Looking at how we’ve been set up previously, a two-man midfield has not worked. We can say that based on the fact that our team conceded 63 goals last season.
That wasn’t all down to Dier and Lloris throwing used pot noodle pots at each other.
If we think of Maddison as being able to fulfil that Erickson role, then what we’re surely looking for is support.
It makes no sense to bring the guy in and then immediately undermine him by handicapping him. Does it?
If Ange is this all-seeing attack-minded antipodean eye, that makes zero sense.
Skipp is undoubtedly the weak link here, however, Spurs were only dependent upon his mopping up around PEH and an actual AMF, which for the umpteenth time, the Dane isn’t, then there is not only a greater opportunity for the angst appetite of idiot fans to be sated but there’s also a reason for Pierre to stay on board.
Personally, I’d be off. At 27, the odds of winning anything at Spurs are negligible. The money is okay, the working conditions are sweet, but the ambitions of the club lie some distance away from trophies. That’s a very poorly kept secret.
This is a very positive overview of a scenario Postecoglou could implement. The moment we see a two-man midfield, we’re bang in trouble.
To begin discussing how Porro and Udogie might function leads us into the infantile imaginings’ territory we’ve regrettably played out in other places. But I will say this; if Ange is sincere about playing memorable football, then I would be very interested in seeing what Porro could achieve in more forward-lying positions.
Porro might yet add the sprinkle of magic many fans are hoping for.
Let me use Tony Conte’s phrase here for you. ‘I repeat’, tactics alone are going to achieve naff all at Spurs, and the paradigm shift we all desperately seek will only come, partially or fully, if there’s a significant shake-up in personnel.
Asking Maddison and Porro to bear the brunt of this is ambitious, at best.
