EPL Matchweek 34 25 Apr 2026
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The main stories — what everyone should cover, but with your unique angle.

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Some coverage This week Rising Fan Majority

SPURS' INJURY CRISIS — Is the Medical Department Actually the Problem?

Why Do Spurs Keep Getting Injured Under Every Manager?The Scandal Nobody at the Club Wants to Talk AboutLevy's Poundland Medical Team and the Cost of Penny-Pinching
Your Unique Angle
This is the segment that goes beyond the match. Do not frame it as "Spurs are unlucky with injuries." Frame it as a genuine investigative question: when four different medical teams in three years all produce the same results, is the problem the staff or the conditions they are working in? One fan post goes full conspiracy — "Guessing they did the ENIC thing of penny pinching" — and that is your provocative starting point. List the injuries since De Zerbi arrived. Read them out one by one. Let the list do the talking. Then ask: at what point does this stop being bad luck?
149 posts with a sentiment score of -0.67 — the joint-angriest narrative in this entire dataset aside from the goalless horror show. And it is not just venting about bad luck. Fans are citing a pattern: multiple players going down under De Zerbi alone, a medical staff that has been replaced four times in three years, and a broader suspicion that the root cause is structural and financial.
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The entire medical team should be sacked. We must have 20 players out and it's been going on for years. What are they doing? More Levy Poundland appointments?
What makes you think that's going to help this time? They've been replaced four times in 3 years, there's got to be something more going on.
Injuries since De zerbi came in - Kudus - Sunderland: romero - brighton: udogie - wolves: xavi, solanks There is something very very wrong with whatever happens in the club medically wise
Audience
Spurs fans who are angry rather than sad, fans interested in the club's structural issues, anyone who enjoys holding power to account
Some coverage Act now Rising

MADDISON'S SECRET — What If De Zerbi Is Hiding Him for the Run-In?

The Maddison Conspiracy Theory Spurs Fans Are Clinging ToIs Madders Fit and Ready to Save Our Season?Four Games to Save the Club — Can Xavi and Maddison Lead the Great Escape?
Your Unique Angle
Play this as the segment where you give the fanbase permission to believe. Not blind optimism — acknowledge the reality of the league table and the performances — but genuine analysis of what Spurs actually look like when Maddison and Xavi are fit. Use the conspiracy theory as a comedy hook: "what if madders was actually fit and de zerbi is just keeping it a secret to sub him." That is brilliant podcast banter. Then pivot to the serious point: four games left, two points above the drop zone, and the question of whether those two players returning could genuinely change the equation.
215 posts reveal a fanbase that has psychologically tied its entire survival hopes to the fitness of two players. The Maddison conspiracy theory — floated half-jokingly in one post — actually captures something real: fans desperately need to believe there is a trump card waiting in reserve, because what they have seen on the pitch without those players is not good enough.
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what if madders was actually fit and de zerbi is just keeping it a secret to sub him
Yes i did and i will die on the hill tgat xavi is one of our most important players in these last 4 games
Depends a lot on whether xavi is fit
Audience
Spurs fans in desperate need of a reason to hope, fans who remember the Maddison-era performances earlier in the season
Some coverage This week Steady

LANGE OUT — Is Spurs' Sporting Director the Real Villain of This Season?

The Man Responsible for This Squad Needs to GoWhy Spurs' Squad Building Has Been an EmbarrassmentFrom Levy to Lange — Who is Actually Running This Club?
Your Unique Angle
The obvious take is "sack the sporting director." Your angle is the one buried in the data: "He's a great scout. He's terrible at building a squad. Hopefully we keep him as a scout and leave the squad building to someone else." That is a genuinely nuanced hot take — not blind fury, but a precise diagnosis. Build a segment around that distinction. What has Lange got right in terms of identifying talent? And what has he catastrophically got wrong in terms of building a coherent squad capable of competing in the Premier League? Use the Solanke debate, the RKM loan, the injury crisis — all of it feeds into one question about recruitment philosophy.
122 posts with a sentiment score of -0.42 and a clear, consistent target: Johan Lange. The anger here is not vague — fans are connecting specific squad-building failures to specific decisions and naming the man they hold responsible. This is the boardroom accountability conversation every struggling club eventually needs to have.
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Patrick Star would be a better sporting director than Lange tbh
Yeah, I hope Lange is here next year. /s
He's a great scout. He's terrible at building a squad. Hopefully we keep him as a scout and leave the squad building to someone else.
Audience
Spurs fans who think beyond the match, fans interested in football governance and ownership structures
Some coverage Today Rising

KINSKY SAVES SPURS' SEASON — The Save That Changed Everything

Is Kinsky Already a Spurs Legend?The Keeper Who Kept Us UpAntonín Kinský: From Tudor's Scapegoat to Survival Hero
Your Unique Angle
Do not just talk about the save. Talk about the redemption arc. The fan post says it perfectly — "Good to see Kinsky saving the day for Spurs after what was done to him by Tudor." That is your hook. This is a goalkeeper who was frozen out, had his confidence destroyed, and is now the reason Spurs have three points in a relegation battle. Frame this as one of the great individual bounce-back stories of the season. Throw in the American commentator calling it a routine save — that is your comedy beat — and you have a full segment.
With 194 mentions and a sentiment score of 0.4 — the highest positive reading for any Spurs player in this match — Kinsky is the undisputed hero of the night, and fans are absolutely buzzing about it. This is not just a good save. For supporters who remember how badly he was treated under the previous regime, this moment carries genuine emotional weight.
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Good to see Kinsky saving the day for Spurs after what was done to him by Tudor
What a save from Kinsky
Vicario woulda conceded that
Audience
Spurs fans in an emotionally raw but grateful state, goalkeeper enthusiasts, anyone who enjoys an underdog story
Everyone This week Rising

TEL vs RKM — De Zerbi Has Got a Decision He Cannot Ignore Any Longer

Why Is Randal Kolo Muani Still Starting?The Tel Debate That is Tearing the Fanbase ApartDe Zerbi's Biggest Mistake This Season
Your Unique Angle
Most content will frame this as a simple "who is better" debate. Your angle is sharper: this is about a manager who has shown he is tactically brave — De Zerbi at Brighton was defined by bold selection calls — and yet he keeps picking the same man week after week despite the evidence in front of him. What does that tell us? Is De Zerbi seeing something in training we are not? One fan even floated it: "What do Bergvall and Tel do during training every week to get themselves un-picked for the starting eleven?" That is your debate starter right there. Bring in the match data — Tel winning the corner that led to the goal — and you have got a genuine analytical hook.
Two separate narratives — volumes of 158 and 92 posts respectively — are essentially screaming the same thing from different angles: Mathys Tel is doing more in cameos than Randal Kolo Muani is doing in ninety minutes, and the fanbase has had enough of waiting for De Zerbi to act on it. This is the hottest selection debate in the Spurs fanbase right now.
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Quotes & Audience
Tel did more in that sequence to win us the corner which led to our goal, than Kolo Muani has done in three games
How can RDZ start RKM every single week after seeing Tel play like this, meanwhile RKM passes the ball to Wolves for the whole first half? If tel is on the first half it can be a different game consid
Richy and Tel's hold up play just making an absolute show of Solanke and RKM's efforts
Audience
Spurs fans frustrated with selection, tactical analysis fans, anyone who enjoys a proper footballing argument
Some coverage Today Volatile

WE WON AND IT STILL FEELS AWFUL — Spurs Survival and the West Ham Problem

Three Points and Still No PeaceWhy Spurs Fans Cannot Enjoy WinningThe Relegation Triangle Nobody Wanted
Your Unique Angle
Play this for its dark comedy value, which is absolutely on brand for a lads-podcast format. Spurs win a football match — an actual, real, three-point win — and the response from the fanbase is essentially misery because West Ham also won. Talk about the psychological state of a fanbase that has been conditioned by years of disappointment to distrust good news. Use the "Everton had one job" line as your comic anchor. This segment practically writes itself as a riff between two mates who cannot quite believe what they are feeling.
This is the dominant narrative by volume — 742 posts — and the emotional tone is deeply revealing. Spurs win, and the immediate reaction is not celebration. It is anxiety about West Ham also winning and Everton failing to do their rivals a favour. This captures something uniquely painful about being a club in a relegation battle: even victory does not feel like relief.
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We won but westham also did… Everton had one job and failed
From a Rams fan, thank you West Ham!
It's far from over
Audience
Spurs fans in survival mode, neutral fans who enjoy the chaos of a relegation battle, fans of other sides in the drop zone
Everyone This week Falling

PORRO MUST GO — The Right Back Who Has Overstayed His Welcome

How Long Can Spurs Keep Starting Pedro Porro?Porro's Mistake That Almost Cost EverythingThe Right Back Debate De Zerbi Must Settle This Summer
Your Unique Angle
The obvious take is "Porro is bad." Your take is more interesting: Porro has undeniable qualities — his crossing ability is acknowledged even by his critics — but the question is whether those qualities belong at right back or whether De Zerbi needs to rethink how he deploys him entirely. Reference the buried gem from the data: "Has Porro ever actually scored like that? I feel like he just attempted way too much but never converted." There is a player in there somewhere who has never quite delivered the end product. Is that a player problem or a system problem? That is a debate worth forty-five minutes.
110 posts with a sentiment score of -0.37 and Porro sitting joint-villain of the match at -0.6 with 138 mentions — the fanbase verdict is damning. The yellow card, the idiotic back-pass that fans are furious about, and the broader question of whether he is actually a Premier League right back at this level — it all converges into one very loud conversation.
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Quotes & Audience
How has Porro last this long in the PL? Appreciate his crossing ability, but he is not a right back
What are you talking about? Porro's dumbass played it back idiotically.
I never want to see Spence playing on the left for us again
Audience
Spurs fans frustrated with the squad's defensive frailties, tactical analysts

Hidden Gold

Stories others will miss. Under-reported, contrarian, or just emerging.

Algo vs Reality Nobody yet Today Rising

THE SAVE, THE COMMENTARY, AND THE BLOKE WHO SAID IT WAS ROUTINE

American Commentators vs Reality — A Spurs Fan's NightmareThe Most Disrespectful Save Call in Premier League HistoryKinsky Made the Save of the Season and Got Zero Credit
Your Unique Angle
This is not a commentary debate. This is about respect. Frame the whole segment around the idea that Spurs and their players are perpetually underestimated — by opposition fans, by pundits, by commentators. Kinsky makes a season-defining save with the relegation battle on the line and some bloke in a studio decides it is a routine stop. Meanwhile the fan discourse is absolutely electric. Read out the posts, read out the commentary, let the contrast do the comedy work. Then ask the serious question: does the media actually take this club seriously any more? And the answer matters.
This is algorithmically buried despite being absolutely prime podcast content. The commentary calling Kinsky's save routine — while fans watching the same footage were losing their minds — is a perfect comedy segment that also happens to illuminate something real about how Spurs are perceived and how their players are undervalued.
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Didn't play soccer but the USA net work announcer just said that's a save the keeper should make. Dunno how you can say that. Looked like a great save
Discrediting a huge save with the season on the line for no fucking reason
Im listening to audio only I would like to see that save though
Audience
Spurs fans who enjoy righteous indignation, fans of media criticism, anyone who has ever been annoyed at a commentator
Buried Gem Nobody yet Today Falling

DOHERTY'S BETRAYAL — Wolves Fans Furious, Spurs Fans Sending Thank You Cards

Once a Yid, Always a Yid — The Matt Doherty StoryThe Wolves Defender Who Gift-Wrapped Three Points for SpursEx-Spurs Players Haunting Their Old Clubs: A Love Story
Your Unique Angle
This is your fun, light-relief segment in what has otherwise been a fairly grim episode. The joke writes itself: Matt Doherty played for Spurs, Doherty is now at Wolves, and Wolves fans are calling him "fast asleep as usual" while Spurs fans are celebrating him like a cult hero. The "once a yid always a yid" post is genuinely funny and captures the whole absurdity perfectly. Do not take this too seriously — play it as banter, bring in the idea of ex-players always seeming to either haunt or help their former clubs, and let the lads riff on it.
Seventy-eight posts on a relatively low-volume narrative, but the emotional range is extraordinary — Wolves fans are livid while Spurs fans are writing the man Christmas cards. There is a genuine cross-fanbase comedy story here about loyalty, betrayal, and footballing karma that plays brilliantly in a podcast format.
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Matt Doherty, fast asleep as usual, what a terrible defender
once a yid always a yid, thank you doherty
Doherty - fully COYS Moyes and Everton - fully COYS They all get it
Audience
Spurs fans in a celebratory mood, Wolves fans looking for someone to blame, neutral fans who enjoy the soap-opera side of football
Buried Gem Nobody yet Slow burn Steady

THE MABBUTT STANDARD — What Type of Player Do Spurs Actually Need Right Now?

The Midfield Enforcer Spurs Have Been Missing for DecadesEvery Great Spurs Team Had One — Where is Ours?Perryman, Mabbutt, and the Player De Zerbi Desperately Needs
Your Unique Angle
This is your deep-dive heritage segment and it is completely unoccupied territory. Nobody is making this video. The post namechecks Burgess, Mackay, Mullery, Perryman, Roberts, Mabbutt — then draws the comparison to Norman Hunter and Roy Keane at other clubs. Your angle: trace the lineage of that position at Spurs historically, then hold it up against the current squad and ask where that player is. Is it Bissouma? Is it Bentancur? Is it a player who does not currently exist in this squad? Frame this as the missing piece in De Zerbi's puzzle — because the yellow card count in this match alone (six bookings) tells you something about how combustible and uncontrolled both teams were without that anchor presence.
A buried gem post — quality score 6.8, engagement of just 1 — raised something that barely got seen but cuts right to the heart of what is wrong with this Spurs squad. The argument is historical, specific, and genuinely fascinating: every successful Spurs side had a combative, disciplined midfield anchor, and right now they do not have one.
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Even historical, successful Spurs teams had a player like him. Burgess, Mackay, Mullery, Perryman, Roberts, Mabbutt. I could go on. All successful teams need that player. Norman Hunter, Jimmy Case, Roy Keane. Not just Spurs.
Lolo has consistently been the only one turning up lately. Wish everyone else followed his lead
Audience
Spurs fans with a historical perspective, tactical analysis fans, older supporters who remember the great Spurs sides
Fan Majority Steady

THE PALHINHA BILLBOARD MOMENT — The Near-Catastrophe Nobody is Talking About

What If the Goal Was Disallowed? The Chaos That Nearly HappenedPalhinha's Celebration Could Have Ended Spurs' SeasonThe Three Points That Almost Never Were
Your Unique Angle
A 9

Personalities

Hero & Villain of the week — personality-driven content hooks.

Hero of the Week
Antonín Kinský
Sentiment 0.4 · 194 mentions · TOT
Villain of the Week
Cristian Romero
Sentiment -0.6 · 66 mentions · TOT

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All supporting quotes grouped by idea — ready for on-screen text or read-alouds.

SPURS' INJURY CRISIS — Is the Medical Department Actually the Problem?

The entire medical team should be sacked. We must have 20 players out and it's been going on for years. What are they doing? More Levy Poundland appointments?
What makes you think that's going to help this time? They've been replaced four times in 3 years, there's got to be something more going on.
Injuries since De zerbi came in - Kudus - Sunderland: romero - brighton: udogie - wolves: xavi, solanks There is something very very wrong with whatever happens in the club medically wise

MADDISON'S SECRET — What If De Zerbi Is Hiding Him for the Run-In?

what if madders was actually fit and de zerbi is just keeping it a secret to sub him
Yes i did and i will die on the hill tgat xavi is one of our most important players in these last 4 games
Depends a lot on whether xavi is fit

LANGE OUT — Is Spurs' Sporting Director the Real Villain of This Season?

Patrick Star would be a better sporting director than Lange tbh
Yeah, I hope Lange is here next year. /s
He's a great scout. He's terrible at building a squad. Hopefully we keep him as a scout and leave the squad building to someone else.

KINSKY SAVES SPURS' SEASON — The Save That Changed Everything

Good to see Kinsky saving the day for Spurs after what was done to him by Tudor
What a save from Kinsky
Vicario woulda conceded that

TEL vs RKM — De Zerbi Has Got a Decision He Cannot Ignore Any Longer

Tel did more in that sequence to win us the corner which led to our goal, than Kolo Muani has done in three games
How can RDZ start RKM every single week after seeing Tel play like this, meanwhile RKM passes the ball to Wolves for the whole first half? If tel is on the first half it can be a different game consid
Richy and Tel's hold up play just making an absolute show of Solanke and RKM's efforts

WE WON AND IT STILL FEELS AWFUL — Spurs Survival and the West Ham Problem

We won but westham also did… Everton had one job and failed
From a Rams fan, thank you West Ham!
It's far from over

PORRO MUST GO — The Right Back Who Has Overstayed His Welcome

How has Porro last this long in the PL? Appreciate his crossing ability, but he is not a right back
What are you talking about? Porro's dumbass played it back idiotically.
I never want to see Spence playing on the left for us again

THE SAVE, THE COMMENTARY, AND THE BLOKE WHO SAID IT WAS ROUTINE

Didn't play soccer but the USA net work announcer just said that's a save the keeper should make. Dunno how you can say that. Looked like a great save
Discrediting a huge save with the season on the line for no fucking reason
Im listening to audio only I would like to see that save though

DOHERTY'S BETRAYAL — Wolves Fans Furious, Spurs Fans Sending Thank You Cards

Matt Doherty, fast asleep as usual, what a terrible defender
once a yid always a yid, thank you doherty
Doherty - fully COYS Moyes and Everton - fully COYS They all get it

THE MABBUTT STANDARD — What Type of Player Do Spurs Actually Need Right Now?

Even historical, successful Spurs teams had a player like him. Burgess, Mackay, Mullery, Perryman, Roberts, Mabbutt. I could go on. All successful teams need that player. Norman Hunter, Jimmy Case, Roy Keane. Not just Spurs.
Lolo has consistently been the only one turning up lately. Wish everyone else followed his lead