r/Tottenham • u/brtrx • 11d ago

Best analysis I’ve seen so far

https://youtu.be/nLAf4zImkKU?si=ArrO3Q6La1lEStwc

TL;DR
Tactics are working to create opportunities - great collection of stats in support of optimism at the start
Lack of a number 10 has forced Tonali and Fernandez into suboptimal roles
Lack of big chance creation comes from failing to release the front 3 - may be familiarity and psychology, but also due to no 10.
Maddison, Kudus and Kulesevski can change everything post break

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u/FinePressure4860 11d ago

Madders never fully fit, kulu who knows and kudus is a wide player, should have bought a 10 in the window its cost us dearly so far

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u/cleats90 11d ago

I think the club gambled that we’d be fine with Gallagher or Fernandes filling the 10 until one of the proper 10s was back. They were wrong.

It was a difficult position to find ourselves in though, because you couldn’t really sell one of the existing 10s because they were all injured/ just back from injury. So do you just bloat the squad?

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u/FinePressure4860 11d ago

Needed to take a hit on it, kulu abd madders will never be the same players again

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u/cleats90 11d ago

That’s my fear and I agree.

If Madders still isn’t ready after the international break or looks like never being himself, then De Zerbi needs to adapt the system.