- Jul 28, 2012
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I've never rated Winks but I'll say this in his defence: As this Spurs isn't functioning as a team at the moment, it's not strange that we see a lot of poor individual performances.
Anyway, if we look at City and Liverpool they are both playing with designated DM specialists in Rodri / Fernandinho and Fabinho. It's a tired ol' saying but it's really not rocket science why we're looking so defensively disorganised at the moment. We really do miss a fit Wanyama and Dier from two seasons ago.
And unfortunately this relates to Winks. Pochettino obviously rates him highly and he probably loved the idea of taking an academy player and turning him in to a top four CM under his guidance. But as shown time and time with Pochettino - his main fault as a coach is that he fails to acknowledge when he's wrong. He's just to stubborn to admit that his own decisions didn't plan out as predicted.
Anyway, this wasn't a dig at Winks per say. He's a good squad player and I love the fact that his Spurs through and through but I'm also certain he's not good enough to warrant being a nailed on starter.
Dier is fit. Why isnt her playing regularly? We have a manager at the moment who doesnt seem to set out a team properly. Plus it takes 2 years for people to get up to speed.