What We Learned From Tottenham 1-2 Ipswich.

[@BenBowman_]

What is the BIGGEST problem Tottenham need to fix?

[@2apur]

Sometimes I think we don't take counter attacks seriously. Bentancur need to get a yellow there if he misses.

[@price6080]

Poor transfer window, bought generational kids in Gray, Oderbert and Bergvall who aren't trusted to play games so why did we sign them?(Cheap wages + sell on value)Naive manager who has poor in-game management and talent ID, no matter how much you delude yourself Werner is a liability. And an ownership that care very little about competing on the pitch. That creates that spursy mentality..but when I say it...I'm just negative and not a real fan

[@duyetpham2003]

Mentality

[@seane.j.daniel6999]

Hi from Barbados Ben, what needs to be fixed at Spurs, self-doubt! We have players like Spence, Moore, Donley, Devine who show us they are ready, but we doubt them and dont consistently play them so they never reach full potential

[@billyprice6520]

It’s all mentality Ben. They turned up on Sunday and thought it would be a walk in the park. We got what we deserved. Keep up the great work mate

[@PaulClarke-gf5hw]

Ipswich fan here , found this interesting thank you. I had one my best away days on Sunday, you have an amazing stadium and lovely fans

[@BenBowman_]

All the best for the season mate

[@max-beckett]

Appreciate your time spent talking about Ipswich’s role here Ben, we don’t have too many tactics-based KZbinrs (we have more on twitter) so this was a great watch. Big fan of Spurs, wish the best for ya!

[@BenBowman_]

You too man, hope you stay up

[@max-beckett]

@@BenBowman_ thanks fella

[@peteteevan6238]

As an Ipswich fan, I was surprised and delighted NOT to see Maddison starting. He has Norwich links and seems to score against us. Good analysis here but proud of how we played and very glad to catch you on an off day. We got some luck too which we’ve been due for a few matches.

[@BenBowman_]

All the best for the season mate

[@jamesb1717]

Good review. And fair on us too.. Most of these vids from Spurs fans are just moaning and the disbelief that you lost. It happens!

[@BenBowman_]

Premier League is a competitive league man, you deserved it!

[@DeathXDiabetes]

This was a much better critic than anything on the media.

[@mripswichtown3132]

As you can tell from my name who i Support, what helped us was, spurs dropped their heads when they went 2 down. They came out of the fire in the 2nd half and maybe it was a little late.. Ipswich looked more hungry for it. All the best

[@darylsnell6799]

I am also a Town fan. I think their heads dropped because Postecoglu's tactics are too rigid. Ipswich had done their homework, and whereas other managers might be willing or able to mix it up and try another approach to break through, Postecoglu can't or won't do that.The players heads dropped because they had to keep trying the same thing that obviously wasn't working. Also explains how they can spank Villa but lose to Ipswich and Palace. Villa go toe-to-toe with them and then the team with better players or more fitness wins. Ipswich and Palace know they have to stifle Tottenham's play and hit them on the break.

[@rickinrio]

You know Ben, the stadium could’ve had them beaten before they left the dressing room. I’m a season ticket holder and was there, the biggest failure was the 12th man. It was a library. When you go to Anfield the crowd is up BEFORE KICKOFF. The mentality each week starts in the terraces and we are not doing our part.

[@prodigalfraudaddy-es1gl]

Its a problem in all stadiums ..even anfield ..it started with city ..now young and singing fans and so called season ticket sections are replaced by family tickets and executive class tickets with better seating ..the passionate fans are relegated to corners of the stadium .its just part of business age

[@Strangegravy]

Great analysis, very levelheaded. Subscribed 👍

[@2apur]

Good call on waiting a few days. A loss like that, I need a few days before I can get back into it.

[@iljunjang]

Excellent analysis as always. Head and shoulders above the rest of talking heads. Thank you.

[@BenBowman_]

Thank you bro

[@nismojunk]

We had double the amount of possession, double the amount of passes, six times the amount of corners, for only half the outcome. Changes came too late in this match. Bissouma and Madders at 84 mins, not sure what Ange was thinking. Udogie, Sarr, Kulu, Johnson all should've come off at 60 mins.

[@Charlie_E_]

With Ange’s comments about Maddison’s non selection in the national team ‘ you don’t get picked after one free kick’ and the fact he came on only after 82 minutes, makes me think there is a problem between Ange and Maddison.

[@stevenlee-fb8ky]

i think we need a world class central defensive midfielder. Bentacur and Biss are both good, but if we had someone elite in that position, commanding the team - i think we'd see less of these silly goals and we'd hopefully look a lot more calm when defending. At the moment we literally never look comfortable whilst defending. It's like as soon as we lose the ball it's panic stations. Whereas you look at Arsenal, City and Liverpool and they can calmly defend for days when they need to. But i think you're right, it's small tweaks. We're close.

[@seane.j.daniel6999]

There are 27 games left in PL alone, why is everyone so paniced, we are in all comps and scoring regularly

[@mahaNo23]

Because if we continue this win one and lose one we will finish 10th and there is nothing I’ve seen so far this season to suggest that this will change . We are far too easy to play against

[@duyetpham2003]

We want to be the team that dominates small ants, hence the name “Big 6”, not to be dominated by the likes of Crystal Palace and Ipswich. Not to mention blowing a 2 - 0 lead against Brighton, we should have put those kinds of games to bed already ffs. We just making a fool of ourselves if there are 27 games left in the Premier League if this goes on and on.

[@JoshSmithJ19]

Did u watch the game?

[@dahitman55]

We have a habbit of failing when there's a chance to do something major (go up to 3rd ) and we did it once again. It's very deflating and I myself is no longer interested in the league games.

[@julesbrunton1728]

They're panicking because they don't understand the concept of re building towards success. I get it, we should be disappointed with the result but panicking about where the club is going is just post traumatic stress from the last few decades clouding their vision

[@jamesmann2133]

Brilliant video & great analysis. Nice to see a balanced & honest opinion with really good tactical knowledge. Best stadium & awesome away day.

[@Armoris6247]

Just discovered your channel. Top video; balanced without the emotion prevelant in so many of our fan base content. Subbed and look forward to future uploads. 👍🏾

[@BenBowman_]

Thanks mate 👍🏻

[@sydneyduke428]

Individual errors abound each goal we concede. Basic defensive mistakes, players not concentrating, ball watching, unwilling to put their bodies on the line to get their head on it or block shots.

[@dragon_542]

The mentality is still not there, we showed nowhere near the intensity that we showed for city and villa, gotta treat every game the same. Also our box defending has been so shit, so many ball watchers.

[@tuisitala9068]

It makes you wonder if the players actually watch the replay of the game to analyse their performance. If they do then for some players the obvious errors are screaming at you. I do not blame Dragu for the second goal, Sometimes the bounce goes against you. I do blame anyone who passes a cross to the opposition. They are meant to be elite footballers and should be 'encouraged' to pass to our players who are in the box. If they can't they should be sold.

[@gregnicolle]

Thanks ☮ for the video mate, good, fair, honest review

[@drewbadenochPT]

The basic defensive mistakes do my head in. The overhead kick is stopped easily by just having your head near the ball

[@timknighton1138]

We attack in 235 shape so on transition we are being overloaded on the flanks, 2nd goal shows space on the right flank. We are the only side attacking with this shape. This also means our defensive shape in the box is compromised. The lack of awareness of some attacking players to close down (Johnson on 1st goal) suggests they are not spending enough time on defensive shape. Ange has a philosophy, play out from back, press high, dominate ball. You can play many attacking and defensive shapes within that. He has to adapt tactics withing his philosophy otherwise there is a real risk we finish outside top 7 and he is sacked. He also needs to do more on attacking set pieces given the number of corners we get, more work and some patterns to break down low blocks including getting our wingers to attack full backs more often, watch the number of time we pass the ball back when wide in the final 3rd.

[@NickFromVenn]

Although Ange should be doing better imo, the lack of first team improvement over the summer is now coming back to bite us. Should’ve bought at least 2 more established, prem quality signings. Its fine margins so frustrating that we decided to gamble

[@julesbrunton1728]

We have established premier league players who aren't performing at the required level....new signings aren't more likely to be able to perform at that level..it's mentality not skill that is failing when we lose. When we play well our average players look like established quality premier league signings 😂

[@NickFromVenn]

@ True to an extent but still convinced we would be performing better had we actually bought some ready made quality players (other than Solanke). Feel like some of this lot, as good as they are, aren’t suited to the system and its affecting us

[@JoolsUK]

You've got an expensive stadium. Arsenal had to do the same in some windows when they moved into their stadium.

[@giftcardoso2712]

You can make a video looking at all our defeats in the prem and trying to find similarities and the patterns that have caused those defeats

[@roberto_camp]

The team looks jaded, physically and mentally. We've gotten virtually no contribution at all this season from Richarlson, Spence, Odobert, Gray, Bergval and Lankshear, in the Premier League. With this system being so demanding physically, we can't afford to have that many passengers in the squad. Some of them need to get and stay fit, others need to be integrated by the Manager.

[@leebayliss7847]

As an Ipswich fan , you broke it all down very well ...and Spurs do have a problem in defending . TBF we were much better than we were at Brentford and didn't allow you score late on .

[@cillianhoyne3100]

Of all the games ive watch of spurs ever (other than the final) for some reason this one made me really really sad idk why

[@lizbeighton2662]

Ipswich fan here - great listen. I agree, think there was an element of arrogance thinking you can turn at at 60% and roll us over. We are learning how to see games out and would have more points if it wasn't for VAR / rubbish officials

[@NicJ27]

Ben, thoughts on playing Son behind Solanke and having them dove-tail, then having Kulu on the inside right(wing) and Johnson on the left? Feel like Solankes holdup will allow him to connect midfield and attack and you get sonny running towards goal more, kulu inverting to join in and johnson running in off the left gives him better angles to work with

[@Br3nd4n82]

Ange continuously trying to "fix" spurs... that is like trying to fix broken glass with a pritt stick...

[@HDsharp]

When we have bad quality in our forwards what do we really expect? Son put a chance on a plate for Johnson to score from 5 yards out who fluffed his lines yet again. All he had to do was get it in target and it would have been a goal and an easy win.

[@matthewnicholas6365]

Didnt learn anything most didn't already know.

[@ericclacton]

If my aunt was my Uncle, if if if if. it happens to all football teams mate that's life.

[@gobby7748]

I’ve really tried to like Brennan but I really don’t know what he’s even good at. He can’t dribble can hardly pass unless it’s a low driven pass across the box. Hes very predictable and is not good enough for our club. We need a winger that can take a man on now.

[@m.t.r813]

I think you are a bit confused I think you mean Bissouma

[@HDsharp]

That miss by him from 5 yards out from Son's cross was the last straw for me. A decent forward should be putting those away, all he had to do was get it on target 🤦

[@m.t.r813]

​@@HDsharp Brennan as Scored a lot of goals This season I would rather have Him playing Then bringing on Bissouma when we are Losing When he has only scored 2 goals in about 60 plus games and no assists

[@HDsharp]

@m.t.r813 Yeah but it doesn't mean he's the right quality, because another forward would have probably and should have scored more considering the many tap ins he's had. He's missed so many easy chances. That glaring sitter missed against Ipswich wasn't a one off.

[@shaneabbott7896]

Probably thought he didn’t need Maddison to beat Ipswich 😅

[@jonathantaylor6210]

Oh, it CAN happen! And it DID!! COYB!!!

[@BenBowman_]

All the best for the season mate

[@luketarinimclean7958]

Should we let Porro go and let Archie play RB? Then reinforce the whole defence and wings

[@uzairmughal7129]

I feel ill after that game.

[@dahitman55]

Just a heads up but I really really wanted to watch the video. I want to know what went wrong from a tactical perspective rather than outlandsish lashouts on KZbin. I think we lost for two reasons. 1) The personality make-up of the squad. We dont seem to have any players that love to mix it up and get physical. (I think Hoijberg would have been great for yesterday's game) . 2) Ange got the starting line-up wrong. One way to beat a physical team is to just outskill them. Also, the subs. Was sure Madders would come on at half-time but alas. O well. Hopefully these are the problems because if it's something else say psychological and the players just wilt at the slightest sense of pressure, then we're screwed.

[@Armoris6247]

I agree that we miss someone like PEH in the middle; someone with a bit of grit & guts. Johnson is never going to put his looks at risk to stop the ball (bless his little cotton socks) and so him basically stepping back from challenging for that overhead kick didn't surprise me at all. We're almost there but we need a Henderson type player in the middle of the park who is prepared to BALL at these players and DEMAND more from them when they're looking weak. We need one or even two senior leaders who don't take any s#!t from the limp wristed members of our squad.

[@dahitman55]

@@Armoris6247 Co-sign. Henderson is that player. I was thinking maybe Pogba in January? Redemption arc? He's won things...

[@mahaNo23]

I’ve said he before and I’ll say it again. Unless we mix up our approach, we are too easy to play against. With zero variability teams can set out knowing exactly what we are going to do and don’t have to second guess anything. We never play long. Ever. Which when playing out from back like we do means that teams can push up and stay there as it’s never going long so we are constantly under pressure if and when we lose the ball. Even when we do get passed the any press when we lose it there we are SO easy to score against. I love that ange has a style of play but for the love of god please try different approaches if and when they are needed…. Please

[@diggint9199]

If they players rest on their laurels then we are easy to beat even before the whistle.

[@TottenPoncho]

I just said this on hippies channel. If they are pushing up against our mids and blocking the options pop the ball into their corners and team press them. Depending on who we are playing of course. But we definitely needed that at the start yesterday. It set the tone AGAIN. Other teams know we have a long way to go before we master our tactics with a built in tempo.

[@Spursfan8147]

Ange really needs to change, he never changes his tactics wich lead to these shocks

[@rcr03]

after his post match interviews it sounds like he finally is going to change something.

[@AshleyDickson-bb2ym]

The team and the approach was good enough to win the game. Players needed to turn up imho.

[@rcr03]

@@AshleyDickson-bb2ym I think he meant defensively. We've conceded the exact same goal many times. Maybe a slightly lower line, full backs being slightly lower.

[@Spursfan8147]

@@AshleyDickson-bb2ym yeah the players do need to show some passion to the club, but also ange needs to work more on his defensive and pressing tactics because we can’t be slipping chances out of our hands like that We also need to work on Ariel ability as no one can control a cross or even head the ball for some reason

[@melton6967]

We learned they care about playing international games not the club. Ship em out.

[@MichaelDowd-h5s]

Great review Son is not Captain material. We should have sold him. We need a Roy Keane.

[@HDsharp]

It wouldn't matter who's captain when Johnson can miss from 5 yards out! Can't do anything about poor quality players.

[@sterlmorrison]

Sounds like you've got the Ange cough Big Ben. Hot Honey and lemon foe you

[@Armoris6247]

Stick some brandy in there too! 😂😂

[@JoshSmithJ19]

If we don't see any improvement get him gone, shit mentality when going to play these shit teams i wont be shocked if we beat city

[@yabiggalla]

Do you think that he is too stubborn and too old to change, be more flexible than he is?

[@duyetpham2003]

The team doesn’t have that winning mentality anymore. They all just touching the ball just for fun, nothing else. No urgency (when there is, it’s usually too late). Also, no leader on that pitch, Son can’t be that long term solution as he is due to leaving anytime soon. We truly need that Roy Keane - esque level of a player, maybe Hugo Lloris level of responsibility wearing the captain armband. But at the end, this football club ain’t a football club anymore. It’s a commercial ad, hell bent on taking professional football seriously😔😣😔

[@3ngineroar]

Lloris as a captain 😂 He ran away in the second half when we lost 6-1 to Newcastle, embarrassing which is why many Spurs fans dislike him as a captain with no responsibility. Roy Keane there is not much players in this market to find one like him.

[@DaveD-w3f]

No disrespect to Ipswich but really Spurs were very poor

[@WelshRaptor367]

Ipswich were just better

[@BenBowman_]

100%

[@Armoris6247]

Hungrier is probably a better adjective.

[@WelshRaptor367]

@@Armoris6247 bit of both

[@JimmyWin501]

Are you wearing eyeliner?

[@BenBowman_]

Just got very dark eyelashes bro 😂

[@JimmyWin501]

@ hah just kidding. Great content btw - keep up the good work

[@RubenRodrigues15]

I think most fans prefer being third at the end of the season, not now 😆 The story of the game for me was the final ball, we never put the final ball the whole game, did well up until then, the movement was there but the final pass was always off; in another day that doesn't happen and we win probably, and to me it showed Maddison should have started, Sarr is not the type of player against low blocks, we don't need to have a fixed 11 against everyone, strength in the squad means we can chop and change according to the game and in this game it should have been Maddison Anyways, COYS 🤍