For a coach that appears to favour attacking wing-backs, Antonio Conte has plenty on his plate. As per my breakdown earlier today, Emerson Royal’s crossing was wildly unpredictable. If you take time to watch the videos of his successful balls into the Watford penalty area, then it’s pretty obvious that even the Brazilian’s ‘key passes’ were perhaps more of a mixed bag than one might expect from such actions of note. Royal undoubtedly did his best, but the fact that so little was achieved from so many key passes has to be a concern.
Beyond Emerson’s hit and mostly miss routine, we have the random acts of defensive madness from Eric Dier to consider, there are also the efforts of Sergio Reguilon to consider. A cynic might say, ‘he can’t cross either’…
Against Watford, the Spaniard’s success rate was just 20%. To make the point, here are the 4 duff attempts, for your consideration.
My point is that picking holes in one player’s performance is not the path to addressing where Tottenham’s general faults lie – at least – not in a meaningful manner…