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Shame about the bench too. get Edozie on

that wasn't great keeping

It's almost as if we needed to sign a (proven) striker this summer... dire from us, so many misplaced passes this season in general

I had completely (perhaps intentionally) forgotten Hughes managed us...

This is dire

I work with a guy who has a distant family connection to him (on the Albanian side) - I am almost certain that whilst we have a Serbian lead investor, there is no chance Broja considers playing for us again. Don't think it's a coincidence SR coming in and his form dipping.

Wouldn't be surprised to see a game or two against them in pre-season/post World-cup friendly. Seems like both managers enjoyed the experience all round.

Well, at least our 2 best CBs are playing. I reckon Sekou will start banging them in if he gets any service this season.

all the new signings look decent, ABK should start from now on, loved the cameo from Sekou and also enjoyed KWP kissing the badge and showing some leadership

What a ball Sekou

or Dani Ceballos

Comes across v well in his interview, optimistic about this one

How was Willy?

gotta celebrate that in contes face moi, great character from the lads

Spurs have so much small man energy

not as many as Big Jos

St Mary's should be a hostile place to play, we've been missing it

I would imagine the club know a lot more about the situation than we do. If they do take the statue down, this would have to be because Bates had more of a role than we know about (in a bad way), or was indeed guilty of not acting whilst in a position of considerable influence. For me, the key here is 'speaking to the victims' - at least in this case the club is showing respect for the victims of abuse in and around the club and listening to them. After all, they are the ones directly affected and have every right to express an opinion directly to the club on the matter. It is mentioned in this article that Bates disregarded the concerns of at least one individual. I cannot speak for the accuracy of this report of course. In any case, I would let the club sort this one - I don't think they would take any decision to remove the statue lightly. There is a reason Bates was named in the reports and I am sure there are legitimate reasons for this review of his statue.

It seems the referee suffered from heat stroke in the end.

Actually between Monday evening and some point on Tuesday his account was suspended. I would assume it was a temporary voluntary deactivation of the account. He returned to Twitter last night with the protective measures you mention, also having deleted the replies to fans that got him in trouble. Presumably this time round he will have a PR individual/welfare officer from the club keeping a closer eye on his activity.

I love that huge meaningless tackle from our nutter Lyanco

yes dragan, nice touch with the scarf

Thought he was pretty decent, shades of a left-sided Kieran Trippier - solid in defence, a little bit less exciting than our other options going forward, but nonetheless a good squad player and will have a role to play in the coming games/years

All the silliness aside, Perraud looks solid

I am cautiously optimistic