Tottenham Hotspur boss Verzecoglou routinely used excessive injuries to explain the club’s direct prime minister in this campaign, but has now announced that the poor planning of the previous season was also an important factor.
In Poseteclous’s own blunt words, it was a “hard” and “disappointing” season for Spurs. While the outfit in North London is taken over to the quarter-finals of the Europa League, they have prevailed at the false end of the Premier League table. Tottenham has lost 15 of his 29 top games, which has been the highest record of the club for 16 years during an entire campaign.
How Postecoglou was outlined in a painfully honest interview with Optus Sport This week: “We weren’t nearby.”
Chronic injuries to the most important figures during the entire campaign – especially the two central defenders Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero – underpinned Tottenham’s fights. However, Postecoglou emphasized the effects of a poorly managed pre -season. “I think we misunderstood the beginning of the year, the Australian boss sighed.
“It is getting more and more difficult for footballers, they don’t get the traditional break. I think we went very hard into the season and underestimated the challenges of Europe with the two additional games by having a cup run … all of these things.
“They contribute to losing important players at an early stage. It feels like we have followed our cock since then, and we could not precede the challenges we had, and then something else happens and it shifts.
“This goes back until the beginning of the year – we might have chosen a different approach in which we know what kind of season we had in front of us.”
Tottenham had six players who were involved in the European Championships of last summer, and Copa America, who had a campaign before the season that led them from Scotland to South Korea. During the first term of Posetecoglou at the helmet of Tottenham, there were no international tournaments that had to be worried about, or the view of the football of the Europa League.
“What happened to us this year this year, they saw Newcastle and Brighton last year,” continued Postecoglou, quoting two sides that strapped under the burden of European obligations. “Teams that looked like they were in the promotion … mainly because of their injuries, more than anything.
“It happened to us this year. It is affected [Aston] Villa to a certain extent is affected [Manchester] City to a certain extent. I think you will see that this will influence the teams in Europe next year. “
In view of her low position in the league, Tottenham is the only remaining view to enjoy (or last) a return to the next season if you win the Europa League.