VIDEO Eriksen goal
The rocket everyone is said to have received after the WBA game to pull their socks up, put into action what they are learning on the training field or be left to rot and sold seems to have had a marked effect.
To a man everyone battled against Arsenal and today we at last saw the high pressing game we are supposed to be playing. It worked. We beat Southampton at their own game, or at least the game Pochettino taught them.
Players were given little time on the ball and quick, often intricate passing was called for which takes vision. There were odd individual errors of course, we had the usual Kaboul one but a poor shot allowed Lloris to make a decent if comfortable save.
The one player that worries slightly is Erik Lamela who plays some nice passes in the middle of the field but tried to take on the world in the opposition half. For £30 million you'd expect more because he's not offering anything a player half the cost would offer. He works for the team, puts in the effort and is obviously still learning being effectively a year behind everyone else but we should be getting more from him.
Against weak opposition in the Europa League he looks to have the ability to make a difference but against stronger opposition he is not yet making enough of a difference.
The delight Etienne Capoue showed at the end of the game demonstrated winning meant something to him and probably the rest of the team. They may well have been told to go out and justify Pochettino coming to Tottenham, they did which puts that petty argument to bed.
Hugo Lloris continues to excel as does Danny Rose, Capoue remains solid and Mason has given the established players like Dembele a kick up the backside. There are no qualms about throwing him into games.
There is an international break coming up now and we sit comfortably in sixth above Arsenal and Liverpool off the back of an encouraging performance.
To a man everyone battled against Arsenal and today we at last saw the high pressing game we are supposed to be playing. It worked. We beat Southampton at their own game, or at least the game Pochettino taught them.
Players were given little time on the ball and quick, often intricate passing was called for which takes vision. There were odd individual errors of course, we had the usual Kaboul one but a poor shot allowed Lloris to make a decent if comfortable save.
The one player that worries slightly is Erik Lamela who plays some nice passes in the middle of the field but tried to take on the world in the opposition half. For £30 million you'd expect more because he's not offering anything a player half the cost would offer. He works for the team, puts in the effort and is obviously still learning being effectively a year behind everyone else but we should be getting more from him.
Against weak opposition in the Europa League he looks to have the ability to make a difference but against stronger opposition he is not yet making enough of a difference.
The delight Etienne Capoue showed at the end of the game demonstrated winning meant something to him and probably the rest of the team. They may well have been told to go out and justify Pochettino coming to Tottenham, they did which puts that petty argument to bed.
Hugo Lloris continues to excel as does Danny Rose, Capoue remains solid and Mason has given the established players like Dembele a kick up the backside. There are no qualms about throwing him into games.
There is an international break coming up now and we sit comfortably in sixth above Arsenal and Liverpool off the back of an encouraging performance.
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