Top of the League unbeaten after ten games, then losing nearly half (12 out of 28) of the remaining League fixtures. Beaten by Fulham in the League Cup and kicked out of the FA Cup early (admittedly by Manchester’s City!). And all this with no European tournament complications.
The fall in the League shows the problem. Not, in my view, a lack of quality players but failure to select and use what we had properly. The opposition rumbled Postecoglou’s inflexible tactics and knew what to do. He was implacably rigid until the final City game when, with a back three, the team played well and were a tad unlucky.
After failing with high quality managers in Mourinho and Conté Spurs chose a middle aged unknown in Postecoglou. Any half decent coach could do well in a League with only one credible opponent in it as he had in Scotland. The Premier League is different and Arne soon stumbled in his first experience in it.
Decades of failure to win a trophy continues for Tottenham but with one of the best grounds in Europe, a well run and financed Business model and a strong brand we really should be doing better. Having sold one of the game’s best forwards with no replacement of approaching the same quality it was going to be a struggle. But it’s Aston Villa with nothing like Spurs advantages who will be in the World’s best club competition next season and Spurs will be playing on Thursdays. Not good enough.
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