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John O'Leary's avatar

Excellent Monday column as usual. Covering all areas. Well pointed our bout how good clubs were during Covid. They did a great job. Can’t believe that was 5 years ago. Amazing. Not good days those. Can’t believe I never got it. Touch wood.

Being very generous to Ederson there Henry. He should not have been beaten by that shot. No chance. Hart playing the keepers union card there. I think he is a decent pundit to. Raya despite three great saves should have done better for goal regardless of the wall. Keepers always look at things differently. Never blame each other if you notice.

Nuno is just perfect for Forest. Not every club suits a manager like Spurs didn’t for him.

Right about Ange. Why on earth would, you make a change now. No one out there at the moment so access again in the summer. Massive game on Thursday for them but they should get through. They can win that tournament without a doubt if they are at it.

Nice words about Stuart Pierce. Good pundit and lots of varied interests.

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Henry Winter's avatar

The Joe Hart comment I just thought was interesting. I'd assumed it was a bad mistake, and it's still a mistake, but with some mitigating factors. I made the mistake of going running with Stuart Pearce once at an Under-21 tournament. He powered on and on, which makes this illness unexpected and concerning. But he sounds like he's on the mend. Thank God.

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John O'Leary's avatar

That’s why you should never take your health for granted. Anything can happen out of the blue anytime.

A keeper analysing a keeper is always interesting:

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Giles Schofield's avatar

Nuno got a 1-0 win over City in his first game as Spurs manager. With the benefit of hindsight I am embarrassed at how underwhelmed I was at his appointment. Yes Conte took Spurs into Europe, but maybe Nuno would have become Burkinshaw redux….we will never know, but I like the cut of his jib.

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Henry Winter's avatar

I wrote a piece in support of Nuno early in his time at Spurs and people within the game whose judgement I respect were very sceptical. I guess some managers don't fit a certain club at a certain time. It's just great to see him doing so well now.

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