00:00 You mentioned injuries there, you mentioned Chins Maddison of course being a key injury.
00:05 Is his spark and creativity in that little hole, the number 10 position, something that's really missing for Spurs?
00:11 Of course, Son is perhaps one of those players who is good when he has someone else alongside him to link off and to feed off,
00:18 whereas when he's not there, it's more of an issue.
00:22 And of course, with Maddison missing, that is the problem, would you say?
00:26 Yes, I mean, obviously, you take James Maddison out, I think he's created 30 chances this season for Spurs.
00:32 He's been among the goals, lots of assists and his link-up play with Son, they seem to be on a bit of a telepathic wavelength.
00:38 The pair of them have been outstanding, but I think with Son as well, I've said this in the past,
00:43 he is quite a streaky player where he'll go on a run, I think he's got eight Premier League goals, started off the season really, really strongly.
00:50 And then things just sort of weigh in for a few games and then he'll come back with a bang, no doubt.
00:55 He's a world-class player. But I thought Lascelles also played very well yesterday,
01:00 considering that's his first start in a Spurs shirt since the final game in Nuno Espirito Santo's era,
01:05 I think that was back in 2020, being out on loan a few times.
01:09 Never doubted his ability as a player.
01:11 I think I probably said before, but I went to watch Spurs at Burnley a couple of years ago and he absolutely ran the show second half.
01:18 He was really getting forward, driving force, eye to pick a thread of a needle pass.
01:25 And I think he's a really talented player.
01:26 He's perhaps not had the luck and the run and he's had one or two injuries at Spurs, changes in managers not helped him.
01:33 So I think, you know, there's a player there that can definitely fill in.
01:36 Obviously, Maddison's boots are huge to fill.
01:38 He's a quality player, as we know, and as I wax lyrical about him every week, he's a huge miss for us.
01:45 But I do think it's more the defensive side of the game that we're missing at the moment.
01:49 Obviously, van der Ven, long-term injury, Romero with that silly sending off against Chelsea.
01:54 We're going to miss him again for one more match.
01:56 And, you know, there's a huge gaping hole there.
01:58 And I think, you know, Rome wasn't built in a day.
02:01 We always knew the first transfer window of Posse Coggle was going to be a rebuild.
02:05 But it does make the decision to let Davinson Sanchez go out now look a little bit silly, if I'm honest.
02:12 You know, we really are light.
02:13 I mean, as I say, Emerson, Ryal and Ben Davies played yesterday.
02:17 No Eric Dier, which is interesting.
02:19 That's probably another matter.
02:21 But it's the lack of depth that's sent to half and the luck we're having with injuries, I think, that's costing us at the moment.
02:26 And, you know, we need Madison back for sure.
02:29 But I think, you know, equally important, we need van der Ven and Romero back as soon as possible.
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