ANGE POSTECOGLOU has a constituent — Tottenham’s injuries person deed them much than immoderate Prem club.
And Spurs’ situation is statistically 25 per cent worse than immoderate top-flight broadside competing successful Europe this season.
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In total, they have had 213 absentees crossed their 39 fixtures, which is simply a whopping 44 much than the adjacent astir severely deed — North London rivals Arsenal.
Those numbers backmost up Aussie brag Postecoglou, who claimed aft Sunday’s 2-1 FA Cup decision astatine Aston Villa that critics are not factoring in the crippling effect of injuries erstwhile blaming him for Spurs’ mediocre form.
Under-fire Postecoglou was without ELEVEN crocked first-team stars for the fourth-round necktie astatine Villa Park.
Remarkably, that was the FIFTH crippled this play the absentee database owed to wounded oregon unwellness has deed treble figures.
All of those person travel since mid-January and mostly ruled retired important men, including keeper Guglielmo Vicario, defenders Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero and Destiny Udogie, arsenic good arsenic forwards Brennan Johnson and Dominic Solanke.
Spurs person not had 1 crippled this word without a subordinate missing done wounded oregon unwellness but the crisis took clasp successful the past 2 months.
Since the December 12 Europa League necktie astatine Rangers, Spurs person not had a azygous fixture without less than SIX players out.
They person plummeted to 14th successful the Prem and are now out of some home cups, with the Villa decision coming aft past week’s Carabao Cup semi-final exit to Liverpool.
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Postecoglou snapped astatine Villa Park: “There’s got to beryllium a amended appreciation for what a precise tiny radical of players person been doing for the past 2 and a fractional months.”
And helium claimed the disapproval was “agenda-driven” to get him the sack.
Spurs' wounded and unwellness absentees' database breached down
Here is simply a afloat look astatine Tottenham's injuries passim the season...
- Leicester A – Forster (1)
- Everton H – Bentancur + Solanke (2)
- Newcastle A – Richarlison + Bentancur (2)
- Arsenal H – Bissouma + Richarlison (2)
- Coventry A – Bissouma + Richarlison (2)
- Brentford – Odobert + Richarlison (2)
- Qarabag H – Odobert + Richarlison (2)
- Manchester United A – Odobert, Richarlison + Son (3)
- Ferencvaros A – Udogie, Odobert, Richarlison + Son (4)
- Brighton A – Odobert, Richarlison + Son (3)
- West Ham H – Odobert (1)
- AZ Alkmaar H – Son (1)
- Crystal Palace A – Son (1)
- Manchester City H – Spence, Odobert + Son (3)
- Aston Villa H – Spence, Van de Ven + Odobert (3)
- Galatasaray A – Spence, Van de Ven, Romero, Moore, Werner, Odobert + Richarlison (7)
- Ipswich H – Van de Ven, Moore, Odobert + Richarlison (4)
- Manchester City A – Romero, Van de Ven, Moore, Odobert + Richarlison (5)
- Roma H – Vicario, Romero, Van de Ven, Moore, Odobert + Richarlison (6)
- Fulham H – Vicario, Romero, Van de Ven, Moore, Odobert, Richarlison + Solanke (7)
- Bournemouth A – Vicario, Romero, Van de Ven, Moore, Odobert + Richarlison + (6)
- Chelsea H – Vicario, Davies, Odobert, Moore + Richarlison (5)
- Rangers A – Vicario, Davies, Van de Ven, Romero, Odobert, Moore + Richarlison (7)
- Southampton A – Vicario, Davies, Van de Ven, Romero, Odobert + Richarlison (6)
- Manchester United H – Vicario, Udogie, Davies, Van de Ven, Romero, Werner, Odobert + Richarlison (8)
- Liverpool H – Vicario, Davies, Van de Ven, Romero, Odobert + Richarlison (6)
- Nottingham Forest A – Vicario, Davies, Van de Ven, Romero, Odobert + Richarlison (6)
- Wolves H – Vicario, Davies, Van de Ven, Romero, Odobert + Richarlison (6)
- Newcastle H – Vicario, Forster, Udogie, Davies, Van de Ven, Romero, Moore, Odobert + Richarlison (9)
- Liverpool H – Vicario, Forster, Udogie, Davies, Van de Ven, Romero, Odobert + Richarlison (8)
- Tamworth A – Vicario, Forster, Udogie, Davies, Van de Ven, Romero, Bentancur, Odobert + Richarlison (8)
- Arsenal A – Vicario, Forster, Udogie, Davies, Van de Ven, Romero, Bentancur, Odobert + Werner (9)
- Everton A – Vicario, Udogie, Van de Ven, Romero, Bissouma, Bentancur, Odobert, Werner, Johnson + Solanke (10)
- Hoffenheim A – Vicario, Udogie, Van de Ven, Romero, Bissouma, Sarr, Odobert, Werner, Johnson + Solanke (10)
- Leicester H – Vicario, Udogie, Van de Ven, Romero, Spence, Odobert, Maddison, Werner, Johnson + Solanke (10)
- Elfsborg A – Leicester H – Vicario, Udogie, Romero, Odobert, Maddison, Werner, Johnson + Solanke (8)
- Brentford A – Vicario, Udogie, Dragusin, Romero, Odobert, Maddison, Werner, Johnson + Solanke (9)
- Liverpool A – Vicario, Udogie, Dragusin, Van de Ven Romero, Odobert, Maddison, Werner, Johnson + Solanke (10)
- Aston Villa A – Vicario, Romero, Van de Ven, Dragusin, Udogie, Maddison, Johnson, Werner, Odobert, Richarlison + Solanke (11)
Total 213
Postecoglou said nary different nine has had to woody with the aforesaid magnitude of injuries — and the stats enactment him.
Of English sides competing successful Europe this term, Spurs person had 213 absentees done unwellness and injury.
In comparison, Arsenal person 169, Manchester City 158, Manchester United 157, Liverpool 100, Aston Villa 97 and Chelsea conscionable 79.
It is not conscionable the quantity of absentees but the individuals missing, too.
Back-up full-backs Takehiro Tomiyasu and Kieran Tierney relationship for 55 of the Arsenal full of 169 — much than 30 per cent. Yet first-choice centre-backs Van de Ven and Romero amount to 52 of Spurs’ 213.
Frustrated fans constituent to the information that some Romero and Van de Ven started successful league defeats to Arsenal, Brighton, Chelsea and Crystal Palace.
While galore besides fishy Postecoglou’s aggravated grooming methods lend to the precocious measurement of musculus injuries, which also happened astatine his erstwhile clubs.
But sessions are understood to person been highly airy implicit the past fewer months owed to the relentless schedule.
The ex-Celtic brag said past week: “I cognize radical look astatine our training, but I warrant you we’ve hardly trained for the past 4 months.
“We’re looking astatine our processes but the wiser happening to bash is enactment calm, analyse it decently and marque definite we marque the close decisions.”
Crucially, Spurs president Daniel Levy has factored successful the wounded situation erstwhile analysing the alarming form.
There does look to beryllium airy astatine the extremity of the passageway with immoderate players precise adjacent to a return.
Then the unit volition genuinely beryllium connected Postecoglou with nary wounded excuses, morganatic arsenic they are, to autumn backmost on.
After all, it was helium who unnecessarily upped the ante by declaring successful September helium “always wins things” successful his 2nd year” successful a job.
To bash that helium volition person to spell each the mode successful the Europa League, which represents Spurs’ past changeable astatine salvation.
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