'Exposed': Jamie Carragher claims Ange Postecoglou is making two Tottenham players look worse than they are
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Jamie Carragher has told Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou that he might be making two of his best players look worse than they actually are.
Spurs have a perfectly inconsistent record this season in the league of two wins, a draw and two defeats from their opening five games.
Manager Ange Postecoglou is already coming under a touch of pressure as well, with suggestions that his attacking football has been worked out by other teams.
Tottenham, of course, have some of the top players in world football on the books in the form of Heung-Min Son, Cristian Romero and Pedro Porro.
However, former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has claimed two of Tottenham’s squad are being ‘exposed’ due to the tactics of Postecoglou.
Jamie Carragher feels sorry for Mickey van de Ven and Cristian Romero
Writing in his latest column for The Telegraph, Jamie Carragher has praised the defensive duo of Cristian Romero and Mickey van de Ven.
But in doing so, he’s also suggested that Tottenham’s tactics under Postecoglou are leaving the duo exposed.
“As a centre-back pairing, Cristian Romero and Mickey van de Ven – a World Cup winner alongside one of the quickest defenders in the world – have the potential to be one of the best in the Premier League,” Carragher wrote.
“It is a valid tactical discussion as to whether they are being left too exposed and might benefit from a more balanced set-up.”
No chance Postecoglou changes
Essentially, Tottenham fans, the pundits like Carragher, and more importantly, Romero and Van de Ven, are going to have just suck it up and accept this is how it is.
Ange Postecoglou will not be changing his tactics or approach anytime soon and with that, everyone will simply have to get on with things.
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In some games, Romero and Van de Ven look very capable.
But as Carragher says, sometimes they are left wide open to the opposition and over the course of a season, that’s going to cost Tottenham more points than it wins.
