Tottenham lack 'X-factor' star for key Postecoglou tactic underscored by 'abysmal' facet – Hoddle

Glenn Hoddle has advised Ange Postecoglou to entropy one his mystification Tottenham ploys as they absence the ‘X-component gamer’ to render it justifiable.

Spurs have currently squandered 7 of their last 11 games under the Australian top mutts after they dropped to a 1-0 defeat in the North London derby on Sunday.

Gabriel Magalhaes racked upwards the lone wish of the gallery from a side and while Postecoglou’s side huffed and blown they were unsatisfactory in the last 3rd against stubborn Mishmash defence.

For the first time it appears Postecoglou is under uneasiness and agitation and Spurs legend Hoddle has oriented the former Celtic top mutts to reassess his ploys going onward.

Defining what went incorrect against the Artillerymans, he said on talkSPORT: “The inverted fullbacks scrubed last period to a details level, but I elegance at Tottenham currently and they’ve obtained some horribly nice gamers, but if [Heung-min] Boy’s not on fire they place’t obtained an X-component gamer at the moment.

“I truly feel pick the inverted fullbacks have been sussed out. They can out-possession the majority of teams, perhaps lone Manchester City [have more possession].

“I believe Mishmash known Spurs might out-possession them and they banked in and made it horribly lively to reprieve them down.”

“What frustrates me is that unless you’ve obtained a [Kevin] De Bruyne or David Silva at his horribly impeccable, users that can unlock a door, it’s horribly lively.

“They’re attempting to go using the eye of a needle, they’ve obtained so multitudinous males in the centre of the pitch so it’s impossible to avail using the centre.

“They last prearrangement that width, they have to try a polymorphous flair to amenable teams upwards because as speedily as teams bank against them [it doesn’t work].

“If they go 1-0 upwards in games pick against Everton [4-0 win] they can counter then and I believe they elegance more outlined when they’re adjusting the round right away on the counter, but that’s whereby I truly feel the next off strategy needs to go, they place’t obtained sufficient clarity in the last 3rd even yet they avail in some magical poses, the going across was abysmal yesterday.”

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Ally McCoist made misgivings whether Hoddle reckons James Maddison can be the male to unpick resistance defences.

“He’s obtained the feasible,” Hoddle replied. “But if I’m playing Distinctly no.10 I’m peeking around me and I’ve obtained so multitudinous physiques in there there’s zero elbowroom via the 2 inverted fullbacks.

“It’s pick Piccadilly Circus in the middle of midfield sporadically. These wide males, if they’re going past their fullbacks and fetching excellent crosses or shots in that would not surprisingly be okay, but they’re combating, they last prearrangement mobility off them, once Spurs go wide there’s not sufficient mobility.

“You go to it via City, they render these lovely particle blindside runs into the penalty locality and they make utility of them and make utility of the elbowroom, there’s none of that via Tottenham.”