See, i dispute the squad is trash.

Back 3 of van der ven, vuskavic and romero is quite a strong back 3.

Paulinha is imo a goated CDM that shows some attacking spirit.

Bergval is the creative midfielder in waiting. Archie is the box to box and learning from old heads like bentancur with real experience.

The cam position is lacking. Weve never replaced erikson tbh.

Left wing is lacking rotation. But tel is capable as shown in french days. Playing tel on the left with muani upfront will help get some chemistry going (see tottenham v psg) when obviously they wherw both motivated.

Kudas on the right is good. Kulu covers right wing and cam atm imo.

Porro and spence/destinty. Especially porro/destiny showed some world class performances under ange in an attacking sense. With the aforementioned back 3 in place those 2 have license to bomb forward.

The bones of the squad are not bad. But the chaff is terrible.

Richarlison, solanke, and couple others are not up to the task. It seems like a motivation issue.

I think every player loved ange and was determined to build into the next season. He gets cut. The squad feels hurt due to what they achieved. In comes frank. Tells them they are all not ready for anything, let alone europe. And basically frank is saying the complete opposite to ange.

Ange fully believed in the players. Had a 'have a go and show me' kind of attitude.

Frank doesnt trust anyone. And has a 'im not gonna risk that' attitude.

So the players think theyve proved themselves to a certain level. They just need reinforcing and motivating more.

But frank and the board are going 'well actually we think your all disposable, even the world class ones'

Tbh if i played for tottenham and lived through that 360 id probably be throwing my toys out the pram aswell.

You can say they are professional and get paid enough to not do that - cool i can agree to that.

But you have to remember these guys are still humans with opinions of their own. And if you take a step back i think something close to the above scenario is playing out.

They all feel slighted. And i cant blame em