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OhSoSpurs Podcast is a sports podcast hosted by OhSoSpurs, with 387 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

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  The Professor: The Tottenham Team You're Judging No Longer Exists — Time to Reset? (The Goalscorer Myth, Squad Trauma & Where the Goals Come From)

  Sep 29, 202623 min

  What if every verdict on Tottenham is being passed on a team that no longer exists? Aaron of The Professor says the squad has turned over so completely, ten in and ten out, that judging this side on last season's evidence is analysing a section of the ground after everyone in it has changed seats. Jim and Aaron work through the reset: why the new signings didn't inherit two years of trauma, the Man United comparison that shows how few survivors remain, why five games is no sample at all, and the case that Tottenham's goals are far closer than the mood suggests. Then the big one — the "just buy a goalscorer" myth, and the research showing how rarely anyone repeats a top-ten scoring season (Spurs have already run that experiment once). Aaron also puts a prediction on the record about where Tottenham's goals come from by the end of the season — and once you hear the reasoning, the January striker debate sounds very different. Read Aaron's Substack, linked in the show notes. https://profspur.substack.com/ #KeepItLilyWhite #OhSo33 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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  The Analyst: Tottenham's Defenders Graded — The Pros and Cons of van Hecke (Robertson's "Washed" Verdict, Van de Ven's Reliability & the Kinsky Question)

  Sep 24, 202630 min

  Is Van Hecke Tottenham's best defender or their biggest liability? Professional analyst Enya says the data supports both — one of the two highest-graded centre backs in the Premier League, and Spurs' worst offender for positional mistakes at three times the league median. Jim and Enya grade Tottenham's back line through Gradient's execution scores: how the Van Hecke–Van de Ven pairing was built as a deliberate trade-off, Van de Ven quietly ranking as the most reliable of the lot, Robertson's 89th percentile grade and the role he was actually signed for, the honest conversation about Kinsky's start, and the Spence-shaped gap pointing to a January right-back. And there's a verdict on the "Robertson is washed" narrative that will annoy a lot of people — Enya ran his physical numbers, and one of them is the second-fastest speed clocked by any Spurs player this season. The 82nd Percentile — our weekly hour-long data deep-dive with Enya, JJ and Jim, plus a midweek match pack — is on Patreon; the founding tier has now sold out, thank you: https://www.patreon.com/cw/82ndPercentile Sharp, honest, from the analyst's desk. The Analyst. #KeepItLilyWhite #OhSo33 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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  The 82nd Percentile: How To Make Tottenham Click — What's Actually Missing? (Savio's Elite Data, Drop Bentancur? & the Lankshear Universe)

  Sep 22, 202654 min

  How do you actually make Tottenham click? A Licence coach JJ says the click isn't one magic moment — it's a chain, and the first link is Savio, who the data already rates as Spurs' best player. Jim, Enya and JJ work through every layer of the fix: the Villa numbers showing clear chances tripled in a single game, the confidence cycle that snaps whenever Spurs concede first, why no single signing solves it, the Will Lankshear alternate universe, six pivot players and one right back, and Enya's midfield reshuffle — Fernandes into the pivot, Gallagher at 10, and a Bentancur verdict JJ flat-out refuses to accept. They also land on what the click will really look like — and it's not winning ten in a row. Once you hear Jim's stutter-into-gear theory, you'll watch the next five games differently. Questions this week from Iva, Norway34, Tim Collins, Addlestone Spur, Simon, David and Howard — keep them coming in the Questions for Panel chat on Patreon. This is the final free episode of The 82nd Percentile — from here it's Patreon-only, with a few discounted founding tiers remaining: https://www.patreon.com/cw/82ndPercentile — The Analyst and A Coach's View stay free on Oh So Spurs. Data over vibes. The 82nd Percentile. #KeepItLilyWhite #OhSo33 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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  The Originals: Are Spurs Actually Bad or Will They Be Ok? (De Zerbi, Porro's Injury & the Squad Planning Cascade)

  Sep 21, 202645 min

  Are Tottenham actually just not very good? Two points from five games and 20th at the break, the full Originals panel finally puts the question on the table — and the answer is more uncomfortable than a simple yes. Jim, Si, Johnny, Stu and DJ walk through the Villa collapse: the best first half at home in years undone by the concede-before-half-time curse, the bleeding rule that took Van de Ven off the pitch for the opener, DJ's cascade theory of the squad planning failures, Si's case that Spurs have had no club philosophy since push-and-run, and the first genuine panel doubts about De Zerbi — the prickliness, the psychologist answer, and why Stu says the real questions belong to Vinay and Lange. There's also a forensic reading of Pedro Porro's Instagram post — and once Johnny reads it aloud, you'll reach the same six-month conclusion the panel did. The 82nd Percentile, our weekly data deep-dive with JJ, Enya and DJ, is on Patreon — https://www.patreon.com/cw/82ndPercentile Considered, warm, panel-honest. The Originals. #KeepItLilyWhite #OhSo33 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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  A Coach's View: Where De Zerbi Got It Right and Wrong vs Aston Villa — Is Tonali Being Scapegoated? (The Robertson Error, Van Hecke's Naughty List & Gallagher's Redemption)

  Sep 20, 202629 min

  Did De Zerbi get the Villa game wrong? A Licence coach JJ says the manager went off script — and for the first time this season, the coach is on his naughty list alongside the players. Jim and JJ work through the defeat: the half-time Kudus change that broke Spurs' structure, why JJ would have hooked Marmoush first, the Tonali criticism he calls misplaced ("eight players in line before he reaches my office"), the Robertson–Kinsky mix-up rated 70/30, and Van Hecke's afternoon against Nico Jackson. Conor Gallagher gets his flowers too, after changing the game off the bench and scoring again — though the panel is awarding his goal to Matty Cash out of pure spite. And there's a rant worth staying for: JJ's breakdown of the goal he says can never be conceded at Premier League level — Sunday league fines all round, kitman included. The full data deep-dive on this match, with JJ, Enya and DJ, is on The 82nd Percentile — link in the show notes. Tactical, honest, from the training pitch. A Coach's View. Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/82ndPercentile #KeepItLilyWhite #OhSo33 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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