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

This season goes from dangerous to worse for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Sadly, as an alternative 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 seems like an extremely distant risk, so it could be time for Daniel Levy and Co to axe the boss and one among his starters, who was significantly poor at Villa Park.

Why it is time for Spurs to sack Ange

So, when speaking about Spurs’ kind beneath Ange, you can’t 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 just lately, he is been with out a lot of his first-choice attackers besides.

Nevertheless, whereas the accidents have undoubtedly been a large a part of the staff’s poor kind, there comes some extent by 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 video games the Australian has managed this season, the North Londoners have received eight instances, drawn three video games and misplaced a staggering 13 instances, which means they’re averaging 1.13 factors per match.

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

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

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

Nevertheless, whereas the supervisor bought so much unsuitable, 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 subsequent recreation.

The Spurs ace who mustn’t begin the subsequent recreation

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

Nevertheless, on this occasion, the starter in query is Rodrigo Bentancur, who was as soon as once more poor in the midst of the park and ought 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.

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

As an alternative of controlling the tempo of the sport from the center of the park, the previous Juventus ace was continuously being bypassed as if he wasn’t even there, after which the few instances he was capable of come up with the ball, he’d make a unsuitable determination, 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 score and precisely described him as ‘nameless,’ whereas The Athletic’s Alex Barker described the midfielder’s monitoring for the second objective as “stunning.”

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 cross, didn’t have a single shot on or off course, misplaced 50% of his lengthy balls, misplaced 4 of 5 floor duels and one among one aerial duels, misplaced the ball 4 instances, dedicated two fouls and was dribbled previous twice.

Finally, yesterday’s recreation was one to neglect 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 subsequent recreation.