How do Spurs catch up with Arsenal?

The View From The Lane: The Athletic FC's Spurs show

The Athletic

Sports, Soccer,, Spurs, Tottenham, Tottenham Hotspur

4.6 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Host Danny Kelly is joined by The Athletic's Jack Pitt-Brooke, Charlie Eccleshare and Dan Kilpatrick to discuss Spurs' trajectory and how it relates to their infamous North London rivals but perhaps most importantly how they can bridge the gap. They also take on some of your questions relating to the January transfer window and preview the game on Sunday.

HOST: Danny Kelly

WITH: Jack Pitt-Brooke, Charlie Eccleshare, Dan Kilpatrick

PRODUCER: Tom Fuller

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0:00.0	The Athletic F.C.
0:07.3	Hello, brilliant. And welcome once again to The View from the Lane, your award-winning
0:27.0	Topin multiple podcasts from The Athletic.
0:29.5	North London Derby, not just on the horizon, it's Thundering Hoos, are clearly audible.
0:34.2	So full house today for The View from the lane um joining me danny kelly
0:39.6	our jack pit brook dan kiltpatrick and charlie echo share um anybody had got it before we get started
0:46.3	on spurs and arsenal any any thoughts about the international break what did you all do i have a
0:51.2	look you can see i still got bruising on the top of my head, where I jumped
0:54.8	and hit the ceiling when the Republic got their, their winner in the last second of the last
1:00.0	possible moment in the game the other night. Just brilliant. Anybody else got anything to say
1:06.1	about the internationals or they want to get straight onto the North London Derby? So I was covering
1:10.3	England.
1:17.2	The most interesting thing from a Tottenham perspective was Jed Spence not playing in either game.
1:26.2	Turkle was asked in the day before the Albania game about the walking past Thomas Frank incident.
1:30.8	And he said that he didn't like it. he spoke to Spence about it and effectively reminded him his responsibilities and then Spence did not start, did not come on in
1:36.3	either game. You know, it says something that he's still in the squad. It's not like he's been
1:40.9	banished but equally I'd say it's probably not a great month for his chances of making the World Cup. But if he keeps on playing, I guess, between now and March, then he can get back in the... He keeps where he can stay in the squad, then there's no reason he shouldn't still go. Jack High identified that on another platform as punishment. Well, I think the real punishment would have been to not pick him.
2:01.0	You know, Tuchel could easily have not picked him. He's not picked lots of players, you know,
2:05.2	not least Bellingham and Foden. Trent Alexander Arnold's not been in since June.
2:09.8	But maybe it was a bit of a warning. I'm just hypothesising here. Maybe it was a bit of a warning
2:14.5	that, you know, selection is ultimately in the manager's gift.
2:21.3	I was in Chirin over the weekend for the ATP finals, and my mind went back to the, I think it was the last time Spurs went,
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