Pochettino shocking the world playing proper actual brexitball telling Son and Lucas to "Fucking stick to the line the entire game, never venture inwards WORK THE CORRIDOR". Danny Rose and Kieran Trippier refuse to go over the halfway line. Wanyama and Sissoko in the middle only playing it back to Alderwiereld to hoof it to Llorente. Pep stands flabbergasted as every English man women and child is crying tears of joy as the winds themselves whisper "It's comming home".
Bale, Lennon on the wings, Modrič, Huddlestone vidury, Crouchie up top 
Pochettino pasisakymas gal nepelnytai buvo pražiūrėtas, bet faktas tas, kad nieko naujo jis nepasakė. Paskutinius ~2 metus nuosekliai sakė, kad goalsas yra persikelt į naują stadioną būnant stabilia ČL komanda. Tikslas pasiektas, dabar tikslus reikia peržiūrėt.Pasimokyt čia turi ko ir Pochettino, ir Southgate. Nepasaugosi Kane kaip pridera, po kelių metų turėsi Rooney v2.Except there is of course an anxiety here, a feeling of something vital being drained. Kane is an unusually high-mileage, high-end centre-forward, a footballer who has been burning through his peak years with a zeal that borders on recklessness This is both a physical and a tactical issue. There have been five serious ankle injuries since the first in September 2016. The Transfermarkt website lists Kane as missing 184 days of football over those 33 months. Perhaps the greater regret is that it wasn’t more. Each time Kane limps away only to return ahead of time and looking sluggish when he does. So it goes on. Play, stop, rush, repeat.
These are vital months for the best English centre-forward of his era, not to mention a kind of jumping-off point. There are two points here. First is the fear of Rooney-drift. How many years, was it, that Wayne Rooney continued to wrestle his way around the England attack even in tangible physical decline? Partly owing to awe stasis, the class system in English football that makes celebrity and the idea of “respect” so hard to overcome; and partly because of a dearth of talent elsewhere.
England and unfit centre-forwards: it is a familiar tale from Keegan to Shearer to Owen. Kane seems to have fast-forwarded himself into this role ahead of time. Blink a few times and it’s not too hard to imagine him playing ponderously in midfield, taking the penalties and corners. Spare us, Gareth. Spare us the horror.
All this points to Dele molding his tools into a slightly, importantly, different role. This adaptability is of course a skill in of its own, but it also suggests a continued diversification of what he can offer his team due to the proximity and crossover between these roles. It remains not unfair to criticise, or at least be disappointed by, his attacking output for last season based on where expectations were for him. There’s no crazy swings of variance going on here either, Dele was pretty much matching goals and assists with his projected numbers in both sampled seasons. However, there are some very positive signs. Both in the development and diversification of his skillset last season and in the promise that comes with Tottenham’s investment in midfield, that allows Dele to return to a more attacking role, and do so in a more capable side.
There is suddenly competition for attacking and midfield places at Tottenham in ways there never have been during Dele’s time at the club, but, if he can get on to the pitch and marry ‘midfielding’ growth with his attacking legacy he stands to make yet another great leap forward just as he is being counted out.
Two weeks ago Pochettino turned the game against Aston Villa by introducing Eriksen for Harry Winks. Here, just after the hour mark, he tried to desterilise Spurs’ domination by throwing on Eriksen and Lo Celso. It made for an improvement, but not quite enough: Lo Celso played in Kane who should have had a penalty when Jamaal Lascelles tripped him up. Eriksen played in Moussa Sissoko whose cross should have been converted by Lucas. But it was too little, too late. You cannot be saved by your bench every week. The team that starts should be able to create chances in a game like this.
Eriksen was the solution last time, but he will not be the solution forever. Especially when his future is still up in the air. And even then, there have been plenty of games recently when Eriksen has started and Spurs have had precisely the same problem. This issue runs deep.
Because what really hurts about this is the familiarity of it. A shock defeat often stings but you can at least take solace in the randomness of it. Sometimes bad things just happen in football. But this was nothing like that. Not random, not shocking, not even unlikely. This was a failure of Spurs’ football, an inability to solve a problem, and if you were really surprised by it then you have not been paying attention.
Because this Spurs defeat had far too much in common with far too many Spurs home games over the course of this year. Teams have realised that if you come here and defend deep and narrow then you can give yourself a chance. Tottenham can be a thrilling side in an open game, when the play breaks down and they have space to run into. But give them a packed defence to unpick and they don’t have the answers.
Ta paskutinė citata ypač teisinga ir skaudi. Paskutinį kartą Spurs visiems gražų futbolą žaidė tada, kai Rose-Walker buvo geriausia full-backų pora ant lygos. Nuo to laiko rezultatai (aukštos vietos) yra, bet žaidimas eina per didelius skausmus ir prievartą. Dabartinis Tottenhamas, žiūrint į žaidimą/stilių, yra labai siauroje erdvėje. Atvirame, box-to-box žaidime nuo City ir Liverpoolio atsirausi po keturis-penkis per mačą. Kai gauni kontroliuot žaidimą, tai viskas sukasi aplink varžovų klaidas ir jų gynybos linijos nedrausmingumą. Iš to išeina, kad Spurs yra labai geri, kai.. gauna lošt atvirą futbolą prieš biški silpnesnį varžovą. Lygoje tokių komandų kiek, 2-3?It all feels very far away from the good old days of 2016-17, back when Spurs had Kyle Walker and a peak Danny Rose charging up and down both flanks. They were the two best full backs in the league that season and they would get round the sides of any opposition. If you came to the old White Hart Lane and played like this, you would still lose 4-0.
Tottenham have Crystal Palace and Southampton at home next month and both of those two will watch this and take heart. There is a way to play Spurs when you come to the new White Hart Lane, which is to sit deep, give Tottenham the ball, and wait to hit them on the break. Spurs do not look look at the moment like they really know the solution. But if they want to make a success of this season, and this stadium, they will have to find one.
