The Gary Neville solution is simple



Former Manchester United and England right-back Gary Neville, now an expert pundit on Sky Sports, has highlighted the two areas he feels are causing Spurs difficulties, but the solution to both is quite simple.

“I don’t think they should be judged the same as the other sides in the top six. One, is their net spend is £11m. To transform the mess Pochettino’s done in three years from where Spurs were to where they are now is a big job. 
“The second one is why I have a lot of sympathy for them – their average age. It’s the youngest in the division. 
“I’ve loved watching Spurs over the last three years, I think the coach is fantastic. He’ll be sensing they’re a young team, they need education, they need time to grow but they’re a bit timid in these matches. 
“When I watched them at home against Manchester City it was one of the best things I’ve seen. Then they go away from home and that belief and confidence saps from them. 
“They’ve got to mature as young players and develop that belief, because they’re better than what they’re showing away from home. I think there’s still a little bit of time, education, growing to do as a team. 
“But in the next 18 months Pochettino will want them to get to that point where they’re not timid in away games. Go for Liverpool, go for Manchester United, go for Manchester City. They can’t do it at home and then go away and not do it. But I’ve got a little bit of sympathy for them because of those two things.”

Once again a former player, someone who has won eight Premier League titles, three FA Cups, two League Cups, three Community Shields, two UEFA Champions Leagues, one Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup, suggests it is belief that is missing from Spurs.

The small minded can mock belief but it is central to achieving anything in any walk of life. If the mind doesn't think something is possible, then it can't achieve it. Waiting for players to slowly develop a belief system, if they ever do to the level required to be a winner, is nuts, if there is expertise out there to do it faster. There is in the shape of sports psychologists, their job is to instil belief!

I don't understand why you would choose to take the long route when there is a shorter and more effective route to the top.