Stoke City, the final straw
We keep hearing how Tottenham have a big squad but they only have 25 Premier League players the same as everyone else. All we have done is develop youth and given them their chance.
Mauricio Pochettino has arrived and just like Tim Sherwood has assessed the players and found those that want to try and those that don't, the only difference is that he hasn't come out publicly and said as much.
Some players have had to learn the hard way that you give 100% all the time or you rot and we are seeing that message come through now with Mousa Dembele being brought back into the fold and now Paulinho being slowly introduced. Both players have something to prove and their performance levels have increased as a result. Other players like Emmanuel Adebayor, Etienne Capoue and Younes Kaboul are not even being played.
Emmanuel Adebayor hasn't played since the Stoke City defeat on 9th November.
Etienne Capoue last appeared in the Premier League in the same game and hasn't played since the League Cup win over Newcastle on 17th December.
Younes Kaboul also played his last Premier League game in the same Stoke City defeat and was last seen against Besiktas in the UEFA Europa League on 11th December.
When did Kyle Naughton last appear in the Premier League? You guessed it Stoke City, he then played against Partizan Belgrade in the UEFA Europa League on 27th November.
Aaron Lennon last played in the Premier League against Crystal Palace on 6th December and then against Besiktas in the UEFA Europa League on 11th December. He hasn't been seen since.
The Stoke City game was not so much a defining game but probably the catalyst for the disagreement between Harry Kane and Emmanuel Adebayor that Pochettino had to investigate and resolve. The three that shall we say had a disagreement with Kane, rumoured to be Adebayor, Kaboul and Capoue, are now out of favour while Harry Kane has gone from strength to strength.
Now we don't know the content of the disagreement, bust-up, call it what you will, but it has been clear that the players that give 100% and follow instructions play and those who for whatever reason prefer not to are not playing. Danny Rose has recently said if you don't give 100% in training every day you won't be picked, simple as that.
When you look at five players there who are not figuring at all then the big squad talk is a bit of a myth. The players Pochettino relies upon is a lot smaller and he uses the others as scraps as and when he needs to give players a rest.
Since we have ditched those with the wrong mentality our results have picked up and as I wrote in the article about Adebayor on 11th November, the right mentality breeds the right mentality in others, as we are beginning to see with Dembele and Paulinho.
Related 11th November Article
Adebayor needs a few games of pool
If anyone ever wanted to know that mentality determines results and not just skill then they only have to look at Tottenham.
Mauricio Pochettino has arrived and just like Tim Sherwood has assessed the players and found those that want to try and those that don't, the only difference is that he hasn't come out publicly and said as much.
Some players have had to learn the hard way that you give 100% all the time or you rot and we are seeing that message come through now with Mousa Dembele being brought back into the fold and now Paulinho being slowly introduced. Both players have something to prove and their performance levels have increased as a result. Other players like Emmanuel Adebayor, Etienne Capoue and Younes Kaboul are not even being played.
Emmanuel Adebayor hasn't played since the Stoke City defeat on 9th November.
Etienne Capoue last appeared in the Premier League in the same game and hasn't played since the League Cup win over Newcastle on 17th December.
Younes Kaboul also played his last Premier League game in the same Stoke City defeat and was last seen against Besiktas in the UEFA Europa League on 11th December.
When did Kyle Naughton last appear in the Premier League? You guessed it Stoke City, he then played against Partizan Belgrade in the UEFA Europa League on 27th November.
Aaron Lennon last played in the Premier League against Crystal Palace on 6th December and then against Besiktas in the UEFA Europa League on 11th December. He hasn't been seen since.
The Stoke City game was not so much a defining game but probably the catalyst for the disagreement between Harry Kane and Emmanuel Adebayor that Pochettino had to investigate and resolve. The three that shall we say had a disagreement with Kane, rumoured to be Adebayor, Kaboul and Capoue, are now out of favour while Harry Kane has gone from strength to strength.
Now we don't know the content of the disagreement, bust-up, call it what you will, but it has been clear that the players that give 100% and follow instructions play and those who for whatever reason prefer not to are not playing. Danny Rose has recently said if you don't give 100% in training every day you won't be picked, simple as that.
When you look at five players there who are not figuring at all then the big squad talk is a bit of a myth. The players Pochettino relies upon is a lot smaller and he uses the others as scraps as and when he needs to give players a rest.
Since we have ditched those with the wrong mentality our results have picked up and as I wrote in the article about Adebayor on 11th November, the right mentality breeds the right mentality in others, as we are beginning to see with Dembele and Paulinho.
Related 11th November Article
Adebayor needs a few games of pool
If anyone ever wanted to know that mentality determines results and not just skill then they only have to look at Tottenham.
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