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Comes across v well in his interview, optimistic about this one

How was Willy?

gotta celebrate that in contes face moi, great character from the lads

Spurs have so much small man energy

not as many as Big Jos

St Mary's should be a hostile place to play, we've been missing it

I would imagine the club know a lot more about the situation than we do. If they do take the statue down, this would have to be because Bates had more of a role than we know about (in a bad way), or was indeed guilty of not acting whilst in a position of considerable influence. For me, the key here is 'speaking to the victims' - at least in this case the club is showing respect for the victims of abuse in and around the club and listening to them. After all, they are the ones directly affected and have every right to express an opinion directly to the club on the matter. It is mentioned in this article that Bates disregarded the concerns of at least one individual. I cannot speak for the accuracy of this report of course. In any case, I would let the club sort this one - I don't think they would take any decision to remove the statue lightly. There is a reason Bates was named in the reports and I am sure there are legitimate reasons for this review of his statue.

It seems the referee suffered from heat stroke in the end.

Actually between Monday evening and some point on Tuesday his account was suspended. I would assume it was a temporary voluntary deactivation of the account. He returned to Twitter last night with the protective measures you mention, also having deleted the replies to fans that got him in trouble. Presumably this time round he will have a PR individual/welfare officer from the club keeping a closer eye on his activity.

I love that huge meaningless tackle from our nutter Lyanco

yes dragan, nice touch with the scarf

Thought he was pretty decent, shades of a left-sided Kieran Trippier - solid in defence, a little bit less exciting than our other options going forward, but nonetheless a good squad player and will have a role to play in the coming games/years

All the silliness aside, Perraud looks solid

I am cautiously optimistic

Seen on twitter someone quoting the article as saying that we will be looking for a 'young understudy' to AM next year - is someone with a subscription to The Athletic able to confirm this? If so, bad news.

I don't know and wouldn't imagine so - just saw it and thought it worth sharing. That said, a while back the account did mention Harry Kane leaving Spurs would shake things up at Saints. Today all the City-Kane stuff has come to light and the account mentioned is posting again. However I guess it could be easy to put 2 and 2 together and come up with a believable but fabricated discourse, but I struggle to see the motivation for that (at least personally) - that is not to say someone doesn't have too much time on their hands though. I guess it is all part of the game and whilst I don't think they are itk, it is nice to think that there is a small chance that they are, if nothing else but to provide us with a sense of hope, or at least intrigue.

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