Football.London’s Alasdair Gold has suggested that on the back of Tottenham’s showing against Wolves on Saturday, the club would be forced to enter the transfer market to sign better backups to Destiny Udogie and Pedro Porro.
Porro and Udogie have both been up there with the best players in their positions across the Premier League this season, with the Italian and Spaniard adapting quite well to the inverted full-back role, something which neither of them had played before this season.
Given how important the full-backs are in Ange Postecoglou’s system, the pair were always going to be a big miss and so it turned out on Saturday.
Davies and Emerson struggled to offer the same sort of ball progression due to their shortcomings in possession of the ball.
This was noted in his recent column by Gold, who insisted that while the Welshman and the Brazilian are solid players, they are not particularly good fits for Postecoglou’s system.
The journalist suggested that on the back of the pair’s showing on Saturday, the Australian would have already made his mind up to enter the market next summer for more technically proficient full-backs.
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Football fans (and journalists) have this habit of overreacting to results and jumping to conclusions based on one bad performance. It is never easy for players to come into the side after warming the bench for a long time and start performing straight away.
Most players need some continuity (at least two or three consecutive games) before they get into a rhythm and showcase their best qualities. While the point about Davies and Emerson’s technical limitations is a fair one, it was only natural that they would look rusty, given their lack of competitive minutes over the last month or two.
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