Welcome to Nice One Cyril: Extra Time — the shorter, sillier mid-week top-up pod you didn’t ask for.

Less tactics, more nonsense. Minor rage, daft joy, questionable optimism, mushy peas, dirty spoons, Crooks & Archibald.

If the main pod is the match, this is the half-time pie and a pint.

Dive in for 15 minutes of football-adjacent foolishness.

Just audio this week - we've had more technical issues than Spurs have injuries.

Another week, another Spurs performance so limp it should come with a doctor's note. Simon Lipson, Julie Welch, Lee Brown and Barry Graham pick over the Arsenal debacle — no plan, no punch, no pulse — and ask whether the players don’t understand Frank’s tactics…or just don’t fancy them.

Solanke’s out forever (probably), Richy only scores stunners he has no right to attempt, and the manager is now comparing us to under-12s. Lovely stuff.

Plus: We moan about footballers' most irritating habits, discuss our upcoming victories against PSG and Fulham and throw in laughs, irreverence and nostalgia.

It’s therapy. It’s masochism. It’s Spurs. And it’s all here on Nice One Cyril.

It’s North London Derby week when stomachs churn and hope and dread go head to head.

The crew dive head-first into all things Spurs vs Arsenal. With injuries stacking up (ours, obviously), tactics in flux and Arsenal sitting annoyingly at the top, there’s plenty to worry about… and even more to laugh at.

This week’s guest, Misha — an Arsenal tour guide who swears she’s a Spurs fan — brings a unique, slightly suspicious perspective on the rivalry. The gang also riff on the greatest footballer names, discuss Tony Galvin and poke at the eternal truths of supporting Spurs.

Predictions, pessimism, optimism, therapy.

Brace yourselves.

With Simon Lipson, Julie Welch, Kevin Acott and Misha Mansoor.

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In this episode of Nice One Cyril, Simon Lipson, Julie Welch, Kev Acott and Dave Bradshaw relive the joy, despair and sheer madness of that Man U match. Spursiness in all its glory.

We ask whether Richy flashing his knockers undid us in the end. We look at Simons's improvement and Frank's game-changing substitutions.

And, of course, we give Micky's wonder goal all the time and space it deserves.

Plus😂 Is 'options' the new Spurs mantra? Or is it 'get rid of it'?💭 That fan who's always in your ear.💫 Empty seats.

Gripes, laughs and a painfully honest look at the shared lunacy that makes watching Spurs what it is.

Nice One Cyril. Therapy for Spurs fans.

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On this week's on Nice One, Cyril, Simon Lipson, Julie Welch and Kevin Acott deconstruct our latest limp outing against Chelsea’s, a performance with less flavour than a tofu sandwich. One shot on target, no XG to speak of - and we don't do Xg on this podcast - and a post-match sulk which may bespeak unrest in the camp.

Was Thomas out-foxed again? Is Simons like an autumn leaf? Is Vicario our only hope?

Plus the Newcastle flop, nostalgia, do we give a shit about Gary of Harlow's XI for the Man U match?, the Spurs curse, irreverence, laughs.

Spurs Therapy for Fellow Sufferers

It’s been another very Spursy week — defeat to Villa, a dreadful draw in Monaco and a comfortable(ish) win over Everton.

Simon Lipson, Julie Welch, Kevin Acott and Lee Brown ask the big questions:

Was Monaco the most exhausting 0–0 in living memory? Is Vicario brilliant or bollocks? And does Richarlison’s body language now qualify as an art form?

There’s praise for Kevin Danso and VDV, mild panic over the double pivot, and cautious optimism about the team’s direction — all sprinkled with the usual laughter, gripes and nostalgia.

Plus:
⚽ VAR favours us - finally!
🧠 Frank’s “aggressivity” obsession
😭 Simons's ongoing struggles
🎯 Predictions for Newcastle and Chelsea — optimism optional.

Because at Nice One Cyril, hope isn’t a strategy — it’s a condition.

In this week’s Nice One Cyril, Simon Lipson, Julie Welch and Kevin Acott pick over another familiar story — Spurs losing at home. Vicario’s nerves, Odobert’s vanishing act, and Tel’s growing pains all come under the microscope, along with a few choice words about the flat atmosphere at the ground.

We ask whether it’s still OK for the over-50s to belt out the chants, why today’s players crumble at the first hint of a twinge, and reminisce about the days when Dave Mackay shrugged off fractures like mosquito bites. There’s also a moan about the nightmare of modern stadium security and a look ahead to Monaco in the Champions League and Everton at the weekend.

It’s therapy, nostalgia, and exasperation — all in one beautifully over-analysed pod.

This week on Nice One Cyril, Simon, Julie, Kev and Dave tackle the £100 million cash injection from the Lewis family — and try to work out whether it means new signings or, finally, the cheese room.

We chat international duty (and the art of coming back injured), the eternal Vicario debate, the promise of young guns like Pape, Bergvall and Simons, and ponder where, if at all, a fit Kulusevski will fit into Frank's jigsaw.

There’s a deep dive into Spurs’s long, proud tradition of scapegoats — plus the debut of our Whining Wankers XI, a team no one asked for but everyone recognises.

Ralph Coates's combover is this week's special subject. It was a thing of beauty and a scientific marvel.

We wrap up with a look ahead to Villa - a bit of cautious optimism, and the usual existential dread that comes with supporting Tottenham Hotspur.

🎧 Funny, nostalgic and mildly traumatised — it’s Spurs therapy.

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This week on Nice One Cyril, Simon Lipson welcomes debut guest Barry Graham of Glasgow Spurs, along with Dame Julie Welch and Kevin Acott.

The gang dissect the gritty but grim Bodo performance, the Leeds takedown, and query why some Spurs fans continue to diss the manager of a team sitting 3rd.

There’s praise for Van de Ven, concern for Vicario and a heartfelt detour into the golden age of Scottish Spurs heroes.

Barry rages about that abomination, the 8pm Saturday fixture, Julie ponders “engagement” tweets by the club’s social media team, Simon gets het up about idiots in Gail's and Kev recounts the burger van insult-thrower at the old Lane.

It’s football chat with humour, hindsight, and just the right amount of despair.

In this week’s Nice One Cyril, Simon Lipson, Julie Welch, and Kev Acott deconstruct the Wolves debacle, address some fans' concerns that Simons is just Timo Werner with better hair, and grumble about buyout bollocks, Kane rumours and the eternal curse of Dr Tottenham.

There’s nostalgia, rants about didactic tourists at the stadium, a look ahead to Bodo and Leeds, and whether optimism or pessimism is the right setting for Spurs fans right now.

Warm, irreverent, and always a bit Spursy. Therapy, but with more swearing.