“It’s probably as low as this year. “
The comments of Ange Postcoglou after Tottenham Hotspur Lose opposed Leicester City on Sunday afternoon, euphemism. The Spurs have lost 4 successive games in the Premier League and have been in their longest career without a victory at the festival (seven games) since 2008. The only team they have won in their last 11 games is Southampton, a low side.
Everton on a six-game winning run until they face Tottenham at Goodison Park on Jan. 19. Leicester in an even worse scenario after seven consecutive defeats. The Spurs are offering 3 sides 3 points. Memes and jokes about “Doctor Tottenham” flooded social media. Its recent series of effects is similar to that of clubs struggling in relegation. At the moment they find themselves at the bottom of the six-game table, with only Southampton below them.
Tottenham took the lead opposite to Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s look through Richarlison’s head, but imploded into a five-minute manic era at the start of the halfway point. This means that they have lost more problems (21) from the win in the standings than any other team this season.
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It feels like everything is spiralling out of control. Senior players are underperforming, the injuries are piling up, fans are angry with the board and Postecoglou is struggling to find a solution. How much longer can Spurs go on like this?
Tottenham’s form has been incoherent since this 4-1 defeat opposed to Chelsea in November 2023 when Cristian Romero and Destiny Udogy were sent, but they remained with a higher defensive line. Since then, they have won 19 games, they fired seven and lost 25 for a general of 64 problems to 51 games. It is not intelligent enough when Aston Villa finished fourth last season with 68 problems in 38 games.
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The first week of February feels defining. In the league, Tottenham face Brentford, who have an impressive record at home, and then play Liverpool at Anfield in the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final. They finish off a punishing eight days away to Villa in the FA Cup.
If the Spurs are abandoned from any of the competitions of the cup and lose against Brentford, Postocoglou’s task will actually be in great danger. If you can overcome Liverpool and make Spurs a step closer to winning its first trophy since 2008, then maybe I can argue all the pain and humiliation of recent weeks value it.
Tottenham’s crisis is a complex factor with many factors. Spence and James Maddison are the newest that are injured, while Yves Bissouma was only enough for the opposite bank to Leicester. It is a scenario that almost fight when a player returns, some others are injured.
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However, Postecoglou admitted that Pape Matar Sarr, who started and left here in the 54th minute, I have not played because “I was not fit. ” When Archie Gray could have played there with Sergio Reguilon on the left side?
Home supporters booed the decision to take off Richarlison at the same time as Sarr. Postecoglou revealed the Brazilian striker “was feeling his groin” and that “he should have come off at half-time but he wanted to give another 10 minutes”.
Richarlison has just returned from an injury to the hamstrings that kept him out for two months. The 27 -year -old has limited himself to the preseason due to a continuous calf problem. It has not been fully compatibility and it has not been compatibility at any level this season. Going out to start two games in 4 days was questionable, but Postecoglou has allowed him to play for another 10 minutes if “(he) can see that he was not running well”, how did the manager express him?
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The classes seem to have been extracted from the defeat in Chelsea in December, when Romero and Micky Van de Ven remained injured by their return from the feet and injuries to the hamstrings, respectively.
Many fans directed their frustration at the chairman, Daniel Levy, throughout the game against Leicester. Postecoglou deserves some sympathy for the fact Levy and technical director Johan Lange have failed to sign any players, apart from goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky, in the transfer window.
The Tottenham team struggling to cope with the demands of the European festival even before being decimated through injuries. Tottenham’s most productive players in the last month have been Greys and Lucas Bergvall. It’s amazing that those two youngsters shine under difficult circumstances, but it still tells you everything you want to know about the lack of features and quality running through the rest of the team. The Spurs desperately want reinforcements and it’s not Postcoglou’s fault that none have arrived.
A brief confrontation between Postecoglou and a full -time fan fan. The 59 -year -old man gave the impression of trying to the fan before being attracted to scenes that echoed what happened after the defeat against Bournemouth in December. Levy carries. The weight of the anger of the fans base, but are lighting postcoglou in the expansion of the numbers.
So where does Tottenham go from here? The disorders are increasing while drinking slowly towards the moment in the stage of their semifinal of the Carabao Cup opposed to Liverpool. Postecoglou potentially spoke of having “important players” in the next two weeks before this game, but asked directly if it would still be at the rate through then.
“Who knows?” he said. “I reckon there is probably a fair chunk (of people) that will say no. When you are the manager of a football club you can be very vulnerable and isolated. I don’t feel that. I feel like this group of players, not for me, are giving everything for the club. I have a group of staff that is really committed. I focus on that.
“My role in this is trying to help those players. I can even see in training when the boys who return, they will give everyone’s push. Tell the players that there is a fantastic opportunity this season to have an effect and I know we can. “
Postcoglou may be convinced that Spurs can do something special this season, but all the evidence recommends that they are headed for disaster.
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