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North London Derby review as Spurs show no fight
National World - LocalTV
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16/01/2025
A big loss for Spurs’ current league form.
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00:00
So, James, let's look at Tottenham Hotspur and the North London derby obviously going
00:05
into the game. Maybe a point would have been taken from Spurs, you know, albeit the sort
00:10
of form they've been in as of late, and Arsenal's form has been fantastic. They are clearly
00:16
really trying to make that title push and keep just behind Liverpool at the top of the
00:20
table. Spurs, you know, it's not been an amazing season league-wise. What do you sort of take
00:26
from the North London derby? Maybe it was a chance of a bit of redemption for these
00:31
players. Obviously, you know, we saw the Tamworth game in the FA Cup. They needed those senior
00:35
players to come on and get them over the line in extra time. What did you sort of think
00:39
from their perspective in this North London derby? Is it something that is, you know,
00:45
in terms of the whole Spurs fan base, how are they feeling following this loss?
00:50
Well, I mean, I think Ange Possekoglu said after the game last night, you know, unacceptable,
00:54
unacceptable performance. And I think I'd probably go further than that. I think, you
00:59
know, diabolical, abysmal, you know. I can stand losing, albeit it hurts this one big
01:07
time with it being against Arsenal. But you can stomach losing as a fan. What you can't
01:11
stomach is a team that, you know, has no heart, no desire, no will to win, no character. And
01:18
that was everything last night. The only players that come out with any credit are
01:21
the two 18-year-olds, you know, Archie Gray, Lucas Bergwald, exceptional again, both of
01:27
them last night. But the senior leaders in the team ought to hang their heads in shame,
01:31
to be honest with you. You know, we've got so many young guys in that team, you know,
01:34
a goalkeeper playing in his first London derby, third game only for the club, you know, Radu
01:38
Dragacin, 22-year-old centre-back, Archie Gray, 18-year-old midfielder having to fill
01:42
in at centre-back, Bergwald in midfield who's a teenager. And what they really needed last
01:47
night was support, was leadership on the pitch from some of those senior players. And
01:52
you know, we just didn't see any of that last night. You know, Bissouma gives the ball away
01:56
for the second goal. Song was relatively anonymous. Madison came on, did very little in the second
02:03
half. You know, these so-called senior players really should be having a good look in the
02:07
mirror. We lost every duel. We were weak in every tackle. And as I say, second half we
02:14
improved, but the first half it was like a tsunami, really. You know, we had to weather
02:17
storm after storm in terms of pressure. We lost the ball. You know, players hid, in my opinion,
02:23
last night. You know, the goalkeeper had no options and he was trying to play out from the
02:25
back. Solanke had absolutely no support, ploughing that lower four up top. So, I think, you know,
02:31
there'll be a lot of soul-searching going on, I suppose, and there ought to be in that dressing
02:34
room in the next sort of coming hours. Yeah, maybe just touch on the leadership there and
02:41
obviously losing Harry Kane. Is that sort of maybe one of those dominos that fell? Losing Kane,
02:47
so much leadership, captain of England, captain at Spurs. It almost seems like they haven't
02:53
really replaced that leadership in the team. Yeah, I mean, Kane was never the vocal off-the-field
02:59
leader, but on the pitch, obviously, he led by example, you know, goal after goal. He was the
03:03
best striker, the best playmaker probably in the Premier League in that era. And, you know,
03:07
any team's going to miss taking out Harry Kane, especially the way we play with Posta Koglu. You
03:11
know, he'd have been filling his boots full of goals, I'm certain, in that team. But, you know,
03:17
we go back to the transfer strategy, bringing in so much youth and really pegging our hat on the
03:23
future this summer. We didn't buy enough ready-made players that could make the squad deeper.
03:27
You know, there's a lot of mitigating factors around, you know, the injuries. You know, we have
03:32
had a real, real rotten run with the injuries. I mean, you know, 10 first team players out last
03:36
night and key players as well at that. You know, there's not many teams that could lose the
03:40
goalkeeper and both centre-backs, the left-back as well. But the squad wasn't deep enough to start
03:46
with, and that is a failure in the summer in the transfer recruitment policy. But, you know,
03:51
and you take your point completely about losing Kane. You know, there was going to be a period
03:56
where we did struggle, but now we're really, really, really struggling. You know, one win in
04:01
nine games, five points in the last 27. You know, it's worse than relegation form. So, things have
04:07
really got to pick up. And as I say, you know, some of those senior players need to be, you know,
04:12
doing more to help the team. And, you know, I appreciate, you know, the play in every couple
04:16
of days at the moment. It's the same players going to the well. There will be an element of
04:19
fatigue, and I think you could see that among some of the players last night. I mean, Kulosevsky
04:23
been our standout player this season. But last night, you know, he was knocked off the ball
04:28
very, very easily. He looked like he was running on fumes towards the end. Brennan Johnson came on
04:33
as well, and, you know, just didn't really want to get involved in any tackles. You know,
04:38
they were backing out almost last night. And, you know, you'll have to look at Declan Rice
04:41
when he came on and did his interviews after the game. And, you know, he said the manager
04:45
didn't need to give a team talk. You know, this is Tottenham we're playing, and if you can't get
04:48
up for a derby, you're in the wrong job. And, you know, that was really, really evident,
04:53
I thought, last night with Spurs. We just didn't play the game as if it was a derby,
04:58
and that was what, you know, really, really disappointed.
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