Richarlison and Zubimendi shake up Spurs and Arsenal as Potter is told to scrap the pretty stuff
Richarlison and Martin Zubimendi are stirring the pot at Spurs and Arsenal.
We know what counts in this city it is shape and fight not pretty passes.
Graham Potter is being told to get ugly and to stop chasing style over substance.
Ruben Amorim has done well against continental sides and the big English clubs.
But against mid table opposition he has been found wanting too often.
Last season after taking over in November he oversaw fourteen league games against teams finishing seventh to seventeenth.
United won two, drew two and lost ten in those games.
Eight points from forty two is not good enough in this league, not by a mile.
One win away from home came at Craven Cottage in a tight one nil victory, luck played its part.
Leny Yoro pushed Calvin Bassey two handed and United edged ahead, then lost the lead late on.
United were better for around twenty minutes, Fulham controlled the rest.
Amorim later urged United to grow up and Fernandes blamed the referee for a missed penalty.
We judge on shape, grit and the willingness to get stuck in, not on fancy analytics.
Everton will keep a close eye on these two, because we know what looks bothered on the pitch when the pressure rises.
Potter must ditch the pretty triangles and make the team ugly when it matters.
Goodison hums not sings these days, but at least the players show up and keep the battle alive.
TLDR
- Richarlison and Zubimendi shake up Spurs and Arsenal, with Potter urged to embrace uglier realities.
- Amorim’s European and top side record hides a mid table fragility that Everton will exploit if it spreads.
- Old school values, shape and fight matter more than possession stats or glossy projects.
Richarlison
Tottenham Hotspur