Minutes played reveals squad rotation has been key

Mauricio Pochettino has been competing in many competitions and had to rotate his squad so as not to wear out the same players so let's have a look at who has played and for how long. You'll see by the figures that he has shared the game time around.

Fans always want the best XI out but in the modern game that isn't possible, especially the high energy way we play it. He has clearly had an sys on sharing the game time around with his team selections, we are now seeing Paulinho get more game time after a longer rest than most after the World |Cup. He had been playing football constantly for two years with the Confederations Cup the previous summer.

Minutes Played (Goals + Assists = Total)
2,000+
Jan Vertonghen 2,720 (0 + 0 = 0)
Hugo Lloris 2,607
Christian Eriksen 2,371 (11 + 4 = 15)
Harry Kane 2,209 (20 + 3 = 23)

NOTE: Premier League ruled Vertonghen's goal against Sunderland as an Own Goal.

1,000+
Federico Fazio 1,956 (0 + 1 = 1)
Erik Lamela 1.925 (4 + 7 = 11)
Ben Davies 1,832 (0 = 3 = 3)
Nacer Chadli 1,756 (9 + 6 =14)
Danny Rose 1,732 (2 + 3 = 5)
Mousa Dembele 1,554 (0 + 1 = 1)
Eric Dier 1,490 (2 + 0 = 2)
Andros Townsend 1,486 (5 + 5 = 10)
Roberto Soldado 1,479 (4 + 6 = 10)
Ryan Mason 1,367 (1 + 2 = 3)
Benjamin Stambouli 1,354 (1 + 0 = 1)
Younes Kaboul 1,350 (0 + 0 = 0)
Nabil Bentaleb 1,322 (1 + 1 = 2)
Etienne Capoue 1,213 (1 + 1 = 2)
Vlad Chiriches 1,180 (1 + 1 = 2)
Paulinho 1,046 (2 + 3 = 5)

Under 1,000
Emmanuel Adebayor 970 (2 + 1 = 3)
Michel Vorm 900
Kyle Walker 886 (0 + 0 = 0)
Aaron Lennon 738 (0 + 2 = 2)
Joshua Onomah 14
Harry Winks 3

Brad Friedel has been on the bench 11 times.

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