The above incident was approximately one million miles away from anything we’ve seen from most Tottenham players in recent months, sure, there will be some itching to frown at the challenge, but I take a view it showed levels of determination that tops sides show.
The response to Carlos scoring was also an important indicator for me, the slapping of the upright and the chest bump with Moura proved how much it meant to him. I don’t care if that the boy has fallen in love with us on his loan or that he wants to be famous in his own right, This is where the passion levels from our players must be, for every game.
He defended very competently on a couple of occasions as well. Good to see him get a goal as he has struggled to get game time in the league.
Whether its a tap in or a bicycle kick from the halfway line you only get one goal for scoring. What we would have given to see Soldado or Jansen score as many tap ins. Onwards and upwards Vini
A lot is being made of the attitude of the players and how helpless Jose seems too have been in changing that mindset, or reminding them of their responsibilities. This is despite training with them every day, travelling to matches, doing team talks.
All quite unfathomable for a manager of such repute, perhaps his particular methods of motivation backfired and he ended up with a fractured dressing room?
The players have been disgracefully bad but is this down to half of them just being such bad eggs that no manager can talk round?
Like I was saying, go through that 11 that stunk the place out against Woolwich and say honestly if that was a team of shirkers and wronguns.
I remain to be convinced that only the players have poisoned the atmosphere…