What Is Going Wrong At Spurs?

It has been a deeply damaging start to the season for Tottenham Hotspur, and already the chances of them finishing in the top four are increasingly unlikely according to the bookmakers.

Punters will now expect to find Chelsea and Arsenal above them in the betting markets, but you can find out more about which betting sites offer the best odds on Spurs this Season here. It is the best place to look if you are looking to place a bet on Tottenham turning their season around and achieving a top-four finish as well as each individual match odds.

But, what will need to change if Spurs are turn around this terrible start to the season? Let’s explore.

Mauricio Pochettino

The long-term future of Pochettino is a contentious issue among Tottenham fans. He is undoubtedly one of the best managers that the club have had in the Premier League era, but has his time passed? There are points on either side of the equation.

Should Spurs get rid of the manager, then the burning question would be who replaces him? Brendan Rodgers is one of the favourites, but he is unlikely to leave his position at Leicester City, and Jose Mourinho brings with it a whole different argument. Pochettino deserves the respect that his work has got him, and he should be given the resources to turn the tide in his favour. That is unless he is already looking for a way out. If that is the case, then the club should usher him on his way, because if somebody doesn’t want to be at the club, then they should leave.

Stale Squad

This could be where the friction between Pochettino and Daniel Levy has come from. Pochettino was keen to get certain players out of the club over the summer, but Levy wasn’t prepared to do business unless the buying club met the price that the chairman has for that player. It is a fair reply, but if the player is going to be detrimental to what the club is trying to achieve, then the best scenario for everybody involved is for the player to leave.

The perfect example this season has been Christian Eriksen. The Dane hasn’t been used as frequently as a player of his quality should be, and a lot of that is down to Pochettino already planning for life without him as he was expected to leave over the summer. It is an issue that must be resolved in January.

Underperforming

There is no doubt that some of the players aren’t performing at the level that fans know they can. Dele Ali hasn’t been able to break back into the first team because of fitness issues, while Hugo Lloris is making mistakes on a far too frequent basis. The issue of getting players back into form can only be helped by winning matches, and the recent results would show that something isn’t working. The 7-2 defeat coupled with a loss at Brighton & Hove Albion was a terrible week for the club, and the only way to get smiles back on the faces of fans is by winning.