The Spurs Plus Dave Podcast

Club Statement: A few words to explain the conspicuous lack of recent podcasts. Thanks to you all, love the PDP team.   Email - plusdavepodcast@gmail.com Dags Twitter - @PlusDaveDags Elio Twitter - @PDP_El Dave Twitter - @FantasyDave Soc Twitter - Watch this space

Spurs are terrible. Here's a podcast.   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.

We're back after a week off and boy is there a lot of football to get through! Join a full Plus Dave house as we cast our minds back to the ups and down of Spurs life, including matches with AZ Alkmaar, Crystal Palace, Man City and Aston Villa before turning our attention to upcoming clashes with Galatasaray, Ipswich and even Man Utd in the the cup! We bring you the usual blend of disorganisation, shocking banter and tactical analysis this week - with an extra touch of rust. We hope you enjoy our attempts to remember all the chaos and make heads or tails of this wild ride we call supporting Tottenham. 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.

Tottenham's 45 minute crisis is over! A full contingent of Plus Davers bring you their thoughts on a perfect weekend for Spurs fans - with Spurs seeing to it that West Ham join Arsenal and Chelsea in tasting defeat. We talk about a brave and inspired half time change from Ange as well as the growing star of Kulusevski. There's the usual preview of upcoming games including Troy Parrott's AZ and Dr. Tottenham's upcoming trip to Selhurst Park. 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.

A painful reminder this week, to all who needed it, that we do still support Spurs - and Spurs, from time to time, do still do very Spursy things.  We hope you find this podcast slightly less painful, although make no guarantees, as an absent Elio leaves a 3-man team of Dags, Socs and Dave to cry/troll their respective ways through a breakdown of Tottenham's latest box office capitulation. There's also some chat about a few exciting outings from youngsters in the Europa League and various bizarre bits and pieces. 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.

What a win, what a performance, what a result. Spurs set all kinds of records as they dispose of a woeful Manchester United side in their own back yard - the only disappointment perhaps was only scoring 3 and not 8! A full team is on hand this week, all equally happy at the destruction of Man Utd, to break down all the exciting incident in an action packed episode. There is a predictable, extensive love session for star man, Dejan Kulusevski, thriving in his more central role, as well as tactical analysis, a look back to our last European outing (and another 3-0 win) as well as a look forward to Thursday's next Europa match and Brighton at the weekend. 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.

Spurs are back to something close to their brilliant Angeball best, as the home side came back from a shock early goal to sail to a convincing 3-1 win, in one of our most encouraging performances in recent times. Dags, Elio and Socs form a Daveless Plus Dave squad this week to look back gleefully on all the highlights, before turning their attention to games coming thick and fast in the form of our Europa League opener vs Qarabag and a trip to Old Trafford at the weekend. 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.

A streamlined Plus Dave Team brings you this week's episode - as the undisputed star attraction of the regular team (being of course the host, Dags) takes the week off, just in time to avoid having to feign positivity about yet another home defeat to Arsenal. This leaves Elio, once again, taking over the hosting microphone and doing an excellent job as he is joined by Socs and Dave. It is perhaps fitting therefore that so much of the conversation centres around the notion of regulars potentially being replaced by their talented understudies waiting in the wings at Spurs. Wings themselves continue to be a problem with Spurs once again failing to provide those cutting edges and another set piece goal was eventually our undoing. With previews of Coventry (which has since ended in an extremely comfortable, never-in-doubt 2-1 triumph) and Brentford to follow what is a great summary of the game, the status quo at Spurs and everything in between, we hope you enjoy this slightly punchier episode. 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.

It's quiz time as the PDP turns 3! Join us in a feature length birthday special, where on top of previewing Sundays big game, Dave and Dags put the two cousins to the test in a North London Derby themed, 4-round bumper quiz extravaganza. It's Elio vs Socs for the ultimate glory - we have piles of questions, including many from some of you listeners, we have the spinning wheel of mayhem and last minute drama in a quiz that honours the Plus Dave tradition of being overly long, complex and poorly prepared/executed. Who will come out on top? Listen along to see how you would have done - to skip right to the quiz, go to 25:30. 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.

Oh Tottenham - why are you so confusing, yet mesmerising? Join a baffled trio of Plus Davers are we struggle to understand how Spurs managed to dominate yet another match without getting anything to show for it. St. James' Park holds its form as a Spurs bogey ground as Newcastle took all three points. In this show we look at what Spurs did well and the crucial missing pieces. We also have a look at the Europa League draw in it's brand new format and look ahead to that competition. 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.

Spurs have their first win of the season and Dags, Socs and Dave are here to bask in its glory, while Elio - birthday-buddy of big Ange Postecoglou - gets the week off to celebrate turning 30 something... Hear our thoughts on 4 lovely goals and a dominant 4-0 victory to open our home account with a bang, including our analysis of THAT assist by Micky, Spurs hopefully figuring out set pieces, intense Angeball pressing and some completely unnecessary and extensive semantics around the exact criteria of a thunderbastard. We also bring you our usual preview of Spurs' upcoming opponents - this time a Newcastle side that both battered and were battered by Spurs last season. And finally we have our weekly trivia teaser brought to you by our official affiliate partner, Pundit. See if you can outsmart Socs and Dave! 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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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! 

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!

(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