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Struggling with Bentinha? It's time for some GRAPH THEORY.
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This one is for the nerds. And the Bentinha skeptics. profspur.substack.com/p/football-p...
Chelsea v Villa in the battle of overrateds
December 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Chelsea v Villa in the battle of overrateds
Wirtz won the most duels in the match. Along with Xavi, he’s subject to stereotype threat for creative players from the Bundesliga. The reality is these players are more physically capable than the narrative will admit.
🇩🇪📊 Florian Wirtz records the best FotMob rated performance of his Liverpool career to date.
December 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Wirtz won the most duels in the match. Along with Xavi, he’s subject to stereotype threat for creative players from the Bundesliga. The reality is these players are more physically capable than the narrative will admit.
Precisely:
It’s not that Frank is misrepresenting finishing 17th, it’s that he keeps bringing it up. This is your team and performances. Own it.
December 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Precisely:
Comms begging for an Arsenal pen
December 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Comms begging for an Arsenal pen
Finishing 17th in the Premier League and winning a Europa League trophy would be far and away the best managerial accomplishment and the best season of Frank’s career.
December 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Finishing 17th in the Premier League and winning a Europa League trophy would be far and away the best managerial accomplishment and the best season of Frank’s career.
You have to wonder sometimes if even other Premier League managers understand what Spurs are and have been primarily through the lens of media banter.
Frank is acting like being outside of europe is the norm since we qualified for europe in 05/06 with the first season being back in it being 06/07 we have spent what 2 seasons out of europe and one in the conference league. We have spent every other season in the europa league or CL.
December 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
You have to wonder sometimes if even other Premier League managers understand what Spurs are and have been primarily through the lens of media banter.
Many people took the position that last season’s injuries couldn’t possibly explain all they did in the same way that the New York Times wants to report ‘both sides’: the feeling and rhetoric of being objective and fair, not wanting to seem too partial. That position is now unraveling as cope.
December 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Many people took the position that last season’s injuries couldn’t possibly explain all they did in the same way that the New York Times wants to report ‘both sides’: the feeling and rhetoric of being objective and fair, not wanting to seem too partial. That position is now unraveling as cope.
Wirtz belongs at City
December 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Wirtz belongs at City
Liverpool working the ball so Wirtz is wide and Kerkez receiving back to goal in the box is odd and partly why Wirtz’s numbers are what they are.
December 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Liverpool working the ball so Wirtz is wide and Kerkez receiving back to goal in the box is odd and partly why Wirtz’s numbers are what they are.
This is the thing. We should not try to become Brentford.
tottenham has finished the season qualifying for the champions league in 6 of the last 10 years.
yet frank thinks top 6 is the ultimate goal.
yet frank thinks top 6 is the ultimate goal.
December 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This is the thing. We should not try to become Brentford.
Match comms open with how important it is for Liverpool’s success to have both of their starting CBs in the team.
December 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Match comms open with how important it is for Liverpool’s success to have both of their starting CBs in the team.
There’s no way that minimizing the thing our players are extremely proud of and what kept them running last season and is probably keeping them motivated through this season too won’t have a negative effect on the squad. No way. This is bad leadership.
December 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
There’s no way that minimizing the thing our players are extremely proud of and what kept them running last season and is probably keeping them motivated through this season too won’t have a negative effect on the squad. No way. This is bad leadership.
Wrexham currently ahead of Leicester City in the Championship table.
December 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Wrexham currently ahead of Leicester City in the Championship table.
You have to question the manager’s training methods and match tactics.
Premier League Injury, Suspension, and Absence situation heading into the Boxing Day weekend
Arsenal are in a relative strong position here.
Arsenal are in a relative strong position here.
December 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
You have to question the manager’s training methods and match tactics.
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Enjoy your lunch x
December 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Enjoy your lunch x
Can’t believe I missed this. Rugari is, as always, the best out there on Postecoglou. And correct about all this.
Wrote this a few days ago. Still holds up I think.
Sacking Ange was a huge mistake. Spurs are now in a mess of their own making www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...
Sacking Ange was a huge mistake. Spurs are now in a mess of their own making www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...
Sacking Ange was a huge mistake. Spurs are now in a mess of their own making
Tottenham Hotspur said a “change of approach” would make them more competitive. The evidence suggests otherwise, and regret is setting in fast.
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December 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Can’t believe I missed this. Rugari is, as always, the best out there on Postecoglou. And correct about all this.
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Last season at this point we were 11th with a +14 goal differential, 3rd best in the league, ie 11th was a significant underperformance. Our 25 GA was same as City, fewer than Villa. Our 39 scored was top in the Prem. And the genius conclusion form this? …
December 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Last season at this point we were 11th with a +14 goal differential, 3rd best in the league, ie 11th was a significant underperformance. Our 25 GA was same as City, fewer than Villa. Our 39 scored was top in the Prem. And the genius conclusion form this? …
I said last April our squad was slipping relative to upper-mid table competition and that was intensified by the injury clusters we had, meaning we played with bottom-table players for most of last season. It’s dramatically different now… profspur.substack.com/p/there-is-n...
December 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I said last April our squad was slipping relative to upper-mid table competition and that was intensified by the injury clusters we had, meaning we played with bottom-table players for most of last season. It’s dramatically different now… profspur.substack.com/p/there-is-n...
Listing to podcasters talk themselves into the idea that Spurs have a mid-table squad because they STILL haven’t processed and explained what happened last season is maddening.
December 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Listing to podcasters talk themselves into the idea that Spurs have a mid-table squad because they STILL haven’t processed and explained what happened last season is maddening.
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In the Portuguese 1st Division, Arouca played away at Santa Clara from the Azores Islands and a single fan made the away trip. After the game finishes with a 0-0 draw, the entire Arouca team and staff went to greet their sole fan
December 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
In the Portuguese 1st Division, Arouca played away at Santa Clara from the Azores Islands and a single fan made the away trip. After the game finishes with a 0-0 draw, the entire Arouca team and staff went to greet their sole fan
This is a pretty telling chart, especially for the ‘first 10 games’ crowd.
December 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This is a pretty telling chart, especially for the ‘first 10 games’ crowd.
Slot and Frank have both epically misused Wirtz and Xavi respectively and gotten away with it because the Premier League blows smoke up its own ass re. ‘physicality.’
December 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Slot and Frank have both epically misused Wirtz and Xavi respectively and gotten away with it because the Premier League blows smoke up its own ass re. ‘physicality.’
Watching 1st half of yesterday’s game and by 10th minute Ekitike is diving all over the place. I had a feeling from 2nd half there was context to Romero’s reaction.
December 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Watching 1st half of yesterday’s game and by 10th minute Ekitike is diving all over the place. I had a feeling from 2nd half there was context to Romero’s reaction.