Usually I post my thoughts for each player in their own thread but since we were so bad all-around, I figured I'd just take care of it in one post.
Goalkeeper: Shame he decided to display his weaknesses like that after his 10 year anniversary of being a Spurs player. Not sure I can add anything else, you guys have covered this already.
Defense: Again, you guys basically covered this to death, and I also thought
@Bedfordspurs posting the passing map basically summed up the entire match. Lloris passes to Dier, Dier passes to Sanchez, Sanchez passes back to Dier, Dier passes to PEH, PEH passes back to Dier, Dier passes back to Sanchez, Sanchez passes back to Dier. Dier had a few decent long balls out to the forwards or Davies on the left but overall, what an ugly display. Someone was trying to argue that "keeping things simple" is the way to go but this is exactly the reason why "keeping things simple" is for simple people, and is exploited by slightly-more-clever people. We put ourselves under constant pressure and while the midfield does bear some of the blame, the defenders' overall inability to have any sort of vision or composure left us on the back foot too many times. I could be wrong here but I don't think I saw Sanchez pass the ball to Davies once. The passing was completely thoughtless too. Passing from defense into a midfielder who's being actively marked generally means the midfielder has to pass it back, and this is the trap West Ham were trying to spring on us. Royal was also awful in this regard, the ball would just die between Lloris-Dier-Sanchez-Royal. Putting teammates under even more pressure because some of those players simply didn't want the ball and couldn't use their intelligence to at least contemplate the next two passes.
Midfield: Bissouma got his first start and it was a pretty poor performance, but we should be patient and hopefully he'll be less shaky as he grows more comfortable. Expectations are always high from our fans and some players just need a bit of time to settle. Bentancur was missed, I was wrong about having Bissouma start ahead of him but either way, we had no choice due to injury. PEH was decent but did misplace quite a few passes for all the good forward ones he made, and also wasn't able to turn when receiving the ball from our defenders when West Ham were pressing high up the pitch. Needs to stop pointing unless it's something obvious. He's not playing FIFA, he's just one of eleven players on the field and he just needs to focus on doing his job as best as he can.
Attack: They got a goal in the end, arguably should've done a little bit more with the chances they had on the break but the forwards must have been crying internally at watching some of our passing at the back. Kane and Kulu were again the more lively of the three, with Son still trying too hard IMO. I think he just needs to relax and just play for the team. At least he did drop back to defend a bit. Richarlison made an instant impact yet again and it would be a real shame if he doesn't start the next match, but Conte alluded to rotating during congested periods in his previous comments. I don't care who ends up on the bench, Richarlison needs to be on the field at kick-off.
Subs: Just the one substitution which was strange but my guess is that Conte was trying to send a message to Levy, maybe he is trying to push one or two more players in by making a statement about how poor we look in certain areas.
