Tottenham fans have reacted passionately to Daniel Levy’s comments on the club’s fight against Premier League relegation on Wednesday afternoon.
It has been a hugely disappointing Premier League season for Tottenham Hotspur, who now find themselves at the wrong end of the table, fighting for survival.
At the moment, Spurs are just two points clear of West Ham United, a side they were once 12 points ahead of at the start of the year.
A series of poor results under Thomas Frank and Igor Tudor since the turn of the year has seen that gap disappear, leaving Spurs at serious risk of relegation.
Speaking after receiving a CBE at Windsor Castle, former chairman Daniel Levy admitted his disappointment over Tottenham’s current situation.
As quoted while discussing Tottenham’s survival hopes, Levy said: “I could never have envisaged this at the beginning of the season. Obviously, incredibly disappointed, but let’s hope that.. let’s look forward and very much hope that next season we’re still in the Premier League.
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“It’s been very difficult, but Spurs are in my blood, I am hopeful that we will be OK in the end.”
Many Tottenham fans have now taken to social media to react to Levy’s latest comments regarding Spurs’ season.
Several supporters believe things would never have become this bad under the former chairman. One fan said: “He would’ve sacked Frank way before those spineless lot.”
Another added: “Fact is, he never would’ve allowed it to get this bad…. he would’ve panic brought players in Jan to keep us up, and then he would’ve sacked Frank in November like he should’ve been.”
A third fan commented: “Even though he would’ve sacked Frank, he’s part of the cause of our failures”, while a fourth supporter said: “This revisionism for him is insane. He’s a massive part of our regression, which has been ongoing for years. The failings to back multiple managers or stick to any plans, the negligence to replace key personnel within the squad and the prioritisation of irrelevant spend led to this mess.”
However, not everyone agreed. There was more than one ‘come back, Daniel’ and ‘I am so sorry’ in the comments too. Another fan added: “Genuinely thought the management of the club wouldn’t be worse than him, but here we are.”
Although, they were perhaps overpowered by the general sentiment of ‘you started this’.
Spurs are paying the price for poor decisions
There is no denying that a series of bad decisions ultimately brought Tottenham to this point.
Many fans, right from November, believed that, given the style of football on show, Frank needed to go, but the board chose to remain patient – a decision that backfired on them.
The appointment of Tudor was another poor decision. Bringing in a manager with no Premier League experience to keep Spurs up was almost always going to end badly.
However, it is a little too late for Spurs now, and the hope will be that they can do enough to stay up ahead of next season.