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Humour me - any chance part of what's caused the drag on announcements with all this is it's Yasir who wants to go big with a new stadium and Eales and co. who have been trying to talk him down to something more MBA-approved?

Aye, I've never really seen him being dug out for being unprofessional, just a bit mental. Interestingly, him and Willock appear pretty close, and as the older player it should really be Willock setting the example...

Yes, I think it's a mentality thing compounded by injuries - or vice versa. And yes, he's regularly mentioned as the most fined, latest player in the squad. It's a real shame as his April 23 self would've been vital for us in this run in. Thought it was very telling that Eddie put 3 CBs out yesterday rather than squeezing him in for a 'must win' game.

Touching to see him finally show some real feeling on the way out, he obviously prefers to keep a strong front on whenever he can. Best of luck to him and thanks for the service he could give, he carried us through important times. Would've been best if we'd got a fee for him two years ago, but that's not his fault.

João Pedro: forum favourite and muse of summer 22.

If they do, many will find a way to make the prospect of well rested, desperate to impress youngsters terrifying.

We've done a fair bit of talking about games we should've got more out of, but it's worth reflecting on those points we got that didn't feel major at the time but certainly are now. Bruno stabbing in the only goal at West Ham the game before the cup final stands out to me. Schar and Barnes smashing in the equaliser and winner at Wolves too. And the 4 points we got from behind down at Forest and Bournemouth look a lot more meaningful half a year later too.

Not a fan. Looks like a bunch of ideas mushed together. But I pretty much always resent having blue in our kits.

Boom. I've said before, I think the best way to see Bruno as captain is as being our spirit animal. He's not a Trippier or Speed (who wasn't actually captain but many of the players largely felt he was) but he's something of his own. He shows what total commitment, ambition, competitiveness and willingness to take responsibility under pressure looks like, none of which should ever be sniffed at. Our leadership collective is doing the business anyhow. We're lucky/have been very skillful in collecting such a decent, self supporting bunch of characters.

NUFC basically existed to do bad things to good people for over a decade. That's why I wanted no part of it. Anything we did to attract a good, likeable player to the club was basically putting them at unnecessary risk of harm.

I could be in for a surprise but I think he's very happy here. I don't think he'd reject a move if we wanted to take the money obviously, but I think he knows he's on to a good thing here. Just have to hear him after we won the cup.

I believe you, but I don't believe you. Good to know he'll be staying with us for years to come.

Re: cup wins, to be fair I've been pretty consistent on this in the past, in relation to ourselves. It would've been vile if we'd spawned our way to a league cup win under Bruce by having teams of reserves literally roll over for us to reduce their own fixture schedules. I think basically the value that comes in winning a competition comes from the difficulty of the struggle and the desire of fellow competitors. I'm sure the European teams you faced were mostly giving it their best, which is what made it sad. Thinking about it, this music video does a pithier job of summing up my thoughts on the situation: It's not Tottenham's fault (well, actually maybe it is in terms of playing a part in trying to lock up global football's finances within a small clutch of mostly English clubs), but the old Uefa Cup and much of European football has become, in relative terms, a bedraggled thing. I think that's a tragedy, but it was a pretty inevitable consequence of things like moves towards Super Leagues. The Premier League itself has been pretty appalling this season, given the apparent sense that many teams just aren't turning up to try if it's not in their interests, especially in end season matches. It's really poisonous for the competition and, in my eyes, it's prestige.

To me this whole affair proves that 17th and a trophy doesn't necessarily amount to much. I don't respect this win, the win hasn't elevated Spurs, it's dragged the title down, as Yorkie says. That said, I don't buy this stuff about being upset over them getting a Champions' League spot when they're rubbish. They're the champions of something, whereas Arsenal, Manchester City, Forest and Aston Villa are not. Don't like it, don't call it the Champions' League.

That might be the worst fight I've seen in my whole life.

The state of Rice and Mac Allister's poses. Tonali's gonna have his work cut out covering for them mincing around.

Massive game.

Yep to both. It was a shame possibly our two best open play chances fell to him. With his shot, he actually struck it a lot better than I expected, but that says more about my expectations of him as a striker given it was straight at Raya. It's a real weakness in his game as it stands, and it would add a lot if he can improve there.

I get the impression we've got no real intention of going for spreadsheet players. And I don't think we have to sell anyone this summer - far from it, but in a weird way I think that makes us a bit more likely to sell. Trading is definitely going to stay a part of our lives for the foreseeable future, and selling from a position of strength means we can extract maximum value rather than going to clubs with our begging bowl out. So we'll see. I'm certainly not expecting any big sales, but I won't be too surprised by some kind of surprise - it feels like we've got some significant moves in mind.

I'm not one wanting to sell him, but I agree with roca - we can be quite sure any money received would be for a good purpose. So we don't need to think in terms of steps back.

It's easy to lose sight of the fact that whatever you think his future is going to be, he's still very young. There are a lot of different factors that will go in to determining how his career turns out.

Our passing out of defence in the first half was brilliant today.

Jesus

Sounds like a keeper.

No, I'm not saying he wouldn't have been willing to join us, I'm saying I don't think Eddie would've fancied the dynamic of signing a player who already has one eye on his next move. I think both perspectives are respectable, but our squad clearly operates on 100% buy in.