Agreed, and if it sounded like I was criticising him, that wasn't intended. I'm just conscious that we don't know what he a). is told by the club, b). is told by other sources, presumably unofficial sources within the club, and c). has concluded himself based on his understanding of a and b. I do agree that, unlike so many others, he does try to be as honest as possible and do his best at the job, but through no fault of his, i.e. because of the a/b/c above, we can never be totally sure he's got his analysis right. So if, for example, he says we in the market for Tapsoba, that might be true, or it might be a source getting a little over-excited or exagerrating what they've heard etc.
But yes I do like him, I recognise he's definitely nearer the mark than any others, and is pretty much the only Spurs-linked journo that I even bother to listen to (hard going as it may be sometimes
).