Writer: Frank
I suppose losing 2-1 is an escape for this abysmal Spurs team, better than the stuffing we could, and perhaps should, have suffered.
Does Pochettino put the squad names in a hat and draw any 10 out and a GK to start every game. It is patently obvious to anybody with a modicum of football knowledge that the likes of Aurier, Winks and the current Danny Rose are nowhere near good enough to compete at top PL level.
If the official reason for Lamela missing the game are true, then it is time we looked critically at him, he is hardly ever fit, is too fragile and not up to it in the PL, where was Ndombele?
We rarely if ever start with the same 11 for two consecutive games, and it’s not as if we have a broad array of talent vying for places in the starting line up, in fact, the reverse is true.
We are now in 11th place in the PL and regressing steadily, and highly unlikely to even qualify for the Europa League for next season. The tragedy is that if significant investment and fundamental changes at all levels in the club are not forthcoming, and they are highly unlikely under the current ownership, things will get worse before they get better.
We need to take lessons from the likes of Leicester who, with a budget a fraction of ours, have built two teams in the last five years – both better than ours. The first won the league before the star players were sold on at huge profit, so they have now built another with the likes of Chilwell, Tielemans, and Maddison and others and are now top four contenders again, all this without a 62,000 capacity stadium and a 5 star training ground.
What they have had are an ownership family fully focused on giving their supporters a team to be proud of, as well as financing amenities in the City, and were/are much loved by the supporters. I wonder whether our stadium would be buried in floral tributes if a tragedy befell Daniel Levy, I doubt it.
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