YAPSmas has arrived — and festive discipline immediately goes out the window.

In our first-ever YAPSmas Special, host Owen puts the YAPS crew through a run of seasonal questions designed to be light-hearted, thoughtful, and vaguely organised.

Naturally, it all goes off the rails.

What follows is a gloriously scattergun Tottenham Hotspur conversation that hops between eras, players, managers, memories, and absurd hypotheticals — from Martin Jol to Mourinho, Pochettino to Postecoglou — with modern Spurs chat colliding head-on with nostalgia, Christmas nonsense, and some deeply questionable gift ideas.

There are serious football points in here.
There are also moments where football logic leaves the room entirely.

If you like your Spurs content neat and structured, this might not be for you.
If you like it messy, opinionated, festive, and accidentally funny — welcome.

Happy YAPSmas 🎄

00:00 – Owen’s Festive Opening Monologue
Setting the YAPSmas tone… for better or worse.

01:13 – Laying Down the YAPSmas Rules
An attempt at structure that doesn’t last long.

04:04 – Spurs Naughty List vs Nice List
Judgement is passed. Santa is watching.

08:10 – The Danish Manager Problem
How one man ends up on both lists at once.

11:23 – Spurs Secret Santa: Gifts for the Club
Some ideas should never leave the room.

12:17 – The Single Left Boot (5 & 12 Explained)
A cryptic Spurs present finally decoded.

13:23 – Anime, Consolation Gifts & Idle Footballers
A tangent nobody predicted.

14:33 – Sensual Gifts & Festive Oversharing
Things take a turn.

22:30 – Hosting Spurs for Christmas Dinner
Invites sent. Some rescinded.

32:10 – Spurs Memories, Nostalgia & Waffle
Christmas reflections, Spurs-style.

44:20 – Final YAPSmas Thoughts
Loose ends loosely tied.

53:20 – YAPS Out
Mercifully.

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This month on YAPS, we’re serving up a full Franksgiving special — and the main course is the big question every Spurs fan is chewing on:

With Spurs looking strangely flat, strangely familiar, and strangely confusing under Frank, the lads dig into the vibe, the identity, the fanbase mood, and whether this project is moving forward, standing still, or drifting like steam off a cooling turkey.

We also highlight Hannah’s fantastic article on LGBTQ+ visibility in football in our Skeet of the Month — a powerful, thoughtful read for anyone who cares about the future of the sport.

📎 Read Hannah’s article:
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/25/sport/soccer-womens-lgbtq-importance-intl?cid=ios_app

If you’re hungry for thoughtful, funny, emotionally honest Spurs chat, this episode is absolutely stuffed.

🦃 Is Thomas Frank actually the right manager for Tottenham Hotspur?

Spurs chat with guest Nebb: Monaco away, Thomas Frank’s pragmatism, “horseshoe of death”, are we boring or just efficient, loanee watch (Lankshear/Vuskovic/Yang), Vicario debate, Bluesky/COYSky mood, wildcard title vibes, favourite skeets, and a salute to Son. COYS!

Chapters

• 00:00 – Cold open & intros (“Hello, yappers!”)

• 01:08 – Nebbs’ Spurs origin story (Bale at San Siro, Crouchy vibes)

• 04:26 – Shout-outs (Poddenham Podspur) & housekeeping

• 05:11 – Fixture round-up (Brighton, Doncaster, Wolves, Bodø/Glimt, Leeds, Villa, Monaco, Everton)

• 06:31 – Monaco away: trip report, boos, and the vibe

• 10:45 – “One tactic to Kudus”: the tactical frustration

• 11:56 – The “horseshoe of death” & anaemic midfield chat

• 13:51 – Thomas Frank’s pass-maps, set pieces, and the league’s low-risk meta

• 25:07 – Who are Spurs, really? Identity vs expectations

• 33:00 – Enjoyment vs results: what fans actually want

• 47:03 – Loanee watch: Lankshear, Vuskovic, Yang & academy pipeline/business

• 01:01:30 – Goalkeeper debate: Vicario’s shot-stopping vs “next level” profiles

• 01:09:04 – Social media mood, Ange vs Frank re-litigated

• 01:14:33 – Tables after 10 games: does it really predict the finish?

• 01:16:24 – Wildcard title season? Could someone “do a Leicester”?

• 01:18:52 – Favourite skeets of the month

• 01:20:27 – Son & elite finishing (and missing him)

• 01:23:03 – Wrap-up, links & COYS