Month: June 2022

Squad depth is, without doubt, one of the deciding factors in who wins and who loses. The Premier League is such a deep competition that finishing even in the European spot requires a deep squad. Antonio Conte arrived mid-season and worked a miracle by getting an otherwise shallow Spurs team […]

When you have someone like Harry Kane on the books, signing another forward is very hard. Despite his injury issues, it is rare that Kane is out for long enough for another striker to really settle into the first team picture. This has been a problem for a while now, […]

When a new coach comes in, they often want to put their own slant on the team. However, modern football often means that coaches are at the whims of the Director of Football or scouting departments. Put simply, there is too much money in football now for one coach – […]

For Tottenham fans, one of the main problems this year was defensively. The defensive shape improved when Antonio Conte arrived, but it is clear that work has to be done on the backline. While the improvement in form of Eric Dier was a big surprise, and the excellent rise of […]

After seeing the squad evolve from a top-half contender to a UEFA Champions League finisher, Antonio Conte has worked miracles. He has taken many players who looked finished at Spurs and gave them a whole new lease of life. However, while many have benefitted from the coaching of the Italian, […]

Few coaches in world football know how to get their own way quite like Antonio Conte. The Italian rode into town and quickly developed a persona that was hard to dislike. He was aggressive, he called out other teams, and he defended Tottenham with the passion of a lifelong fan. […]

For Spurs fans, few things are more enjoyable than seeing a youth prospect break through into the first-team. And for a while, the ‘two Harry’s’ were the pinnacle of the modern Spurs project. Harry’s Kane and Winks became England internationals together, and looked set to be the future of the […]