Three games into the new Premier League season, and panic stations are at the ready for Tottenham.
Mauricio Pochettino is concerned his squad lacks an attacking plan B following the departure of Fernando Llorente.
Pochettino often turned to Llorente during latter stages of games in an attempt to change the complexion of tight encounters. #THFC #COYShttps://t.co/PJDfdUiEOB
— Ricky Sacks (@RickSpur) August 28, 2019
Mauricio Pochettino’s side have seen themselves on the losing end of a shock defeat to Newcastle, and matters since then have not improved with The Daily Mail reporting that the Spurs manager is worried that the club are lacking a plan B in attack following the departure of Fernando Llorente.
As expected, plenty of Tottenham fans were frustrated with this revelation and took to Twitter to take aim at their manager for failing to re-sign Llorente as well as a second-choice striker for Harry Kane in general.
Here is how some Spurs supporters reacted on Twitter…
Then why did we let him leave..
— Football Ollie (@FootballOllie) August 28, 2019
This is exactly why I was so angry when the window closed, nobody can justify our failure to buy another striker this summer, absolutely nobody
— Paul ???????? (@itstartedin1882) August 28, 2019
Is he only just realising this now?!?!
— Lee Wallace (@GhostDogg18) August 28, 2019
You only ever hear Plan B mentioned in reference to Spurs, which suggests Plan A simply isn’t effective enough. Other clubs don’t have a Plan B, they stick to Plan A but with pace and creativity and work up in intensity
— Steve Corbett (@TheSunTVMagEd) August 28, 2019
Bit late coming out with that now .
— jason snell (@Jasonsnell17) August 28, 2019
Yeah well. Too late now.
— Fight on (@darladecotie) August 28, 2019
All the fans knew and could see this will be an issue so why didn’t any the management of the team and club hierarchy do anything about it??
Terrible planning— Tim Croney (@TimCroney) August 28, 2019
So why let him move on though. Llorente treated poorly by the club
— Adam Hinds (@SpursMan1972) August 28, 2019
Kane remains the only natural striker in the Spurs senior team following the departure of Vincent Janssen this summer as well.