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‘It was an aimless performance. Nothing to it. No personality’ Pundit slams Tottenham players

By Bruce Grove -

Rio Ferdinand has slammed Tottenham’s players after their poor showing in their defeat to Chelsea yesterday.

Spurs endured one of their worst performances of the season as Thomas Tuchel’s team showed them how to dominate a game and still get all three points.

Rio Ferdinand was on punditry duty and he was shocked to see how Spurs surrendered to the defeat without really throwing any punches.

He said their performance was “aimless” and lacked personality before slamming them for relying on Harry Kane.

The England captain has now missed the last two games for them and Ferdinand reckons that when he is out of the team, they simply fail to function as they showed against the Blues.

He said on BT Sport via Mail Sport: ‘It was an aimless performance. Nothing to it. No personality.

‘If Kane doesn’t play, the personality is drained straight out of the team. No confidence, no character, no leader. Nobody driving the team. 

‘Whether that’s the players or the manager who needs to drive this time, I think it’s a combination of both. 

‘We saw them against Brighton last week and Brighton looked like the team going for Champions League football. It’s worrying. 

‘They are not far off the Champions League in terms of points, but the way they are performing of late is a worry.’

Spurs will likely not have Kane back for their next two games. 

If they lose both matches, with one of them being an FA Cup match against Everton, they would put themselves in a position where European football for next season could be tough to achieve.

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Tangangry
Tangangry
3 years ago

City, Liverpool, United- how many of this lot walk into those teams?

Exactly, even Jose is not a polisher of turds.

That said, one good day out against City and we have a bit of silverware – mental.

Tangangry
Tangangry
3 years ago
Reply to  Sandro

Too true, let’s not forget that the majority of those on the pitch on Thursday were the same muppets who essentially got Poch sacked.

SpursGoliath
SpursGoliath
3 years ago

Skipp should be the Hojbjerg backup. Still think even with him and Lo Celso/Ndombele staying we’d need one more – as Sissy and/or Winks are off.

The back up left back might be Sessegnon too.

if those two take those places then transfer targets would be:

  • Kane back up (Vini gone)
  • Central mid (Winks or Sissy gone)
  • Right back (Aurier gone)
  • Central defender (Sanchez or Dier gone)
  • Winger (Moura or Lamela gone)

Five in plus two recalled loan players should be a reasonable target

James McKevitt.
James McKevitt.
3 years ago
Reply to  BARD

That’s for starters, another left back as cover for Reguilon, not Davies, another creative midfielder, another winger who can score and probably a back up for Hojbjerg as like Kane he’s being run into the ground and a proper second goalkeeper. The list goes on. Off course most of this won’t happen.

BARD
BARD
3 years ago

Skipp will return to the fold in the summer. We need a 1 established CH and a RB most of all. Then a proper alternative to Kane. Not a punt.

Sandro
Sandro
3 years ago

I suspect that Jose is as motivated as he has been for years to win something at Spurs – he knows he would become an eternal legend if we won the league. Doing it with clubs that splash the cash is one thing, doing it with ENIC’s financial restraints would be an amazing feat, probably better than Porto and Inter. And I reckon his ego would love it.

Plenty of fans say they didn’t want Poch (no trophies as a manager) sacked after 5+ trophy-less years but they want Jose (25 trophies as a manager) gone after 14 months and not even a full season start to finish.

I don’t like the football, the recent results are appalling and Jose is not beyond question / critiscm – but the scouting, transfer policy and players all need questioning too. Sacking the manager disguises where so much of the fault lays.

James McKevitt.
James McKevitt.
3 years ago

The whole point of the spending last summer and the appointment of Mourinho was Levy trying to convince Harry that he Levy was serious about putting H in a position to win trophies without moving to a City or Real.

Covid makes it more difficult to build a title challengers without the promised Stadium income, and as usual City, United, Liverpool and, Chelsea will all out spend us again next summer, unless Daniel changes the habits of a lifetime.

BARD
BARD
3 years ago

Kane 28 in July. I shudder to think what he’s still worth but with a neutral eye I’d be looking at 3 or 4 years in a successful team if I were him.

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