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Which players have impressed?
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players → impress → ?
Given Spurs’ start to the season, it is difficult to single out many players who have made a positive impression so far.
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who → give → impression
There have, however, been glimpses of quality from Mateus Fernandes, who, despite being dragged off at half-time against Aston Villa, has added quality and intensity in midfield since his £85m arrival from West Ham.
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who → drag → Ham
Left-back Destiny Udogie has also offered flashes of his ability, albeit in limited minutes as he works his way back to full fitness.
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he → offer → fitness
The now-injured Pedro Porro also makes Spurs a more dynamic team when he is on the pitch.
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he → injure → pitch
Which players have struggled?
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players → struggle → ?
Tottenham’s disrupted pre-season has left De Zerbi’s squad off the pace physically and mentally, with so many players lacking match sharpness.
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players → leave → sharpness
Across the board, Spurs have not been good enough, but Mathys Tel in particular has failed to get going this term despite a strong pre-season.
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Tel → fail → season
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How are the summer signings faring?
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signings → read → More
As previously mentioned, Tonali and Robertson have looked nowhere near the required level this season.
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Tonali → mention → level
Fernandes, too, has had his struggles despite arguably being the most consistent of the 10 new arrivals this summer.
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Fernandes → have → arrivals
De Zerbi is still waiting for things to click, and he will have been frustrated with Jan Paul van Hecke’s performance against Aston Villa.
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he → wait → Villa
The Dutch centre-half had looked to be building a good understanding with fellow countryman and captain Micky van de Ven, but the pair had no answers to Villa’s attacking threat last weekend.
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pair → look → threat
The former Manchester City duo have provided energy but no end product to Spurs’ flailing attack.
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duo → provide → attack
What has the manager got right and wrong?
Spurs have been better than their results suggest, but they have failed to maintain their performance levels over the course of 90 minutes.
They often start games well, fail to score and then let the opposition come on to them.
This pattern has repeated itself throughout the first few weeks of the season and owes a lot to Spurs’ poor physical conditioning.
De Zerbi must also address his side’s attacking issues, having started the season without a goal in their first four league games for the first time in history.
Spurs build play fairly effectively through the lines, but their decision-making in the final third routinely lets them down.
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making → get → them
De Zerbi has to help his team make more effective and decisive choices around the 18-yard box.
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team → have → box
Revised end-of-season finish prediction
Talk of European qualification feels far-fetched now, but Spurs have the quality to start looking up the table again if De Zerbi can make his team more mentally resilient.
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team → revise → table
A mid-table finish would constitute progress after successive 17th-place finishes.
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finish → constitute → finishes
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