It’s just the way they play, mate. From 3-4 to 1-1 to 5-0 to 4-3 to 3-6, with taking and giving up leads and mounting comebacks and scoring in the first minute and conceding at almost any point, often in calamitous fashion. No scoreline is safe, no onlooker bored.
Some are exhilarated, some exasperated. And if can fall into the latter category, his , not his riotously erratic team. They have been 5-0 up and 5-1 down in the same week.
Even by their own standards, it has been a wild ride. As , the defiance came not from a team who were cut open time and again, but a manager who is adamant he will stick to his philosophy. “I think I have been really patient the last 18 months sitting up here answering the same questions over and over again,” he said.
“If people want me to change my approach, it’s not going to change.” Uncompromising to the last, Postecoglou sometimes seems to have backed himself into a corner; unhelpfully, perhaps, given the regular accusation is that Spurs can’t defend a corner, even if they contrived to concede six times in open play against Liverpool instead. He is zealot and idealist, the man with the radical stance that can lead to accusations he is delusional.
It is brilliant when it works; the problem is it doesn’t work often enough. Tottenham have won three away league games this season: 3-0, 4-0 and 5-0. They have four victories against the Manchester clubs, and a home defeat to Ipswich.
They are the ’s top scorers. They are also in th.
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