The Tragedy of Harry Kane

“I’ve always said as long as the club is moving in the right direction and showing the right ambition, I want to be part of the journey.” Harry Kane, 2019 In the spring of 2019, when Harry Kane made these statements, how many would have genuinely predicted the sad and miserable end to his Spurs …

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The Predictable Shambles of Tottenham’s Managerial Search

A summer which began with so much hope, has quickly descended into farce.  A couple of weeks after Tottenham’s season had ended with a lame, tepid whimper, resulting in a place in the much derided Europa Conference League, things suddenly — and rather surprisingly — began to look up for the Lillywhites. Pochettino was sounded …

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Groundhog Day at Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham are in disarray. Again. Another season of disappointment. Another manager hired and fired. It is Groundhog Day in N17. As the 2020-21 season draws to a premature and underwhelming end for fans of Tottenham Hotspur, the same tired, old, but pervasive questions loom ever larger over the club. What is the club’s identity? It’s …

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Mourinho’s year in review

Jose Mourinho arrived at N17 as one of the world’s most decorated managers. His stock had also never been lower. So how has the Portuguese fared in his first year in North London? Almost exactly a year ago today, Jose Mourinho walked into Tottenham Hotspur football club and reintroduced himself to the Premier League. His …

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A Special Turnaround

What a difference a few weeks can make. After a long, largely underwhelming summer, the season couldn’t have kicked off with a more disappointing result and performance than Everton at home. The team was dull, listless, seemingly bereft of hope or direction, and drifting irrevocably towards mid-table oblivion…  Fast forward three weeks, to the international …

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The Prodigal Son Returns

7 years and 13 trophies after leaving the club, Gareth Bale is on the verge of a sensational return to Tottenham. When news began to break of Tottenham’s rumored interest in Gareth Bale this past week, the story was greeted with a collective shrug. Here we go again, was the common reaction, few paying any …

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To Dare is Too Dear

New season, same story. Audere Est Facere. Three immortal words that have defined Tottenham Hotspur throughout its illustrious one hundred and forty year existence. To dare is to do, goes the translation, a motto that to this day remains as synonymous with the club as their white shirt and affinity for trophies in years ending …

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