The Lab (Tottenham Hotspur Podcast)

Welcome to today’s episode, where we’ll be diving into Tottenham Hotspur’s evolving recruitment strategy under the leadership of Johan Lange. Dan Kilpatrick, The Standard Chief Football correspondent recently spoke to the Spurs’ technical director, the first major interview since joining the club.

We’ll explore how Lange and head coach Ange Postecoglou are working together to build a squad that balances immediate competitiveness with long-term development.

We’ll take a closer look at how Lange managed to secure exciting young talent like Lucas Bergvall and Radu Dragusin, beating European giants like Barcelona and Bayern Munich to their signatures. We’ll also discuss Tottenham’s holistic approach to recruitment, which combines data-driven insights with traditional scouting, and how the club’s commitment to an attacking, front-foot style of play is influencing their choices.

We’ll also touch on the club’s more ruthless decision-making, and just what is Daniel Levy’s role in all of this. Stay tuned as we break down Tottenham’s strategic shift and what it means for the club moving forward.

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In today’s football world, the debate between "the eye test" and data-driven analysis is more relevant than ever. Traditionally, the eye test – trusting what we see during a game – has guided decisions on tactics, player performance, and transfers. But with the rise of detailed statistics and analytics, is there still a place for gut instinct in the modern game? Can the eye test reveal nuances that data might miss, or has the role of instinct been diminished by numbers? In this episode, we’ll explore the history, relevance, and future of the eye test and its balance with data in football.

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Welcome to today’s episode, where we’re thrilled to be joined by one of Australia’s most respected voices in sports journalism, Vince Rugari. Vince has built a stellar reputation for his insightful coverage and analysis, particularly in football, where his work has earned him recognition not just in Australia but internationally as well. As a senior sports journalist for The Sydney Morning Herald, he’s been at the forefront of reporting on some of the biggest stories in the sporting world.

But today, we’re here to dive deep into his latest project—his book Ange Ball, which explores the fascinating career of Ange Postecoglou. As one of the most influential and trailblasing football managers to come out of Australia, Postecoglou’s journey from the A-League to European football, and now to Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League, is nothing short of remarkable. Vince’s book captures the essence of that journey and the philosophy that has made ‘Ange Ball’ a global talking point.

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Welcome to this special episode, originally recorded in 2022, featuring Nick Harris of @sportingintel. Known for his expertise in sports business, analytics, and investigative journalism, Nick offers unique insights into Premier League spending rules and how financial regulations shape the competition. We also explore Daniel Levy's tenure as chairman of Tottenham Hotspur, analyzing whether he has been a good owner and the impact of his leadership on the club’s success and finances. Join us for a compelling conversation with one of the foremost authorities in sports investigation and analysis.

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We sit down with Dan Cook of HLTCO for a third time to find out his unbiased takes on where Tottenham Hotspur are right now...

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We sit down with chief football correspondent for The Standard, Dan Kilpatrick to discuss how Ange handles the media, how social media has changed the way football is reported, the way transfers are covered and industry behind it, and why no one knew that Odobert was signing.

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Wilson Odobert signs for Spurs for £25m. He's young, he's classy, and most importantly he has everything we don't currently have in our front line.

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We sit down with Tom Jordan of Theafcbpodcast to chat through Tottenham's big money move for Domonic Solanke. What does he have that we don't appreciate? Can he score 20 league goals for Spurs? Is £65m too much?

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We sit with Celtic fan and podcaster Laura Bradburn to discuss the differences between Ange Postecoglou's first season at Celtic, and his second... were there less injuries? Was the defence so open? Did individual players improve? Listen to find out.

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The reaction from the our fanbase wasn't great when news broke that Tottenham are taking a serious look at Dominic Solanke... here's why you should think differently about the Bournemouth forward.

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The Lab is back for season two. In this episode we decide how many minutes Moore should be given next season, whose position he'll take, what's so special about him, and how high is his ceiling?

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HLTCO's Dan Cook returns to The Lab to revisit Tottenham Hotspur and Ange Postecoglou after a less than perfect last month.

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We sat down with football finance enthusiast Ben White, to understand how Tottenham are set up to benefit from PSR and FFP regulation, how the changes to the rules next season impact Spurs, and how much trouble other clubs are in.

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Gareth Dace has written a book all about Tottenham Hotspur in the 90s, a decade that saw the front five of Ardiles, the Klinsmann and Sheringham connection, the 12 point deduction and being kicked out the FA Cup, two trophy wins through mediocrity, and a true era of the maverick footballer.

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Big chances, big mistakes, silly goals. How does Postecoglou fix Tottenham's leaky defence?

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We sat down with the iconic Geoff Shreeves to discuss a career spent interviewing the greatest managers of the Premier League era in their most vulnerable moments... after the final whistle.

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Ben Bowman and Flav look at a number of high profile forwards available this Summer, and decide which one suits Tottenham best... Or do we already have a solution in house?

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What's going on with our ginger from Sweden? Can he play centrally? Is his form an issue? And why we must back him.

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We sit down with Spooky to try and understand why football fans kneejerk, discuss whether it's especially a problem at Tottenham, and find out who is to blame.

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Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham is moving towards the end of it's first season. Joined by Ben Bowman, we discuss the progress that Big Ange is making.

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We sit down with Baker from Above Average FPL to discuss the impact of FPL on following football, what statistics tell about about Tottenham's season, and why Haaland wouldn't score more goals for Spurs than Richarlison.

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We sit down once again with @BenBowman to discuss how we improve the squad, and what players we need to bring in this Summer transfer window

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We're joined by @CDEccleshare of The Athletic to discuss how the structure of Tottenham and the vision of Postecoglou means that players are turning down Europe's elite to come to Spurs.

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What's it like to fall in love with Tottenham from across the globe, move to London and then follow them them home and away. Add to that the idea to capture the team's success and failure through the lens of a camera with the fans in full focus. We sit down with Sam Cornish.

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What kind of player is Lucas Bergvall? What is his ceiling? How quickly will we see him in a Spurs shirt? And why is this such a statement signing?

All discussed with Kish Patel of LilywhiteLab and Rondo Report

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We sit down with Dan of @HLTCO to find out what a neutral fans think about Postecoglou, Daniel Levy and what is happening at Tottenham.

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We sit down with Kish of @LilyWhiteLab and Coaches Voices to discuss why Tottenham are ready to pay €30m for Antonio Nusa.

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After ten games Tottenham Hotspur were top of the league with eight wins and two draws, but it's the last three months with a decimated squad that followed where Postecoglou proved he was one of the best in Europe.

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*Recorded in November

A while back we sat down with youth expert Ben Bowman to look at Tottenham's academy, profiling Dorrington, Moore, Donely and Phillips

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We look at the signings of both Dragusin and Werner and discuss how they will change Tottenham.

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We speak with football coach Harry Brooks on the impact Big Ange has had on his players, what Sarr does, the qualities in Lo Celso, how Maddison was made even better, the inverted full backs, why positions are not important and the relative strength of the squad. 

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Brought to you by the lads at The Fighting Cock, The Lab is a Football podcast that encourages in depth conversation on subject matter that ranges from tactics, to transfer deals, how injuries are treated, to an agent's role, to content creators, to coaches, and much more. Essentially The Lab is a podcast that talks about everything around the pitch, not just just what happens on it.

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