The Fighting Cock (Tottenham Hotspur Podcast)

We pick apart the defeat at Leeds and ask whether a reality check should change how we feel about De Zerbi’s Spurs. There’s a heated debate over Bogle’s challenge on Mathys Tel, another existential crisis about VAR, and questions about our midfield selection and the increasingly urgent need for a striker. We also discuss Vinai Venkatesham’s The Sports Agents interview, the direction of the club and why football’s food chain keeps upsetting Aston Villa fans. Plus, Flav falls for Tim Sherwood and we find a deeply questionable analogy for Tottenham’s performance.

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We’re winning games, playing proper football and struggling to remember how to enjoy it. We discuss why De Zerbi’s Spurs feel different, Tonali and Fernandes taking control, and whether Solanke can be the striker we need. There’s Leeds away to worry about, another round of the Aston Villa food chain argument and memories of the old White Hart Lane. Plus Ricky’s hoodie, Ben Bowman getting too famous for us, a new Tonali chant and a fiercely contested baked bean debate.
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Three straight league wins and we’ve forgotten how to be miserable. We pick apart Tottenham’s win over Palace, the relentless pressing under De Zerbi and why Tonali and Fernandes have transformed our midfield. There’s love for Archie Gray, excitement over Luca Williams-Barnett and a disagreement about what we should expect from Kudus. Are we starting to feel something we haven’t felt since Pochettino? Plus, building Roberto a statue, getting carried away about Europe and Flav defending his decision to abandon his own podcast.

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We’re joined by Kish from LilywhiteLab to break down how De Zerbi’s Tottenham is taking shape, and why the Chelsea performance showed far more than the highlights could capture.

We discuss Fernandes unlocking Tonali, Maddison pulling opponents out of position, and why technical centre-backs are essential to making it all work. There’s also Kinsky’s bravery on the ball, Kudus giving us a way out of the press, and the joy of watching wingers who actually take their man on.

But with Spurs increasingly controlling games, who turns that dominance into goals? We examine Solanke’s role, the challenge of breaking down deeper defences and where the next major signing might be needed.

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We’re still buzzing after beating Chelsea, and we’ve gone from wondering where the next win is coming from to plotting our route up the table. We discuss Tonali and Fernandes running the midfield, Tel’s relentless confidence, Kinsky playing through the pressure and whether Spurs really are back.

There’s also Harry Kane’s Ballon d’Or, the recognition he deserved all along and Alec’s unexpected encounter with him on a night out. Plus Rory Jennings’ misery, your questions, Flav’s infamous Kane tweet, Ricky refusing to celebrate and dangerously high confidence ahead of Palace.

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