Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
New season, new thread? The annual "what can we expect from Spurs this year" post.
Richarlison, Bissouma, Perisic, Forster all signed, and in the last hour or so Djed Spence as well.
Lenglet on loan, allegedly with an option to buy.
Bergwijn and Carter-Vickers sold, declined to take up the option to buy Gollini.
Rumour doing the rounds of James Maddison from Leicester, cracking player.
Outward rumours - Reguilon to Sevilla, Winks to Everton, Tanganga to AC Milan (would be interesting to see an Italian side with him lining up alongside Tomori), nothing concrete on Emerson Royal (who toured South Korea) but would be the likely candidate to leave now Spence has signed. Lo Celso and Ndombele it's all gone a bit quiet but if buyers can't be found then i'd expect last minute bargain basement loan deals.
Bryan Gil and Pape Sarr - loaned out, or maybe kept around since there's a big squad needed to manage Champions League games as well as a long, Qatar-interrupted league season; 9 subs named, 5 available to use.
The signing of a creative midfielder like Maddison would make sense to me. The age old problem of "what to do if Kane gets injured" has never been about the drop off in quality from Kane, but the drop off in quality from Son when he moves to play through the middle. Another forward thinking player (even if not a CF) would give a genuine 'any 3 from 6' as well as Maddison (or similar) being an option to play in midfield against opposition where we'd expect to dominate possession, or an in-game switch to a 4-2-3-1.
So what to expect? Get out of the CL group stage and anything can happen. Man City and Liverpool will be the top 2 again, but after that there's a mini league of us, Chelsea, Arsenal and Man United - my hope (expectation?) is to win that. Kane & Son to score shedloads with smiles on their faces.
And for fuck's sake, win a bloody trophy. It's been a while.
Richarlison, Bissouma, Perisic, Forster all signed, and in the last hour or so Djed Spence as well.
Lenglet on loan, allegedly with an option to buy.
Bergwijn and Carter-Vickers sold, declined to take up the option to buy Gollini.
Rumour doing the rounds of James Maddison from Leicester, cracking player.
Outward rumours - Reguilon to Sevilla, Winks to Everton, Tanganga to AC Milan (would be interesting to see an Italian side with him lining up alongside Tomori), nothing concrete on Emerson Royal (who toured South Korea) but would be the likely candidate to leave now Spence has signed. Lo Celso and Ndombele it's all gone a bit quiet but if buyers can't be found then i'd expect last minute bargain basement loan deals.
Bryan Gil and Pape Sarr - loaned out, or maybe kept around since there's a big squad needed to manage Champions League games as well as a long, Qatar-interrupted league season; 9 subs named, 5 available to use.
Lloris
Forster
Romero --- Dier --- Davies
Sanchez -- Rodon -- Lenglet
Spence ---------- Bentancur --- Bissouma ----------- Perisic
Doherty ----------- Skipp ------- Hojbjerg --------- Sessegnon
Kulusevski -------------- Son
Lucas ------------ Richarlison
Kane
Scarlett
Healthy sized contingent of English, Welsh and Irish players, and a smattering of 5/6/7 South Americans (depending on Lo Celso and Emerson; of this group Lucas, Richarlison and Sanchez have been in the prem for a good while). Son, Lloris, Hojbjerg and to a lesser extent Bissouma have also been around for a while (a decade in the case of lovely lovely Hugo) so the usual caveats of some foreign players "adjusting to the pace of the Prem" don't apply. Kulusevski took to it like a duck to water and speaks better English than I do, so really it's only Lenglet and Perisic who are stepping into the unknown.Forster
Romero --- Dier --- Davies
Sanchez -- Rodon -- Lenglet
Spence ---------- Bentancur --- Bissouma ----------- Perisic
Doherty ----------- Skipp ------- Hojbjerg --------- Sessegnon
Kulusevski -------------- Son
Lucas ------------ Richarlison
Kane
Scarlett
Fresh from winning the U20 Euros, Alfie Devine and Dane Scarlett could well find themselves involved from time to time - the 5 subs thing allows for better integration of youngsters into the first team. Trot Parrott had an excellent 2nd half of the season on loan at MK Dons, could also be an option but given he's a couple of years older than Scarlett perhaps he'd benefit more from playing regularly if there's a championship club loan on offer (or even a lower prem side willing to take a punt). The signing of a creative midfielder like Maddison would make sense to me. The age old problem of "what to do if Kane gets injured" has never been about the drop off in quality from Kane, but the drop off in quality from Son when he moves to play through the middle. Another forward thinking player (even if not a CF) would give a genuine 'any 3 from 6' as well as Maddison (or similar) being an option to play in midfield against opposition where we'd expect to dominate possession, or an in-game switch to a 4-2-3-1.
So what to expect? Get out of the CL group stage and anything can happen. Man City and Liverpool will be the top 2 again, but after that there's a mini league of us, Chelsea, Arsenal and Man United - my hope (expectation?) is to win that. Kane & Son to score shedloads with smiles on their faces.
And for fuck's sake, win a bloody trophy. It's been a while.
. Kulusevski just does unexpected things brilliantly. Lovely touch, ghosts past opponents, shoots early - a joy to watch. Bentancur close behind in the MotM stakes. Honourable mentions for Royal & Sessegnon who have clearly been putting the work in and who have also benefited from coaching. 
