Annoying and boring international break is finally over and club football in Europe is back again! There will be London derby between Tottenham and West Ham at Spurs stadium tomorrow on unpopular time of 13:30 CET. During international break this venue hosted NFL match and even some NFL players expressed wish to meet our player Timo Werner! There is picture of Ange with two NFL guys looking at Timo on the other side. Missing of goals and placing bad passes did echo over Atlantic ocean!
Some rumors are saying Amanda Staveley was there too to talk about investment into club to gain minority share. Saudi investment fund is very welcome to invest in club. Some fans dream about them slowly pushing out ENIC and Daniel Levy while others think they would be not able to do anything with just 10% of ownership.
Other news is club extended contract with Djed Spence until 2028 year! He was not in Ange's plans, he didn't put him into Europa League squad, but all of the sudden he's got new contract. Very strange, I hope club decided to reward him for good training and changing of mindset with bigger salary. My opinion is he's good player but that's based on his games vs Arsenal and Liverpool in Nottingham Forest shirt. He played to little in Spurs, but already showed he can play left and right back and that he knows what he's doing forward. Some fans are thinking this is sign of ownership wish to cash on Porro who attracted interest of Real Madrid, but Trent Arnold from Liverpool is their first choice! Pedro looked good vs Serbia, but Birmancevic who played against him isn't really measure of value. Surely Porro is among better right backs in league, he can run, cross, shoot on goal, defend to some extent, but I am not sure he's player for Real Madrid level.
However most exciting thing is what Ange told on press conference which is that Son Heung-min is back to training and will be in competition for first squad which mean we will not have dissatisfaction to watch Timo Werner any more! Other good new is Richarlison is also back in training, but in my opinion that will strengthen our bench because Dom Solanke is press machine with better link up play. Third injured player Odobert will join training next week.
West Ham is dangerous opponent. We love to think about ourselves like big 6 club which is far above them, but in reality we are for sure closer to them than to Arsenal. They feel gap between us and them is very little now and that they can have good result against us like last season during which they've won 1:2 on our ground. I know they've lost vs Chelsea and Liverpool with big goal margin, but who can guarantee we will not do the same ? In their last game they've won Ipswich Town and regain some confidence. Kudus, Paqueta, Bowen, Souchek(!!) and Antonio can make damage. This game is cup final for them!
This is so called "must win" game for Spurs after debacle in Brighton in second half. I expect this 11 players: Vicario, Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie, Bentancur, Kulusevski, Maddison, Johnson (I hope he is fit), Solanke and Son. If we come into this game with right mindset read without "water in the ears" or "switching off" problems we should somehow win this derby. I expect win of 2:1 and better and faster reactions of Ange Postecoglou if things start going in wrong way like in Brighton! Oh yes I expected one more thing Brenan Johnson's goal if he plays! I saw tweet with meditation picture and comment Brennan Johnson will score in 10/10 of next games for Spurs. He's at 6/6 or 7/7 if you count Wales game. Power of meditation is heavily underestimated!
Good example of solidarity among fans is join protest of West Ham and Spurs fans before the game against removing benefits of the elder fans and forcing them to pay full ticket price! Elders are important, they've build country during working time, paid a lot of taxes and they are also source of new fans - young kids. Fathers and mothers are probably busy with jobs and it's grandpas who take kids to the game and make football fans of them I became football fan because my grandfather took me to watch football from young age! At least keep discount for those elders who bring young kids with them! You can do that surely! How many will not be able to attend matches because they will not be in situation to afford tickets ? Serious ownership should think about that!
Let's win this derby and regain some confidence because important month is in front of us! COYS!
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