James Maddison told Tottenham place is in doubt after brutal Ange Postecoglou call

James Maddison was hauled disconnected astatine half-time of Tottenham's triumph implicit West Ham connected Saturday, with the Englishman present facing a combat to support his spot successful Ange Postecoglou's starting line-up

James Maddison has been warned helium needs to measurement up his crippled if helium to support his spot successful Tottenham's team.

The midfielder was taken disconnected astatine half-time of Spurs' triumph implicit West Ham connected Saturday. Maddison started the game, which was each quadrate astatine 1-1 heading into the interruption pursuing Dejan Kulusevki's equaliser aft Mohammed Kudus' opener for the Hammers.

As the half-time whistle blew, Spurs brag Ange Postecoglou was spotted pointing to Pape Sarr to archer him helium was coming on. Maddison was the antheral to marque way, contempt providing the assistance for Kulusevski's strike.

It proved to beryllium an inspired determination though, with Spurs going connected to people 3 unanswered goals to assertion a ascendant 4-1 win. And erstwhile Chelsea prima Tony Cascarino believes Maddison is present successful information of losing his starting spot.

"He [Postecoglou] has enactment the situation of changing Tottenham ’s mentality and notoriously brushed centre connected his shoulders. I liked that helium was prepared to marque a large telephone and retreat James Maddison astatine half-time," Cascarino told The Times.

"It would person sent a connection to each subordinate that their spot is not assured aft the Brighton debacle. Maddison was a large signing past twelvemonth and I person nary uncertainty helium would person taken the timing of the substitution personally. Postecoglou tin negociate the situation.

"But Maddison whitethorn bespeak connected his delivery, particularly from corners, and enactment rate. Maddison is nary longer a promising young player. He turns 28 adjacent period and needs to enforce himself connected matches. He finds himself retired of the England squad and his starting spot for Spurs is nary longer guaranteed."

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Postecoglou was adamant helium had made the close determination erstwhile speaking aft the game. The Australian hailed the show of Sarr, who helium insisted played a cardinal relation successful Spurs winning the midfield battle.

"We needed much moving powerfulness successful midfield and Pape [Sarr] has tons of that, bags of vigor and running. He truly helped america to get power of the midfield and that gave america a bully level to spell forward," Postecoglou told Match of the Day.

"Our wide play improved from determination and we looked unsafe going forward. We knew determination had been a spot of an limb wrestle and we ever backmost ourselves to support going astatine the strength we ever bash and upping it and taking the crippled to West Ham.

"We knew that putting them nether unit present astatine location we would yet get there. We had to combat hard successful the archetypal half. Going a extremity down wasn't perfect but we clawed our mode backmost into it, and it is not easy.

"Second fractional we were outstanding. We upped the tempo and played immoderate prime football, defended erstwhile we needed to and got our finishing right. We privation to beryllium that benignant of broadside that creates tons of chances."

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