Tottenham’s season is fading away and negatively slumping to the ground.
After ten Premier League matches, Tottenham were sitting top of the Premier League table on 26 points and dreaming of the unthinkable.
It was a remarkable start by Ange Postecoglou following his move from Celtic and it had lifted the dark clouds from the previous campaign.
But in typical fashion, it wasn’t long before things came crashing down and it all started with that 4-1 defeat at home to Chelsea.
Tottenham have still produced many strong performances since then, including beating Aston Villa 4-0 away from home.
But in recent months, it has been far more difficult and the manager has called for ‘changes’ to be made via the transfer market.
Tim Sherwood thinks those players Postecoglou wants to bring in to suit his style of play ‘don’t exist’, as he told Premier League Productions (06/05/24 at 2:35 pm).
The former Blackburn captain added that two players at Hotspur Way – Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero – get through too much work.
Very few teams in Europe play with the bravery and attacking nature like Spurs, so you need some bottle to play in that system.
And with Postecoglou’s first season at Spurs drawing to a close, Sherwood thinks the Greek-born Australian would pick Romero, a £42 million signing, as his ‘best player’.
Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven
“I don’t think those players exist to play that way all of the time,” said Sherwood about Postecoglou wanting to bring in players to suit his style.
“I think his two best players are van de Ven, with the pace. But even van de Ven. If you are asking him to do 40-50 yard recovery runs 20 or 30 times a game, then you are going to do your hamstrings.
“If you asked him (Postecoglou) today, who is your best player of the season? He would say Romero, so he isn’t changing them two. That’s where the pressure comes. From the two centre-backs left on their own to defend.”
Daniel Levy needs to back Ange Postecoglou
Fans have been here many times before. Do they trust Daniel Levy to bring in the required players for their manager?
He has shown so much promise and lifted the mood around the club like never before.
It looks likely that Spurs will miss out on a Champions League place, but at a minimum, they will be playing in Europe against next season.
That’s a positive step forward, in order to maintain that and then go again, the manager needs to be backed in the transfer market.