AFTER THE GAME, GLENN HODDLE WAS ASKED ABOUT SPURS’ STRUGGLES TO CREATE CHANCES, AND HE BELIEVES THERE IS ONE PLAYER IN PARTICULAR WHO COULD HELP THE TEAM SIGNIFICANTLY. GLENN HODDLE IS VERY HOPEFUL ABOUT XAVI SIMONS AT TOTTENHAM.
HODDLE IS HOPEFUL THAT XAVI SIMONS WILL EVENTUALLY COME GOOD AT TOTTENHAM AND HELP FRANK’S TEAM TO OVERCOME THEIR CREATIVE PROBLEM. THE TOTTENHAM LEGEND HAS CONCERNS OVER THE TEAM’S LACK OF CREATIVITY RIGHT NOW, BUT HE THINKS THAT COULD CHANGE ONCE SIMONS GETS GOING.
“I THINK TO HAVE THAT CREATIVITY, WE’RE HOPING THAT XAVI SIMONS, FROM SPURS’ POINT OF VIEW, GETS HIS FEET UNDER THE TABLE. HE’S A CREATIVE PLAYER,” HODDLE TOLD TNT SPORTS.
“HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO UNLOCK THE DOOR AND OPEN A TEAM UP, BUT AT THE MOMENT, HE’S JUST FINDING HIS FEET. HE’S HAD SOME GOOD PERFORMANCES, AND THERE’S STILL MORE TO COME FROM HIM.”
SO FAR, FRANK HAS USED THE DUTCH INTERNATIONAL RATHER SPARINGLY, HAVING STARTED HIM FROM THE BENCH IN TWO OF SPURS’ LAST FOUR MATCHES.
THERE IS ALSO THE FACT THAT FRANK HASN’T BEEN USING SIMONS IN THE NUMBER TEN, WHICH HAS REALLY FRUSTRATED A LOT OF SUPPORTERS.
INSTEAD, THE SPURS BOSS HAS OPTED TO PACK OUT HIS MIDFIELD WITH PROPER CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS, WHICH ISN’T REALLY WORKING AT THE MOMENT. TO STAND A CHANCE OF CHANGING THE LILYWHITES’ FORTUNES IN THE FINAL THIRD, THE DANISH HEAD COACH MUST CONSIDER PLAYING SIMONS, TOTTENHAM’S £52M SIGNING, IN A CENTRAL ROLE.
THOMAS FRANK MUST RECONFIGURE TOTTENHAM’S MIDFIELD VS LEEDS. FRANK SHOULD BE LOOKING TO RECONFIGURE TOTTENHAM’S MIDFIELD FOR THEIR TRIP AWAY TO LEEDS AFTER SEEING IT FAIL AGAINST WOLVES AND NOW BODO.
HIS FIRST JOB MUST BE TO GET SIMONS PLAYING IN THE NUMBER TEN ROLE, AND THEN FIND A SUITABLE PARTNER FOR JOAO PALHINHA.
