Why It's All Going Wrong For Spurs

If you asked any Spurs fan after Kane left how they'd feel about 5th and attractive, attacking football, nearly all would've jumped at it.

You're really good with football analysis. Well done.

Mad Tottenham fan here. Thanks for doing your very best with your final analyses. They might have just clawed me back from the edge of despair. It's appreciated. Enjoy your spagbol mate.

ange needs more time and real support from levy to get players that better fit this approach.

It's who we are mate.

I'm actually feeling exactly how you said we Spurs fan should be feeling. Ange deserves a few more windows. I think he'll lead us to greatness.

For a phone in as you said, this still hit. As a Chelsea fan it’s nice to know my optimism wasn’t misplaced this season and we are in fact ascending slowly but surely.

Good analysis, as a Spurs fan this video confirms what I thought, the opposition don't rate our wingers and crowd out the middle where we end up going back because we struggle to play through, this is a personnel issue, a couple of wingers who are 1v1 specialists will completely change this team.

Perfectly said! Couldn’t tell the amount of times Kulu and Johnson got the ball on the wing in acres of space and just didn’t have the quality to do anything. Having a Nico Williams-esque player would cause much more havoc. Ball retention is key to this tactic and most of our players excel in giving it away haha.

the truth is always somewhere in-between. has Ange been found out and should therefore be sacked? no. is there a guarantee that Spurs will find better players for this system and therefore get to the level of the top 3? also no. but that's ok. that's football. but unlike the last two permanent managers, who either threw their toys out of their pram or their players under a bus, Ange is the one who recognises that Spurs under ENIC won't go out and buy the very best (even if they could attract them in the first place) and is more than ok with it. and if Spurs are ever going to challenge for titles again, they will need to have that kind of character at the top.

Very simple think for Ange haters - imagine someone like Nico Williams on the wing, the opposition cant let him be on the wing like they can with Werner, Kulu or Son. And once again they will be more streched and just coldnt stay as compact...

This is honestly the best football analysis channel and commentator.

Required viewing for all the Spurs fans having a meltdown, oh ye of little faith.

Another great video, balanced analysis and critique as always. Hope you enjoyed the pasta!

As a Spurs fan I did not expect this video to be so reassuring

There are huge problems with the wingers not being able to dribble past their man (Solomon injured almost entire season, Perisic was slower, but two footed and so could go either way - also injured). Strikers bad at holding up the ball.. Midfield seemingly being all square pegs in round holes.

Spurs finishing 5th as opposed to 8th lile klopp/arteta is massively helped by chelsea and man utd imploding

I don't know why but Postecoglou reminds me of Bielsa, a stubborn one way all intensive/offensive manager that everyone loves and gives a breath of fresh air at the beggining but once the players start to get tired and other teams learn how to counter him it's the end of the way cause ironically, no matter what the results, they won't change the offensive tactic that made them be loved at the beginning... It's like an idealist made a football manager, lol.

The solution is so simple: 1v1 specialist wingers! If you can't pass through a narrow defence then you need to keep the ball, probe for a while and eventually get it to the wide man with space to carry it towards goal. The dribble up the byline and pull back for Son is potentially so deadly. We just don't have that profile out wide yet. Our wingers always look for the same routes to goal, and if that's not on they will too often pass backwards, putting us on the back foot from great positions, leading to turnovers and then counter attacks when we should be creating chances and building pressure. Proper wingers completely unlock this team. We're already great at beating a press, all of a sudden the compct back 4 is less secure, and if you drop into a back 5 you basically surrender possession and space in the midfield so we can reslly build pressure. Obviously stressed about losing games, but honstly, I'm seeing the big picture. Scored a lot of goals, overwhelmed a lot of teams, won more than half our games post-Kane exit, and managing serious issues of player availability all season. Excited for the future!

I agree completely as a spurs fan with your summary. Too many fans are reactionary. Obviously it’s our first time losing 4 on the bounce since 2002. But besides the Newcastle one, we were expected to lose all of them (not that that fully excuses the performance but still 3 good teams) give him a couple seasons and if we’re still talking about the same problems, then it’s time to worry. Other than our set piece naivety, the way we’ve played this season has made me so excited to be a spurs fan again.