Sounds like Ange has finally clocked just how pathetic Spurs are as a club.

Doesn’t look a well bloke

awooga83

Specific fixtures aside there’s loads of room for improvement in this side. If we have a good summer, and we rarely seem to waste a summer window these days, then I’m pretty confident we can go one further next year (if West Ham fail us).

goon yep we still have plenty of scope to improve. And we will! I think we’ll win it next year and we will be well in the mix on all fronts all the while Arteta is here

goon Reminds me of this beauty...

Son is a useless fuckwad.

Well, didn't watch it and I'm glad. Seeing that Son chance on the highlights tells me I would've been pissed off at 4 o'clock in the morning.

It's like a law of physics, the Spursiness field intensifies in inverse proportion to life's instantaneous potential for meaning. New Nick Hornby novel out soon I hear, DISGUST PITCH.

Mate

Mirth Haha. Maybe that's what the "fragile foundations" he mentioned in his post match presser

Spurs will be Spurs. Better luck next year. What an utterly pathetic fan base this club has, dear me.

He said the last 48hours, no just the game - I reckon Levy has told him there's no money for the summer. We know how hard the years after building a big new stadium are. They spent the Kane money on a bit of cheese and a lot of debt.

I find it difficult to take Haaland's goals seriously. I feel they should count for half. Spurs lost 1-0 in my mind.

I feel for Ange. Recon now he’s sucked down on that Spurs gobstopper and reached the sourness he won’t be able to forget it. Those 48 hours have taken any shine the role had left for him away.

I wouldn’t really know how to begin to fix them. Unlike with us, despite being in fine fettle we can all pretty much agree upon the areas we should target to take us up another level. With a transfer window approaching it’s exciting. For them what the hell do you do? Many will tell you that a combined eleven between us consists of mainly Spurs players. They’ve tried bringing in serial winners like Mourinho and Conte but it doesn’t work. I can’t see any true superstars wanting to join them - only wounded players or those who the bigguns aren’t interested in.

Ah well. Fukkem.

Spurs tried their best yesterday. But ultimately they’re not good enough. They’re a limited team. Remind me of what we used to be 4 seasons ago before we started our transformation in earnest. Entire midfield and attack needs to be upgraded.

What was awful was just watching City hold them at bay as you would a little child trying to hit you. Without much adventure. Just one or two attacks, and their cheat code ogre finished. It’s tepid yet inevitable.

lorddulaarsenal I wouldn’t really know how to begin to fix them.

You'd have to do what we did. Bite the bullet, start shipping out the misfits, pensioners and pseudo big names, select 5–6 players from the first XI as the kernel of the new project, then spend 3–4 years recruiting, expecting you'll finish midtable for at least the first two of those, certainly you can rule out Champions League qualification, and expecting to spend a nett £500m.

Their first team's already so makeshift I don't reckon swapping out the plebs for semi-decent youngsters would hit their results too badly.

The money will be the issue for them but too bad, so sad. My guess is Ange has been told that the bankroll won't be there because they won't compete in the new Champions League. Given having pulled out just one additional win since Christmas would put them in with a good chance, he's fucked it.

It's a similar situation to Arteta two seasons ago, but it's a mite worse due to Postecoglou's lack of pragmatism and acumen. He's kept saying to the players "We're going to follow my plan even if we lose," so now he's got a group of players who see losing as a viable option every week. Arteta has never strayed into that sort of territory.

From where Spurs are at at the moment, shooting for a league title looks like a decade long ultra-patient project. Given they haven't won anything of note in over 60 years that should hardly bother them. Fuck 'em indeed.