During the last 12 months and a half, Ange Postecoglou has turned Tottenham Hotspur into probably the most thrilling groups within the Premier League.
The North Londoners are the leading scorers within the competitors and look one million miles from the underwhelming facet managed by Antonio Conte and José Mourinho only a few years in the past.
Nevertheless, for all of the success the Australian has loved in N17, he hasn’t been in a position to banish the membership’s inconsistent streak, which has been on full show over the past week or so, as they beat Manchester Metropolis 4-0 away solely to attract in opposition to AS Roma and Fulham at residence.
So, tonight’s conflict with Bournemouth is a must-win to make sure the workforce do not go into the weekend’s match with Chelsea in horrible kind, and to make sure the workforce do choose up all three factors, Postecoglu should drop membership captain Son Heung-min.
Why Son needs to be dropped
Okay, so the very first thing to say is that Son’s impression at Spurs over the past 9 years or so is maybe solely surpassed by his outdated companion in crime, Harry Kane.
Nevertheless, therein lies the issue: the South Korean famous person has had an unbelievable impression on the membership, however as most followers will probably attest, he is struggling to have that very same impression this season.
For instance, in opposition to Roma, he might have scored the penalty, however after that he was a passenger, taking just 36 touches, failing to finish a single cross, registering an anticipated assists variety of 0.08 and customarily making the unsuitable choices when in harmful positions.
Unsurprisingly, such a efficiency noticed Spurs author Alasdair Gold award the 32-year-old a paltry match score of 6/10 at full-time, writing that he was ‘not fairly in his full rhythm.’
Postecoglou tried to cut back how a lot working the previous Bayer Leverkusen ace must do within the sport in opposition to Fulham by beginning him within the quantity 9 place, however it solely led to an much more underwhelming show.
In his 97 minutes of action, he amassed a mixed anticipated targets and assists determine of simply 0.21, took a single shot heading in the right direction, misplaced all three of his crosses, misplaced the ball ten instances regardless of taking simply 40 touches and missed one huge probability, which led to Gold giving the Chuncheon-born star just a 4/10 rating, writing that he was ‘very quiet’ and ‘contributed little or no.’
In brief, with him struggling on the wing throughout the week and looking out even worse at centre-forward on the weekend, the supervisor ought to drop him and reintroduce somebody who might terrorise Bournemouth’s defence.
The Spurs ace who should begin rather than Son
So, if Son is to be faraway from the quantity 9 place forward of tonight’s sport with Bournemouth, there is just one participant who can and may are available to switch him, a participant the opposition will probably be greater than a little bit aware of, Dominic Solanke.
Now, some may say the Cherries’ information of how the Englishman performs may very well be an obstacle for him, however that’s extra probably going to be the opposite manner round, as Solanke could have a greater understanding of issues like their defensive form, set off presses and common tactical strategy.
Nevertheless, away from that, there may be one extremely simple cause why the previous Liverpool gem has to begin within the sport: his output.
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Solanke’s latest kind |
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|---|---|---|
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Season |
23/24 |
24/25 |
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Appearances |
42 |
17 |
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Objectives |
21 |
6 |
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Assists |
4 |
3 |
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Objective Involvements per Match |
0.59 |
0.52 |
Regardless of a slowish begin to the marketing campaign, probably all the way down to his must adapt to Postecoglou’s demanding system, the 6 foot 2 “phenomenon”, as dubbed by Ian Wright, has nonetheless scored six goals and provided three assists in 17 appearances, which equates to a fairly spectacular common of a aim involvement each 1.88 video games.
On high of that, the Basingstoke-born ace will give his teammates much more of a goal to goal for and play off of than Son did in opposition to Fulham, which ought to assist the workforce play larger up the pitch and customarily create extra possibilities, as defenders will not be capable to relaxation for even a second.
Finally, Spurs want to select up a win after final week’s disappointing outcomes, and one of the best ways for Posetcoglou to make sure that occurs is by dropping Son and, in his place, beginning Solanke.
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