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This 100% re summer. Calls for Ange to adapt his tactics overall may end up being needed but currently they are premature IMO. Yes I'm expecting tweaks and our set play work needs a complete overhaul but the fundamentals of the system don't need changing, yet. Until Ange has a full squad of players he trusts then we have no idea what he is really capable of. We need to wait and see if given the right tools Ange's tactics can work before asking/expecting them to be significantly altered.This
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Familiar lesson beckons for Levy
Ange Postecoglou found enough blue sky in the Spurs squad he inherited to make a pair of sailor’s trousers out of the opening 10 games of the season. The rest of the season since then feels like a return to the mean. Spurs would currently be eighth in the Premier League if their form outside of that supercharged start was rolled out across an entre season. Fifth place is probably above par for this miscellaneous group of players and the manager’s own first look at the league. And while defeat in the north London derby will sting, as will the high likelihood now that Spurs will finish outside the Champions League spots, it is also important to remember that fast start was also real, a taster of how Postecoglou can make this team hum with the right ingredients. Spurs are well-placed financially. The lesson here is that Daniel Levy needs to back his man in the summer – does this sound at all familiar? – and build on the good times of Ange Year Zero before any judgment can begin to be passed on the ultimate ceiling of this Spurs iteration. Barney Ronay
I only really have three concerns at the moment, our awful set piece tactics, Ange's in game man management and if Levy will fully back Ange in the summer. Im hoping the first will be rectified over the summer and the second will become less of an issues if Levy pulls of a good window.
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