{"id":9468,"date":"2022-02-14T09:02:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T14:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/14\/senior-tottenham-players-back-calls-for-increased-gametime-for-joe-rodon\/"},"modified":"2022-02-14T09:02:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T14:02:23","slug":"senior-tottenham-players-back-calls-for-increased-gametime-for-joe-rodon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/14\/senior-tottenham-players-back-calls-for-increased-gametime-for-joe-rodon\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Tottenham players back calls for increased gametime for Joe Rodon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>There are increasing calls among the Tottenham dressing room for Joe Rodon to see more action than he currently is, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs slumped to their third consecutive Premier League defeat with a 2-0 reverse against Wolves that saw Bruno Lage\u2019s side overtake Antonio Conte\u2019s side in the table in the process.<\/p>\n<p>And it was largely Tottenham\u2019s own doing too, with defensive mistakes playing a massive part in both goals, while the Lilywhites offered little in attack and were booed off by the 60,000 fans in attendance at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FULL-TIME Spurs 0-2 Wolves<\/p>\n<p>Raul Jimenez and Leander Dendoncker\u2019s goals earn Wolves their fourth away win in a row<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TOTWOL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TOTWOL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uZwOvDtj3v\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/uZwOvDtj3v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Premier League (@premierleague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/premierleague\/status\/1492889902173859843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Much of the focus was on the defensive performance, with Spurs now having conceded 8 goals in the last 3 games, and yet the option of Joe Rodon has glaringly been left on the bench.<\/p>\n<h2>Rodon in the cold?<\/h2>\n<p>One of the more curious choices across the tenures of both Nuno Espirito Santo and Antonio Conte\u2019s regimes has been their reluctance to use defender Joe Rodon, especially within the context of defensive calamities offered up by Ben Davies and Davinson Sanchez on a more than an occasional basis.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the loss, Antonio Conte was asked about the defender, and revealed that he didn\u2019t feel he was good enough to play for Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018With Joe we are talking about a really good guy,\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/tottenham-hotspur-fc\/news\/young-player-senior-tottenham-stars-23086823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Italian said<\/a>. \u2018We are talking about a person whose commitment is very high every day\u2026. but in this moment (pause)\u2026 yeah maybe I make a mistake to pick different players, maybe. Maybe.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But my evaluation is to try to put on the pitch the best players at the moment\u2019, Conte continued. \u2018If I didn\u2019t do this then it means that maybe I did different considerations.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>However, there are some within the Tottenham dressing room itself who feel Rodon cannot do worse than current options. As per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/tottenham-hotspur-fc\/news\/young-player-senior-tottenham-stars-23086823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">senior Tottenham writer Alasdair Gold<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018football.london understands that some of the squad\u2019s senior players have been pushing the claims of Rodon behind the scenes in recent weeks, with his ability to play in any of the three positions in a back three, having been a left-sided centre-back at Swansea.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>With Eric Dier due to return imminently, it remains unclear whether Rodon will get a chance to show Conte what he can do, but he cannot be worse than current options.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/premier-league-golden-boot-race-latest-odds-and-tips-2021-22\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Premier League golden boot race: Latest odds and tips 2021\/22<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/premier-league-title-race-latest-odds-and-tips-2021-22\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Premier League title race: Latest odds and tips 2021\/22<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are increasing calls among the Tottenham dressing room for Joe Rodon to see more action than he currently is, according to reports. Spurs slumped to their third consecutive Premier League defeat with a 2-0 reverse against Wolves that saw Bruno Lage\u2019s side overtake Antonio Conte\u2019s side in the table in the process. 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