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Ange Postecoglou has been advised to drop one of his key tactics by a Tottenham predecessor.
The Australian made it seven defeats in his past 11 matches as Spurs boss, falling to rivals Arsenal in the north London derby.
Gabriel Magalhaes was the difference both in defence and attack, scoring from a corner in a 1-0 victory.
The result means Spurs have just four points from four games this season, and it appears Postecoglou may be feeling the pressure in his second season with a tetchy post-match interview.
The former Celtic manager has regularly been told he needs a ‘Plan B’ by pundits as an alternative to his attacking style, but Glenn Hoddle has been far more specific.
A Spurs legend as a player and manager, Hoddle joined talkSPORT to dissect the derby defeat, and singled-out one tactic that really needs changing.
Explaining what went wrong against the Gunners, he said: “The inverted fullbacks worked last season to a certain degree, but I look at Tottenham now and they’ve got some very good players, but if [Heung-min] Son’s not on fire they haven’t got an X-factor player at the moment.
“I feel like the inverted fullbacks have been sussed out. They can out-possession most teams, probably only Manchester City [have more possession].
“I think Arsenal knew Spurs could out-possession them and they banked in and made it very difficult to break them down.”
Hoddle went into more detail on why the tactic is causing problems, as he continued: “What frustrates me is that unless you’ve got a [Kevin] De Bruyne or David Silva at his very best, people who can unlock a door, it’s very difficult.
“They’re trying to go through the eye of a needle, they’ve got so many men in the centre of the pitch so it’s impossible to get through the centre.
“They need that width, they need to try a different style to open teams up because as soon as teams bank against them [it doesn’t work]
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