00:00So James, looking at Spurs and their recent results in the Premier League, they've turned
00:06things around. Their first sort of win since December as well. It was a torrid month really
00:10for them in terms of the league form in January. They ended the month obviously on quite a
00:15high, well started February of course. Away at Brentford, a very, very tough place to
00:20go this season especially as well. I mean, it was a scrappy game but they made sure they
00:25got over the line. What does this sort of do for Spurs' confidence? You know, obviously
00:30we've been discussing how they've been slightly looking over their shoulder at the relegation
00:34zone. Maybe that's going to be put to bed in the next couple of weeks. But this is huge
00:38for them ahead of obviously a big week, which we'll get into a huge week ahead for them.
00:43But just on the Brentford game, what were your thoughts? Come away from that, as I mentioned,
00:48a very, very tough place to go and get a result for any team this season so far.
00:54Yeah, it was a massive win. We absolutely needed it. However it came, we just needed
00:59to get over the line yesterday on the Brentford match and get three points in the bag. We
01:06were worthy winners. It was a really dogged performance, a different type of performance
01:11from Spurs. It's not a performance you often see. I think we cleared sort of 34 crosses
01:16that came into the box against them. We were excellent, really, really resolute, showed
01:23a lot of character, a lot of spirit, a lot of fight there with some tired legs after
01:27playing again 48 hours previously on the Thursday night. And we had a little bit of quality
01:33to finish the game off when it mattered. I mean, the final goal was a really, really
01:37slick team move. Nice breakaway on the transition and I think every player touched the ball
01:43by Jed Spence and a really, really good run from Sar, a great little ball in from Son
01:47and that really settled the nerves at the end. And I think you could see what it meant
01:50to the players come the final whistle, you know, the sort of huddle and Son rallying
01:56the troops as well. I mean, it just looked like it might be something that helps us turn
02:00a corner. Obviously, it sets us up massively for a huge cup competition as we'll come on
02:04to. But overall, that gives us a little bit of breathing space as well away from the relegation
02:10place as it takes us 10 points clear. Goal difference as well gives us that swing of
02:15probably another point. So, it has us looking up instead of looking over our shoulder and
02:19you know, why did we need it?
02:22And here's what manager Anj Poster-Koglou had to say following his side's win at Brentford.
02:27The supporters and we need to, you know, it's only one game. We need to rectify our league.
02:34We know that, you know, we're not in the league position. We want to be nowhere near it. It's
02:37been disappointing. But through that time, not through a lack of effort or will or determination
02:43by the players, they're giving everything. And I was super pleased today that they could
02:47share that moment with the supporters.
02:50And James, looking at Spurs' injury situation, obviously we've mentioned, you know, so many
02:56times throughout the season that they've had a bit of bad luck, you know, sort of failed
03:00to rejuvenate that in January as much as they probably should have. And Spurs fans thought
03:06they would have approached that situation. But what's the latest on injuries? Is there
03:10any sort of return dates in mind and can they get any sort of confidence from players possibly
03:16returning soon?
03:17Yeah, well, I mean, it's light at the end of the tunnel at long last. Although just
03:22when we get Micky van der Ven back on the pitch against Helsborg in the Europa League,
03:26we learnt lost Dragosen in the same game and it looks like Dragosen might be out for the
03:30rest of the season. We've obviously brought in Kevin Danso from Racing Club Lens, which
03:35sort of plugs that gap in terms of that centre-back position and gives us a little bit of cover.
03:40But in terms of the sort of existing squad, it's looking very, very healthy, I think,
03:45in terms of the next week to 10 days. I mean, Vicario, Udoge, Bennett-Johnson, James Maddison,
03:51Wilson Odebere as well back in training, all on or around February the 10th. So, at long
03:57last, that injury list looks to be easing off. There's obviously, you know, a little
04:02bit of passing we've got to navigate in terms of getting them fully fit and easing players
04:05back in and managing minutes, etc. But finally, it looks like things might well be turning
04:11a corner and, you know, to have hung in there in the cup competitions has been massive during
04:16this injury crisis. Absolutely, the league form's taken a battering and we've been largely
04:21very, very disappointing. But, you know, things are starting to ease at long last, fingers
04:26crossed, although knowing Spurs, you know, who knows what might happen next.
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