What Jose Mourinho must do to get the best out of Joe Rodon and solve Tottenham’s big problem

Michael Dawson has mentioned that he feels for Tottenham defender Joe Rodon as Spurs proceed to battle defensively.

Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham gamers have are available in for criticism in latest weeks after a troublesome spell, which has included defeats in opposition to Dinamo Zagreb in the Europa League and north London rivals Arsenal in the Premier League.

Spurs did bounce again with a 2-0 win in opposition to Aston Villa prior to the worldwide break, however there was but extra frustration for Mourinho and Tottenham as they had been denied victory in opposition to Newcastle United on Sunday, conceding in the eighty fifth minute as they missed out on the probability to transfer into the prime 4.

It was a draw that pissed off Mourinho as he noticed his Spurs aspect give up a lead once more this season, with the Tottenham boss essential of his gamers post-match as he delivered his evaluation on the defensive woes hampering his aspect.

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But former Spurs defender Dawson has moved to defend younger centre-back Joe Rodon, who was making simply his eleventh look for Tottenham since transferring from Swansea City in the summer season switch window.

And he feels that he wants a senior participant alongside him to assist him adapt to the Premier League.

“Consistency is essential, you type relationships as a central pairing and I really feel for Joe Rodon a bit bit,” he mentioned, talking to BBC Radio 5 Live.

“He is a younger participant who has come from the Championship and he’s on the lookout for a senior head.”

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But Dawson says that isn’t the solely problem for Spurs defensively, with the former Tottenham defender calling on his outdated membership to study from their errors as a workforce.

“One factor you possibly can do, if you concede targets, it may be a workforce factor. I’ve seen it so many occasions, they’ve conceded targets from crosses, and it’s what occurs when it comes into the field,” he mentioned.

“Stop the ball at the supply, cease it moving into the field and you may have to do that collectively.

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“It is a workforce factor, you win collectively and you lose collectively. You see the response yesterday and it’s actually disappointing.

“[Jose] Mourinho is the boss and sure, it begins at the prime, you’re speaking about St James’ Park, a tricky place to go and get a end result, Newcastle will really feel they need to have been in entrance.

“But they [Tottenham] didn’t study. They play out from the again and can [Davinson] Sanchez play out from the again, I’m not so positive, so play to his strengths.”

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