Tottenham's Joe Lewis decision and what Harry Kane did at half-time and as Spurs lifted a trophy
Here are our Tottenham talking points as the club's tour of Australia and Asia came to a close with the 5-1 win against Lion City Sailors in Singapore
Postecoglou making a point
This time a year ago we were watching Tottenham's players collapsing all over the side of the pitch with Harry Kane being sick by an advertising hoarding as they were pushed to the limit in the Korean humidity at the orders of Antonio Conte.
There were some within the club who felt that while training was tough that summer, that open training session in particular in front of the fans was Conte looking for his fitness coaches, including the late, great Gian Piero Ventrone, to really show the world how tough you had to be to play for him. The Korean fans let out a collective gasp when their national hero Son Heung-min collapsed to the ground rubber-legged at one point and that was music to the Italian's ears.
Fast forward 12 months and Spurs' starting players were put through a similar set of pitch long runs as part of the Ange Postecoglou reign after the first 45 minutes.
It was not as brutal as that night in Korea but having 45 minutes of Postecoglou-style match action in their legs and then having to run the length of the pitch after three days of tough double sessions did leave some of them dropping to the floor at the end and Yves Bissouma left holding his foot on the floor and needing treatment.
Kane was one of a couple of the outfield starting players who were excused the pitch long runs in the heat, which may well have been to manage the body of the striker who turns 30 on Friday.
Tottenham's play had been slightly slower than the frenetic waves of attacks against West Ham, but they still managed 24 shots in the first half alone and 37 in all
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