somebody else and that's what he often does.
00:10:03
Oliver
Yeah. And unfortunately, I think Kulesovski's dropped off a bit because he's been playing every game and it's always going to happen um to any player if you're playing ah that many minutes all the time.
00:10:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:18
Oliver
um And yeah, I think it's disappointing because at the start of the season, Kulesovski was on a different level to many players in the world.
00:10:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, he was, mate. He was. Right, we're gonna, while I've been getting into Ange, if it's the player's fault or Ange's fault or whoever's fault is, we'll do that after the break. First off, let's have a little advert while I drink a bit of coke.
00:11:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Welcome back, welcome back. So, asked of her to the once mighty spares, one. Tell got on the score sheet, nice little finish to be fair, good cross.
00:11:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
um That was pretty decent.
00:11:34
Oliver
Yeah.
00:11:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, got a load for positives, guys.
00:11:38
Oliver
That's the only one.
00:11:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
Leadership Challenges and Squad Rotation
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Global Sports Podcast Network
It was the only one. Obviously, Kinski made a mistake for the first goal.
00:11:45
Oliver
Made a ton of saver.
00:11:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Made a ton of saves, honestly, to be fair, he was ah could be our best player after that because the saves he made definitely kept us in the game and they were at times all over us really it was quite disappointing but um we move on is it I guess it's a combination still wasn't it of
00:11:53
Oliver
Yeah.
00:12:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
They can't change much ah at all, regardless of the team and the tiredness.
00:12:14
Oliver
No.
00:12:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Again, and just laboring to the point of of really being sarcastic and rude now to journalists. I totally get where it's coming from, but you've got to keep your counsel and and be a little bit positive.
00:12:26
Oliver
I mean, that the journalists the journalists are looking for him to bite every week.
00:12:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Don't want him.
00:12:32
Oliver
They are trying to get a reaction out of him. And can you really blame the guy for having having a jump every now and then? He's a human being at the end of the day and he has feelings and he's not going to be buzzing after the results we're having.
00:12:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think you're right mate. They just, if he was frightened again Australian, if he was ah on a barbie he'd be throwing shrimps at these people because at the end of the day they'd say the same sort of stuff but they want the bite, they want some kind of sign sound bite, they want him to snap and that's what happens when people go through rough patches, they they want to break them unfortunately.
00:12:59
Oliver
shit
00:13:11
Oliver
Yeah.
00:13:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I'm still in the camp where I feel that The change change in Ang is absolutely pointless in my opinion
00:13:19
Oliver
Yep, exactly.
Player Returns and Performance Prospects
00:13:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
because noah's no one's coming in now anyway.
00:13:21
Oliver
There's no point at all.
00:13:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
What's the what's the point?
00:13:26
Oliver
ah I want to know, do Spurs fans genuinely believe that any other manager um could have done much better it with the hand and got dealt?
00:13:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:13:38
Oliver
Because i I really doubt any manager could have done much better.
00:13:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's ah it's a good question. I think you're right. I think, you know, Mourinho, Conte, really... they they haven't, you know, obviously struggled with Leavy anyway and weren't backed.
00:13:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, Ange hasn't been backed either. He's just had to get on with it.
00:14:01
Oliver
yeah
00:14:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Would Ange create a situation where he's going to be sacked like they did? No, but that's all they did.
00:14:07
Oliver
no
00:14:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
It wasn't to say, it was a safe face. They had no choice but to get rid of them, I guess. um Such a difficult one. Definitely those players are really suffering. We've got um some rest periods now and we're after this match anyway.
00:14:23
Oliver
We're only playing one game a week for a few weeks which is nice and we're looking to get some players back in the next couple of weeks
00:14:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
um For them to start coming back.
00:14:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, so there's there's a good batch of players coming back. I think Vicario is due back.
00:14:35
Oliver
Yeah, Vicario, Doggy and Madison are going to be back for this game on Sunday, apparently.
00:14:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Madison. Yeah. Well, that'll blooming help. It really will.
00:14:43
Oliver
Yeah, it will.
00:14:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
At least it'll be able to freshen up. um because some of these players need a rest. Regardless, I'm um even talking grey here, he needs a rest. You know, arguably being our best, one of our best players.
00:14:51
Oliver
Yeah.
00:14:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
But the last match in events pillar, he was certainly making a few more mistakes because it's just concentration and tiredness.
00:15:01
Oliver
Yeah.
00:15:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's still made a few good blocks and, you know, he's so decent on the ball.
00:15:03
Oliver
I mean, after like every game for the last five games, he's just been dropping to the floor after the final whistle because he's just done and yeah he needs a break.
00:15:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah so i think that our doggy will come he's got to be coming straight in as an e i mean there's no point putting them halfway if everyone was fit
00:15:20
Oliver
Yeah. What, what full backs would you start with if everyone was fit? Yeah. I'd personally do Spence, a new doggy.
00:15:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think so. Switch was spent over. Yeah. Yeah, that makes sense. ah Because they've, I've been, as as you know, i was I've been critical of Doggy when he has played anyway, because I think that he gets himself out of position a lot.
00:15:47
Oliver
Yeah.
00:15:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
A lot. And I think that causes issues against better teams and puts more pressure on. And I think that if he had been fit and played, we would just kind of benefited a little bit of where I'm going forward. And you know he is he is is a driving forward runner with a ball, but he will still cause issues for us, and especially with the defense we were playing.
00:16:08
Oliver
Yeah, but it would have given players a rest. And I think you can't really judge your doggy too much ah this season because he came off the back of surgery at the start of the season.
00:16:20
Oliver
He didn't have a preseason. He had a few games. He was playing 90 every game and then he got injured again. So he hasn't really had much of a show in this ah this season so far.
00:16:32
Oliver
Hopefully he can stay fit and gone.
00:16:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
what What do you take to, um, I'm saying about, well, he had, he had the players just didn't want to rush them in and so he could have put them in earlier. Um, so you must've been so tempted to put them in to the cup matches in particular.
00:16:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
I just don't kind of get it because if we're still in, if we're still in the car, you know, against Liverpool, maybe that was a bit bit early, but only a couple of days late against Villa.
00:16:47
Oliver
yeah Yeah, I mean, ah if they could have done a half, yes, but I i think it would it wasn't like a fun or anything that f FA Cup game, I think it was only the full for fifth round and
00:16:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
So if one of those players could have done a half, I would have put them in and just forsaken league.
00:17:15
Oliver
ah We can't, we can't have these players, these key players getting injured again, like van de Ven and Romero, because we are in the Europa League and we still have a great chance of winning that with our full strength team.
00:17:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm. Yeah.
00:17:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mate, I think you're exactly right.
00:17:26
Oliver
and
00:17:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
I really do. So, where do you stand off? I've said where I stand with
Ange's Future as Manager
00:17:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Ange. I personally would which publicly, like we said on the last podcast, I'll probably back him to the end of the season and just to give, um because I don't see there's any benefit in caretaking managers taking over or Ryan Mason taking over.
00:17:37
Oliver
Yeah.
00:17:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's the same voice. I think you almost owe them for what he's had to go through and aged 50 years in one season. um that Give him his dues when the players are back and and and judge it at the end of the season.
00:17:56
Oliver
Yeah, yeah judging judging when he Has his ah most of his players back give him at least until the end of the season even if we don't win anything I I keep him beyond the Beyond next season providing our league form does improve a bit because um I genuinely believe still he is the guy that is gonna win us a trophy and I'll keep on saying it until I have a real reason in my mind to disagree.
00:18:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, the reason might be that Levi will just sack him.
00:18:27
Oliver
Yeah, that'll be it.
00:18:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
But, you know, it's another, it would be another one on the list for Levi on it. After a break, we'll chat about a little bit more about Levi, a little bit about our next match against Man United.
00:19:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Welcome back. So
Preview of Manchester United Match
00:19:31
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back into league this weekend against Man United. ah Strangely a team which has suffered a bit like ourselves this season but for different reasons. and We were talking a bit before the the podcast started I am just about where they find themselves regards to um their league position, their turmoil with regards to managers, even their calls for their own manager, who's fairly new, to be sacked and replaced with somebody else.
00:19:57
Oliver
ye
00:19:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
um so It's a strange sort parallel, which isn't really a parallel, but I'm going to take it that way anyway. um Whereas we've gone and got a fantastic stadium and then um not really invested a team um and not really created an infinite team.
00:20:13
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They've still managed to win a few little trophies ah say little trophies few trophies over the last few years, um but never really invested in infrastructure and had a real plan and vision moving forward.
00:20:16
Oliver
Yeah. No.
00:20:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
So we found ourselves, ironically, in a similar situation this season. um Arguably, we could both get to the final and perhaps win Europe
00:20:35
Oliver
Yeah, we don't we if we were but going to we wouldn't meet until the final either Yeah
00:20:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. So how ironic would that be that to save our seasons for both clubs, we would be meeting that final. Um, but it's a strange one, isn't it? And I can't really count of where they're going to be and turn up, what sort of team's going to turn up against us because, and he's been, Amarin's been making some strange sort of decisions on, on player situations and positions and even gonaccio on the bench and all that, which arguably is his most attacking player sometimes.
00:21:05
Oliver
I mean, they scraped the winner gets less than the FA Cup and like the winner was offside. So they really didn't perform well um against them. And I don't think any team really deserves to win.
00:21:19
Oliver
Uh, and one thing I did think was strange. He took off the new sign in, I think, I'm not sure his name, maybe Dorgu, maybe.
00:21:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, doggy.
00:21:27
Oliver
ah Um, and yeah, he was, he was, he had a good little impact in the first 45 and Amarin brought him off.
00:21:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:34
Oliver
He, he's, uh, again, um, getting a bit of backlash right now, Amarin, and apparently some of the players, um, are questioning if he's ever going to adapt his tactics already.
00:21:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm. It's a difficult one because he has changed positions of players and tried to move it around a bit and he does yeah really hasn't got a set of words. Our frustration with Spurs fans is Anj doesn't do anything or change things for matches. um He does sort of set that up slightly differently. but I think when you do that yeah he has just hasn't found a formula which works for his players currently and he hasn't they haven't had a good transfer window either to be fair.
00:22:16
Oliver
no
00:22:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Kind of a panic buy with Dorgu to be fair as well. um They still suffer from not having a world class number nine but you know if i look back at for when they were successful in the league and the trebles and all these things then we were a cup team then but we we were a cup team that got to finals and won finals as well when we got there so it's strange how we both find ourselves in these situations now and at home
00:22:40
Oliver
yeah
00:22:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
this before the match and during the match there's going to be demonstrations against Levy. um
Fan Protests Against Club Owner
00:22:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Quite a hefty and well organised one actually so I certainly would be there if I was watching the match.
00:22:51
Oliver
I just don't think anything will change.
00:22:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Nothing nothing is going to change mate but you've got to try at least you can try and and do do something about it and if the noise is big enough I just don't think Levy gives a whatever two hoops.
00:23:03
Oliver
Yeah.
00:23:08
Oliver
No, I just think he looks at everyone and think just laughs at us because he's not going anywhere.
00:23:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:23:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think you're right and at the end of the day he's not the really the owner. you know he's He's just employed by the owner so he's got a big share of a share of it.
00:23:19
Oliver
Yeah.
00:23:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
but um He might get cheesed off but he all he has to do is look at his bank account.
00:23:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
So it's a sad time you find ourselves in.
Key Manchester United Players to Watch
00:23:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
So players to watch out for for Manu.
00:23:35
Oliver
Ahmad Diallo, he's theses ah east been there shining light this season.
00:23:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Class.
00:23:41
Oliver
He's the top scorer in the league. um Yeah, I think he got a couple goal contributions against us in the Carabao Cup quarterfinal.
00:23:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
yep
00:23:52
Oliver
So yeah, he's he's decent um and he'll be the one to watch for United.
00:23:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:23:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
I guess for Ange, if he was going to be adapting tactics before the match, which obviously won't necessarily happen, um he won't really know what what's going to come and what team's going to be coming against him, really, because they he has changed it quite a lot, Amarin.
00:24:08
Oliver
yeah what yeah i couldn't guess
00:24:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, not at all, not at all. Gennacho is always a threat, although I think he's a bit of a one-trip pony, and that's perhaps why. He doesn't get played that much. He doesn't really give anything defensively and he's obviously, when Ronaldo played, Cristiano Ronaldo, he was class the one trip pony as well, but he was a world class one trip pony.
00:24:33
Oliver
if
00:24:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And you just don't do anything about it. And you could say the same about Sonny actually, back in his pump. You knew what he was going to do, step over, step over. He was just so fast and fluid with it and the confidence was there.
00:24:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:24:46
Oliver
Yeah.
00:24:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
but It's our team wise, obviously got a few players back. Would you bring Madison straight back into it?
00:24:55
Oliver
um if he's If he's fit, I ah definitely um would to think about it, really think about it because I feel like we've been lacking a lot of creativity and ah know I know some Spurs fans might not like it, but maybe yeah give Kulesevsky a rest from the start, bring him on maybe at halftime, 60th minute, and then he can ah have, I feel like he'd have a bigger impact that way. um If Madison is fit, if not, Kulev will have to play again.
00:25:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
And regards to um other players, would you bring them all back in as well or not? The choreo?
00:25:35
Oliver
um The Carrillo, Yeah, I put the Carrillo back in. Kinski's done well, but the Carrillo, he is the number one at the end of the day.
00:25:48
Oliver
um And his last game ah he played was against City. He played 60 minutes with a broken ankle. That's enough ah for me for it for him to earn his spot back in the team.
00:25:59
Oliver
um that That is a proper performance. um And who is the other one? Who's Doggy? Yeah, ah I'd start with Doggy.
00:26:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah, I think I would. I'd give someone a rest. I'm not sure who, but possibly, yeah, Poirot.
00:26:12
Oliver
Alright.
00:26:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think so as well. And I think that, and that blueprint there, apart from Van de Ven and Romero not being in, that would be, as you you know, a decent backline then with Riccardo behind.
00:26:23
Oliver
Yep.
00:26:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think Riccardo, where he obviously lacks Commanding the box crosses all he has done so far When you've got somebody up against you and pushing you all the way Like Kingsley, there's no doubt Kingsley wants to be number one and that's his aim for coming here And and ah there's i've got no doubt he can be that as well um if he' if he's not already, but he he will help Vicario 100% so
00:26:45
Oliver
Yep. He's really young. Push for Korea.
00:26:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, pretty pretty decent. um its is He's like a good a leader as well, hasn't he, which we haven't had.
00:27:04
Oliver
Yeah, we've really liked that.
00:27:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah want to here yeah I want to hear that on the pitch. I want to hear him shouting um and pushing people around a little bit because there's not enough anger about how we're playing, in my opinion, currently.
00:27:13
Oliver
Yep.
00:27:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's all like, oh, well, never mind. Oh, there's somebody I know in the crowd. Oh, no. a ah Sorry, mate. Do you want to swap your shirt? Yeah, hair fine. Yeah. How's your mum? You know, it's all that sort of chat after the match.
00:27:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't want to see that. I want to see them massively disappointed.
00:27:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like I've seen that Grey, to be fair, um afterwards. And Sonny, yeah, he's been crying, but show show up performance.
00:27:29
Oliver
yeah
00:27:35
Oliver
I'm getting bored of that.
00:27:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Show up performance. Up front, what would you do?
Predictions for Man United Match
00:27:40
Oliver
I mean, we can't really do too much. I think it... our job's on me. not Not because I don't like him, it's because I think he needs a break and I'd start Mikey more.
00:27:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Needs a break. Yeah.
00:27:57
Oliver
um Yep.
00:27:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
On the left.
00:27:59
Oliver
I'd tell we'll have to go up top and then ah I think it's going to have to be Kuleszewski. Maybe you could play tell on the right and start Dane Scarlett with Kuleszewski in midfield, um but I don't think Andrew would ever do that.
00:28:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't think he trusts Scarlett enough to start and the same you can say with Ajayi as well where he had his little cameo and I think he'd be a good impact sub because he's got that speed, um certainly against tired legs.
00:28:21
Oliver
No. Yep.
00:28:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
And you've got centre backs for Manu as well which aren't particularly mobile, they they are good in the air so te piecewise we are going to be up against it a little bit and are only saving graces that there's VAR because that goal against Leicester was so offside
00:28:42
Oliver
Yeah, definitely. Yeah, how did the lino miss that?
00:28:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because he wasn't in line with it, if you look at it, if you rewatch it back, he's actually way in advance of it, in my opinion. He's he's gone too far, and he couldn't see he just couldn't see it. I mean, it's so obvious.
00:29:01
Oliver
I feel like some, some Linos are still got it in their head that they've got VAR, VAR to cover them. So they, they're not as focused. um And I see some Linos putting up their flag um after the person's had a shot when there's no VAR, like there's no point in that.
00:29:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:29:19
Oliver
I feel like they, um they're too reliant on the VAR now.
00:29:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:29:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah it's it's, well obviously now for the FA Cup although we're not in it. VAR's coming in from this round onwards and but if we're going to introduce something it's got to be right across the board. I understand it's not because you can't have a VAR system when it's Wellington South versus
00:29:43
Oliver
Yeah.
00:29:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
uchunum town whatever whatever
00:29:44
Oliver
yes Yeah.
00:29:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
and in in the fair round i get that but there needs to be some consistency doesn't there um Or at least have it so when Nick goes up and there's a bit different quality of referee in there involved as well they are used to VAR so why would you go back and do it it's a bit like going and
00:29:52
Oliver
Yeah.
00:30:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
driving a manual car six six gears and then going back and driving an old fashioned car with four gears or or an automatic. Yeah, you can do it, but actually you still used to put it into another gear.
00:30:10
Oliver
yeah
00:30:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
So yeah, it doesn't make sense. It doesn't make sense at all. um So predictions.
00:30:19
Oliver
Well, we've actually, ah we've done quite well against United in in past games. We unbeaten in the last five, won three, drawn two. um um I'm gonna i'm going to say three, one Tottenham.
00:30:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
thatto
00:30:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, i'm I'm going for a 2-0 win and I feel fairly 100% clean sheet.
00:30:41
Oliver
No way we keep a c clean sheet.
00:30:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I don't got a score.
00:30:47
Oliver
especially with a carry-on goal. I don't remember the last time that guy had against City away. That wasn't the last time he had a clean sheet.
00:30:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, he likes Manchester teams. That's my. No, I reckon 2-0 and it's going to be, again, who knows, hopefully we'll be in a better mood come come after the match, to be fair.
00:31:05
Oliver
I think ah think you United are a team you can get at and I think, I think, I mean, I saw a worrying start as I was doing some research. We've only won like, I think it was two games at home in the Premier League since November 3rd. And that is bad. That is really bad.
00:31:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
is it's not championship winning form is it mate to be fair I mean all we can hope is and I think I've said it before I'm resigned to actually league position just being the top of the bottom if that makes sense I can't see us do anything else about a league and
00:31:28
Oliver
That is, that is relegation form.
00:31:40
Oliver
yeah
00:31:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
As long as you pick up some points and start you know the team gets back together, starts playing well, there's a bit of fight about them, a bit more belief about that actually, they can win. um The belief so far has come from young players who just want to try best and and and and and you know play a little bit for themselves sometimes, but you don't mind that because you want people to step up.
00:32:04
Oliver
Yeah.
00:32:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's just ah disappointing when you don't don't see seasoned. season first team is actually not giving it on the pitch or the or decline of players purely for age and tiredness it's really really sad when that's when you see that happening but no i'm gonna go for a tuna win i'm going to be very very positive and yeah up the spurs we can do it onwards and upwards
00:32:11
Oliver
yeah
00:32:28
Oliver
Yeah I'll see you on a Monday when we're crying he said Goodbye
00:32:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
you 100% will. And on that bombshell, until next time, it's a goodbye from him, Oli Kasabi. And it's goodbye from me, Chris Mervyn. You've been listening to Daily Tottenham. Please follow us on X, which is at GSPN Tottenham or that Daily Tottenham. And also on YouTube, which is at Global Sports Podcast Network Limited. Until next time, come on the spares.