Ange Postecoglou must axe James Maddison after Tottenham win v West Ham
Ange Postecoglou must drop James Maddison from the Tottenham starting XI despite the midfielder grabbing an assist in the win against West Ham United.
Spurs came from behind to beat Julen Lopetegui’s side 4-1 at home in the Premier League on Saturday (19 October), courtesy of goals from Dujan Kulusevski, Yves Bissouma, Son Heung-min and an own-goal from Alphonse Areola.
Three of those goals notably came after Postecoglou replaced Maddison with Pape Matar Sarr at the start of the second half.
Assessing Maddison’s performance, Robbie Earle said that Spurs look much more balanced without the England international and suggested he is a passenger in the team.
“He’s a strange character, James Maddison, isn’t he?”, he said on NBC Sports’ The 2 Robbies Podcast (20 October).
“He came into the football club at the start of last season and did so, so well, was a big part of what they were doing, one of the first names on the team sheet.
“And then, something seems to go wrong, it’s happened a little bit in his Leicester days, there were moments when certain big games you never saw him and then he seems to have had a moment again where the team balance looks better now [without him].
