Blame the players as you like. But remember, these are PROFESSIONAL football players. They spent their childhood, youth, and now adulthood player, eating, drinking, football. They don't get to this level playing at one of the top leagues for being sh!t. Even as much as I despise Richarlison, he is, compared to the average joe, is elite at few things.
These players are taught from a young age how to pass, and run, how to receive the ball, how to form triangles and squares, how to see spaces, and use spaces. These are the basics in today's football and all current pro football players are taught that.
That's why you see even mediocre teams play well if they get a competent manager (the sunderlands, BHAs, Brenfords, CPS, etc.). Today's players are robots they execute what the manager trains them and tells them to do. On game day, when the plan that the manager draws is not working, they do not know what do to. they look poor.
The reason the players look poor at Tottenham is because the manager's plan or tactics are not working, they do not know how to handle the movement of the opposition. Their manager told them this and that, but on the pitch they see something else. Look how Bournmouth players looks so drilled, know what the plan, see that what their manager is saying mostly happens. Our manager on the other hand has nothing going. Our players look lost, what he tells them does not happen.
A life-long mediocre manager, who spent his who career at a low level, is not going to know how to coach at the elite level, he does not know it, he's never been their. He who doesn't have it, cannot give it.
I want him sacked, but as long as we have these LOSER owners, nothing is going to happen. It starts there.