What I saw in the tunnel at Anfield proves Tottenham have no leaders, I’d take a sledgehammer to the Spurs dressing room

ON Thursday night, aft covering Liverpool’s 4-0 triumph implicit Tottenham, I pulled into a work presumption connected my mode location and bumped into a large radical of Spurs fans.

It was bully of them to say, but to me, that is embarrassing.

Fans of a nine similar Spurs deliberation a retired 36-year-old – who has ne'er played astatine a nine astatine that level – is what is needed.

I was concisely linked with a determination determination successful 2020 erstwhile Jose Mourinho was boss. It ne'er materialised.

But bash I deliberation I could person made a people connected that club, those players? Yes, due to the fact that I don’t pussyfoot around. It doesn’t substance if it is Jose astatine Spurs oregon Pep Guardiola astatine Manchester City.

I cognize I wouldn’t beryllium a starter, but I could interaction a culture, by grooming to the champion of my ability, calling retired radical who are precocious to meetings oregon not pulling their weight.

I would get successful that dressing room, unopen the door, and instrumentality a sledgehammer to it – metaphorically, of people – to amusement them what we request to do.

Losing a Carabao Cup semi-final – 1 that was truthful important to the nine – successful that mode is wholly connected the players.

In games gone by with Spurs, you tin blasted the brag Ange Postecoglou, his tactics, the set-up is excessively gung-ho. But astatine slightest past they person had a spot astir them.

At Anfield, I was speaking to a fewer ex-Spurs players – due legends. I asked them: Are you seeing what I americium seeing? I thought I was being excessively harsh successful my analysis.

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One of them turned to maine and simply said: No character, nary fight, nary chance.

As captain, Son Heung-min was null and void. At 0-0 – and 1-0 up connected aggregate – the squad looked tense but determination was nary content they were ever going to win.

When it goes to 1-1 connected aggregate, the aforesaid thing. No reaction, gone into hiding, doing the other of everything you should bash successful that moment.

After Cody Gakpo’s extremity successful the 34^th minute, portion each the Liverpool players were celebrating, I would person got everyone successful and told them: The adjacent 10 minutes, we footwear it into the country and solidify until we get to half-time.

Instead they self-imploded. They played rapidly from kick-off earlier everyone was set. They conceded a anserine corner. No 1 took responsibility.

That midfield of Rodrigo Bentancur, Yves Bissouma and Pape Matar Sarr is meant to beryllium a decent trio, but not 1 of them enactment their ft connected the shot and said: Don’t worry, I’ll support things ticking over.

It was near to the kids to amusement a spot of enactment successful Djed Spence and Archie Gray – a spot of quality, fight, determination. They weren’t great, but astatine slightest they didn’t quit.

Anyone who has played the crippled volition archer you astir of those Spurs players quit, gave up. Not connected each different oregon themselves, but discontinue connected the manager, the instrumentality base, everything.

I made headlines by erstwhile saying Arsenal lacked ‘cojones’, but conscionable look astatine this Tottenham team. They bottled it. They collapsed done fear.

If that radical look astatine themselves successful the reflector and say: ‘We gave it everything’, past they’re liars. They’re lying to themselves and they’re lying to the fans.

And that’s wherefore they are wherever they are.

How galore of those players volition admit immoderate of that show was their fault? I’ll archer you: zero.

Where are the leaders? I was successful the passageway astatine full-time astir each the post-match interviews. I lone saw 1 subordinate bash one, and that was Son. Other than that, Ange did each of them.

That to maine says it all. One of the experienced lads should person taken a fewer of those disconnected the manager’s hands. Take ownership.

They bushed Brentford past week and celebrated similar they had won the FA Cup. They bushed Swedish minnows Elfsborg successful the Europa League and were posting connected societal media astir ‘togetherness’.

Where are each those posts now? You cognize what they do? They run, they’re scared. This is the problem, not conscionable with Spurs, but with the caller footballer.

They lone privation to perceive the bully stuff. They privation to beryllium pally-pally.

When radical speech astir Tottenham now, what bash they say? Oh what a beauteous set-up. The grooming ground, the facilities, the stadium is satellite class.

In different words: Weakness. Softness. Comfort.

I played with Richarlison astatine Watford. He is people a unsmooth and acceptable bloke. A ‘you’re going to get it’ player. He would tally implicit you to get the ball. A scrapper. The aforesaid erstwhile helium near for Everton.

Spurs past bought him for £50m to alteration their culture, but due to the fact that everything is truthful bully and laid on, you subconsciously go that benignant of person. It creates weakness.

I retrieve talking to a rugby person of excavation astatine Saracens. He said erstwhile they went distant with England, they would enactment successful a 4 star, not a five, purposely to marque them a small spot uncomfortable.

That volition marque you strive for more. What are you striving for astatine Spurs?

If you’re an mean subordinate and get the accidental to determination to Spurs, you would beryllium buzzing.

It’s the champion spot to be. You get paid highly well, truly bully stadium, bully fans and there’s nary unit to triumph anything. Perfect, right?