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Hello, everybody, I'm Danny Kelly and I'm your host for a view from the lane, the athletics, well, let's call it what it is all-conquering, Tottenham Hotspur podcast.

On the show with us today are the athletics Charlie Eccleshare and Jack Pitt Brook, and we'll be building up later to the looming,

no other world we'll do, North London Derby. And before we do that, Charlie, you were at Molyneux for the Carabour Cup game last night. I have to say, I thought we weren't going to talk much about this on the podcast, but it was very, very interesting in many ways. Yeah, it was. I mean, it was one of those where spurs started pretty well,

got a two-goal lead quite quickly. very interesting in many ways. Yeah, it was. I mean, it was one of those where Spurs started pretty well,

got a two-goal lead quite quickly,

and, I mean, Wolves had made nine changes for the game,

so it felt like a game where they, you know,

they weren't going to be gutted to go out.

But then Spurs gave them a way back in.

They were so in control. It was really,

it was really comfortable. And then a pretty soft set piece goal, Tangian N'anbele didn't cover

himself in glory with a pretty ropey attempt to... He certainly didn't cover Dendonka, that's

for sure. Yeah. Yeah, I don't think if you could call it a challenge, but anyway, whatever it was.

And then, you know, it was a classic, it was exactly the kind of game that shows why fans get so paranoid when they're 2-0 up and why that cliche about 2-0 being a dangerous lead as seemingly nonsense as it exists.

Because that's why you're always worried, you know,

especially as a Spurs fan and probably fans of all teams think this happens to them,

don't they? But it did just change straight away from a game that looked like it was meandering

along and that Spurs against a team who, as I say, weren't exactly going to be gutted to go out

of this competition. Suddenly it was this big battle. And it's also, again, another trope that became a bit tedious last season. But I do think having fans in does make a difference because they were up for it. They were really up for it, even if, you know, the Carabal Cup wasn't a priority for Wolves. And as soon as they got that goal back,

the whole mood around the place changed.

They almost equalized. even if, you know, the Carabal Cup wasn't a priority for Wolves. And as soon as they got that

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