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Michael Joseph

@mj-ds

I write about Tottenham Hotspur and German football and have a soft spot for iconic sports photography. Before that I founded Rabona Magazine. Father, Engländer, and Spurs survivor since 91.

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We always knew Romero was brain dead but VDV joining him in proving he doesn’t give a shit about #thfc is particularly hard to swallow.

05.03.2026 21:52 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Troy Parrott on becoming Republic of Ireland’s hero and Mourinho’s impact After instilling belief in pursuit of World Cup 2026 qualification, Parrott tells Miguel Delaney about his newfound stardom, how he transformed his game and aspirations for the future

Exclusive interview with Troy Parrott

"It's something I'll always have - that’s not going to be my career. I’m not going to be that fella that scored five goals one time in 2025. I want to have more big moments like that, hopefully starting in March"

www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

16.02.2026 09:53 👍 55 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
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Some of the photography coming out of the Winter Olympics is wild.

13.02.2026 20:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Unless Tudor wins the Champions League lol.

13.02.2026 14:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The interim route it is. This all but seals Pochettino’s #thfc return this summer.

13.02.2026 14:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Most definitely. Based on their farewell social media messages to Ange, it’s evident how much he meant to them. For the board to destroy that spirit for no obvious reason is akin to criminal damage.

13.02.2026 14:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oh really? Didn't know that, assumed he was US-based these days.

13.02.2026 13:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Marco Rose has shot to the front of the betting to take over at #thfc, while Pochettino is seen at a restaurant in Shoreditch. I see where this is going.

13.02.2026 10:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It also highlights a massive disconnect between the #thfc board and coaches/players. Pochettino was the only coach in recent times who was able to paper over those cracks for a sustained period.

13.02.2026 10:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

But it echoes the interview Van de Ven gave to The Overlap a few weeks ago when he said the dressing room made a collective decision around the same time to go all-in on the Europa League.

The players probably didn't know then what Ange did about his future.

#thfc #spurs #coys

13.02.2026 09:57 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1

It also struck me when Ange said he knew he was gone by early Feb last year.

For the #thfc board to cite "the worst ever Premier League finish" and "after significant reflection" in their statement when he was sacked makes them even more disingenuous than I thought.

#spurs #coys

13.02.2026 09:54 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Man Utd boss Sir Jim Ratcliffe claims UK has been 'colonised by immigrants' Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who owns part of Premier League football club Manchester United, is under fire after claiming that 'huge levels of immigration' costs the UK 'too much money'

Manchester City and Manchester United are now run by people aiding the rise of the far-right in the UK. We need to talk about billionaires but we also need to talk again about who we allow to run our football clubs www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...

11.02.2026 19:25 👍 12 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
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Thomas Tuchel signs England contract extension to stay as head coach until 2028 Thomas Tuchel has signed an extension to his England contract that will keep him in charge of the national team until after Euro 2028

I'm not a fan of international coaches being offered new contracts shortly before major tournaments but in the case of Thomas Tuchel I'm willing to make an exception. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

12.02.2026 09:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Those teenagers being Gray, Bergvall and Odobert.

Another teenager, Tel, was brought in the following January.

All signed for their resale potential down the line.

Spurs have been run this way for years. Profit over glory, always.

#thfc #spurs #coys

12.02.2026 09:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Postecoglou: "When you look at their wage structure, they are not a big club. At the end of my first year when we finished 5th, I was looking at Neto, Mbeumo, Semenyo, Guehi. We got Solanke, who I really like, and three teenagers."

#thfc #Spurs #coys

12.02.2026 09:17 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1

Have just seen a snippet of the Postecoglou interview on The Overlap.

"When you walk into #thfc what you see everywhere is 'To Dare Is To Do'. It's everywhere. And yet their actions are almost the antithesis of that."

Inject this into my veins.

12.02.2026 09:13 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

An interim option may have just opened up; Dyche could be ideal for the 12 games #Spurs have left.

That's right. I'm calling for #thfc to replace the man who replaced Ange with the man who replaced Ange.

Maybe we just shouldn't have replaced Ange?

12.02.2026 08:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Too many bad decisions to mention but many players are signed young without PL experience. Sometimes it pays off (VdV, Simons) but usually they need a long time to bed in. Has been a club strategy for years and one of the myriad of reasons why Spurs are in a constant state of flux.

11.02.2026 12:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You can pinpoint the date: January 17, 2019.

Mousa Dembélé is sold to Guangzhou City midway through a season in which we would reach a Champions League final.

The day the decay set in.

11.02.2026 11:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I only set up this account half an hour ago to vent about Spurs.

5 minutes later, Frank is sacked.

This club 😆

#thfc #coys

11.02.2026 10:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

In my view, Pochettino is the only PR win open to the Spurs board right now (short of selling the club, of course).

The Glasners, Marescas and Alonsos of this world are not realistic options.

Lock in Poch for 26/27, bring in a firefighter until then.

#thfc #coys

11.02.2026 10:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thomas Frank has been cut loose then. The board just need to fire themselves now and we might have something to work with #thfc #coys

11.02.2026 10:38 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0