José Mourinho gets criticised quite a lot for being too pragmatic at times. But his approach reminds me quite a lot of his second season in charge of Manchester United. His preferred partnership is Toby Alderweireld and Davinson Sanchez – but I think on quite a few occasions this season he’s probably looked at it and thought he’s not really got the dominant a formidable partnership at the back that he’d like.
I don’t think Mourinho has got a centre-back partnership that he 100% implicitly trusts. That then affects your team going forward, because your creative players can’t express themselves as much as they’d like.
There’s attack-minded players who are probably playing 30 yards further back than they’d like – but that’s just Mourinho and that’s how he likes to play.
Danny was talking exclusively to Ladbrokes on behalf of The Boy Hotspur
How about out scoring the opposition? Isn’t that a thing anymore? 😂
Glad to hear that Jose is fully aware that Spurs has poor defender players
Should have bought new one Central Defender last January
I don’t think there is a Spurs fan in existence who trusts that defence. The good news is Mourinho know it too and hopefully will strengthen it in the summer.
Liverpool moved to a different level when they added Van Dijk. We can do the same with a few clever signings.