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Upstairs Group Chat Rules Solanke Must Repay Tottenham Faith Before The Bus Reaches Seven Sisters

Edith Marlowe · Letters Editor · Reading time: one pint

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The Evening Standard says Dominic Solanke must repay Tottenham's faith or risk being left behind after his stoppage-time equaliser in the 1-1 draw at Manchester United, and a four-person group chat has now ruled on it from the top deck of a bus.

A group chat of four Tottenham supporters has reached a formal position on Dominic Solanke, the Evening Standard having advised that he must repay the club's faith or risk being left behind.

The position was adopted on the top deck of a bus travelling north, at approximately 8:12am, after a motion was proposed by the member who has had the phone out since Tottenham Court Road.

The chair, who sits in the front left seat by long custom, opened proceedings by reading the column aloud, including the part about Solanke having captained the side at Old Trafford and scored a stoppage-time equaliser in a 1-1 draw. It was noted that the faith in question had been shown by the manager, on a Sunday, and that no receipt had been issued.

I am not saying he has to score every week. I am saying he has to score in two games running, and I would like that minuted.

The motion was seconded by a member who has felt this way since August, and who asked that the record show it. A fourth member abstained on the grounds that he was still looking for his Oyster card.

Discussion turned to the phrase left behind. It was agreed that nobody present could say what Solanke was being left behind by, though one member suggested a bus, and the chair ruled that this was not helpful at this time.

The resolution, carried three to nil, states that Solanke is to repay the faith in full by the home game with Coventry on Monday. A further clause was added at Seven Sisters, extending the deadline by one fixture, and a fifth clause at Tottenham Hale was withdrawn.

The chair then closed the meeting and asked who had the stop bell.

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