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.
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I always find it good practice to launch another edition of Trending Up / Trending Down after a loss. Adds a bit of circumspection to the whole mess of Tottenham Hotspur.
But it’s becoming increasingly more difficult to find who - or exactly what - is trending up right now. The teenagers - Lucas Bergval and Archie Gray - were featured in one of the more recent selections. Who does that leave me with? Well, I can only think of one.
Trending Up
Djed Spence: A rare bright spot these days, and he’s making himself undroppable. Jack P-B ($$) wrote this story on Spence a month ago on how he is making the case to become part of Spurs’ longer-term plans. A remarkable turnaround for a player who was more or less exiled by Antonio Conte.
Trending Down
Ange Postecoglou: All of the players seem to back Postecoglou, which is great for his job security. Less great? The run of games stretching the past two months now. When you get bounced out of two competitions and are bottom table in the league, then yeah you’re going to end up here.
Cup competitions: Spurs entered last week in four cup competitions. They ended the week with that number in half. Now it’s just Europa and the Premier League (but that one only by default).
Fitzie’s track of the day: Midas, by WUNDERHORSE
And now for your links:
Alasdair Gold: “Daniel Levy’s cruel Ange Postecoglou decision and Tottenham’s big reset”
Matt Law: “Ange Postecoglou plans reset by giving Tottenham players two days off”
Dan KP: “Ange Postecoglou comes out fighting after nightmare week - but is Daniel Levy sold?”