More than anything I think Ange wants to deflect negativity from his coaching staff. Which is respectable, but as a fan highly annoying when there doesn't seem to be any progress.

The fact Ange doesn't think set piece defending isnt an issue is not naive, its irresponsible

It baffles me how Lo Celso doesn't get any meaningful game time from Ange

Hard to see where the next point is coming from. Every time we give away a corner it’s like conceding a penalty. We’re painfully easy to play against. If we’d started like this and ended the way we started that would show progress (like poch’s first season) but this is very worrying and what’s more worrying is that we have a manager who just doesn’t get it.

It's season 1 under Ange. The league table doesn't lie and we're only just starting the journey. He needs 4 or 5 transfer windows to get his squad together

Im going to give a controversial opinion I miss Sonny doing our set pieces. I also wish he took our free kicks

I feel like the argument with Son coming deep to look for the ball is just due to the midfield not working. He has to search for the ball since others can’t provide. Just saw a stat that said Sonny has the most successful through balls in Europe 5 leagues. He has also has done the most in our squad.

Spurs fans: "We want a long term project manager who plays frontfoot attacking football!!" 🤔 Alao spurs fans: "Ange needs to adapt he needs to change it isn't working.. He isnt the man to take us forward.." 🤪 This fanbase is making me laugh so hard 😂😅

With Maddisons recent no shows I'd hook him and give Gio a chance. Not sure what Madders is giving us, does alot of running about but the player we bought from er Leicester isn't showing his talents.

3 Nill down within 30 mins is Unacceptable

Romero has just invented the false CB. 2nd highlight of my day... 1st was that I met the guy who wrote the theme to Rosie and Jim. It was a strange sunday

For Chelsea maybe put Sonny on the left and play Richy down the middle, drop Maddison and give Gio a go. We have to get back to winning ways, imagine finishing 7th and being subjected to Conference Football at grim stadiums in grim locations.

Maddison needs to be benched with Deki in the centre. No one should be an automatic starter if you are not performing!

I feel our midfield is the biggest concern as so inconsistent and seems that whoever comes off bench in the 6&8 roles actually plays well and team improves but as soon as start them they don’t perform - been thinking last few weeks that deki should he playing middle instead of Maddison who not been sake since injury - hopefully now few games in succession we’ll actually gel as def felt the 15 days gap was actually to big a gap between games

I have a straightforward question for everyone here: why aren't we placing a man on the player standing in front of our goalkeeper? I don't have the exact game details, but take the Newcastle versus Everton match, for instance. We've conceded goals from corners or free kicks because of opponents positioned in front of our goalkeeper. Despite having a 15-day break before this game, we didn't even consider addressing this issue, not to mention that Arsenal excels at scoring from corner kicks. It's frustrating because every team seems to be targeting our goalkeeper, and we only make adjustments after goals have been scored. In the recent game, we started marking the player in front of Vicario only in the second half. Am I missing something here? If my amateur eyes can spot this, why aren't the coaches seeing it? I'm sure all of you have noticed this trend over the last few games. Don't get me wrong, I love this team, our style of play this year, and I have great respect for the coach. I thoroughly enjoy every game, but this one issue is really starting to bother me.

I don't particularly care about the decisions going against us, we lost the game because we're not good enough in the final third

There was also an imo clear foul on Romero's first header where he hit the post. He was pushed with both hands mid-air, a very dangerous foul that wasn't given as Romero managed to land well. There could/ should have been easily 3 penalties in our favour. It's insane how incosistent the rules are.

Thanks again for the vids mate. The one big worry regardless of performance was the fact we got caught with an over the top ball and 2 corners, very predictable.

Hi Ali, you hit the nail on the head there near the end. The players need to give us a big response on the pitch and in games. Also I reckon Ange already knows what players he wants to clear out of the squad to trim it down to allow new players come in.

Hi Alasdair, greeting from Melbourne. On the topic of Vicario, he is a great character, great shot stopper, excellent with his feet but he does not command his six yard box!! We need to see the "Venom" part of his game. He should have put two hands on Ben White and shoved him so hard. He has become too intimidated since the Man City incident in the FA cup. Even at the risk of getting booked he needs to intercept corners and smash into the cluster of players. I will miss the next two games also as they are at unearthly hours of the morning for us Oz fans.

Thank you for your insightful and balanced reflection. You're right to question the manager's stubborn refusal to address our defending from corner kicks. It comes across as very odd (arrogant?) that he steadfastly won't even attempt to fix it.

Good day Sir Gold, yet again an analysis of a derby to make sense of and ease the jagged mind. Our team didn't do itself any justice with that performance. I was a bit disappointed with our starting eleven when I did join the match, because I was looking for Sarr, Richarlison and Lo Celso to start at the expense of Bissouma, Werner and Maddison. By now you are going to see that I am not a fan of Maddison, especially since his return. Watching his antics irked me. Its a match that I thought with a little more conviction we would have won. Looking forward to our next derby match to see us bouncing back. COYS!!

Firstly Ali we have been waiting all day now you post😳 😂 Woolwich scored only one from open play (our players distracted from pen shout), we hit the post, had one chalked off plus they were clinging on at the end. The over reaction to the result from some was as predictable as it is daft. As I watched their fans giving it large at the end I wondered how many of them were "Arteta out" only 2 or 3 years ago? Maybe some of our fans should remember that.

The biggest sigh of the season

I'm not ready for this yet 😢......I'll listen tomorrow. Thanks Ali 😊

We will be good next season. Trust me.

I know you think Postecoglou is protecting his assistant manager and trying to stop it being a thing for his players by deflecting the glaringly obvious set piece problem. But it’s not working. He’s coming across as someone who’s not seeing the problem and not trying to fix it. Of course that’s not the case, but his constant denials aren’t protecting anyone, it’s annoying the fanbase and it’s undermining the considerable amount of credibility he has built up. He should acknowledge the problem and say he’s going to do something about it.

We could well end up with the same points as last season or maybe 3 more than last season. Some people might say, we've done it without Kane, but even so, to only end with three more points than last season is disappointing to say the least. Son is a shadow of his former self. We are not playing to his strengths. Ange can't seem to figure out the best midfield set up. You'd think we'd have sorted out corners by now.. He talks about a project and keeping the faith. Frankly, I'm beginning to think that unless you're Pep and have a seemingly bottomless pit of money to spend, having an all out attack strategy will not work at Spurs. Remember, at Celtic, he had a big budget compared to all the other clubs, probably more than even Rangers. So, not surprising he did well there.

Jedinak and Ryan mason crushing my dreams

Thanks for this informative analysis of an odd match. A disappointing experience. I’m in agreement with you on all points ,especially your views on the defensive set play debacle! Hope you enjoy your holiday!

Biggest Negative for me is Ben Davies on that second goal slow as a snails funeral but really highlights Ange,s comments about easy access to our goal

9 days without our spurs therapy feels like a lifetime 😂. Hope you enjoyed your trip Ali, it looked amazing!

We are so bad at defending set pieces and the ball hit over the top that it is getting ridiculous. If I was Dragusin I would be sticking in a transfer request, conceding over 50 goals and he can’t get a game? Why not try 3 at the back including Dragusin ?

First!! I've been waiting for this literally all day. Thanks Ali.

Thanks for the video. The sigh is deep today Ali. We need to learn how to defend corners.

Oh Ali, I don't know what to say, except, happy to see my notification pop up with your video. I look forward to your insight and hope to feel better at the end. Been looking forward to this, please turn my frown upside down. #COYS

Totally agree with your analysis of the game Al. 👍

Thanks Ali. I think the setpiece situation is embarrassing at the min. Every team seems to do the same thing player on the keeper and we're under pressure.

I loved every second of this Ali X156

If Postecoglou can't see that defending set pieces is an issue he won't be at Spurs for much longer.

I'm an Ange fan and I want to see him continue to build at Spurs for the next couple of seasons at least, but being at the start of a project does not excuse the poor defending from corners. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting different results.

Great info as always ùú❤

Great video Ali. Thank you for mentioning Kulusevski. I thought he and Romero put in top performances - the guys sat behind me were picking out Kulu 2nd half as a scapegoat but think that was just easy for them. Overall i didn't think it was a bad performance against a good side.. just the finer details as your discussed. I remember seeing how Poch's team grew and reacted differently in big games with more experience - like when they went out to a clever Juve team only to eventually reach the champ. League final the next season. Enjoy Croatia! Dubrovnik is wonderful. The recent Star wars trilogy was filmed there in the old town too. I definitely want to go to Split so interested to hear about that. Maybe a 3rd channel.. Gold does... Croatia. 😅. Cheers

All I want now is to see Ange experiment with his tactics and formations.

Good afternoon, Alasdair. Only just had time to view your video. Thanks once again for your insight into all things, Tottenham. I personally feel Tottenham needs to get Sonny back to the left-hand side of the attack. He is lost at centre forward as I feel our players aren't getting the ball into him. We need Richi in the middle. Also, I think Madders needs to be moved to the bench for a couple of matches. I feel we need to play Deki in the middle of midfield . Put Johnson on the right.. But I am no manager, but things aren't working as they are at present. Cheers Dennis.

"The car may have a flat tyre, but it has other problems as well, so I see no point in changing the tyre". Thanks for the therapy video, Ali.

Once again another fantastic and informative video Alasdair Leave Romero at the back 👍🏼

Fantastic content as always and for the first time tonight you had me shouting in agreement with you. 15 days of prep for one of the highest clinical set piece taking teams in the league. There are definitely no excuses for that. And the coach at the helm of that, the least experienced and not even in the dugout. Seems ridiculously obvious it should be higher on Ange’s remediation list rather than making out it’s not more important than the other “thousands” of items that need attention

couldn’t wait for this one

Thanks for the video Alasdair. A tough defeat to take as it could so easily have been very different, but that has been true of a lot of Spurs’ matches this season. It was certainly very odd that Vicario got no protection from his teammates when defending corners. Ange seems the only one who cannot see that Spurs have a problem with set pieces. I agree that Madison was anonymous and seems to have lost confidence. His first move when he got thw ball always seemed to be away from the opposition goal I was also frustrated by Spurs inability to dribble past the wall of Arsenal defenders especially after Werner was injured. Far too many passes just seemed to go sideways. Hopefully, a better night against Chelsea.

Nice Video Alasdair. Interested to hear your thoughts on Maddison, if we want to be serious title contenders, surely, he is not the guy we need in the creative attacking position. Lacks consistency and will be a squad player at best in the top 3 (City, Liverpool & Arsenal) in my opinion.

Can you ask Ange to fix the set pieces

Jheez in moment question Ange looked pretty gutted to answer a direct question. This is supposed to be a free hit season and a change for the whole club so younger players know the system to get into the first team. Give Ange a break or he'll step!!!

I believe this game was lost at selection. We needed Richys energy and pressing and being a centre target and Son being creative out wide. I can see why Ange kept the faith with Madders but he looks burnt out and out of ideas. We need to change it up.

Hi Ali I'm missing your videos. Wishing you all the best!!!!

Such an accurate synopsis. Well done Alasdair 👏🏻

We seem to be getting worse and worse as the season goes on. Ange seems to have been found out.

Win , lose or draw , WE MUST NOT WAIVER BUCKLE OR CHANGE THIS PROCESS!! It will come right! 💪🏻💪🏻💙💙💪🏻💪🏻

It's important that fans don't get too caught up on statistics. Possession only means something if you're actually productive with it. Arsenal played us to a tee.. They let us have the ball because they knew as long they stayed compact and narrow, we would struggle to break down their defensive construct.

Enjoy your trip buddy, looking forward to hearing from you on your return. 🇭🇷

I agree that the Kane front post defending thing is a great shout! How many times have we watched him head away corners and free kicks

Why can't Van de Ven win a header? He is 6ft3.

Possession is irrelevant if you don't put that ball over the line between the sticks. Man to man marking is needed right now for THFC in my opinion , it looks like they panic at any corner. . White should have been pushed into the goal each time before any corner was taken and that commotion would have drawn ref's attention as you said. Also why is Son or Johnson in the box when defending corners? Why not leave one or both upfront with pace, this pressures opposition to think we must leave defenders out of our box because we now present them with a break away threat. Modern football teams don't do this why can't we try? Romero was immense 10/10. Terrible Sunday. Beating Chelsea is now a must. Great update AG.

another great therapy session 👍cheers ali

Just read your piece about AP's time at Celtic where the same ploblem re: defence of set-pieces, I had looked into that as well but at the end I was left wondering why the hell he has disregarded the lessons he must surely have learned when he got the Spurs job? It has been obvious sinvce the ManCity game that something had to be done to give Vicario some protection with corners but he has done not a single thing about it, nothing and won't face up to the fact that it is a problem. What can only be chatitably described as negligence has cost us a lot of points. I don't expect you to put yout press pass in jeopardy by asking him that but somebody needs to-and whether or not he will do anything for the Chelsea game and for the rest of the season?

Think one of the problems to do with our set pieces is our height only romero and van de ven really could have matched arsenal for height. Where as last year we had 3 cbs plus kane. Think thats another thing we need to look at in summer with our targets

Hello Ali Gold. As a Spurs fan, I always found your videos so therapeutic especially after a defeat like this. Or so I thought. I could not believe how much moaning and groaning throughout the video and even the screaming about people on social media's comments on your presser questions about set pieces... Astonishing! What baffled me the most is you doubting Romero. For me, he's certainly not a number 6. I would put him up front as a 9 if Richie is not fit!!! And we can also play Dragusin to defend set pieces. LOL Joking aside, did we see Ben Davies' first NLD defeat? I heard what you were saying there, ball circulation. You were so cheeky! And I envy that you are traveling to Croatia, a country I have never been! For a second, I thought "Nord" was coming up and you were about to rave about how you can watch the game with it. It was such a disappointment that you did not mention it at all! More disappointing than Spurs not getting the third when they looked like it. In that regard, I grant you the permission to mention this in the next Gold and Guest pod. LOL Have a nice trip! We will batter them lot at the Bridge! COYS!

Nice balanced view as always agree with your assessment of offside and pen think hard done by not to get the pen but we brought result on ourselves got to defend those corners. On the attacking options what do you think about Solomon will he be in plans or likely exit similar to Gil?

Not as devastated as some fans, but I repeat, James Maddison spends too much energy on shithousery and conning the ref.

Vicario not calling anyone out to mark white so nieve ben davies has to go in summer and we need to sort out a top no6 defensive mid a leader and get better quality up front and in my eyes take the captaincy of Son give it to Romero.. Ange needs to wake up on set pieces or he wont last

Don't forget the Legend that is Steve Archibald was there on Sunday!

Santiago Gimenez was present in what seemed like a box to himself and his family. On instagram he posted several clips of him and his family at the venue and they only included Son’s goal, which seems weird as there were plenty of goals. This, in my opinion, all tells me that he is on his way, his old coach, Slot, is leaving and so would he. He is surely coming otherwise it would be odd to post all that🇲🇽

I like a nge cos his honesty his answer in press conference is the 1st time he's gone against us it felt like he was talking to us like Ten Hag

Iv been waiting for that sigh since Sunday........

Romero and Kulu were my joint member the match . I’m happy Deki reminded everyone what we were missing . I still think he should be an 8 or 10 long term

Did you notice how Partey used his hands against Romero when Romero headed against the post? Straight arms (with force) into Romeros throat. Why is this not a penalty?

Ange is stubborn and for that reason I can’t see him lasting . I give him to Xmas , which will be time wasted again.

Going with Gold: Croatia edition - please? (great update, thanks Ali!)

More confident about the Liverpool game rather than the Chelsea game!

I agree with you in we need a player who can put a ball trough a needle because maddison is not doing it thats why i think donely would suit anje and us perfectly he is fantastic at treading balls trough the lines to set players up and also i think bearknshear should also be brought up to the squad what a player he is both donely and berknshear will only inhance us

After watching this video about defensive corner coaching and our switch from hybrid to zonal last season. We are playing a zonal system this season and it looks awful. It made me think Harry Kane made us look decent on defensive corners with all his near post headers he won. Now that hes gone every ball is getting in.

Happy Easter to you and your family, Ali 👍

"Fire everyone! They're all rubbish!!" - Spurs Twitter, 2024

Hey 👋 Ali , hmmm 🤨 yes the sigh 😮‍💨! I thought overall we were alright and as always the meltdown or fall out is just so OTT. However I feel that Ange is gonna have to show some humility with set piece thing. We need a specialist set piece coach. I actually think that Ange may well get one this summer.

Thanks alasdair great vid ,very unusual game 0-3 at half time and we should have won or got at least a draw ,kullu pen ,Romero post ,harsh offside,vicario being fouled ,Michael Oliver had a mare again …

When making comparison to corner stats (only mean this out of curiosity!) - it would be interesting to see metrics like goals per corner as I imagine we’ve had more chances this season in our new system And as always… plus Harry Kane into the equation…

Bentencur and hojburg maddison as seen as I seen these 3 no legs non of them.. Control a game

Big up ali Gold!

Hi Ali, hope your keeping well. After few days pass now I’m slowly coming to terms with my mood and beginning to feel better. I just wanted to say after hearing your podcast show? I agree with you. I also want to touch on the starting line up. I think Ange also started the wrong line up. I would have started with Son on the left, Brennan on the right and Rich, as the No 9. I also would have started with Sarr over Hojbjerg. Also I have a different question I like to ask and curious for opinions. What do you and others feel about Romero switching roles and can he play as a No 6?

I'd say, with almost certainty, he's shielding Mile just like he shields the players.

How significant do you think the loss Of H Kane has been to our defending of set pieces. He used to clear a lot of corners and free kicks from my memory!

Thanks for another therapy session. I think under Mourinho we were better at these dark arts, nowadays we are too nice sometimes. If someone annoys you in the box before the corner is taken just push the shit out of him. COYS

Thanks Alasdair. I get we are in a rebuild but some of our failings are very obvious. Hopefully can get them sorted for next season

The only way we fix leaking goals is to stop playing Ange ball. It worked at Celtic because the opposition week in week out was inferior. Does not work in premier league. I’m sure people will say “we are fighting for top four, so it must be working!”. Well we’d be higher up the table if Ange stopped playing with basically 2 at the back. So it ain’t working. This is like watching Ossie Ardiles Spurs, but without the entertainment. Ange will be gone after ten games next season coz he has no other way of playing. On a separate note, I don’t celebrate goals either anymore. Waiting for VAR to rule goals out has ruined football. Ridiculous to have to wait to celebrate. Football sucks right now.

Hey Ali, how you going, haven't seen you here for 9 days and no Gold & Guest either... hello? hello?

I had Spurs finishing 3/2. Its still a wonder what would it be like if the Chelsea game had been different, Finishing 5th is still a good season. Many expected Spurs to struggle finish 8tth. Have to remember Spurs went through a whole month of playing make shift CB. Also feel the players have to be playing more then one game a week to get the flow going. Will be interesting who comes in the summer. Spurs aren't being outplayed. Its individual errors that is causing issues. Player switches of for a sec leads to goal.

Hi Ali, There's nothing quite like an Ali Gold sigh! 😀

I don’t care if the coach looking after set pieces is a specialist or not. I care that it appears that Jedinak is not up to the task.

Richardson is a derby player, will do the dirty work get under the opposition’s skin and cause chaos. I agree he helped change the game when coming on

For the love of god please ask ange about sorting out the poor set pieces and why we can’t get gianni vio back to sort it out😊