Simon Jordan tells Martin Keown to 'shut up' in heated argument with Tottenham after Brighton collapse
Simon Jordan and Martin Keown were involved in an intense debate on talkSPORT over Tottenham's problems with Ange Postecoglou.
Spurs experienced a dramatic collapse on Sunday when they fell to a 3-2 defeat at Brighton, despite having a two-goal lead at half-time, with Arsenal legend Keown unable to resist a blow to his old rivals.
Postecoglou described the loss as that of the club 'worst' of his mandate in north London and hinted at a problem with the players' mentality.
Jordan and Keown We were talking to the Spurs boss about White and Jordan the next morning, with their struggles on set pieces the topic of conversation.
However, it was Keown's reference to the Gunners that caused things to heat up in the talkSPORT studio.
“Now I think he has to be perfect in everything he does,” said the three-time Premier League winner with the Gunners.
“There are some teams now… if you look at it in the past, the teams that played direct football, percentage football, you would say your Boltons and your Wimbledons…”
“And they were vilified,” Jordan said, before Martin continued: “They were very good at set pieces. But now, the best team at set pieces is one of the teams that actually plays better football, Arsenal. So what?” “What you need to do is invest first in class in every area.”
“How did you bring Arsenal into this conversation?” Jordan asked after expressing bewilderment on his face, but Keown defiantly replied, “Because it’s a fact!
“So what he (Postecoglou) needs to do is, if his rivals or the other teams or competitions in that division are doing better in that area, he has to do better. He has to spend more time on the training ground “.
“But they've been given freedom to build,” Jordan interrupted. “They didn't start like that.
“Arsenal didn't start like that, (Mikel) Arteta didn't turn your library into a cheering fan base, it took him a while to do that, so you have to give people a degree of ability to change the culture.”
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Later in the discussion, presenter Jim White read a message from a Spurs listener: “Isn't Martin forgetting how long it took Arteta to build this Arsenal team?
“Shut up Martin, you're an Arsenal cheerleader.”
Jordan and Keown then resumed their discussion, with the former Gunner saying: “We're talking about a football club changing a culture.”
However, Jordan disagreed and replied: “And we're talking about your club that hasn't won a league in 20 years, so shut up!”
“Yes, but we've won trophies,” Keown insisted before adding: “We're winning football games.”
However, the talkSPORT duo finally agreed when Jordan agreed with Keown when he said: “I'm talking about there being no balance in their team.
“If he (Postecoglou) strikes a balance, they can be successful, but the coach has to get out of his ego and say: 'Okay, okay, we don't have to win this 6-0, we just need to win.' It's 2-0.”
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Spurs have lost three of their first seven Premier League games of the season and are ninth in the table.
However, their form outside the top flight has been more impressive as they currently sit third in the Europa League with two wins from two.
