Tottenham ace who only won 1/6 duels has to be axed

This season goes from unhealthy to worse for Tottenham Hotspur.

Ange Postecoglou’s aspect had been knocked out of the League Cup in emphatic vogue on Thursday evening, which solely positioned extra significance on their FA Cup Fourth Spherical sport towards Aston Villa yesterday night.

Sadly, as a substitute of witnessing a response from their staff, the Spurs devoted needed to watch a dire first half, and whereas there have been about ten minutes of fightback within the second, it was too little, too late.

The North Londoners nonetheless have an opportunity of successful silverware within the Europa League, however that appears like an extremely distant chance, so it might be time for Daniel Levy and Co to axe the boss and one in every of his starters, who was notably poor at Villa Park.

Why it is time for Spurs to sack Ange

So, when speaking about Spurs’ kind beneath Ange, you can not ignore the truth that he has been extremely unfortunate with accidents.

For virtually the whole season, he has been with out his first-choice backline, and not too long ago, he is been with out numerous his first-choice attackers as well.

Nonetheless, whereas the accidents have undoubtedly been a large a part of the staff’s poor kind, there comes a degree during which the shows are so dismal and the outcomes so unforgivable that blame as soon as once more has to fall squarely on the shoulders of the supervisor.

For instance, out of the 24 Premier League games the Australian has managed this season, the North Londoners have gained eight occasions, drawn three video games and misplaced a staggering 13 occasions, which means they’re averaging 1.13 factors per match.

Issues had been going much better within the League Cup, the place his aspect had been averaging 2.40 factors per sport.

Nonetheless, whereas there is no such thing as a disgrace in going out to Liverpool, there’s within the method during which they went out,, with former Tottenham midfielder Jamie Redknapp describing the team’s display as “abject.”

Yesterday’s efficiency towards the Villans was not a lot better, as they had been 1-0 down inside a minute of kick-off, and for all of the speak of Postecoglou taking part in thrilling and attacking soccer, the staff had been unbelievably passive for a lot of the sport and will simply have misplaced by 4 or 5.

Nonetheless, whereas the supervisor received loads incorrect, a lot of the blame has to fall on the gamers who began the sport, together with one worldwide star who should not begin the following sport.

The Spurs ace who mustn’t begin the following sport

Sadly for Postecoglou, and the followers for that matter, there have been numerous gamers who may justifiably be dropped from the beginning lineup following yesterday’s defeat, from Son Heung-min up high to Antonín Kinský between the sticks.

Nonetheless, on this occasion, the starter in query is Rodrigo Bentancur, who was as soon as once more poor in the course of the park and needs to be nowhere close to the beginning XI for the sport towards Manchester United on the weekend.

The Uruguayan worldwide is a brilliantly gifted midfielder who, at his greatest, can affect proceedings all around the pitch.

Nonetheless, it has been a while since we have now seen that participant, and like his teammates, the Nueva Helvecia-born ace appeared all over at Villa Park.

As an alternative of controlling the tempo of the sport from the center of the park, the previous Juventus ace was consistently being bypassed as if he wasn’t even there, after which the few occasions he was capable of come up with the ball, he’d make a incorrect choice, or play it again.

Whereas this would possibly sound harsh, it is an opinion shared by soccer.london’s Alasdair Gold who awarded him a 4/10 match rating and precisely described him as ‘nameless,’ whereas The Athletic’s Alex Barker described the midfielder’s monitoring for the second goal as “surprising.”

Unsurprisingly, the 27-year-old’s statistics do nothing to assist his case, as in 72 minutes of inaction, he took 44 touches however performed one key go, did not have a single shot on or astray, misplaced 50% of his lengthy balls, misplaced 4 of 5 floor duels and one in every of one aerial duels, misplaced the ball 4 occasions, dedicated two fouls and was dribbled previous twice.

In the end, yesterday’s sport was one to overlook for the whole Spurs staff, however given how diabolically poor the outcomes have been all season, Postecoglou have to be on extremely skinny ice, and for his half within the defeat, Bentancur has to overlook out on the following sport.

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