Is it the players or the coach? You’ve had one torturous analogy today and I think that’s enough, but I will remind you very briefly of the wedding cake challenge I set a few readers a while back. No chef can bake and decorate a sophisticated cake with bad ingredients.
Enter stage left Jamie Redknapp telling us how AMAZING the Tottenham first team is. The reality is all that good (and there is plenty of good) comes tumbling down when you pair Moussa Sissoko and Harry Winks in midfield. Add Dele Alli to the equation, and you get a big chunk of the pitch where Harry Kane gets no service and the defence is left to fend for itself.
