This England side is very favorable to Tottenham. I thinks it was 5 Tottenham players that played yesterday?
Kane just doesn't seem as involved in the game with the English NT. In my eyes hes England most dangerous player. They need to find a way to get him more involved. Whether thats a formation change or not, who knows. If he catched fire he can take England far.
Eric Dier and Delle Alli are some great prospects though. Love those guys. Tottenham, if they can keep the core of their team together, is gonna be a terror for years.
The reason there is five Tottenham players is mainly because those chosen are specific to the formation and the way Hodgson wishes to play. Hodgson has taken the basis of what Pochettino has worked on the past 2 years which has transformed the side, chucking out the rubbish and bringing in young talent that will die for the opportunity. Dier cost 4m, Delli Alli cost 5m, Rose was a trainee, whilst Walker was bought in as part of a double deal when he was a teenager and was deemed the lesser talent both signed some years ago, Poch has transformed not only the players but the mentality too. Then you have Harry Kane as everyone knows is the kid who grew up a couple miles from White Hart Lane and joined up as a kid. Forbes or someone simalar did a price on the value of the top 100 players a couple weeks back of which Tottenham had 5 within, the three of Kane, Alli and Dier all had a value of 200m! Not bad for 9m in transfer fees (the other two were Lamela and Eriksen). Kane was 5th overall, whilst Alli was just outside the top 10.
Hodgson has taken that ethos by building around the Tottenham players in vital areas that makes this system work, the high press, the high line, the flying fallbacks, everyone fighting from the moment the whistle is blown, the attitude that you can always win, last season in the EPL Tottenham won the most points from losing positions. Its this type of stat, that not only coaches love but so do the fans.
With the new Stadium just around the corner and thus with the ability to pay higher wages Tottenham should be in a better position than they were when they lost Modric first for 35m and then Bale for the highest ever transfer fee of 86m to Real Madrid to keep hold of this core of players. The biggest thing is everyone seems to be pulling in the same direction, from owners, coaches, players and of course the most important people the fans. Gone are the days where the fans booed there own players or rumours of prima donna types refusing to conform to Pochettino's ethics (rumours of 5 players downing tools, no one has actually said so but all five never played again).
With Leicester City and Tottenham leading the charge last season its great to see clubs that don't buy success such as Chelsea and Manchester City with money not earned by there clubs.. what Leicester achieved is worth more than everything that both Chelsea and City have won the past 10 years combined under there current oligarch/mafia owners.
Saying the above, its would be very Spursy to go bankrupt building the stadium, get relegated and lose all what they have achieved under Poch. lol
Sorry about the long post.
