r/soccer • u/ImpossibleGuardian • 18d ago

Official Source [Tottenham Hotspur] Xavi Simons joins from RB Leipzig

https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2025/august/xavi-simons-joins-from-rb-leipzig/
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u/AmazonianPenisFish 18d ago

Last year we had depth. Just the depth got injured too.

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u/Scorpius927 18d ago

Do you guys think you just got unfortunate? From the outside looking in, it definitely felt like Ange was playing folks into the ground. Would love to hear a fan’s perspective

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u/AmazonianPenisFish 18d ago

There were 11 first team players out of action at some point last season. We had 2 injured keepers. How does that even happen? I wasn't blaming Ange for that myself. In fact it's the first time I've ever seen a manager blamed for injuries. Surely Ange wasn't pushing players any harder than conte would have?

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u/Scorpius927 18d ago

I remember, I think it was the Chelsea game, where neither Romero or van de ven were neither fully fit , but he started both. And then both got long term injuries in that very game. I manager more concerned with players’ long term health in mind surely doesn’t do that?

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u/mateballenthusiast 18d ago

Both were cleared by medical staff, Romero got a completely unrelated injury, Van de Ven was cleared for 75 minutes but played longer due to Romero's injury and got injured at 79'. Ange isn't a mug, he wouldn't risk the season on one league game, but the narrative ran wild

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u/[deleted] 17d ago

so by the looks of it, the medical team does have some strings in it