'Spurs attitude must be questioned'
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成人快手 Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty has been answering your questions.
Daz asked: What do you make of Tottenham's indifferent form? We can beat the likes of Manchester City and Aston Villa and yet lose poorly to Crystal Palace and Ipswich, plus the Brighton capitulation.
I hope Ange Postecoglou is successful but is he out of his depth in the Premier League, or is it a deeper issue at Spurs given we have also not achieved anything with the likes of Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte?
Phil answered: Where do you even start when trying to make sense of Spurs? So impressive in beating Manchester City and Aston Villa and yet so poor on so many other occasions, latterly losing at home to Ipswich Town, who had not won a Premier League game before Sunday.
I do not think Postecoglou is out of his depth in the Premier League but, as he readily acknowledged, there is a maddening inconsistency about Spurs that is his job to resolve.
It is also down to the players as well. If they reach certain standards they need to maintain them.
They cannot be perfect every week but, on the other hand, their attitude must be questioned if there can be such a remarkable drop-off from game to game.
The good Spurs could fulfil Postecoglou's claim that he always wins a trophy in his second season. The bad Spurs can, as we have seen, lose to anyone.
Postecoglou must come up with the answers or, as he again readily admits, he will take responsibility for it.
It is still early days, however. Remember Spurs are only three points behind Chelsea and Arsenal.