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BBC News
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Your Tottenham player of the season
We asked you to select your Tottenham player of the season from the four candidates chosen by our fan with the poll now closed, we can reveal the winner is... Lucas Bergvall!Here's what Ali Speechly at at Women Of The Lane, external and on Instagram, external said about him:Bergvall has more than lived up to the promise he showed in only has he excelled on and off the ball, he has never stopped striving for the win. When more seasoned professionals around him have struggled to lead the team, this young player has risen to the the final poll breakdown
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Pick your Tottenham player of the season
We asked our Tottenham fan contributor for their four candidates for player of the season and you can now select your top one. Lucas Bergvall Bergvall has more than lived up to the promise he showed in pre-season. Not only has he excelled on and off the ball, he has never stopped striving for the win. When more seasoned professionals around him have struggled to lead the team, this young player has risen to the challenge. Dejan Kulusevski Deki had a particularly strong start to the campaign and is integral to our pressing style and ball retention. Don't let his time out with injury shorten your memory - the Swede's statistics speak volumes as to his dominance in a Spurs shirt this season. Djed Spence A breath of fresh air and a much-needed injection of hope, Spence's performances this season have demonstrated what it means to play without fear. He has been a joy to watch as he took on the opposition with courage and creativity, driving us up the pitch at home and in Europe. Dominic Solanke The engine of our team, Solanke simply never gives up. Even when heads behind him in midfield have dropped, he has kept running, kept pressing, kept trying. Some will criticise the number of goals scored, but no-one should underestimate the crucial work Solanke has done off the ball for us this season. Honourable mentions Brennan Johnson still receives a mixed reception from some of the Spurs faithful, but you can't argue with his impressive goal contributions this season – not only the number, but the significance of some of the goals too. As for Archie Gray, what an outstanding first season from him - and in an unfamiliar position. Thrown in at the deep end, at times he outperformed his more experienced peers. To dare is to do, indeed. Pick your 2024-25 Tottenham player of the season from our shortlist here And tell us why you're picking who you are, or why you'd have gone for another player not on the list, here Find more from Ali Speechly at Women Of The Lane and on Instagram
BBC News
19-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Make your choice for 2024-25
Candidates chosen by Ali Speechly at Women Of The Lane, external and on Instagram, externalExplained: Read the reasons behind the selections here
BBC News
17-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'You cannot succeed if you are running scared'
Ange Postecoglou may not care what others think about him, but tonight his players need to know he cares about he prepares himself and his team for the biggest game of their season so far, the aim could not be clearer - win at all to win suits us better than trying not to throw away a lead, because in that hunt for a winner, the strengths of 'Angeball' – the fast-paced, expansive, attacking play – can be executed to maximum Son Heung-Min unavailable due to injury, it forces Ange to do something different from the start, which I hope he has the courage to take full advantage way, it is not our attacking that concerns me, and – if I were Ange – my tactical focus in training in preparation for tonight would have been our out-of-possession Eintracht Frankfurt fans will make their stadium as hostile as possible, and Spurs need to be mentally prepared for that as much as anything else. They need to replace fear with focus, especially when they do not have the all else though, given the difficult season we have had, instilling confidence and care in his players should be the priority for Ange going into this cannot succeed if you are running scared. If you do not know your next move. If you do not words and body language are more important now than ever. He needs to tell and show his players that they are in control of this story. That they cannot change what has happened, but they can influence what is to come. They can make history to dare – and to care - is to do you think? Should Spurs and Postecoglou prepare any differently to normal for a game of this magnitude? And if so, how?Tell us hereFind more from Ali Speechly at Women Of The Lane, external and on Instagram, external
BBC News
18-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Are there 'deeper-rooted issues' in Ange's approach?
Ange Postecoglou's days as Spurs manager have felt numbered for a while now. After yet another defeat in the Premier League on Sunday, that number is getting perilously low for the adamant 'Ange In' faithful will reassure you to trust the process, arguing this manager has a clear plan to get Spurs back to winning ways by playing stylish football and that he has just been desperately unlucky with an unprecedented injury the 'Ange Out' tribe have lost all patience in a manager who they feel is out of his depth and unwilling to adapt. They argue his style of play is, in large part, what created such a devastating series of injuries in the first place.I sit somewhere in the middle. I desperately want it to work out for Ange, not because I feel particularly warm and fuzzy about the man himself – he's no Poch – but more because I cannot face another trip on the managerial when Angeball works – as evidenced in the build-up play for our third goal against AZ Alkmaar last Thursday – it is a delightful of my key concerns is that we do not have enough Angeball-type players on rotation to consistently execute this style and, instead of accepting that and adapting, Ange ploughs on regardless, resulting in some embarrassing performances and frustrating losses.A lot of the players seem shell-shocked from spending the majority of the season surviving rather than thriving. Is this really all down to injuries though or are there deeper-rooted issues in Postecoglou's approach?As the injured players return, we are about to find out the true extent of these issues – real and perceived – and, ultimately, if Angeball is more likely to fail or to more from Ali Speechly at Women Of The Lane, external and on Instagram, external
