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Match Report: Spirited Spurs Overcome European Hangover to Down Toffees

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Match Report: Spirited Spurs Overcome European Hangover to Down Toffees A lot has been made of the hangover that Tottenham seemingly suffer in matches that follow their European adventures, but are they actually not managing their squad properly or have they just had the misfortune to play against teams on a run of form and would have dropped those points anyway?With al...

Player Focus: Kane's Spurs Displays Giving Pochettino Selection Headache

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Player Focus: Kane's Spurs Displays Giving Pochettino Selection Headache For me, with his attitude, he can be one of the best centre-forwards in the world one day. He has a spirit you can compare to (Cristiano) Ronaldo and he works every day. The quote of a professional footballer complimenting a teammate. Was this player referring to Zlatan Ibrahimovic? Luis Suarez? Die...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips There are tense feelings looming over a number of old rivalries in this weekend's fixtures. Serie A, the Premier League and La Liga are in the spotlight for three showpiece games, two of which feature the fallen almighty, while the latter represents a challenge from an underdog on the quest to be mo...

Match Report: Predictably Aimless Spurs Outdone by Lively Stoke at White Hart Lane

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Match Report: Predictably Aimless Spurs Outdone by Lively Stoke at White Hart Lane It was a familiar old story at White Hart Lane on Sunday, as Tottenham followed up Europa League action with yet another terribly meek performance, lacking in inspiration as much as it was quality. Stoke, in the meantime, took swift advantage to romp to a 2-1 win. Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino had ...

Player Focus: Progressing Lamela Still Struggling to Find His Feet

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Player Focus: Progressing Lamela Still Struggling to Find His Feet That Rabona goal. That perfectly pre-meditated, calculated swing of Erik Lamela's left leg behind his right, wrapping his foot around the ball to curl from the edge of the box into the Asteras Tripolis net, was simply exquisite. It was celebrated wildly on social media; shared, retweeted and liked i...

Team Focus: Instability Continuing to Derail Spurs' Ambitions

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Team Focus: Instability Continuing to Derail Spurs' Ambitions There’s a story of Roy Keane’s new autobiography that begins with him waiting for Alex Ferguson to give his team talk before a match against Tottenham Hotspur. It’s an anecdote Keane uses to explain Ferguson’s feel for what a dressing-room needs, but it also says much about S...

Match Report: Newcastle Inflict European Hangover as Spurs Stutter

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Match Report: Newcastle Inflict European Hangover as Spurs Stutter Tottenham's struggles to balance both European and domestic duties were once again evident as they stuttered to a 2-1 defeat at home to Newcastle United on Sunday. The hosts were the dominant side in the first half and deserved to go into the break ahead after Ryan Mason picked out Emmanuel Adebayor...

Match Report: Newcastle Inflict European Hangover as Spurs Stutter

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Tottenham's struggles to balance both European and domestic duties were once again evident as Spurs succumbed to a 2-1 defeat at home to Newcastle United in Sunday's early kick off. The hosts were the dominant side in the first half and deserved to go into the break ahead after Ryan Mason picked out...

Player Focus: Interest in Imbula High Following Strong Start to the Season

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Player Focus: Interest in Imbula High Following Strong Start to the Season While a video of their hugely popular manager Marcelo Bielsa was doing the rounds on social media this weekend Marseille were easing to an eighth successive Ligue 1 victory against Toulouse. It was the display of a side now well versed in their coach's philosophy, playing at the very top of their ga...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips As we return from the international break this is one of those very rare weeks in which there is not really any direct encounters between clubs at top of the table in any of Europe's top 5 leagues. In the Premier League City host Tottenham but Spurs still haven't shown any signs of leadership, while...