Tottenham’s season has been a tale of yet another rebuild, along with a struggle against adversity in the shape of far too many injuries to key players. Sure, other sides have experienced busy physio rooms this term, but our absentees have hurt Ange Postecoglou, who for large segments of the season had to fill out his starting XI with youth players, and in some instances, not even play them in their correct or desired starting positions.
There have been suggestions by some, that the Aussie coach has been the architect of his misfortune in respect of injuries, due to the style of play favoured by the former Celtic gaffer, who encountered similar issues when in Scotland. Allegations of this type are incredibly difficult to substantiate because one has far too many variables at play. It’s a different division, the players are different and when it comes to it, the only true similarities are that key players are on the missing list for significant periods.
The competitive nature of footballers and fans is similar to that of players at 21bit casino, and that kind of restlessness and desire need to be fed. One battle that will lurk beneath the surface at Tottenham is squad contentment. How happy is the Tottenham squad?
The obvious issue is where the Spurs are in the Premier League, which is currently 14th. Hardly the stuff to get anyone’s pulses racing. Keeping players motivated on staging a comeback is equally a great backdrop to securing fresh talent, either.
This week, we were told by Ange that he had spent two hours convincing a nineteen-year-old Mathys Tel, who has thus far failed to set the Bundesliga alight, that we were the club to join.
“It was sort of an exchange, conversation, messages, that lasted a couple of hours. I felt that if I kept him on the phone long enough, I would wear him down. He was falling asleep by the end!”
