By Daniel GriggTuesday, March 19, 201312:42 PM Tottenham blogger Daniel Grigg looks straight back on Sundayas 1-0 house defeat against Martin Jolas Cottagers at White Hart Lane. To send a connect to this page to a pal, you should be soaked in. Every thing looked rosy following the victories over Arsenal and Inter Milan a fourteen days ago and Spurs fans were hoping that their part could build on those results a' specially when they brought 2-1 away at Anfield. But those hopes have since faded badly. Tottenham have now experienced three successive failures and admitted nine targets in the act, rating just three. It does not make pretty reading, and that sequence has helped to galvanise Chelsea, Arsenal and Everton, who all won at the week-end and have a game in hand. The standard training would be to look forward, not right back a' but that's not hugely stimulating either even as we look forward to an arduous function of fixtures: Swansea away, Everton at home, Chelsea away and Man City at home. By itself, the loss at Liverpool didnat change the momentum an excessive amount of - there were positive activities that day, inspite of the very poor second half and the initial category defeat since early December. Nevertheless, the visit to the San Siro a couple of days later was costly, as Spurs suffered a seriously awful 4-1 beat away at Inter Milan and almost crawled via a link that they had been leading 3-0 after the home leg. It is difficult to recuperate from that, both mentally and physically, in less than three times a and whatever Andre Villas-Boas and his people did, it didnat work. Tottenham were bereft of any push going forward against Fulham, inspite of the changes to the personnel. It had been a really odd choice going Benoit Assou-Ekotto ahead to the left side of midfield, given the options on the counter, and he fought to get to grips with the role. Surely there were better methods to drop Jake Livermore and move Mousa Dembele back into the center again? An easier afternoon was certainly enjoyed by mark Schwarzer than many goalkeepers escape at White Hart Lane. He made a few good stops to make his clean sheet, but was also indebted to Tottenhamas ineffectual passing and failure to create possibilities. A good well-rested Gareth Bale, who was probably fortunate to skip the unrelenting 120 minutes of heart-in-mouth agony last Thursday, found little pleasure a which was surprising considering that Fulhamas lumbering centre-back coupling appeared as if the right fodder for him. On one other hand, it had been not so great for Emmanuel Adebayor, who started up front on their own from the ruling and real number of Brede Hangeland. Essentially, the match was fundamentally an account of three strikers. Adebayor worked hard enough this time but could make almost no influence or impression on the game. Jermain Defoe is with out a goal since Boxing Day and had not many details of the ball after appearing as a second-half alternative a' although he twice came near to scoring. The next was Dimitar Berbatov, who was possibly the best striker of my time as a Spurs supporter a' also ahead of Jurgen Klinsmann and Teddy Sheringham. Regrettably, he advised all of us of what we are missing at the Lane, scoring the sole purpose of the game to just take his tally to 38 in his last Premier League games, despite his star allegedly waning. There was only really one positive to cling onto on Sunday amidst the gloom a' a decent present from 20-year-old Tom Carroll, who replaced Mousa Dembele and was preferred to the untouched alternative Lewis Holtby. Carroll was lately called up for the England Under-21s for the first time, and he at the very least tried to obtain his foot on the ball and shift it down the message with some rapidity, despite sometimes offering property away. Itas hard to learn whether a global break is an excellent thing when a area have just lost. Often fans and teams prefer to jump right back in with another game. But, after seeing Spursa personality against Fulham - shell-shocked, exhausted and uninspired - another league game could possibly did more harm than good. Follow me on Twitter @daniel_grigg Register to keep your opinion 0 comments
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