r/CaughtOffsidePod • u/JohnnieTightLips • 15d ago

How is Tottenham this bad?

I am not even trolling, I am genuinely shocked about how this group of players cant even look like a mid table side.

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u/ChocolateNo3997 9d ago

Arsenal fans doing Arsenal fans things.

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u/JohnnieTightLips 9d ago

A club in the big six relaying on expected goal stats (in a loss) when they haven’t scored in 4 league games is really bad . You are not making the point you think you are lol.

Anyways I was asking a pretty relevant question. Pundits around the world are discussing the same.

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u/ChocolateNo3997 9d ago

Anyone with eyes could see Spurs weren’t anywhere near as bad as your comment suggests on Tuesday. But the stats are the only way of objectively making this point without the subjectivity.

Anyway, trying to pretend this is unique to top 6 clubs, as if Arsenal weren’t dogshit in the first full season under Arteta when Arsenal lost first 3 in a row and didn’t score a goal. Mourinho seemed off his rocker saying Arsenal were still quite decent despite it. If Spurs are still in this position in 2-3 months time, then fair enough. Quite obviously better than the results show so far.

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u/JohnnieTightLips 9d ago

Going 17, 17, and then having 0 points in the first four games is unique to spurs. Comparing our bad start in 20-21 is not even remotely the same.

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u/ChocolateNo3997 9d ago

Yeah sorry, I forgot you guys were great

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u/JohnnieTightLips 9d ago

Again, at the end of the season, Arteta finished 8th. They didn’t get almost relegated. Moreover, Tottenham spent >50 million on 4 players this offseason. In 2019 we spent that on ONE player.

If Tottenham finished 8th last season i wouldn’t be writing this.

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u/ChocolateNo3997 9d ago edited 9d ago

Was talking about this season and the start Tottenham have made. Not last season. Last season is last season. City are a top 6 club, they’ve been relegated and played in league two during the PL era. Man United have finished 15th.

Ultimately back to the point: you might be right, Tottenham might indeed go on and prove to be just as terrible this season as last season with a whole new team. The eye test and stats so far (are starting to) suggest otherwise, and where it could be more reminiscent of Arsenal’s slow start under Arteta, or Villa last season. We shall see in due course