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Welcome to the latest edition of Trending Up / Trending Down, where Hoddle Headquarters takes a look at what around Tottenham Hotspur is trending up, and what is trending down.

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Things can change a lot in 10 days. They certainly have at Tottenham, where the mood is sour and the outlook is bleaker and bleaker. Spurs have played three games since the latest installment (def Tamworth, lost to Arsenal, lost to Everton). With those three matches done and dusted, let’s look at who is trending up and who is trending down.

Trending Up

Antonin Kinsky: Early days still, but he’s done very well since coming in earlier this month. He made a few good saves against Tamworth to prevent Spurs from experiencing a disastrous result, and kept Spurs in the game against Everton on Sunday.

Trending Down

Heung-min Son: Gosh, what is happening to him? It’s difficult watching him play these days and knowing he isn’t the same player he was a season or two ago. Normally Son would go off on a tear whenever there’s some negative discourse around him, but here we are months later still waiting for something to happen.

Ange Postecoglou: Spurs have lost 12 games this season and only won one league game since December. Injuries are playing their part, of course, but Sunday’s showing was probably the worst for Postecgolou since coming in. The “worst loss” is a moniker you can assign to multiple games across this season. He appears to retain the board’s support, but this weekend’s game against Leicester feels huge.

Daniel Levy and Johan Lange: I’m lumping these two together because I’m not quite sure where the primary credit/blame goes for the transfer business. Credit to Postecoglou for publicly supporting Tottenham’s transfer strategy, and we can be sympathetic to a difficult transfer window in which to do business, but Spus desperately need reinforcements. So far, the transfer dealers have mostly not delivered.

Fitzie’s track of the day: Black Magic Woman, by Santana

And now for your links:

Alasdair Gold’s talking points from Tottenham’s defeat to Everton

The Times ($$): “Tottenham sticking by Ange Postecoglou despite mounting pressure”

David Hytner: “Postecoglou on thin ice at Tottenham but Levy still hoping for turnaround”

Telegrpah: “Tottenham manager: the case for the defence of Ange Postecoglou”

Jack P-B ($$): “Tottenham Hotspur are a club drifing - who is going to take control?”

I woke up this morning and Ange Postecoglou still had a job. Depending on which side of the ideological divide you fall, that’s either a positive, or a stubborn reflection on what has been a pretty miserable season thus far.

I choose to think of it as a positive. According to a report in football.london from Alasdair Gold, recent unsourced reports on social media of board meetings to decide Postecoglou’s fate are untrue, and the Spurs hierarchy is still sympathetic to his plight and focused on getting Big Ange the help he needs amidst a dire injury crisis at the club.

football.london understands that Spurs remain intent on trying to help Postecoglou rather then removing him from his position and that rumours surrounding upcoming board meetings to decide his fate in these couple of days ahead are untrue. However, the club need to move faster with that help.

— Alasdair Gold, football.london

I reckon that the fan frustration has as much to do with Tottenham only signing keeper Antonin Kinsky during this month’s transfer window and not outfield players who can help replace and spell injured or exhausted first team players. Not that the club hasn’t been trying — they were very much in on Randal Kolo Muani, who ultimately chose a loan at Juventus over Spurs — but there are 11 days remaining in the window and the closed shop that Johan Lange has established with his team means that we don’t really know whether or how close Spurs are to any given target, or even really who those targets are.

Sunday’s loss at Everton was probably Spurs’ worst overall performance of the season, even though the team came back to score two late goals to make it a somewhat respectable 3-2 loss at Goodison Park. There seems to be an understanding that Spurs have had some absolutely foul luck this season — 0-11 in matches decided by one goal, second in the league in goal scored with a +10 goal differential, but still in 15th place. But for many fans the only thing that matters is W & L, and Spurs now have 12 losses this season, the most of any Spurs team since 1998.

So the Everton loss may or may not have moved the needle with regards to Ange’s employment status, but it does increasingly feel like a lost season. Spurs are expected to get Cuti Romero and Micky van de Ven back by the end of the month, and hopefully Spurs’ recruitment team will get a couple of January reinforcements in as well. With this many players out, what else can we do but hope?

In the midst of some frustrating Tottenham football yesterday, Como 1907 announced they have signed Dele on an 18-month contract with the option to extend it by another 12 months.

It’s an exciting development for Dele, who’s looking to restart his career after a few bumps in the road.

Love this move for Dele. He returns back to the top flight (in Italy) at a club that doesn’t come with an immense spotlight. Plus, Lake Como is beautiful.

Wishing Dele a very healthy and successful return to football.

Fitzie’s track of the day: Good Luck, Babe!, by Chappell Roan

And now for your links:

Jack P-B ($$): “How long can Ange Postecoglou survive?”

Dan KP: “Ange Postecoglou under serious pressure as strange Spurs decision backfires in Everton nightmare”

BBC: “‘Dr Tottenham’ cures Everton - but Postecoglou desperately needs a tonic”

An injury-depleted Tottenham Hotspur squad was embarrassed at Goodison Park as Dr. Tottenham delivered another performance for a reeling side, with Everton getting its first Premier League win under David Moyes, 3-2.

Seeing the squad Ange had to roll out, it was apparent that today’s game would say a lot about what he would have to do structure-wise and the help he needs to have any chance to see this rebuild out.

Rolling out a 3-4-3 formation with Archie Gray in some flex option role, the passing was poor against Everton’s press as the home side, from the opening whistle, looked to get the ball off the rocky squad.

Everton scored the first of its three first-half goals in the 13th minute. The struggling Dominic Calvert Lewin — a striker who entered the match 16 consecutive games goalless — received the ball off a Pape Sarr turnover and dribbled his way through Ben Davies, Radu Dragusin, and Gray to slot a near post shot past Antonin Kinsky.

Spurs had chances to get an equalizer minutes later from Son Heung-min, with the captain getting a perfect squared ball from Dejan Kulusevksi and just striking it straight into the ground and right at Jordan Pickford.

Son had another moment minutes later as Pickford saved his near post shot from the left side, and his second chance saw him clipped by Jarrad Branthwaite in the box.

With Spurs failing to level it when they had the chance, Everton doubled its lead off a bit of dribbling and control from Iliman Ndiaye before firing his shot well above the charing Kinsky.

As the game became increasingly depleting to watch from a Spurs perspective, another injury hit the side as Dragusin got an elbow to the brow from DCL off a goal kick. Not having a great stretch of play for the side, Dragusin is the one true center-back who had been healthy all season, but he failed many times in the game to close down space, which allowed Everton to torment the box with chances.

Everton had its third goal scored in extra time off an own goal from Gray as his knee became the victim of a bad defensive shift off a corner.

In the second half, Spurs showed more fight as it was stated that Ange had not lost the dressing room. With some care in the second half, Spurs managed to keep Everton out of the net in important stretches.

Spurs got their first goal in the 77th minute as James Maddison recovered the ball by the goal line against a charging Pickford. Keeping control and trying to square it up for teammates, Mikey Moore had a chance, but the blocked shot landed at Kulusevski’s feet, and the first time, the chip went over the Everton defense for Spurs to finally get on the scorer sheet.

Spurs got the second goal in the second minute of stoppage time as Moore got the short corner and whipped it to the back post for a free Richarlison to slide in and tap it in as he hit the post.

In the end, the second half fight wasn't enough as Spurs lose another one goal game and have lost 12 Premier League matches this season.

Things have gone from bad to worse for Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs have only won a single match since their demolition of Manchester City back in November, and fans must be wondering what sort of burnt offering sacrifice Ange Postecoglou made to the Football Gods to achieve that result, given the carnage since. Perhaps said Football Gods are a fan of hamstrings and knees?

They now take on Everton, in a similar freefall down the Premier League ladder, in a match that is key for both sides. While not exactly the fabled “relegation six-pointer” mentioned in the lede, Spurs are starting to get closer to that zone (with Everton well ensconced within it) and the news this week of more injuries to Yves Bissouma, Brennan Johnson, and perhaps most importantly, Dominic Solanke, means that for some, the threat of relegation starts to become more than just an offhand joke.

Spurs need to start winning some matches and fast. Could today be one of those?

COYS!

Lineups

Lineups will be posted closer to kick-off.

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How to Watch

Everton vs. Tottenham Hotspur

Goodison Park, Liverpool, UK

Sunday, January 19, 2025

Time: 9:00 a.m. ET, 2:00 p.m. UK

TV: USA Network, Sky Sports Premier League (UK). Check international listings at livesoccertv.com

Streaming: nbcsports.com

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I don’t know how to quite break this to all of you. You know that injury crisis that Spurs have been working through for the past several months? Well, it’s gotten worse. Multiple reports, including Sami Mockbel at the Daily Mail, are now reporting that Tottenham Hotspur striker Dominic Solanke has sustained a knee injury in training and has been ruled out for the Everton match tomorrow... and possibly much more.

Mokbel’s report is cautious and doesn’t really go into specifics of the injury or how long Big Dom might be out, but there are other, uh, less reputable sources that are suggesting he could miss “at least six weeks.” Mokbel says Ange Postecoglou will provide an update tomorrow before the match.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

On the one hand, we probably should’ve seen this coming. Dom’s played 2200 minutes ALREADY this season in all competitions, and it’s only January 18. We’ve been riding him into the ground because we kind of had to — there wasn’t really anyone else available. On the other hand, this royally sucks blue whale (the largest animal to exist on planet Earth).

It’s a good thing Richarlison is back from his injury, as he’s instantly elevated to starting striker, beginning tomorrow. I also now wonder whether this means that the proposed loan for Will Lankshear will be scrapped.

God. This season needs a hard reset.

Wednesday’s loss to Arsenal was neither unexpected nor unusual. Tottenham Hotspur is now winless in its past five league fixtures and has lost six of its last eight. Even after witnessing this kind of slump week after week, it remains difficult to grasp how things have spiraled so drastically. As a result, Spurs enter the weekend tied for 14th place, just eight points clear of the relegation zone.

While the odds of Tottenham actually being drawn into a relegation battle are minimal, Everton finds itself well within the fray. The Toffees have finished between 15th and 17th in each of the past three seasons and are entrenched in the same territory this year. Once combatants for Europa League qualification, Sunday’s fixture now features two clubs far removed from the country’s top sides.

Everton (16th, 17pts) vs. Tottenham Hotspur (14th, 24pts)

Date: Sunday, January 19

Time: 9:00 am ET, 2:00 pm UK

Location: Goodison Park, Liverpool

TV: USA Network (US), Sky Sports Main Event (UK)

Everton’s form is on par with Spurs’, with three consecutive league losses following a run of three consecutive draws, though those points were split with Arsenal, Chelsea, and City. These six fixtures had a combined score line of 1-5, indicating little action on either end of the pitch. The Toffees did pick up a win in the FA Cup last week, however, over Peterborough United, who sits near the bottom of the League One table.

Tottenham’s 4-0 win in the reverse fixture back in August feels like a distant anomaly. Yves Bissouma, Cristian Romero, and Heung-min Son (twice) found the net, but that would be the only victory from the season’s first four weeks. The two sides now meet at Goodison Park, where Spurs have not won since December 2018. The scorers that day? Dele Alli, Christian Eriksen, Son, and Harry Kane.

Bottoming out

All that truly matters this season, aside from steering clear of relegation, are the cup competitions, where Tottenham still has a real chance to succeed. No individual league fixture holds significant weight at this point, and none should take precedence over the Europa League or other cup campaigns. However, Ange Postecoglou, and really the entire organization, is getting dangerously close to a point where the vibes may become irreparable.

A match against a struggling team like Everton, who sits even lower in the table than Tottenham, must not be another missed opportunity. Spurs have already stumbled against the league’s worst multiple times this season, but failing to capitalize here would be a disaster given the context. Everton’s attack has managed just one goal in the last six matches — find a way to bag a goal or two, play some defense, and prevent their season from sinking further into despair.

Futureee

One silver lining of this tumultuous season has been the emergence of Tottenham’s younger talents. Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall have exceeded expectations for teenagers, particularly given the challenging environment around them. Antonin Kinsky and Radu Dragusin are showing potential as well, while Destiny Udogie and Pape Sarr continue to impress in their early 20s. These players are poised to form the core of the club’s future, and giving them meaningful minutes now is hugely beneficial.

At times, injuries have forced these players into action, but they have often looked like some of the best options regardless of availability. Even if that is not the case, the Premier League fixtures are where Postecoglou should be deploying the youth from here on out. Bergvall, in particular, stands out as a key player to watch. Everton will be disciplined in defense — allowing under a goal per match over the past six — and while making Bergvall responsible for unlocking the attack is a tall order, he has shown as much intent as anyone with the ball. It might seem unfair to put this burden on him, but nothing is really going to plan this season anyway.

Nobody likes a North London Derby loss, but that’s what we got on Wednesday. (Also — a NLD on a Wednesday? That blows. Who schedules these things?) Tottenham Hotspur went to the Emirates, a place where they haven’t won in the league since 2010, and came home empty handed once again. Son Heung-Min put Spurs ahead with a deflected shot, but Spurs conceded two goals in four minutes, one of which came on the back of a blown out-of-bounds call, and the other from a stupid giveaway in midfield.

We’re all mad about it, and it’s fine because it sucks to lose to Arsenal in any circumstance, but I’m not sure it moves the needle one way or another on the season as a whole. Arsenal are, quite frankly, just flat-out better than Spurs this season and it’s okay to admit it. But yeah, it blows.

Today’s theme is one I’ve been working on for a while. I’ve been somewhat fascinated by the music that content creators select for the backgrounds of football highlight videos since I’ve started as a fan. I’ll be honest and say that the people making highlight videos generally have a pretty shitty taste in music, so a lot of times the videos are better on mute. But every so often you get someone who bucks the trend and starts something that is pretty both on the eyes and the ears. The problem is actually FINDING these videos.

Here are your Tottenham Hotspur player ratings for the North London Derby to the theme of music in the background of football highlights videos.

Yeah, I’m biased. But I mean, nothing will ever top this. The best synergy between song and content I’ve ever seen. I’m not even a Florence vs. the Machine fan, but every time I watch this video I want to run through a brick wall. If you haven’t watched this video from the 2009-10 Champions League qualifying season, you need to.

No Tottenham players in this category.

If you’re making a football highlights video you want something that’s interesting but not obnoxious. I think chillhop/lofi beats are about the ideal genre.

No Tottenham players in this category.

I’m a professional musician and have my biases, but even so pairing Lionel Messi dribbling videos with Antonin Vivaldi’s “Summer” concerto is a pretty good fit. Putting together two virtuosi — Messi and Vivaldi — just works.

Lucas Bergvall (Community — 3.5): Continues to improve with each match. If there’s one positive from this season’s injury crisis it’s that Spurs’ young players are getting match minutes desperately needed to acclimate them to Premier League football. This will pay dividends.

Archie Gray (Community — 3.5): God, this kid just is unflappable. Is he... just a central defender now? His composure on the ball is impressive for a kid his age. He’s going to end up being a Swiss army knife for Spurs.

Djed Spence (Community — 3.5): Mostly kept Raheem Sterling contained, and looked like one of Tottenham’s brightest players on the day. I wish he’d have gotten forward a little more, but I suspect that was coaching.

Look, Creed’s not really my thing, but they’re at least a popular band. Could be worse? Yes, it absolutely could be worse. See below.

Antonin Kinsky (Community — 2.5): For the first time we maybe saw a glimpse of the flaws in Kinsky’s game. Was caught out of position for Arsenal’s second goal (though it took a wicked skip just in front of him). Dealt with Arsenal’s press well, passed pretty well, but maybe he was caught a bit off guard by the moment at times.

Radu Dragusin (Community — 2.5): He was okay, but you could tell that Arsenal were really trying to key in on him, especially in the press. Involved in Arsenal’s equalizing goal but not a ton he could do about it. His lack of comfort with the ball at his feet really hampers Spurs’ buildup.

James Maddison (Community — 2.5): Was immediately one of Tottenham’s key players when he came on at halftime, but much of the stuff he was trying didn’t come off. That said, I thought he was okay.

Ange Postecoglou (Community — 2.5): Maybe got the lineup wrong this time, but credit for making significant adjustments at halftime to at least try stuff.

This is a wide genre that could be good and could be bad depending on which direction you take it. In this case, I would not recommend setting a highlights video to the soundtrack of “Requiem for a Dream,” a movie about teenage drug addicts that ends with one character driven to abusive sex work, another catatonic, and another suffering a limb amputation.

Pedro Porro (Community — 2.5): Not one of his better matches, especially on the defensive end where he was given a torrid time by Odegaard. But, it should be noted that he looks absolutely exhausted, and for good reason. Hopefully gets rested for Everton.

Pape Sarr (Community — 2.5): You’d have thought this would have been a good matchup for him, but he was pretty ineffective. Subbed off at halftime.

Dejan Kulusevski (Community — 2.5): We needed Deki at his best. He... was not. I think that has a lot to do with Arsenal’s defense, but also the guy needs a rest.

Son Heung-Min (Community — 2.5): OK, yes he scored, but that’s about the sum of his contributions in this one. I feel for him. I like him a lot. I think he’s exhausted and is at least temporarily cooked.

I would hazard a guess to say that this genre makes up about 75-80% of all football highlight videos, and of those almost all of them invariably suck.

Yves Bissouma (Community — 2.0): Put in some tackles, but his decision to try and dribble two Arsenal players directly led to Trossard’s go-ahead goal. Hooked at halftime, which says a lot.

Brennan Johnson (Community — 2.0): This was not a good game for him due to Arsenal’s bunkered defense, so he never really had a chance. Infuriating, however, to see him mostly jogging around the pitch in the second half.

Dominic Solanke (Community — 2.5): A real off game for him. No, he wasn’t getting much service from the midfield or the wingers, but he also struggled to hold on to the ball and his hold-up play, one of his strengths, was practically non-existent.

chunk-chunk-chunk-chunk-chunk-chunk SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE womp-womp-womp-womp-waaaaaaaaaaaaa *feedback noise*

No Tottenham players were as bad as the ubiquitous highlight videos set to bad dubstep music.

Tom Carroll Memorial Non-Rating

Good news, everyone — Gentle Ben is back! Ange Postecoglou confirmed in his pre-match press conference, which is still going on at the time of this posting, that the longest-tenured player at the club, Ben Davies, has recovered from his injury and is available for selection for Sunday’s match against Everton.

But there is bad news — in that same statement, he also noted that Yves Bissouma and Brennan Johnson are both either nursing knocks or are “sore” from the midweek North London Derby loss, and are questionable for the trip to Goodison Park. Ange also confirmed that Timo Werner, who sustained a hamstring injury last week vs. Tamworth, will be out for about a month.

“[There’s a] couple still sore from midweek. Looking to see how Brennan [Johnson] is, he’s had a calf complaint, and [Yves Bissouma] is a bit sore. Ben Davies should be involved. Timo [Werner] has got a hamstring tweak, probably three to four weeks.”

It does sometimes feel like Spurs are on a one step forward, two steps back kind of path this season, at least with regards to injuries. Yes, it’s fantastic that Davies has returned as he’s been steady and solid when called upon this season, and bringing him in alongside Radu Dragusin would allow Archie Gray to shift to left back, giving Pedro Porro a breather. But losing Brennan Johnson and/or Yves Bissouma would be a real kicker, especially since Rodrigo Bentancur is still out under concussion protocol.

Tottenham are already without Bentancur, Guglielmo Vicario, Cuti Romero, Micky van de Ven, Destiny Udogie, Wilson Odobert, and Timo Werner. Add in the potential absences of Johnson and Bissouma and it brings the number of first team players unavailable to Ange back up to nine. Just can’t seem to catch a break, can we?

Ange also spoke about the January transfer window, a notoriously difficult time to enhance your football club, but also one where incoming transfers would significantly help Tottenham as they continue to deal with their injury and fixture congestion crisis. Asked if he was “frustrated” by the lack of incomings, Postecoglou said that despite only bringing in a goalkeeper this month, the club is working hard in the window and that he understands this is a difficult period.

“It’s not frustration. It would be frustration and disappointment if the club weren’t working hard, but they are. It’s an easy word to say but I know how hard the club have been working behind the scenes to get something done, but it’s not easy. You need agreement from three different parties.

“Sometimes, when you’re in our situation, other clubs realize that and try to make the most of it. That’s why I was delighted to get [Antonin Kinsky] in fairly early. That’s helped us for sure, but it’s not for the want of trying so I accept that and I’m not disappointed or frustrated. I’m actually pleased at how hard the club is working.”

Ange was also asked about the failed loan bid for PSG winger Randal Kolo Muani, a player Spurs were interested in but who eventually chose Juventus. Ange suggested that things weren’t nearly as close in that transfer deal as we were led to believe.

“We’ve been interested and looking at a number of players but were we ever at the stage where we thought he was coming to us? No.”

Spurs are in the early slot for Sunday’s Premier League tie against Everton. Kick-off is at 9 a.m. ET, 2 p.m. UK. The match is televised on USA and Sky Sports.

Good morning and welcome to another edition of Fitzie’s Film and TV reviews, where your hoddler-in-chief reviews some things he’s recently seen at home and in the cinema.

Rose Matafeo On and On and On and On: I’ll admit I’m about four months into a Taskmaster kick, and I’m eagerly awaiting Series 19. Rose Matafeo’s latest standup special is a hilarious watch as the Kiwi comedian turns a 16,000-word note into a solid two-hour set focusing on her relationships.

James Acaster Hecklers Welcome: On the contrary, this one didn’t do it for me. I love James Acaster and enjoyed his previous specials. The reviews were mixed for this too, but I read that some of his shows on this tour - where he encourages heckling - are pretty insane.

So I think this particular standup just chose a bad night, and from the cutaways to some of his other shows I wondered what I missed. I love the premise and most of the jokes, but it didn’t quite deliver this time.

Fly Me To The Moon: A solid rom-com parodying the moon landing conspiracy. It’s an easy watch starring Scarlet Johansson and Channing Tatum. And it’s pretty fun to look at too.

Squid Game 2: Series 2 of Squid Game feels largely incomplete. Series 3 is coming out later this year, but we have to judge S2 as it stands. It’s a pretty slow start, the ending doesn’t deliver and almost every single character feels less fleshed out than in the first series.

The best thing this one has going for it is we don’t have to see anyone performing ungodly acts on cookies.

Cunk on Life: Philomena Cunk is back at it! Part of this review is my fault, because I thought it was a series as opposed to a film (or parody on a doc). There are some truly great jokes in here and terrific one-liners, but it gets pretty tedious about halfway through.

My Old Ass: A unique coming-of-age story where Aubrey Plaza plays the much older version of her younger self, except that both of them are real and exist in real time. It’s got a lovely message on how to experience life and its mysteries.

The Iron Claw: This tragic film follows the Von Erich family, particularly Kevin Von Erich (played by Zach Efron). Three of the brothers are absolutely ripped, but their muscles are portrayed less as something to objectify and more as a grotesque sacrifice that they make to help fulfil their father’s dreams.

Anyone familiar with the Von Erich family knows how this ends, which is largely in tragedy. But the film does a delicate job in getting us there.

Saturday Night: An easy-to-watch film on the birth of Saturday Night Live that further mythologises its creater Lorne Michaels. Like SNL, it’s a chaotic piece that runs at 1 hour and 50 minutes.

While Lorne Michaels is seen carrying the shoulders of this troupe, it’s the Chevy Chase and John Beluschi who steal the spotlight (of course they do). Just wish we got a bit more Beluschi, but maybe that’s the point.

Fitzie’s track of the day: Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright, by Bob Dylan

And now for your links:

Alasdair Gold’s talking points from Tottenham’s defeat to Arsenal

Jay Harris ($$): “Ange Postecoglou, form that ‘can’t be accepted by anyone’ and where it leaves the Tottenham coach”

Dan KP: “Ange Postecoglou position precarious with Spurs season hanging on cups”

Telegraph: “Ange Postecoglou’s record is indefensible – his job should be at risk”

The Guardian: “In Ange we trust? Why Spurs should risk potential failure and back Postecoglou”