Michael Dawson says he feels Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho wants to give his under-fire defenders a run within the aspect.
However, the previous Spurs captain shouldn’t be anticipating that to occur.
Tottenham have confronted loads of criticism in current weeks after a disappointing run of leads to the Premier League and in Europe, having crashed out of the Europa League following defeat in opposition to Dinamo Zagreb.
Defeat within the North London Derby in opposition to Arsenal adopted, earlier than Spurs bounced again with a 2-0 win at Aston Villa prior to the worldwide break.
But there was extra frustration for Mourinho and his gamers as they surrendered a lead 5 minutes from time in opposition to struggling Newcastle United, lacking out on the chance to transfer into the highest 4 consequently.
Video Loading
Video Unavailable
Click to play
Tap to play
The video will auto-play quickly8Cancel
Play now
That led to additional criticism for Mourinho and his Spurs gamers, with Tottenham’s defensive issues within the highlight after as soon as once more failing to maintain onto a lead within the Premier League.
However, Dawson feels that the common modifications in defence will not be serving to the likes of Davinson Sanchez and Joe Rodon, who began because the centre-back pairing at St James’ Park, including that it’s tough for gamers to get right into a rhythm when they’re in and out of the staff.
He doesn’t count on that to change this weekend although, with Spurs set to face Mourinho’s former membership Manchester United.
“Consistency is vital. It wouldn’t shock me within the recreation in opposition to Manchester United, subsequent week, if he made modifications once more,” he stated, talking to BBC Radio 5 Live.
Why must you join?
In every soccer.london Tottenham bulletin, we’ll deliver you the newest breaking information, switch options and remark items, in addition to the important thing speaking factors for followers.
We’ll additionally ship particular newsletters when massive tales break or there is a particular occasion taking place.
How do you join?
It’s straightforward and solely takes seconds. Simply kind your e-mail deal with into the field on the prime of this text – or any article within the Spurs part of soccer.london in truth – labelled ‘Get the most important every day tales by e-mail’ and click on ‘Subscribe’.
And that is it, you are all set. If you determine later you not want to obtain the emails, hit the unsubscribe hyperlink within the newsletters – however we do not suppose you may need to. For extra particulars, click on right here.
“But that simply doesn’t deliver consistency and as a participant, you want a run of video games, you want to get type, even in case you are not having one of the best of video games, you want to attempt and keep within the staff to get that type to deliver confidence and get outcomes.
“They had the chance to go fourth [against Newcastle] and then to carry out like that, it was an enormous disappointment, it’s like no-one needs the highest 4 spot, it’s there for anybody.”
Spurs will go into the sport in opposition to Manchester United in sixth place, as issues stand, though they may drop under Liverpool by the point they play on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday, with the Reds going through Aston Villa on Saturday.
