Tottenham Hotspur supporters made their voices heard in Spurs 3-0 loss to Manchester United. The north London-based club failed to get a shot on target over 90 minutes, leading the fanbase to frustration toward various people.
Chants of “We want Levy out” and You don’t know what you’re doing” while other supporters decided to leave the stadium and not stick around for the entire match. After the loss, Tottenham manager Nuno Espírito Santo spoke to Sky Sports, where he was asked if he had any words for the fans who displayed their frustration.
“We’re not on the right track. We understand the criticism – it’s part of football when the team doesn’t perform. The fans are not happy, and they have shown they are not happy,” Nuno said.
“It’s up to us to take it, and to tell them that we try our best, and to tell them that we are sorry. We didn’t perform as we wanted, and [we must] keep on trying. [To ask] in a humble way ask them to support us all the way.”
Bill Nicholson only had 60 percent wins.. Wow… It’s almost a miracle that Botch and Schnapps didn’t manage to win anything.
I would love Botchy to return, but not until after he’s won more. And not until the club is more stable financially. He would deserve money to spend… Now is certainly not the time.
Exactly right.. Some Spurs fans bang on about Botch as if he’s Sir Alex. Get over him. He won nothing.
All of my comments are not a dig at Botchy. I was stating a fact. My point was that it took him a whole year before he knew his first team and who he wanted in and out. He did ok in the end, he implemented his philosophy after two years. Any manager needs time… Your opinion about the best ‘points per game’ under the Enic regime is wrong because Andre Villa Boas tops the list with 68 percent. Botch was second with 65 percent. Redknapp 3rd with 62 percent. Maureen 4th? Not much between these managers, but in my opinion Botch had the better team with the best defence and a prime Kane, in an easier league that a promoted Leicester team from the championship managed to win.. Redknapps best wasn’t far off but the competition was fiercer (Sir Alex and the rise of Chavs and City)….. As for ‘sacking’ of players, this isn’t the right word but surely you knew what I meant.. Deadwood needs moving on Andros Townsend style. In the transfer windows (naturally, I know about contracts too come on guy) Get them out. Sell them asap.
You are right, Poch was the gift to Levy giving him ECL monies years before he expected it on zero investment, even having to play away from home for almost two seasons. However years of working for Levy took its toll on him in the same way that Harry’s injury problems have been exacerbated by having no squad back up.
Poch was broken when he left and I don’t want him to return. I think history will look kindly on him certainly judging by the fare that is now on offer.
The ENIC model works those two ‘gentleman’ but not the fans of the club
We have to move on from Poch, this is part of the problem, not just just players but fans also.
The halcyon days are over and the club is in crisis and somehow the board have to face the truth and decide if its a football club first, second and last, that is the real issue in my opinion.
Just incredible, we are broken, and I would like Nuno to resign, based purely on the fact that he is going nowhere with his style of management, something that is totally unsuitable for a club like Tottenham. This would put added pressure on Levy, Paratici and Hitchen, especially Levy and the board who cannot fail to see last nights performance as disatrous and a crowd reaction as uncomfortable for them and the manager.
As many have mentioned it’s about where you go from here should Nuno leave, as I am sure he was just filling in until next summer when Levy will try to persuade their real target whoever that is, to take the job.
One thing to be clear about is that whatever the team selection it’s not working, it’s not down to individuals.
Why do all your comments have to be a dig at Potchetino? Under Enic I believe we’ve had about a dozen managers. In my opinion in their time at Spurs, within the remits of Levy’s budget, the best of these in terms of points per game, style of play was Pochettino. Apart from him I’d say Harry and Jol were good and let down by Levy in investment terms the rest, caretakers apart, were rubbish, which is an indictment of Levy.
I sympathise as much as one can with Nuno, his renumeration I suspect is decent but he has inherited a poisoned chalice. He really has only 2/3 quality players to call on and no squad depth and absolutely no academy talent coming through(Chelsea have players on loan who would walk into our first team)
The idea of sacking players is however fanciful. Contract provisions and transfer windows make football a very different employment proposition than in other fields.
Watching a performance like that leaves me with a need to wash, to try to somehow scrub away my disgust. Last week at WetSpam was bad enough, but as if being dared, we somehow managed to descend even further – it was the only thing we did manage to dare to do.
First off, Nuno has to go – he should never have been appointed: he’s out of his depth and powerless to effect change. He’ll stay (at least for now) because no-one will pick up the poisoned chalice, but he was only appointed because he was just about credible, would do what he was told and was naive enough to buy the magic beans.
His team selection is questionable, his preparation, training, tactics, substitutions and “philosophy” lacks……. well, everything. We are unfit, unmotivated, have no strategy, plan or tactics to achieve either one. Basically its train wreck, but what is worse it’s a train wreck that everyone including Levy and Paratici, had to have seen coming.
Frankly, Nuno should have taken Kane off instead of Lucas – we’re currently playing with ten men. Whatever is wrong with him and his game it has to be sorted out because it’s getting worse and we can’t keep on carrying him on match day. But Nuno hasn’t got the minerals to take off Kane. He hasn’t got the minerals to play with a defence of less than 6 – a back four and two (!) defensive midfielders, one of which (Skipp) is striving to emulate Winks’ forward passing ability and Dele Alli’s concentration.
So with seven out of eleven defending and three strikers, our forward focussed midfield is down to one – Lo Celso. Sonny and Harry are pinning their hopes on him carrying the entire creative load with only Lucas able to try knitting any flow in transition.
“Sorry” simply doesn’t cut it when you can see it coming, there are no prizes for “trying” and to work harder we need to have started to work – the evidence is to the contrary. Nuno should quit because he is embarrassing himself as Levy’s patsy.
There is no leadership at any level; leaders have been sequentially eradicated from the club; people asking awkward questions soon disappear. No leadership on the field, none at coaching level, nothing from management, just a Chairman who leadership credentials should earn him a place exiled on Elba.
This is now a club where even bleach, carbolic or a wire brush and Dettol, will only flense the surface grime, unable to penetrate to the rottenness of the core.
That rotten core is ENIC.
That rotten core is LEVY.
He needs time like all managers. Booing doesn’t help anyone. Booing Kane won’t help him score… Davies is a disaster, he took the ball off Romero when he had a free header attacking on goal 8 yards out.. Then defending he misjudged the ball completely, it was an unopposed easy header. Either head and clear the ball, or get tight to Ronaldo.. Reggy is twice the player.. Lo Celso is proving he can’t cut it at the top, easy through ball to Son, how can he not make a simple 5 or 10 yard pass to put him through. Ndom has been putting the effort in and deserved to start this one.. Subbing off Lucas for Bergs was a huge fail. A like for like downgrade sub.. Botchy took a year or two making silly mistakes like these constantly.. Any manager needs time…… See Easty, I told you that everyone would be turning on NES for his style of play. A Maureen player and graduate mirrors his style, just without the success and trophies… Poor all round again. I would like to see players sacked before the manager. New blood needed in January if possible.