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Exploring Tottenham loss to Watford

By Aaron Coe

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 30: Christian Eriksen of Tottenham Hotspur is challenged by Christian Kabasele of Watford during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Watford at Wembley Stadium on April 30, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 30: Christian Eriksen of Tottenham Hotspur is challenged by Christian Kabasele of Watford during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Watford at Wembley Stadium on April 30, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) /
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It has been a few days since Tottenham lost to Watford and with time to reflect on the dissapointment here are some thoughts.

Well, this sure isn’t the article I wanted or frankly expected to be writing today. I thought for sure the Tottenham Hotspur had their heads right and were ready to go into the break, at worst tied for first place with a show down with Liverpool immediately after, an all too early and all too soon international break. After the 53rd minute Doucoure own goal off a Lucas Moura cross, it seemed the story was playing out as I had both expected and hoped, Spurs were going to beat the Hornets again.

Then the kickoff occurred, and I guess Spurs were too busy deciding who scored to do anything as less than 15 second later, Troy Deeney was in the box less than 15 yards from goal bulldogging his way toward Michel Vorm. From that point forward, Watford was on the front foot and nothing Mauricio Pochettino pulled off his incredibly thin bench made any difference.

After arguably Watford’s best string of possession in the game, their persistence paid off and they scored two goals in seven minutes, both off free kicks, to take a 2-1 lead at the 76th minute they would not relinquish.

Undefeated or not, this was a bad loss for Spurs. This is their first loss to Watford since they returned to the Premier League. Worse, all five of the other big six teams won meaning our margin for error over Manchester United and Arsenal is now only 3 points, Manchester City overtook Spurs and Chelsea and Liverpool are as far away as Arsenal is close.

All the good feeling from our fast start has faded and all the questions pundits had about how thin Tottenham could be have already resurfaced, making the lack of transfer activity a possible story that will follow the team the rest of the season; or at least until January.

So, how did Tottenham and all the Spur’s supporters go from top of the world, thinking we want Barcelona, to going into the break like Deadpool on top of 1200 gallons of fuel. While the 90 minutes that was the dumpster fire of the game is the main culprit of course, issues surfaced before the game even began.

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