Tottenham are unprofessional

Former manager Gerry Francis is another who can see that mentally this side are hopeless and it's costing Tottenham points regularly. The better players are the ones with better mentality, a mentality which means they then make fewer mistakes.



All mistakes are mental. Your brain tells you what to do and you do it, Tottenham players are making the wrong choices and then mentally going to pieces, as soon as Newcastle equalised they were the better side and all we had left was hope.

The ex England international gave his verdict to Sky Sports.

“You expect Tottenham to be in and around the top four , that’s where they want to be. They’ve been in Europe one way or another now for some time. But they seem to be having real problems in their Premier League games after playing in Europe. 

“There was only one team in the first half. But it’s about being professionl and being alive. One half and one goal is nothing in the Premier League, you have to the same attitude for the second half and be ready to go. 

“We’ve seen quite a few times they haven’t been professional and ready and that goal has undone all their good work in the first half and completely changed the game and tempo and gave Newcastle a massive lift."

Most of our players tried to do it on their own when we were under pressure to produce in that second half, they stopped playing as a team largely. Pochettino made mistakes, he should have taken Lamela off no later than 10 minutes after half-time, his continual cutting inside meant we couldn't attack down the right side as Dier has played too many games without a rest and is tired.

It's going to be a long time until the transfer window opens with Tottenham now just 3 points off a relegation place.