Welcome to another edition of Trending Up / Trending Down, where Hoddle Headquarters takes a look at what around Spurs is trending up, and what’s trending down.
It’s hard to gauge who and what around Tottenham is trending up/down after this past week. We got two expected results: a defeat at Chelsea and a win against Southampton.
But I’m going to do my best.
Trending Up
The weather: Yes, the weather. This is where we are currently. It looked lovely at the Lane on Sunday. By contrast, it was a gloomy day in Washington.
I’m having difficulty finding something eles to place here. Feel free to make a case for inclusion.
Trending Down
Ange Postecoglou: Not that the Hotspurverse needs any more Ange discourse, but his stock seems to continue to plummet. Sixteen Premier League losses on the season. Grateful Spurs aren’t sitting 16th anymore, but we’ll see how he holds up after this week’s fixture against Frankfurt.
Premier League fixtures: Speaking of the Premier League, we’re mercifully towards the tail-end of the season. Only seven games remain until we can do a proper post-mortem on this season and look forward to silly transfer rumours.
Fitzie’s track of the day: It Ain’t Me Babe, by Joan Baez
And now for your links:
The Telegraph: “Ange Postecoglou resorts to rock-paper-scissors during five-minute VAR delay”
Dan KP: “Ange Postecoglou avoids Tottenham disaster but judgement day is still to come”
The Athletic ($$): “Romaine Mundle interview: Lessons from Antonio Conte, Standard Liege and lighting up Sunderland”