So here we are, 38 games last season. Won 18 lost 14. 60 points. This season, won 18, lost 8! 60 points...32 games. Last season, 8th, missed out on europe. This season, we will qualify for either CL or EL. This is progress! I've heard Ange out, Levy out and frankly fed up of it. Ange said at the start we'd have up and down days. 4-0 hurts, as does Wolves as does Brighton, as does Fulham. However, we don't have a God given right to win every game that some seem to think. We have to be realistic BUT we are heading in the right direction and we HAVE to take a deep breath and evaluate where we were and where we are. We are much better than we were can't be argued. That Ange has to look hard at himself sometimes, do you honestly think he doesn't? If he doesn't, how can he improve? If he doesn't, then criticism is justified but do you honestly think DL won't question him too? As I write Villa are 2 up which hurts further. If we continue like yesterday then that is a concern but this season is going to go down to the wire. I'd rather be where we are than where we were but we ALL need to regroup, take a deep breath and see just how far together, we can go this season. COYS.
Much of that only really applies if you think Ange will change his tactics somewhat to leave us less open. We also went out of both cups quickly, have an awful run of games coming up, plus we had had no European games this season. I think Ange definitely needs another season, but considering the better players we have in many positions and no Europe to tire us out this season, and the fact we may not get many more wins this season (I hope we do) he has pretty much been average in his outcomes. Plus he needs to stop talking down to journalists like he is the only person with a brain in the room. Irritating.
Mate. I love the positivity but come on. Whats the first sign of madness? The system doesn't or can't work. You're either stupid or attached to the club
The manager's lack of tactics and adaptability are a real concern though. Think Angeball has been rumbled by just about every manager at this stage. He's being schooled by the likes of Moyes, Gary O'Neil, Eddie Howe etc.
Arsenal are fighting for titles because they stuck by Arteta after finishing 8th, 8th, and 5th. Ange inherited a team that finished 8th, lost Harry Kane, and now is in 5th. Ange is doing amazing. GIVE HIM TIME!
He does NOT deserve time when he is telling press confrences that top 4 is nothing and he wants to challenge the top 3 NEXT season for the prem ! Which is at Ange 2 season rebuild or potential champions next season ? make your mind up !
@@DonDadda2196 Tell you what that is going to have to be some transfer window, I backed Ange all the way and hope he proves me wrong but, we are getting that high line totally destroyed and he can be as stubborn as he likes, decent managers in the Prem will exploit it. Dier told us all no tactics regarding the team you are playing wtf ?
I celebrated Villa's win today. Don't mind finishing 5th if Arsenal don't win the title. It takes some pressure off us praying for Spurs to win the NLD. I wouldn't be shocked if Spurs lose 4 of the remaining games.
The system exposes the defence. Teams have learned this. The 2 empty spaces where the full backs normally are provide huge opportunities for the opposition to get at us.
The most frustrating thing about Spurs is I know they are capable of so much more. I don’t know what it is that stops them from expressing it and more importantly, neither do they.
To answer your question, I was delighted to see Arsenal lose yesterday, even if it costs us a place in the Champions League. Although I'd love more CL nights, I'm not sure we're ready for it yet.
Very happy to see Villa win today. I cannot and do not want to ever see Arseanal win the league. We are not ready for Champs League, villa deserves 4th as it stands.
On another note, the difference between Pep, Arteta and Klopp is that their all tacticians of the game, unfortunately that is not Ange Postecoglu, he’s going to have to change his ways and learn to adapt if he wants success in the EPL.
We hate early kick offs and we need to bin that dusgusting kit. I remember Sir Alex doing it with that grey one and it actually made a difference. We always play poorly in it. #COYS
Thank you for always being the voice of reason. I appreciate all you do to keep us grounded and hopefully for the future. Keep up the great job you do and your honnest down to earth view of things. Really enjoy listening every week.
Hi Ali, players look as if they are not convinced bout Ange’s tactics. We have been poor away from home for months (Villa aside). - at home we’re not gr8 either we’re scrapping wins against average teams whilst giving away chance after chance. Successful teams are built on sound defending - that’s starting point - Ange does not seem to bother about that - a 1-2-8 formation will not work in Prem Lge (no matter who we buy in summer).
It is with the greatest of reluctance that I have to say Ange has perhaps underestimated the defensive demands of playing in the Premier League. After all, this is the best league in the world and the offensive quality of teams in this league, at least among the teams in the top half, is not something Ange has faced before. If I'm right, he'll have to go back to the drawing board and recalibrate his game in order to achieve the right balance between offense and defence. Perhaps, it's time to dial back the offensive element while he fine-tunes the defence.
You grow by learning from your mistakes. That’s not happening with defensive set pieces. 15 out of 16 corners were headed by a Newcastle player. And this was just after Postecoglou said defending set pieces was not an issue when he was asked at the pre-match press conference - and he was asked because it keeps happening. His response are beginning to sound annoying and glib and he needs to speak with his team’s actions on the pitch- starting with defensive set pieces.
Ange and the team need to realise that football is a game of multiple tactics and strategies. They can’t keep being this stubborn team of believing one way is the only way. Also van der ven needs to check his boots and change them out for a pair that stops him from slipping over!
the thing that concerns me is not the poor game yesterday but anges comments the day before when asked about tactical work and if he watched backlast seasons game at newcastle the fact hes basically said they dont work on the other team but just how we want to play our game which seems a bit of a dangerous game to me
Ask Ange a proper question for once, like why are we so shocking at defending corners and free-kicks? What is going to be done with two weeks on the training pitch ahead of the big one?
So, so right! These journos at press conferences really do come out with sillyarsed questions to Ange. Put him on the spot and ask why zonal marking is not working, and we struggle to even head the ball at the top end and in defence.
Is the Aston Villa so terrible? Apart from the joy of seeing Arsenal lose and hopefully bottle the run in are we really ready for the Champions League at this stage of the team's development? Maybe a good run in the Europa is better. (I'm taking off my rose-coloured spectacles now)
Thanks as always for posting these! I think I'll gladly take Europa and a Villa win today as opposed to the alternate timeline where that other team win the league. Especially for this stage in the rebuild, we may not have the fluidity of depth for champions league next year. Given recent form, what do we all see as our best midfield and front three for the next few matches?
The most exciting part of the beginning of the season was how Spurs started games at 100mph and blew teams away playing their football with speed and accuracy. Even at Chelsea, the start of the big turning point of the season, we were blowing Chelsea away. A fraction of an offside call and we were away! Ange needs to figure out why this shift away from high speed accurate starts has occurred over the season. Onwards and upwards with Ange!
...maybe due to a number of reasons; because it's difficult to keep that high pace for the whole season. Because teams second time around playing Spurs are starting to work out how to manage Spurs. Because Ange doesn't pay attention to opponents strengths, weaknesses nor tactics.
Our fanbase seems to think that our players are seasoned, hardened veterans of the game! This is a young team who are still learning how to play together under a new coach with new tactics. They will learn from their mistakes. Calm down dears!! 😂
Concede 4 goals once can happen in a season, twice is very naive, 3 times questions have to be asked. The majority of these players are seasoned professionals from top leagues. We have no discipline and that is the problem. Our defence was awful pre-season which is understandable, but not 8 months on Ange needs to drive home the message or change tactic occasionally.
@@tonykelly9233 seasoned professionals at 21, 22 and 23 Tony which the majority of our team are, really! While conceding 4 is not good in one of those games we only had 9 players. Only the top 3 and Utd by one have conceded less goals than we have. More changes to come and hopefully better days ahead?
@@robinblick9375 hopefully not Robin, but the lack of positional discipline/organisation especially at set pieces is noticeable. We have to give him until the end of next season. But Ange also has to adapt. It's okay Ange it's not a weakness to accept the fact 😏
Apparently we play great attractive attacking football now. I’m sorry but I just don’t see it. I see a team that either gets hammered or struggles to get anything out of a game. Never a convincing win. It’s not the players fault, it’s the all out attack, leaving 2 at the back that is destroying us. Ange has one way of playing and that won’t change. So expect more big losses and no improvement. Harsh but true. Porro and Udogie can’t defend. Porro is the most dribbled past player in the prem.
I’m still fully behind Ange ! I feel like some of our supporters almost want the project to fail. There’s so little patience cause we’ve been starved of trophies but that’s not on Ange . He needs time . Like 3-5 years time imo
Hi Ali, A special mention to all the Spurs fans who travelled up to Newcastle. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting a different result. You adapt. evolve, compete or die.
Arse v Villa was one of those games in which there were good things to come from any result. But in answer to your question, 100% willing Villa on to beat them. In the same way I will be for Bayern later this week, even if it does knock the chances of 5th being a CL place. Further to that, come on Leverkusen as well!!! I’d rather (a million times over) that Arsenal miss out on winning the league (+ get knocked out of the CL) and we finish 5th in the Europa. Than the unthinkable and we get 4th and in the CL.
One thing I'd like to bring up. James Maddison has been too much of a wind up merchant recently. Sneaky punches, conning the ref to get fouls, lots of Bruno Fernandes style whining. I don't like it at all. Just get back to being the number 10 we need because it hasn't been close to good enough.
Thans as ever Alasdair. I for one want his to be a proper project regardless of results like what we had. We need to give Ange a few years to change us into a competitive team. I am tired of this I want it now generation. We will never succeed if we keep changing manager every 18 months. As you say, let's hope the players remain focused and believe in what he is trying to achieve.
Don't matter if we go and spend 200 million or more and buy at least 3 world class players if we set up tactically clueless against any Premier league team we will be found out pretty quickly and most certainly punished, after reading Eric Diers interview last week and him basically stating that Ange only trains to implement how we want to play and not how the opposition will possibly set up against us is very scary going forward especially the next 3 games were we could be totally torn apart and we could even make Chelsea look like a decent team
Hear me out. First of all I did wake up at 4:30am and was back asleep by 5:35am because that was despicable to watch and I was so angry for a bit. Second, after some thinking I now believe after our loss and this Villa win over Arsenal, we should accept Europa League and enjoy Arsenal choking once again. We can win the Europa League next season if we play well, we’re not ready to compete for the Champions League yet. What do people think of this? In 2-3 years I think we can compete for the Champions League under Ange but now Europa is a great step.
Thanks Alasdair for your reasoned and balanced analysis - helps with recovering from what, with the Villa result, has been a pretty miserable weekend. At least our Women’s team has given us fans something to celebrate and be proud of. Apart from Burnley and Sheffield Utd our run in is fraught with jeopardy- this is where the fans need to show solidarity and avoid some of the frenzied hysteria that we see on social media. In Ange I trust COYS
Ali, I’m less than a minute in, and this is already the therapy I needed. I can just tell it’ll be a grounded, resilient response; rather than an impromptu, emotional attack. Thank you, in advance.
@@robinblick9375 then fuck off to the Boy Hotspur’s channel, or one of the other moany little immature channels, and leave us to have insightful thoughts.
The system looks one dimensional and tactically inflexible. Even the players don’t look like they trust it. It’s not the rebuild it’s the system which is the issue.
Those are just buzzwords that support reactionary managers who struggle to set up an established starting 11. If we want to be a top side we have to stick to it. Practice makes perfect.
I can't understand how a squad of players can all turn in performances that barley rate a 4, the problem we have is, everybody knows exactly how we'll play, and setup to negate that, playing as high as we do leave us wide open to the ball over the top, and facing pace from the opposition standing on the hallway line will inevitably cause us pain, our goal conceded clarifies that, from our remains game I fail to see us getting too many points from 4 of those, we potentially are staring at 6/7 final position.
Im sorry Alasdair, im personally starting to worry about how we are so one dimensional we are, as for wanting to challenge for the title that could be a rod to break Ange's back
Hi Ali, love the videos. Thanks for the time and effort you put into them. Question, having watched the Eric Dier interview with Gary Neville and him mentioning about Dele playing a deeper role. How do you think Dele would do in this Tottenham team as a number 6/8? Feel like he never got the praise that he deserved for his off the ball work and overall workrate. I'm sure most of the fanbase would love to see Dele back to his best, even more so in a Tottenham jersey (we can dream 😂)
Id take 7th if it meant them lot not winning it. A big part is because I believe in Ange and his approach, that time is our friend. It would be another season closer to a 'finished' squad or that next phase. A season closer to Kane coming back.
This zonal defence marking at corners and free kicks is totally dreadful. Man, for man marking for me. What the hell do they do in training? Well, it's not solving any problems for sure.
An excellent video again Alasdair. Thank you. Angeball is so much better than the dross of last season notwithstanding the frustrations, inconsistencies and sometimes heavy defeats. My five cents: 1) Werner is 28 and his shooting won't improve. Personally I would not exercise his option. There must be better alternatives. Perisic always looked more threatening and willing to take on his man, and put in better crosses. Perisic couldn't defend but Werner often loses the ball and when he does he can't get it back and it's tended to be consequential 2) Sonny is being marked out of the game when he's forced to play centrally, mainly because he's not physically strong enough. When it's played on the left he doesn't get man-marked as much, received the ball and moves into a dangerous area 3) Porro and Romero need competition for their places. Porro can raise his game, as he did after he scored vs Forest, but too often he goes missing of late 4) but the biggest worry to me is our susceptibility to set pieces, especially corners. We don't have big, tall players who can clear the ball, nor at the other end to attack the ball. In the Forest game such was the lack of confidence to score from corners that we always resorted to a short corner. So while I believe in Ange, I feel for him to maintain a line of no concern about set pieces (either defending or attacking) is disappointingly disingenuous. Given your calls/expectations for Spurs priorities for next season, I'd love to see Conor Gallagher and Ivan Toney. Apparently the latter could be available for much less now? And I'd love Brian Mbeumo. Have Spurs ever had a Brian?
Micha Richard’s picked up on something that he commented on in MOD was that the team want to try more intricate passes in their own half or around their own box than doing that around the oppositions 18 yard box. I just don’t get it, I find myself shouting at the screen, SHOOOOOOT god damn it. Honestly I don’t know where these players have learnt this crap, and sorry Alasdair this isn’t progress we’re seeing, it’s the same old spursy crap. I love Ange but he’s not showing that he can be versatile in his tactics and approaches to games, fans are just saying as it is. Thnx for another video, on point as always.
Need Werner to start scoring... for me, its not enough, even with assists contributions to justify signing. Some of those chances against Newcastle were good but squandered
So good to listen to a calm head when it comes to my team there are two possibly three Tottenham podcasts that I listen too without getting annoyed by there comments & views etc thank you Mr Gold
Oh Ali, just got back from the ladies FA Cup victory, that made up for yesterday's shambolic performance. Mega proud of the ladies. Thank you for your video as always, look forward to your insight on yesterday's game. COYS!!!
Thanks for the latest video Ally, watching this after attending the Spurs ladies semifinal, cheered up my weekend. I don’t understand why some people would want us to change manager all we need to do is give Ange time, I’m sure he will improve us more next season.
That’s two hammerings in the last two away games, both against average sides, Newcastle are no world-beaters. I’m going to enjoy the ride for now, but unless Ange adapts, it’s going to - as it usually does - end in tears.
As a spurs supporter who lives in Newcastle, I always cut the team some slack for coming up here. The drive is horrid. The weather can play on some of the foreign players and lets be honest... the atmosphere in Newcastle is mental. People live and breathe football here, its a real real cauldron to step into. We were not great but we move. COYS ( Great video as always Ali, P.S. I highly recommend the new Fallout series on Prime for Gold goes to the movie.)
Thanks for the great analysis and therapy for those of us who are travelling back home from the jubilant FA Cup victory at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium
Postecoglou has his own way of coaching the team and that's perfectly fine with me. I can respect that. But I hope his stubbornness doesn't backfire at the end.
Thank you, Ali. I will watch it when I get home. Two things I can’t really agree with Ange are his comments on pecking order and hiring a set piece specialist. Ange definitely has his preferred lineup like all other managers and there’s nothing wrong with it. We’ve been leaking goals from corners since Man City game and shown almost no creativity on the other side. I get his philosophy is all game plan should be integrated but even Pep ended up hiring a set piece specialist. I’m already anxious watching us defending corners from Arsenal with Ben White constantly being a nuisance.
More than happy with Europa League if it means Arsenal not winning anything Ali 😂 honestly think we'd have a better time playing in the EL rather than the CL anyway, clearly not ready yet!
Football is always full of ifs and buts. IF Werner put away his two chances… IF VDV had not been booked and unsettled… the entire game could have gone differently. Newcastle played their best game. From the sucker-punch suicidal 2nd goal, there was no real way back. We Move on. We have to.
People need to understand Ange can be criticised. The system in current form won’t work in this league, you simply cannot leave yourself that open against team with quality and managers who can put together a game plan to exploit it. First season but things need to change As for the team we have no players in good form. What has happened to Udogie, Porto, Bissouma, Maddison, son all completely awful most games now
@@vandammejam Why wouldn't it? His trophy case is looking pretty healthy, especially compared to Spurs. Unless Levy catches a case of pant-pissing from the pub experts, there should be marked improvements each season/window. He's playing front-foot football with an inherited team that was built for 3-at the back terrorism - absolutely shouldn't be working yet, but it mostly is.
Another thing I can not understand is why he never changes our front 3 positions during the game. He starts with Werner on the left and Sonny CF. Or with Richi on top and Sonny on the left. Switch them man!! For 5 minutes or something. Take Johnson on the left put, Werner on the right. They all play all the positions. And see if something changes. I can not understand why. On Saturday with no striker on the bench he takes of Sonny. Put him for 5 minutes on the left and put Werner in front and see what happens and then take him off. Is that so bad?
Ali, your comment about us lacking leadership at the back is important but I think it goes beyond just the defence. I personally think there is a lack of leadership throughout the team. Son is a great captain when it comes to leading by example, but he is not the sort of player to deliver tough love and galvanize a struggling squad. The team in general reminds me of the criticism the Arsenal team got under Emery. A boys club of young lads laughing and joking with each other, playing FIFA and painting pictures of each other, but not having the steel and determination needed to go from being a good team to an elite one. That mentality that Jose spoke of in the All or Nothing doc, when he said that as much as you love to win, you have to _hate_ to lose. I am a realist though and I know Rome wasn't built in a day, but I think the leadership needs to be addressed in the transfer market.
@@TooDarnSoulful I understand why Ange gave it to Son because he is captain of SK and he is the best player in the team. But being the best player doesn't make you the best leader. Roy Keane is a good example. He was a good player but not at the same level as many of his team mates, but he had the right character to be a captain.
@@CaptainHowdy-mw9vc Roy keane was one of the best 'vocal' captains ever. You do not see it so much but nowadays , but you could see in the fulham and Newcastle the game needs vocal captains back, we are not the only team that says where is the LEADERSHIP on the pitch !
Strange we all thought when we got Maddison, Bissouma ,Bentencur on the pitch together we would be a real force, its been the opposite. Men against boys , Embarrassing, these type of performances are getting more frequent. There is no way we are challenging for the title next season or any season soon.
Arsenal under Arteta finished 8th, 8th, 5th, and then challenged for the title finishing 2nd, and will finish somewhere between 1st and 3rd this year. We'll probably finished 4th or 5th, so we can definitely challenge for the title within the next 2 seasons.
When was the last time spurs had a run of more than 3 consecutive victories? We would have to win week in week out to challenge for the title, spurs don't do that, not in our dna. I don't care what summer transfer window we have
@@stevepierro8268 this "dna" thing is a load of rubbish. Where is this "dna"? Where is it stored? How does it manifest? Where does it come from? Spurs used to be a winning team, did they have a winning "dna" then? How did they lose it? If it's possible to lose, surely it must be possible to get back? We got 4 wins in a row at the start of this season, followed by a draw at the Emirates, followed by 4 more wins. Then came the Chelsea game when our season fell apart. Marginal improvements have oversized effects over the course of a season. You only have to win by 1 goal to get 3 points. Over the next two seasons we have 4 transfer windows. The squad will look very different. If Postecoglue is allowed to build a squad in his image, like Arteta was allowed to, there's no reason we can't see similar gains.
Spurs used to be a winning team? When was that?? the last time we were a winning team was in 1961, We've nowhere near been a winning team, the likes of Liverpool, Arsenal and City are so far ahead of us it's naive for people to think we can challenge in the next 2 years. Like I said to win the title you need to win week in week out spurs have never done that in the PL era, it's not just about adding a few players and we can challenge, Spurs need a winning mentality and we need top draw players to have that
@@stevepierro8268 "Spurs used to be a winning team? When was that? The last time Spurs was a winning team was in 1961." You literally answered your own question immediately after answering it. And 1961 was the last league title, but Spurs won 2 Europa leagues since then as well, and were a good side in the 80s. The point I made is that there is no "dna". The teams that win are changing all the time. Chelsea and City weren't "winning teams" until this century. Aston Villa used to be a winning team. Newcastle and Leeds used to be winning teams. The "dna" thing is rubbish. As for the "winning mentality", world cup winner Lloris didn't have it? World cup winner Romero doesn't have it? Copa America winner Lo Celso doesn't have it? How many players have left Spurs and gone on to win trophies? Did they suddenly acquire a "winning mentality" after leaving Spurs? Our best period in recent history was under Poch, a manager who was given 5 years with little to no funding. We're now consistently a top 4/5 side in terms of net spend and are spending hundreds of millions more than we spent under Poch. Imagine giving Ange a few years to build his squad with that funding. Arsenal haven't won a title since 2004 and were consistantly finishing below us until last season. They had a plan, backed their manager, and 4 years into a project started challenging. Think how many players you can get in and out in 1 window, and then consider we have 4 windows in the next 2 seasons. More than half our squad will be overhauled in that time. There's no reason to think we can't challenge following that kind of period.
We just need to be patient I believe it will come good eventually. Those who are Ange out need to get a grip, this is the first year of the rebuild and no one thought we would be where we are. If we hadn't started the season with 8 wins and 2 draws then we wouldn't have people being Ange out I believe.
We just don't seem to be very fluid in the final third. So many times we get around the oppositions penalty area then it all slows down and we faff about a bit trying to walk it into the net just before we lose the ball. I'm all for sticking to your principles but surely there's nothing wrong with having the ability to adapt our game sometimes. I'm sure Ange doesn't lack humility but recognising when a on field tweak is needed would surely be beneficial. The players are learning but I think Ange could also learn to work with a broader palette if he would let himself.
If we can somehow show the same fight and passion that Villa showed today against the Goonies, we can destroy them in a couple of weeks. Just need to get that belief back. Let's get behind the team and the manager instead of moaning every time we have a poor performance. Ange forewarned that this would happen. There's definitely been more good than bad this season and there has been progress. Things will continue to get better, we've all just got to start believing more and not expecting everything at once. Today was proof that this can happen to any team. Liverpool were poor v Palace and Villa were fantastic against Arsenal, who were also poor. We will get there! Believe it!! COYS!!
Big congrats to our Ladies!!!! 3 big cheers! Also, Al, no need to "standard" apologizing, you are doing great and we all (I am sure I can say that) really appreciate your awesome vids. Cheers to you ;-) Serdecznosci!
Rebuild .Projects .Time !! Ange is unable to get tottenham playing proper football and every week we look lost !! Sorrry we need a performance and result against arsenal to show we are improving. Another defeat will be hard to stomach!! Up to you Ange .Prove your good enough!!
The seeds of this performance were evident at the Forest game. With no disrespect if Chris Woods was given three good chances, one he took, then what price Issak on current form? The rest is history…
A lot of the players let the side down but Ange needs to not be so stubborn on 'my way or the highway' and be able to adapt and manage/adapt the team against certain opponents and realise that his current set-piece approach isn't working. That said, it's his first season, he's doing a great job overall and if he learns from these 'bumps' with good backing in the summer in key positions (6, fwd & winger) then it's looking good in the long run.
Alasdair anyone with an ounce of football knowledge could see we needed am experienced striker once HK was sold. It's negligence by the board trying to wing it. Veliz is an inexperienced young player, another cheap punt. Wasting Son or Johnson through the middle has cost them dear. Richarlison is only good enough as a back up squad striker. It's down to the board and their decision not to buy in afraid.
Thanks Alisdair… you know the most inconsistent performance over the course of the season without a doubt has been the fanbase. Sorry folks. We only sing when we are winning. We expect the players to play without fear but our fickle fanbase has them doubting it. Bad day at the office and one more set back to overcome and be stronger for that’s all. 🤷♂️
Pochettino didn't used to concentrate on the opposition. Poxh was very open that he used to work with the first team for most of the week and let everyone else do other training. Correct if I'm wrong.
Thanks as always for your summary Ali, it makes a very unpleasant result and performance easier to digest. I was watching with my young son and had to turn off the TV and let my blood pressure drop after the two quick goals. Regarding Arsenal I have a strange family history in that my dad was a Gooner who was happy to let one son support Tottenham and the other, my brother, support the Hammers; no pressure, no rancor. Subsequently having lived all over NE London I have lots of Arsenal friends and even worked in a die-hard Gooner pub for a few months so it's been hard to escape their success (I still have a horrible memory after one of the Wenger season-end triumphs of a pair of mooning buttocks somewhere near Clissold Park, truly witnessing the "Arse' arses". I always try to teach my son to respect opponents when he plays football and to do that off the field after a game or when watching a game. God knows it's not easy and it's often through gritted teeth but we have to focus on what we need to do better and learn from other teams, systems and clubs. Except for Chavski... a radioactive meteor strike is long overdue on Stamford Bridge.
I can’t agree more about your analysis of Son in this game. He’s a club legend and a legend of the game, however he just isn’t a striker. He can finish better than most strikers but just doesn’t have the play style to be the tip of the spear. However I do feel he was coming short try and get play flowing as we were just not getting through Newcastle for the most part. Richarlison’s absence’s are getting concerning as we really do need him as another option. Could be a big summer around him to see if we look for someone who can be more match day available.
Honestly, it's quite frustrating that Spurs still only have one proper striker in the squad. I have no idea why they haven't at some point just bought some championship lump to be a backup (a bit like when we had Llorente). I was watching a replay of Spurs 5 - 1 Arsenal the other day, and we had Berbatov, Keane and Defoe in the squad. It was such a rich collection of striking talent!
Its beginning to look as if whether this emperor (Ange) is wearing 'new clothes' or not. Its doubtful the current squad is good enough to stamp the authority that Angeball should provide. Could just be a lack of clinical players up front. Doubt whether getting the best players in the world for each position would be effective 100% of the time in this league. Bottomline the opposition managers and [some] players in this league are too good for Angeball given its easily countered. Its also a sign that the leadership group arent the one were looking for. Too many heads are dropping. Anyway - next year will reveal 2 things. If Ange is as good as he has been made out to be. Whether the club board are just to afraid to succeed and spend the money on quality players to augment the current squad, which is not bad. As always - thanks again for your thoughts.
Thanks for your valuable insights, Alasdair. It was a very painful match-they did look one dimensional and brittle. I did wonder why Ange didn’t make some effective changes. Hoping they’ll come back rejuvenated and confident.
It was rubbish, pathetic and predictable. From us its just pass, pass, pass then Newcastle gets the ball two incisive passes and they are through. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Where's the flexibility, the adapting, the plan B. Its just a ridiculous high line all the time. Eddie Howe knew it and he planned accordingly.
We keep pointing to Klopp and Arteta's first seasons. However, if you look at the defense and GKs they had to work with in those seasons, theyre much changed. Majority of the fanbase look at this Spurs defense and say its "set". If thats the case, Ange will have to make some tactical changes to keep from conceding so many goals.
I came for the sigh but I stayed for te whole show because you are always that good. In addition to the tactical fixes (which honestly I don't know if those are coming or not), I would like to see Dragusin feature in some of these remaining fixtures. Whether that means replacing Romero for a game , or 3 at the back. or playing at rightful back in a pinch. I don't know, but I'd like to see him play.
Bad periods will always be happening, what i'm taking out from this is that players seem to still be believing in the project and have high ambitions for next season. I think 5th or 6th is probably fair for us as we're probably not the fourth best team in this league just yet. Don't get me wrong, we all hope for better than this, but it was always going to take time. People get used to winning very fast, we're 8 months into a long term project based on a new vision. As fans it is our duty to be patient.
I want Arse to always lose. I don't care if we get Europa League football. It's still a step up from last season and it's a competition we have a better chance winning.
If there is a criticism I can make of Ange is that his squad management has been a bit disappointing. Players who have been poor over weeks (Bissouma, Maddison, Kulusevski to name a few) are not being benched so become complacent. It's an issue of squad depth for sure but most of all, DESIRE and intensity. It's a squad game...
What concerns me most is how the rules over home grown players will affect the progress towards Total Angeball. Perhaps you could do a video discussing how the team could be improved within those rules. It’s no good saying Ange has complete support, and the club has plenty of money, if we can’t work within the HG rules.
So here we are, 38 games last season. Won 18 lost 14. 60 points. This season, won 18, lost 8! 60 points...32 games. Last season, 8th, missed out on europe. This season, we will qualify for either CL or EL. This is progress! I've heard Ange out, Levy out and frankly fed up of it. Ange said at the start we'd have up and down days. 4-0 hurts, as does Wolves as does Brighton, as does Fulham. However, we don't have a God given right to win every game that some seem to think. We have to be realistic BUT we are heading in the right direction and we HAVE to take a deep breath and evaluate where we were and where we are. We are much better than we were can't be argued. That Ange has to look hard at himself sometimes, do you honestly think he doesn't? If he doesn't, how can he improve? If he doesn't, then criticism is justified but do you honestly think DL won't question him too? As I write Villa are 2 up which hurts further. If we continue like yesterday then that is a concern but this season is going to go down to the wire. I'd rather be where we are than where we were but we ALL need to regroup, take a deep breath and see just how far together, we can go this season. COYS.
Great comment and I will bet Ange is his own harshest critic.
Much of that only really applies if you think Ange will change his tactics somewhat to leave us less open. We also went out of both cups quickly, have an awful run of games coming up, plus we had had no European games this season. I think Ange definitely needs another season, but considering the better players we have in many positions and no Europe to tire us out this season, and the fact we may not get many more wins this season (I hope we do) he has pretty much been average in his outcomes. Plus he needs to stop talking down to journalists like he is the only person with a brain in the room. Irritating.
Mate.
I love the positivity but come on. Whats the first sign of madness?
The system doesn't or can't work. You're either stupid or attached to the club
@@grahammerry7031you love the positivity but you call him stupid. Mate, love the hypocrisy but you're either a liar or just ignorant
The manager's lack of tactics and adaptability are a real concern though. Think Angeball has been rumbled by just about every manager at this stage. He's being schooled by the likes of Moyes, Gary O'Neil, Eddie Howe etc.
Arsenal are fighting for titles because they stuck by Arteta after finishing 8th, 8th, and 5th. Ange inherited a team that finished 8th, lost Harry Kane, and now is in 5th. Ange is doing amazing. GIVE HIM TIME!
He does NOT deserve time when he is telling press confrences that top 4 is nothing and he wants to challenge the top 3 NEXT season for the prem ! Which is at Ange 2 season rebuild or potential champions next season ? make your mind up !
@@TooDarnSoulfulare we already in the next season or is there still games + transfer window to go?
@@DonDadda2196 Tell you what that is going to have to be some transfer window, I backed Ange all the way and hope he proves me wrong but, we are getting that high line totally destroyed and he can be as stubborn as he likes, decent managers in the Prem will exploit it. Dier told us all no tactics regarding the team you are playing wtf ?
I celebrated Villa's win today. Don't mind finishing 5th if Arsenal don't win the title. It takes some pressure off us praying for Spurs to win the NLD. I wouldn't be shocked if Spurs lose 4 of the remaining games.
Very happy Villa beat Arsenal. It's really not the end of the world if we finish 5th this season, but Arsenal winning the title would be horrific
Could still finish 6th
@@grahammerry7031 we're 10 points away from 6th and 7th with 18 points left to play for. We're 11 points away from 2nd. I think it'll be 4th or 5th
@@Gremunky Have you seen our fixtures. Have you seen our form.
Have you seen Newcastle fixtures and form.
They'll catch us
@@grahammerry7031 we'll see
The system exposes the defence. Teams have learned this. The 2 empty spaces where the full backs normally are provide huge opportunities for the opposition to get at us.
The most frustrating thing about Spurs is I know they are capable of so much more. I don’t know what it is that stops them from expressing it and more importantly, neither do they.
Well done spurs ladies - showing the men how it's done after that shocking performance yesterday. COYS 💙
Will the coach get sacked a week before the final for wanting to rest star players in a league game?
To answer your question, I was delighted to see Arsenal lose yesterday, even if it costs us a place in the Champions League. Although I'd love more CL nights, I'm not sure we're ready for it yet.
Very happy to see Villa win today. I cannot and do not want to ever see Arseanal win the league. We are not ready for Champs League, villa deserves 4th as it stands.
These videos after losses are like therapy. You break down the game so well
On another note, the difference between Pep, Arteta and Klopp is that their all tacticians of the game, unfortunately that is not Ange Postecoglu, he’s going to have to change his ways and learn to adapt if he wants success in the EPL.
We hate early kick offs and we need to bin that dusgusting kit. I remember Sir Alex doing it with that grey one and it actually made a difference. We always play poorly in it. #COYS
Ally, in answer to your question: no favours from Arsenal please. Well done Unai Emery . Gracias y buenas noches.
Thank you for always being the voice of reason. I appreciate all you do to keep us grounded and hopefully for the future. Keep up the great job you do and your honnest down to earth view of things. Really enjoy listening every week.
Hi Ali, players look as if they are not convinced bout Ange’s tactics. We have been poor away from home for months (Villa aside). - at home we’re not gr8 either we’re scrapping wins against average teams whilst giving away chance after chance.
Successful teams are built on sound defending - that’s starting point - Ange does not seem to bother about that - a 1-2-8 formation will not work in Prem Lge (no matter who we buy in summer).
It is with the greatest of reluctance that I have to say Ange has perhaps underestimated the defensive demands of playing in the Premier League. After all, this is the best league in the world and the offensive quality of teams in this league, at least among the teams in the top half, is not something Ange has faced before. If I'm right, he'll have to go back to the drawing board and recalibrate his game in order to achieve the right balance between offense and defence. Perhaps, it's time to dial back the offensive element while he fine-tunes the defence.
You grow by learning from your mistakes. That’s not happening with defensive set pieces. 15 out of 16 corners were headed by a Newcastle player. And this was just after Postecoglou said defending set pieces was not an issue when he was asked at the pre-match press conference - and he was asked because it keeps happening.
His response are beginning to sound annoying and glib and he needs to speak with his team’s actions on the pitch- starting with defensive set pieces.
Ange and the team need to realise that football is a game of multiple tactics and strategies. They can’t keep being this stubborn team of believing one way is the only way. Also van der ven needs to check his boots and change them out for a pair that stops him from slipping over!
the thing that concerns me is not the poor game yesterday but anges comments the day before when asked about tactical work and if he watched backlast seasons game at newcastle the fact hes basically said they dont work on the other team but just how we want to play our game which seems a bit of a dangerous game to me
Ask Ange a proper question for once, like why are we so shocking at defending corners and free-kicks? What is going to be done with two weeks on the training pitch ahead of the big one?
So, so right! These journos at press conferences really do come out with sillyarsed questions to Ange. Put him on the spot and ask why zonal marking is not working, and we struggle to even head the ball at the top end and in defence.
Is the Aston Villa so terrible? Apart from the joy of seeing Arsenal lose and hopefully bottle the run in are we really ready for the Champions League at this stage of the team's development? Maybe a good run in the Europa is better. (I'm taking off my rose-coloured spectacles now)
Thanks as always for posting these!
I think I'll gladly take Europa and a Villa win today as opposed to the alternate timeline where that other team win the league.
Especially for this stage in the rebuild, we may not have the fluidity of depth for champions league next year.
Given recent form, what do we all see as our best midfield and front three for the next few matches?
The most exciting part of the beginning of the season was how Spurs started games at 100mph and blew teams away playing their football with speed and accuracy. Even at Chelsea, the start of the big turning point of the season, we were blowing Chelsea away. A fraction of an offside call and we were away! Ange needs to figure out why this shift away from high speed accurate starts has occurred over the season. Onwards and upwards with Ange!
...maybe due to a number of reasons; because it's difficult to keep that high pace for the whole season. Because teams second time around playing Spurs are starting to work out how to manage Spurs. Because Ange doesn't pay attention to opponents strengths, weaknesses nor tactics.
I was highly delighted Arsenal lost to Villa.
Which means that Villa are now favourites for fourth place.
@@robinblick9375 Absolutely fine with me
Our fanbase seems to think that our players are seasoned, hardened veterans of the game! This is a young team who are still learning how to play together under a new coach with new tactics. They will learn from their mistakes. Calm down dears!! 😂
Concede 4 goals once can happen in a season, twice is very naive, 3 times questions have to be asked. The majority of these players are seasoned professionals from top leagues. We have no discipline and that is the problem. Our defence was awful pre-season which is understandable, but not 8 months on Ange needs to drive home the message or change tactic occasionally.
@@tonykelly9233 seasoned professionals at 21, 22 and 23 Tony which the majority of our team are, really! While conceding 4 is not good in one of those games we only had 9 players. Only the top 3 and Utd by one have conceded less goals than we have. More changes to come and hopefully better days ahead?
Lets hope so. Thatll be writren on our gravestones 😅@@DiamondDave492
The mistake was appointing a manager who is obviously out of his depth.
@@robinblick9375 hopefully not Robin, but the lack of positional discipline/organisation especially at set pieces is noticeable. We have to give him until the end of next season. But Ange also has to adapt. It's okay Ange it's not a weakness to accept the fact 😏
Apparently we play great attractive attacking football now.
I’m sorry but I just don’t see it.
I see a team that either gets hammered or struggles to get anything out of a game. Never a convincing win.
It’s not the players fault, it’s the all out attack, leaving 2 at the back that is destroying us.
Ange has one way of playing and that won’t change.
So expect more big losses and no improvement.
Harsh but true.
Porro and Udogie can’t defend.
Porro is the most dribbled past player in the prem.
Absolutely. The football is awful every week !!
I’m still fully behind Ange ! I feel like some of our supporters almost want the project to fail. There’s so little patience cause we’ve been starved of trophies but that’s not on Ange . He needs time . Like 3-5 years time imo
Hi Ali, A special mention to all the Spurs fans who travelled up to Newcastle. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting a different result. You adapt. evolve, compete or die.
Arse v Villa was one of those games in which there were good things to come from any result. But in answer to your question, 100% willing Villa on to beat them. In the same way I will be for Bayern later this week, even if it does knock the chances of 5th being a CL place. Further to that, come on Leverkusen as well!!! I’d rather (a million times over) that Arsenal miss out on winning the league (+ get knocked out of the CL) and we finish 5th in the Europa. Than the unthinkable and we get 4th and in the CL.
One thing I'd like to bring up. James Maddison has been too much of a wind up merchant recently. Sneaky punches, conning the ref to get fouls, lots of Bruno Fernandes style whining. I don't like it at all. Just get back to being the number 10 we need because it hasn't been close to good enough.
Needs bench
Loving Ange in 23, sack Ange in 24 is utterly ridiculous. I think Klopp finished 7th or 8th in his first season. Woolwich to win no thanks.
Thans as ever Alasdair. I for one want his to be a proper project regardless of results like what we had. We need to give Ange a few years to change us into a competitive team. I am tired of this I want it now generation. We will never succeed if we keep changing manager every 18 months. As you say, let's hope the players remain focused and believe in what he is trying to achieve.
I blame the kit. It has to go. Grimsville.
Inspired by Granny's Stockings.
Don't matter if we go and spend 200 million or more and buy at least 3 world class players if we set up tactically clueless against any Premier league team we will be found out pretty quickly and most certainly punished, after reading Eric Diers interview last week and him basically stating that Ange only trains to implement how we want to play and not how the opposition will possibly set up against us is very scary going forward especially the next 3 games were we could be totally torn apart and we could even make Chelsea look like a decent team
Hear me out. First of all I did wake up at 4:30am and was back asleep by 5:35am because that was despicable to watch and I was so angry for a bit. Second, after some thinking I now believe after our loss and this Villa win over Arsenal, we should accept Europa League and enjoy Arsenal choking once again. We can win the Europa League next season if we play well, we’re not ready to compete for the Champions League yet. What do people think of this? In 2-3 years I think we can compete for the Champions League under Ange but now Europa is a great step.
Thanks Alasdair for your reasoned and balanced analysis - helps with recovering from what, with the Villa result, has been a pretty miserable weekend. At least our Women’s team has given us fans something to celebrate and be proud of. Apart from Burnley and Sheffield Utd our run in is fraught with jeopardy- this is where the fans need to show solidarity and avoid some of the frenzied hysteria that we see on social media. In Ange I trust COYS
Ali, I’m less than a minute in, and this is already the therapy I needed. I can just tell it’ll be a grounded, resilient response; rather than an impromptu, emotional attack. Thank you, in advance.
We need realism, not 'therapy' that makes us ignore the fact that we are losers.
@@robinblick9375 then fuck off to the Boy Hotspur’s channel, or one of the other moany little immature channels, and leave us to have insightful thoughts.
The system looks one dimensional and tactically inflexible. Even the players don’t look like they trust it. It’s not the rebuild it’s the system which is the issue.
Those are just buzzwords that support reactionary managers who struggle to set up an established starting 11. If we want to be a top side we have to stick to it. Practice makes perfect.
Newcastle tactics were spot on. Dier was right and Ange doesn’t have a clue or plan B.. he’s way out of his depth and who put him in???
I can't understand how a squad of players can all turn in performances that barley rate a 4, the problem we have is, everybody knows exactly how we'll play, and setup to negate that, playing as high as we do leave us wide open to the ball over the top, and facing pace from the opposition standing on the hallway line will inevitably cause us pain, our goal conceded clarifies that, from our remains game I fail to see us getting too many points from 4 of those, we potentially are staring at 6/7 final position.
Because we are spurs it's what we do. Failure.
Im sorry Alasdair, im personally starting to worry about how we are so one dimensional we are, as for wanting to challenge for the title that could be a rod to break Ange's back
Hi Ali, love the videos. Thanks for the time and effort you put into them. Question, having watched the Eric Dier interview with Gary Neville and him mentioning about Dele playing a deeper role. How do you think Dele would do in this Tottenham team as a number 6/8? Feel like he never got the praise that he deserved for his off the ball work and overall workrate. I'm sure most of the fanbase would love to see Dele back to his best, even more so in a Tottenham jersey (we can dream 😂)
I have developed an immunity to this; it's only taken 45 years 😢
I'd much rather get Europa League and try to win it than get Champions League and crash out early.
I'd agree with you there.
Id take 7th if it meant them lot not winning it.
A big part is because I believe in Ange and his approach, that time is our friend. It would be another season closer to a 'finished' squad or that next phase. A season closer to Kane coming back.
Kane is never coming back, if Poch stays at Chelski he will go there or Man Utd.
This zonal defence marking at corners and free kicks is totally dreadful. Man, for man marking for me. What the hell do they do in training? Well, it's not solving any problems for sure.
Attack the ball would be nice for a start
"Ultra High line, Come What May" is a strategy that will never work at this level. Ever.
Even so, there will be echoes of glory.
@@suffulufugus "glory" as in winning some big games occasionally. Can't win titles or cups with these tactics.
There is far more depth to the system than simply playing a high line
@@bb5979 ok, we haven't seen that yet. When's he going to show us these hidden depths?
It's Kevin Keegan's Newcastle, rebooted. It didn't work then either.
Big up the Spurs Ladies. On the way to Wembley!
An excellent video again Alasdair. Thank you. Angeball is so much better than the dross of last season notwithstanding the frustrations, inconsistencies and sometimes heavy defeats. My five cents: 1) Werner is 28 and his shooting won't improve. Personally I would not exercise his option. There must be better alternatives. Perisic always looked more threatening and willing to take on his man, and put in better crosses. Perisic couldn't defend but Werner often loses the ball and when he does he can't get it back and it's tended to be consequential 2) Sonny is being marked out of the game when he's forced to play centrally, mainly because he's not physically strong enough. When it's played on the left he doesn't get man-marked as much, received the ball and moves into a dangerous area 3) Porro and Romero need competition for their places. Porro can raise his game, as he did after he scored vs Forest, but too often he goes missing of late 4) but the biggest worry to me is our susceptibility to set pieces, especially corners. We don't have big, tall players who can clear the ball, nor at the other end to attack the ball. In the Forest game such was the lack of confidence to score from corners that we always resorted to a short corner. So while I believe in Ange, I feel for him to maintain a line of no concern about set pieces (either defending or attacking) is disappointingly disingenuous. Given your calls/expectations for Spurs priorities for next season, I'd love to see Conor Gallagher and Ivan Toney. Apparently the latter could be available for much less now? And I'd love Brian Mbeumo. Have Spurs ever had a Brian?
Micha Richard’s picked up on something that he commented on in MOD was that the team want to try more intricate passes in their own half or around their own box than doing that around the oppositions 18 yard box.
I just don’t get it, I find myself shouting at the screen, SHOOOOOOT god damn it.
Honestly I don’t know where these players have learnt this crap, and sorry Alasdair this isn’t progress we’re seeing, it’s the same old spursy crap.
I love Ange but he’s not showing that he can be versatile in his tactics and approaches to games, fans are just saying as it is.
Thnx for another video, on point as always.
Need Werner to start scoring... for me, its not enough, even with assists contributions to justify signing. Some of those chances against Newcastle were good but squandered
Big up Ali thanks for the vids my man, always appreciated for some therapy after things like yesterday 😊
So good to listen to a calm head when it comes to my team there are two possibly three Tottenham podcasts that I listen too without getting annoyed by there comments & views etc thank you Mr Gold
Oh Ali, just got back from the ladies FA Cup victory, that made up for yesterday's shambolic performance. Mega proud of the ladies. Thank you for your video as always, look forward to your insight on yesterday's game. COYS!!!
Thanks for the latest video Ally, watching this after attending the Spurs ladies semifinal, cheered up my weekend.
I don’t understand why some people would want us to change manager all we need to do is give Ange time, I’m sure he will improve us more next season.
That’s two hammerings in the last two away games, both against average sides, Newcastle are no world-beaters. I’m going to enjoy the ride for now, but unless Ange adapts, it’s going to - as it usually does - end in tears.
As a spurs supporter who lives in Newcastle, I always cut the team some slack for coming up here. The drive is horrid. The weather can play on some of the foreign players and lets be honest... the atmosphere in Newcastle is mental. People live and breathe football here, its a real real cauldron to step into. We were not great but we move. COYS ( Great video as always Ali, P.S. I highly recommend the new Fallout series on Prime for Gold goes to the movie.)
Thanks for the great analysis and therapy for those of us who are travelling back home from the jubilant FA Cup victory at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium
Postecoglou has his own way of coaching the team and that's perfectly fine with me. I can respect that. But I hope his stubbornness doesn't backfire at the end.
Thank you, Ali. I will watch it when I get home. Two things I can’t really agree with Ange are his comments on pecking order and hiring a set piece specialist. Ange definitely has his preferred lineup like all other managers and there’s nothing wrong with it. We’ve been leaking goals from corners since Man City game and shown almost no creativity on the other side. I get his philosophy is all game plan should be integrated but even Pep ended up hiring a set piece specialist. I’m already anxious watching us defending corners from Arsenal with Ben White constantly being a nuisance.
More than happy with Europa League if it means Arsenal not winning anything Ali 😂 honestly think we'd have a better time playing in the EL rather than the CL anyway, clearly not ready yet!
Football is always full of ifs and buts. IF Werner put away his two chances… IF VDV had not been booked and unsettled… the entire game could have gone differently. Newcastle played their best game. From the sucker-punch suicidal 2nd goal, there was no real way back. We Move on. We have to.
People need to understand Ange can be criticised. The system in current form won’t work in this league, you simply cannot leave yourself that open against team with quality and managers who can put together a game plan to exploit it.
First season but things need to change
As for the team we have no players in good form. What has happened to Udogie, Porto, Bissouma, Maddison, son all completely awful most games now
Where did you get this unique knowledge that it can't work? They sold the best player in the history of the club and got better. Something is working.
@@vinceo1058it won’t win us a cup .
@@vandammejam As opposed to the pile of trophies we've been winning?
@@vinceo1058 so you think angeball is gonna win us trophies ??
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@@vandammejam Why wouldn't it? His trophy case is looking pretty healthy, especially compared to Spurs. Unless Levy catches a case of pant-pissing from the pub experts, there should be marked improvements each season/window. He's playing front-foot football with an inherited team that was built for 3-at the back terrorism - absolutely shouldn't be working yet, but it mostly is.
I would without doubt rather us miss out on champions league if it meant arsenal not winning the league!
Levy wouldn't, he would have Arsenal winning everything as long as the money was rolling in.
@@paalosordoni7932 bore off
Another thing I can not understand is why he never changes our front 3 positions during the game. He starts with Werner on the left and Sonny CF. Or with Richi on top and Sonny on the left. Switch them man!! For 5 minutes or something. Take Johnson on the left put, Werner on the right. They all play all the positions. And see if something changes. I can not understand why. On Saturday with no striker on the bench he takes of Sonny. Put him for 5 minutes on the left and put Werner in front and see what happens and then take him off. Is that so bad?
Ali, your comment about us lacking leadership at the back is important but I think it goes beyond just the defence. I personally think there is a lack of leadership throughout the team. Son is a great captain when it comes to leading by example, but he is not the sort of player to deliver tough love and galvanize a struggling squad. The team in general reminds me of the criticism the Arsenal team got under Emery. A boys club of young lads laughing and joking with each other, playing FIFA and painting pictures of each other, but not having the steel and determination needed to go from being a good team to an elite one. That mentality that Jose spoke of in the All or Nothing doc, when he said that as much as you love to win, you have to _hate_ to lose. I am a realist though and I know Rome wasn't built in a day, but I think the leadership needs to be addressed in the transfer market.
Son is NOT Capatain material and the responsibilty appears to be effecting his form - there I said it Ange !
@@TooDarnSoulful I understand why Ange gave it to Son because he is captain of SK and he is the best player in the team. But being the best player doesn't make you the best leader. Roy Keane is a good example. He was a good player but not at the same level as many of his team mates, but he had the right character to be a captain.
@@CaptainHowdy-mw9vc Roy keane was one of the best 'vocal' captains ever. You do not see it so much but nowadays , but you could see in the fulham and Newcastle the game needs vocal captains back, we are not the only team that says where is the LEADERSHIP on the pitch !
@@TooDarnSoulful agreed.
Haha starting cracking up in the car analogy bit, good stuff Alasdair, your optimism always is a breath of fresh air.
As so often in the past, his 'optimism' will prove to be wishful thinking.
Strange we all thought when we got Maddison, Bissouma ,Bentencur on the pitch together we would be a real force, its been the opposite. Men against boys , Embarrassing, these type of performances are getting more frequent. There is no way we are challenging for the title next season or any season soon.
Arsenal under Arteta finished 8th, 8th, 5th, and then challenged for the title finishing 2nd, and will finish somewhere between 1st and 3rd this year.
We'll probably finished 4th or 5th, so we can definitely challenge for the title within the next 2 seasons.
When was the last time spurs had a run of more than 3 consecutive victories? We would have to win week in week out to challenge for the title, spurs don't do that, not in our dna. I don't care what summer transfer window we have
@@stevepierro8268 this "dna" thing is a load of rubbish. Where is this "dna"? Where is it stored? How does it manifest? Where does it come from? Spurs used to be a winning team, did they have a winning "dna" then? How did they lose it? If it's possible to lose, surely it must be possible to get back?
We got 4 wins in a row at the start of this season, followed by a draw at the Emirates, followed by 4 more wins. Then came the Chelsea game when our season fell apart.
Marginal improvements have oversized effects over the course of a season. You only have to win by 1 goal to get 3 points.
Over the next two seasons we have 4 transfer windows. The squad will look very different. If Postecoglue is allowed to build a squad in his image, like Arteta was allowed to, there's no reason we can't see similar gains.
Spurs used to be a winning team? When was that?? the last time we were a winning team was in 1961, We've nowhere near been a winning team, the likes of Liverpool, Arsenal and City are so far ahead of us it's naive for people to think we can challenge in the next 2 years. Like I said to win the title you need to win week in week out spurs have never done that in the PL era, it's not just about adding a few players and we can challenge, Spurs need a winning mentality and we need top draw players to have that
@@stevepierro8268 "Spurs used to be a winning team? When was that? The last time Spurs was a winning team was in 1961." You literally answered your own question immediately after answering it. And 1961 was the last league title, but Spurs won 2 Europa leagues since then as well, and were a good side in the 80s.
The point I made is that there is no "dna". The teams that win are changing all the time. Chelsea and City weren't "winning teams" until this century. Aston Villa used to be a winning team. Newcastle and Leeds used to be winning teams. The "dna" thing is rubbish.
As for the "winning mentality", world cup winner Lloris didn't have it? World cup winner Romero doesn't have it? Copa America winner Lo Celso doesn't have it? How many players have left Spurs and gone on to win trophies? Did they suddenly acquire a "winning mentality" after leaving Spurs?
Our best period in recent history was under Poch, a manager who was given 5 years with little to no funding. We're now consistently a top 4/5 side in terms of net spend and are spending hundreds of millions more than we spent under Poch. Imagine giving Ange a few years to build his squad with that funding.
Arsenal haven't won a title since 2004 and were consistantly finishing below us until last season. They had a plan, backed their manager, and 4 years into a project started challenging.
Think how many players you can get in and out in 1 window, and then consider we have 4 windows in the next 2 seasons. More than half our squad will be overhauled in that time. There's no reason to think we can't challenge following that kind of period.
I would rather miss out on Europe altogether if it stops Woolwich winning the title.
I don't know how you do it Alasdair covering Spurs, the pain. Fair play to you
He gets paid well. Softens the blows
Definitely glad that Villa beat Arsenal. We are not ready for CL football, but maybe in a few years if things work out with Ange, which I hope they do
Came to say the same. Also hope they lose to Bayern. I don’t mind Europa league
Europa League will be good for us. At least we can play the youngsters in the group stages.
We just need to be patient I believe it will come good eventually. Those who are Ange out need to get a grip, this is the first year of the rebuild and no one thought we would be where we are. If we hadn't started the season with 8 wins and 2 draws then we wouldn't have people being Ange out I believe.
'Rebuild' with what?
We just don't seem to be very fluid in the final third. So many times we get around the oppositions penalty area then it all slows down and we faff about a bit trying to walk it into the net just before we lose the ball. I'm all for sticking to your principles but surely there's nothing wrong with having the ability to adapt our game sometimes. I'm sure Ange doesn't lack humility but recognising when a on field tweak is needed would surely be beneficial. The players are learning but I think Ange could also learn to work with a broader palette if he would let himself.
If we can somehow show the same fight and passion that Villa showed today against the Goonies, we can destroy them in a couple of weeks. Just need to get that belief back. Let's get behind the team and the manager instead of moaning every time we have a poor performance. Ange forewarned that this would happen. There's definitely been more good than bad this season and there has been progress. Things will continue to get better, we've all just got to start believing more and not expecting everything at once.
Today was proof that this can happen to any team. Liverpool were poor v Palace and Villa were fantastic against Arsenal, who were also poor.
We will get there! Believe it!! COYS!!
Big congrats to our Ladies!!!! 3 big cheers! Also, Al, no need to "standard" apologizing, you are doing great and we all (I am sure I can say that) really appreciate your awesome vids. Cheers to you ;-) Serdecznosci!
Rebuild .Projects .Time !! Ange is unable to get tottenham playing proper football and every week we look lost !! Sorrry we need a performance and result against arsenal to show we are improving. Another defeat will be hard to stomach!! Up to you Ange .Prove your good enough!!
Wasn't in a great mood but having just watched arsenal bottling it (again) I'll enjoy this more than I expected to.
The seeds of this performance were evident at the Forest game. With no disrespect if Chris Woods was given three good chances, one he took, then what price Issak on current form? The rest is history…
A lot of the players let the side down but Ange needs to not be so stubborn on 'my way or the highway' and be able to adapt and manage/adapt the team against certain opponents and realise that his current set-piece approach isn't working. That said, it's his first season, he's doing a great job overall and if he learns from these 'bumps' with good backing in the summer in key positions (6, fwd & winger) then it's looking good in the long run.
Alasdair anyone with an ounce of football knowledge could see we needed am experienced striker once HK was sold. It's negligence by the board trying to wing it. Veliz is an inexperienced young player, another cheap punt. Wasting Son or Johnson through the middle has cost them dear. Richarlison is only good enough as a back up squad striker. It's down to the board and their decision not to buy in afraid.
Thanks Alisdair… you know the most inconsistent performance over the course of the season without a doubt has been the fanbase. Sorry folks. We only sing when we are winning.
We expect the players to play without fear but our fickle fanbase has them doubting it.
Bad day at the office and one more set back to overcome and be stronger for that’s all. 🤷♂️
I want to see this system work. The quality of players is the key
Pochettino didn't used to concentrate on the opposition. Poxh was very open that he used to work with the first team for most of the week and let everyone else do other training. Correct if I'm wrong.
Thanks as always for your summary Ali, it makes a very unpleasant result and performance easier to digest. I was watching with my young son and had to turn off the TV and let my blood pressure drop after the two quick goals. Regarding Arsenal I have a strange family history in that my dad was a Gooner who was happy to let one son support Tottenham and the other, my brother, support the Hammers; no pressure, no rancor. Subsequently having lived all over NE London I have lots of Arsenal friends and even worked in a die-hard Gooner pub for a few months so it's been hard to escape their success (I still have a horrible memory after one of the Wenger season-end triumphs of a pair of mooning buttocks somewhere near Clissold Park, truly witnessing the "Arse' arses". I always try to teach my son to respect opponents when he plays football and to do that off the field after a game or when watching a game. God knows it's not easy and it's often through gritted teeth but we have to focus on what we need to do better and learn from other teams, systems and clubs. Except for Chavski... a radioactive meteor strike is long overdue on Stamford Bridge.
Another fantastic and informative video by Alasdair
I can’t agree more about your analysis of Son in this game. He’s a club legend and a legend of the game, however he just isn’t a striker. He can finish better than most strikers but just doesn’t have the play style to be the tip of the spear. However I do feel he was coming short try and get play flowing as we were just not getting through Newcastle for the most part. Richarlison’s absence’s are getting concerning as we really do need him as another option. Could be a big summer around him to see if we look for someone who can be more match day available.
Honestly, it's quite frustrating that Spurs still only have one proper striker in the squad. I have no idea why they haven't at some point just bought some championship lump to be a backup (a bit like when we had Llorente). I was watching a replay of Spurs 5 - 1 Arsenal the other day, and we had Berbatov, Keane and Defoe in the squad. It was such a rich collection of striking talent!
@@devononair Hell, we could be playing someone like Scarlett. Ange didn't even bench him today. That was an incredibly poor decision from him imo.
Its beginning to look as if whether this emperor (Ange) is wearing 'new clothes' or not. Its doubtful the current squad is good enough to stamp the authority that Angeball should provide. Could just be a lack of clinical players up front. Doubt whether getting the best players in the world for each position would be effective 100% of the time in this league. Bottomline the opposition managers and [some] players in this league are too good for Angeball given its easily countered. Its also a sign that the leadership group arent the one were looking for. Too many heads are dropping. Anyway - next year will reveal 2 things. If Ange is as good as he has been made out to be. Whether the club board are just to afraid to succeed and spend the money on quality players to augment the current squad, which is not bad. As always - thanks again for your thoughts.
Thanks for your valuable insights, Alasdair. It was a very painful match-they did look one dimensional and brittle. I did wonder why Ange didn’t make some effective changes. Hoping they’ll come back rejuvenated and confident.
It was rubbish, pathetic and predictable. From us its just pass, pass, pass then Newcastle gets the ball two incisive passes and they are through. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Where's the flexibility, the adapting, the plan B. Its just a ridiculous high line all the time. Eddie Howe knew it and he planned accordingly.
I loved every second of this Ali X154
We keep pointing to Klopp and Arteta's first seasons. However, if you look at the defense and GKs they had to work with in those seasons, theyre much changed. Majority of the fanbase look at this Spurs defense and say its "set". If thats the case, Ange will have to make some tactical changes to keep from conceding so many goals.
Kudos to the Women's team. At least they showed bravery.
I came for the sigh but I stayed for te whole show because you are always that good. In addition to the tactical fixes (which honestly I don't know if those are coming or not), I would like to see Dragusin feature in some of these remaining fixtures. Whether that means replacing Romero for a game , or 3 at the back. or playing at rightful back in a pinch. I don't know, but I'd like to see him play.
Mr. Gold 😢 I'm really sad, but I still love our team. Coys
Bad periods will always be happening, what i'm taking out from this is that players seem to still be believing in the project and have high ambitions for next season.
I think 5th or 6th is probably fair for us as we're probably not the fourth best team in this league just yet.
Don't get me wrong, we all hope for better than this, but it was always going to take time. People get used to winning very fast, we're 8 months into a long term project based on a new vision. As fans it is our duty to be patient.
'It was always going to take time' What was 'going to take time'? Achieving a miracle?
I want Arse to always lose. I don't care if we get Europa League football. It's still a step up from last season and it's a competition we have a better chance winning.
The way we’re going we may not be in Europe next year.
Thanks for the vid, we seem to take more risks playing out of defence than in the opposition half, really weird
If there is a criticism I can make of Ange is that his squad management has been a bit disappointing. Players who have been poor over weeks (Bissouma, Maddison, Kulusevski to name a few) are not being benched so become complacent. It's an issue of squad depth for sure but most of all, DESIRE and intensity. It's a squad game...
Thank you
What concerns me most is how the rules over home grown players will affect the progress towards Total Angeball. Perhaps you could do a video discussing how the team could be improved within those rules. It’s no good saying Ange has complete support, and the club has plenty of money, if we can’t work within the HG rules.