After Tottenham Hotspur's north London derby defeat, new manager Igor Tudor was asked if he knew what the term 'Spursy' meant.
He didn't but he certainly does now. If they are to swat aside that mantra then the Croat will need to keep Spurs in the Premier League.
He's confident of doing so too. Understandably so. Surely the Lilywhites aren't actually going to be relegated? It would be an almighty blip on Tudor's resume if he were unable to keep them up.
That said, it does feel as though the new boss is fighting something of a losing battle. Spurs' injury list is one of the most disastrous we've seen in modern history but truth be told, they've paid the price for a number of shocking years in the transfer market.
Why Spurs' transfer policy has left them in danger of being relegated
Let's get things straight: Spurs have signed some good players. It wasn't all bad under Daniel Levy.
Just think of the likes of Gareth Bale, Dele Alli, Christian Eriksen, Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld. You can count the likes of Hugo Lloris and Heung-min Son in that category too.
However, what do you notice? Yes, none of them are still at the club. It's felt like for a while Spurs have been living in the past and for over a decade now, they have been getting things badly wrong in the transfer market.
Cast your mind back to what they did with the £85m fee received for Bale. Described as the 'magnificent seven', one of the players they brought in was Eriksen, but alongside him Etienne Capoue, Nader Chadli, Erik Lamela, Vlad Chiriches, Paulinho and Roberto Soldado all arrived.
Soldado was arguably the most disastrous of the lot. Signed for £26m, he ended up leaving English football behind with a return of just seven goals in 52 Premier League outings. Not good at all.
Just three years later they were wasting yet more money on a new centre-forward, this time in the shape of Vincent Janssen. The less said about his time in England the better. Acquired for £17m, the Dutchman netted only six goals in 42 matches across all competitions.
In truth, things haven't been much better since. Richarlison cost £60m and has flattered to deceive while former boss Ange Postecoglou hit out at the club's recruitment policy on the Overlap just two weeks ago.
"Finishing fifth didn’t get us Champions League, we didn't have the money," the Aussie began. "So we ended up signing Dom Solanke - I was absolutely keen on him, I really liked him - then three teenagers.
"I was looking at Pedro Neto, Mbeumo and Semenyo at the time, Marc Guehi, because I said if we’re going to go from fifth to there, that’s what the other big clubs would do in that moment."
That inability to compete has ultimately left Spurs in a tough spot. Of course, they won the Europa League last season but beyond that, there hasn't been much to shout about since they reached the Champions League final under Mauricio Pochettino.
£26m Spurs signing is the worst of the lot
Make no mistake about it, this is one of the worst Spurs squads assembled in recent memory. While some will blame injuries and a degree of sympathy must be applied as a result, one look at the team that took to the field against Arsenal on Sunday showcased how big the gap is between the two sides.
Their rivals have been widely applauded for their squad depth this season but the polar opposite can be said of Tottenham who are relying on players who simply are not up to scratch.
Conor Gallagher, signed in January from Atletico Madrid, already looks like a questionable capture, lacking the ability to progress and advance the play from midfield areas.
He was playing in a midfield alongside Pape Matar Sarr - who has looked off the boil for a while now - and Yves Bissouma who under Thomas Frank was in danger of leaving. He was notably left out of the squad for the Super Cup final for persistent lateness and it appeared as though his career at Spurs was done. Now he's being relied upon to start every game.
Then you have Radu Dragusin. This is arguably where the biggest difference between Arsenal and Spurs comes to the forefront of our conversation.
In all honesty, Tudor has a mighty fine first-choice pairing at his disposal in Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero. Sure, they don't rival William Saliba and Gabriel, but the dip in quality if one of Spurs' main central defenders is out injured is rather disastrous.
Last weekend, Arteta was able to bring on Cristian Mosquera at right-back for the final half an hour and could have called upon Riccardo Calafiori and Myles Lewis-Skelly too.
Spurs, however, are relying on a centre-back in the shape of Dragusin who wouldn't get in a lot of defences across the Premier League.
Signed for £26m, he's been a colossal waste of money, perhaps even bigger than the aforementioned Janssen, Soldado, Lamela and Co, purely based on the number of costly mistakes he's made since joining.
While the Romanian did actually have a decent opening to the derby, it wasn't long before he looked miles out of his depth. Viktor Gyokeres purposely targeted Dragusin's channel and was the winner of that duel, scoring twice inside the Tottenham Hotspur stadium.
Despite starting just three league games this term, he's already made two mistakes leading to a goal and it's safe to say that's been rather commonplace in recent years.
Last season, he made three separate errors leading to a shot and one error leading to a goal in his 14 starts. On that evidence, he's arguably now getting even worse. Damning criticism has come the defender's way with Spurs writer Mitch Fretton even suggesting he'd "rather give a 16-year-old academy product minutes over Dragusin."
For £26m, he's simply not good enough. That's just £1m less than Arsenal paid for both Saliba and Gabriel. It's a remarkable waste of transfer funds.