Ange Postecoglou and Tottenham desperately need things to turn in their favour very quickly. Spurs were on the losing side on Thursday evening as Bournemouth secured a 1-0 win at the Vitality Stadium.
The result leaves the north London club tenth in the Premier League table after 14 games, with the side passing up the opportunity to move into fifth had they collected maximum points on the south coast. It was once again a familiar story for Postecoglou’s side as they conceded a sloppy goal and didn’t do anywhere near enough in the final third to trouble the Cherries.
At a time when Tottenham are having to deal with a huge amount of injuries to key players as well as Rodrigo Bentancur’s suspension for domestic games, Postecoglou has a real lack of experience on his substitutes’ bench on a matchday. Many have questioned the club’s transfer policy in the summer after they opted to buy talented teenagers Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall, Yang Min-hyeok and Wilson Odobert for a decent sum of money rather than purchase players who are currently ready to feature in the starting XI.
Dominic Solanke was the only player bought who has gone straight into the team and remained there on a consistent basis. As Spurs are in desperate need for new additions in the January transfer market, football.london’s Tottenham writers Alasdair Gold and Rob Guest discussed the club’s transfer approach come the turn of the year.
In the latest episode of their Gold & Guest Talk Tottenham podcast, the duo opened up on the need for experienced figures to help Spurs kick on and hopefully achieve their goals under Postecoglou. The current lack of leaders on the pitch for Tottenham was also a major talking point, especially with the club parting with some key figures in the past couple of transfer windows.
