I miss Eric Dier, and we were robbed of a Dier-Spurs reunion yesterday.
But what makes me really sad is that I don’t know who he’d hug. No one in Spurs’ current XI played alongside Dier during his Tottenham days. Ben Davies, probably the only player to have an outside relationship with Dier, wasn’t even in the squad.
So that makes me sad. But, according to this Spurs reporter, at least we got a reunion between Dier and someone from Tottenham’s media team. And it seems that the Spurs travelling contingent sung Dier’s song.
From the brief social media search I did, I didn’t find much on any Dier-Tottenham reunions. The closest I saw was him scoring a penalty, which Monaco posted on Tuesday, and Dier’s post about him playing for Bayern Munich. But that’s pretty dated.
Anyways, I’m glad Dier seems to be doing well at Monaco. Less thrilled with the 0-0 draw, but it could always be worse.
Fitzie’s track of the day: Bang the Drum All Day, by Todd Rundgren
And now for your links:
The Athletic ($$): “Tottenham’s Xavi Simons is struggling to create – here is how they can help him”
The Independent: “Guglielmo Vicario heroics save Spurs to salvage Champions League point against Monaco”
Football London: “Every word Thomas Frank said on Tottenham problem, Monaco ambush and brilliant Vicario”