Spurs 1 Sunderland 0
It was hardly a quintessential new look Spurs home performance. A distinct lack of shape with that controlled cohesiveness in the middle of the park and that pulsating pace down the flanks MIA. We suffered a little watching the game unfold like a scrunched up piece of paper with a game plan scribbled across it. Except, well, it doesn’t unfold too well. You can sort of make out what the point being made is but its mostly indistinguishable. Thankfully, a second copy was printed out in time for the second half on glossy colour paper.
So what was this game in terms of form and formation?
The first half was untidy. Bale unavailable due to an injury he sustained in training. Lennon leaving the field of play with an inju...