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Video: “I didn’t know he was that quick” – Tanganga blown away by Tottenham star’s speed

Darren Looney — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 19:07:56 +0000

Tottenham loanee Japhet Tanganga has admitted he was surprised by how quick Micky van de Ven is and has heaped praise on the centre-back in a recent interview.

The 22-year-old joined Tottenham this summer and has been a big success for Ange Postecoglou. The defender has been receiving praise from many Premier League watchers and it was clear the North London club missed him when he was out for a long time through injury.

The Dutch star’s recovery speed has been his stand-out trait and it allows Spurs to play with a very high line.

When asked if he fancied himself in a race over 50 yards with Van de Ven, Tottenham loanee Japhet Tanaganga, who is currently on loan at Millwall, stated that he didn’t know the Dutch defender was that quick.

“I didn’t know he was that quick,” Tanganga said to Sky Sports.

“I spoke to some of the boys who I know and still speak to now, and obviously I’ve seen the games and I’ve asked them ‘how quick is he?’ They say he is pretty quick. Everyone can see his quality and how good a centre-back he is.”

"I didn't know he was that quick!" ?????

Japhet Tanganga on Micky van de Ven's pace ?pic.twitter.com/HdumFMyxCM

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) February 13, 2024

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Tottenham defender completes move to Championship side

Sean Walker — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 22:25:13 +0000

Tottenham defender Japhet Tanganga has completed his loan move away from the club joining Championship side Millwall.

Ange Postecoglou hasn’t wasted any time in the January transfer window, already completing the signings of Timo Werner and Radu Dragusin.

But it hasn’t only been incomings at the North London club, it was confirmed on Thursday afternoon that 24-year-old defender, Tanganga, had completed a move away from the club on loan to Millwall until the end of the season.

The English centre-back came up through the Spurs academy, making his impressive Premier League debut against Liverpool in 2020.

But since then, he has only made 36 appearances for the side while spending the first half of this campaign on loan at Augsburg where he didn’t make one appearance for the German side.

Director of Football Operations at Millwall, Alex Aldridge, hailed the signing of Tanganga.

“We are really pleased to bring Japhet in,” he said.

“Japhet is hungry and motivated to play games, he has some excellent attributes as a defender and has played at a very high level with Tottenham Hotspur, so we feel he is a really positive addition and we look forward to working with him.”

The 24-year-old could make his first appearance for his new side in this weekend’s clash against Queens Park Rangers.

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Ange’s headache as 24-year-old Tottenham flop returns after awful loan

Jason Pettigrove — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 10:05:04 +0000

So far so good for Ange Postecoglou at Tottenham Hotspur.

In his first season in the Premier League, the Australian has quickly given Spurs their footballing identity back as well as winning over the White Hart Lane faithful in double quick time thanks to his honesty and no-nonsense manner.

Sat in fifth in the Premier League at present and having bought well already in the January transfer window, once Spurs’ injured players and those on international duty are back in the side, there’s no reason to think that the North Londoners can’t go on and enjoy some sort of success at the culmination of the 2023/24 campaign.

One or two issues have arisen, not least the return of Japhet Tanganga.

The 24-year-old was sent out on loan to Augsburg at the start of the season, but as Sky Sports report, he’s returned to Tottenham after not making a single appearance for the German outfit.

It mirrors his time at Spurs, where he’s made just 36 appearances in all competitions over three seasons, per WhoScored.

His return gives Postecoglou a bit of a headache, although Sky Sports do suggest he could go on loan to Millwall for the second half of the season.

The Australian will surely be banking on that happening as there’s no place for him in the Tottenham squad and a spell on the sidelines is no good for anyone.

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Agent’s column: Rashford was wrong to party, Saudi World Cup was obvious, addicted footballers must be helped, 3pm blackout must remain and influencers are here to stay

Jon Smith — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 15:17:49 +0000

In his fortnightly exclusive column for CaughtOffside, Jon Smith, one of football’s first-ever agents and a man who was an integral figure in the forming of the Premier League, discusses his support of players with addiction, why Marcus Rashford was wrong to party after the Manchester derby, why a Saudi Arabian World Cup wasn’t a surprise – and more!

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It’s important that the Premier League retain the Saturday 3pm blackout

There’s so many devices out there which means that you can now watch live football at three o’clock anywhere in the world nowadays if you want to subscribe to them.

For example, I could watch live Premier League football out of Saudi Arabia or Qatar or wherever it might be, and that’s already beginning to have an effect not just on TV subscriptions but also on some of the lesser exciting fixtures, with respect, on a Saturday.

I know that the Premier League are doing a lot to counter this at the moment as are most broadcasters, because it’s important to protect the live crowd involvement at matches.

If there was the option to have 3pm Saturday games televised, those supporters from their mid-20s upwards, that have families or are just married, will record it, watch it later, go shopping with the missus to get a few brownie points…. There’ll potentially be a big number that won’t then go to a game, so yes, it’s vital the blackout remains otherwise, potentially, you’ll have half empty stadia.

I was at Watford the other day and they were playing Millwall whose contingent was so noisy that it really made for a better game.

Influencers like IShowSpeed are here to stay

Regardless of what we want, influencers are the way forward simply because of the enormous reach. ‘Fan TV’ audiences are massive and if you gross them up, you’re looking at over 120m/130m hits a month. That’s important.

It’s an important audience because it’s real football supporters who are taking time out to talk, shout, scream, laugh and joke all about the game, and obviously comment on it. Like everything else, there needs to be a balance.

Social media in its various guises is slowly maturing as opposed to being just a platform to shout abuse at each other or grab five minutes of fame.

There are some events like the Ballon d’Or which attract a multitude of potentially interested reporting parties and I include social and electronic in there.

I used to run FIFA’s The Best awards for two years when it was in London and the media requests would be astonishingly large. You have to manage it.

Some of the influencers are trashy but they have sizeable followings, and what you don’t want them to do is not promote your game.

In a goofed up world football is very often the repository of our emotions. We can shout at the screen, whereas you can’t shout at a group of people waving Palestinian flags – but that’s still on our screens, all the time.

I think there’s a need for responsible influencers, someone like Mark Goldbridge of The United Stand. He’s shouty but responsible and intelligent, and has huge audiences. You have to be respectful of that.

Rashford was completely wrong to party after Manchester derby defeat

The professionalism around footballers and football clubs is sizeably enhanced today from what it was back in the 80s and 90s when the audiences were just as big but not global, and the behaviour of some of the competitors was poor.

We used to argue with our players all the time and we had as many as 400 at our height.

We’d tell them that if they’d lost a match, particularly a big one, just stay home and don’t do anything. If you have to go out, go to the cinema because anything else is so offensive to the supporters who pay good money and have strong emotions around their team – particularly if that team has lost badly. Just don’t go out.

Why would Marcus Rashford go clubbing after losing the Manchester derby? It makes no sense.

As much as I have the highest regard for Rashford, and I’d like to say that on record because I do think he’s done some great social work and he’s a terrific football player, he made a big mistake that day.

Footballers with addictions should be treated with respect

I’m actually quite friendly with the Ivan Toney family and I listened to a lot of what they said. What the individuals have done is wrong, but I think the sentence doesn’t fit the crime.

It’s very difficult for the game to take money from betting companies on the one hand, and on the other say to the participants ‘if you do this, you’re a football criminal.’ It’s so wrong.

The players should be punished yes, but 10 months – in Sandro Tonali’s case – is far too long. These guys have got short careers anyway.

You’ve got to give these people help. If they’re addicted to something, be that gambling or any of the other substances that are around today, or any behavioural attitudes that includes sex and various other things that fill out social media screens, they need help.

There’s someone I saw wearing a t shirt the other day that said ‘It’s not wrong to ask for help,’ and I think that just sums it up.

I think if you ask for help, you should be treated with respect and not just as a criminal to be punished.

Saudi Arabia being offered the World Cup was obvious

I think it was obvious because they are supporting the game with a lot of money and they need to fuel the next generation of FIFA’s governance. Football needs financial input from nation states, as well as major corporations.

So I think that was an obvious one and I know James Johnson really well, he’s a very clever operator, a very bright guy and the Chief Exec of Football Australia.

I think Australia were putting themselves in there so that they could drop out and say: ‘Look, we’ll drop out, Saudi can have it, but we want this in exchange.’

Now, I don’t know what the ‘this’ is but it may become evident in the next few weeks. With various other tournaments being awarded, it’ll be interesting to see what goes to Australia.

There was no one else out there really bidding anyway, so it was Hobson’s choice.

Also, I’d like to think that the World Cup being more global has helped Qatar’s attitude towards behavioural science, and that includes respect for women and for other religions.

I’m not quite sure that’s the case now that the cameras aren’t pointed at them all the time, but it must’ve had some effect.

If it does the same in Saudi Arabia, then that’s perfect.

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Video: Millwall mutually agree to part company with Gary Rowett

Jason Pettigrove — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 19:46:07 +0000

Wednesday night brought the news that Millwall and their manager of four years, Gary Rowett, have parted company.

The Lions are in 15th place in the Championship table at present, with 15 points from their 11 games.

On the face of it their league placing could be said to be a disappointment, however, Millwall are only three points off the team in sixth place, Birmingham City.

Adam Barrett has been placed in caretaker charge as the club consider their options.

BREAKING: Championship side Millwall have mutually agreed to part company with their manager Gary Rowett ?? pic.twitter.com/RK6eUPxGif

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) October 18, 2023

Pictures from Sky Sports News

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Video: Leeds United supporters have fun at the expense of Millwall hooligans

Jason Pettigrove — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 16:54:01 +0000

Daniel Farke would surely have been delighted with Leeds’ performance at Millwall on Sunday, and the travelling all whites supporters certainly had fun at the expense of the south Londoner’s hooligan element – if you can call them that.

Joel Piroe’s double and one from Georginio Rutter saw Leeds ease home at The New Den, and the anger at the hosts performance soon got the better of some of home supporters.

As their Leeds counterparts began to laugh and gesticulate at their plight, a handful of Millwall’s fans made it abundantly clear that they were ready for a tear up after the match – leading to more mirth and merryment from the away section.

2 minutes of pure comedy…. ?? #LUFC pic.twitter.com/8IX3kj2x7x

— Hot Tub Hire Dorset (@DorsetHottub) September 17, 2023

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Video: Championship player’s hilarious gaffe as he momentarily forgets which club he plays for

Mehdi Gokal — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 17:49:33 +0000

In a comical moment on the pitch, Milwall’s Duncan Watmore experienced a moment of forgetfulness as he was being substituted off during a match.

The incident was caught on camera, showing Watmore leaving the pitch after the substitution before mistakenly heading towards the opposition’s bench, thinking he still played for Middlesbrough.

Realizing his error, Watmore quickly changed direction, heading towards his own team’s bench, while shaking his head in embarrassment. His teammates couldn’t help but burst out laughing at the amusing mistake

Watch below:

Oh dear…? ? ?

? That's a fine, Dunc!#Millwall pic.twitter.com/RfgoVOyjtw

— Millwall FC (@MillwallFC) August 6, 2023

Duncan Watmore forgot he wasn’t a Middlesbrough player anymore after getting subbed off for Millwall ??
pic.twitter.com/c2C1g0nXpB

— The Second Tier (@secondtierpod) August 6, 2023

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You can’t blame him considering he spent the three years with Middlesbrough between 2020 and 2023 before joining Millwall only in January.

In 97 appearances for the Brough, he scored 21 goals and 7 assists.

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Millwall announce shock death of “beloved owner and chairman” after sudden “accident”

Magnus Eriksen — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 08:57:14 +0000

Millwall have announced the sudden passing of their chairman and owner John Berylson.

The Championship club have released a statement on the sad an unexpected news, though they didn’t provide much in the way of detail over his death, stating simply that it was an “accident”.

Their statement read: “It is with a collective broken heart and the deepest of regret that we announce the passing of our beloved owner and chairman, John Berylson.

“John’s sudden and tragic passing will unquestionably impact all those who were fortunate to have known him. He was a truly great man, incredibly devoted to his family, and a person of such remarkable generosity, warmth, and kindness.

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