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Gerry Francis: Tottenham struggling for identity

Former Tottenham boss Gerry Francis feels his old club are struggling for an "identity".

Francis says he remains a big Spurs fan.

He told Sky Sports: "They have probably under achieved for many years in terms of winning the championship. They have been a good cup team over many, many years, been in Europe quite a bit, including the Champions League.

"They have always been a team that supporters wanted to see play attractive football, score goals and that has always been their identity going back to Bill Nicholson.

"I think they have lost their way more than their identity, I watched them against Stoke and it's a difficult one for Poch.

"At Southampton he had a young, vibrant side who pressed very high with a good work rate, and that is how he seems to like to play.

"With the Tottenham players he has got that is very hard to do, and they don't seem to have an identity of how they are going to play."

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