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DAILY TOTTENHAM: Wednesday 5th March 2025: AZ Alkmar match preview and Spurs News catch-up
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Daily Tottenham' s Chris Mervyn is joined once again by the man the myth Ollie Kasabi. They talk AZ, Kulu's injury, Maddison, Bissouma, Bentancor, Gray and the biggest two weeks of the season for Spurs since...... the last time we had an important 2 weeks involving cup matches! :).
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Introduction to the Daily Tottenham Podcast
00:00:12
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. ah Good morning, good evening.
Review of Tottenham vs Manchester City Match
00:00:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm Chris Mervin and I'm joined by a man who as is as reliable as Romero being fit for an international break. It's Oli Kasabi. Oli, how are you, my man? You good?
00:00:31
Oliver
I am actually okay despite losing to City um in the league because we ah we've got some returning players and some big names coming back
00:00:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
We have, mate, we have. And you you unfortunately had the um the task of going and watching the Man City match. Man City match, sorry. ah Man City match is slightly better, but Man City match.
00:00:53
Oliver
yeah
00:00:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
um how How was it?
00:00:56
Oliver
It was dull. Very, very dull. i mean, the first half, I think we had one shot. was It wasn't even on target. um City controlled the pretty much the whole game, especially the first 45.
00:01:13
Oliver
they just After they got their goal, which was pathetic, by the way, they just walked through the team and then Haaland basically had a tap-in. After that, they just sat with 11 men behind the ball and past passed it about for for the rest of the game, really.
00:01:29
Oliver
Second half, we we had a couple of decent chances, but nothing really threatening.
00:01:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, i've ah obviously I watched it, ah but not live like yourself. and Although you can always get the feel feel of the atmosphere. um It didn't help, but the commentators saying every five minutes, don't watch any highlights, commentators say every five minutes saying it was very quiet.
00:01:43
Oliver
It was...
00:01:48
Oliver
It was...
00:01:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
What do you expect? They're playing atrocious.
00:01:51
Oliver
I mean, that the um ah ticket, and it wasn't ah sold out. Many tickets didn't didn't sell on the exchange. ah It was midweek, um so that doesn't help.
00:02:03
Oliver
And it it was really, really boring, so...
00:02:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, we're not in good form still. It's against Man City who, I mean, this is just like a ah match we play every other week now, isn't it, Man City? I mean, how many times we've played him recently?
00:02:15
Oliver
yeah
00:02:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
So it's not one of the ones which is going to get people out going to look at it and watch it because they've seen Man City twice already this this season perhaps. Yeah.
Crucial Week Ahead for Tottenham
00:02:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Anyway, we've got lots to get through on today's show with arguably the most important week of the season coming up.
00:02:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And yes, no, yes, it is that it is the most important week, definitely.
00:02:35
Oliver
Yeah, yeah.
00:02:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
For Tottenham, the future of Ange and every Spurs fan's level of happiness for the foreseeable future as well. So it's really important. First off, let's round up what's been in the Spurs news the last days. first off, big broke.
00:02:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
And obviously, Insta as don't know this. Just to prove yeah, I am injured. I'm going boot. I'm going shot of balcony. just a they're Is wearing a don't just I've got boot on? say I've boot on? don't you just a don't say I've got boot don't I've a on? Why don't you I've got boot on? don't say I've a don't just say I've got Why don't boot on?
00:03:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Why don't you just say a boot just say got boot on? don't you just I've boot on? Why you just I've got boot don't just say I've got a boot on? don't you I've on?
00:03:10
Oliver
yeah yeah we don't need all that fancy stuff
00:03:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
don't you just I've got boot just I've got boot No, no. So Kuluzeski's
Kulusevski's Injury and Recovery Benefits
00:03:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
injured. um He's not been playing 100%. He said that himself, actually i think he said of he's been been playing about 40% of what he can do recently.
00:03:23
Oliver
yep yeah he's being overworked
00:03:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
And that's obviously because he's absolutely... so Yeah, if he was a sports car, someone's stolen him and absolutely...
00:03:32
Oliver
ah sh
00:03:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
right raked him down the motorway and now he's like I need i need a service and that's ultimately what's happened a couple of weeks out they're saying two weeks two matches
00:03:34
Oliver
yeah
00:03:38
Oliver
yeahp
00:03:45
Oliver
well um'm I'm hearing um that he's going to be out for until after the international break. So he's going to have about a month off, um which is good for him because we're getting plays back for one.
00:03:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:04:02
Oliver
And so it won't feel as big of a miss. And two, he's needed the rest. He has needed the rest for a long while. And a month off is probably going to do him good in the long run, the team good in the long run.
00:04:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, you you've you've got players back. There's players to come in. It's not, although it's a massive, you know, miss because other aeriess he's been our most influential player when he's been playing top form.
00:04:23
Oliver
Yeah,
00:04:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But he has been carrying something, lethargy or tiredness, etc. And obviously he's picked up an injury there as well and needs a rest 100%.
00:04:35
Oliver
yeah I mean, I found out that he only played he's only played 32 less minutes in all competitions for club and country this season than he did for the whole of last season.
00:04:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
But it gives opportunities.
00:04:46
Oliver
And he his last game was on the 26th of February.
00:04:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
wow
00:04:49
Oliver
So that is just outrageous numbers.
00:04:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Crikey. I thought it was something to do where we're having a really good, sunny... I don't know where people listening to this, but from where we are down in the southwest, am in the southwest, it's quite a sunny weather at the moment.
00:05:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I just thought with his fair skin, you can't risk that, can you?
00:05:04
Oliver
Yeah.
00:05:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
You're going out of fair skin and ginger hair.
00:05:07
Oliver
Yep. Yeah. it
00:05:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
he like Come on. He's got a sort of, you know, I'll have a few weeks off now. And he's earned it, to be fair. And the good thing about it is that there are players coming back and it gives... A great opportunity for Maddison to get in the starting line-up, hopefully, and really show what he's worth.
00:05:21
Oliver
yep
00:05:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
And Maddison does seem to play quite well before an international break as well, doesn't he? he's got
00:05:29
Oliver
yeah
00:05:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know he wants to prove it, and i think he's got still a point to prove, hopefully.
00:05:34
Oliver
Yeah, there's no guarantee he gets in that England team. And if he has a good final four games before the break, there's not really a reason not to not to put him in, in my opinion.
00:05:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, you look at the players who are... in the same sort of positions and none of them are doing anything or they I mean it's doubtful that he's gonna not um bring in Foden even though Foden's been playing atrocious I don't know what the heck's happened to him he has dropped off um
00:05:56
Oliver
Yeah.
00:05:59
Oliver
Massively.
00:06:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
majorly. and um But I think Maddison has been playing badly. His numbers are really good.
00:06:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
um He just hasn't been consistent as in getting playing time. Niggly injuries again. And that has seemed to dog his time with us. But saying that, it's Spurs and he's not alone. There's lots of players who have shone brightly and then burnt out.
00:06:06
Oliver
Yeah, very, very good.
00:06:16
Oliver
Yeah.
00:06:20
Oliver
Yep.
00:06:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Good Lord. um So
Romero's Return and Club vs Country Debate
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Global Sports Podcast Network
he's injured. and We've had Clusetti's injured. So that, again, gives it opportunities. Romero. International call-up.
00:06:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
hello.
00:06:33
Oliver
It's funny, isn't it? ah so he's he's He's not played for months and there's an international break coming up and oh he's he's getting fit again. Some people, ah think, are overreacting quite a fair bit.
00:06:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:06:46
Oliver
They're saying they don't want to see him play for us again, get rid of him in the summer, just because they feel like he's choosing Argentina over us. And he can you really blame him, though? like A lot of players...
00:07:02
Oliver
will want to play for club over country because in my opinion, this ah it's a higher achievement in football playing for your country. And Argentinians are passionate as it is.
00:07:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:15
Oliver
So don't really, I don't really have a problem with it. As long as he plays at least three of the four games before the international break, I don't have a problem with him going.
00:07:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think he's got, he's been a victim of timing little bit. um There's no doubt about it. Words like, um what was it, um slow healing um for his injury doesn't help at all.
00:07:39
Oliver
Yeah. No.
00:07:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, if at least it's sort of, it's not great.
00:07:41
Oliver
no
00:07:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I think, yeah, people are, well, some of some Spurs fans have been a little bit over the top regards to it. Yeah. you know If you've got a chance to play for your country, course you've got to do it. And Kane was the same. He he put know you turned up, played injured or just coming back from an injury, you we would play for it.
00:08:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
And yes, he was a captain. But I think Romero's in that leadership group as well. And he's he's quite well respected there. And he is their best player.
00:08:05
Oliver
he's one of their most important players. Yeah. The best, the the best defender by a far.
00:08:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. And it's a World Cup qualifier. They're the World... They've won the World Cup. um They've won the Copa America as well. So he's got loads of... um reasons to go he really has so i I kind of don't blame him um and people who say he hasn't really know turned up for Spurs well he has he's been arguably one of our best well he is our best defender when he's playing
00:08:35
Oliver
He is so, so good. And ah think think a lot of Spurs fans must have short memory because he is he's outstanding on his day and but up there with some of the some of the best defenders in the league.
00:08:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Is he a better is he is he better is it a better team with him in it?
00:08:52
Oliver
Absolutely.
00:08:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
100%. Of course it is. So if we and Madrid come along, well, that's kind of different because that's in Levy's territory and Levy will do what Levy wants.
00:09:02
Oliver
Yeah.
00:09:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
And so, you know, if there's an X amount of money on the table, then great. That's that's what will happen. ah But at least we've got some cover now and I'm not too worried about where we were before.
00:09:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
As long as something's brought in again, it's not, you know, if he is sold...
00:09:17
Oliver
I mean, ah i don't think Real Madrid are going near Romero because le they know Levy and they know what he'll be like in the negotiations. Levy will ask for a hundred odd million.
00:09:30
Oliver
And ah think he's got he's got years on his contract. You can value a player what you want. I mean, Newcastle are saying 150 million for Isak and they have that right to. So you can you can you can value your players at what you want.
00:09:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Also, I think they're they're looking at Trent, aren't they, on a three? He's going to cost a lot of money wage-wise.
00:09:49
Oliver
Yeah.
00:09:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, you know, that's money which going have to spend. And even a few other players as well. Even Van Dijk's been muted, I hear, as well, which wouldn't be a bad call because it's...
00:10:00
Oliver
Yeah, um they're looking at Adam Wharton and that ah um Spanish centre-back from Bournemouth.
00:10:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
The same people we are. Yeah, great.
00:10:10
Oliver
if So, I think they should definitely come to Spurs.
00:10:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Who would you rather go and play for?
00:10:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
100%.
00:10:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
We've got the better kit, apart from when it's got red bits on the logos. But that's another total...
00:10:20
Oliver
still I still don't understand that.
00:10:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't understand it either. I really don't. And I don't think anybody does because... No, let's not get into it. We're not doing that now. That's another podcast. Good Lord. um So I think kind of don't... Yeah...
00:10:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
End of the day, would leave you selling. You know what? He's called a club out. I don't know how much that ah affects him in regards to, you know what? You shouldn't have done that and see you later.
00:10:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But I don't think he's spiteful enough. He'll do it purely on business. If it makes good business sense, then he'll do it.
00:10:51
Oliver
Yeah.
00:10:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
But there's no doubt I think Romero will wellll go away. He's not going to say, no, you're right, um because he values his international caps. um But at the same time, I think he will play as well, because why wouldn't they?
00:11:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
that This will work up for qualifiers as well. So they need get the best team out.
00:11:10
Oliver
Yeah.
00:11:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, who else is going to be in that position?
00:11:16
Oliver
ah plain They're playing Uruguay and Brazil as well. They're big, big nations.
00:11:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, and those are the teams you want to play. you know if you if you say to If you play for England and you're playing in against um Iceland, with respect to Iceland, they're not going to be as up if you're playing against Germany, Brazil, Argentina.
00:11:22
Oliver
Yeah. No. Yeah.
00:11:29
Oliver
no
00:11:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
They're major teams, so they're big teams, aren't they?
00:11:36
Oliver
yeah
00:11:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
So this time a year, we um also start talking about contracts and to the players and talks for different
Contract Talks: Benton Cor and Basuma's Future
00:11:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
reasons, or contracts. that have been talked about different reasons are Benton Corp and Basuma. So Benton Corp, they've started preliminary talks about extending his contract, I believe.
00:11:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
But um two two questions on that. One... I like Ben to call when he's at it. We've always had the conversation there, haven't we, when we've done post-matches.
00:12:04
Oliver
Mm-hmm.
00:12:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
What happened to him? Oh, he's brilliant. And when he is brilliant, fantastic. But he's he's been in and out this year, not being as consistent should do, but he's not alone in that. I think most players have been like that for us, to be honest, um apart from March Gray, but that's another one. um So two questions. One, would you extend it?
00:12:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Is he going to be happy? Because I think what we can do is do a lot better than him. I think our next progression for... transfers is to get better than we already have because that's only way you can improve the team.
00:12:35
Oliver
Yeah, I mean, I would extend it for a couple of reasons. One, I think we'll look to get rid of Azuma in the summer.
00:12:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, that's the other player who i was going to talk about. Yeah, definitely.
00:12:49
Oliver
And two, I feel like he's buddies with Romero, the the South American buddy. So, feel like if Ben Zancor was there, Romero would be a lot happier and you want to keep a player like Romero as happy as possible, especially coming into um a summer transfer window. You don't want a player like him leaving.
00:13:14
Oliver
And... he He is a good player, Ben Sankor. take him over Basuma the starting XI all day.
00:13:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
He is.
00:13:22
Oliver
um in the start eleven all day
00:13:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Bissouma...
00:13:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
he looks he would look great in a... This is one of the things in the mentality, I guess, with Spurs. When they come to Spurs, sometimes they either take it to another level and then they're superstars and they go to moon Madrid and wherever wherever else.
00:13:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Or they don't quite make I don't know if it's a mental block thing, but... up you know when he was at Brighton he was phenomenal he was this this player he should be playing and at another level and we got him and I was so excited but he's never reached those heights not consistently the only time have been glimpses and I mean that quite well or he's played a good half he's not consistently he hasn't done it and you know
00:13:56
Oliver
Yeah.
00:14:06
Oliver
Nah.
00:14:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
if you look at the the better teams in the league, which we want to be aspiring to, and yes, there are 13 odd above us or 12 above us that's currently, but I mean the top teams, so how many of those teams would he get in in current current form?
00:14:16
Oliver
Yeah. not not Not a lot. None, probably.
00:14:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't think he any, um, arguably he's probably at his level with where we are now. You know, ah think I think I've heard a another podcast actually. So, um, it's, it's not my thoughts on this, but they were talking about maybe a crystal palace or something about that.
00:14:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
And that seems to be true. He would do
Archie Gray's Development at Tottenham
00:14:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
quite well there, I think.
00:14:39
Oliver
Yeah, I mean, he he's just not good good enough ah for where we want to be ah as a club.
00:14:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Um,
00:14:46
Oliver
we Benton Corr, I think Archie Gray um should just be the number six when when he can because we we play him, we chuck him in And then we just, he develops even more than he already has.
00:15:01
Oliver
So I don't think we need to actively go and look for a better number six when we have Archie Gray. Because if you buy a number six for 60 million, yeah he's expecting to play every game and that stops Archie Gray's development.
00:15:16
Oliver
So I think we just chuck Gray in.
00:15:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think you are absolutely right. And Gray, obviously, in the news recently, he's, as we know, already a a fan's favourite, as a favourite ours as well, of course, on this podcast.
00:15:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Although he's never actually played in his correct position yet, which is amazing.
00:15:34
Oliver
yep yeahp
00:15:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
um he seems to learn things really quickly on the pitch. um And I think he's just a good all-round, really good footballer. He's got a good footballing brain. um He doesn't, he can adapt quite easily on the pitch, which, which shows ah another level of skill, I think, compared to the players.
00:15:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
And he's obviously won the coveted Young Player of the Year award at the London Football Awards. And that's, for and London Football Awards is obviously all the top sort of teams in London and Arsenal as well.
00:16:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Nothing wrong about that, mate.
00:16:07
Oliver
if if if anyone if anyone wants to go and send that to any of your arsenal Arsenal mates go ahead they they would love to hear it
00:16:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm talking after they've beaten a blimmin' Dutch side, seven goals to one.
00:16:20
Oliver
yeah okay
00:16:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, you know, it is it is a little bit tongue-in-cheek. Of course it is. Yeah, or some of best friends are are Arsenal fans. That's fine. um Let's have a quick break. And after the break, we'll talk about Thursday night away to AZ Agma.
Preview: Tottenham vs AZ Alkmaar Match
00:17:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Welcome back. Okay, so Thursday night at a rather awkward 5.45pm kick-off, ah we play AZ Agmar away. Now, AZ Agmar... Obviously, we've played them before.
00:17:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
um They've been playing pretty well recently. um They've picked up. They're currently sixth in the... I even say that word.
00:17:21
Oliver
All right, if it's a...
00:17:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
How the heck do you say that? I don't know. in I'll change that. Rewind. Whoop. ah They're currently sixth in their league. And they've gone through their own injury period themselves.
00:17:29
Oliver
you shit
00:17:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
And now have several players back to face us as well. um I've listened to quite a few sort of... um podcast and Dutch um news commentators, sports commentators, talking about them. And um yeah, they've they've got their own few youngsters there back now, which is good. And they felt that when they played against us before, they weren't in the same sort of position ah and and quality.
00:17:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
But neither will we, to be honest. And we're certainly... Man City aside, we're certainly in a better place than we were.
00:17:59
Oliver
Yeah, I mean...
00:17:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we'll see. But yeah, well what do you... um How are you seeing the matchup, mate? um Can we take anything from beating them previously? or is it like a clean slate now?
00:18:08
Oliver
I ah think it is a clean slate. ah I don't think we should look into the game in the league phase where we beat them at all, really. Because when we when we played them in the league phase, they were coming off the back of four straight losses.
00:18:23
Oliver
And now they're coming off the back of five wins in their last eight. So it's basically the complete opposite. And like you said, they're getting players back um as a wee.
00:18:36
Oliver
So, yeah, I think it's a clean slate. It's not going to be easy at all. I don't think we'll be beating this Dutch team 7-1. But... um ah but um
00:18:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
That would be boring.
00:18:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Come on. we We want to keep people on the edge of the seats.
00:18:47
Oliver
shit
00:18:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Crikey.
00:18:49
Oliver
Yeah.
00:18:50
Oliver
um But they they they lost them on the weekend.
00:18:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Okay.
00:18:54
Oliver
We didn't have a game on the weekend. They played 120 minutes on Thursday before that. So they they might be they might be a bit tired.
00:19:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, we can only hope. Who are the players to watch out for? Is it the same players before? um I guess it might be.
00:19:10
Oliver
I mean, ah I'd say Troy Parrott. um And he's a bit of a strange one and because i feel like he has good patches and bad patches. And when he's good, he's he's scoring ah goal every game. And when he's bad, he's going on a long run and not scoring because he's goalless in the last four games.
00:19:31
Oliver
um and But in the
00:19:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Any assists or no?
00:19:35
Oliver
no but but in the in the last in the five games before that ah that them four games, he was scoring in every game. So it's it's a bit of a strange one. I think he'll be up for it um against his former team.
00:19:47
Oliver
um And I wouldn't be surprised if he scored.
00:19:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Where do you see their league? Do you see it the same as the sort championship? um
00:19:55
Oliver
ah I mean, ah think it's...
00:19:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Because it's difficult, isn't it? Because I liked Troy Parrott, but ah did ah when of when I watched him play for us, I never actually thought he's going to make it at Spurs.
00:20:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
And that sounds terrible, but he just didn't seem to have that next step up. And sometimes you have to do it by going away on loan, don't you? As we've seen before with great players.
00:20:14
Oliver
yeah
00:20:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
But um'm not worse I'm not still not convinced looking at him that he is a top, top, top player.
00:20:21
Oliver
No, and I remember hearing but the first time we played them that a lot of the AZ fans didn't really rate him at all. And um I don't think he's the top scorer in all competitions.
00:20:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
really
00:20:35
Oliver
So he's doing well, but... Like I said, I don't think he's doing it consistently. And when you're a striker, it's like you need goals and and you you need a striker to be scoring a goal every other game at least. And he's not really doing that.
00:20:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
i think we've seen a lot of strikers come over from that league i don't think that many of them have actually set the world alight because it's obviously a big, big jump to the Premier League.
00:21:05
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So it'll be interesting to see how he does um ah tomorrow. Who do you think will be in our starting XI?
00:21:13
Oliver
I think you you would really like anyone would struggle to get the XI correct because of the returning players. But I reckon...
00:21:26
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Do you think he'll risk people, at least for halves?
00:21:28
Oliver
I reckon...
00:21:29
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For instance, if Romero's ready, do you think is you should put him in for a half?
00:21:33
Oliver
I think if if Romero is ready, I think he'll play 70 minutes. I think, in in my opinion, I think we're going to play Vicario, Spence, Romero, Danso, Udogi, Ben Tankor, Bergvau, Madison, Johnson, Tell and Son.
00:21:55
Oliver
I don't think he'll play Van der Ven or Solanke because I think they're coming... back later than Romero, ah maybe a week later.
00:22:04
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Yeah.
00:22:05
Oliver
So ah think yeah i think i think the game against Bournemouth on the weekend is when Van der Venem and Solanke will get their minutes.
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Maybe the next one.
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Yeah, and then again, he i guess he has to manage that as well because realistically, although we always want to be in our li league games as well and it will help, ah the focus has got to be solely on the European, hasn't it?
00:22:23
Oliver
Yeah, absolutely. for for i mean
00:22:25
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And it's
00:22:26
Oliver
before Before every European game, if we had a Premier League game, I'd be resting at least five of the starting XI because we're not going to get anywhere near Europe now in the league. There's no point really even trying.
00:22:45
Oliver
There's about eight
00:22:45
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We don't want conference, I don't think, anyway. So what's the point?
00:22:47
Oliver
Nah Yeah Go for the Europa League If you win the Europa League You win a trophy And you get Champions League football It's it's the dream So
00:22:47
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If we can if you make it, let's just let's just stay where we are. Yeah.
00:22:56
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is Everything's got to be in that, definitely.
00:22:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
So with our match um the match at home in the second leg, should we be concerned that our so waveform is atrocious in the first leg? and cut you know sh i We'll talk about predictions after the advert in a minute, but...
00:22:58
Oliver
yeah
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Do you think we should, you know, if we if we we're definitely going to let goal in.
00:23:16
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and it
00:23:16
Oliver
Yeah, I think i think na's that's a given.
00:23:18
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They might not score, it might be a home goal, to be honest.
00:23:18
Oliver
um
00:23:20
Oliver
I mean, to be fair though, when when we played Brentford, um I thought we were going to concede a couple and we we played very well there.
00:23:21
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Yeah.
00:23:30
Oliver
we We were strong at the back, we were disciplined. So you never know, we we could go and keep a clean sheet.
00:23:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
They only need to get some of those shots on target, though. They had a lot of opportunities, didn't they? At one point, they they they were their their breaks were phenomenal.
00:23:41
Oliver
Yeah, i mean...
00:23:44
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And we're not they're not but not playing the same sort standard team, are we, with AZ Agmar?
00:23:47
Oliver
No, I think AZ will know they need a lead going to the away leg because if if they don't have a lead going to White Hart Lane, then I don't think they have much of a chance with all due respect.
00:24:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, right, let's let' have a quick break and afterwards we'll talk about predictions and a few more bits.
00:24:51
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Quickly Google's Bionique. 40% off. Interesting. Okay, so welcome back. ah So, match tomorrow, Ezel Agmar.
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Predictions.
Predictions for AZ Alkmaar Match
00:25:03
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We're never wrong.
00:25:04
Oliver
We are never ever wrong.
00:25:05
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But we are very also very right. but really right um
00:25:08
Oliver
Okay.
00:25:10
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I think... I'm going to mine first, mate. I think that we're going to basically...
00:25:12
Oliver
okay
00:25:18
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I think it's going to be quite tight. There might be one one or two goals in it. And I think we're going to... I'm going to go for a win because we should be beating them.
00:25:27
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We should. I think it'll be 2-1. What do you think?
00:25:27
Oliver
yep i i agree 2-1 is my prediction um shit nope
00:25:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Get on. Get on. You've just done exactly what I would have done if I was second.
00:25:39
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Basically, no one's got any idea. They don't even know who the start at 11 is going to be. um And we don't know how we're going to play. um But...
00:25:47
Oliver
win 7-1
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if you look at If you look at the stats and how we played away, we should be losing it all day long. But it's the hope that kills you.
00:25:54
Oliver
I mean, we've we've been pretty good and in the Europa League, home and away. We just won loss and it was to Galatasaray.
00:25:58
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we Yeah, we have.
00:26:00
Oliver
So, ah think I think we should win.
00:26:01
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Yeah.
00:26:03
Oliver
And I think if Romero starts, that'll be a big boost. I don't think the other two will start. I really don't.
00:26:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, I think you're right and it would be silly to do that, i I think, because we've got a much better chance, even if we've go got a goal deficit, two goals maybe, at home we've got a better chance of getting that around because we we could be playing our strongest side or one of us, almost strongest side, I guess.
00:26:20
Oliver
Yeah.
00:26:29
Oliver
Yeah. Yeah.
00:26:29
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um So, really important time for the club, as we said before, and the fans.
Speculation on Tottenham Manager's Future
00:26:37
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And I think I'm right in saying and you're on the pet same page with me on this one.
00:26:43
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If we lose the two matches and we're out of it, he still stays for the end of the season anyway because I can't see any point in getting rid of him.
00:26:49
Oliver
yeah I mean, I said before before we were at the Carabao Cup and the FA Cup, I said, even if we don't win the trophy, I still want to keep him until at least the end of next season because he didn he's been dealt a very bad hand with the injuries.
00:27:10
Oliver
So, yeah, I won't feel any anger don't... if we don't ah win the Europa League but I think we should be going at least to the semi-finals as a minimum
00:27:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think you're exactly right, mate. I really do. um
00:27:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, I'm going to look at hotels in a minute. Try and book it. I'm not. um But I think we should be in this, definitely. um So that's the match tomorrow. um Now...
00:27:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Before the season started, with our squad, obviously we've had some additions as well. The first 11 would be dramatically different, if I'm right in saying, than it is now.
00:27:54
Oliver
Yes.
00:27:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
And that's more likely because we've had to give young players a chance because of the injuries.
00:27:59
Oliver
Yeah.
00:28:02
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And they've really flourished and taken that opportunity, haven't they? ah Which, you know, hopefully other players will do, like Madison now will take that opportunity of Kuliseski being injured as well.
00:28:09
Oliver
Yeah, hopefully.
00:28:11
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So to end the podcast on, um if all our players were now fit from our squad, who would you pick to start at N11? And this obviously will possibly lead on to next season as well, I guess.
00:28:21
Oliver
All right.
00:28:23
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Who would you to go for?
00:28:24
Oliver
Yeah. I mean, I would play Vicario as number one, no doubt in that.
00:28:29
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Yep.
00:28:31
Oliver
ah I'd play Spence over Porro now because I think Spence is undroppable ah in the way he's playing.
00:28:38
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Yep.
00:28:40
Oliver
I'd play Romero, vanda Van der Ven, Obvious, Udogi. um I'd play Gray as the sixth.
00:28:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's a six.
00:28:50
Oliver
Yep.
00:28:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:28:52
Oliver
Bergvau as the eighth. Kuliszewski as the 10. Then I'd play Solanke. Son. Son.
00:29:03
Oliver
He... One game a week, Son. um And on the right...
00:29:06
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So who would you have on you? Okay. You're allowed to have a ah slash there with a different player. Odabert, you give him a shot?
00:29:13
Oliver
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. um and
00:29:15
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Don't say Werner. Right.
00:29:17
Oliver
And then, you know what? I think Johnson, I'm pretty sure Johnson's our top scorer.
00:29:23
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Still got to tell.
00:29:24
Oliver
Yeah, I was, I'm thinking, it's Johnson, I'll tell.
00:29:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:29:28
Oliver
Johnson, um um um I've given up, to be honest with Johnson. I don't care that he's he' our top scorer. I don't think he offers anything ah vol just other than running in at the back post, getting on the end of ah of a cross.
00:29:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's very good at doing that. um and you have to argue that if you had a better player in that position, he would still find that position.
00:29:44
Oliver
He is
00:29:49
Oliver
Yeah, I mean.
00:29:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Because it's it's obviously preordained, isn't it?
00:29:52
Oliver
he just I just don't feel like he offers anything. And when he doesn't offer anything going forward, you'd expect some some work rate and getting back and defending.
00:30:03
Oliver
And he kind of does that, but I don't feel like he has any any any common sense in those defensive positions. I just don't think he offers anything.
00:30:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:30:13
Oliver
And I'd play Tell, especially because I want to see Tell play out wide and see what he's got out wide because he can't you can't play up top.
00:30:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. I think so. i think Tao with, yeah, with the other players around him and and that 11 are pretty, pretty good. And I think ive got I'll go with exactly that really, mate.
00:30:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
And i think where we need to improve... Well, you can always improve a team, can't you? But you we need to buy better players for more money.
00:30:36
Oliver
Yeah.
00:30:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
And that more money is probably to do with wage structure. But that goes down to the whole business about how the clubs run. The things we can't next typically change anyway. so Fantastic. Well, look that's all we've got time for today on Daily Tottenham, mate.
00:30:52
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Thank you so much for listening, everybody. Make sure to follow us on our socials at Daily Tottenham and on our YouTube channel at Global Sports Podcast Network Limited. Until next time, it's goodbye from him, Super Oli Kasabi.
00:31:06
Oliver
Goodbye.
00:31:07
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And it's goodbye from me, Chris Mervin. Goodbye. um You've been listening to Daily Tottenham on the Global Sports Podcast Network. Come on, you Spurs.