The Spurs Plus Dave Podcast

Episode 122 - Endurance is Nobler than Strength

The season is back! Spurs are back and we are back - join the regular 4 as we scrape the bottom of the barrel trying to take positives away from what can only be described as 2 dropped points, away to newly-promoted Leicester City.

We pick apart a glorious opening 60 minutes, followed by a distinctly less glorious 30 or so.

There's also our our usual look ahead to our next fixture - this time as our home campaign gets underway against Everton, and discuss how Spurs should look to line up there.

We also discuss our latest young signing, Wilson Odobert, from Burnley and what he might offer - as well as bringing all the usual Plus Dave brand of eclectic nonsense including some artificially enhanced Socratic philosophy - of sorts.

This week's show even includes a Spurs trivia teaser - brought to you by our official sponsor, Pundit Games.

We hope you've shaken off the pain of Monday just in time to hear our thoughts!

Episode brought to you by Pundit Games - the original football trivia board game - www.punditgames.co.uk - use code PLUSDAVE at checkout for an exclusive 20% discount.

Total Angeball: A Tactical Deep Dive - with Special Guest, Jon Mackenzie

The season is nearly upon us - time to get excited, Spurs fans! To mark the occasion we had the great pleasure, once again, to be joined by tactics guru, Jon Mackenzie from The Athletic and Tifo Football.

In this episode, Jon walks us through his assessment of year one under Ange Postecoglou and the challenges that stand before him as he heads into season two.

There's pre-season analysis, a wider look at the application of Ange's system last season and the dilemmas it has presented - as well as some suggestions on how these could be fixed with different players or tactical tweaks.

We also bring you in-depth discussions about some of our exciting new purchases like Archie Gray and record signing, Dominic Solanke and what they could bring -  and of course a foray into the historical tactical lineage of Postecoglou's football philosophy (because why not?)

Finally, we bring you our predictions, not just for how we will line up against Leicester and beyond, but how the season will play out as a whole (including a few hot takes for good measure).

One for the football nerds like us, but mostly just for everyone - we hope you enjoy!

Brought to you by Pundit Games - the original football trivia board game - www.punditgames.co.uk - use code PLUSDAVE at checkout for an exclusive 20% discount.

Episode 120 - Every Cloud Has a Gray Lining

The Plus Dave Podcast returns! Join the usual team of Dags, Elio, Socs and Dave as they shake off the Summer rust and catch up for the first pre-season pod, to discuss a couple of new signings - including one that Dave knows very well - a couple of pre-season outings that have included some promising showings from academy stars, and a look ahead to the fast-approaching season.

Explicit language warning: just to let listeners know, we have taken the executive decision to stop censoring the swear words from here on (let's be honest, we barely did before anyway!)

Finally - the PDP is delighted to announce that, for this season, the show is brought to you by our brand new affiliate partner, Pundit - the football trivia board game. Dags tells you more in the episode but please visit https://punditgames.co.uk and use the code PLUSDAVE at checkout for an exclusive 20% discount.

We hope you enjoy this one - it's great to be back!

Episode 119 - Blessed and Cursed, with Special Guest, Simon Yemane

Gimme gimme gimme a Spurs fan from Sweden!

On the first of our Spurs Summer specials, we were delighted to be joined by the brilliant Simon Yemane (@SimonYemane) - one of the shining lights in the dark web of Spurs Twitter and a shining example of Spurs' legions of committed fans based overseas.

Joining us from Sweden, Simon gives us his unique perspective on becoming a Spurs fan from afar, supporting the team from another country and how the lens of Twitter can skew all of our perceptions and make us reconsider our perspectives.

Charming, insightful and sincere from start to finish - we thoroughly enjoyed Simon's company and hope you will too.

If you don't already, please give him a follow on Twitter at @SimonYemane and be sure to look out for some further upcoming exciting Plus Dave specials as the Summer progresses.

Episode 118 - Season Finale and the Daveys

Please join us for one more scheduled episode where we do our best to pack a whole load of chat into one feature length episode to wrap up the season.

The full team is here to look back on the last two games - that bizarre match with Man City and all the surrounding subplot, the comfortable final day in Sheffield and of course our look over the season as a whole.

We pick our player, goal, match, disappointment and thunderbastards of the season (and more) in our Official Plus Dave Awards (The Daveys).

We also take a quick look back at some of our pre-season predictions and how they played out - you won't want to miss that!

Let us know your final thoughts on the season and any questions for the Summer specials (message us @PlusDavePodcast on Twitter or email plusdavepodcast@gmail.com) 

Stay tuned for some Summer content but for now - a well-earned break for us all. Best of luck to whoever you support in the Euros (but it's coming home) and we can't wait to have you all back soon. Stay classy - love the Plus Dave team.

Episode 117 - Blue Moons and Manoeuvring Balls

Spurs finally win! A long-awaited stumble to the finish line sees Spurs all but secure themselves a spot in 5th and an automatic Europa League placing.

With Dave off watching Leeds in the playoffs, us Spurs fans take a look back on a well-needed victory with a couple of goals from unlikely sources, before turning our attention to our 'title decider' with Man City and discuss the ethical dilemma it presents.

Should we actually want Spurs to lose? There's a Pyliotis family feud as the two cousins give their opposing views on this contentious subject and we look forward to the rest of the season's scheduled matches, before what will be our season finale after the Sheffield Utd match.

Episode 116 - Supernoodles

It's more pain for Spurs as two defeats leave us clinging on to that 5th spot.

Elio rejoins the team to look at both the Chelsea and Liverpool losses and help work out what we can take from both performances and we take this opportunity to look at the larger picture and what these poor performances tell us about what needs to change for next season - as well as what positives we can pull from the wreckage.

There's also the usual preview of upcoming games and the expected amount of foul language! 

Episode 115 - Playing Uphill

Yes, it's the Arsenal one. Sadly, despite a wild 5-goal extravaganza, Spurs could not overcome their own shortcomings as a painful defeat to the enemy leaves us analysing our various issues.

Dags, Socs and Dave are on hand to sift through the wreckage and look back on all 5 goals as well as countless incidents, controversies and a couple of good performances shining through the darkness.

We also have a brief preview of upcoming games and the usual bits and pieces on the side. Hope you enjoy this slightly more than you enjoyed the match itself!

Schoolboys' Own Stuff! Spurs in the 90s (Part 2) - with Special Guest, Gareth Dace

(Part 2 of 2)

Is Gareth back for a second half of our nostalgic 90s adventure? He is you know...

Picking up right where we left off with the dawn of the Gerry Francis era and running all the way through to ending on a high with that second trophy of the decade, we hope you enjoy this second instalment of Spurs in the 90s with special guest, author of Is Gascoigne Going to Have a Crack - a new Spurs book available to buy now.

To order the book for yourself, for UK listeners, please order from Gareth's site at:

https://90sspursbook.square.site.

For all you outside of the UK, you can order from Amazon at:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gascoigne-going-have-crack-mediocrity/dp/1801507023

Is Gascoigne Going to Have a Crack? Spurs in the 90s (Part 1) - with Special Guest, Gareth Dace

(Part 1 of 2)

We travel back in time this week as we are delighted to be joined by Gareth Dace, author of the brand new Spurs book, 'Is Gascoigne Going to Have a Crack?' a tale of the 'Magic, Mayhem and Mediocrity' that was Spurs in the 1990s. 

In this two-part special, we take a trip down memory lane (as far as our young-ish memories will allow for some of us) and get stuck into a decade that holds a special place in the hearts of many fans.

Despite Spurs generally failing to dazzle in the league, the decade was bookended by a couple of trophy wins - a rare and sought-after commodity in the eyes of the modern Spurs fan - including our last FA Cup triumph, thanks in no small part to the efforts of the titular Gascoigne and his Wembley free kick that spawned the iconic commentary itself.

We talk cup runs, the dawn of the Premier League, financial irregularities, protests, multiple sacked managers, world class foreign imports, glory and heartbreak... and that's only the first half!

Gareth is kind enough to walk us through, season by season, in fascinating detail, leaving no stone unturned, and whether it's a dose of nostalgia, a history lesson or a bit of both, we hope you enjoy taking it all in as much as we did.

To order the book for yourself, for UK listeners, please order from Gareth's site at:

https://90sspursbook.square.site.

For all you outside of the UK, you can order from Amazon at:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gascoigne-going-have-crack-mediocrity/dp/1801507023

Part 2 will be up and available shortly taking you through the second half of the 90s, we hope you enjoy!