The Lab (Tottenham Hotspur Podcast)

We chat to Stu and Jay about how the idea to greet the team bus before Forest came together, how quickly the club, police and fan groups got behind it, and why this week has felt completely different around Spurs. We get into the disconnect between players and fans, why the mood has shifted so suddenly, and why this match feels massive for the future of the club. Most of all, this is about what can happen when Spurs fans pull in the same direction.

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Dan Kilpatrick joins us to talk through the sudden change in mood around Tottenham after the Liverpool draw and the performance against Atletico Madrid. We get into whether Igor Tudor has finally found something that works, Romero’s growing influence behind the scenes, the renewed connection between fans and players, and why Archie Gray looks like a huge part of Spurs’ future. There is still plenty of nervous energy around, but for the first time in a while, it feels like there might just be a road out of this.

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We’re joined by professional football coach Harry Brooks to look at Igor Tudor’s first few games in charge and ask the big question: is he making things too complicated at the worst possible time? We get into the Fulham and Palace line-ups, why simplicity might be the only way Spurs survive, which players have to start every week, and whether a more old-school arm-around-the-shoulder approach would give this squad a better chance of staying up. It’s tactical, a bit bleak, and probably more honest than is comfortable.

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We’re joined by Anatole Pang in Hong Kong to talk through why this Spurs mess feels so much scarier than the 90s. We get into the “oil tanker” problem, the Levy exit and the vacuum it’s left, and why it’s suddenly hard to even work out who’s responsible for what. Then we dig into Romero speaking out, the director of football muddle, and why Spurs recruitment keeps feeling reactive. Finally, we look at takeover rumours, the kind of “tycoons” circling, and the grim question of whether relegation might actually make Spurs more attractive to buy.

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We’re joined by Dan KP to talk through the weirdest Spurs season we can remember, from the genuine relegation dread to the strange comfort of just wanting boring mid table life again. We revisit Conte’s outbursts in order, including the Burnley wobble and the infamous Southampton rant, and ask whether he basically saw all of this coming. There’s also some overdue respect for those Bodo Glimt wins, a look at the run in, and a proper chat about who is actually pulling the strings at Tottenham now that Levy’s gone.

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