Conte speaks out over Joe Rodon’s lack of Spurs game-time after Wolves

Tottenham Hotspur head coach Antonio Conte has, on Sunday evening, spoken out over the lack of opportunities afforded to defender Joe Rodon of late.

Welshman Rodon was left on the bench for the full 90 minutes once more earlier today, as Spurs played host to fellow European hopefuls Wolves in a Premier League clash.

This means that the former Swansea City standout remains on just one league appearance across the campaign to date, yet to take to the pitch for a single minute in the English top-flight under the watch of Antonio Conte.

Amid his side’s recent struggles at the back, it therefore didn’t come as all that much of a surprise when Spurs’ boss was today drawn on Rodon’s situation.

And Conte was almost apologetic in his response, going as far as to admit that, of late, he has perhaps been calling on the wrong players to man the club’s defence:

Asked Conte about Rodon: “We’re talking about a really good guy, very high commitment but in this moment maybe I’m making a mistake to pick different players but my evaluation is trying to put on the pitch the best player. If I didn’t do this maybe I did different consideration.”

— Alasdair Gold (@AlasdairGold) February 13, 2022

Jimenez amongst the goals

Conte’s comments of course come on the back of just the latest in a lengthening string of concerning results on the Lilywhite half of north London.

After slipping to successive defeats at the hands of Chelsea and Southampton, Tottenham played host to Wolves on Sunday in the knowledge that another fruitless outing would see the club’s hopes of clinching a top-4 berth dealt a serious blow.

When all was said and done, though, slip to a 3rd successive loss is precisely what Spurs did, owing to first-half strikes on the part of both Raul Jimenez and Leander Dendoncker.

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— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) February 13, 2022

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Premier League table

#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Manchester City	25	47	63
2	Liverpool FC	23	41	51
3	Chelsea FC	24	30	47
4	West Ham United	24	11	40
5	Manchester United	24	6	40
6	Arsenal FC	22	9	39
7	Tottenham Hotspur	21	1	36
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	2	34
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	2	33
10	Southampton FC	24	-7	29
11	Aston Villa	22	-4	27
12	Crystal Palace	24	-3	26
13	Leicester City	21	-5	26
14	Brentford FC	25	-14	24
15	Leeds United	23	-19	23
16	Everton FC	22	-10	22
17	Newcastle United	22	-20	18
18	Norwich City	24	-36	17
19	Watford FC	23	-20	15
20	Burnley FC	20	-11	14

Player	Team	Goals
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	16
Jota, Diogo	Liverpool FC	12
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City	10
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	9
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City	9
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	8
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United	8
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	8
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	8
Maupay, Neal	Brighton & Hove Albion	8
Smith-Rowe, Emile	Arsenal FC	8
Raphinha	Leeds United	8
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	8
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	7
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	7
Mahrez, Riyad	Manchester City	7
Gallagher, Conor	Crystal Palace	7
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester City	7
Silva, Bernardo	Manchester City	7
Ward Prowse, James	Southampton FC	6

Player	Team	Red Cards	Yellow Cards
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	0	7
Neves, Ruben	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	8
Salisu, Mohammed	Southampton FC	0	7
Rice, Declan	West Ham United	0	7
Maguire, Harry	Manchester United	0	6
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	0	6
Gallagher, Conor	Crystal Palace	0	6
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	1	5
McGinn, John	Aston Villa	0	6
Canos, Sergi	Brentford FC	0	6
Westwood, Ashley	Burnley FC	0	6
Alonso, Marcos	Chelsea FC	0	6
Moreno, Rodrigo	Leeds United	0	6
Norgaard, Christian	Brentford FC	0	6
Tarkowski, James	Burnley FC	0	6
Laporte, Aymeric	Manchester City	1	5
Shelvey, Jonjo	Newcastle United	0	5
Mings, Tyrone	Aston Villa	0	6
Llorente, Diego	Leeds United	0	6
Cash, Matty	Aston Villa	0	6

Player	Team	Assists
Alexander-Arnold, Trent	Liverpool FC	10
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	9
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	8
Robertson, Andy	Liverpool FC	8
Jesus, Gabriel	Manchester City	7
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	7
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	6
Cancelo, Joao	Manchester City	6
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United	5
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	5
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	5
James, Reece	Chelsea FC	5
Kovacic, Mateo	Chelsea FC	5
Barnes, Harvey	Leicester City	5
Redmond, Nathan	Southampton FC	5
Mahrez, Riyad	Manchester City	4
Ward Prowse, James	Southampton FC	4
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	4
Benrahma, Said	West Ham United	4
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	4