The Fighting Cock (Tottenham Hotspur Podcast)

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We’re back after a huge win at Villa Park, trying very hard not to get carried away and failing almost immediately.

We talk about De Zerbi calming everything down, the shift in mentality, Spurs finally looking structured again, and why this performance deserved far more credit than it got. There’s love for Gallagher, Bentancur, Palhinha, Richarlison’s pressing, Kinsky’s confidence, and the sudden feeling that Tottenham might have found belief at exactly the right time.

We also get into Villa fans, the “food chain”, the relegation picture, West Ham, Forest, Peppa Pig, and the dangerous joy of feeling giddy again.

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We assess the wider issues behind Tottenham’s season, including concerns around the medical department, recurring injuries, player trust, refereeing decisions and the club’s wider operational standards.

The discussion also covers potential departures, relegation implications, executive accountability, ownership, recruitment failures and whether the problems at Spurs are structural rather than circumstantial.

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We finally won a game of football. Spurs went to Wolves, survived the stress, nicked a massive result and gave ourselves a proper chance of staying up. We talk Kinský’s big moment, Palhinha’s vital goal, the weirdness of Molineux, relegation nerves, injuries, Richarlison, Porro, and why winning ugly might be exactly what we need right now.

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We’re back for a Q&A and it goes exactly where you’d expect and nowhere you’d predict. From old-school VHS trauma to full-blown relegation anxiety, we try to make sense of Spurs right now and probably fail in the process. There’s talk of De Zerbi, whether anyone at the club is actually accountable, and if this squad needs ripping up completely. We also get into season ticket prices, Arsenal paranoia, and whether we’d accept the weirdest title outcome imaginable just to stay up.

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We’re joined on The Lab by Kish from Lilywhite Lab to dig into what has gone wrong at Tottenham this season, and whether Roberto De Zerbi can be the man to fix it.

We discuss the importance of player buy-in, why Thomas Frank’s approach never fully convinced the squad, and how Spurs’ lack of midfield control became the defining tactical problem of the season. There’s also a deep dive into the signings of João Palhinha and Conor Gallagher, the imbalance of the squad, the short-lived Igor Tudor experiment, and the wider questions around leadership, recruitment and culture at the club.

We also look at De Zerbi’s arrival, his reputation for improving players, and why his coaching could be exactly what Tottenham’s young squad needs, even if the timing could hardly be more chaotic.

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