Episode 48 - VAR-Souls

A little later than usual - this week's episode feels more like a therapy session than a podcast as Elio, without the calming presence of Dave, experiences the full sprectrum of the 5 stages of grief, after one of the toughest weeks for Spurs fans in some time.

The recording starts mere minutes after the stunning VAR U-turn on our winner against Sporting that should have seen us through to the knockouts of the Champions League - as we are introduced to Elio on the precipice of denial and anger.

After this anger spearheads a thorough inquest, addressing several underperforming players across the 2-0 defeat at Old Trafford, the 2-1 home loss to Newcastle and the agonising end to the CL match, Elio longs for the days of Pochettino, Redknapp and Jol, or simply for a more entertaining life as a Spurs fan in exchange for lower league finishes, as the bargaining stage begins to take hold.

Finally, through the wave of depression, he arrives at a nihilistic acceptance that this is just the Spurs way and this is what we have signed up to - doomed to an inevitable lifetime of Spursyness.

So come and listen if you enjoy pain and suffering - you are Spurs fans after all, aren't you? Among all the melodrama Elio and Dags do find space for some insight and detailed analysis and discuss how we might fare better when we travel to Bournemouth at the weekend. We hope, one way or another, you are entertained, you sick, sick people.