The Thinking Fans Podcast. Tired of knee jerk negativity and purely opinion based content? Well, welcome to a new type of Tottenham podcast. We focus on high quality guests and data driven content all about Spurs.
Episodes
A Coach's View: Leeds 1-0 Tottenham — Did De Zerbi Get His Team Selection Wrong? (Bogle On Tel, The 65th-Minute Subs & The Tonali-Fernandes Pivot)
Did Roberto De Zerbi get his team selection wrong at Leeds? A Licence coach JJ thinks so, and says the change should have come after the first 20 minutes.
Jim and JJ walk through Tottenham's 1-0 defeat at Elland Road: Archie Gray moving into midfield, Omar Marmoush leading the line ahead of Dominic Solanke, and how Daniel Farke's Leeds went man for man and pushed Spurs into going long. They get
The Originals: Vinai’s Interview & Leeds vs Tottenham Preview — Do We Know Any More? (Maddison’s Interview, Williams-Barnett, Tel or Marmoush & Predictions)
Vinai Venkatesham finally spoke. Do Spurs fans know any more than they did before? Si says he talks like a CEO, and Stu asks where he was when the chips were down.
Jim, Stu and Si go through the Spurs CEO's interview: winning the league as the target, the relegation plan, the Fernandes fee and why January is the opportunistic window. Then James Maddison's interview, from Ange and Bilbao to bein
Johan Lange & Tottenham’s Data Strategy — Can Spurs Still Find A Transfer Edge? (Moneyball, Brighton’s Model, xG & A Better-Balanced Squad)
Is Johan Lange right that the race for hidden gems is over? Enya, a quantitative investor and former CPL player, says if it were true she wouldn't have a job.
Jim, Enya and Raj walk through how data is actually used in football recruitment, and why every Premier League club buying the same data doesn't mean every club ends up with the same shortlist. They cover Moneyball and the Oakland A's, the
The Originals: Tottenham 2-0 Crystal Palace, Gray & Van Hecke Score — Can Spurs Finish Fifth? (Halloween Quiz, Tonali, Kinsky & The Worst Take Of The Season)
34 shots against 10-man Palace, so why do only Liverpool create fewer clear chances than Spurs? Jim brings the Gradient Sports numbers, and Johnny puts his name to a fifth-place finish.
Jim, Johnny and Stu walk through Tottenham's third straight Premier League win: Jean-Philippe Mateta's red card, goals from Archie Gray and Jan Paul van Hecke, and a Spurs Premier League record 758 passes. They ge
A Coach's View: Tottenham 2-0 Crystal Palace | What Next For Flying Tottenham? (Mateta Red Card, Sandro Tonali & Most Improved Under De Zerbi)
How can Tottenham turn total control into open-play chances? A Licence coach JJ says Spurs are still rushing it in the final third, even after a third straight Premier League win.
Jim and JJ walk through Tottenham's 2-0 win over 10-man Crystal Palace: Jean-Philippe Mateta's red card on Micky van de Ven, why Palace's low block was so hard to break without Savio, and where Roberto De Zerbi's side a
The Analyst: How Roberto De Zerbi Transformed Micky van de Ven (Gradient Data) AUDIO LISTENERS SEE DESCRIPTION
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How has Micky van de Ven gone from 13th percentile to 91st for line-breaking passes in one summer? Professional analyst Enya says it's a role change, not a form swing, and the
A Coach’s View: Chelsea 0-2 Tottenham — How Spurs Crushed Chelsea With A Honeycomb (Van de Ven’s Best Game, Fernandes, Tel’s Goal & Marmoush’s Role)
What did Spurs do at Stamford Bridge that they couldn't do in August? A Licence coach JJ says it comes down to two things: De Zerbi's ladder and the honeycomb.
Jim and JJ go through Tottenham's 2-0 win at Chelsea player by player: Kinsky's brave sweeper role, why De Zerbi called it Van de Ven's best game under him, Mateus Fernandes in the deeper role, Mathys Tel's second half and his goal, Kudu
The Originals: Chelsea 0-2 Tottenham — Is This the Turning Point? (Fernandes & Tel, De Zerbi’s Compassion, Letting Go of the Past & Champions League Odds)
Is beating Chelsea at Stamford Bridge the moment Spurs fans finally trust the manager? Jim calls it "a turning point of trust", and Si hasn't stopped smiling.
Jim, Johnny and Si go through Tottenham's 2-0 win at Chelsea: Si on Mateus Fernandes as the pivot that made everything click, Jim on why Tonali and Fernandes give Spurs one of the best midfields in the league, and Johnny on Mathys Tel, th
The Originals: Tottenham 3-1 Coventry — Has the Recovery Finally Started? (Madison, Kulusevski’s Return, Marmoush & Chelsea Predictions)
Has the recovery finally started? Spurs have their first Premier League win, but DJ calls it relief rather than joy, and Stu says the 3-1 was "very flattering".
Jim, Stu and DJ go through the win over Coventry: Tonali's role and why he isn't Pirlo, De Zerbi's back five, James Madison as the difference maker, Kulusevski's emotional return, and Marmoush opening his account. They also look at the
The Originals: Tottenham vs Coventry Preview — Can Spurs Bounce Off the Bottom? (Kulusevski’s Return, Savio’s Injury, Maddison & The Richarlison Saga) Description
Can Spurs finally get off the bottom against Coventry? Four panellists, four predictions, and not one of them is backing against a Tottenham win.
Jim, Johnny, Stu and Si preview Monday night's game against Coventry, starting with the good news: Kulusevski is back on the bench. Then the bad news. Savio is out for "some weeks", Bergvall's knee thins the midfield again, and Si puts his name to a g
The Analyst: Tottenham vs Coventry Preview | Do Spurs Drop Their Captain? (Maddison or Gallagher, The Expected Points Table & Score Predictions)
Is Coventry at home the best chance Spurs will get all season? Professional analyst and former player Enya says the numbers make it a must-win.
Jim and Enya preview Tottenham vs Coventry using the data: the expected points table, Coventry's numbers after their 4-1 win over Newcastle, and why a deep block could still make Spurs uncomfortable. They also go through the big selection calls, includi
The Originals: Man United vs Spurs — Did It Feel Like a Win? (Solanke’s Equaliser, the Shaw Red Card Debate & Your Favourite Spurs Winger)
Can a draw feel like a win? After Spurs came back with ten men at Old Trafford, the panel says this was the first emotional win of the season, and the numbers back it up.
Jim, Si, Stu and DJ go through Man United vs Tottenham: the first half Spurs dominated, Solanke’s equaliser after the armband show of faith, Tonali’s understated best game in a Spurs shirt, Gallagher’s pressing, Van Hecke’s dist
The Best Hour of Spurs’ Season, Broken Down by a Pro Coach | A Coach’s View
Why is A Licence coach JJ frustrated after Spurs’ late point at Old Trafford? Because they dominated Man United for almost an hour and should have been out of sight.
Jim and JJ break down Man United vs Tottenham: the line-up and the load management behind it, why Mateus Fernandes isn’t starting, Conor Gallagher’s man-of-the-match performance, the pressing that pinned United back, Van Hecke being
The Originals: Man Utd vs Spurs — Can We Finally Win at Old Trafford? (Line-Up Predictions, DJ’s Luck Research & City’s Punishment)
Would you take five years of great football finishing second to Arsenal, or ugly football that finishes above them? DJ says Spurs fans who claim they want beautiful football really just want wins.
Jim, Johnny and DJ preview Man United vs Tottenham: why Old Trafford might suit this Spurs side better than home, the centre-back worries before kick-off, Udogie over Robertson against United’s wingers,
Man United vs Tottenham Preview: Two Struggling Giants, Same Problem — Who Breaks First? (With United Fan Mike From TA Outdoors, the Beckham Trap & Savio vs Luke Shaw)
Can Spurs finally get the win at Old Trafford? United fan Mike from TA Outdoors says both clubs have exactly the same problem, and it shows the moment either side goes a goal down.
Jim and Mike preview Man United vs Tottenham: two squads underperforming their talent, home crowds turning faster than ever, Carrick and De Zerbi under pressure, the Rashford and Cunha debate, injury lists that are cle
The Business End: Man City's Punishment — Is Relegation Enough? (Spurs' Compensation Case, the Breakaway Threat & Haaland to MLS?)
What should happen to Manchester City now? Luke, an MBA and self-confessed football business nerd, says relegation alone would barely register, and that the Premier League's own reputation depends on getting this right.
Jim and Luke walk through the full picture with City found to have broken the rules and an appeal pending: why the league's commercial pull rests on trust, the Serie A precedent,
Tottenham's Slow Starts Often End End In A Great Era — History's Verdict with Andrew Pettifer (1975, Gazza's Comeback Season, Redknapp & Ledley's Oysters)
Do Tottenham's worst starts really lead to their best eras? Author and White Hart Review editor Andrew Pettifer has fifty years in the stands and two books of research that say the pattern is real.
Jim and Andrew walk through every precedent: the 1975 escape against champions Leeds, relegation turning straight into the Ardiles and Villa era, bottom in November 1988 with Gazza before finishing six
The Professor: The Tottenham Team You're Judging No Longer Exists — Time to Reset? (The Goalscorer Myth, Squad Trauma & Where the Goals Come From)
What if every verdict on Tottenham is being passed on a team that no longer exists? Aaron of The Professor says the squad has turned over so completely, ten in and ten out, that judging this side on last season's evidence is analysing a section of the ground after everyone in it has changed seats.
Jim and Aaron work through the reset: why the new signings didn't inherit two years of trauma, the M
The Analyst: Tottenham's Defenders Graded — The Pros and Cons of van Hecke (Robertson's "Washed" Verdict, Van de Ven's Reliability & the Kinsky Question)
Is Van Hecke Tottenham's best defender or their biggest liability? Professional analyst Enya says the data supports both — one of the two highest-graded centre backs in the Premier League, and Spurs' worst offender for positional mistakes at three times the league median.
Jim and Enya grade Tottenham's back line through Gradient's execution scores: how the Van Hecke–Van de Ven pairing was built a
The 82nd Percentile: How To Make Tottenham Click — What's Actually Missing? (Savio's Elite Data, Drop Bentancur? & the Lankshear Universe)
How do you actually make Tottenham click? A Licence coach JJ says the click isn't one magic moment — it's a chain, and the first link is Savio, who the data already rates as Spurs' best player.
Jim, Enya and JJ work through every layer of the fix: the Villa numbers showing clear chances tripled in a single game, the confidence cycle that snaps whenever Spurs concede first, why no single signing s
The Originals: Are Spurs Actually Bad or Will They Be Ok? (De Zerbi, Porro's Injury & the Squad Planning Cascade)
Are Tottenham actually just not very good? Two points from five games and 20th at the break, the full Originals panel finally puts the question on the table — and the answer is more uncomfortable than a simple yes.
Jim, Si, Johnny, Stu and DJ walk through the Villa collapse: the best first half at home in years undone by the concede-before-half-time curse, the bleeding rule that took Van de Ven o
A Coach's View: Where De Zerbi Got It Right and Wrong vs Aston Villa — Is Tonali Being Scapegoated? (The Robertson Error, Van Hecke's Naughty List & Gallagher's Redemption)
Did De Zerbi get the Villa game wrong? A Licence coach JJ says the manager went off script — and for the first time this season, the coach is on his naughty list alongside the players.
Jim and JJ work through the defeat: the half-time Kudus change that broke Spurs' structure, why JJ would have hooked Marmoush first, the Tonali criticism he calls misplaced ("eight players in line before he reaches
The Analyst: Tottenham vs Aston Villa Preview — Can Spurs' Worst Stat Meet Its Cure? (Van Hecke's Elite Numbers, The Off-Ball Runs & Score Predictions)
Can Aston Villa accidentally cure Tottenham's goal drought? Professional analyst Enya says Spurs' worst number in the league — xG per shot — is about to meet one of the only defences bad enough not to punish it.
Jim and Enya preview Tottenham vs Aston Villa through the Gradient Sports data: the central-channel mismatch at the heart of Saturday's game, why the models give Spurs a 46% win chance, V
A Coach's View: Tottenham's Sliding Doors at Anfield — Will Tottenham Pop? (Archie Gray's Bravery, Marmoush at Nine & the Toothpaste Theory)
What if Tottenham's main problem isn't finishing? A Licence coach JJ says the real flaw is recognition — seeing the moment half a second too late — and it runs through every sliding-doors chance at Anfield.
Jim and JJ go player by player through the Liverpool game: Tosin's impressive first start and whether the Danso doubters (Jim included) got it wrong, Senesi's playmaking from centre half, the
The Originals: Tottenham Forgot to Shoot — 39 Touches, No Goals vs Everton (Boos, Richarlison & a Banned Prediction)
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Tottenham had 39 touches in Everton's box and forgot to shoot — how does that even happen? DJ's diagnosis: Spurs are trying to score the perfect goal when literally any goal would do.
Jim, Johnny and DJ work through the 0-0 with more affection than fury: the
The 82nd Percentile: Tottenham 0-0 Everton — Why Aren't Spurs Scoring & Is Tonali Really To Blame? (Archie Gray Inverting, Van Hecke, Moyes' Tweak & The 82nd Percentile Launch)
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Why aren't Tottenham scoring, and is Sandro Tonali really to blame for it? A licence coach JJ and professional analyst Enya Collins say the data and the eye test agree — and it isn
The Analyst: Solanke & Marmoush Together? — The Fix For Tottenham's Goal Drought? (Mudryk Injury News, Everton Predictions & The Number 10 Problem)
Is Solanke with Marmoush behind him really the fix for Tottenham's goal drought? Professional analyst Enya says the pairing everyone wants costs Spurs more than it adds — and that Marmoush can score 20 this season.
Jim and Enya walk through what a De Zerbi number nine actually does, Marmoush's first games in detail, why the missing piece is a creative 10 rather than a target man, and the breaking
The Originals: Tottenham ARE Improving (The Handball Truth, Gallagher vs Fernandes & Everton Priorities)
Why haven't Tottenham scored in three games — and is the Forest handball row hiding the real story? DJ rewatched all 31 of Conor Gallagher's passes and says the numbers change the Fernandes debate entirely.
Jim, Johnny and DJ walk through the goalless draw at Nottingham Forest: the disallowed handball and the Kudus penalty nobody's discussing, Van de Ven's captain-level display, the Gallagher vs
A Coach's View: The One Thing Tottenham Must Fix — Are Spurs Actually Improving? (Tonali's Step Forward, Van Hecke & Gallagher at 10)
What's the one thing Tottenham must fix before this season's up? A Licence coach JJ says the flaw runs through the entire attack — and no signing solves it.
Jim and JJ walk through the Nottingham Forest performance and whether Spurs are genuinely improving under Roberto De Zerbi: Sandro Tonali's step forward and the criticism JJ calls unfair, Conor Gallagher's underrated work in the 10, Van Hecke
The Analyst: Mudryk To Tottenham — How Good Is He Really? (The Underrated Loan Deals, Tosin & Nottingham Forest Preview)
How good is Mykhailo Mudryk really — and what are Tottenham actually getting? Professional analyst Enya has run his data profile, and it doesn't say what the jokes say.
Jim and Enya close out the window: the De Zerbi–Mudryk history at Shakhtar, the truth about the doping ban and the two lost years, the £75m option ceiling, why Spurs' confidence-rebuild signings keep failing, what Chelsea fans rea
The Originals: Tottenham's Transfer Window Rated — How Good Was It? (Every Signing Reviewed, The Mudryk Debate & Our Final Score)
How good was Tottenham's transfer window really? The Originals go signing by signing and land on a final score — and the deal that splits the panel is the one Chelsea couldn't wait to be rid of.
Jim, Si and DJ walk the whole window: the Fernandes–Tonali midfield transformation, whether the defence actually got worse after Kevin Danso's exit and the unfilled right-back gap, Marmoush and Savio resh
Ndiaye, Marmoush & the Newcastle Loss | Coach, Analyst & Fans Break It All Down | Tottenham Podcast
Iliman Ndiaye to Tottenham: a full scout report on the Everton winger from a professional coach and a professional analyst — his dribbling, his real numbers, and whether he's Spurs' missing number 10. Plus Tottenham 0-2 Newcastle reaction: the xG data behind the defeat, Omar Marmoush's debut, Tonali's struggles, Mateus Fernandes' rise, Kevin Danso's exit talk and what the final signing of the wind
Tottenham vs Newcastle Preview: Predicted Lineup, Tonali vs His Old Club & Enya's Data Report
How will Tottenham line up against Newcastle, and what does the data say about Spurs' chances? Jim and professional analyst Enya pick their predicted XI: the Udogie vs Robertson call, Van Hecke at centre back, Tonali and Bentancur as the pivots, and Solanke vs Marmoush up front.
Enya's match report breaks down the xG prediction, why Newcastle's counter-attacks and aerial duels are a tough matchup
The Originals: Spurs 5-1 Charlton, Newcastle Preview, Marmoush Debut And A Bold Aston Villa Prediction (Fernandes, Tonali, Savinho)
Are Tottenham finally starting to look like Tottenham again? Jim, Si and DJ walk through the 5-1 Charlton win, preview Newcastle at home, and drop one of the boldest Aston Villa predictions of the season.
Fernandes was the transformational player, not Bergvall. Bentancur behind him with Tonali could finally give Spurs the midfield trio the last two seasons have been begging for. De Zerbi's public
The Originals: Reacting To Tottenham's 3-0 Loss At Brentford (Panel On De Zerbi, Van Hecke, Bergvall, Charlton Preview And More)
Should Roberto De Zerbi get a pass for Tottenham's 3-0 defeat at Brentford? The Originals panel splits — and it's a proper split.
Jim, Si, Stu, Johnny and DJ walk the opening-day loss with fresh eyes. What went wrong tactically — Kinsky's parry, Van Hecke's stepping-out habit (same one as vs Hoffenheim), Bergvall's press without triggers, Gallagher running like a chicken with his head cut off. Wh
A Coach's View: Why Tottenham Lost 3-0 To Brentford (Kinsky, Van Hecke, Bergvall And The Soul Of The Football Club)
Why did Tottenham lose so convincingly to Brentford? A Licence Coach JJ says the scoreline actually flatters Spurs.
Post-match tactical debrief with JJ (The Full Co). Kinsky's parry frame by frame — the lower-hand buckle that turned a save into a goal. Van Hecke's Spurs debut against a dynamic Brentford front line — the discipline still to learn as Romero's replacement. Bergvall's pressing proble
The Originals: Marmoush & Savinho To Tottenham — Are Spurs Top Four Now? (Panel Predictions, The Spence Departure & Brentford Preview)
Are Tottenham top four with Marmoush and Savinho? The Originals panel goes on record — and Jim goes further.
Jim, Stu, Johnny and DJ walk the whole window: the double swoop from Manchester City (Omar Marmoush and Savinho), the Djed Spence departure to Inter that's still hurting, the Tonali–Fernandes midfield already looking the part, and where all this actually lands Tottenham in the table.
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Marmoush, Savinho and Spurs' New Ceiling (the double City deal, how the front four fits, title talk)
Spurs are in talks with Manchester City for both Omar Marmoush and Savinho so is it crazy to say this team can challenge at the very top? Analyst Enya Collins, A-licence coach JJ (The Full Co) and in-house tactician DJ join Jim to find out.
Where Marmoush actually plays best and what the data says: elite link play, the half-space pockets he loves, the aerial weakness, and why the first few games
The Analyst: The No 10 Problem That Could Unravel Spurs' Season (Maddison, Gallagher, El Khannouss, De Ketelaere)
What's the one problem that could unravel Spurs' season — and why has nobody noticed it? Former professional player and analyst Enya Collins joins Jim with the data on the gap hiding in an otherwise brilliant summer.
The 33/33/33 Maddison reality — injured, finding form, or brilliant — and why his reputation grows the longer he's out. Kulusevski's return from major injury and why recurrence ris
A Coach's View: Our Honest 2026/27 Spurs Prediction (De Zerbi's system, Gakpo and Savinho, the squad audit)
One week until the Premier League returns — so where do Spurs really rank? Professional A-licence coach JJ joins Jim for a full pre-season audit and a final league prediction for 2026/27.
What preseason actually revealed about Roberto De Zerbi's system: the buy-in across multiple different elevens, the possession and rotation patterns embedding, and the counterattack vulnerability still to fix.
A Coach's View x The Analyst: Football's Three Biggest Misconceptions
A first-time crossover: former professional player and analyst Enya Collins joins professional A-licence coach JJ (The Full Co) to bust the three biggest misconceptions in football — all linked back to Tottenham Hotspur.
Myth 1: confidence is not talent. Why a player in a broken environment isn't a bad player, the "mentality monster" myth, and how coaching staffs actually build confidence — plus
A Coach's View: What's Working in De Zerbi's Pre-Season (Getafe verdict — Tonali, Van Hecke, Archie Gray)
Which players have adapted to Roberto De Zerbi's system and which areas still need work? Professional coach and A licence holder JJ breaks down the Getafe friendly and what it tells us about Spurs' pre-season.
The vertical play is back, Kinsky is clipping balls over the press, and Archie Gray got a live coaching lesson from De Zerbi on the touchline. But the creativity in the final third? Still a
A Coach's View: The False Nine Explained (and what it means for Osimhen, Gakpo and Solanke)
Everyone's arguing about which striker Spurs should sign. Jim and A-licensed professional coach JJ (The Full Co) ask a better question: does De Zerbi's system want an out-and-out number nine at all? They break down what a false nine actually does — pinning defenders, posting up, dropping into pockets to bring runners in — and why the traditional penalty-box striker is disappearing from the top of
The Analyst: Every Spurs Signing Rated with New Data (Video Recommended)
New partnership, new data. Jim and analyst Enya Collins put the whole Spurs defence and the new midfield through Gradient Sport's event-based grading — every action scored on its own merit rather than against other players. Danso grades as a proper box defender, Van de Ven's numbers explain why he needs a high line, Senesi makes a surprising case to start, and Van Hecke barely has a weakness. Then
The Originals: Is Gakpo Worth £70m? (the Premier League tax, Romero's cheap exit and the Richarlison question)
Cody Gakpo to Spurs is the debate splitting the fanbase — so Jim, Si and Stu settle in. Stu has watched Gakpo since his PSV debut and explains why the Brennan Johnson comparison misses badly, Si brings the numbers, and the panel asks whether £70m is really the problem people think it is. Also: the research showing homegrown players carry a 40% price premium (the "Premier League tax"), why "best st
A Coach's View: What Everyone Gets Wrong About Gakpo to Spurs (his real profile, the De Zerbi press, and what it means for Tel)
Tottenham are strongly linked with Cody Gakpo and the link has split the fanbase. Jim is joined by A-licensed professional coach JJ (The Full Co) to break down what Gakpo would actually bring to De Zerbi's Spurs: why he's closer to Kudus than Brennan Johnson, how a 6ft 4in powerful runner reshapes the left side, how he fits the high press, and why the "not enough goals" argument collapses under sc
The Analyst: Spurs' Alternative Strikers After Krupi's Injury (Video Recommended - De Ketelaere, Marmoush, Endrick And Ferran Torres)
Which strikers should Spurs actually sign after Kroupi's three-month injury? Enya Collins takes The Analyst through four data-backed alternatives — with Wyscout and Hudl doing the heavy lifting alongside the eye test.
Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta's 6'4" utility man with elite vision and ghost-runner instincts). Omar Marmoush (the ex-Man City winger-striker hybrid Enya compares to Arsenal's Zinc
The Scouting Room: Ranking Spurs' 5 Most Exciting Players For 2026/27 (Williams-Barnett, Maddison, Tell, Gray And Hardy With DJ)
Which Spurs players should Tottenham fans be most excited about this season? Jim and DJ take The Scouting Room through their top five with Luca Williams-Barnettm, James Madison without a preseason minute, Tel ff the back of a stunning free kick, Archie Gray (currently getting the captain's armband over Ben Davies), and Hardy all fighting for number 1!
Plus honourable mentions for the £200m midfie
A Coach's View: De Zerbi's Tottenham Tactics From Preseason (Professional & A License Coach JJ Observes Spurs New Patterns of Play)
What has De Zerbi's Tottenham shown us in preseason? A Licence Coach JJ walks A Coach's View through the tactical patterns already emerging — with the tactics-board register the format is built on.
The diamonds and triangles. The bounce-pass buildup. The swing-pivot midfield with Sandro Tonali and Fernandes rotating between 6, 8 and 10. The touchline-winger case for signing Savinho. Why JJ thinks
The Analyst: Squad Audit — Have Spurs Improved? (Video Recommended)
Enya and Jim take the whole Spurs squad apart. Before the summer, Enya's data model had us averaging 12th across every position group in the league. After the window? 7th. But two positions are still broken, and the "depth" we keep talking about might not actually exist.
Inside: the full pre-window audit position by position, why the model has us 12th at centre-back despite the "world-class pairi
The Scouting Room: What De Zerbi's Spurs Just Showed Us
First proper look at De Zerbi's 26/27 Spurs DJ and Jim take The Scouting Room through the MK Dons pre-season opener with the tactical evidence: the bounce passes, the inverted fullbacks, Fernandez already scoring a goal-of-the-season contender, and Tel running the same bending line five times to show the automations are already being drilled.
Then the young players. DJ flags Luca Williams-Barnet
The Originals: The Alternatives To Selling Spence and Romero
Which Spurs sale hurt you the most? The Originals go on record — Berbatov, Waddle, Bale, Modric, Kane, Hoddle, Robbie Keane — every panellist names one they never got over. And it's the block that closes the episode on the warmest note.
Before that: a considered tribute to Kevin Keegan, the first proper preview of De Zerbi's Spurs against MK Dons, and the Tynan Thompson departure that reopens the
A Coach's View: How to Watch Spurs Like a Coach (De Zerbi, half spaces and automations explained)
Jim and UEFA A licence coach JJ build a fan's toolkit for reading the game: manager philosophies, protagonist vs antagonist (not what you think), between the lines, half spaces — and then apply it all to De Zerbi's Spurs, including the automations to listen out for and a pre-season homework assignment: watch the goal kicks, not the ball.
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The Analyst: Ranking Spurs' Left Wing Options (With Enya On Savinho, Nusa, Leao, Gakpo And The Underrated Player Already In The Squad)
Spurs need a left winger — and Enya Collins, live from Vancouver, walks The Analyst through the five names every fan is arguing about with Wyscout and Hudl data doing the heavy lifting.
Savinho as the low-block breaker and the case for two dribblers with Kudus on the opposite flank. Antoine Nusa as the profile-similar alternative — with the medical history and the Bundesliga-to-Premier-League ste
The Originals: How Spurs Complete The Squad
The Originals panel — Jim, Si, DJ and Stu — walk the full pre-season window with a considered read on where Spurs still need work.
On the table: the Djed Spence stick-or-twist question and the mooted Nico Williams swap (does it actually make sense?); the aerial gap in the new-look Van Hecke / Senesi / VdV back line; the Gibbs-White dream and a panel vote on the Bergvall + £30m + sell-on framing;
The Analyst: Spurs Youth Audit — Who's Ready, Who's Not, and the £50m Vušković Question (Video Recommended))
Which of Tottenham's young players are actually close to the first team? Analyst Enya Collins joins Jim to go player by player through the data: Yang Min-hyeok's mixed loan, Alfie Devine's quiet rise at Preston, Mikey Moore's breakout in Scotland, what happened to Jamie Donley, Will Lankshear's 12-goal season, Ashley Phillips' fit problem — and whether selling Luka Vušković for £50m was smart busi
The Analyst: Spurs' £200m Midfield — What the Data Says About Tonali & Fernandes
Spurs have a £200m midfield. Analyst Enya Collins joins Jim to judge Sandro Tonali and Mateus Fernandes by the numbers: progressive passing and carrying, Fernandes' creativity in a struggling West Ham side, Tonali's hidden goal threat, how the two profiles fit together under De Zerbi and which signing Enya rates more. We describe every graphic as we go, but the full charts are on the video version
A Coach's View: How Fernandes Fits The Spurs Midfield
Mateus Fernandes is through the door at £85m, and A Licence Coach JJ is here to walk through what Spurs have actually bought.
Two talk tracks: first, the player on the pitch — profile, role in a De Zerbi double pivot, the line-breaking question, the ball-carrying upside, the defensive cover JJ thinks he brings. Then the player at the price — whether £85m is market-realistic or bubble-inflated, an
The Originals: Three At The Back? And What's The Hold Up? If Any....
A full house of Originals, a full window of news. Stu, DJ, Si and Johnny join Jim to walk through what Spurs are actually building — the Champions League quality defence taking shape, the Bergvall conversation reaching panel consensus, the Will Lankshear role next season, and the reason the Tonali deal needs a little more patience.
Plus: World Cup target watching, the players catching our eyes, a
A Coach's View: Inside Spurs' £200m Midfield Plan
Spurs are spending close to £200 million to build the midfield De Zerbi actually wants. A-licence coach JJ joins Jim to walk through exactly what Tonali and Fernandes would bring to the system, to the squad balance, and to the bigger picture of the rebuild.
- How both signings fit De Zerbi's double pivot
- Why the back-line work (Senesi, Van Hecke, Porro) was the right first step
- What the £20
The Analyst: Do Spurs Actually Need A Striker? (Video Recommended)
Spurs need a striker. Or do they?
Enya Collins runs the data on the striker market and lands somewhere most reaction channels won't — there's a real argument we don't need one as badly as the discourse suggests.
Five European targets ranked by data and eye test — including the Marseille striker with a De Zerbi connection nobody's discussing. Plus why Solanke is actually a better De Zerbi strike
The Originals: Sell Bergvall? Sell Vuskovic? And Where Do Spurs Finish?
Bergvall wants out. Vuskovic wants out. £300m window. The panel can't agree.
The Originals — Stu, DJ, Johnny and Jim — work through the questions that matter most this week. Should Spurs sell? Are the young players actually as good as we hoped? Lankshear, Solanke, Kinski, and where Spurs actually finish next season if every reported target lands.
Plus DJ's contrarian Vuskovic take: Brighton want
The Scouting Room: Does Tonali Fix Spurs' Midfield? (Video recommended)
Sandro Tonali to Spurs has split the fanbase. Is he the deep-lying playmaker we've been crying out for? Or is he a £100m Bentancur replacement?
In this week's Scouting Room, Enya Collins (data) and JJ (eye test, A-licence coach) break Tonali down on every metric that matters and answer the question the rest of Spurs YouTube isn't quite getting to.
The verdict: Tonali is half of the midfield rebu
The Scouting Room: Spurs Sign Van Hecke — A Coach and a Scout Verdict
Spurs have just signed Jan-Paul van Hecke from Brighton. A-licence coach JJ and in-house scout DJ break him down in the first ever Scouting Room.
The new OhSoSpurs format puts each transfer target through both lenses: a professional coach on the eye test, an analyst-scout on the data, both in the same room. Today's verdict: thumbs up from both, with caveats.
Plus: why Spurs effectively just sign
The Originals: Spurs Are Winning The League (Q&A with DJ, Si, Johnny)
Spurs are winning the league. Don't laugh. The panel got there.
Tonight's an OhSo33 Q&A special — every question came from the members chat. The panel takes on 10 of them across transfer maths, the Greenwood question, Mikey Moore, the priority signings, and the title-challenge thesis Jim's been pushing for weeks.
Plus DJ's one-word answer that won the episode.
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Data vs Eye Test: Three Spurs Targets — The Scouting Room
The data picks one of the most divisive strikers in football for Spurs. Our A-Licence coach pushes back hard.
The Analyst (Enya Collins) and A Coach's View (JJ) combine for a new crossover format — three data-led targets put through the eye test. Marco Carnesecchi in goal, Angelo Stiller in midfield, Nicolas Jackson up front.
Plus: why Solanke might still start the season, and the Italian player
The Analyst: The 5 Midfielders Spurs Should Sign — Wharton, Stiller, Loccatelli, Garcia, Gonzalez
Spurs' biggest gap isn't up front, it's the controller in midfield. Enya Collins ranks the five players who could fix it.
After calling Van Hecke and Bohoya before either link broke, Enya turns to the deep-lying playmaker Tottenham haven't had in years. The five: Nico Gonzalez, Alex Garcia, Manuel Loccatelli, Angelo Stiller, Adam Wharton — and why one of them might quietly be the right answer ove
The Business End: How Much Can Spurs Actually Spend This Summer? (with Ben White)
Spurs could spend £250 million this summer without breaching any rules. So why does everyone assume the budget is tight?
Ben W — corporate finance and OhSoSpurs Business End regular — joins Jim to break down the difference between what Spurs are ALLOWED to spend (SCR rules) and what they can ACTUALLY spend (cash position).
Plus: the £100m the owners already injected, the rule change that benefit
NEWS | Daniel Levy Sells ENIC Shares | What This Means For Tottenham
What Daniel Levys sale of ENIC shares means for Tottenham.
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The Analyst: Spurs' Winger Problem — Savinho, Nusa, Rashford & Lookman By The Data (with Enya Collins)
The data says Spurs are about to get an absolute steal.
Enya Collins former professional player and professional analyst — joins Jim to break down the case for Savinho, compare him with Nusa, Rashford and Lookman by the numbers, and look at two pure data signings that should be on Spurs' radar.
Plus: what Frank's system did to Kudus's data, and why Tell is closer to a finished article than peopl
A Coach's View: De Zerbi's Brighton, Reborn At Spurs (Porro, Savinho & the rebuild)
Three players De Zerbi transformed at Brighton. What that tells us about how he'll use this Spurs squad. And the Pedro Porro question every fan is split on.
JJ — A-Licence coach — joins Jim to break down Van Hecke's mentality work, Mac Allister's positional metronome role, and Solly March's repositioning. Then the verdict on Porro and Savinho, and JJ's #1 squad priority.
Plus: is finishing act
The Analyst: van Hecke, Senesi & Spurs's Data-Led Defence Rebuild (Enya Collins)
Spurs just signed the Premier League's #1 rated centre back by data. So why are some red flags worth flagging?
Enya Collins — former professional and football analyst — joins Jim to break down Van Hecke's data profile, how he replaces Romero's passing, and the aerial-duel and pace concerns the data raises.
Plus: how Senesi and Robertson reshape the squad balance, and what De Zerbi's system actua
The Professor: Why Everyone Hates Tottenham (with ProfSpur)
Why does the football world enjoy Spurs losing this much?
Aaron — ProfSpur — joins Jim for the second episode of The Professor. We unpack his essay arguing that what looks like banter is structural — a class theory of why the football world wanted Tottenham relegated, even when their own teams were celebrating.
The Big-6 entitlement from above. The historic-club resentment from below. The Lo
Can De Zerbi Take Spurs Back Into The Top 4? | The Originals
Arsenal won the league. So why does it feel like nobody noticed?
Jim, Stu, Johnny and DJ on the strangest title win in years, the set-piece arms race, the Football Boardroom takeaways, and your questions from the members chat.
Plus — the OhSoSpurs Predictor is now live. Lock in your pre-season predictions: ohsospurs.com/predictor.html
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The Spurs Analyst: Where The Summer Money Goes
Enya, professional data analyst, former pro footballer, and lifelong Spurs fan, joins Jim for the debut episode of The Analyst. We audit every position group against the Premier League, name the ones that quietly collapsed, name the ones the free transfers (Robertson, Senesi) have already fixed, and lay out what's still unsolved before the window closes: central midfield, goalkeeper, strikers, and
The Originals: We Survived — End-of-Season Awards (Bizarre Injuries, Best Goals, Worst Takes)
We survived. Now we can finally laugh about it. The full Originals panel — Jim, DJ, Si, Stu and Johnny — sit down for the end-of-season awards: the most bizarre injuries (and Kulusevski's never-ending knock), the best and weirdest goals (Mickey Moore's Puskas, Solanke's scorpion), the takes that aged the worst, the moments we'll never forget, and five very different picks for player of the season.
The Business End | What Surviving Actually Buys Spurs — PSR, SCR and the Summer Budget
Spurs stayed up so what does it actually mean for the money? Welcome to The Auditors, the new OSoS series on the financial side of Tottenham. In this first episode, Jim is joined by Nick (Corporate Finance) and Ben (Finance Professional) for a clear-eyed look at what survival actually buys us, financially.
They walk through PSR and the new Squad Cost Ratio, where Spurs' headroom sits now (around
A Coach's View: The Spurs Squad Audit — Who Stays, Who Goes
The season's over, Spurs survived the drop, and now the rebuild begins. Jim is joined by JJ a coach with an A licence for A Coach's View: a player-by-player audit of the Tottenham squad heading into the summer.
It starts as "Spurs don't need to do much" and turns into something far bigger. JJ makes the case for Rodrigo Bentancur and Micky van de Ven as the spine to build around, works through the
The Originals: Spurs Stay Up — Beating Everton & the De Zerbi Reset
Jim is back from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, joined by DJ and Stu, to react to Spurs beating Everton and surviving the drop — the relief, the euphoria, and a season none of them will forget in a hurry.
This is a reset episode, not a panic one. The panel digs into De Zerbi's points-per-game form, his press conference verdict on the squad and the famous "big broom", the goalkeeper question after
Spurs v Everton preview: one point from safety, De Zerbi's press conference and the Romero question | The Originals
One point keeps us in the Premier League. The biggest game of our season is Sunday — and our captain has chosen to be in Argentina.
The Originals previews Spurs v Everton — a final-day survival game — off the back of Roberto De Zerbi's press conference. Jim is joined by Si, back in the UK, and Stu in a 42-degree Dubai. And we open with a thank you, because we've passed 10,000 subscribers.
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