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Player Focus: Etienne Capoue Vital in Pochettino's New Look Spurs

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Player Focus: Etienne Capoue Vital in Pochettino's New Look Spurs A player's primary concern when a new manager comes in is how regularly he will feature. Mauricio Pochettino’s appointment gave the Tottenham squad achance to prove themselves at White Hart Lane,with some performing better than others,on the back of Tim Sherwood’s sacking. The passionate...

Match Report: 2 Points Dropped Rather Than 1 Gained as Spurs Frustrate Arsenal

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Match Report: 2 Points Dropped Rather Than 1 Gained as Spurs Frustrate Arsenal On Saturday, Arsène Wenger took charge of Arsenal for a record-breaking 44th north London derby. The Gunners boss had lost just 6 heading into the latest meeting with Tottenham and the early signs suggested that that firgure would not increase. However, despite their dominance, it was Spurs w...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips It has been a crazy start to the season in terms of goals with records breaking all over the place, following on from the trend set by the group phase of the World Cup. This may be because of teams playing more attacking football on the whole, but also in part to do with progressively decreasing qua...

Match Report: Pearce Finally Tastes Forest Defeat as Mason Turns Cup Tie Around for Spurs

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Match Report: Pearce Finally Tastes Forest Defeat as Mason Turns Cup Tie Around for Spurs A spirited and much-changed Nottingham Forest team gave a good account of themselves at White Hart Lane in the Capital One Cup, but did not quite have enough to hold on to a second half lead as Spurs came back to progress to the fourth round of the competition.As Forest remembered their former manag...

Match Report: Win at Spurs Could be Turning Point for Irvine's Albion

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Match Report: Win at Spurs Could be Turning Point for Irvine's Albion Alan Irvine has barely enjoyed the smoothest start to life at the Hawthorns. His appointment wasn't met with much enthusiasm and the club have been widely tipped for the drop this season. 2 points from their opening 4 games did little to dispel pre-season worries.And yet, his players looked motivate...

Player Focus: Gylfi Sigurdsson Rejuvenated in Familiar Swansea Surroundings

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Player Focus: Gylfi Sigurdsson Rejuvenated in Familiar Swansea Surroundings Tottenham’s spending spree last summer had a number of players fearing for their future at White Hart Lane. The money brought in from the sales of Gareth Bale, Clint Dempsey and Tom Huddlestone was re-invested back into the squad as Spurs secured the signatures of Roberto Soldado, Nacer Chadli...

Team Focus: Spurs Not Playing Pochettino Way in Season Opener

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Team Focus: Spurs Not Playing Pochettino Way in Season Opener After Mauricio Pochettino had celebrated his first three points as Tottenham Hotspur manager, there was one word he mentioned more than any other in his post-match press conference: “philosophy”.“This is our philosophy,” the Argentinean beamed. “To believe, always, 90-9...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips The most balanced league begins again. Nobody can really question who Le Championnat favourites are, which started a week ago, while the Premier League returns, where Chelsea are tipped to wrestle the title away from Manchester City after their summer spending spree. There are a number of teams capa...

Player Focus: Why Spurs Fought to Sign DeAndre Yedlin

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Player Focus: Why Spurs Fought to Sign DeAndre Yedlin There was much talk during the World Cup over what the legacy of the tournament would be for the United States. The land that has long been considered football’s final frontier fully embraced Brazil 2014, but what would be lasting effect be? Certainly, in the short-term, that legacy has been D...

Player Focus: Settled Lamela Could be Like a New Summer Signing

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Player Focus: Settled Lamela Could be Like a New Summer Signing Of all the disappointments at Tottenham Hotspur last season, the greatest, perhaps, was Erik Lamela. He arrived, with a fanfare appropriate for the club’s record transfer, for a fee of £30million, perceived as perhaps the most exciting of the raft of players signed to replace Gareth Bale...