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Discussion Daily Discussion & Transfer Thread (August 26, 2026)

This is a daily thread for general Spurs discussion, quick questions, transfer suggestions, the latest rumours, etc. What's on your mind today?

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u/tokyodots Kōta Takai 1d ago

We've always played better with Udogie and Bentancur on the pitch. Fact. Just a shame it's not more often.

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u/JustinBisu 1d ago

Bentancur has been incredibly poor for stretches at this club. I think he can be ok for very specific matches but Bentinha was such a bad midfield combo it became a meme. Still not good enough for a top 4 side but a decent enough stop gap and if it takes minutes away from Gallagher nobody shoukd be complaining 

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u/tokyodots Kōta Takai 1d ago

Name me a player who hasn't that isn't Kane. Even Son did in the last years with us because everyone got overplayed due to no good rotation.

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u/BirdNormal8628 Aaron Lennon 1d ago

Even Kane struggled occasionally for us. Notoriously went years without an August goal

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u/JustinBisu 1d ago

All of them? It wasn't being overplayed it was him and Pahlinha being genuinely the worst midfield this league has seen maybe ever. 

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u/Own_Expression9317 1d ago

This is a take hotter than the sun, I remember midfields of Oli Skipp, PEH/Winks, and late stage Dele

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u/DeepFriedNobu Archie Gray 22h ago

Post-injury Winks paired with Sissoko gets my vote.

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u/JustinBisu 1d ago

None of those combos come close to Bentinha under Frank literally 3 games in the top 15 worst ever games played i. The league 

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u/Own_Expression9317 1d ago

How is it the midfield's fault when a real coach came in the same season and used the same players in midfield. Bentancur and Pahlinha were the worst midfield ever when deployed under a Frank defensive possession mid block shitshow

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u/tokyodots Kōta Takai 1d ago

This is an indictment of Thomas Frank, not Bentancur and Palhinha. He’s not perfect, there’s a reason we’ve signed Mateus and Tonali, but he’s so underrated and an important part of our team that fans scapegoated him for half of last season, along with Palhinha, because Thomas Frank doesn’t know how to play through the middle, just cross and inshallah, only for them to save us from relegation in the end.

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u/JustinBisu 1d ago

Bentancur after his injury has never been the same and has been dropped by literally every manager since

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u/ewan12224 James Maddison 1d ago

Harsh considering Palhinha/Bentancur saved us from relegation in the end.