No wonder Tottenham’s backline has been a revolving door this season. The quality of the players simply hasn’t been there. When a club has had two simply exceptional defenders in Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld, they cannot be replaced on the cheap.
Verts effectively retired and Toby is marking out time to do the same. Sanchez hasn’t worked and whilst Dier tried to give it a go this afternoon, when it came to it, he ended up more interested in trying to start a barney with Paul Pogba than seeing out the game professionally.
A successful passing accuracy of just 74% reveals how pressured the game became for the Englishman. The 3 blocks and 4 clearances were good, but it is tough to make a compelling case for a good performance.
The answers do not lie in our current squad. I’ve now hit a point where I’d be delighted to see a new coach in order to prove the case.