I know this ain’t the platform for this kind of commentary but -

If we don’t sign someone in the next couple of days

Attacking wise - we are just as good if not better than most top 6 sides. Tottenham create chances and threat as well as anyone.

Defensively - looking at Arsenal and Liverpool and their defensive rating, it makes me envious.

Is this a tale of control defensively, or a gulf in player quality?

Spurs ratings so far 24/25.

Big takeaways for me —

- Much more dangerous in many ways, and Solanke has definitely impacted us positively. This is really apparent in our press and PPDA.

- We are really poor defensively. Box defending and 1v1 defending being a huge issue.

Now, the negatives -

Two metrics I want us to really highlight - shot conversion and shot protection.

What these tell us about Spurs -

1. we’re not converting our chances at a high enough rate

2. we’re conceding chances centrally and high quality chances at that

Let’s highlight why we’re so good stylistically (or in theory). In the first three games we established something we didn’t do much last year - control.

Possession much higher up the pitch, with majority of our possessions ending in a box entry.

That’s excellent.

Spurs fans are missing the biggest issue with this.

1 single pass breaks our entire press, and then another breaks our entire team.

The issues that I’m worried about have nothing to do with how we attack or the amount of chances Spurs concede (which is relatively low).

It’s the quality of chance.