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Originally Posted by Locke
This is kind of the thing. Right now Spurs are in the bottom-half of the table.
Have a look at it. They are 11th.
Look at the teams 11th and on down...they are pretty miserable but...Spurs? They are +14 in goal differential after just getting stuffed. That is actually pretty impressive.
If they played some defense they'd probably accrue some more points. Ange's approach is fun and all...but will it work in the PL? He thinks it will long term but I'm skeptical. And, at this point, Spurs aren't going to need to worry about Europe.
They got carved today, okay, its Liverpool, but still. Good coaches adapt to the circumstances that are ahead of them.
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I keep seeing this criticism of Ange and whether this will work, but it’s ridiculous. We’ve got so many injuries that any club would have defensive issues at this point. Take your top two CBs, keeper and a full back out (for starters) and of course they’re leaking goals. I mean today we had to play Archie Gray (who I think has played once as a CB before, and that was this past week), because not only are we missing both VDV and Romero, but Ben Davies as well. It’s a recipe for disaster.
On top of that we’ve had the Bentancur suspension, Odobert injury and Richarlison. Things are thin, and this is why fans are upset with Levy for not getting proper depth. But today, you have a look at the bench and there are kids you’ve never heard of, and Sergio Reguilon. It’s bad. And we were going against the current leaders, who had an extra days rest (and played Southampton, so they could play their 2nd string anyway), and their in form. It’s not a system issue at all.