Gabby Agbonlahor has given his honest opinion of what the atmosphere was like at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium against Aston Villa on Sunday.
Ahead of the game, Thomas Frank spoke about the need for Tottenham to make their home ground a fortress, but it has been anything but so far this season.
In fact, Spurs have the fourth-worst home record in the Premier League so far this season, with only the three teams currently in the relegation zone having worse records in their stadiums.
Thomas Frank has defended Tottenham’s performances at home, and the pressure is mounting on the Dane to fix things, but the finger has now been pointed at the Spurs fans.
Tottenham fans told they did nothing for the players
Agbonlahor was in North London to watch his beloved Aston Villa side emerge with a 2-1 win, and the former England striker was not impressed with what he saw from Tottenham Hotspur fans.
He compared the atmosphere at the stadium to a kid’s party, insisting that the players did not get any reaction from the fans despite their efforts to get the crowd going.
Agbonlahor told talkSPORT about Sunday’s game: “The atmosphere was that poor and silent. It was like a kid’s party. It was a strange atmosphere. I have been to Manchester City games at the Etihad Stadium, very quiet, but this was silent, mate.
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“The fact that the players kept on throwing their arms up to the fans whenever they did something to get something from them, but nothing was coming at all.”
Spurs fans should be doing more to get behind the team
It is fair for Tottenham fans to suggest that the team’s performance was partly the reason for the dead atmosphere.
Many will argue that the crowd would have been louder had Frank’s men played with more enterprise and created more chances.
However, it is very much a chicken-and-egg situation, as the players are going to play with more confidence if the crowd is behind them.
Given that Villa did not take the lead until late on, and Spurs scored early in the game, one would certainly have expected a better showing from the supporters than we saw on Sunday.