Since I last blogged, after the unhappy reverse against Newcastle, Mauricio Pochettino’s Spurs side have been on an excellent run of three victories. It seems like that loss has been the catalyst for an upturn in form. The unbeaten run was impressive but there were far too many draws. Now we’ve finally managed to start turning those draws into wins. Continue reading
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Spurs 1 Newcastle 2 -Tottenham run out of steam
Everything had been going so well.
In a topsy-turvy season where Chelsea hover one point from relegation and Leicester sit top of the Premier League, a result like this shouldn’t really be a surprise. But then this was supposed to be a team that had shrugged off the Spurs image of old. Continue reading
A look at how Pochettino’s Spurs have changed this season through statistics
This season it feels like Mauricio Pochettino has finally got his Tottenham side playing the way he wants them to. There’s been a definite progression from last year. But do Spurs’ underlying numbers support this assertion?
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Kane, Costa, Aguero and Vardy – a statistical tale of four strikers
In last season’s Premier League, three strikers stood head and shoulders above the rest.
The established star – Sergio Aguero. The new arrival – Diego Costa. And the young upstart – Harry Kane. Continue reading
Arsenal 1 Spurs 1- Pochettino reduces Wenger to Allardyce-ball
I don’t think it would be going too far to say this was the most impressive Spurs performance at Arsenal in recent times. 75 minutes of high intensity Pochettino football. It almost looked like the hosts had mistakenly taken the field against Bayern again, granted minus the clinical finishing. Continue reading
Outcome bias and Robbie Savage
I’ve just been watching Bournemouth versus Newcastle and, not for the first time, I’ve found myself getting more and more irritated by Robbie Savage’s commentary. Continue reading




