Are Spurs assembling the most elite young squad in world football?

[@OhSoSpurs]

60% of our regular listeners aren’t subscribers 😮. Please don’t forget to click the subscribe button, it helps us greatly. We have some exciting guests coming this season and want to celebrate winning the league with all of you 😉. COYS!

[@flooglebinder3493]

Just found this channel and am so impressed by the calm, measured and realistic conversation, without all the histrionics of other crazed spurs channels 👏👏👏 Instant sub 👍

[@barneyhall2753]

If you're looking for a good watchalong, Mitch Fretton, Spurs fan and journalist, is covering the tour games. I caught the Kobe game and it was an excellent call, he painted a real nice picture of the action.

[@OhSoSpurs]

Thanks for the kind feedback, delighted to have you with us on the Spurs adventure! COYS

[@mikezappa]

Histrionics is an ironic word to use by someone who has probably been a Spurs fan for about 5 minutes. Come back after another quarter century of failure and then tell us if those other YT channels are still "crazed"

[@dutchgrass]

​@@mikezappaI've been around since the 80s

[@LewisAdie]

you guys are easily the best football show on youtube. you got my vote in the awards poll. Cheers, Lewis from Fremantle

[@OhSoSpurs]

Thanks for your kind feedback ☺️ COYS

[@kevinferguson530]

Welcome back boys. Update: I purchased tickets for the Spurs v Everton match 24th August, cannot wait to see the boys in action. Hopefully the London weather will be good, especially as I'm coming from Brisbane in Sunny Queensland Australia 😀

[@OhSoSpurs]

Great to hear Kevin. Jim, Si and Jonny meet up before most games with listeners of the show. You’re welcome to join us for a couple of pre game drinks in the stadium. COYS

[@kevinferguson530]

@@OhSoSpurs Mate that would be awesome considering I'll have no idea where to go, hahaha. Let me know the best way to contact you and I will tee it up 😀

[@OhSoSpurs]

@@kevinferguson530 do you have us on X? DM us on there if so and we will send the details. If not then we can pass you an email address. COYS

[@philcornwell5104]

Ange is bringing everything together, what a fantastic manager/coach, so exciting….great time to be a spurs fan COYS 😁

[@OhSoSpurs]

@@philcornwell5104 it is indeed. Attacking football with passion, youth and experience all combined together. COYS!!

[@sydneysider3764]

Ange is just the right manager to bring the youth through. But the biggest challenge they will have is with the half of supporters that have lost their patience for a project. The treatment of Johnson has been nothing short of disgraceful. Need to direct the frustration at the club not the players. The real measure now is whether the squad is better, stronger than last year. So much better already. They can do better but can they win, not quite yet. The key is the missing pieces up front which Ange still believes there is a plan in place. He has been backed so far, the club have every reason to back Ange. Good to keep the pressure up on the club, just not on Ange and the players. Get behind the boys, coys.

[@malber2000]

You are totally right. I can believe those fans who wanted Conte gone, and were all excited for a rebuild, but already -- ONE YEAR IN -- and they want to win now, no excuses, sign big names! We all want big names, but like Ange said: this isn't about stretching to win top 4 this year or maybe go deeper in the Carabao cup one year, it's about building for sustained success so we're challenging EVERY year.

[@SoundofGugu]

we are behind Ange, but how can he is still be picking deadwood like Emerson and showing signs of the backward focused team he collected. A team that still plays the ball back to its own keeper from the edge of the oppositions 18 yard box or a corner, has serious tactical and confidence issues, I see Ange struggling with that club philosophy so much so he had almost turned Maddison into the new PEH. And the fans are digging Timo and Johnson out because their cross completion rate is appalling.

[@malber2000]

@@SoundofGugu Until Emerson is sold, he's one of the only CB's we have on tour. That's why he's getting selected. As for the Maddison comment, I have no idea what you're talking about. Maddison has been off it since his injury and that has nothing to do with Ange. He just can't seem to pick out the same kinds of passes and is still missing confidence in his own game.

[@wonanthy]

Love the comparison of us fans calling it Ange Ball vs Ange calling it "playing the Tottenham way, " so much alignment there!

[@OhSoSpurs]

Good point. The core principles of Ange ball and what us fans see as ‘The Tottenham Way’ are similar. COYS

[@davidmcgeoch9387]

Great to see the happiness and enthusiasm. The main thing for us as fans is to stick with Ange even if there is a bump in the road. The main thing is that we are going in the right direction upwards. Need to be strong supporters. Not fair weather mates. Lots of people watching this show with that positive support☝️

[@OhSoSpurs]

In Ange we trust 🙌

[@JustenStoodley]

Welcome back! Been missing you guys.

[@OhSoSpurs]

Thanks Justen. Good to be back 😁 hope you’re having a great year. COYS

[@camroc33]

Good to see you guys back coys

[@OhSoSpurs]

@@camroc33 thanks Cam ☺️ COYS

[@N17Stu]

Yes, yes we are.

[@OhSoSpurs]

@@N17Stu 👊

[@wiltonmcdonald2399]

I have been optimistic even without knowing the names of the young players showing up in preseason.

[@OhSoSpurs]

🙌🏼

[@barneyhall2753]

Another way for Ange to move up is to take Spurs to those levels. That's what he would by thinking.

[@OhSoSpurs]

And in Ange we trust ☺️

[@MrJellybeen]

Can’t wait for the season to start again

[@OhSoSpurs]

Let's go! COYS

[@glennmaillard5972]

Have to say, I hate the term ‘dead wood’ when talking about humans. I’m an Ange man. Bet he’d not like the term either.

[@OhSoSpurs]

True! Fair feedback. COYS

[@tom4115]

Me too.

[@OhSoSpurs]

@@tom4115 the term dead wood will now be considered dead wood to the show ;)

[@jaynepoland4615]

With regards Spence I think he wasn’t treated well by Conte as he wasn’t his buy. Now he is getting himself straight hopefully lot of talent I think.

[@OhSoSpurs]

Good point

[@barneyhall2753]

I think people are wrong to focus on who they think the best in each position is. For one, it's subjective and as such not absolute, we all have arseholes, also it is something that can change depending on who you are playing. For mine a better focus would be on the number of players in the squad who have the quality to start a game. This is what gives you the ability to manage workloads and make tactical changes for individual games. Also most importantly it this that helps bring consistency of performance to the team as it determines the number of potential combinations available while minimising any drop in performance. Without this you won't challenge for titles and cup runs become more a matter of luck, or requires a focus on one competition over the others. By my reckoning we had 15 such players at the end of last season. Potential we have 4 more with Bergvall, Gray, Solomon and possibly Spence, without considering Academy prospects and new signings. So, say we sign 2 more viable starting options, that means Ange potentially has more than 20 players to consider when selecting his starting 11. That to me is starting to sound exciting. I think it's most telling that all the players being allowed to move on, while extremely good ones, are players who only provide service off the bench or when a large number of the starting players are missing. You can support some players like this in your squad, but the improvement of the squad comes from increasing the number who can start.

[@N17Stu]

@@barneyhall2753 lost me when u started waffling about arseholes for some reason 😂 less is more mate.

[@barneyhall2753]

@@N17Stu Sorry for exceeding your attention span. You help to explain why the reactionary idiots on KZbin get so much attention.

[@dutchgrass]

I hear what you are saying & have to agree, Ange appears to be building a squad of players who can play in numerous positions.

[@indrajitadvani3742]

Excellent holistic review.

[@OhSoSpurs]

Thanks ☺️ COYS

[@markh3195]

I've heard this all before so many times tbh. Lets just wait and see and not put too much pressure on these young players. You are youngsters but I'm old enough to remember the regular glory before Levy and enic arrived playing their long con.

[@OhSoSpurs]

@@markh3195 past time we were not spending £120m a season net for 5 back to back seasons. Nor did we have Ange Postecoglou or a structure controlling the football over Levy. Much to be optimistic about ☺️ COYS

[@jaynepoland4615]

Hey guys don’t forget Speedy Mickey.

[@OhSoSpurs]

He’s so good it’s easy to forget how young he is! COYS

[@FutebolRei]

Fiz um short de Will Spurs be in the playoffs next season?

[@N17Stu]

@@FutebolReiu ok fella?

[@sukurioplays4409]

Depends how many buckets they sink

[@dutchgrass]

Depends if Victor Webanyama can stay fit!

[@SoundofGugu]

Yeah and still picking Emerson as a first choice… if he stays.. Ange can do one back to Scotland as far as i am concerned

[@OhSoSpurs]

@@SoundofGugu Micky, Romero and Udogie are unavailable. The remaining defenders played 2 days ago and have a long haul flight before playing Bayern in 3 days. It’s purely rotation in a friendly.

[@SoundofGugu]

@@OhSoSpurs No mate, not buying it. There could have been 21's on the tour instead. If by your logic that is why, then it also matters none if he gives the young bloods a run out with the first team in matches that mean nothing except giving the players time to hang out with each other and get to know the squad. Emerson should be nowhere near the first team, period.

[@matthewmillington-king1529]

There isn't a single Arsenal fan who'd swap Saliba for Romero 😂

[@OhSoSpurs]

@@matthewmillington-king1529 There isn’t a single Spurs fan who’d swap Romero for Saliba. We will keep the back to back Copa and World Cup winner thanks.

[@matthewmillington-king1529]

Deflecting to his national team achievements sums it up. Let's be honest, any Argentine that didn't win a few Copas and a World Cup in the Messi era should be ashamed. Try instead engaging with the situation as it is: your defensive record with him stinks. Too poor a box defender to succeed in Conte's deep block. Too slow to succeed in Ange's high line. Rash, clumsy, always a moment away from conceding a free kick, penalty, or getting sent off. Can't control his emotions at the first sign of difficulty. In a midblock team, probably a back 3, could be great. But at Spurs, he's contributed to 61 and 63 goals conceded in consecutive seasons. Even 40 in 21/22 is a lot under a manager like Conte. But a few good slide tackles, and you get all excited. Enjoy him! I certainly will.

[@garytibbles9756]

Chelsea on line one...

[@paulcharlton7994]

Spurs youth programme is a great investment to money bags Daniel Levy. He relishes in the idea he's going to make a lot of investment from the youth by selling on.. it's not great long term because these players will move on. Levy is very clever and cunning in his actions. COYS

[@OhSoSpurs]

Hey Paul. Can understand the scepticism from Spurs of old as transfer flipping was a form of financial growth for the club. However since the stadium opened there has been a shift. Spurs cling onto their best players. It’s hard to think of anyone we’ve cashed in on. Unless a player has demanded to leave we’ve sweated the contracts as long as possible and even resorted to releasing players for nothing if needed.

[@morgankimuri4908]

What ??

[@OhSoSpurs]

You heard us right. BEST IN WORLD FOOTBALL 😉

[@c-tothefourth4879]

Gonna go with no on this one lads

[@OhSoSpurs]

Ah come on, hop on the bus with us. It’s a happy place

[@tcbarton]

Quite simply no because that's not how football works. 90 percent won't make it.

[@OhSoSpurs]

Sometimes is does. Man Utd and the class of 92. Arsenal 'you can't win anything with kids' Even Spurs with the spine of Lloris, Walker, Vertonghen, Rose, Dele and Kane simultaneously coming through.

[@1964cohibas]

and any ones that prove to be decent will be sold before we win anything

[@OhSoSpurs]

Going by how we’ve clung onto players like Kane, Eriksen and Son for their prime years I would argue that since the stadium opened we hold onto our best players. COYS

[@dutchgrass]

Been a long time since we were a selling club

[@sof5930]

Could one say the same about Chelsea? They've signed a load of kids and a few are in the 100m range. If we weren't Spurs we wouldn't be having this conversation. We'd be laughing just like rivals are at Chelsea. Buying youth puts zero expectations on the club or board to be successful.

[@barneyhall2753]

I think the big difference between Spurs and Chelsea is that at Spurs the manager is on board and supervising who they buy.

[@N17Stu]

@@sof5930 we haven’t spent 100 mill on kids mate.