Spurs Cut Down Forest! | Nottingham Forest 0-2 Tottenham (Premier League) | Post-Match Analysis

Hello and welcome to the last World on Spurs your awardwinning Tottenham hot spur podcast we are back back back back on the back of Tottenham hot spur with back-to-back wins under an POA cogo as they secure a two-nil win away at Nottingham Forest we were joking in the

Green Room saying wouldn’t be a little bit of drama in there if it wasn’t Tottenham hot spur look we’ll be getting into all things Tottenham on this show joining me I’ve got my wonderful cast here I’ve got the instructor the conductor the runner of this crazy epic

Train it Canna be Mr Lee McQueen how are you Maka yeah are you getting on time yeah all right mate all right apart from yeah a little bit of uh dodging you know I’m going to read the stats out later on we put them up on a screen and obviously

Read them out for the for the listeners on audio but it just didn’t feel like a game that what the stats portray I mean we absolutely battered them all over the pitch on the stats didn’t feel like that did it to be fair so yeah I’m looking

Forward to getting to it and look another three points and uh walk and well absolutely back on the show been a while listen we’ve got back on the postmatch shows it’s wonderful Matty Hayes back on our screens Matt love to have you back on bit of drama in there

Will we getting into all that how are you firstly hey look I’m I’m absolutely fantastic there’s nothing worse than starting a weekend when you’ve lost on a Friday so we have to be fair and say there’s nothing better than starting the weekend by winning on the Friday um and

I think I think this is this is an important point in our season because I think for the first 10 12 games we were in the honeymoon period and for the next five or six games we are getting grounded I think now we’re at the point where our season is starting to balance

Out and and we’re going to start seeing what we’re actually going to be um this season under anas kago so it’s going to be an important chat about um about the game and and what we might see going forward some some positives some negatives but I’m looking forward to to

Getting into it with you three fantastic fantastic football fans bless my man one man we’re delighted to have integrated regularly this season to last we on Spurs we keep bringing back for more we love having on the show it’s the wonderful actor and many would say look

The drama follows him wherever he goes because that’s what he does for the day job you could argue is that what Spurs are doing when man comes on it coming the wonderful TJ Remini back in our screens TJ how are you my man to see you boys um yes uh perhaps I’ve selected

Wisely with my choice of career following this football team but um listen dramatic as ever as Natalie said you know trying to look relaxed uh after yet yet another dramatic experience um on the pitch but listen we got the job done it’s lovely to see you Lee haven’t

Seen you for ages mate lovely to see you and Matty our first time so happy days what a wonderful panel Happ happy to be here as bless you my man always a pleasure guys before we get into this edition of the show just a little bit of housek keing

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Let’s start with you MAA it is backto back wins for ran poloo Spurs many would argue at what cost but look three important points kisi outstanding potentially I can’t believe I’m saying this maybe Ben Davis best ever game for Tottenham hot spur yes yes he was that

Good basuma and AD DOI unnecessarily now suspending for Tottenham Forest committing 16 fouls with only two yellow cards for Spurs with 11 fouls four yellow cards and a red that only tells really half the story Le is that is Rich oh that’s the we’ got you you that win bring let’s

Go for it how you that win onity yeah look yeah I mean it was a weird game I just put in we s in The Green Room wer we like you read some of the stats out and we’ll probably put them up later but we batt them on possession absolutely ruined the passes

Considering had 10 men for best part of 23 minutes of the game shots on target six to one in our favor absolutely ruined them all over the place possession a lot and yet it didn’t feel like that did it it didn’t feel like that it did feel a bit that we were

Sloppy in certain aspects and giving the ball away I mean put into context everybody they had one shot on Target and that one shot on target was what Vicario I mean I don’t know how he saved it he saved it was his freaking this goalkeeper by the way is absolutely

Outstanding with the goalkeeper bought the cheap option you know that cheap op from goalkeeper purchased yeah he’s been Bing and so it didn’t it just didn’t feel like that I think it’s one of them where if you watch it back now you know the result you can start watching it in

A different way do you know what I mean because there was a lot of nerves I mean I don’t know if you know there’s lots of other devices available right but I wear an I watch and I had my heart rate going on at the game just just for fun and I

Was like heart is I’m having I’m at like 110 115 beats per minute just sitting on the sofa I’m thinking why am I so nervous at this thing but that’s what it does to you so it didn’t feel like that but you know and I know we talk puma and

Rightly so because he’s a he’s an idiot quite frankly but but I have to you know pick up what you said about Ben Davis I put a tweet out on X can you do a tweet on X I don’t know right but I put one out on there anyway last week after Ben

Davis’s uh what I thought was an outstanding performance against Newcastle and uh got a couple of the usuals like oh you’re you’re somebody called me the porn sandwich Brigade and I don’t even have a clue what where I sit clearly in the stadium um but and

There’s a couple of comments on it but in the main it was it was a you know a lot of loving Ben Davis and why he sing there should be enough for this week as well I thought he was absolutely brilliant and Dej keski I mean oh my dat

I mean this guy is back to 20 2021 22 levels isn’t he um so look lots to UNP pick on there for sure I mean I think the general feeling for me in a summary is that it didn’t feel like what the stats have said it didn’t feel as

Comfortable as what the stats have suggested yet they had one shot on target we’ve kept a clean sheet with 10 men for 23 25 minutes or whatever it was and um it’s a fantastic result for us let’s be honest Lads viewers and listeners that is a fantastic result and uh that’s uh two

Wins on the bounce first time since October and we go again uh bring on Everton you know as Lee alludes to the fact there Matt bringing you in it’s a big big victory for Tottenham under a difficult circumstance and let’s be hon about it We far from our best in terms of the performance and overall got to come back sorry guys I’m going to switch root in a second I’ll tell you what I’m not sure what’s happening here but Matt I come around to you look big Victor for Tottenham two-nil winners I think we can

All admit we’re far from our best in terms of an overall performance but just how crucial Matt is the points for us at this stage of the Season absolutely crucial um like I was saying at the top of the show you know I think we’re we’re reaching a different part of this season

Now where things are starting to settle down and I think an important bit of that is is showing that we are able to to pick up points in a different way you know like like Lee was saying it’s it’s a game that on paper and with the stats

We were better than forest and you know like you said they might even suggest we dominated on the pitch I certainly don’t think that was the case but we showed a different side of our game we showed a bit more game management and a bit more practicality I suppose and that we went

Down to 10 men we were two up and and an he he went defensive he brought on Emerson went five at the back we played a 53-1 to to see out the game and that’s something that people have I would say wrongly criticized anago for not being

Able to do is it’s as though he doesn’t have a plan B he very clearly does um but we showed we showed something the different to be able to to grind out that result in the end and when you’re under that that constant pressure from a

Team like Forest who aren’t the best in front to goal but they’re they’re a big physical team it can be easy to crumble under that and the this the save from Vicario as well that he mentioned I think if if that goes in obviously we’re having a very very different

Conversation we could be sitting here talking about a two- two because who knows how we would have dealt with that pressure and the you know once once Suarez get up for it a little bit but I think what the the difference between the two teams was we were just more

Effective when we had possession I think the start to the second half is is the perfect example of that because for the first 15 20 minutes of the second half it was all Forest they had a lot of possession in in our half and our defensive third we couldn’t get out I

Thought their Midfield was just overpowering or quite a bit and Skip napping as good on the ball as as a Madison or kevi definitely contributed to that and that’s not necessarily his fault it’s not one of his strengths and he was playing a position that doesn’t

That doesn’t suit him as much as it suits others but when farest had a lot of that possession they had a lot of the momentum in the game they didn’t do anything with it and then we went off the other end and the keeper made a

Couple of good saves we a good a few chances and then Kazi scores and it’s just when we had that the ball in that area the pitch we were just more more effective with it and and that’s the difference and look it’s you’d expect it when you’re playing against a team who

Are who are much further down in the table than you um but it’s always good to to see it come to fruition and like you said to pick up three points that’s absolutely crucial because at the end of the season if we get in the top four from

One or two points I don’t think we’re going to look back at the 4-1 against Newcastle where we dominated them we’re not going to look back at the two-nil against man united where we’re comfortable we’re going to look back in the games that could have gone a very

Very different direction and I think this is one of those games yeah I I I I agree with that and just to add that Louis Joe Turner on the screen there there’s no easy away games in this league and you bang on the money there’s no there’s no easy game in the

Premier League let alone with it home R away I think we’ve we’ve seen that haven’t we I’m not quite sure whether Rick’s with us to be fair um so he might have to come out and come back in again but TJ coming around to you what was

Your summary really from from from the match perspective and what pleased you about the performances on certain players well I mean what pleased me and I’ll say straight away was Matt’s appraisal of of the game really succinctly put um and a lot of great insightful comments as well coming in

From the from the viewers and the listeners um a couple of them as well mentioning that I look relaxed like I said in thep room I thought you know I was hoping not for an easy Victory today because of course I Echo the sentiments of of the chaps that there is no such

Thing as an easy game in in the Premier League and as we prove when we play in in cups it just seems to be no easy games ever even if you play at someone who’s you know playing in the in the lower the lower tiers the lower leagues

Um but I thought well hopefully this will be um perhaps not so incident filled but of course being Tottenham it’s always incident filled um I mean my listen number one I’m delighted with an away Victory and also like for I I put uh I Echo you as well Lee can you tweet

On X what does well is it just a post post is it who knows mate it’s it’s a post or a comment you know um but let’s stick with tweet has a has a poetry to it which we both clearly enjoy um so I I put out that we would need to

Be ruthless today you know Forest were absolutely desperate for result at home and of course Steve Cooper who means so very much to that club can you imagine what it would mean um to a fan base especially to a to a club like forest with such incredible pedigree you know

These are champions of Europe you know they have that in in their locker very quick aside I was watching um West Ham playing in the Europa yesterday very briefly and their fans were singing champions of Europe what singing against us at the stadium on last Thursday mate you know you’d be

Keep keeping that on the low sure surely anyway I digress but that just Champions what are you talking about anyway like the guy in bronze medal like jumping up and down going you know I made it I’m no there’s two other guys looking at you going what are you

Talking about anyway um so I was delighted with with the three points away from home against a side um who were always gonna get stuck in to to your point uh Matt they were very physical right and we we’re not one of those teams who doesn’t like it upam we

Don’t mind that actually we kind of don’t mind the fights that’s something I think that changed in tottenham’s DNA ever since the battle of the bridge since that game um that kind of soft underbelly to Tottenham I think has been eradicated uh forever I think we’re actually quite a physical side however

We’re not very good at finding the pockets of space when we are being um not bullied necessarily but when we’re facing an aggressive low block not a passive low block but a but a low block where people have obviously been told don’t let anybody turn I mean poor old

Sunny got lumps kicked out of him today you know he’s going to be leaving the pitch looking like a piece of Swiss cheese I mean you know poor lad um but we’re also a team that can get enticed into a physical altercation which will result in red cards uh and of course we

Fell victim for that again today so to answer your question Macker as you ay leapt in while um Ricky was dealing with various WiFi issues um delighted with the three points away a well fought well-earned Victory and to Matt’s point one of the victories that we’ll look

Back at the end of the season and thought thank goodness we did the business tonight just got to say guys thank you so much to MAA there I am in the process of trying to retrieve some form of a Wi-Fi connection here so it may go again

Before I do a full reboot but um MAA one thing I want to pick up on is that at the final whistle Vicario look to call over all the Spurs defenders in into a hle to celebrate the clean sheet together now no goalkeeper has more clean sheets in the Premier League this

Season than Vicario and noer goalkeepers has made more keeper sweeper regains in the pon this season being 20 just how much again do we see there Vicario really making an impact Le on this game and again shown this game why he has been arguably one of the best signings of this

Season cheap option mate know I mean cheap option what happens in this club no look I mean he’s been absolutely magnificent and like I will say for a bit of balance not just for show just for a bit of balance there was a couple of dodgy moments today I thought a

Little bit you know I’m thinking why aren’t you catching some of them I think there were two or threes punching them that’s obviously what he does and I remember I think it was against brenford or maybe one of his YouTube show Wheels you’ll know this better Rick or mat

Because you love the transfers so before we signed him there was a there was a clip I think going doing the rounds where he punched the ball out in the middle of the he made this outrageous save like three saves on the Trot but it was almost like he punched the second

One out and then he had to make a third one because of his mistake of the second one I don’t even remember that anyway that that’s obviously his star that’s what he does I think he’s mad as a box of frogs which you have to be if he’s a

Goalkeeper I mean that with uh with with heart and love when I say that to him because I absolutely love the bloke and um the save that he made was was it’s just unbelievable he’s falling backwards he’s he’s there he’s big he keeps himself big he doesn’t give up on

Something um even the one that don’t won’t get talked about it was offside I mean made a magnificent save when when when the fell was offside and obviously doesn’t count because it was offside but he didn’t know it was offside start to make the save and so I think

Vicario and it’s he been brilliant in his performances I think he’s very interesting I think it was in can’t remember which one it was it was either Andrew’s postmatch press conference with from Newcastle or his pre-match for this match so many matches right but he um he actually talked about Vicario being a

Bit of a leader so I thought it quite interesting that that he then pulled everyone together tonight the defense hugging them and bringing them in and celebrating that that clean sheet because again statistics wise we haven’t kept a clean sheet since L and that a long time ago since that

Absolute nightm as well ma he’s 27 I believe isn’t he EXA exactly a young team I think that’s part of his his qualities that he’s 27 you know he is a grownup exactly that mate yeah and and and I think you know he’s got them leadership he is like you say

27 for a goalkeeper as well you know he’s got years ahead of him and he’s just commanding everything that he does I think he’s been brilliant and uh yeah first clean SE since Luton somebody checked that I think that’s correct off the top of my head which is crazy in it

Really is one I got to pick up on guys is a way format coming over to you most points well away from from home in the Premier League away this season Tottenham 18 after nine games Arsenal 16 after eight games Liverpool obviously 16 after nine games and 16 for city after nine games

Now again we appreciate obviously we’re playing on the Friday so again we may find this will change but Matt how impressed have you been with Spurs as a away form not just underr but like I say really for a while and I think you know there is a new found resilience to

Tottenham which ultimately has come down from the manager yeah absolutely and it’s worth mentioning that we’ve we’ve been away to two of three best teams in the league in ARS Manchester City and and we haven’t been beaten by any of them I mean the only if I’m right the only way game

We’ve lost this season was against wolves and that’s a game that we were winning until the 91st minutes so almost almost isn’t it almost unbeaten on the road and wvs have been fantastic at home they you know they brought Liverpool right to the end and they did they get a

Point against Manchester City I think as well they they’ve been good at home um but it’s it’s fantastic I mean I I’d like if the home form was up there you know it’s never nice to to lose three home games in a row also the first ever

Time I was at a home game that we lost against Villa which wasn’t fun um but but that away for is going to be really important and you know you always talk about a team needing to to make their home a fortress if they want to achieve anything whether it’s avoiding

Relegation or or kind of putting yourselves back in that in that top four race but to to have that sort of form on the road is is is huge because it it can be it can be daunting and intimidating sometimes going to not only the big

Teams but to you know like back five six years ago when you went to Turf more you never wanted to go there they were always so difficult to beat but I think this team is so fearless and so kind of invested in what we’re doing and kind of

Behind the manager and what he wants to achieve and what he knows we can achieve I think that fear is gone and I think that’s a massive factor in in being able to go to whatever team we face and being able to take the game to them away from

Home um one thing that that’s not really been spoken about that I haven’t seen spoken about in in these away games I remember the first time people kep really started getting on top of it was against irand you remember Madison gave the ball away at the edge of the box and

And Gabriel Jesus went and he he sked and everyone was saying you can’t do that against the big teams if you do that against an or city or Liverpool too many times they’re going to punish you but for me what’s worse than that is when you’re away to Forest and you do it

Because we did it around the half an hour mark tonight and in those games the fans that they’re up for it from that moment when they get that ball in the High Press you have a half chance maybe force the goalkeeper into the save and for me there there’s a moment after half

An hour that’s where the momentum started to swing where farest were’re able to get back into the game so I think once we get a bit more confident and assured in playing out from the back and and those erors start to start to kind of fade away a little bit I think

Our way form is going to get even better what we just need to eliminate is if you do lose the ball back there don’t go flying in with a knee high Challenge and taking someone out and getting yourself sent off that that’s the last thing we need in that situation if you’re going

To make that mistake accept it deal with what happens next don’t be overzealous in trying to recover it um but that’s a conversation for later um but yeah look that a way form is fantastic and again we need to talk about the small differences that can be made throughout

The season because we’re looking at how tight it is at the top of the table we’re I know everyone has a game in hand we’re only four points off the top of the table at the moment one or two points can be the difference if we pick

Up an extra few points because way for it’s crazy isn’t it I mean just just think about that I know the game hand think we are four points off the top of the league having before this little mini run of two two wins we took four points or sorry even before tonight we

Took four points out six games what how is that even possible that just shows how incredible the start of the season was which I know we knew at the time but it’s crazy it’s crazy no no finished no I can’t out if TJ’s a statue there or if he can hear us

Or see us cuz he’s been still he’s moved he’s moved we’ve got you TJ that was the best still I’ve ever seen I mean in your filming I’m sure that’s comes up a number times how long could you stand still for potential roles it was absolutely superb I’ve got to say I

Thought due to the wifi might have lost you but listen like like I said I I I exhausted so much energy watching what I thought was goingon to be a relaxing game I’m just you know I’m just trying to recover really just chilling back now

Just chilling back can I can I ask one thing I’ve got to pick up on is that um King H regular VI listening to last one on Spurs makes the point here 33 points from 17 games with a massive injury crisis that’s an absolutely brilliant return Isn’t it when you consider the

Fact that some of the transit Spurs have now faced I mean again we had four red cards this season we’re going to come on to that shortly in terms of a discipline issue but how impressed have you been with that points return given what Spurs have gone through during this season

With like say injuries suspensions and the accumulation of playing under a brand new manager brand new St new players as well integrated in how pleased should we be TJ by the points return I mean it’s such a it’s such a difficult question to answer we talked about this last time um the frustrating

Thing for me and for for most Tottenham fans I’m sure is is losing those winnable games or you know drawing those winnable games um to Matty’s point you know we were winning against wolves with 91 minutes on the clock and then you go not only do you not draw you know you lose

And so I just don’t think anyone has been particularly outstanding this season other than us in the first you know 10 or 12 games we were really the only outstanding team in the country um and so of course we had this Dreadful Runner form which Lee was just talking

About you know where we picked up four points from from six games and like I said that’s you know staggering four points from six games you know I mean it’s you know six games so there’s 18 points and you you know you pick up four I mean it’s just remarkable and yet

We’re still right in this thing because nobody has caught fire yet this season and again that’s why wins today are so so vital if we want to stay in and around top four I mean listen guys people are going to give me some some grief about this I’m sure but in

All honesty we’re still in the title race we just are with the players that we have missing we’re still in the you can’t say that TJ what are you all about it’s coming it’s it’s coming um but you know H how can we how can we not

Be if you know so harland’s out for City and City are nowhere near as good as they were last season yes Arsenal looked very good but you know with Gabriel Jesus as your number nine no like I’m not convinced Liverpool look strong again you know Salah just this unbelievably talismanic player for them

Is he going to continue with that you know what happens if he gets injured what happens if like odard gets injured what happens if sacka gets injured we’ve got eight or nine injuries you know including key injuries to are arguably our best players some of the best

Players we’ve had in in a generation and so when they come back and we make a push you know around um you know March April heading into May why not um and so I’m really frustrated with with losing silly games but also feeling quietly confident that

We’re back in the fight and um we really still look like we can hurt teams like that performance against Newcastle Yes again they’ve been affected by injuries but that’s a tough tough team uh to beat thank you Charles dear boy um and so um I’m uh I’m I’m enthused thank you Jan

I’m enthused just to add to that point I I I just want to consider for a second if the injuries that we had of Arsenal had them imagine if instead of vanen it was Cela instead of Madison it was older guard they’re nowhere near us absolutely

Near if you look at let’s look at Benta perisic madis uh Madison um and like Solomon right so just those just those four that would be like you said like Arsenal losing odard zenchenko um who else is their Central uh rice and uh then somebody who not Martinelli but

Somebody like TR yeah you know then where are they and look where we are thank you every thank you Paulo I’m gonna jump off no listen I I I mean at the moment where Spurs are I given the fact listen we are as we recall this

With the first game of the of the we of the weekend so look as things stand momentarily Spurs are level one points with Man City and on the back perform said look I’m really really pleased with both and the result it’s a tough place to come they challenged you in different

Ways and we handled that with what they threw at us and we played some decent football worth mentioning obviously Brennan Johnson did go down with an injury in that first half and just said he should be okay he just got a nasty cut to his head nothing should keep him

Out no concussion just a cut on his head obviously naturally on these shows when we hear from the manager I will bring you more as we get it and we’ve heard from Dian koseski postmatch who has announced that he and his partner are expecting their first child in April he

Said look on just how good things are for him at the moment it cannot be better everything is fantastic not only today but the last few weeks first half we had a lot of the ball we just had to stay patient second half they were strong it’s not easy to play at this

Ground with the fans energy we had the red card and then we had to show some true character he was asked what it’s like playing under R he said it’s amazing training is so fun I really like an as a guy if I would choose my football this is the football I would

Choose attack combines a lot and very fun in training sessions we don’t play to lose but we play to win we’re very positive and we want to get better and better every day we still lack something mentally but I think football-wise we’re there at the top it’s big words there

Lee coming out you from a coming over you from Dean koseski there because you know this guy to be fair I think everyone could see the potential but with Dei I think it’s a case of finding that consistently and I think in recent weeks we have now seen the fact this

Guy’s going to step up really I think take the game by the mantle and I think with certain players that we’ve seen in previous Seasons the big thing missing has been consistency with Dei do you think he can ultimately find that yeah 100% I think we said it I

Don’t know if we said in the show in agreement the that he’s getting back to levels of 20 20 21 22 um you know he’s 17 appearances in the in the Premier League unit you think even before he started to hit this bit of form um where he’s converting goals and assists I

Actually think he was going under the radar a little bit to be fair I mean he’s scored five Premier League goals now he’s got two assists with the greatest respect to Richie which we’ll come on to him later because I know he’s been injured if Richie could put the

Ball in the back of the net the bloke would have had about seven or eight assists by now to to be fair in the first 10 games of uh of the league you know his attacking play is actually superb he’s actually had 14 shots on target Dez and only three off targets so

Out of the shots that he’s made actually only three of them have gone off Target so it’s very accurate when does take a shot I would probably say that he needs to take more shots I mean today he powered that in didn’t he that go was absolutely brilliant you know it went

Through the the goalkeeper’s hands and people might say I was a goalkeeper mistake but he was just so powerful like he just he just put his laces through it it’s that what we say put your laces through it son and he did and it was absolutely brilliant you know he

Shooting accuracy is over 80% and his success is around 15% you know he’s he’s scoring he’s run more than anyone else in the Premier League any other Premier League players run more this reminds me of Christian Ericson Vibes now Christian Ericson used to run more than any other

Player and then crate as well he’s actually been the most creative player in the Premier League that’s an unbelievable stat is it unbelievable could so hard to get off the ball as well he’s a unit and the K remember he’s 23 years old he’s 23 absolute Manchild you know

He’s hand I only think the only you know to to to finish the the summ on your question Rick I think yes the consistency is I think he can be that I think the only thing he needs to do is just take more shots because he’s got it

In his locker to Cur him in the top bins left side right side that little extra touch he takes in the Box you know them little extra touches that he takes in the box that you think oh he’s he’s taking an extra touch here that you

Shouldn’t have done and then all of a sudden it’s like he he gets himself right to the by line it’s a little I mean that that that second goal for me today reminded me of um a goal he scored in that 20 when he first come in that

First six months he was playing for us might have been against leads he’s just magnificent money Wick absolutely today it was Flawless and I think again when you consider the fact that this is a guy that you know is had to adjust position you know favoring now number 10 he was

Asked to go out to the right I think after the injury to Brenan Johnson I think again you know you can only judge him what we’ve seen in the Spate of games under range and I think ultimately there’s a rural confidence about the way he playing and you can see that

Reflective in the way he you know ultimately demonstrates his position across the pitch I think it’s really really exciting what we’re seeing from him what we are going to do we are going to go for our first break of the show for our listeners and audio we got good

16 to 1700 of you watching us live once again thank you so much for all your incredible support for last one and Spurs bearing in mind it’s a Friday Night Live it’s not for TJ it’s a Friday morning live a Friday afternoon live but the man listen keeps rolling on for us

And we love him for that um guys look just want to bring out some of the stats from this game before we look at the team because again I think the game you look at the fact the the nature of it if I come around to you Matt that you know

Ultimately when you look at them it’s a really really mad game you know Spurs with the 14 shots forest with 15 six on target for Tottenham with one for Forest 67% possession for Tottenham 33 in for his favor is it one of those barmy games Matt do you feel the stats are

Reflective of the overall result in your opinion not at all I I Jo the main that surprised me is there is is The Possession um because I you know I think it it did feel like Forest had especially through that second half a lot more of the momentum

But I think like I was saying earlier in terms of how how effective we were in possession the shots don’t surprise me too much but I I really didn’t think we we saw that much of the ball um throughout the game so that that does surprise me but I suppose on your

Question it is more reflective of of the actual result you know we we made more chances and like Lee alluded to earlier there was only one real save that Vicario had to make which was utterly outrageous by the way um Turner had a little bit more to do he made a

Brilliant save from brenon Johnson in the first half he made another one from kevi when he kind of reversed it um when he got in off the right hand side and on that point to kevki as well Lee you mentioned the extra Touches for me that is just completely indicative of someone

Who sees the game four or five steps ahead of everybody else you know he when he gets into that position if he wants to get to the B line he knows if he takes an extra couple of touches in in onto his left foot the defender shifts

Across the block of shot and opens up the space for him he does it a lot when he’s kind of out near the near the sideline where he’ll take a few little touches closer to the to the touch line draws a defender on and it opens up that

Space for for power making that inverted run he’s just so so intelligent and he sees the game a few steps ahead um and having someone like that in your team even in the absence of James Madison even when you don’t have you know maybe sun wasn’t at his best tonight that’s

What makes you so effective in possession because that creativity it’s it’s something that’s that’s just there I know kazki has some off games the one that all brings to mind for me is that that win against Liverpool um but he he’s just Sensational and and that’s what that’s what shift those games and

I mean we know no one in the middle of the park is going to replace Madison and I kind of pointed it out a few times tonight that a lot about Madison did earlier in the season when RAR was out the left hand side R Rison pulled right out to

The touch line and he opened up that kind of pocket of space and the inside in between the right back and Center back that Madison went into I thought a few times Kazi could have done that tonight where he didn’t quite do it and especially in the first half there’s a

Few moments where I thought he was he was getting into doggy’s way but then when he went back out on the right hand side it’s just brilliant that we can’t decide which position he’s better at because he’s so good at both whereas with other players it might be because

They’re not good at either we can’t see where where we want to play them um but yeah someone someone like that is what makes that it changes that game from 14 shots with one on target to 14 with six On Target because he not only can create

A chance for himself but he can do it for others y totally agree and just so your eyes don’t deceive you there for our listeners audio this won’t apply but for our viewing audience they may have seen a red card to Forest being added to our stats graphic there been a late

Night for the last one on Spurs team got a little bit confused then give one each the wifi you the Wii you bear it in mind I think Yates how did he not get a red card during that game I mean my god the guy was literally riding I mean how

Was he not riding a booking a very very late all game quite incredible on must he he asked for a booking twice which is supposed to be a yellow on its own he did that tce yellow yeah M ridiculous and Millo should have been sent off as

Well for stamping on skip second yellow yeah I think again I mean you could argue the fact Forest being at home did that kind of change the proceedings maybe of where that game was going maybe you could argue that TJ come around to you Spurs were unchanged for the fixture

As an poku stuck with the same side that quite frankly swept Newcastle United away over the PO over the course of last week Spur’s atus injury concern has been jovine Lelo who as we understand should be back for next week’s home game against Everton but unfortunately red

Him out of this game against Forest Ron Pat matar of course came in and did one against Newcastle and while defense looked well balanced although Romero and AD DOI as we knew going into the game would have been where picking up a yellow card which ad DOI did it did see

Them start the game couldi continued on that deeper role on the left and look into at some creativity alongside sa and basuma we had obviously the pace of Brennan Johnson who started but then ultimately unfortunately had to come off and hum Minon right through the middle

One thing to also add is Eric Dyer returned from injury to take his place on the bench that team read Vicario P Romero Davis oogi sa basuma Rison s with Avent forc to D dorington Emerson skip hoier Hill Don valiz and worth me also adding our team lineups always broken down by the

Wonderful Ali gold uh TJ unchanged happy about that for you yes um I think we proved against Newcastle that um with the extensive injuries that we have at the club this is the best starting 11 that we can field um I think even if Lelo was fit he wouldn’t have started

Over basuma or um orar or you know Dei or anybody else um and uh I mean listen there were a number of players actually who weren’t that great tonight um REDcard aside I didn’t think basuma had a great game T sar’s high standard I didn’t think he had a great game either

Udogie didn’t have the same game that he had against Newcastle even perro and of course I’m sure we’ve all read about you know um Real Madrid ruing a missed opportunity with Pedro parro and acknowledging that he’s within you know top three or four right back on Earth um which I would absolutely

Agree with not that they had bad games but they weren’t scintillating performances like they were against Newcastle which is why again having these exemplary performances from um Dei and Ben Davis and also I know we’ve banged on about Dei but let’s just do it a little bit more 23 years old Lee

Listed all the stats like a champ um but just psychologically as well to be a 23y old uh young man and to see um a creative Titan like James Madison go down to then be tasked with go and fill that role that’s a really really tough you know um if

You’re an understudy waiting in the wings and you know you’re looking at you know Anthony Hopkins or Gary Oldman or some absolute Titan out there applying their trade and then all of a sudden you get the nod and you have to come on and fill those shoes fair play to the guy

Just psychologically mentally as well like having the um mental resilience and fortitude to to come on and fill those sizable shoes and I love this free roaming role that he’s been granted again to your point Rick when Johnson went off he did have to sort of shift

Over to the right but I also liked how Richie still gave him the opportunity to play down the middle you know Richie would go out onto the right and there this um cohesion and and uh fraternal Instinct I think that’s starting to really be cultivated in uh in this side

And again I said it the last I’m going to say it again my apologies if I’m boring your listeners and Watchers by saying this but remember this is still our first season under and you know we’re not even really halfway through and this these levels of camaraderie and and and fraternity Brotherhood have

Really started to to Jael which is really really um in we were all falling out of a kebab shop at 23 Raj excellent um but um and so I’m I’m really enthused uh by what I’m seeing and again a team decimated by injuries you look at that

Lineup and if if we hadn’t seen them play we’d be chewing our fingernails and thinking we’re gonna get put to the sword here and we don’t we don’t get put to the sword and so um I’m delighted with how so many of these players have stepped up and they’re not only playing

Um you know for themselves and for the fans and and and for the manager but they really feel like they’re playing for something bigger than that they feel like they’re playing like this is a team that can really get things done and dare I say it again macka we’re going to get

In undated win things that’s what they cross you know fingers crossed the way first started the game I got to say um bit edgy bit shaky let me know for us is always a difficult place to go R quickly when we I mean to be fair he

Got a score that he son like when you say when you say we we started we he’s got to put that in the back of the net and he sticks that in the back of the N different game different game different game he scores that yeah no listen again big early chance

For Spurs you picked up on the fact there and I think I’m discounting the fact that you know from that minute onwards I just felt until Spurs got the goal wasn’t really a great first half I gotta be honest with you I think we all had our concerns in the way Spurs are

Playing in that first half but you’re right Ma look if son does SC that really early wasn’t it rick it was quite you know it was quite like it felt slow you know it didn’t feel like we were playing bad but it just felt like we were kind

Of I don’t want to say going through the motions there was there but it just didn’t it wasn’t free flowing like there was some pockets of One Touch stuff I mean Sonny was getting a ball and having free people on him you know like like mate said he’s getting kicked sorry TJ

Said he’s getting kicked to pieces in he like you know what fair play to Forest there Le you know what I mean like they really worked hard today I I think like we weren’t at our best but also that just looked like a team that was working

Really hard to shut down space you know again we you know we’ve played this game right you know obviously nowhere near the levels of these professionals but you know we will say to each other like let’s not allow them the space let’s be compact let’s be aggressive and you

Could see them executing the manager’s game plan and bless this manager he’s hanging on by his fingernails isn’t he God bless him and again like I’m looking at a club like forest and thinking well why would you fire this man who else is he gonna come and get you know that the

Guy bleeds red red and whites and you know drag them up from the championship um but you’re we didn’t look um at our swashbuckling best like a team of pirates they didn’t allow us space today I just think with Jordan makes a comment on there like Spurs too easily manipulating to scrap

With it does feel like that you know like the the Lesser teams almost or or teams want to almost bring us they don’t want us to play our free FL football right so so they you know we struggle against a low block there’s absolutely no doubt about it you know the palace

Game going look at stats that Palace gamees pretty pretty mental the Liverpool game I know Liverpool don’t load block but they obviously did when they went down to whatever it was nine men when it for for us they low block you know Sheffield united we we had to

Win it in in like 998th minute and 100th minute or whatever it was because of their low block we we do struggle with that and the Lesser teams I agree with with with that like they see almost seem to pull us down to their level and I

Don’t know whether that’s because of the Personnel like if you think about today with Brennan Johnson obviously wish him all the best what a gutter for him going back to his old club and like and playing and again to be honest I thought he was within him within himself as well

For the first to your point Rick for the first half for the first 10 15 minutes with Brennan himself I thought he was within himself he weren W to take someone then he started to get into it a bit and then he he’s he cled heads it

Looked nasty and that’s a real gutter his dad big up his dad as well by the way because he’s in the aing but fully come on you Spurs now fully KO I mean having played what over 50 T 50 goals I think it was or something

Like that for Forest he scored um so yeah I feel for him but and maybe that was the bit where it started to turn back into forest’s favor and but again when you look at the stats they had one shot on Target in the whole game like

They didn’t really trouble us did they it’s quite mad it’s just doesn’t add up really can I just jump in on the point there about the the Low Blocks I think it’s a really interesting thing and it’s something that obviously we’re still struggling with you know a Dei helps

Miss Madison doesn’t but one thing that I’ve I’ve been really impressed with is the the aggression and I mean that in in a tactical sense rather than a physical sense that that has allowed us to to have a bit more success against Low Blocks and it’s when when we’re

Bombarding these teams we have a lot of possession and around the Box we’re not trying to we’re not trying to force the issue as much as maybe we have in the past but what’s so important is that when the ball is is cleared or half cleared or center-backs are so

Aggressive in in squeezing up and pushing forward to win that ball back and I I I spoke about kind of that shift and momentum at in in the middle of the second half which eventually led to our goal and what what allowed that to happen was anytime the ball was cleared

Or half cleared Davis and Romero were sprinting as far forward as they needed making sure they were winning that loose ball sa him back a couple of times and made it happen and it even goes back into that Manchester City game the goal that Lelo scored City have cleared it

And start moving off the pitch until Davis gets in there ahead of his man where previously they would have backed off and sa back and try to try to deal with the counter attack but being so aggressive in that in that position that when you’re keeping these teams back

They don’t have the time to get back into their shape they don’t have the time to plug the gaps that that might have been might have been opened by a Defender sprinting out a position to win the ball or whatever and on the flip side I think Ron on the ball tonight

Wasn’t great he only completed nine passes thought a few a few times he picked the wrong option but out of possession he was really important and it’s for that same reason when when Forest had that momentum there’s one moment in particular where I think it was Ben Davis cleared the ball and it

Was kind of trickling towards the the touch line in the halfway line Ryan Yates went back to pick up the ball absolutely no danger all of a sudden RIS is on his heel and he forces him back to the center back and Rison keeps chasing

Forces him out to the left hand side to the center back and that may seem like nothing it may seem like a fail press by Rison but what that allows us to do is completely regroup at the back get back into our shape get back into our system

And Forest have to start trying to pick that lock again and in what we we’re doing it sets a precedent as well doesn’t it mant that’s your Center forward you know tracking back shutting people down like that you know being sent on these seemingly interminable uh thankless

Tasks just sets that precedent that we you know we can’t have any passengers in this team um other than when Oliver skip came on but I’m sure we’ll talk about him later well I think again just just on just sorry Rick just just on that I mean

I think when when Skippy came on with a Brennan that that did start to change it a little bit and I think I always had the feeling that there’s moments in the game especially when you’re away from home as as Louie said earlier like there’s no easy away game in the Premier

League when the game so tight like that if you don’t put your chance while put them to the sword there’s always an opportunity it only takes a dodgy free kick or yellow card or for the fans to get behind it and then as soon as the

Fans get behind it all of a sudden like they start pushing up a 10 15 yards and that definitely happened didn’t it in that first half probably around the half an hour mark Boris started to get more of the ball and and and that’s when you

Start to think Alo is is woly B just going to pop up like back post and smash one in with his head like he did all them years ago at wemy when he was playing for wolves don’t forget that one people get that one out of the blue book

I remember that we were we we should have been winning that game we end up losing it woly Bly bloody hether you know what I mean so you look at that stuff and you think oh it’s gonna happen again but to be fair to the lads I mean

We did play like 25 minutes with with 10 men and and it didn’t really affect us did it really in the end didn’t really did it no I mean you know other than we we look like a completely different team right but you’re you know you’re going

To look like a different team if if you’ve gone down to 10 and and you know you look a bit wobbly and also you know obviously we were forced to make an injury to yet another attacking player when Johnson came off um but for me again like because we talked about Skip

In the last game and I said you know I just don’t I don’t see him as a premier league player I just don’t you know um he’s a lovely boy and he’s Tottenham through and through um and listen he’s already had an outstanding career you know he he already has you’re a young

Man and you’ve played for your child Club I mean we could only dream to have to have played for our childhood club and he’s already done it however I think he has run his race and he has discovered his level he just doesn’t have the ability to collect the ball at

Feet and turn either way he also doesn’t have the ability to pick that incisive pass he just doesn’t have I was I was really because obviously I knew I’m coming back on the show I talked about him in the last episode saying I don’t think he’s good enough um Sammy Powell

Came back and said I do think he’s good enough and then he said maybe he’s good enough to play play at um where did he say he said uh Everton and Luton and both of those teams they’ll probably yeah I think I think we due respect you

I I agree with you to the point I don’t think for a Tottenham show Tottenham show for a Tottenham player I’m not sure he’s up to the level but I do think I I think for me he’s a he’d be a good Premier League player for a mid-table

Cber no disect like you’d say you know a fullham maybe or I mean you dare say everon if they would have point and they’ve got better players than him you know maybe you know I don’t know who it is matate but you know the point is to

Your point he’s not good enough to be at Tottenham hotsa nowhere near good enough to be me when comes to the pitch the dip is is sizable yeah again I can’t agree with that I mean what I would say is that that first half already dominated by a number of stoppages obviously Bron

Johnson obviously went down wouldn’t be ping any further point I think at the time there was a fact that it was a concern over a concussion which led to that substitution with Skippy coming onto the field he C to head over to the right um in that period we saw Desy oogi

Pick up his fifth card of the Season he’ll now miss the Everton match through suspension I am going to come on to shortly whether we feel there is a discipline issue within the Spurs Squad but look again really disappointed to lose to Doggy because I think we all

Agree that again when you look at the drop off of level with relation to ad DOI and then the players that are that could play his role there’s absolutely no doubt about it that it’s a real real big loss for Everton who look Everton although we’re not sure what the result

Will be weekend Everton have been in decent form and it won’t be an easy game you know Everton at home Everton have got a really good record away so don’t be kiddy thinking that’s G be an easy game for Tottenham and to not have a dogy there is a real disappointment but

The key is Right bang on halftime Spurs do go front coming over to you Richie scoring ated Time kesi Crossing in from the right the Brazilian heads in his third goal in two games and to be fair look I think we all agree we needed that because that was a really tricky first

Half how delighted are you Lee Richie backto back game gam backto back goals for him will’ll do his confidence the world are good right say list audio there is providing a pigeon dance just doing a pigeon there for the audio listeners look I mean I’m really pleased for him clearly the

Surgery has done something he’s got a spring back in his pigeon steps see what I did there um and um it was a absolutely what it was a Flawless cross was it let’s be absolutely brutal about that I mean that is bread and butter

That is meat and drink you you C all the cliches you want to throw out there but any Striker getting that I mean it was absolute perfection from from Dei and Richie does what he needs to do he’s he’s always been good with his head we’

Known that um and he’s stuck in the back of the net brilliant perfect timing right before halftime as you said Rick and um and to be fair on balance we definitely deserved the you know to be in in front in that first half there’s no doubt about that um go back and check

The stats as I’ve been talking about all all night um but um it was a brilliant header and Brilliant for him I mean brilliant for Dei and just just it was I think for me when you don’t know the ins and out of what’s going on in somebody’s life

Like he’s got this injury we didn’t know about it we didn’t know about son’s injury last year do you know what I mean it’s very hard you can only comment and make references to what we see and what we’re privy to that that’s fair isn’t it

As you know as doing what we’re doing and analyzing shows and that sort of stuff analyzing the matches and Dey sorry um charlton’s been off it there’s no doubt but now we know he’s had surgery now we know it was a pelvic problem or pubic problem pubic bone

Problem and now he’s had the surgery he does look different he’s feels different and actually even if he isn’t any different in his mind he is and that’s massively important right so if he feels better about himself great and now he’s scoring back toback goals as you said

Said um Rick so what scored three in the last two um actually if you look at his stats this season as TJ referenced earlier about Gabriel Jus as well he’s you know he’s he’s not having a bad season with Charles is it 60 million quid worth I’m not sure but you got to

St he’s doing a well he you know look at four goal so far four goals so far this season all competitions he over takes his T from 2223 I think the key thing is bringing you in here Matt he’s fing that form that we all want to see we all need

To see and look I think again another great stat for him he’s now scored 14 headers since his Premier League debut only four players four players have scored more in that time and look we asked the fact now for Richie can he go on a run Matt he plays now this is the

Time to be full of confidence and who next to show his class against then the club that obviously he played for inevit is he coming into full mat at the perfect time for us yeah AB absolutely um and look I think I do want to caveat

This by saying you know it’s it’s it’s it’s two games you know he’s had good games before we’ve had you know we all remember those famous four games for Matt Ary and I know he got injured in in in the fifth which is what kind of changed the the direction of his form

There but if if forlon can hit hit something now it it’ll be absolutely huge for us because you know he started the season in in that in that front rle and it just wasn’t quite working out we shifted him out to the left and sun went

In the middle and and he started really well in that and then kind of slowly faded away and we we were struggling to find that dynamic in that front three didn’t know first of all the three players that were best there but then that Dynamic and where we’ play who but

Now to two games or Charlton has been down the middle and son and Johnson either side of him obviously kevki for a lot of the game today but I think Lee made an important Point um I think it was Lee forgive me if it wasn’t where you’re saying that you know kind of

Keski went Central and raron moved out to that right as well and I know it’s for a different manager but that versatility is why we sign Rison because he can play Anywhere across that front line and we’ve needed to find the perfect position for him and that that

Does seem to be down the middle especially when you look at his threat in the air but being able to Interchange with the players around him being able to maybe just drag himself out left a little bit to make that room for sun or even o doy with the way how how advanc

He plays making that space for the players around him is going to be is going to be really important and I think regardless of his form for me he’s always been a player that tactically is is is a great asset to have you know he he’s able to take

Instruction and and follow it to the letter whether he pulls off the the quality side of things is a different question but you know I spoke about that role he had in making that space for Madison in the in the earlier stages of the season um so there there is absolutely

Something there that is beneficial to us but if he can start to add goals and I’m not expecting him to be 30 goals a season but if he can kind of hit that 15 Benchmark with the players that we have around him who are going to be

Contributing to the goals as well I think there there’s absolutely space in that team it’s it’s a headache on for us as well because we need a center back arguably we’re going to need a midfielder especially if Puma continues on the on the path that he’s going we’re

Going to need a little bit something kind of more backup in in left back as well we don’t need that headache of needing to bring in a 50 60 million pound Striker too so if he can hit that form it’s it’s a massive massive weight off our shoulders and and we’ all be

Happy to see it as well because that injury that that he’s been playing with it for me the timing was weird to go for that surgery um midseason when you knew he was going to have a month off but if this is the result of it I’m absolutely

Delighted and long may at last oh man now and sorry just to quickly add on and what you because again you made brilliant points again mat but I don’t think he rson got enough credit against man city as well for that ESI goal the the fre The Equalizer because he pulled

Two Defenders away go and watch that back for the for the fact he’s creating space for others as you just said and mo that movement I don’t know if you agree with that one TJ as well but he moved that that ball around I mean he’s got

Four goals and three assists now and 14 appearances and half of that half of them appearances were well not even half of them most of them were with an injury you you look at Darwin Nunes for example he’s got four goals and five assists so it’s it’s on par he’s got more he’s

Higher he’s higher goal scorer and assist maker than Jesus he’s on par of Darwin Nunes I’m just picking some you know big names big name Strikers that are in the Premier League um at the moment and and actually he he hasn’t even been playing as number nine the

Whole season has he he’s been playing out on the left he’s been dropped appearances is not full gains so I think there there is a there is um my mates would be laughing at this because I doubled down and then triple down and then quadrupled down on the

Charlon and then and then I and then I gave up and then was like ah there you go MAA you’ve given up now I’m com I shouldn’t have given up I should have like oct octagon down is that thing I don’t even know to say it but I should

Have just kept going until he comes well you know TJ help me out here mate you’re the Wordsmith what what is eight times doubling down just is that what we call it I think I think that my word smithery has reached its limits trying to come

Up about a lot of people reach when it comes to Le with the vocabulary uh TJ to bring you in on this um Andrew was asked after the game he’s asked the question does Richie seem a lot happier now he said look Richie’s been good he was good

Again in terms of the game it’s not an easy one to come into we weren’t going to get a lot of space in terms of the actual field itself but his impact is in the Box it was a great ball by Dei and that’s what Richie’s really good at his

Timing is in the air his ability to get the ball in the back of the net in those kind of situations was absolutely vital for us and he was Then followed up and asked the question just seems to love the moment and plays up to that he say

Yeah I think he’s better in space physically and mentally as I said during the week it was for him but he solded on at the same time he knows that people will be assuming that if he’s out there then you’re going to perform at a certain level and you can’t make excuses

He’s definitely think a lot better about himself physically and mentally and for a striker scoring goals is obviously important but just his General all around play has been really good for us over the last couple of weeks TJ are we seeing a potential rekindle of a Spurs

Career where I think many were really wrting him off ahead of the January transfer window where he’s now coming into a bit of for and really showing his worth to this team yes and isn’t that lovely and I I’ll start with myself you know I I sit down to enjoy a big

Steaming bowl of my own words that I will consume with great Zeal and Gusto um yes I am a fan of the swash Bing swash buling thank you Archangel um so I just think it’s a lovely thing and and to to to backa Point um I as well gave

Him so many opportunities just because you know there’s definitely a player in there Brazil’s number nine scored that outrageous goal at the World Cup the goal of the tournament yada yada yada was was I remember mitt Watford you know one of my dear friends lives over here

Lives up the road from me Andy big Watford fan huge richison fan um and of course he was been he’s been brilliant at Everton so I I was delighted to bring him in we needed a number nine um and that has been such a cursed position for

Us uh for so many years that shirt that number nine shirt comes with a you know a particular hex all of its own um and so I would be so pleased if he just continues on this run of form and again to Le Point you never really know what’s

Going on right we we don’t know what this niggling injury was was causing um to poor ralison like how it was hampering his ability and again we’ve used every analogy in in the book to describe these players you know whether they’re race horses or whether they’re a

Formula One cars or whatever it is but you know to to look at either one of those um Sports I’ll do the cars because I don’t actually agree with horse racing but you know so if if you know one of your Pistons is off by a fraction of a

Millimeter you’re going to have you’re going to have an enormous drop off um in in in uh in production and and in efficacy and so now that that’s sorted him if he is now dare I say it 100% fit and this is what he offer us then there’s there it’s definitely something

There again to to Matt’s point if he’s a 15 12 to 15 goal a season I’ll 100% take that especially if you combine that with his tireless industry again to Matt’s Point um his work off the ball and to to Lee’s point the fact that he not only

Dragged uh two Defenders out the way he always he’s one of those players that if you were playing against him you’d always know when he’s around always he’s a physical presence he’s he’s probably one of those irritating players as well he always your shoulder you know little

Tugs here and there you just know that you can’t give him an inch because he’ll Nick the ball off you not necessarily score a goal but he’ll Nick the ball off you and cause you problems and so having a player like that who can play across

Uh the front the front three and will never stop running for the team is is an incredibly valuable asset so I’m I’m delighted for him and again there’s nothing more that we love more if we can allow ourselves to be called football pundits there’s nothing more that that

We love than being able to eat our words and so again I will enjoy that meal with with absolute Vigor and applaud Ju Just to finish on the Charing if if I may be so Balck again the guys made some brilliant points but the only again negative I would say about him certainly

Well in the first half performance he got he got pulled didn’t he when um when basuma went off was he didn’t seem to track back as much as he was doing in the Newcastle game until he scored once he scored he felt he was almost like he

Felt oh okay I’ll go go do some running around a bit more and at one point he was he was in the right back position doing a defensive you know uh clearance and stuff I didn’t really see that in the F in the first half and may maybe

I’m being critical because there was three massive you know center backs that they were playing with and maybe they just marshaled him really well in in the first half do you know what I mean but I just against Newcastle it felt like the maybe again I’m probably my question

Because he maybe have more space in and around him to be able to get free and go and Chase and hustle I don’t know whether you guys felt that I just didn’t feel like he was doing that enough um to in in today’s game no I think listen

Apart from his goal with no disrespect to him it’s really hard to judge him as a whole because of really got say what he brought to the table but I mean we all know guys you know there’s games where Harry Kane for example would score

A goal and that would be the only real highlight he scored the goal and I think if Richie scoring goals Le that’s all care I’m not criticizing yeah that’s third point you keep scoring goals with that’s good enough mate yeah totally agree look what we are going to do

Before we do go for that final break of our show and was asked overall if he could ask anything more about the performance from the players he said look I was really really pleased with both the win and again the place to come and do it you know you have to handle

The fact that you’re going to be challenged in terms of different ways a lot of balls in the Box throws free kicks and you have to deal with all that and for the most part I thought we handled it really really well we still played decent football we’ve in that

Created some really good chances some really good goals and we showed that character and resilience that I thought we handled it really well and I think again these are the kind of games that if Spurs have got aspirations of top four or beyond that these are the games

That you have to come pick up the points I think everyone would have maybe thought when they saw this fixture scheduled Forest Friday night probably not what you want when Forest are a team that I think plays so much better on an evening kickoff at home that’s just my

Feeling about Forest I think the fans really Galvanize the players get behind them and I think you even saw that last 1015 we’re going to come on to the sending off that ultimately if Forest do get a goal back that really changes the mood it changes it and makes it a much

More trickier game for Tottenham But ultimately Spurs did hold out but that’s what we are going to do next we are going to go for that final break of the show for our listeners and audio guys there is still around 16 to 1700 of you watching us here on this last one on

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Ohen come on Nord come on come on bring us to Nord right now interestingly second half Forest thought thought they’ found the leveler but alanga was Fairway offside I don’t know I mean let’s go to you Matt on this is it credit to Tottenham for having an absolute

Worldclass defensive line that I think we saw Villa actually deploy something very similar under unai Emory because I think many were taking a point the fact that there was a real age that took a decision to come there I what seemed like a really really basic offside

Decision Matt I I I think most people are going to disagree with me in this and I I I’m I think this is realism more the negativity but I think we got quite lucky um because if you watch if you watch the angle that they they took the

Offside from the line in the box is absolutely perfect and even unai Emy would look at that he he’d say good evening but if you look at doggy where he’s over in The Far Side dealing with the cross he’s actually a yard or two deeper than the defensive line that we

Have in the box so I think it it is it from what I was looking at it actually did look quite D between alanga and and Udi in The Far Side so it it may be a little bit overcritical but I think that defensive line in the Box need to be

Looking at the fact that n DOI is the yed to deeper and and and get back in line with him I I I think that’s why Kat or was Bali and and and alanga I think that’s why they they were so far behind the defensive line that had in there

Because they saw that kind of distance between between them and O DOI um so for me we got a little bit lucky but I do think throughout the course of the Season that line has improved a lot and we haven’t looked as vulnerable on on the transition as we did in in some

Games especially that Chelsea game which I know is is is an outlier in itself and and can’t be kind of looked at in in in too much of an analytical way but um there there were times Forest had free kicks and we were playing the line halfway up or our own defensive path

Which was absolutely crazy um but for me again I apologize if it seems negative but I I I think we got a little bit lucky with that one it’s interesting again it kind of split a lot of Praise there some that say unbelievable the fact that Spurs have got that confidence

To play such a high line especially away from home when you consider Spurs have still got Mickey vanent to come back into this team and I think credit to Ben Davis because again you’re asking somebody to come in there who is ultimately and I know Le giv me those

Eyes there who isn’t arguably the first choice that I think we got to say look Ben has come in and been absolutely phenomenal you have to say that he has been superb and I think credit to an because again you know he had very little time to decide really what he was

Going to do after obviously losing Mickey van romz a partnership so to bring in Ben Davis and Jamie Carri get said something very interesting of course in the sky commentary and the reason why we know Ben Davis is deployed there is because obviously having that

Left foot it makes it a lot easier for Tottenham to play out from the back to have a predominant left footed person so Ben has really really filled in at a crucial time I think we all know and understand Spurs do need to sign another Center back and just said

That I think me and Matt will be imploring that and we have all these wonderful Journeys join us come January that we all need to of course have Center back come in and improve Tottenham it needs to be a fairly decent player You could argue Ashley Phillips

Would maybe had his opportunity had of course he not got injured up until now and T brings to very nicely the second goal of the game uh two mistakes from the forest keeper Matt Turner former Arsenal player did I say that former Arsenal player he first kicks the ball

To KFI then he Paris it to the swed powerful shot into the net and it all came from a must say TJ Spur’s really high pressed that and just deployed and Spurs rightly got their rewards yes absolutely right and also um it’s the uh this wonderful an approach uh what the

Kids say no chill you know an just has no chill you know it doesn’t matter how many players he’s got on the pitch or um you know what the score is we’re always going to go you know pedal to the metal and and go for that second goal then

Again like we we’re always going to need that second goal I mean even at 2-0 Lads where we sitting there thinking oh great done and dust I definitely wasn’t you know um even at kind of 91 92 minutes I was like God come on get over the line

Um and so uh yeah it was it was a terrific second goal and again you know Dey was just outstanding today we we’ve we’ve heat um significant Praise on him justifiably and also like just to lace that thing with you that’s his weak foot good Lord like what happens when when he

He hits it like that with his with his left foot I mean you know you’d need to rein Force the Nets you wouldn’t want to be sitting behind behind the goal right and have that dude Lac the ball at you again 23y old Manchild you know just an

Absolute unit um was was delighted for him and again you know the Arsenal connection wasn’t lost on me either um and so yeah man I was I was I was really I was really pleased with with the entire performance and then again to to Matt’s point that it mentioned ages ago

There has been criticism of um an not having a plan B and it’s just so silly as well I think you know when professional football pundits go well you know this manager doesn’t have a plan B you know this man’s going to have a he’s going to have a plan J he’s going

To have a a plan Q he’s been in the game for you know for decades you know he’s got plans upon plan his plans have got plans to have plans that they execute those plans maybe about when planning and then plan love you CJ I love you of

Course he does and so he can be more um pragmatic in in his approach but that DNA and he said I can’t I can’t remember what it was it was during that phase where we were losing every game he said listen the teams that perform consistently in this league have a dare

I say it plan and stick to it and that’s what he’s doing he’s trying to instill a personality and an ethos and a philosophy into into this club which is very much in complete um uh uh um Symphony and harmony with the essence of this club and how it was founded you

Know we are to is to do we are a flare football team since 1882 so to come in and just say listen this is how we’re going to play our football is working in its first season and bro when we were talking about key injuries before and um

Matty was saying you know imagine Arsenal losing those players and macka was saying oh you know Liverpool you know I have to say I’d forgotten about vanen you know that’ be like Liverpool losing van djk that’s like Arsenal losing Cela on top of everybody else and I think what’s really important as well

About Ben Davis and fair play to Ben Davis man is that um Eric Dyer played alongside Romero for dozens and dozens of games and just didn’t take on because I do believe that Ben Davis has been vastly improved by UM playing uh um by playing alongside Romero it’s been

Vastly improved and again it’s just his personality so many of the comments as well um the wonderful insightful comments talking about the professionalism of Ben Davis how he will just get on with it if he’s going to sit on the bench for three months he’ll just

Say yes boss and you know that he’s first into training and the last to leave and he’s disciplined and probably the loveliest man and would go home to his wife and family and and you know and then wake up the next day and and go

Back in into work and get it all done again and then when he’s given his opportunity he takes them but he’s also really learned he’s really learned like Matty was saying you know step out don’t allow them space Sprint out of position don’t let them turn you know D couldn’t

Do that and so fair play to an and the coaches fair play to Romero for obviously working with Davis and then fair play to Ben Davis for taking that all on board and then executing that on the football pitch because my goodness it’s made a huge difference for us we

Really could be in trouble guys we could be mid-table right now and we’re right right back up there at the top fair play to the lad can I just could we TJ could we Matt try to stay fairly calm we’ve got TJ show that is that is very dangerous like

Putting ABS isn’t it on this show to try and put these two together I tell you what are we thinking what are we un thinking just oh sorry please go for it go for it there’s a couple of points there I want to add because I agree with

Absolutely everything TJ has said for me the most important thing about Ben Davis is the weight that was on his shoulders tonight because I think his performances up until this point of gradually been get getting better but I think we’re going under the radar then he has that incredible performance against Newcastle

Makes that crucial clearance um against isak in the first six or seven minutes and then this entire week the talk not only in the Press but from an pasta kago was that our priority was to get a new center back it was that we need a new

Center back and the added weight was pagu talking about how fantastic Davis has been that that’s not an easy thing to go into a game like this after back of but he he came out with with an even better performance again I think that professionalism and the mentality is

Huge in that as well and on the point about an Pago and his apparent lack of plans aside his plan Q as T.J mentioned for me it’s it’s almost a a compliment that they don’t realize they’re giving because they seem to be judging an bagu

As if he’s been here his entire life you know you’re looking at at at the top five at the moment Liverpool Jurgen klopp has been there for eight years uh nine years even Guardiola has been there eight years Etta has been there four or five years unai Emory has been there

Over a year and they’re judging Pastak kagu in the same way as these managers for me that just shows how fantastic he’s been since he’s come in that they almost feel like this is an established faku team this is a team that he’s had enough time to to to do to Perfect The

Plan B CDE e f when in reality he’s just been utterly Sensational and getting across that plan a he’s been so effective and so convincing in in instilling his philosophies in the teams in the fan base and with everyone who who’s watching Tottenham play that it’s

Hard not to judge him as if we should be better than we are because we shouldn’t be as good as we are if that makes sense it’s a weird kind of kind of roundabout thing but it in in my eyes they’re accidentally complimenting him which I’m

Going to take every day of the week yeah I must say just a point on D and kvki because again I feel like again when you host this show sometimes you going the opportunity to glamorize and publicize just how good some of these players are that’s because of the wonderful gu we

Have on it what do you think about kisi let’s ask you oh thanks mate I I just at the moment Joe he’s owning that Spotlight isn’t he you know again today you look at his contrib tion first C the chances for son then the six assist for Richie and now not of course

Ver his second goal of the night I think when you consider with keski as well now he’s now scored the same amount of goals in the Premier League for Tottenham as Peter Crouch did 12 and he’s played eight fewer games and many you know they

I mean many I think say Crouch had a massive formidable impact on Tottenham given the fact he got Spurs of course to the champions league for Spurs is obviously first occasion and also thing I must have said on koseski is that no players covered more ground in the

Premier League than koseski this season which I don’t want to go under the radar because I think when you consider all of the players out there that you know ultimately we regard as being you know players that really give everything on the pitch keski is one that ultimately

Does leave everything out on the pitch for Tottenham every time he plays and I think again absolute credit to him credit to an for really making him a real I’d say important player in that Squad because when you consider the fact that you know it’s a new manager he

Wasn’t obviously and’s by and I think when you hear the words that he’s absolutely loving playing for the the manager that’s just down to again the fact that what he has his thoughts on football and and his thoughts on football are very much intrinsic and similar so look fair fair credit to him

This is the point of the show now where I think this is going to split a lot of opinions and it comes to Eve basuma now for our watching audience I’m just going to actually provide you with the steal of the incident that occurred and which

Led to basuma being shown a red now it’s worth me saying that that it that looks awful rck doesn’t it wow I think the the image on first glance does look absolutely terrible and before I bring in Andre’s comments I think it’s worth me pointing out that originally evees

Was awarded a yellow card which following a VAR review led to a red and it’s his second dismissal of the Season it does mean he’ll serve another free Match ban I mean again when you look at it and we haven’t obviously got it due to copyright reasons we can’t play the

Actual full clip The Tackle but it looked like he was trying to block the pass but he ended up catching Yates very very high up on the leg which again the Ste will always be more how can I put this it would be obviously more dramatic than the actual that’s that’s actually

The point I was making Rick like going oh looks bad because actually when you play that in normal time it don’t look bad and and I’m not sure it is a red card it’d be very interesting to see what everyone else what everyone else thinks there’s a lot of people in the

Comments saying it’s not a red it is a red like it’s it’s it’s a 50/50 it’s subjective that’s why that’s why it was that a clear and obvious error in real time as a red card I mean I don’t know Rick what do you think what

Are you guys thinking I think in today’s game and by the fact you’ve got VAR there and you know I’ll bring Matt into this and we’ll go to TJ next I think ultimately the player it’s pretty for me it’s pretty brainless right I mean on the back of the fact you’ve only been

Sent off once this season and the fact that how poor his disciplining record has been and by the fact for me I am yet to see the same player since the luten game I don’t know what has happened Matt since that luten game but there can be

No argument Matt that six seven games into the season Puma for me was up there with Declan rice I would say is one of the most consistent performers in his position in the Premier League I think we were all saying if what is cedo worth

If what if Dean rice is worth you watch first six seven games he was absolutely Flawless where Matt has that Player gone answer me that before we come onto the tackle Matt in your opinion what’s happened there I I I wish I knew um look

The easy answer for me is at the start of the Season we have we had 11 players performing to their absolute best we had 11 players who were playing out of their skin who were making every correct decision on the pitch they were obviously putting the work in behind the

Scenes I’m not saying basuma isn’t doing that anymore but when you have 11 players who are hitting their ceiling every single week that’s not going to last and I I I do think basuma is underperforming at the moment I don’t think this is this is his level um but I

I I think he he’s just hit a rough patch maybe he’s carrying an injury that we don’t know about I’d almost hope that is the case because we haven’t seen that form like you mentioned since since the Loon game and I I made the point to you

Guys in the green room before the show started that if basuma was still playing at that level right now if he was still playing to his absolute maximum two red carries in this season still wouldn’t be forgivable but the fact that he’s not performing and he’s getting those two

Red cards and seven yellows as Darren mentioned I I love the stastics before we came online he only got one one red card for Brighton and it was in the 20221 season so it’s been three years since he had a red card before this season

Um not play System Matt is that what it is can he not can he actually not play this system is I think actually been Vindicated don’t utter those words in my presence Lee how dare you the the L red card has nothing to do with the system Lon red card was just

Brainless it was stupid he he he he he went for a dive and look I’d argue the one tonight was brainless as well you know I think he he he took a Bad Touch maybe in his mind he had visions of what happened against Manchester City and he

He thought look I have to do whatever I can to to recover this and he just went in I I would say I do have to disagree with you Le I do think it was a clear and obvious error from the referee he’s gone over the ball he’s gone studs High

Into the knee I think if y’s leg is planted that could be a very very nasty injury we’re lucky that it wasn’t from our perspective and From perspective refle to be fair I I also think if there’s no V the referee gives a red card anyway I think referees have gotten

Too secure and too safe knowing there’s going to be someone checking their work anyway absolutely and it’s it’s why we don’t see yellow cards for diving anymore because they don’t want to make the decision on the pitch because someone upstairs or back and stockly park will do that for them I think when

No basuma gets sent off from the first moment there but I think um there’s a conversation that needs to be had because four red cards for the whole team this season um the other ones Romero and Udi were also just a lack of discipline we had a lot of a lot of

Yellow cards today but I think we need to look at the context of those yellow cards rather than the fact that we got yellow cards because off the top of my head SAR sun and Davis were yellow cards that they had to take because they were tactical they were stopping a

Counterattack the best teams do that um so I I think it’s it would be remissive us to just look at the the numbers more than the actual context but there is there is a problem there and something that needs to be needs to be discussed and maybe it’s just it’s just finding

That middle ground because we have been in the past we’ve been that team that’s been way too passive we’ve been Lads that Tottenham you know we have been that team and we can’t deny it and like was mentioned you know that the battle of the bridge there was kind of a

Mentality shift there and I don’t think we’ve ever find that found that perfect space in the middle um but now because we are so much more aggressive tactically and physically we we need to find that sweet spot and and maybe maybe you are rightly maybe basuma just can’t

Find that sweet spot maybe Romero is going to be a player who struggles to do that as well um but I think the difference there is Romero is just so special and so crucial to what we’re trying to do that for me he has a little

Bit more Lee weight he’s I’m not going to forgive him if he keeps doing it there is a little bit more leeway there for basuma if bonor was fit right now and just imagine for some ridiculous reason assuma had that red card res sended I’d still be certain bonor

Because he’s just more reliable and obviously better as well Ben sorry the mass point on Ben isn’t it forget yeah Jo again I mean TJ bringing you in now look it’s no doubt I want to try and play devil Africa here it’s a red card in the rules but some

Would say they all know what’s happened there Ball’s got away from him after a bad touch he’s panicked I think as Matt alluded to he’s tried to win a bouncing ball and it’s gone horribly wrong many maybe would argue it’s not nasty it’s a panic moment of a head loss I mean where

Do you stand for you TJ should he be going with that ball or should be going for that ball or do you think given the fact that when you look at the disciplinary for him and again forgive me there was a comment that came through that actually broke down where we are in

Terms of his disciplinary stats which I think are massively massively concerning he’s now got and thanks to Darren here seven yellow cards and Two Reds in 16 games for any play that you want to rely on over the course of a season that’s it’s it’s it’s horrendous right I mean

How can we justify that given how crucial he was in those first six seven games where I think we all had him potentially as a candidate for MBE being a player of the Season he was that good to start with TJ yes um I mean lots of questions there um number

One we can’t excuse it you know tremendous stat thank you Darren for sending that in I mean a really frightening stat and almost one of those ones when you read it you go that can’t be right can it um but it is uh and so it’s it’s not unforgivable because I

Just don’t think you know he’s not asking for our approval right you know we’re we’re football fans we he doesn’t work for us he’s you know and so it’s it’s not he’s he shouldn’t be sort of begging our forgiveness but it isn’t acceptable you know it’s unprofessional

And so what he should be doing is finding a way to skate that line you know especially if you are a player that now has a reputation like Romero skated that line today Hayes was absolutely willing to get him to snap to get him to bite um there was an opportunity I think

It was early in the first half where Forest got I won’t say it was a break but you know they were kind of running through to our Central Defenders and Romero handled him um not it wasn’t overly physical but handled him in the way that he handles him dribbled the

Ball out to the halfway line you remember this and hay sprinted up behind him remember ran into his back and knocked him over and what did Romero do went to ground and took his free kick fantastic that’s what we need those players to do understand that this is a

Mental game and a physical game like everything in life there is physical uh application and mental application and so again basuma just kind of has to learn that brother there’s no there is no debate about his ability again I was on a couple of shows where we were

Talking about him we talked about kaiso to Chelsea for 142 well then basuma would have to be 200 million if he’s Ascent would have to be and as far as decl he would dance circles around de any of them any of those those Monumental talismanic Central midfielders his ability and his Swagger

Dare I say it he honestly reminds me of zidan now obvious honestly zidan also had disciplinary issues throughout his his career right um however he wouldn’t jeopardize his teams as often as as basuma does he could be that good he really could he’s got all the tools all

Of them all the turns all the spins all the passes he he’s got the vision he’s got the physicality he’s got the speed he’s got the balance the Poise he’s a beautiful beautiful player to watch Bic in in in many ways but he has to understand you carry an enormous burden

Of responsibility in this team if you play in the center of the park you’re constantly going to be the focus and so he really does have to have a word with himself I’m glad that he’s got three or four games in order to be able to

Reflect and people are saying I hope an gives him a Boling is an that kind kind of person I don’t think he needs to give B the hair dryer I think he just needs to have a a conversation with him just like we’re having now two gentlemen sit

Down with each other and say listen we both want the same thing we both want to win football games we’re both enormously competitive however you’re going to have to curtail that element of your game because you’re too important to me you’re too important to this team and

You were too important to the fan base so please with love and respect iron it out and just play your game you’re good enough without the uh the needless aggression yeah Jo again it’s really hard on basuma because you know I must say the fact that many are pointing to

That there might be something personal going on that’s the difficult thing on this show because again we don’t know what’s happening behind closed doors and it’s not our right to really comment or to analyze what’s happening behind closed doors we can judge the guy on what he does on a football pitch and

Arguably again without s like a broken record I think many would agree he’s not been the same player that we have seen since the Luton game and we don’t know the reason for that we can’t Factor as to why that is many all the fact that Spurs do have some form of a

Disciplinary problem it was a full freck car a top this season only Liverpool can match them for that in terms of the indiscipline and po was asked directly on the red card of pumi he said look no I think they slowed it down they saw

What they saw and we had to cop it on there being a disciplinary issue he said well it’s an issue but it’s not so much discipline like I say I haven’t seen a slow down version but it’s just a desperate lunge more than anything malicious the guys are having to adapt

To learn to play off football without crossing a line but I love the commitment they showed unfortunately he paid a price because it’s not just this game he obviously misses a big chunk of football but it is what it is and just to put that into context in terms of

Missing a chunk we don’t expect now to see basuma back in a spur shirt until February at the earliest when you consider we’ve got the afon as well he misses three games it means that we’re not going to see basuma for at least eight weeks nine weeks 10

Weeks I mean right off as an injury mean it’s as bad asum injury isn’t it Lee do final final subject on this show Lee do we have a disciplinary issue at Tottenham generally for you is it a disciplinary problem we’ve got Arsenal had this a few years ago didn’t

I way back in the day actually when I think vengel was building a team with him and that you know his dirty dirty Arsenal and all that or or maybe people were just singing that because you know it’s Arsenal I don’t know but um they you know people were getting sent off

And whatever have we got a problem it’s a really good question I mean if you think about it we’ve had a doggy sent off he’s also now got banned as well purum got sent off twice he’s obviously got six seven yows down said earlier as

Well Romero’s been sent off as well so I mean our the question is I should have this in the blue book I actually haven’t got it but how many times have we had players sent off in one season I mean is this a record for us we’ve

Had yeah I think we’ve had more than that but listen in terms of a starting point it’s a concern isn’t it I mean I think AR you so yeah I don’t know I don’t know I think I think it’s May I will put it down to we’re learning a new way of playing

Which which is a risky way of playing and I think the sending offs have been where the ball’s got away from from one of the players a little bit and they’ve lunged into to try and rectify that that what would be a mistake they’re playing quite close knit quick football where

Their the triangles and the um and the an ball essentially is is is bringing on the higher press and have to move the ball quickly and sometimes they don’t put the right pass and then they lunge back to get it back see what I’m coming

From and so so so I’m putting it down to that um rather than you know this I don’t think even even Romero you can have you can at me or insta me if you want on this point but I put my Instagram on there now trying to Big

That account up now but um no I mean you you could on this point that even You could argue that Romero hasn’t gone in to do people like I don’t think basuma went in to do the F today doggy when he got sent off definitely didn’t try to do

Sterling do you know what I mean but whether or not you try to do them or not it’s a red carard is it like in the day and age and you and you can’t do it so I suppose on that point it is a discipline

Issue you can’t you can’t do that in the Premier League you can’t do it because you get sent off so don’t do it simple as that is it yeah it is what I don’t want do is to trct the way as we look to close the show from some of these star

Set performances I think Ben Davis doesn’t get many plaudits on this show I want Ben to get the plits because he was absolutely phenomenal during the game and again when you’re asking players to put their body on the line he’s won another one we have to add and we made

The point earli on he’s a little bit shaky as well but guo Vicario when you consider what Spurs spent on this goalkeeper you know Matt there I can see him he’s in disbelief still at the price tag it is absolutely wonderful when you look at that guy you know these are the

Games that ultimately keepers are going to come under the most amount of pressure Friday night away notingham Voris for cerous crowd on your back to come through these kind of venues to me our real confidence boost to come and we’re nearly Midway through the season right so again massive massive credit to

Him Pedro por again I think goes along as an unsung hero I think Pedro por again had a fairly strong game and you know it’ll be to see how Spurs do ride these next couple of weeks now Everton it’s not going to be an easy home game

For Tot they’ve got a really decent away record under Shawn D but if you asking Spurs fans where you want to be Spurs are where they want to be in terms of in monst that top four race coming into that Christmas period we’ve got the FA

Cup to come which again will be very very exciting for those that love the FA Cup me being an old man loves obstacles the FA Cup coming into play you guys know how I feel about that so I think Spurs going into his Christmas period really buoyant really important away win

As we said at the top of this show now Spurs the most away wins in the Premier League it feels like the right place for Spurs to be Matt closing it with you just how pleased have you been with Spurs balance it back with two wins under range really showing that

Character and grit as we enter now a really really big Christmas period for the football club I I I think what’s first of all important to say from for me is that I’m not surprised that we’ve bounced back like this like even in in like we call

It the bad form in the bad running results by the Wolves game and the second half of the West Ham game we played very good football and we we still we still showed progress from where we were like i’ I’d say the first the first half against Aston Villa we

Were better than we were in most of the games that we won so there there was still progress there even though the the results weren’t coming but it it’s so important to have that form going into into the Christmas period and you know

Up up until the last week or so we we we were playing one game a week so it was always going to be a big challenge even if we had our full Squad it was going to be a challenge coming into this hectic period with more and more games but the

Fact that we’ve kicked it off well with some good performances and and with some good results is going to be really really important um and and like like we were saying at the top of the show Man City aren’t at their best Arsenal have dropped a couple of points in the last

Few weeks Liverpool while they’re looking really really strong now that can change in in a moment’s notice if any injury comes in there so that this is going to be a really important start part of the season and coming out the other side of it we’re going to really

See how things are going to shape up and and whether we’re actually in a title race as as TJ is hoping or or a Champions League race um and yeah I’m looking forward to it you know I I I look forward to to watching Tottenham again and that’s that’s just so

Important you know I came home from work tonight I was giddy and I couldn’t stop chanting um it’s been a while since I was like that you know it used to be a chore last season the season before to watch it um so yeah it’s nice to be back

In in in a positive space am man Matt always a pleasure and to Echo your word you said there Gary Neville said isn’t it great watching Tottenham playing such fantastic football and I think you know when you’re having the neutrals that you loveing saying that Jamie carrier are

That obviously you know they watch every team in the league and we know we’ve got strong Affinity to their own clubs it’s something now that you’ve got that feeling back of Tottenham really being the team everybody wants to watch TJ mate always have having you back here

Because we love to watch you I know many I’ve got to say many message me and say can I just say I’ll do an hour and a half of TJ just watching his hands go even before the postmatch was wasn’t it Lee who who was saying like during one episode of last

Word on Spurs I probably like you know grounded like 17 airplanes or something we got we got the weather for the 14 countries that those are watching us in so I mean that’s absolutely fantastic we take that every week mate thank you so much always a pleasure and just how

Important you’re back with us for Everton how important is it now coming to that Christmas period now to really really start accumulating the points and we know it’s going to be a tricky period we’re going to lose Sonny we’re going to lose basuma we’re going to lose s over

Obviously of course this afon period Spurs need to really really have a strong strong end to December into January right yes we do and I mean listen you know let’s um the point that we were making when you showed the um the starting 11 again you know if we were to witness that

Starting 11 before uh is that me okay I’ll take it anyway um if we were to look at that starting 11 without we’ll both take that LE taking that we’ll post that on your Instagram account we’re picking up Lee’s Instagram account tonight um and uh again if we

Were to look at that starting 11 we probably think that well that team doesn’t look like they’re up to much and yet we are you know um to Matt’s Point surprisingly effective you know out uh overperforming um to Beyond anyone’s expectations really and so when we lose

Th those players very important that the other players like Dei has done like Pedro porro has done like Ben Davis did so wonderfully this evening like SAR has done um and bless his heart like Richie has done come into this team with a point to prove come into this team and

Show that you want to fight um you know again to your point Rick I don’t want anything negative but I do think hoier like just doesn’t seem like he wants to be there anymore like if you come on his attitude just looks poor he gives the ball away and just doesn’t look as

Combative as as he typically was and so don’t be like that be like Ben Davis be like Richie work to get better whilst those players are gone step up and show that we have a point to prove step up and do show we believe that we’re still

In a title race whether we are or not and so yes it’s terribly terribly important that we end the year as we started the year with positivity with Zeal and with gusto and with swashbuckling scintillating football thank goodness it’s back thank you as for having me on the show and I have to

Say Matt our first time ever being on the show together together I love listening to you brother like what an insightful intelligent articulate young man you are a great pleasure MAA always a pleasure to see you my friend and Lee much love as always thank you a

Compliment from that from TJ has gone straight in my CV oh my God thank you TJ absolute pleasure meeting you just play him the real mat just play on this real you walk out in you’ll be absolutely fire absolutely Lee I think it’s fair to say

M uh this crazy train is right back on the Realms of some form of a carriage now two back wins we’re back on the rails and I got to say you know Spurs entering this period now of course with real real optimism and hope I think we

All now say look no more injuries no more injuries no more suspensions I think again we say at the top of the show I said you know Spurs won at what cost they’ve lost Puma now for another three we hope Brennon Johnson will be

Okay but Lee we have to find a way now it sounds mad to battle through to January we can’t afford to lose any more bodies let loan players right we are really really now let I say once again in a difficult situation player was yeah

He must he must be pulling his hair out I mean he’s just he’s just been talking about you know the fact that we got Pat back and we got um richardon back and he’s helping a team and now we’ve lost puma and now we’ve lost Destiny I mean

You know my love for Destiny I absolutely love him I didn’t think he had his best game tonight and obviously he’s got booked as well so you know what I mean it’s like you know at the end of the day you look at that and you just

Think he must be pulling his air out he’s now got to go back to Emerson Royals a left back or or he’s going to put Ben Davis out there as a left back where where where he’s been playing so well as a left-sided Center back and

He’s you know all of a sudden that that defense that we had that we was only missing one player is now we’re going to be missing two of them again and you know and our hold in Midfield Fielder so you can now have a scenario where we’ve

Got huier playing with Ben Davis and you know Royale and how did that work out for us at wolves as an example right not great um so yeah it is frustrating what I would say about Ben Davis and I’ve been meaning to say this I keep forgetting it Ben Davis is our version

Of James Milner that is what he is he is James Milner all that is spot on mate abolutely spot well said that is the one he he is the way to describe Ben Davis to watur is James Milner like he he would come in he’ play multiple

Positions he don’t really ever let you down you know no one’s ever going to take with greatest respect a James Milner over a Virgil Van djk or going to sign a Virgil Van dijk so I still want new center backs in January 100% but he’s very he’s he’s he’s doing what he’s

Meant to be doing and you know you can’t you can’t argue with him on that I think tonight was massively important for for that run it’s really annoying with basuma because he now doesn’t get to face his old Club in terms of Brighton and that would have been great um and

And now we’re fin on numbers again and I know you’re itching to say Rick because Matty Hayes is on here as well the transfer Windows opening soon you cannot wait son look at you boys you can’t wait sh Christmas come early um so look I

Mean I think we will I think we will delve into there and actually we did we talk about this on the last show the preview when we said about what which positions would we go for I think now with basuma situation you are probably looking at I was looking at a left

Winger and a center back I’m now probably looking at a center back and a and another midfielder yeah I I think honestly now right yeah I think when you look at it I think an just said himself you know he wouldn’t rule out a central midfielder coming in because ultimately

You look at Spurs now T of positions where again you would have said at the start of the Season you know Center back has always been the priority but maybe would have someone would have said maybe a forward Richie’s now obviously got back-to-back obviously goals three in

His last four you know maybe that’s not the area you need to look at maybe it will be another midfielder so look me wonder just quickly on that I know because you’re doing loads of shows on this but and somebody gave it a shout earlier and it’s not new because he’s

Been floating about and he used to play for an or whatever ex Celtic but I do wonder whether or not they’ve already lined up a jotter type type to come in I do find it really strange if they haven’t as an example I do find it really strange that with all Andre’s

Contacts in you know Asia southeast Asia all the stuff that he did with bringing them bringing loads of players from Southeast Asia and stuff like that into Scotland we haven’t gone in for any type of Asian or Southeast Asian player I just I find that Abol Bonkers that I

Know J isn’t I understand that but but I just find it quite strange that we haven’t done that so I’m wondering in January whether we’ve we’ve actually already got something lined up or or was that hope more than an expectation knowing this board some sometimes they

Leave it to the last minute and we cannot do that I’ve argued on this on this very show with you the last January transfer window about is that you know do we need to get him in straight away oh God I actually agree with you now

Mate we definitely need in January 1 we need walk through the door whoever they whoever they need walk straight through the door done no no messing around yeah well I think we saw just to close this and we saw R saying in his pre-match press conference at he’s asked Santa

Very kindly for potential sigs so look hopefully Santa is listening and Mr Daniel Levy and Spurs do get the business done because ultimately for what the guy has given to Spurs so far he’s owed that in my opinion when you think about the suspensions and the injuries and Implement a new wild of

Football a new style a new play with a new new team the guy deserves that so look we hope and pray I want to say mat thank you this wonderful panel Matt thank you so much my man love to you back on we’ve love having Matt back on

For the Post match Matt thank you so much absolute pleasure being back let’s hope they’re all as positive as this one absolutely mate amen and the wonderful TJ Remini blessing us with his presence can I just say it’s been wonderful getting this man on regly to last word

On Spurs the time difference massively helping us at the moment let’s hope it stays that way TJ thank you so much my man thank you Rick lovely to see you all and what a wonderful wonderful panel today really really a pleasurable experience wonderful comments as well

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The like button because I’m sure that Ricky would appreciate that enormously as we all do and we appreciate you enormously Ricky lots of love to you brother thank you I’ll see you love back to my man MAA it is the Crazy Train it is the r back on as we said busy

Christmas coming mate thank you so much my man loving it mate absolutely brilliant can’t wait to be on the next one um my next actually I’m not on I’m I might be on a preview I can’t remember but our next James everon going to that so hopefully we get some good wins good

Videos we’ll stick them out on the socials and we’ll all have a very happy Christmas being back hopefully in the top four maybe oh man fingers crossed listen keep our fingers crossed no more injuries no more suspensions please from the wonderful liqueen from the bil May

Ha from the superb TJ mini we’ve been the last win on Spurs I don’t think it’s too early we’re going to wish you a very merry Merry Christmas we’ll see you obviously of course during the week but from one of us here guys keep safe keep well and as always come on new

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