. Steve Bruce. A real football man. Standing there on the touch line, getting drenched getting behind his team. No airs and graces about this guy, and a man who is a throwback to when football was a mans game.
But he scored against Real Madrid so he must obviously have totally justified his ridiculous transfer fee and proven himself to be one of the best strikers in the world. What's that, he missed chances that my wheelchair bound gran would have put away, yes but he did score so it doesn't matter.
Translation: Ousmane Dembele was not in training today. We've tried to reach him and hope nothing bad happened. In future, this summer will be referred to as The Summer of Bellended Transfers. I give it a week before Griezmann holds an old lady hostage to get that move to Los Ladrones he's been angling for...
For all the agony we suffer in transfer windows, it has to be said that not a single big name departure has handed in a transfer request. Yes, there have been arguments and tantrums, but ultimately the likes of Bale, Modric and Walker stopped at the red line of that official document that states in black and white to team mates, manager and fans: I no longer want to have anything to do with you. That Dembele and Coutinho both submitted one faster than you can say 'It's a Sen. Bartomeu on the phone' shows - for me - that the togetherness of the squad, the love of the most non-plastic fans in the top 6 and the level of mutual respect at Spurs is mighty high. After all that has been said and done in this window, and especially by the Yorkshire Serpent, we shouldn't lose sight of that.
They take the corner quickly, Harry Maguire was on his own, heads it back in and Shinji Okazaki gets above Granit Xhaka. It is a terrible goal to concede. There were two men waiting. I wonder how many more times this season we'll hear "Granit Xhaka" and "terrible goal to concede" in close proximity? Can't help but notice Ozil casually jogging away from responsibility the second the cross goes in, either... please log in to view this image
1. You know you are sh*te when you get out-jumped by Okazaki. 2. The Goons TBF are playing the most attackingest team ... in thw world. Ever.
