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Despite the absence of no less than 14 injured and illegible players, and against expectations, Spurs have avoided the play-off round and marched straight through to the round of 16. Ending this Champions League (league phase) with three successive wins, Spurs have finished fourth - above the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester City and PSG! In doing so they have also guaranteed themselves a home second leg in the round of 16, and (if successful) the quarter-final.

Thomas Frank's formation was not disclosed until kick-off. He chose to match Eintracht's 3-4-3 formation with Joao Palhinha playing on the right of the back three next to Romero and Danso. Kolo Muani, who played for Eintracht between March 2022 and September 2023, got the nod ahead of Dominic Solanke. Apart from Solanke and the two goalkeepers, the Spurs bench was full of youngsters.........

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I am trying hard not to look at Tottenham's upcoming fixture list - I almost typed mountain climb - as I reflect on that blood-sucking 2-2 draw at Burnley. There's the little matter of a Champions League engagement against Eintracht in Frankfurt on Wednesday and then a February that is one long obstacle course.

Let's swallow the hard facts: Spurs are now only eight points off the relegation battle and face a savage run of games against Man City, Man United, Newcastle United, a galvanised Fulham, and - pass the Asprin, Mavis - Arsenal.......

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After the joy of midweek success in the Champions League came the near disaster at Turf Moor. We were sliding to defeat against our second bottom three opponent in a week until captain Cristian Romero popped up to power home another vital headed goal. It was Romero's third goal in successive games and his sixth of the season.

At least our defenders can score, as Micky van de Ven gave Spurs a 38th minute lead. Sadly, that was cancelled out on the stroke of half-time following a poor pass out by Vicario and equally poor marking of Tuanzebe who scored his first club goal and indeed the first league goal of his career.

Spurs had dominated possession and chances, but Dubravka was in good form and Spurs fell behind when substitute Lyle Foster scored in the 76th minute.......

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Welcome to the alternative universe of Spurs in the Champions League this season. Against all odds, with 13 players unavailable and a bench full of youngsters, Thomas Frank's side won their fourth home game of this league phase, without even conceding a goal. The victims this time were second-placed Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund, who had Swedish international defender Daniel Svensson sent off midway through the first half for a dangerous high tackle on Wilson Odobert.

Spurs are unbeaten at home in Europe in 26 games since losing 1-0 to Leipzig 6 years ago. With Wednesday's matchday seven games and the final round to go, Spurs have moved up to fourth place ahead of PSG and Man City, who both lost last night. We are guaranteed a play-off game and, in this form, stand a chance of finishing in the top eight with automatic entry to the round of 16. Our final league phase game is away to 33rd-placed Eintracht Frankfurt who travel to Qarabag tonight.......

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"Doctor Tottenham" performed surgery yesterday at his home practice. He performed the following treatments upon his ailing patient, West Ham United:-

1. West Ham won their first game after a run of 10 league games without a win.

2. West Ham won their first London Derby game of the season at the seventh attempt.

3. West Ham won their third game at the so-called "Fortress Tottenham" and prevented the home side from reaching 100 Premier League points against the patient, and a first league double of the season.

Try as they might, Thomas Frank's Spurs cannot improve the cloud of depression that sits upon a home crowd that has seen two league wins this season, in 11 games and only two more such wins in the second half of last season. Spurs have been showing relegation form for too long.........

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On his 26th birthday and at the very end of his last game for Bournemouth, who else but Antoine Semenyo gave his club the gift of a first win after a run of eleven games without success. Semenyo is due to have a medical today (Thursday) and his move to Manchester City is expected to be finalised, as they take advantage of a £65 million release clause which expires in two days.

As for Spurs, another nightmare season continues. Bournemouth's form going into the game was worse than ours, but of course "Doctor Tottenham" came to the south coast to tend to "The Cherries" wounds and gave them the gift of a first double over Spurs after 18 Premier League meetings......

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Hopes of a home win to kick off 2026 were forlorn. Such events have, after all, been as rare as hen's teeth over the last year. Spurs lost 11 home league games in 2025, their most ever in a single calendar year across club history. Today, we saw the same old mediocre, very rarely exciting Tottenham.

We did see two more rarities today. Ben Davies made his first Premier League start of the season and scored his first Spurs goal since December 2023 (at Brighton). Ben had started at left back with Djed Spence given a breather until the last few minutes.........

Full report here...

The most epic thread on The Spurs Odyssey message board was one which started in 2010. This provided the history of our new stadium applications (including the thankfully unsuccessful bid for the Olympic Stadium) right up to the present day with images of the completed new stadium. In the early hours of Saturday 20th October, 2018, our stadium thread reached 1,000 pages! There is a genuine community feel about the board, which is moderated.

Every Spurs match is covered with excellent threads, which feature images and stats from previous games. There is so much to enjoy about the message board which also has an off-topic section where non-football matters are discussed.

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