Declan Rice and Cole Palmer have both withdrawn from the England squad due to 'load management' reasons — a phrase that has drawn curiosity from some quarters. @TimSpiers explains exactly what load management is and how clubs go about controlling it during intense periods for players. 🔗 nyti.ms/4iDsLl8

Saturday at Tottenham Hotspur's £1bn stadium and it’s unnervingly quiet. There is a buzz around the ground as thousands of people rush to make kick-off, but no chanting, no shouting, no singing, no anticipation. A lone man in his thirties with bloodshot eyes yells, “Come on you Spurs”. He is drunk and an anomaly. The boos are what generate the headlines but what hits you harder is the silence. What has happened to Spurs? @TimSpiers heads to Tottenham for the latest instalment of Our League. 🔗 nyti.ms/3SSCHNi

After waiting 15 years for a Black Country derby win at Molineux, here's 59 mins revelling in a wonderful sunny Sunday in Wolvo 🧡🖤 #wwfc patreon.com/Wolvespod/posts/…

Blues away reviewed Jackson T, how bad in context? Bertrand Traore we like It's @PoddyWolves with @NathanJudah #wwfc patreon.com/Wolvespod/posts/…

Back by unpopular demand it's The Athletic's Transfer Rankings 🥳🎉🍾 Around £3.5bn spent on 154 humans 👍 Come for the order of predicted usefulness, stay for the agreeable comments @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/7553333…

- A spanking at West Ham - Spent under £10m on new players - Still, good news about Fosun's profit margins 😊 Late night deadline day subscriber special with @NathanJudah on the @PoddyWolves #wwfc patreon.com/Wolvespod/posts/…

Just when you think the Premier League could not get any madder... the 20 clubs go and spend around £3.44bn between them on 154 players. So, of course, we have ranked every single one of them. Here's @TimSpiers' list, from worst to best... nyti.ms/463yusT

New weekly podcast series on @TheAthleticFC 'What If...' explores football's sliding doors moments and imagines alternative realities This week - football without Pep With @MissEmmaPaton and @Jon_Mackenzie 🎙️🔗 pod.fo/e/5a049e

🚨MONDAY POD!🚨 @acjimbo, @tomwfootball, @TimSpiers & @FelipeCar got together on Sunday night to discuss: 🤩Fabulous Fernandes 💪If Chelsea can challenge Arsenal 😭Same old Spurs? 🤔Is there a Van Dijk problem? piped.video/live/K8jxxlb2op0

An unusual concept to get your head around - Wolves are winning football matches. Review of the 4-1 victory over Stoke and some transfer thoughts ahead of Tuesday's deadline with @NathanJudah @PoddyWolves #wwfc patreon.com/Wolvespod/posts/…

🚨SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE!🚨 @acjimbo, @tomwfootball, @TimSpiers & @FelipeCar will be taking in the Premier League weekend🤩 Two defeats out of two for Spurs - will it be the same for Man United?😬 Join us live on YouTube at 7:30🎥✍️ piped.video/live/K8jxxlb2op0

■ Which new Premier League signings have impressed? ■ Which clubs still need reinforcements? ■ And should the transfer window shut before the season starts? In the Premier League Forum, @Conor0Neill_, @TimSpiers and @TansleyEduardo discuss the weekend’s action as the transfer deadline approaches. Read their views and have your say. 🔗 nyti.ms/3SykCUv

■ Provocative celebrations ■ Fans hurling objects ■ "60,000 people insulting my family" ■ Players and staff brawl in tunnel Fenerbahce's Matteo Guendouzi is a former player - and fan - of Marseille. His current team's victory over the French side's bitter rivals, Lyon, led to violent scenes after the Champions League play-off victory last night. @TimSpiers breaks down the drama. 🔗 nyti.ms/4wQnSs8

Happy new season x @PoddyWolves #wwfc

“I felt like he'd just slightly outstayed his welcome. I think the fans weren't having him anymore. “They were sick of his excuses.” Tim Spiers believes Eddie Howe’s exit from Newcastle United was the right decision, especially given the failure of the club’s recruitment last summer. 🎙️ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐂 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭

Newcastle's new head coach Matthias Jaissle has been described as 'a rock star' by the club's CEO. Which musical icons would Premier League managers be? 🎸 Mikel Arteta as Phil Collins? Michael Carrick as Michael Buble? Oliver Glasner as Lou Reed? @TimSpiers has his say... ⤵️ nyti.ms/4gx3TKd

A Tottenham Hotspur captain attracting interest from Arsenal? We have seen this one before. Spurs are unwilling to allow Cristian Romero to join their fierce rivals, perhaps still burned by the memory of seeing Sol Campbell make the move 25 years ago. But were the Romero deal to go ahead, it would join the list of football's most controversial transfers. @TimSpiers takes a look at some other contentious moves ⤵️ nyti.ms/4z5mdBB

There's having a plethora of options, and then there's Chelsea's attack... Who should Xabi Alonso prioritise and push out of his stable of forwards? @TimSpiers | @LiamTharmeCoach 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗖 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 🎙️

- Doncaster reviewed - Is Fer Lopez the answer? - How many signings needed? - Austria 2017 revisited Latest subscriber special of @PoddyWolves #wwfc patreon.com/c/Wolvespod?vani…

Carapaz secures stage win for EF, Pedersen looking good for green... but the talk of the town (well, mountain village) is the illness sweeping UAE Team Emirates. Ahead of Alpe d'Huez over the next two days, might Pogacar be vulnerable? With @TimSpiers: nytimes.com/athletic/7466015…