Tottenham - Home and Away
Tottenham - Home and Away
Graeme Spice and Glen Cowie
Tottenham - Home and Away Episode 106
37 minutes Posted Sep 1, 2026 at 9:33 am.
Intro — Newcastle review and transfer deadline chat00:30 George joins after two poor results00:54 Could Spurs start badly and finish strongly?01:05 Post-match pub and getting home late01:19 Number Eight and two Americans from Jacksonville01:32 First Spurs game and a greasy kebab experience01:55 A brilliant day spoiled by the football02:25 Glen, George and different Spurs groups together02:46 Result killing the mood02:58 Newcastle match review begins03:18 Spurs in control in the first half03:48 Early chances but nothing clear-cut04:15 Van Hecke chance from the corner04:30 De Zerbi and the mentality issue04:41 Penalty appeal on Marmoush05:11 Spurs’ long wait for a penalty05:31 Heads drop after Newcastle score05:52 Ilanga opens the scoring06:15 A perfect finish off the post06:32 Newcastle’s second goal06:52 Set-piece defending concerns07:22 Defensive signings and Robertson’s experience07:48 Robertson’s delivery vs defensive worries08:14 Selling Spence still hurts08:35 Udogie’s injury record08:59 Left-back depth after Souza leaves09:19 Van de Ven as possible left-back cover09:29 Kudus returns after long injury layoff09:50 Kudus needing rhythm and minutes10:07 Savio injury changes the Newcastle plan10:31 Porro at right wing and Gray at right-back10:37 Why Archie Gray is not a right-back11:07 Porro should play right-back11:24 Tell’s decision-making issues11:46 Tell’s awful free-kick12:14 Pressure of a stadium game vs pre-season12:33 Two games, two defeats and no goals12:57 Spurs start worse than last season ended13:17 Still hoping it improves13:34 The best day of the season was before Brentford14:04 Poor pre-season preparation14:34 Lack of minutes together14:57 New players and existing players still learning15:24 Senesi as one of the longer-serving new players15:53 De Zerbi on buying mentality16:17 Home form must change16:57 Did the first hour show any progress?17:17 Passing looks better under De Zerbi18:22 Playing out from the back and heart-attack football18:54 Crossing without an aerial threat19:39 Marmoush and balls on the ground19:56 Cross-and-hope football20:36 What the preferred front four might look like21:23 Mikey Moore and shooting straight at the keeper21:57 Tell’s attacking role22:12 Need more bodies in the box22:41 Forest preview parked for later23:11 Transfer outgoings begin23:17 Mikey Moore to Cologn
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In this episode of Tottenham – Home and Away, Graeme is joined by George Spice to look back at the weekend’s disappointing Newcastle defeat and round up the latest Spurs transfer news as we head into the final 24 hours of the window.
With Glen travelling back to Melbourne, it’s a family edition as Graeme and George reflect on the matchday experience, meeting two first-time Spurs fans from Jacksonville, and the painful contrast between a brilliant day out and another poor result on the pitch.
We discuss Spurs’ 2-0 defeat to Newcastle: a better first half, missed chances, the penalty appeal on Marmoush, the collapse after the first goal, set-piece concerns, Ilanga’s opener, Wissa’s overhead kick, and whether De Zerbi’s comments about mentality are already becoming a major theme.
There’s also discussion on Robertson, Udogie, Van de Ven, Van Hecke, Porro, Archie Gray, Kudus, Savio, Tell, Marmoush, and why Spurs still look short of goals despite showing some better passing patterns.
Then we get into transfer deadline chaos: Mikey Moore to Cologne, Souza to Porto, Pape Matar Sarr to Juventus, Danso wanting out, Richarlison’s uncertain future, Ndiaye slipping away to Man City, possible Chelsea links with Tosin Adarabioyo, Pulisic, and Mudryk, plus whether Spurs are finally being ruthless enough with the squad rebuild.
Two games, two defeats, no goals scored, bottom of the league — but is this just a rough start while De Zerbi’s Spurs takes shape, or something more worrying?
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