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    Antonio Conte outburst: Growing sense it will be difficult for Italian to continue as Tottenham head coach

    The papers are reporting we are actively approaching coaches now. That is going to be very humiliating for him, and wont improve his mood, but he can always resign. We should have been approaching coaches anyway, for the summer vacancy. It is not nice, but he doesn't want the job next season...
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    Expert believes astonishing Conte rant could have been to protect his ‘winner’ identity

    That's right. The game is about glory, for this club, and so we tend to fit exceptional mavericks in the side rather than league winning workhorses. Conte was never going to give us entertaining football, but winning the league would have made a nice change, and the chase would have been...
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    Ex-Manager watch: Antonio Conte

    If they dont sack him, some might argue that the board agree that their ownership is the common factor every year without a trophy. That the euro conference is the limit of their ambition as it is an easy life. I dont know - conte hates the players, owners, the fans, the country and just wants...
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    Ex-Manager watch: Antonio Conte

    Funnily enough, all his rantings at the poor old sports-journalists who were asking reasonable questions, has made me more angry with time. These press conferences are the manager's chance to communicate with the fans, but I feel I've been shouted at myself! We knew he was psychotic and I...
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    Financial Results - club announcement

    The stadium was meant to be generating money hand over fist but at near full capacity with european football of a kind, and big events, we are posting big losses. Is it the only way this stadium can pay its way is if we have CL or superleague money every year? Or we sell to some head-chopper...
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    Ex-Manager watch: Antonio Conte

    It sounds like a constructive resignation. It pisses me off he'll get another 3 months money.
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    Ex-Manager watch: Antonio Conte

    Doris just thinks of herself. Gone backwards from last season.
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    Match Threads Southampton Vs Spurs

    Poor ref, but a draw was fair - we did not look like the top 4 side, and they are fighting for their lives. There is no excuse.
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    Financial Results - club announcement

    Presumably all the food and drink services are franchised off. So this £17m is possibly the rent charged to the franchises. That is a nice little earner, if we dont need to worry about all the costs. The revenue the franchises receive from the fans could well be 10X higher. But after costs...
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    UEFA Europa League 2022-23

    The shoot-out was brilliant watching. Inspirational stuff. More of this please.
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    This Week’s Manager Watch: Ryan Mason

    He is so positive and optimistic, he is absolutely draining. I thought he was going to tell us about jesus at one point. The reality is many managers have an ex-player on the coaching staff - Hughton under Jol, Clive Allen with Redknapp, Freund with AVB. Ledley with Mourinho. Pochettino was the...
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    Ex-Manager watch: Antonio Conte

    If it is the one I saw, our pass heat map was hottest along our own goal-line as we seemingly struggle to play through the opponent's press to get out. I'd say that was very much the pattern especially with Lloris. Forester is quicker to move the ball as he is very good with his feet. We now get...
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    MOTD thread

    Interesting article below about the BBC/Lineker here, and how extraordinary this situation is. As it explains, the BBC is right wing to its very core. For someone like the founder Lord Reith, Braverman would have been the lefty lawyer and not tough enough on immigration by a long long (X10)...
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    Ex-Manager watch: Antonio Conte

    As I remember, Ramos wanted to get us back into europe and the league cup was the best route given we were in the relegation zone when he took over. That's why it was prioritised . The players were so full of themselves after the cup win, we were sent into a death spiral that wasn't resolved...
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    Player Watch Player Watch: Richarlison

    Wonderful goal by richarlison. It is the main reason we watch football. VAR was not transparent on why the goal was ruled out. If the details are so small that they somehow cannot be displayed then a lot of people are going to conclude that any evidence would not stand up to fair scrutiny.
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    MOTD thread

    Anyone else complain to the BBC about this? It is not something I've ever done before, but I dont watch the BBC for anything other than the football and feel a bit cheated here. No commentary, analysis and reduced action. This was totally unnecessary - I think we all generally disagree with...
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    Ex-Manager watch: Antonio Conte

    That's right. He has no over-draught facility in this bank after handing 6 points to arse. Dip in the red again and he'll be aggressively targeted again. It is all a bit precarious and you got to wonder why he wants to see this through. He has loads of money and he risks losing his reputation.
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    MOTD thread

    The BBC are hardly a reliable source about this. Or anything else really. Sometimes it is tricky to present breaking news, let alone weigh up the arguments. The story can change so fast. But the BBC literally generated this story all by themselves and certainly know all the details. Yet falsely...
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    Ex-Manager watch: Antonio Conte

    It made Monica Lewinsky's summer. Everyone back on the conte train!
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    Antonio Conte addresses Richarlison’s words after Champions League exit

    It seems more than likely Richarlison will be our main striker next season and with no understudy, pretty much undroppable. If conte is not going to pick him for the remainder of the season/until he resigns, then there is no point making a fuss. He just needs to be patient.
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