The Fighting Cock (Tottenham Hotspur Podcast)

Get 15% off your eSIM today—download the Saily app or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://saily.com/thefightingcock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and use code THEFIGHTINGCOCK at checkout. After a summer featuring major arrivals such as Tonali, Fernandez, Marmoush and Savio, why has missing out on one final target caused such an angry reaction among Spurs supporters? The lads discuss the gamble on Mykhailo Mudryk, Tosin arriving as Kevin Danso departs, whether the online meltdown has gone too far, and how Tottenham’s disappointing opening results have changed the mood around what looked like an excellent window on paper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Get 10% off your bottle of ⁠FlushKIND now by using FIGHTING10 at checkout! Flav and Ricky pick through the wreckage of Tottenham's 3-0 defeat to Brentford and ask how a summer of excitement ended with Spurs looking so disjointed on the opening day. We discuss De Zerbi's admission that Spurs aren't a team yet, Archie Gray wearing the armband, a completely new-look defence, Bergvall's nightmare, Kinsky's mistakes, the lack of threat up front and whether we're simply going to have to give this team time to come together. Plus, attention turns to Charlton and why the next game needs to be about more than just getting a result. And, for reasons that become apparent, there's quite a lot of chat about grown men sh*tting themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tottenham’s pre-season has been messy, but beneath the injuries, absences and disrupted preparation, are we beginning to see what Roberto De Zerbi’s Spurs will eventually look like? I'm joined by Kish from LilywhiteLab to break down the first signs of De Zerbi-ball, why Luca Williams-Barnett looks ready for first-team football, how Mateus Fernandes and Sandro Tonali could transform Tottenham’s midfield, and the big question still hanging over the number nine position. Plus, we look ahead to Brentford, try to work out De Zerbi’s first Premier League XI and ask how patient we need to be as Spurs fans with a team that could look very different once everyone is fit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Get 15% off your eSIM today—download the Saily app or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://saily.com/thefightingcock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and use code THEFIGHTINGCOCK at checkout. A proper Fighting Cock Q&A. We ask what Glenn Hoddle would be worth in today's market, whether modern football has killed the flair player, and why the game doesn't seem to produce mavericks like it used to. There's also Spurs' penalty drought, whether Kinsky is good enough to be number one, the truth about transfer ITKs, Archie Gray's future, Van de Ven's new contract and whether Pedro Porro should be Tottenham's next captain. Plus expensive sandwiches, listener nonsense and the world's hardest Pedro Porro quiz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Get 15% off your eSIM today—download the Saily app or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://saily.com/thefightingcock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and use code THEFIGHTINGCOCK at checkout. Buy Frederikke's photobook here! We get into the increasingly ridiculous world of transfer ITKs, do the maths on whether Victor Osimhen really is beyond Tottenham’s reach, discuss the dangers of blowing apart the club’s wage structure, and ask the unthinkable: would you rather sell Cristian Romero to Arsenal for £70m or Atlético Madrid for half the money? There’s also Spurs’ desperate need for another attacker, Solanke’s injury problems, why following football now requires an accountancy qualification, Villa fans’ obsession with the Big Six and, of course, the world’s hardest Richarlison quiz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Get 15% off your eSIM today—download the Saily app or visit ⁠⁠⁠https://saily.com/thefightingcock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and use code THEFIGHTINGCOCK at checkout. Tottenham's pre-season takes another step forward after a fiery 2-1 win over Chelsea. We break down what the performance tells us about Roberto De Zerbi's developing side, why Mathys Tel and Antonin Kinsky continue to impress, and whether Spurs are beginning to build a completely different mentality. We also dive into the latest transfer rumours, debate the futures of Cristian Romero and Guglielmo Vicario, discuss the striker search, and put Jon Bass through the toughest Archie Gray quiz you'll ever hear. Plenty of laughs, plenty of Spurs, and plenty to get stuck into Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re joined by Adam Catterall, broadcaster, storyteller and host of Fight Disciples, to discuss his new football documentary series, The Beautiful Divide. The opening film explores the rivalry between Tottenham and Arsenal, not simply through results and famous matches, but through the supporters, pubs, families and streets that give the North London derby its identity. Adam explains why he wanted to look beyond the commercial version of modern football and find the emotion, tribalism and genuine human stories that still exist beneath it. We discuss the characters he met around Tottenham, the importance of places such as the Bill Nicholson pub, a tense encounter while filming in Finsbury Park, and the unforgettable claim that while Arsenal may have dominated on the pitch, Spurs have “dominated the pavements”. We also ask whether the two clubs, for all the hatred between them, ultimately need one another. It’s a conversation about rivalry, belonging, working-class football culture and why Spurs against Arsenal remains one of the most authentic divides in the game. As Adam puts it, making the film reminded him what football felt like before VAR, commercialisation and everything else began getting in the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Get 15% off your eSIM today—download the Saily app or visit https://saily.com/thefightingcock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and use code THEFIGHTINGCOCK at checkout. The optimism around Tottenham is unlike anything we've felt for years... but should we actually believe it? This week the lads discuss Xavi Simons' brilliant interview, why everyone at Spurs suddenly seems to be talking about winning titles, and whether Roberto De Zerbi is changing the mentality of the entire football club. We also get into Romero's expected departure, the excitement around Luca Williams-Barnett, the transfer strategy, Savinho, youth sales, and ask the big question: if the window closed today, where would this Spurs side actually finish? Plus there's a Lewis Holtby quiz, plenty of Reddit questions, and the usual descent into absolute nonsense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices