Episode 3496: Spurs Fall Further, Slot’s Turkeys, Panenka Game Theory, Brentford Goes To Hollywood

Spurs keep finding ways to conjure humiliation like you’ve never seen before. Last night it was Antonin Kinsky’s turn to create memories that nobody will be able to forget.

Meanwhile the Brentford owner was in the US, revealing how he used Hollywood to explain the responsibilities of the Brentford head coach role to Keith Andrews. But maybe the “one more take” auteur mentality is precisely what is needed in the football of the future?

Gavin Cooney joins us to talk through last night’s Champions League. Did Igor Tudor really have any other option last night? Will he follow Tottenham out at Anfield on Sunday? And is Anfield maybe not such a bad place for Tottenham to be heading at this point, given Arne Slot’s team’s woeful showing in Istanbul?

We also talk about Panenka game theory and the FAI’s new strategy for 2026-29.

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