North London derby Q&A: ‘Postecoglou is gambling on stubbornness working in the long run’
North London derby Q&A: ‘Postecoglou is gambling on stubbornness working in the long run’
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Following a north London derby, where Arsenal moved to within four points of Premier League leaders Liverpool and Tottenham moved closer to the relegation zone than the top four. Sam Dean joined Telegraph Sport readers for a live webchat on Thursday to discuss the fall-out from Arsenal’s 2-1 win over Tottenham on Wednesday night.
He answered your questions on subjects such as Arsenal’s struggles in front of goal – is Ange Postecoglou’s stubbornness backfiring at Tottenham and whether Myles Lewis-Skelly will feature in Thomas Tuchel’s first England squad. The truth is that Arteta is completely safe in his position and that, if anything, his power is actually growing at the Emirates. It should not be forgotten that, following the departure of Edu, Arsenal do not currently have a sporting director. The highly-regarded Jason Ayto has stepped up as the interim, but he is hardly in a strong enough position to decide to sack Arteta and then hire a replacement.
It was a fabulous performance by Lewis-Skelly last night. He was right to milk it when he came off as a late substitute. He is impressing every time he plays and, at this rate, I would not be at all surprised if he features in Tuchel’s first squad. It helps the teenager’s cause that left-back is such a problem position for England, given Luke Shaw’s ongoing fitness issues. This season alone, England have shoehorned Rico Lewis (usually a right-back), Trent Alexander-Arnold (also usually a right-back) and Levi Colwill (a centre-back) into that position.
