By arlington 
Alright mates, let’s dive into my messy little project about Tottenham’s gaffer this season. Started simple enough – scrolling through Reddit and seeing folks screaming about Postecoglou being “ballsy” or “clueless,” no in-between. Wanted to see who’s got the receipts. Figured I’d piece together how he’s actually doing beyond gut feelings.
First thing Monday morning, cracked open my old laptop – keyboard sticky from last week’s toast crumbs, brilliant. Hopped straight onto the Premier League official site. Annoying pop-up ads everywhere, took forever to find the proper stats page. Manually typed out Spurs’ results in a janky Excel sheet. Drew columns for wins, losses, draws, goals for/against. Hit a snag when I forgot to save – Excel crashed. Swore at the screen. Restarted.
The Nitty Gritty Stuff
Spent ages cross-checking dates against Spurs’ official site to see who was injured when. Felt like detective work gone wrong. Searched “Spurs injury list September” through November, tabbing between official club statements and dodgy football gossip blogs. Hard to tell fact from fiction sometimes!
Some key things I tracked:
- Where they sat in the table before key players got crocked
- The vibe change after late goals – winners and losers
- How many points from losing positions (late comebacks)
- Style of play stats – possession, shots on target, pressing numbers
Bigger headache? Found three different sites all showing slightly different possession percentages for the same game! Who’s right? Ended up just picking the average like it’s school maths. Not perfect.
While watching highlights back (mostly fan uploads, glitchy streams), tried counting obvious “big chances” created. Missed loads first pass – kept rewinding. Mrs popped her head in asking why I kept yelling “count it!” at a five-second loop. Explaining xG stats to her earned a proper eye-roll. Got the message.
Putting It All Together
Slapped everything into one massive, ugly spreadsheet. Highlighted bits screaming “Unai who?” when Spurs were flying top early days. Marked sections in angry red when injuries hit and results wobbled. Added a sad little trend line going downhill around November. Not pretty.
Stared at the messy numbers while bath time screams echoed down the hall. Does high possession actually equal better football if results dipped? Dunno. Are late goals luck or guts? Debate club stuff. Got distracted fixing the toddler’s Lego fire engine instead. Sometimes real life calls.
So, how’s Ange doing?
