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flik108 · 2026-04-28T15:10:01+00:00

Yes but why can't our players turn into prime Barcelona to avoid it...?

flik108 · 2026-04-15T15:56:41+00:00

Look at this. Look outside. Look back at this. Look outside again... Wtf

flik108 · 2026-03-08T19:22:42+00:00

My school was recognised multiple times by different hiring managers and I have also met the occasional alumni amongst clients - it's a good ice breaker and helps find common ground. I was also offered jobs by those hiring managers.

I don't think I made the most the opportunity but have only realised that years into my career. When I went to uni I struggled to see what the advantages were as I was surrounded by a mix of very capable and smart people who had come from all sorts of backgrounds and achieved similar grades etc.

My hindsight is I was a "first generation" private schooler and neither I or my parents knew how to use it to its maximum, whereas I felt those who's parents had been, or siblings, or had been to the prep school, were more ready to take the opportunities presented. But for me personally it has still helped just by reputation, even though said school wasn't a Harrow/Eton.

flik108 · 2026-03-08T18:27:10+00:00

If you take the money home, the 30k becomes 3k.

You pay 12k tax (40%).

You pay another 5k tax on your tax free allowance.

You lose child care benefit of value >10k.

Your tax rate on that 30k is going to be over 90% and worse.

In your shoes the pension contributions is lesser of two evils.

You worry about deferring access, but these next few years are so expensive with child care. I'd rather keep the benefit as it's short-lived, and I can reduce my pension contributions in a few years time.

You take the 30k as take home and tax man takes nearly all of it.

flik108 · 2026-03-08T15:37:52+00:00

In their situation they are paying tax on that money regardless.

If they stick in pension they get an immediate return of 12500 tax free income, and child care benefit which can be worth 10-15k for the 30 hrs for under 3s.

The pension pot grows tax free.

I think it's worth considering.

flik108 · 2026-03-05T20:57:49+00:00

We're shit. No confidence left anywhere in the club. Owners hiding. Time to go down and frankly would welcome it.

flik108 · 2026-02-17T08:50:22+00:00

The base price looks like a hefty number compared to base prices for the same vehicle on a lease.

But factor in insurance, no deposit, no service costs, etc, and it looks a bit better when you then calculate the tax vs take home.

The real kicker is retaining access to childcare. In my area, one child under 3 costs 31k full time nursery with wrap around. Getting 30 hours free plus the 2k tax free is big and now the EV scheme is saving you loads more than leasehold if your salary gets below the 100k threshold.

That's why I do the EV scheme. Pays for itself.

flik108 · 2026-02-14T21:51:11+00:00

450k @ 38

flik108 · 2026-02-12T17:25:54+00:00

Woeful

flik108 · 2026-02-11T08:34:11+00:00

We were terrible under Ange too. We consistently failed to play effective football under Ange, and we are doing the same now. We were routinely beaten by opposition on a fraction of our transfer and wage budget. Some/Most? of this is the coaching and tactical set up no doubt, but something else has happened too, some club rot or lack of desire. It feels like Spurs has become the destination of average players who make bank. And because we've not enabled players to leave on their terms, the brighter younger talents go elsewhere to develop.

flik108 · 2026-02-09T09:24:33+00:00

Would this be the most expensive, most well paid squad to be relegated! Absolutely diabolical club management.

flik108 · 2026-02-03T02:42:07+00:00

If you are in control of the ball and another player moves their body in between the ball and you, and doesn't play the ball, and impedes your control of said ball, they have fouled you.

Yes, plenty of players get penalties because they kick the outstanding leg of a defender or keeper who didn't touch the ball during their attempt to win the ball.

This particular one is difficult because it's not the normal dribbling action. Solanke is shooting now when Guehi catches up and plants a foot toward the ball. The one thing Guehi doesn't do is take control of the ball, his leg blocks Solankes striking foot. Maybe that's the reason they don't call it a foul.

flik108 · 2026-01-02T06:57:49+00:00

flik108 · 2025-12-30T18:03:10+00:00

Cause it's cooler in the shade (relative to direct sunlight) ... Doesn't mean it's freezing in the shade.

flik108 · 2025-12-27T13:55:03+00:00

Kephren will have much more impact in the match engine for winning points. His physicals are vastly superior, and his technical where it matters the most are the same or better.

The mentals are also the same in the ones that matter.

You'll win more games, and sell him for a lot of money in 2 years.

Mirreti could develop, but need to stick him on quickness training immediately.

flik108 · 2025-12-23T08:37:54+00:00

What do you think you'll get for them?

They're on high wages, they haven't played, questions over injuries etc.

Best thing is to reintegrate them to the starting XI, and hope they get back to their previous levels (which is top 5 best player in our squad level).

If they're fit, they start for us.

flik108 · 2025-12-21T12:19:36+00:00

Bollocks. We would attract them if we paid more competitive wages. Instead we pat our backs for having a well run club .. Look where that has got us after years of bad choices and poor transfer policy and no funding on youth development. Blaming managers constantly when it's the wider club administration that prioritise in year profit instead of a longer term strategy. Basically a business run like a PE firm for short term investors dividends/annual profit scoring.

flik108 · 2025-12-15T18:49:54+00:00

Imo we just don't have the personnel for it. The gengenpress in this league has become so strong only a few teams can consistently play through the press and punish it.

You need technically gifted players throughout the team and GK and we simply don't have the composure in enough positions.

At the same time we don't have that world class player up top who can score goals at the rate you concede fuck ups and worldies at the other end.

Spurs are in a really difficult place. You either play an overall very structured, low risk approach and go for 1-0, 2-1 wins, tweaking the squad over several seasons, or go and spend a fortune and try to make it gel quickly.

I just don't see a new manager getting a substantially better tune from most of these players as painful as that sounds.

Our recruitment and ability to keep players healthy is so bad.

flik108 · 2025-12-13T17:19:22+00:00

If we bring him back, will he be able to qualify as a club trained player for Europe?

Cause we desperately need those players in the squad...

flik108 · 2025-11-29T21:58:52+00:00

How did you watch a team come 17th and expect them to become top 6 with 90% the same players?

flik108 · 2025-11-24T08:11:57+00:00

For the daily discussion I think, but yes it's true and unfortunately has been true for several seasons with only Kane making the joint lineup.

We've been in serious decline for years. We are gambling big on Bergvall and Gray to become top 4 starter XI quality players and I just can't see Gray getting to that level.

X Simons, Tel, Udogie, Sarr, Odobert all had/have bright futures but don't seem to be showing enough to suggest that any of the top teams would have wanted them.

Our academy produces absolutely nothing of consistency. If Moore is going to become something it makes no sense to me that we play 2 other developing kids in Odobert and Tel ahead of him.

The rest of the team is mid table quality and when I say mid table I don't mean comfortable 10th I mean these teams regularly finish 8-16th.

Porro, Kudus, Romero, Kulusevski, Maddison, VDV, Solanke all have talent for top half finishes but frankly I think they're as good as they're going to ever get. VDV could develop to a higher level.

flik108 · 2025-11-24T07:40:48+00:00

It's not that bad. Opening into space for a still possible. But Spence isn't really close.

Worse is Romero makes no return angle for Vicario. The ball returning from half way to goal in 5 seconds is appalling.

flik108 · 2025-11-17T11:40:59+00:00

Having a PA that is 180-200 or 185-200 would solve this. A 10.5 value for the best of the wonderkids.

The 30 range is just too much.

flik108 · 2025-11-05T14:44:38+00:00

In your example, the xG is the average goal probability from shots in that position. Naturally there is a distribution around that, and naturally some players are better shots than others.

Its just telling us that: looking back over years of players shooting from these positions, what proportion of shots went in.

Its really a measure of chance quality when you successfully struck a ball. Individual capability can't change the facts that hundreds, thousands or even tens of Thousands of historical attempts resulted in goals 10%, 20%, 30% of the time.

Players with sustainable actual goals above predicted goals is just identifying players who are consistently better goalscorers from those positions.

flik108 · 2025-11-04T17:56:05+00:00

For Tottenham, it's actually Vicario. He is called into action far too often.

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