I’m really excited about Ange at Spurs. Regardless of whether he’s coaching a team I like, I’ve looked into the guy when his signing was announced and I’m genuinely inspired by his words, and I’m someone who is generally averse to inspiring fluff talk. Ryan Mason too, he has an appearance on some coaching podcast where he talks about his life experience and I actually feel inspired to go out and do things in a different way - also something that I don’t feel often, much less feel from hearing some guy I don’t know talk in an uplifting tone online.

Not directly related to the goings-on of an actual game, but it’s been on my mind. I hope we get some fun football out of the team next season, I can’t wait to be actually excited to watch their matches.

Is it possible that a specific age group will experience long-term effects from the pandemic? I’m referring to individuals who were young enough during the pandemic for their training to be disrupted but old enough for it to impact their progress.

For example, while a few months of missed training might not have a significant impact on 5-year-olds, what about those aged 11-12, specifically those born in 2010? Could we observe a slight underrepresentation in that age group due to the pandemic’s effects?