Defeat shows what bad fans Spurs actually have

Spurs fans are turning after just one defeat

The knee-jerk brigade have decided Pochettino is finished, teams have worked us out and he'll be gone at the end of the season if not before.

In other words, unless top four is a constant any manager should be sacked. That is effectively what they are saying. Why turn on someone who is clearly a top manager. It took Sir Alex Ferguson seven years to win the Premier League and it was a lot easier when he did it. Now more teams have more money.

What our current predicament shows the fans is that Tottenham Hotspur as a business still doesn't have enough income to operate a loss-making model

Bolton tried that. It worked for a while and then it all came tumbling down. They built up over £153m in debt trying to sustain Premier League football and were owned by a Bolton fan. The fans head ruled the business head.

At Spurs we have a business head ruling the fan head thankfully.

Fans can complain all they like, but Tottenham needs Daniel Levy with Sugar Daddies no longer able to fund sides wishing to play in European competitions.

Fans need to calm down. We have problems but they are not insurmountable. We have nine players at various stages of getting match fit:

• Serge Aurier
• Ryan Sessegnon
• Dele Alli
• Giovani Lo Celso
• Ben Davies
• Jan Vertonghen
• Eric Dier
• Tanguy Ndombélé
• Juan Foyth

Yes, that's right, Jan Vertonghen isn't as fit as he should be and that is why he was left out of the squad and why Sanchez has been playing in his place. Will he be fit for Arsenal, I don't know.

The club are hopeful that Alderweireld will be signing a new contract so I don't think there are any issues there now.

We all know Danny Rose has had mental issues but his general demeanour on the field looks OK, just that he is not totally focussed yet to my eye.

As for Christian Eriksen, goodness knows. The sooner the window shuts and we know whether he is here and what see are going to get performance-wise the better.

I listened to Pochettino's after match press conference and Alisdair Gold demonstrating why journalists don't know what they are talking about. He asked about Villa playing the ball between Sanchez and Rose, same as Villa, which is what Times writer Henry Winter said as well.

Pochettino's response was exactly what I have been saying for over a year that untrained fans like Alisdair just don't get.

Pochettino said that is the end result, but we have to go backward and see what happened before that, go back 10 seconds, 20 seconds, 30 seconds and see why we got to that situation.

In other words, you have to look for the root cause and solve the root cause. As a coach you are trained not to simply correct the mistake, if you don't correct the root cause of the mistake then it will simply reoccur or show itself in another form.

You find the root cause and resolve that.

That is basic coaching.

Newcastle goal Fig 1

In Fig 1, Kyle Walker-Peters is moving out to the man with the ball and a Newcastle player has found himself a hole between five Spurs players. The ball has been played out from the back to the touchline on this side on the halfway line.

It has then gone to the other side of the field, back to the defence and back out to this side to their man in space.

Newcastle goal Fig 2

In Fig 2, the ball has been played inside and Moussa Sissoko has the man with the ball covered. Kyle Walker-Peters has the man outside, Toby Alderweireld is also in attendance.

For some reason, Sanchez is looking to run back and across leaving the man behind him. He is a right-sided centre-back and seems to be covering as if he was still playing that role.

Danny Rose is miles away. There is a Newcastle player just out of shot further up the field but he isn't a danger. He should be tucking in, he should be calling to Davinson Sanchez.

Newcastle goal Fig 3

In Fig 3, Sanchez has come across to do what? Linton has been left all alone in acres of space. The ball is already on the way to him and Rose is just moving to cover.

Newcastle goal Fig 4

In Fig 4, Linton has knocked the ball into space in front of him, Rose is rushing back and Sanchez is only now turning to go back after leaping in the air and being unable to head the ball.

Newcastle goal Fig 5

In Fig 5, Linton is about to fire the ball home with his left foot. You can see Rose had nobody to mark with the other Newcastle players still way upfield.

One player between the lines, one striker and they have scored a goal with plenty of Tottenham players around, none of whom seem to have sensed any danger until it is too late.

Very very disappointing, but hark at our fans calling for Pochettino to go and talking of him leaving, we have lost one game after a Champions League final for goodness sake!