Once again we were forced into a substitution prior to halftime due to illness/hernia, and for all the praise our physios have gotten from the mainstream media and indeed general public, they are letting the manager down by allowing players who seem clearly unsuitable to start to be given the run out. While Pochettino has been trying to inculcate this squad to play as he would like, it it quixotic to assume that the plan will come to fruition until the squad is healthier and all available players are, well, available. A true battle of injury-plagued mediocrity was bound to ensue - and it did.
Similarly, they too have been wobbling in form, ranging from 3-0 defeats to Everton to 3-0 wins against Fulham, and have struggled to find consistency both in front of goal and in defense. In fact, the match mirrored our symbiotic schlocky, with both goals scored from defensive errors gifting chances to the opposition that happened to be clinically finished. Our opposition was ironically similar to us in many aspects: they’re under new ownership, injury stricken, have no European football (anymore) this season, and have Cobham graduates both on the bench and on the pitch.
