In accordance with the philosophy of Ange Postecoglou, no team has attracted fewer competitions this season than Tottenham. They have also scored more than Chelsea and Nottingham Forest, who are both in the Champions League places.
Nevertheless, Spurs have also lost 16 league matches, which is unacceptable, and that dedication to be non-stop, Gung-Ho will become the fall of the manager, unless they get the unlikely trick of winning the Europa League of the Europe.
Although Angeball is a good eye on its high intensity, it is not sustainable to play that way all the time. There are pieces of sparkle, such as the 4-0 victory in Manchester City, but usually the better teams choose traces.
It is not a weakness to take the opposition into account. When Liverpool played Arsene Wger's Arsenal, we put Emile Heskey on Ashley Cole a few times. When we stood opposite the Great Manchester United team, the game plan was different, depending on whether the match was in Old Trafford or Anfield.
The best managers allow their players to make freedom to make decisions on the field, because they can sometimes feel the competition situation better than possible from the sidelines. But Djed Spence recently said on a podcast that the Spurs players had to do things Ange's Way.
The non -repellent philosophy of Postecoglou is perhaps understandable if all his players were fit. But we saw him continue the same approach, even when his defense was decimated by injury. For me it defied logic.
I was in the stadium when Spurs 6-3 lost to Liverpool. I could not believe that the full-backs of Liverpool were allowed to run past Dejan Kulusevski and son Heung-Min. It was no surprise that Trent Alexander-Arnold set the first goal and then it was massacre.
Unless Postecoglou changes, I don't see how traces can improve. I would like to see a different view of Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday, but I don't see it coming.
In Europe you have to take into account the opposition and the nature of a two -legged draw. You can't get your ego better and planned for 180 minutes, regardless of 180 minutes.
The mood from fans to Postecoglou has shifted or two in the past week, especially after he had held his ear to the end of the Stamford Bridge. When Spurs was in three cup competitions, there was an acceptance to overlook the competition, but no longer.
Ange, so sympathetic last season, has begun to be agitated and back to questions. That does not help with fans who want to hear that solutions are offered.
The manager cannot take on all debt. Recruitment has been doubtful. How many Spurs Forward would be searched for by Liverpool, or even Newcastle, now? Maybe Kulusevski, but that's the day.
Some call for ange to be fired now, so a new manager bouncer helps them to win the Europe, but it is not my gut feeling unless a Jurgen Klopp is available with the CV to make a difference. Drawing up in someone who is less experienced is not logical. New managers need time to impose their ideas.
There is still a chance that tracks can win the Europe, of course, especially because the quality of the other quarter -finalists is not worldwide.
But if they keep playing like that, they ask to be injured. They must improve their game management. If there are periods in which they are pressed, there is nothing wrong with playing a percentage ball to Dominic Solanke.
I don't think Spurs players have tools. I see a group that tries to do Ange's way, but who are too tired and sometimes have no energy to make it work.
It has made Spurs very one -dimensional and too easy for other teams. They are worked out, hence the 16 losses.
In the last two domestic cup final, Manchester United and Newcastle left their normal competition to beat Manchester City and Liverpool. Ange does not have to tear everything he introduced to Tottenham, but unless he starts to show flexibility, they are curtains.
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