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Ben Swart

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Partnerships Philanthropy & Storytelling | International speaker, trainer, coach | Spurs | proud to work at Brightspot and be a trustee at ASOS Foundation. Former NSPCC. He/Him | Views my own Londoner.

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Ange’s ability to motivate the players, first 11, subs, fringe, non starters. It’s what we miss more than any injured player.

06.03.2026 13:55 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Is it time for him?…

06.03.2026 10:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It was 6-1 last week. I nearly put £100 on. Wish I had. 3-1 on betfair today.

06.03.2026 09:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
24/25 league table. 

13
Everton
48
42
44
-2

14
West Ham
43
46
62
-16

15
Man United
42
44
54
-10

16
Wolves
42
54
69
-15

17
Tottenham
38
64
65
- 1

18
Leicester City
25
33
80
-47

19
Ipswich Town
22
36
82
-46

20
Southampton
12
26
86
-60

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24/25 league table. 13 Everton 48 42 44 -2 14 West Ham 43 46 62 -16 15 Man United 42 44 54 -10 16 Wolves 42 54 69 -15 17 Tottenham 38 64 65 - 1 18 Leicester City 25 33 80 -47 19 Ipswich Town 22 36 82 -46 20 Southampton 12 26 86 -60 Qualification/Relegation ampi- < > onfe Relegation Q 2024/25 pre

“He finished 17th”

17th is meaningless. Ange finished 13 points clear of relegation.

13 points clear at the moment is 9th.

We landed 17th in the final two weeks as we desperately kept players fit for a final.

5th in his first season.
A trophy + cup semi in his second.

He did the job well.

06.03.2026 09:21 👍 20 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

They finished 12 points clear of the relegation zone.

12 points clear at the moment is 9th place.

We Dropped from 14th to 17th in the final two weeks as we desperately kept players fit for a European final.

5th in his first season.
A trophy + cup semi in his second.

He did the job well.

06.03.2026 09:05 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Yep.

They loved him.

06.03.2026 08:58 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Since I’m in my May 2025 photo roll.

Four weeks later we sacked him.

They were literally holding a flag with their gaffers face on. Then we sacked him.

06.03.2026 08:49 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Micky Van der ven hooking the goal line clearance during the europa league final.

Micky Van der ven hooking the goal line clearance during the europa league final.

Don’t question his attitude.
Question the reason things changed so quickly.

06.03.2026 08:46 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Yes yes yes to all of this. Sorry to jump into the thread. But I love that we can all learn, improve, remember and reignite a skill.

The talent code by Daniel Coyle is a fascinating book on the topic, looking at the science behind what happens in our brains.

06.03.2026 08:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Did you?…

06.03.2026 07:58 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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To all Spurs fans. Just remember, we’re the best fans in the world and will outlast every player and staff member at the club. Things will get better, and we’ll be there no matter what. 💙 #COYS

05.03.2026 22:54 👍 41 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 3

Short term positive: Archie Gray. He was fantastic.

Long term: nothing is permanent, everything changes. And it’s often when things feel at their worst that we are most likely to change.

Change will come. And we’ll enjoy our football again.

06.03.2026 07:56 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The number of players losing their heads. The chaos on the pitch. How unprofessional we’ve been.

Is this a symptom of losing Sonny? The opposite of everything I just mentioned.

The calm captain we miss.

05.03.2026 21:43 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is going to make winning the champions league all the funnier.

05.03.2026 21:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I believe (perhaps wrongly) that if Ange had Romero, VdV, Porro, Spence together and fit for the bulk of this season (as they have been) - we’d have been fine. When they were fit defensively we were sound with him.

TF’s system seemed to screw the magic up.

05.03.2026 21:19 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

We are going down folks and all I can think is we fired Ange because of 17th and ripped the soul from this club with it.

#coys.

05.03.2026 20:50 👍 54 🔁 8 💬 8 📌 1

Sorry for your loss Chris. X

05.03.2026 20:56 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Get back in that fuckng stadium. Fuck off. I’m not having that.

05.03.2026 20:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fed up old Spurs fan.

Fed up old Spurs fan.

He’s all of us.

05.03.2026 20:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

One of them is more painful. Much more painful.

05.03.2026 20:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I agree. We need a warrior on the pitch to galvanise the players. He’s the closest we’ve got.

05.03.2026 14:29 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Me; a bad man smiling and giving a thumbs-up while sitting in a large blue chair, in a clinical setting. Wearing a white hospital gown with a small, dark square pattern. I have a shaved head and a short, dark beard. The background is a plain, light-coloured wall.

Me; a bad man smiling and giving a thumbs-up while sitting in a large blue chair, in a clinical setting. Wearing a white hospital gown with a small, dark square pattern. I have a shaved head and a short, dark beard. The background is a plain, light-coloured wall.

Doing my best Kulusevski impression before some minor surgery.

What’s going to be more painful, surgery or Spurs v Palace?

05.03.2026 10:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Beautiful morning walk today. Look at that mist!

05.03.2026 10:51 👍 23 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Our own hands are the biggest problem!!

The only thing keeping Spurs in the league are Spurs.

Ahhhhhh!!!!

04.03.2026 22:45 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

You and me both.

04.03.2026 21:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yep. But time for some luck!!

We need a goal to go in off someone’s arse, a red card to palace, and a worldy from Simmons to shake this team.

We need the luck tomorrow.
We need the crowd.
And a tonne of concentration.

😬

04.03.2026 19:18 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Words, when written, you only ever hear in homers voice.

04.03.2026 18:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Honestly I’m about a day away from turning up at the training ground Gazza style with a pad, my laptop, and bunch of open questions to find their inner strength!

I hope I’m wrong. But this could be a case study for the ages.

We’re not picking up any points unless something big changes.

04.03.2026 18:25 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Oh Jesus. I just watched it.

I was actually feeling quite upbeat until I clicked play. It sucked the soul out of me through the screen. God knows what’s going through their heads.

What on earth was said to them before they funeral marched out?

We’re fucked. Proper fucked.

04.03.2026 18:21 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“Memory is one of the most powerful things you have.”

“Try to remember the memories, the physical body language, the thoughts, actions, behaviours to you at your best.”

That’s it for me.

They had a fucking parade! They smashed city, we must give them the capacity to tap into them at their best.

04.03.2026 08:09 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0