Ange Postecoglou told ideal Tottenham solution as undroppable slammed for Chelsea error

Tottenham went down 4-3 at home to Chelsea in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon with goals flying in at both ends - but football.london readers in our comments section have some harsh words to share with a handful of the key men in the Spurs squad.

Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski scored early on to make it 2-0, but Chelsea put four past goalkeeper Fraser Forster over the course of the London derby showdown. Son Heung-min added a third for Spurs in added time, off the back of a James Maddison pass, but it came too late.

Reacting to the loss after the game, manager Ange Postecoglou said: "Obviously, that's a painful one because we started the game really well. Not just the goals we scored, but the way we were playing. We were really in control of the game and had some really good opportunities apart from the two goals.

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"Then you lose Cristian [Romero] after the second goal, which is just the way our season has gone.

"Nothing has run smoothly and they capitalised before we had settled back down to score. I still felt that, in the first half, we had the better moments to get a third goal and a couple of key ones."

Reader Bobbyspur has some choice words for captain Son Heung-min: "Terrible out of possession - zero energy, zero pressing - and out of position when he needed to help [Destiny] Udogie.

"When losing the ball he barely made it into a jog to get it back.

"Terrible in possession - multiple misplaced passes, completely missed the target with three big chances at critical times. Terrible as a captain - no leadership out there whatsoever, no wanting to get control of the game, no voice.

"I've no idea how he stayed on the pitch the full game. The meaningless consolation goal at the game glosses over what was yet another important game in he's gone completely missing when we were screaming for a leader."

Commenter Jeffc00p writes: "[Pedro] Porro and [Brennan] Johnson are an absolute disaster zone down the right hand side - a couple of half-decent crosses can't make up for their obvious defensive deficiencies. As for Sonny - yes, he got a late goal, but up until then he'd spent most of the game passing to a blue shirt or missing the goal by a mile!

"If [Marc] Cucurella hadn't slipped over twice we'd have gone down 4-1 again.

"Ange is naive, total lack of defensive responsibility, attacking football philosophy is killing us, and leading to the reckless rubbish we are seeing in our defence, both in terms of conceding from set-pieces or making poor tackles such as we saw. It was a nice dream, the first few games of last season, but it's now turned into a nightmare - sorry Ange, but your time is up!"

Marlon1 is worried about Postecoglou's project: "Chelsea were head and shoulders above us once they'd settled in the game, to a worrying degree seeing how recently [Enzo] Maresca has come in and how young their squad is.

"Ange has got to admit to himself that it's far too easy to create chances against us and address it, or he's definitely going to lose his job! I still want to believe in his project and hope that he doesn’t just talk a good game, but he has got to realise that he's not going to get players in January that'll make a massive difference.

"He's got to change his approach to games or he's not going to get the opportunity for more players in the summer. Do you want to stay in this job or not Ange?"

Reader Rangerric wants some fresh faces to be given a chance: "As I have been saying for years, Spurs haven't got ability to scout and sign capable defenders. Romero may be most overpaid and overrated centre back in football.

"Udogie and [Pape Matar] Sarr only show any talent and desire when going forward. Postecoglou's system won't work with this Swiss cheese defence. Time to give [Archie] Gray and [Lucas] Bergvall and others a chance.

Commenter Bissouma agrees: "Yeah that's true on those young talents, it's time for them to shine, because we'll keep losing with those we call our 'best players' playing."

Have your say! Would being more defensive and conservative help Spurs get results? Does that clash too much with what Ange is trying to build? Comment below, and join in on the conversation.