Tottenham, Tottenham, Tottenham. Wah, wah, wah. Sure, there are tougher teams to support out there, but Spurs are pretty hard to love in the best of times.
The 2020/21 season has not been the best time. Except for maybe a month or so when it was nailed down that the Premier League title would come to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Apart from that, there have been strange manager rants, terrible league results against minnows, gloomy cup outings and, perhaps most shockingly, being physically cared for by the dog from a paint company.
So, what better time to look back at this strange field of memory, seemingly whipped straight from some Stanley Kubrick horror movie? Exactly.
Steve Bruce and Mourinho hug Stu Forster / Getty Images
Newcastle get very bad pressure. Whether it’s over the club’s ownership, former Sunderland boss Steve Bruce in charge, or the low quality of their team, that much is not right with the Tyne giants.
With that said, they have picked up two points against Spurs this season, both matches highlighting the obvious problems that exist in Jose Mourinho’s side.
The first clash ended 1-1 when Tottenham failed to take their chances before Eric Dier was punished for the toughest VAR talks, while 2-2 at St. James’ Park contained some of the worst defenses you’ve ever seen. Arsenal loanee Joe Willock also got the equalizer in the draw.
Good morning Tottenham, we have been royally removed by the Dulux dog for a couple of cans of paint pic.twitter.com/KQwPHqPV7p
– Jude Summerfield (@judesummerfield) April 15, 2021
Honestly, where do you even start here?
Dulux was announced as the club’s first official paint supplier. It’s all good and dandy. It turns out, however, that the person who runs the social media account had too much freedom and started rinsing Tottenham to the left, right and center, barely a few minutes after the deal was announced.
Midfielders and trophy cabinets – no one was safe. It felt like a low, but it has been worse this season.
Yes, exactly that Erik | Chloe Knott – Danehouse / Getty Images
Ok, to his credit, Erik Lamela showed a certain struggle in the loss at Arsenal in March, so much so that he made an outrageous rabona and then was sent off.
But other than that, it was a dismal performance, especially against a Gunners side that scrapped for a top ten, let alone European qualification.
Lamela’s strike counted a bit as Martin Odegaard and Alexandre Lacazette gave Arsenal the victory. Neither does Patrick Vieira’s Arsenal.
? “Son is very happy that his father is a better person than Ole.”
Jose Mourinho fumbles with Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s full-time comments about Son pic.twitter.com/nfK9Gx0ePp
– Football Daily (@footballdaily) April 11, 2021
There is a lot that could have been done in the loss against Manchester United to avoid such an embarrassing day for Tottenham.
Spurs used their usual tactic to sink deep into the second half after taking the lead through Son Heung-min, leading to goals from Fred, Edinson Cavani and Mason Greenwood.
Son “caught” by Scott McTominay in the build-up to a banned United goal, which led Red Devils manager Solskjaer to say he would not give the South Korean any dinner if he were his son. Strange to say, but Spurs boss Mourinho made things even weirder.
“Sonny is very happy that his father is a better person than Ole,” the former Chelsea boss began. “Because – I’m a father – as a father you always have to feed your children, it doesn’t matter what they do. If you have to steal to feed your children, you steal.
“I am very, very disappointed. And with me, as we say in Portugal, bread is bread and cheese is cheese, I already told Ole what I think of his comments. And I must say that I am very disappointed. In five , six or seven questions, you ignore the dimension of that comment. “
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Hammer Time ⚒ Big Derby Win ????? # JL11NGZ # COYI pic.twitter.com/qmwvhhvnfv
– Jesse Lingard (@JesseLingard) February 21, 2021
3-0 after 16 minutes and cruising, Tottenham looked completely electric against West Ham. Three points were in the bag.
But then the most monstrous melting occurred. Fabian Balbuena nodded in, Davinson Sanchez scored an own goal and Manuel Lanzini put in one of the most incredible strikes you will ever see to save the Hammers a 3-3 draw from nowhere.
Later in the season, the game at London Stadium was a very different affair. West Ham were favorites and were just starting to look like a side that could finish among the top four.
They took the lead within four minutes – because of course they did – but the great humiliation came when Jesse Lingard added the other and whipped out his flute.
Fornals on guitar, Rice on drums, Bowen on vocals and Soucek as hype man – yes, it’s hard to see.
Lots of desperate faces Pixsell / MB Media / Getty Images
2-0 after the first round, Tottenham was expected to reach the quarter-finals of the Europa League relatively easily.
But it’s never easy with Spurs.
WhatsApp messages about things like “we can go out here” began to seep through to all Spurs fans, and soon Mislav Orsic had done twice to take the game to extra games. His third delivered the lowest moment of Mourinho’s incantation at Tottenham.
To thank you for that, Joe Hart posted a story on his Instagram page with the text ‘Job done’ – his team obviously thought Spurs had actually won the game – and later had to upload an apology that addressed it.
Very spursy.
