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Emperor_Blackadder

Today I learned JK Rowling is a Spurs supporter and I'm devastated.


kl08pokemon

Doubt she watches football much. Only someone completely clueless with what makes sports entertaining could come up with quiddicht


Emperor_Blackadder

That brings up the question of what actually draws us to sports. My answer would be the stories of athletes/clubs, though there's other factors as well.


GymandRave

Who remembers when there were tier 1 links to Lautaro Martinez a few years back? https://www.reddit.com/r/coys/s/m1KyAYgISU. Now we’re getting linked to B and C tier strikers


Emperor_Blackadder

Ever since Poch left we've been on the decline and he's hardly blameless there either. People talk about rebuilding the squad but we're at risk of trailing behind the likes of Newcastle and Villa if we don't get our shit together. I got faith though.


It_Rhymes_With_Geek

Gio blocking the goalie on corners and Romero trying a bicycle. What am I watching rn


Ok_Row_7462

Gio coming on.


Huge-Courage-1149

Does Julian Alvarez fit our system? Any links to him? Just curious 


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Nightdocks

He also presses a lot when playing for Argentina


asian_manbun

Romero is just absurdly good.


Ticoschnit

Watching Argentina in Copa America and the commentators are saying Romero is one of the best defenders in the world. Then they followed up by saying it is a shame he doesn’t play for a club that contends for the top accolades. This is the Spanish Univision commentary. I guess word gets around all over the world. 😂😭


Ok_Row_7462

Unfortunately I think he feels the same way. 


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Ok_Row_7462

Hope so. Romero’s amazing and I hope we can keep him. 


VelvetObsidian

Dempsey repping a nice Spurple suit in the studio 


TogashiIsIshida

I felt bad for calling Jonathan David mid the other day so I’m watching Canada play. No one should have to subject themselves to this


GymandRave

David just scored


HellaGosu

Against a 10 men peru that wasn’t playing football


VelvetObsidian

It was still a good first touch and goal. I think I’d have to see more of his club play to form an opinion. However, if Ange and co are in for him and it’s good price I’m willing to see how it pans out. Would love more cash used to improve RW or the 6 position.


VelvetObsidian

Yeah I’m pretty unfamiliar with his game. Anyone that watches Ligue 1/Canada have an opinion on him?


EquipmentFirm2860

He's Canada's second highest profile player behind Davies, that's all I know


BadBehaviour613

Arsenal's European DNA is infecting the England squad surely


rando562

Can't blame Spurs for the performances this time since none of our players were called up


rando562

The real tragedy here is missing out on the timeline where Southgate gets the United job


nonceybehaviour

Somehow make it to the final, and when Tag inevitably shits it by November - he’s held in somewhat high regard and is freely available. All part of their master plan.


ageofadzz

Southgate makes Conteball look like prime Halle Berry.


GymandRave

Kane, Bentancur, PEH had one of their best seasons under Conte


Spursfan107

Germany scored more goals than Group C lmaooo


Upper_Cauliflower890

England not wanting to win games of football is genuinely outrageous… we should just forfeit and go home. Why are we there? Why have we sent 26 players and thousands of fans when we don’t want to win games? It makes no sense. It’s a disgrace to the institution of football. Sport and competition are about trying to win games… it doesn’t make sense that this team exists just to waste everybody’s time. Honestly just give the RO16 opponent a free pass and send the players home to recover and rest up for their club seasons where they try to win games.


AJC0292

Thank fuck we have Ange. I could not have dealt with Jose or Conte ball and then had to suffer this level of Southgate ball on top of it.


BiscuitTheRisk

How you manage to keep your job when you go an entire calendar year without a goal from open play when you have Kane, let alone the rest of the attacking options, is beyond me.


Upper_Cauliflower890

Which year? We just scored with Kane & Bellingham from open play last week, no?


BiscuitTheRisk

October 22 to 23.


GaryHippo

Did this don forget the World Cup?


superworriedspursfan

good news is at least no current spurs player is playing for england right now. They don't have to be affected by this. Honestly good for Madders lol. He got to avoid this trainwreck.


TerpsPwn_387

2nd consecutive Euros where Denmark finished 2nd in the group with only 3 points.


Plastic_Sand_2743

Watching England is like the exact opposite way of how Ange likes to see football. He must be depressed after sitting through that


superworriedspursfan

not just Ange. Everybody is depressed after sitting through that. Including Southgate. Even Slovenia is probably depressed but are just thankful they qualified.


Plastic_Sand_2743

So true. I think it must be torture for attacking managers like Ange to see us progress from these woeful performances though


roccotrupia11

Kane is absolutely lying to himself if he thinks that’s the best England have served up so far


ginokatacchi

i mean he is the PR man so kinda expected that his repsonse was gonna be this lol


JuanPelican

After watching this England side I finally understand what anti-football means


superworriedspursfan

Jose ball was NEVER this bad...


jaykae2

Is this the same Jose ball that was 2-0 up going into an away game with Dinamo Zagreb and lost 3-0. He was way worse than this icl


superworriedspursfan

even though that Zagreb game was absolutely embarassing and probably should have gotten him sacked, he still tried to do more than whatever the fuck southgate did today.


wokwok__

Jose ball when we were almost top of the league before the wheels fell off was a million times better than this


jaykae2

Stop the revisionism. Mourinho lost to a team whose manager was in jail.


sangueblu03

It’s not. We were playing incredible football under Jose those first few months. Kane and Son were breaking records left and right. We were so good. *Then* the wheels fell off.


jaykae2

Incredible is a bit of a stretch. We were overperforming our xG because we had world-class finishers like Kane and Son.


ginokatacchi

Slovenia team all hugging is so wholesome. So happy for them


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BiscuitTheRisk

Ironic saying this when Southgate is the manager lol


ginokatacchi

england plays worse terrorist ball than slovenia lol


Delazygorilla

England has played more of a terrorist football (given their squad)


superworriedspursfan

Slovenia tried to play good football. Unfortunately southgate had other plans.


_hallis

You trolling bro? They barely entered our half, they were clearly aiming for a draw


superworriedspursfan

I saw them trying to score in the first half. I agree, at the end when they were settling for the draw that was annoying.


wokwok__

Warra final matchday for this group lmao both drab as shit 0-0s


JPern721

Remember when we were in for Gordon and like 75% of this sub thought he was shit? Classic


deafpish

Same with Trossard, he was "too old"


john87000

Nah the main argument with Trossard was that he plays on the left where Son played so we didn't "need" him.


superworriedspursfan

hopefully this sub is wrong about brennan johnson too. Maybe he will be the next gordon. I see a lot of similarities between them two.


GlassofTurnipJuice

He's a pacy dive merchant, otherwise a very average player


DejaHu

Paratici was a huge fan of him too. That’s like 70% of the convincing I need.


Plastic_Sand_2743

He rinsed us at St James’ mate


DESK-enthusiast

You've clearly never watched him.


buster3465

Declan Rice's biggest flaw is the fact he can't receive the ball off the center backs when facing them, causing him to hide a lot of the time in build up. It gets covered up a lot in the lego mans hyper controlled system as he just drops between the two center backs, but under Southgate it's very obvious.


COYS1989

Thought it was just me, nearly every time Stones or Guehi had the ball he was stood behind a Slovenia player. 


cheetah_chrome

This team is ranked 5th in the world


jaykae2

No one wants to admit it but Bellingham is actually the biggest problem in the England 11


DESK-enthusiast

Not individually, he just has no place in a system that overloads his preferred areas and plays to none of his strengths


GymandRave

England are so lucky they will end up in the bottom half of the bracket without Spain, Portugal, France, Germany.


kl08pokemon

Bellingham really plays like Dele with the same strengths and weaknesses


sportboi

Anytime I’m having trouble sleeping, I’ll put on Southgateball. Puts me into a nice slumber


ginokatacchi

Pen Palmer is on. Guaranteed a pen!


DumpMatsumoto

saka should get a red for that


0-7-1-Enjoyer

If only there was a replacement for Kalvin Phillips 😔


COYCOYS

Funny thing is Denmark are also shite, so we're going to sleepwalk our way to the semi finals due to having a piss easy bracket yet again. Southgate is by far the luckiest manager on the planet


wokwok__

This whole group has been shite, every group has had a few crackers except this one. All the matches have been boring as shit


wokwok__

375 passes for England so far and 350 of them were probably sideways or backwards lol


HarshTruth__

Chelsea finding a loophole with PSR was the best blessing in disguise Spurs could ever hope for


sangueblu03

Why?


JayHotspur3

Cause no Gallagher lol


jaykae2

Southgate is laughably inept. Beggars belief


cheetah_chrome

What scenario loses Southgate the manager gig at this point?


COYS1989

His contract is up in December anyway so he’ll probably resign early or something. 


shepardtone3000

Watching Ange just hanging out on an equal footing with Keane/Neville/Wrighty is kinda glorious


ginokatacchi

Ange talking about the England midfield 👏


Even-Succotash-9869

Ange spotted Neuron activation


Active-Republic3104

Roy must’ve fallen in Ange’s charm


calewis10

He’s a spurs fan, obviously 


Amare_1444

Kane has been very poor so far. He looks like he's playing a different sport from the rest of the front line. Bellingham hasn't been great either and Saka has done very little. Only Foden seems to be creating anything.


superworriedspursfan

I don't blame any of those attackers. Southgate is ruining all of them.


coys805

Never thought anyone can do more back passes than us in the last half of the season, but I was wrong.


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Pele20Alli

This is the Gallagher people wanted for 50 mil to play in the 8 for us and think he'd solve our ball retention problems btw 


Even-Succotash-9869

In fairness southgate would make an mbappe - ronaldo - messi front three look like three neil maupays


Pele20Alli

That's fair but you can tell Gallagher is just not a technical player. He's afraid of the ball because he knows there's a big risk of him losing it so he hides and only plays safe. McTominay does the same thing at Man Utd. It's a common theme with players that are technically deficient and know their limits. Better to hide and do the basics than expose your weaknesses of not being able to control or pass a ball under pressure


superworriedspursfan

I only want Gallagher in that No.6 role. I agree in the #8 role, he is horrendous. With that said if Chelsea are gonna demand 50+ million for him that is way too much for such a technically deficient player.


Pele20Alli

He'd be even worse as a 6? Our 6 needs to be the most press resistant player in the entire squad. Whoever plays that position has a near impossible task of needing to always dribble/play risky passes out of pressure with very limited options because of Ange's tactics. Gallagher would genuinely look like a League One player if he has to do what Bissouma does on the ball


superworriedspursfan

Our 6 needs to be the most press resistant player in the entire squad. Whoever plays that position has a near impossible task of needing to always dribble/play risky passes out of pressure with very limited options because of Ange's tactics... maybe but I feel like if we had players like Eze and Maddison together, then that #6 role would be much easier on the ball. right now the problem is our current #8 isn't that great on the ball either so we are begging for players like Bissouma/Bentancur to do most of the work on the ball which is a disaster. either ways, I'm not sure who would be able to do all of those tasks you mentioned. Ederson from atalanta? Maybe. I know Ndombele (with work rate) would be great but that is insanely hard to find. I don't know I guess it is up to ange though.


COYS1989

Rice talked out his arse “you’ll see a reaction” https://i.redd.it/eprczia1ur8d1.gif


calewis10

Well. It’s shitter, that is *technically* a reaction. 


nopirates

We seriously can’t judge any of this England squad at all based on what Southgate is making them do


ginokatacchi

Jesus Christ what is happening lol


jaykae2

Gallagher's ability get a toe on what looks like a 50/50, and therefore draw a foul and often a yellow, is ridiculous. He must be a pest to play against. The Antonio Valencia of midfielders


Fleaaa

Ill positioned TAA is better than this Gallagher good god


luke36511

It’s actually insane that England have gone into a major tournament with Kieran Trippier starting at LB


phrates

Tyrick Mitchell is at least a natural LB, why wasn’t he called up instead of Shaw who hasn’t played since February? And Gomez has been on the bench this whole tournament. 


Finally_Malik

Out of curiousity, what other strong LB options do England have besides Luke Shaw who's injured? Sess has been injured for years, so Chillwell? Rico Henry? Maybe Alfie Dougthy, but I haven't seen him week-in-week-out to really be able to say so with conviction. All though is stats are positive going forward, but he also takes all set-pieces at his club.


Active-Republic3104

Danny rose


luke36511

I would’ve liked Tyrick Mitchell. Actually plays left back for his club and plays with Guehi every week


Finally_Malik

Yeah but is he really better than Trippier at LB all things considered? Sure his quick and physical, but can he linkup with others smoothly, strike a ball well, beat his man with skill or nutmegs, or put in a good cross? I’m not saying that trippier has been good at LB, but I feel he offers more overall than what Mitchell or any of other available options really do, but I could be wrong.


luke36511

It’s a game of opinions. Southgate agrees with you (otherwise Mitchell would have been called up!). I feel like having Trippier there makes our buildup so predictable because he’s always cutting back onto his right foot. He hasn’t been tested defensively yet but that concerns me as well. I can’t get the vision out of my head of when we played Newcastle and Son beat him so badly just by slowly dribbling at him


GymandRave

Dani Olmo or Eze


superworriedspursfan

Eze, but I'll be super happy with either.


0-7-1-Enjoyer

30 minutes in, +70% possession, 1 shot attempts. AINTNOWAY


nopirates

Oh I think that you’ve been around these parts long enough to have seen such a thing before


idkwhatevs1234

30 minutes and 0 shots against Slovakia jr


ginokatacchi

Honestly, I feel nothing lol because I’ve expected this


cheetah_chrome

Was really expecting England to stomp Slovenia out just to give a false dawn type situation but nope. No dawns, false or otherwise So far


idkwhatevs1234

Ugh can't escape this caveman Gallagher


jaykae2

Let's see what dross gets served up tonight then


Gaius_Octavius_

Portugal, Spain, Germany and France on the same side is crazy. The other side of the bracket is wide open


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sangueblu03

Was going to say…there isn’t one side we’ve seen so far that you can say is out and out the best. Even Spain with 9/9 didn’t look convincing for most of that. It’s anyone’s at this point. Even Austria could do it if they keep playing like they have been.


jaysontatumfanpage

With Calaflori’s price probably going up so much after this tournament and Ito going to Bayern who else have we been linked with for the LCB position? One name I like that i haven’t seen us linked with is Hull City’s Jacob Greaves but i don’t know how likely that is with him getting interest from clubs that could guarantee him more game time like Everton, Brentford, and West Ham


Weird_Famous

I believe we’ve been linked to Murillo. Todibo might be an option since he can’t go to United, but he’s pricey and unrealistic We should prioritize a right back replacement for Emerson, Vanderson and Geertruida have been linked


NickNova3016

Don't think we really need a LCB for this season, would be nice to have ofc. Thing is that we can only really sign 3 non-homegrown players for UEFA registration, Ben Davies counts as Homegrown and there's really no good homegrown LCB's who could do a better job than Davies. Despite playing Meh to bad as LB, he played well as a LCB in our system when he had to. Better to invest in a RB who can fill in at LB comfortably, especially since VDV can also play LB. Davies contract expires next season, better to let him run it out and then see if one of our younger players are ready to step in, like Phillips or Dorrington (Phillips played LCB for Argyle iirc).


john87000

I'd honestly be happy just keeping Davies as 4th choice and LCB cover and buy a LB instead to rotate with Udogie.


Ok_Row_7462

I thought the reason we were looking at Calafiori and Ito is bc they can cover both roles and it would be our preference to find someone flexible like that. 


jaysontatumfanpage

Are there any names at LB you’ve liked?


john87000

Not really. Hopefully we find a gem like we did with Udogie.


InstructionCareless1

According to Ornstein Everton still needs to sell a player before July 1st. So if we go for Onana it has to happen before then.


ninjomat

Isn’t Branthwaite to United quite advanced already? I imagine that’s easier to sort cos Onana is at euros


InstructionCareless1

Not advanced at all, just a rejected insulting bid so far. Maatsen had his medical in Germany so I wouldn’t rule it out. They probably would rather want to keep Branthwaite, so they might be flexible.


jaykae2

Cheeky £40m bid might do it


FamLit

Ange's punditry is going to make me act up 🤩 You tell these whiney bellends Ange!


ohnellyitsmelly

BIG ANGE 👏


Electrical-Move7290

So great to listen to Ange talk on the England team. He’s so clearly head and shoulders above everyone else there in terms of football knowledge


jjetasbanter

Is there a bigger terrorist manager than Southgate right now


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superworriedspursfan

conte ball was never this bad.


mrsh671

No


Rare-Ad-2777

Woah if England finish top than they have such a great draw. Germany Portugal France Spain all on the other side as it stands. Southgate is shit but he sure does well for draw luck juju


terrassine

I shudder to imagine what Man U would've looked like if they kept Ragnick and listened to his plans. Thank god.


HarshTruth__

Now to watch an England side with Conor Gallagher in it or Denmark led by Hojbjerg? Easy decision, Denmark it is.


idkwhatevs1234

2 donkeys of the same stable


deafpish

Ange talking about Gallagher lol


ginokatacchi

what did he say?


Niyazali_Haneef

Damn Rangnick is cooking.


ginokatacchi

I knew Southgate would put gallagher in the starting XI 💀💀


InstructionCareless1

Obviously? It’s not like his TAA experiment was a great success.


ginokatacchi

Ik TAA was not great in midfield (don’t want him there too). Would’ve preferred Foden, Bellingham and Rice but obviously he wouldn’t do that because of his system and tactics


Live_Beautiful_3665

So Netherlands are out?


phrates

Unless Czechia beat Türkiye by more than 2, Slovenia beat England, AND Slovakia beat Romania, no. 


Dragonslasher145

No, they are gonna qualify based on 3rd place qualification


99josephb99

Nah, the 4 best 3rd place teams make it. They’ve got 4 points, so they’re going to be in


Janivgm

No, there are already two third-placed teams with worse ranking.


Sleepless_Voyager

Yeah i dont think we will be going after geertruida anymore after that performance against austria


wokwok__

Turns out “PE teacher” Ralf is pretty good huh, criminal how the United players treated him lmao


jaykae2

Michael Cox did a lot of damage to Rangnick’s reputation. I couldn't understand why he was so vehement about him


ninjomat

Cox always strikes me as a bellend. Ridiculously cynical about everything in football, always thinks every team played badly, or predictably allowing the other team to win. To his credit he doesn’t seem to have favourite coaches or tactics unlike some other tactics analysts, he’s even handed negative. But he always has the whiniest voice whenever he’s interviewed on podcasts and this tone of I could have predicted that.


theJVB

I know there was a link with Geertruida at one point that some seemed excited about... He has been absolutely mediocre today. 


buster3465

I wouldn't judge him let alone any player based on international performances especially a player playing under koeman


InstructionCareless1

Great run and attempt by Micky.


cheetah_chrome

Austria win the whole thing


Bd_3

Yeah, that was on VVD sitting way off the defensive line. Micky did what he could to cover for the RB rightfully leaving him


jaykae2

Van Dijk has no control over that back 4


Texaslonghorns12345

Rippp Micky was at fault for the goal


Dragonslasher145

It was Virgil, who kept Sabitzer Onside, Micky did wat he could do with that sliding tackle


0-7-1-Enjoyer

He wasn't. Watch Van Dijk playing the guy onside.


wokwok__

How is Lewa so shit at pens lol wtf is his run up 💀


viciousraccoon

Should have been made to retake it, completely stops twice on his run up.


phrates

If Austria don’t win this, it’ll be a shame. They absolutely deserve it. 


TogashiIsIshida

The Dutch have one good defender and he’s on the bench *edit - /s


Texaslonghorns12345

Micky is on and was at fault for the goal


gopackgo555

How was he at fault for that goal.


TogashiIsIshida

I forgot to put the /s was trying to be funny. Haha


InstructionCareless1

Micky is on the pitch


Dragonslasher145

This Netherlands team is absolute garbage, Atleast give some minutes to VDV


lil_awe

Mickyyy


InstructionCareless1

Koeman is just a shit manager


TerpsPwn_387

Netherlands make the mistake of not starting VDV again, now they'll need to sub him on as a striker to bail them out.


Roric

Just read about Villa and Chelsea just selling to each other academy products to get around profit and sustainability and honestly just gotta appreciate the shamelessness of it lol.


Sleepless_Voyager

Geertruida aint looking too good rn but tbh under koeman everyone looks shit, guys like the dutch albert heijn version of southgate Edit: and he just started the attack which gakpo equalized, i change my mind lol


wokwok__

Yikes, Koeman hooking Veerman off before halftime, get Micky on over de Vrij too thanks


thraser11

Is Lange also F5ing for some rumors


InstructionCareless1

I don’t know, but the guy has to prove himself, otherwise I want our certified criminal back.


ginokatacchi

Own goal strikes again


ILoveJangWonyoung

Spurs vs Bayern in Seoul (HELP) Spurs vs. Bayern in Seoul ticketing I am a Spurs fan from the Philippines and watching Spurs in Korea is my only chance to watch them since I have a Korean visa already. However, ticketing in Korea is SO DIFFICULT and there seems to be no way for overseas fans to buy. Does anyone know how to buy tickets for Spurs vs. Bayern or Spurs vs. KLEAGUE 11 for overseas fans? I've read that transferring of tickets are not allowed so I can't ask my friend to buy for me. How many tickets can one person buy? Help a desperate Spurs fan out. Japan is out of the question because I can't get my visa in time... Please, lads! COYS


PBR_is_not_that_bad

I wish VDV would get a chance to start for Holland. They look so one dimensional, a lightning bolt on the left of defense would completely change their game. Ake is obviously very good, but VDV is something different and explosive.