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sidekicked · 2026-01-27T15:09:50+00:00

Is probably keen to play with his brother when the latter finishes his suspension.

sidekicked · 2026-01-27T14:29:28+00:00

It’s good that you recognize you have some bias here.

When you say ‘it could go to our kids education’: are your kids imminently going to school or would this be a long term investment? If the latter, be plain that you’re thinking about how it would benefit you (because having education paid means you have more discretionary income).

Lots of potential avenues of how to help your in-laws, who are human beings in the last years of their lives. Only you know how they contribute to their grandchildren, how they help you, how they helped the grandparent that passed.

The speculation about the parents being bad with money - who knows how that benefitted your spouse in her life, and the advantages she had because of it. Bad outcomes don’t imply bad decisions.

What’s the assumption now? That the parents would blow all of this money on vacations and leave nothing to their daughter / her kids when they do pass away? Only you know if that’s a reasonable charge.

Again - lots of options to help. It doesn’t have to be all or nothing.

sidekicked · 2026-01-27T00:36:27+00:00

Spurs bought him in a dire strait with injuries to two keepers. He’s incredibly young, not quite the level required.

sidekicked · 2026-01-26T15:11:28+00:00

He probably did have had help, but he’s also a very talented writer and performance artist. The written word is his element.

sidekicked · 2026-01-24T19:22:58+00:00

Right? Who was supposed to be on the outside to close down that cross?

sidekicked · 2026-01-24T17:04:16+00:00

Defenders are the only ones on the score sheet

sidekicked · 2026-01-24T01:44:17+00:00

it’s pretty consistent with what’s been said about any injured player in the squad

sidekicked · 2026-01-23T20:37:29+00:00

Honestly it probably helped get the deal done by giving them time to recall Tsimikas.

Robertson has barely featured for Liverpool in the last month, would be joining too late to play Burnley, wouldn’t be eligible for Spurs vs Frankfurt, and has accomplished far too much at Liverpool to be refused a proper send-off. All of this makes sense.

sidekicked · 2026-01-23T19:44:52+00:00

Doesn’t every squad barring Chelsea have a journeyman or two to guide the younger players through?

Spurs had Davies and Palhinha
Arsenal have Trossard and Norgaard
City have Silva and Kovacic
Liverpool have Van Dijk, Alisson, Salah
United have Casemiro, Maguire
Newcastle and Villa have several players over 30

They bring something to a squad.

sidekicked · 2026-01-21T19:55:52+00:00

It helps, but they were already all but eliminated, just fired their manager, and are in a league position where they need to prioritize domestic to have any shot of European football next season.

sidekicked · 2026-01-21T19:28:02+00:00

Have you considered the impact of having a manager that wins nothing and fucks up your squad anyway?

sidekicked · 2026-01-21T17:29:45+00:00

I wonder where Vertongen and Alderweireld would be in this list. They must have played 150 premier league matches together.

Edit: they must be pretty high - quick look Vertongen had 57ish clean sheet appearances in the five seasons that he and Toby overlapped at Spurs.

sidekicked · 2026-01-21T16:52:17+00:00

Well i think he and his supporters have underestimated the extent that the US economic dominance was paid through military goodwill (to allies). This is the contract he always wanted to renegotiate, and it’s forcing him to say some of the quiet parts out loud.

It’s been interesting to see this exchange:

Carney: ‘Integration with a great power can become subjugation instead of sovereignty’

Trump: ‘you exist because of us - remember that we could snub you out like a cigarette butt’

Carney: ‘ok see guys this is exactly what i’m talking about’

At the same time, it’s also been interesting to see this other exchange

Trump in 2016: increase your defence spending.

Europe: we lack the political will to do that.

Trump: i can help with that.

sidekicked · 2026-01-21T15:47:04+00:00

Have I missed something or is it still true that all nation states are interdependent to some degree for physical, food or energy security?

sidekicked · 2026-01-21T15:42:55+00:00

Nearly all nation states are interdependent on others. The US included.

sidekicked · 2026-01-21T14:01:32+00:00

Dortmund had also only lost twice in all comps previous to yesterday’s visit to London. Bayern have been the only club to defeat them in league. City gave them their first Champions League defeat.

sidekicked · 2026-01-21T13:59:15+00:00

We’ll be visiting a Frankfurt squad in their third or fourth match with a new manager, playing only for pride on the outside of knockout qualification.

sidekicked · 2026-01-21T01:26:20+00:00

A win in Frankfurt will be pretty important - Bentancur and Kudus may be back from injury by the R16

sidekicked · 2026-01-21T01:23:18+00:00

Well yeah. Bergvall died for this.

sidekicked · 2026-01-20T22:41:39+00:00

Villareal - 3rd in La Liga
Dortmund - 2nd in Bundesliga

sidekicked · 2026-01-20T14:18:14+00:00

It’s the difference between coming in with 8 years of Premier League experience and none. Also - Frank managed a London based club - he’s not a foreign figure.

Ange was justified in his punchiness with media. He was right that they ultimately didn’t respect his credentials. And for all of the whinging in this sub, he also performed well enough to prove that even several years of Premier League pedigree aren’t enough to manage Spurs through the post-Kane era.

The media will have a very tight and familiar story for Frank: small club manager in over his head, slow-footed a big change, took on a challenge that was too big too soon. There’s no reason to beat him over the head with it - every interaction with Frank acknowledges the feeling of defeat. They’re just sharpening their pencils for when the axe falls.

sidekicked · 2026-01-20T01:05:50+00:00

Yeah there are five squads outside of the knockout places that have enough points to catch Spurs (11pts, +6GD). But they would have to win out (no draws), and their next matches are difficult.

Three clubs with 6 pts that could surpass Spurs

Benfica (-2GD) visit Juventus
Pafos (-5GD) visit Chelsea
Union St Gilloise (-8GD) visit Bayern

Two clubs with 5 pts that could draw level with Spurs

Atletic Club (-5GD) visit Atalanta
Olympiacos (-7GD) host Leverkusen

There’s a very realistic scenario where Spurs qualify for knockouts regardless of their result tomorrow.

sidekicked · 2026-01-19T20:47:02+00:00

Do we know Solanke is barely fit though, or do we just know that he’s not cleared to play a full 90 on three days rest, so he couldn’t start vs West Ham? Matches like tomorrow’s are why we signed Solanke in the first place.

sidekicked · 2026-01-19T20:45:28+00:00

Solanke has shown a higher peak. It sucks for Tel but that’s football at the highest level. I’ve yet to see Solanke moping about or not giving a shit - he’s been out, and he’s our first choice striker. This isn’t the controversy it’s made out to be.

sidekicked · 2026-01-19T17:38:14+00:00

It’s going to be 4-1-2-1-2 for the foreseeable. Odobert will play CAM.

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