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In the cauldron that is Rangers' Ibrox Park stadium, packed to the rafters with fervent Scots, Spurs fell behind early in the second half but salvaged a point thanks to team work by substitutes Dominic Solanke and goalscorer Dejan "Deki" Kulusevski.

Rangers (who have an "old firm" League Cup Final on Sunday) stood one place above Spurs before and after a result that keeps both teams in the hunt for a top eight place and automatic qualification for the Round of 16. With two games to play in the New Year just 4 points separate teams in 8th and 25th places. UEFA must be pleased with how the new style competition is working out........

Full report here...

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Ange Postecoglou bravely faces his firing squad and tells them he will continue to do things HIS way. That's his message as Spurs emerge from the wreckage of yesterday's demoralising 4-3 defeat by Chelsea.

How long chief executioner Daniel Levy and his board are prepared to give the tough-talking Aussie remains to be seen, but let's hope the turning point comes as Ange returns to his old Scottish hunting ground on Thursday.

Spurs go to Ibrox for a Euro Cup date against Rangers, and you can almost smell the end approaching for Ange if he cannot come away with a win where he used to lead Celtic to vital triumphs........

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The dream began with the news that both first choice centre-backs would start for Spurs. Neither made it to the end of the game. Then when Spurs went two-up inside eleven minutes, we dared to dream that we might see one of our better performances of the season.

Indeed, it was one of our better games, but we surrendered the points with poor defending for Chelsea's first goal and foolishly committing clear penalty fouls in the second half. Cole Palmer does not fail from the spot and even delighted his fans with a cheeky Panenka for his second penalty and Chelsea's fourth goal. That was the cue for a mass exit of the disheartened home support.......

Full report here...

Thanks to Eugene Gasper for this picture.

Remember those halcyon days of "I'm loving Big Ange instead?" Yeah, me too - just about. Spurs under-achieved yet again and fell to their sixth defeat and tenth place in an admittedly tight Premier League table. Bournemouth thoroughly deserved their third Premier League win over a Spurs side that seems incapable of playing "Ange-ball" to the requirements of their leader.

The home side scored from a set piece which was so poorly defended and should have had a hatful of goals. They had one disallowed, and fortunately put most of their attempts off target. Fraser Forster came to our rescue with two or three decent saves, but he was as guilty as anybody with poor play-out passing........

Full report here...

This was another less than optimal performance. It probably wasn't entirely surprising given that Spurs had lost on three of the four previous occasions this season when they had played a midweek UEFA Europa League game. Also they had only won on one occasion out of five when winning their previous Premier League match this season. They were missing seven players Vicario, Romero, van de Ven, Odobert, Richarlison (all injured), Solanke (illness) and the suspended Bentancur. All of these with the exception of Vicario and Solanke were missing for last week's fine win against Manchester City. Postecoglou also started with Kulusevski on the bench only introducing him for the final quarter of the match due to his recent workload.........

Read Declan Mulcahy's report here...

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When I wrote a pessimistic preview and predicted a 3-1 defeat, dear reader, I cannot claim to have used reverse psychology deliberately. In truth very few pundits and travelling fans gave any hope for Spurs, especially after their home defeat to Ipswich two weeks ago.

As you know, we've had some excellent days at The Etihad such as May 2010 and the 2019 Champions League quarter-final. This result will go down in the annals of Spurs and arguably football history. On his 28th birthday, James Maddison set us on the way to an amazing and emphatic victory with two brilliant first half goals. The score was doubled in the second half by Pedro Porro and late substitute Brennan Johnson, who is our top scorer with five league goals, plus three in other competitions........

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.

There is also a great archive of filed material with links to some great Spurs history and goals.

If you would like to become even more involved, then please e-mail me (webmaster@spursodyssey.com) stating your full name, address (Town and Country will suffice!) and desired user name, and I will do the rest.

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