Games such as these will be the death of the ‘5 Things I Learned About‘ pieces that tend to crop up after games. If we did learn anything last night, it’s that Mourinho has pretty much nothing but contempt for Pochettino’s “This is futbol. This is belief. Belief in ourselves. Our philosophy” spin. Winners in professional sports don’t talk you through their innermost thought processes, they tend to be too busy …winning
There’s clearly a gulf between the coach’s expectations and what this Spurs squad is capable of delivering. And that all needs to change. My belief is that elements of this squad cannot be nurtured any further, be it technically or emotionally. Some, have hit a ceiling.
All 6 points for having lost his temper with Sonny, great to see our captain wake from his philosophical slumber. Hopefully his replacement comes with adjustable vocal cords.
Ben Davies is the epitome of the loyal servant, translated; just good enough to fill in at a supposed top flight side. Every time he goes forward, it feels like nothing tangible happens.
Not a mind blowing performance, but compared to many of his colleagues, this was a MOTM performance. With any luck, Mourinho has a new captain on his hands.
We spent a lot of money on Davinson Sanchez and after some initial flourishes, it appears he’s still not capable of routinely keeping his place in the side.
Acceptable stuff defensively, but Serge’s offensive play was far too haphazard.
Nice while it lasted. I’m officially in the ‘what does he actually do?’ club. Passing accuracies count for little when they are based upon lateral balls Ray Wilkins would’ve been proud of.
Disappointing. Who knows what his instructions were, perhaps they were too,’appear terrified of his own shadow’?
Another muted performance from a player I wasn’t expecting it from. I honestly think Jose needs to tell certain players to go out and play. Giovani looked far too scripted.
Technically and mentally Lucas isn’t cutting the mustard. Frequently he has no space, and when he does, he frequently makes poor decisions.
From Golden boy to broken toy. Lots of huffing and puffing, but the end product was predictable and hardly ever a massive threat. Paint by numbers football.
Worrying signs. Harry looks more comfortable playing deeper, and defensively was really on point on occasion. Dreadful free kick.
OPINION
Given the financial mess we’re in, I’d be inviting offers for Harry Winks, Serge Aurier and Dele Alli this summer.
Not brutal enough, all of them should of got a point less.
Toby made a difference last night , Winks and Siss , what do they do ?, and my guess is Ben Davies will be rested for the Arss game, Jan to play at B.Mouth.
These scores go against a couple of other reviews I saw earlier.
Good to see Toby back and (this is weird) GA in the 3 home games is excellent makes the surrender at Sheffield even more surprising.
TBH this is the sort of performance I expected under Josay so par
(1-0 to the Tott-en-em)
True. Every time you watch Spurs , the commentators are can our opponents get an equaliser or a winner etc. Can they get back into game. Never can Spurs do this or that. My dad said years ago the anti Spurs bias in the media is appalling. Onto us, Winks, Dier, Aurier never going to cut the mustard. Kane, Son etc , we know they have got it. Proved over & over. We need better players in many positions & most of all a leader who gets stuck in & rollocks the rest. Shame Toby & Jan got too old. Agh but ENIC are in charge 🤬
Why does are attack look so good on paper and give so very little?
I echo this. After the last two games I’ve said we need an overhaul. The players have lost the belief. I could only name 3 players I would keep. Le Celso, Tangaga and Bergwijn. The rest do not perform well enough regularly and have been like this for a while. How can an attack like the one we have look so good on paper and score so little goals??? It doesn’t add up.
Glad to see more respectful numbers than the 7s and 8 from last night. Again, Aurier’s missed Cryuff and drag back out of play were my highlights, that and Dier’s 60 yard pass that was 50 yards from anyone. Still, can’t work out why he didn’t close down Mr Tumble for their chance at the end of the 2nd Qtr! Watching Spurs is like trying to read James Joyce. Very tough.
I thought Toby was MOTM as I stated in an earlier blog followed by Dier.He showed up and just does things Sanchez is not capable of.Both FBs were off as ever,no midfield and Lo Celso seemed weighed down by the mediocrity around him.Ditto Harry.Sonny and Moura continue to run up blind alleys.
Unfortunately with current financial constraints we are stuck with this for the foreseeable future.
Why does Gary Neville & co ,commentary last night have an agenda against Spurs and Mourinho,they were literally willing Everton on hoping them to score right up to the last minute. All through the game they were chipping away with negative comments at every opportunity. We apparently have the worst defence in the league changing players every game yet have let in the same 44 goals as the chav’s who if Frank plays different players is resting them.
Moura ran his ineffective socks off, Davies and Aurier need moving on 100% for different reasons. Very harsh on Winks but his shot on goal was appalling for a pro footballer. The biggest criticism is that we looked clueless, every attempted attack was a mess of confusion.
Hoping we improve before the scum game
Very harsh on Winks.
Very harsh on serge. Serge. Ask son and lucus to give you a little half our after training and make them attack you.
Feel your being kind to dier whereas I’m not slating his effort or desire he just isn’t a top 4 player needs a partner to lead him, however I dont remember cursing his name yesterday so maybe I’m being harsh