Assessment of players form & my 11 to face Liverpool

The result wasn't really a surprise, but the abysmal performance was - there seemed to be no positive reaction to the Watford display, and Pochettino appears to have no remedy for the physical and mental torpor which has engulfed virtually the entire team. I thought top four would be a struggle this season, but top six must be in doubt if this carries on much longer - time for a real shake-up, with no one too big to be dropped (and I do mean no one).

 

Yes Graham - to me, things are looking a tad dark at the moment. Not just a question of tired/ out-of-form players I feel, if that's any reason at all.

 

A good summation Bazz. Pray the CL is the key which unlocks SOMETHING in our talented team.

 

Has anybody else seen pochs interview in Milan saying Spurs won't challenge for anything this season and the reason he has left aldy and tripper out of the squad.He rabbited on about a cow and a train which was total rubbish and I think he is losing the dressing room if this is his attempt to gee the players up.He looks like a drowning man at the moment and I believe although he seems to back levy he is not happy with his lot and I have never seen him look so miserable

 

Geezers lost the plot, has started more & more recently trying to talk in cryptic tongues.
It's quite condascending really and untrustworthy imo.
He was being so Brave and there was no one in world football that could've improved his squad , now he's at least at last admitted it - Spurs won't challenge for anything

And the Truth shall set you free....

 

Yes Felon - I read some stuff with Poch wittering on about leaving Toby & Trippier behind for "technical reasons". Don't know what that's about, but I've a feeling technical reasons involves a "discussion" of some kind and they've been rewarded for it. AND on the point of Inter - two untried 17-year olds with the squad ? For a CL tie ? If this was the League Cup (or whatever it's called these days) I might see it, but it's the premier European Club competition. It's no place for two youngsters with only a few minutes PL experience for one and none at all for the other, unless they're real first team prospects right now and - if that's the case - if they're good enough to take to Italy then maybe they were good enough to sit on the bench this last two PL games, n'est pas ?

 

Tactically it was an out and out horror show with the full bks playing far to high and wide offering zero protect to our centre halfs I felt so sorry for them. I hope Poch can turn this around because most managers life span at each club only last four or five years where the players get sick of the same voice so you have to recycle the squad or it becomes stale. It just looks like the tide is beginning to turn on the Argentina manager at present.

 

Agree 100% with everything you said. Things are not right.