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Tottenham 2-0 West Ham: player ratings to the theme of medieval ... (Cartilage Free Captain)

Happy Monday, Spurs fans! I don't usually enjoy West Ham matches — I find almost all of them range somewhere on the bad end of the misery scale, ...

Cristian Stellini (Community — 4.5): I’m not going to make the “Conte out, Stellini in” jokes because I increasingly think they’re reductive, but it’s clear that Conte’s absence has not led to a drop-off in performance. There’s something to be said for “setting the tone,” but these tackles came in injury time of the second half with the result not in question. Ivan Perisic: Perisic uncharacteristically saw the red mist in late tackles against Bowen and Coufal, the latter of which earned him a booking. Looks bad-ass and I’d say has the best balance between weight, visibility, and overall damage protection of any option on this list. Out of all of these helmets, the Armet looks the most like what you’d expect to see on a knight. Did good on the offensive side as well (an assist!), though it’s not really his strength. Good protection, and has the added feature of a hinged frontispiece for added visibility when you need it. Some wonderfully intense tackles (that were also clean) and a big improvement from his last outing. There’s a great deal of variation here, much more than I had expected there to be, and honestly this is the kind of thing that you’d expect there to be TAKES about on an esoteric football blog like this one. If this were a Game of Thrones episode, the House Lord would be wearing the Great Helm, but the winner has the Barbute. I think most fans, when given a choice of helmet, would opt for the Great Helm, because it looks absolutely baller. Today’s theme comes courtesy of Twitter, which has been the inspiration of a number of my ratings themes lately.

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Eric Dier hits 350 milestone for the Club (Tottenham Hotspur)

Eric Dier has become the 28th player in the Club's history to reach 350 appearances in all competitions.

9 - 438 - Jimmy Dimmock (1919-31) Legendary former skipper Steve Perryman tops the list on 854. Now 29, Eric has also captained Spurs and England, most notably at the 2018 World Cup.

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The Hoddle of Coffee: Tottenham Hotspur news and links for ... (Cartilage Free Captain)

Still, I love running. And so I still run three days a week. But since the marathon it hasn't been the same. The mileage is less, the pace perhaps not as ...

My goal was to get my average pace per mile below 7:30 (up until Sunday I was at 7:37). Oh, how I missed the bridge! I always run based on how I feel - on Sunday I felt pretty good. I especially miss running across the George Mason Memorial Bridge, which drops me off at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. This weekend I finally resolved to hit double-digit miles again. The mileage is less, the pace perhaps not as intense as it could be, and my shoes are in desperate need of upgrade.

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It is 'down to us' to find consistency – Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)

Consistency is the word on Cristian Romero's mind as we look to build on our 2-0 win against West Ham.

“Right now, it’s hard, but we’re looking forward to having him back and contributing for us again. “We all miss him a lot. “We need to focus on ourselves.

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Antonio Conte's vital role during Tottenham's win against West Ham ... (Football.London)

Spurs picked up a welcome derby victory against David Moyes' side and the three points lifted them back into the top four ahead of their Premier League match ...

However, Conte still played a major role in Spurs' victory against the Hammers with his constant discussions with the coaching team during the encounter at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. [Cristian Stellini](https://www.football.london/all-about/cristian-stellini) and first team coach Ryan Mason to pick up the pieces with the team and help lead them to an important win. [Antonio Conte](https://www.football.london/all-about/antonio-conte) was at his Turin home recovering after admitting in his post-op check-up that he was still feeling pain in his stomach.

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Five... goals from full-backs against West Ham (Tottenham Hotspur)

Kyle Walker and Danny Rose weighed in with goals at White Hart Lane, not forgetting another Brazilian, Gilberto, on target in a 4-0 win in 2007. Now, step up ...

'Walks' played the ball into Heung-Min Son, took the return and pinged home with the outside of his right foot into the top corner, a beauty as we made it 12 unbeaten at the start of a campaign where we'd finish third in the Premier League to qualify for the UEFA Champions League. West Ham were bottom after this result but recovered to finish 12th. We were chasing European qualification, West Ham were fighting for survival. We dominated, racked up 22 efforts at goal including 12 on target, a Premier League high at time for the 2015/16 season. We started well, and Harry Kane hit the post, but goals from Diafra Sakho and Cheikhou Kouyate put the visitors in charge, and Hugo Lloris saved point-blank from Enner Valencia to prevent a third. Kyle Walker and Danny Rose weighed in with goals at White Hart Lane, not forgetting another Brazilian, Gilberto, on target in a 4-0 win in 2007.

Tottenham Hotspur up to fourth with 2-0 home victory over West Ham (Daily Times)

It was an important win for Spurs after defeat at Leicester City and a midweek loss away to AC Milan in their Champions League last 16 first-leg as they ...

He has to stay calm and produce his best performance.” West Ham manager David Moyes said his side had played too slowly after the break. Relegation-threatened West Ham had started the derby brightly with Jarrod Bowen wasting an early chance but offered little and have now won only once in their last 11 league games with pressure mounting on manager David Moyes. Son, who has struggled for form this season and was left out of the starting lineup by stand-in manager Cristian Stellini, was then found by Harry Kane four minutes after coming on to double Tottenham’s advantage in the 72nd.

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Italian-Nigerian fullback watches parent club Tottenham Hotspur ... (All Nigeria Soccer)

Spurs climbed back into the top four in the Premier League thanks to second half goals from Emerson and Son Heung-Min. The 20-year-old Udogie signed a multi- ...

He visited the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium a day after logging the full ninety for Udinese in a 3-1 loss to Inter Milan. The 20-year-old Udogie signed a multi-year contract with Tottenham Hotspur in the summer transfer window and was immediately loaned to Udinese, where he started the season, to continue his development. The Italy U21 international would have been impressed with the performance of the Tottenham Hotspur defenders, given that they helped goalkeeper Fraser Forster to keep a clean sheet. London](https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/news/romero-emerson-goal-destiny-udogie-26282205), Udogie watched Spurs take on the Hammers from the stands and got to his meet his teammates before the game. Italian-Nigerian fullback Destiny Udogie attended the Premier League match between his parent club Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday, February 19. Spurs climbed back into the top four in the Premier League thanks to second half goals from Emerson and Son Heung-Min.

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Three takeaways from Spurs' derby win against West Ham (Cartilage Free Captain)

Spurs moved into a UCL spot from Sunday's win against West Ham. Let's talk some takeaways from the game.

Skipp has some of the best natural defensive midfielder capabilities in the squad and he was pretty exceptional in the match, giving license for Højbjerg to play a bit more up the pitch. While I understand the sentiment, I think the opponent was really poor and Spurs did not have to work all that hard to capture the points. I touched earlier upon how West Ham came into the match in a decent run of form after solidifying their defense in a new shape. His lack of game time showed in this match — Richarlison looked uncomfortable in the role, often giving the ball away and looking a little off the pace in the squad’s automations. Perhaps their best opportunity of the second half before the goals was ultimately a tame effort from Richarlison that he should have definitely done better with. The game state allowed for Skipp to have a really good performance as he was a nuisance in the middle of the park against West Ham’s midfield strength. The match started off extremely cagey, but an uptick in progression and aggression in the second half led to a number of good chances for the home side. Because of this, he has had to play in a role that is more back to goal and playing within tight areas. Against West Ham, a side that recently found a decent run of form thanks to a new, solid defensive shape, Spurs faced a tricky opposition that has been known to up their game against Lilywhites in the past. In the end, it was a meaningful three points as Spurs jumped the Magpies into fourth place while also thwarting any chance of a letdown performance. There have been countless times in the past where Spurs have had a lot go their way only for them to be the architects of their own demise. Stellini opted to rest Son Heung-min and Ivan Perišić down the left-hand side while also going with Emerson Royal at right wingback, a position of never-ending debate and speculation.

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Spurs: Alasdair Gold shares behind-scenes insight from N17 (FootballFanCast.com)

Tottenham Hotspur's players spoke some home truths last week following their poor results against Leicester City and AC Milan.

And I think the players just had to be honest.” But even if Spurs are to fall short of the Champions League spots, they do still have the FA Cup to play for and their Champions League journey has not been finalised just yet. And the two sides will have to face each other on Tyneside later in the season with the date yet to be confirmed with Spurs playing for a spot in the next round of the FA Cup in the coming weeks.

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Spurs: Alasdair Gold shares behind-scenes claim amid Antonio ... (FootballFanCast.com)

When will Antonio Conte return? The Italian coach did not return with the Londoners last week following their narrow defeat against AC Milan in the Champions ...

“The preparation of the players in the week has been superb, from what I understand, talking to people around the players, I keep getting that feedback as well. I think delegating more responsibility to the senior players has been a very important thing as well.” But the return of Conte to the sidelines against Leicester City and AC Milan saw the Lilywhites endure back-to-back defeats. He’s even asking Conte during the game if he can make substitutions, which is a very weird way of doing it, but he’s asking permission and waiting for a message back to say ‘yep’ – which is not the most efficient way of doing things. “He’s not really changing things much at all. And there has been no exact date set for when the 53-year-old will return to his post with the Lilywhites following a period of recovery.

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