The Fighting Cock (Tottenham Hotspur Podcast)

We’ve gone to Stamford Bridge and played Chelsea off the park. Flav, Alex and Big Jon celebrate a glorious two nil win, with Fernandes and Tonali running the midfield, Tel delivering a moment to remember and De Zerbi giving us every reason to believe.

We discuss Chelsea losing their heads, the Palmer and Rogers flashpoints, Kinsky and Van Hecke’s importance on the ball, and whether this is the start of a new Tottenham. Plus, giving young players time, being spectacularly wrong about footballers, and why we need to back it all up against Palace.

There’s also a warehouse rave, some deeply satisfying glory scrolling and Flav’s internet abandoning him before the optimism does.

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We celebrate Kulusevski’s return, discuss January transfer priorities and discover that Alec’s list of players he dislikes includes quite a lot of our team. Your questions bring a heated cheese debate, Arsenal-supporting neighbours and the ultimate choice between Spurs and our favourite music. Plus, Flav on what sharing the Coventry win with his dad meant.

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Harry Brooks and Thelonious join us for Q&A Thursday, and Flav’s convinced everything’s going to be fine. Convincing everyone else is another matter. Was the United performance a turning point, or were United just shite? We debate De Zerbi’s football, our lack of presence in both boxes and whether encouraging performances will actually turn into wins.

Plus, are we blocking our best young players? We discuss Mikey Moore, giving Williams-Barnett a chance and whether selling Lankshear was the right call. There’s also Marbella, the emotional damage of supporting Tottenham and the small matter of actually beating Coventry.

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Cal and debutant Dan Muino join us to discuss Bentancur’s red card, Savinho’s persistence, Gallagher’s underappreciated work and why De Zerbi deserves time to get this rebuild right. Plus, Van Hecke’s passing, our problems in front of goal and what “Spurs will be fine” actually means.

And Dan tells us the story behind his viral Sol Campbell celebration: a homemade “traitor” T-shirt, a charity match and a booking worth taking.

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Spurs are back and we’re convinced it’s all going to click. We’d just quite like to know when.

We discuss why we’re still backing De Zerbi, whether Mathys Tel’s international goals can kickstart his Tottenham season, and why Williams-Barnett needs a chance. With Manchester United away approaching, we look at the encouraging signs, the square pegs in round holes and how much the last two seasons are shaping our reactions to this one.

Plus, appreciating just how good Kane and Son were, a potential rap feud with The Extra Inch, Stefan Freund’s pants and Ricky’s long-awaited bolognese recipe.

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We also debate what punishment Manchester City should face, whether we’d want a trophy awarded retrospectively and the awkward business of still wanting them to finish above Arsenal.

Plus, reflecting on the Ledley King interview, the last time Spurs made us properly happy, an unfortunate phone call from Ossie Ardiles and how far you could throw an oiled-up Ricky.

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Welcome to The Lab. For this episode, I sat down with someone who means an enormous amount to this club and to all of us who support it: Ledley King.

An academy graduate, our captain, a one-club man and now a member of Tottenham’s Hall of Fame.

On a personal level, I’m incredibly grateful to have been given this opportunity. We spend so much time talking about Spurs and the people who’ve shaped our lives supporting it. Getting to have this conversation with Ledley was really special.

We spoke about his bond with the fans, the years when Spurs started believing again, and what it took, physically and mentally, to keep pulling on that shirt.

A huge thank you to Ledley for his time. I hope you enjoy the conversation.

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Flav and Ricky are keeping each other sane through the international break. We discuss the prospect of Kulusevski’s return, what he could bring to De Zerbi’s side and why patience seems such a difficult sell when it comes to Tottenham. Flav reports back from a frustrating encounter with Sean Dyche on The Overlap, and we question whether “mentality” actually explains anything.

Plus, your questions on bringing back the drum, binning the trumpet, which Pochettino player would rescue this team, and why listening to more Spurs podcasts after a defeat might be making everything worse.

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Bottom of the league, another home defeat, and somehow we still think this might work. Flav, Ricky and Big Jon pick through the 3–2 loss to Aston Villa and ask whether Tottenham’s improving performances offer real hope or just another way to torture ourselves.

We discuss De Zerbi’s search for the right midfield, the missing number ten, Solanke’s struggles and why Savinho gives us reasons to believe. Plus, Porro’s injury reopens the Spence debate, Gallagher gets his flowers and Jon proposes a fairly radical solution up front.

Also: commentary that makes everything worse, strained relationships with our dads, and whether we used up every available prayer in Bilbao.

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