Ben Estes

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

Our bastarder play forward (Richarlison) and center back (Romero). Perhaps each team is only allowed two bastarder! 😉

We've had a lot of players leaving One Knox since the championship, but that one really hurts! He's been a fan favorite since day one. 😢

True. I think they'll both get minutes, which is what we probably need. The team has performed so poorly, it's a low bar for comparison, but I feel like for years now, whenever we try a midweek shuffle, the team falls apart. This felt about the same if not a little better than the last few weeks.

Some were better than others, but honestly, have we ever been able to rotate this much for a PL game and not get battered? All the way back to Poch, I feel like rotation, especially for a PL game, has only resulted in disaster. #COYS

Usually our rotated team plays terribly, but I think Sarr, Johnson, Danso, Bergvall looked like somewhat capable rotations for Palhinha, Richarlison, VDV, Xavi.

I went into the game hoping to see any signs that we have made progress in creating offense, regardless of the outcome. That didn't happen (maybe a tiny spark when we made subs late in the second half). But a point at Newcastle maybe buys TF a bit more time to keep trying. #COYS

The first half of #NEWTOT was "cagey" at best, but we definitely came prepared to fight for the game. It was an entertaining watch, all in all! #COYS

Newcastle 1 - 1 Spurs, Woltemade first to score

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

@michaelcaley.bsky.social I just caught up on your excellent recent podcasts. Two #COYS questions:
- where is the Crisis Conch™ after Saturday's performance? Sure, we weren't good, but the xG was well above 0.1.
- how will the new PL financial rules treat THFC's profits from concerts, boxing & NFL?

There's 12M teams. Someone, somewhere probably has this team!

I think the 442 💎 fits our squad very well aside from Bert/Kudus. Udogie & Porro provide offensive width. Tel & Johnson would be a good fit as part of a front 2 (but not together). Perhaps Odobert or Kudus could play in Xavi's 10 role, or we switch to a 433 when they sub in. Spence as RB cover only

I like the 4-4-2 diamond. Porro and Udogie can shine in this system. Let's go!

Your work schedule is intense! I hope you enjoy your evening off!!

"if we have another league game with sub-0.2 xG, let's build a giant slingshot tethered to the stadium roof and try to launch him to the sun." I liked TF, I swear I did. My patience has since worn thin. I think I may be part of the "entitled", "impatient" fan base at the heart of Spurs problems. 😂

From the day prior to the Chelsea loss to today, I have evolved from "we need to give him two or more years to show what he can do. Patient building is the key to success!" into...

I'll be gone for the day (3pm kickoff here in eastern US). I can usually stay away from spoilers and arrive home without knowing the result. In those situations, I'll send a message to my local Spurs group chat asking if the game was in any way worth watching. I predict that tonight they'll say no.

I think he's most likely keeping the seat warm for Poch. Unless Frank figures it out, Dad's coming home in fall '26!

I do feel like he's most likely going to get the axe, but there's still a chance he can turn it around. Maybe we'll all be surprised with the style of play in a few months. I DOUBT IT but there's not much to be gained by not giving him a few more months to try.

Can I assume it's players wanting to try a higher level?? I hate to see so much talent leaving Knoxville, but if these great young players want to try a higher level, I would understand. I guess we'll have to see where everyone lands in order to make sense of it all. 😢

I don't blame the squad as much as the coach. I think he's picking the wrong midfield and not getting the best out of the ones he's picking, so there's no chance to connect the front three to the back four. It would be great if Maddison and Deki were here, but I think Xavi and Sarr could be okay.

I think we'll stumble along in tenth this year, possibly with an interim coach to finish the season, and bring Poch in for next season. I think TF has several more months to show progress, since no obvious candidate is waiting in the wings, but right now I'm not too optimistic that he'll succeed.

I agree that we have good defenders. We lack balance, which is why we concede goals. We force the defense to do too much because we have no possession or attack. As @nathanaclark.bsky.social says, you can't fix one without fixing both. I'll gain optimism when it looks like TF realizes this.

Both USL-C and USL-1 had baseball field finals this year. There are lots of teams that have built stadia in recent years, with more in planning stages. I imagine this will be much less common in a few years.

Did you catch what the commentator on CBS said? "Dick was in the right place at the right time!"
I laughed out loud because I'm still 12 years old.

It has been a rough day. I'm on 18 points with 3 left to play. 😭

I assume you're talking about the #USL USL Championship final? 😉
It's been a bit cagey this far, but I think the RiverHounds will find a way through Tulsa's defense in the second half.