“This idea you can’t change is alien to me. Heavenly. “I wake up every morning hoping the sun is shining, so I can put on some shorts and a blouse, but if it rains, you put your coat.”
Carragher’s comments headed to Tottenham after they accepted four goals in their loss to Chelsea in December, but they were just as applicable Sunday, as the spurs were eliminated from the FA Cup away in Aston Villa. It was clear within a minute.
Ange Ange himself described Villa after “one of the best teams in the country at home” – so why was Pedro Porro gets so grabbed so high in the field within seconds? He was behind the scoring not only of the goals Jacob Ramsey but also Lucas Digne.
Even while Postecoglou launched a unhappy protection of his players, speaking of a “agenda -led” narrative concentrated around him and his team, there is suspicion that it is it – rather than anyone outside the club – who is undermining their best efforts.
Statistics still tell us this Tottenham team, for all their wars this season, play a little different for everyone else. The principles of the game that had Postecoglou spurs five clear points at the top of the table at the beginning of last season remain in place.
No team in the Premier League has won the ball high in the field more times than Tottenham. No team allows so little passage for protective action. No team plays more width than Tottenham. With design, it is assumed to be intense and wide.
Asked why that intensity was not there against Villa, Postecoglou said: “Because they are tired, spouse. They couldn’t. If we hadn’t played on Thursday night and I would have spinned that team, do you think it would had a little more aggressive today? “
Postecoglou, seemed to be aware that his approach would not be so effective for what he was, remember a single tie. And yet, very often the positioning of the Spurs suggested that they were still determined to print. Bodies in front of the ball. No protection protection.
The Australian coach seemed to accept this with a sensitive half -time circuit breaker, presenting Yves bissouuma instead of Mikey Moore. He gave his team more a foundation in the game and they continued to enjoy their best magic of the match after that.
There were allusions to this most flexible approach to the last victory over Brentford, a game in which Tottenham fell deeper, fell pressure and then came through it to look for points. In Villa, the adjustment came too late.
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Peter Smith explains how Postecoglou adapted his approach to Brentford
This idea continues to make any compromise whatever it dilutes the message, undermine all that hard work. “My responsibility at this club is this group of players and the team, to make them play the way I want for it. This will bring us success.”
But the alternative is probably harmful as well. Not just for Postecoglou but for these new players, those who are, he says, his main focus. Moore does not want to be fixed in half the time. Antonin Kinky and Archie Gray are not enjoying so much exposed.
“You can’t judge this group of players for what happened,” Postecoglou says. “They have given everything. Two 18-year-olds, a 17-year-old, a 19-year-old and a 21-year-old goalkeeper.” He added: “It cannot be for people to think it’s an excuse.”
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Jamie Carragher explains why she was not surprised by the 4-0 loss of spurs to Liverpool
He is right, up to a point. But then, few players are judging. Gray is a real perspective and will enjoy better times in his career than this. Many of them should be hoped, with a spurs shirt. Lucas Bergvall has shown many promises. It was the first beginning of mathys tel.
No, the disappointments are turning elsewhere. It was Mayor Daniel Levy who was the focus of fans in Villa Park. Postecoglou is expected to come out now. Because the argument that these are just a cub poorly endowed for the challenge only goes so far.
Gray and Bergvall made up nearly 50 million of the club’s transfer budget last summer. Much of the rest was spent on Wilson Odobert. Tel, by Bayern Munich, is one of the teens he mentions. Kinky was a £ 12.5m arrival from Slavia Prague only last month.
Czecheke made a promising start against Liverpool, so it is a little alarming how his faith seems to have received a hit since then. There is a 36-year-old man of England on the bench in Fraser Forster. Choosing youth is a choice, not an excuse.
Of course, the idea is that they were there to support, to relieve in a team built about the most experienced figures, such as World Cup winner Cristian Romero. The injuries have changed the entire equation, shifting the dynamics and the results are ugly.
“Just just injuries. I mean, you can walk out and say, ‘Jez, it’s really bright,” and tell yourself,’ Maybe it’s not the sun ‘. But it’s the sun, the friend. We have only received injuries.
Anyone team would suffer without their best players, but not this bad, and not so long without making the necessary adjustments. Moreover, the difficulty of Postecoglou was that he had worsened the matter himself through his decisions and access.
Returning both Romero and Micky Van de Ven for the aforementioned match against Chelsea was a surprise that brought some sympathy on his way. The medical team may have signed into it, but the measure did not seem cautious even before the two were broken.
Disaster? It is probably not given that Tottenham of Postecoglou has made more sprints than any other team at the Premier League this season. The evidence suggests that the way of playing comes at a cost. The number of muscle damage is not likely to be a coincidence.
Proponents will still be separated because the desire to play ambitious football, with a foot with new players feels like a mission statement worth buying. But it is a loss, not an agenda, that form the narrative. Waiting for players to fit may not be enough.
