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So, just a few weeks after the last thread on some horrific refereeing decisions in our game with Sunderland, we’re BACK again with another one. 📲
This time, focusing on the awful decisions that have gone against #thfc this season.
We’ll begin with Monday night…
THREAD 🧵⤵️
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I keep reading that the atmosphere tomorrow will be brilliant because of the tifo. And look, the tifo looks awesome. It’s already rattled them. But make no mistake, that alone won’t create an atmosphere, that won’t create a hostile environment, one that forces their players to second-guess.
Every single one of us has to bring our absolute worst selves tomorrow and do everything in our power to drive this team on. Get behind every player, no matter how they’re playing. Do not wait to be entertained, this is siege mentality, drive them on. Get on the opposition’s backs, get on the referee’s back, stand and sing, make that stadium hell on earth for our rivals.
This is a day where we all have to work. It’s absolutely massive for all of us.
Get down there early. See you at Scotland Green, pubs open from 10am 👊🏽
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Discipline has been one of the more frustrating issues during Tottenham Hotspur’s turbulent campaign.
It cost them on Saturday, when Cristian Romero was sent off by referee Michael Oliver in the 29th minute for a studs-raised challenge that caught Manchester United midfielder Casemiro on the ankle.
Much of Tottenham’s disciplinary trouble centres on Romero. He is the only Premier League player to have been sent off twice this season.
Tottenham have collected 67 cards this season, four more than any other side. Thomas Frank's side may feel some grievance with that overall card total. They are booked once every 4.1 fouls, the lowest fouls-per-card ratio in the league.
By contrast, Manchester United have the highest ratio, receiving a card once every 7.6 fouls this season.
📝 @Conor0Neill_ and @MarkCarey93
🔗 nytimes.com/athletic/7032599…
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This was my primary concern with Frank, and it’s still the same. You cannot be an elite team without the intention to control games with the ball. There is a lot of quality in this squad; the performances and the approach should be much better.
Something I want to talk about is how incompetent Spurs are when it comes to recruiting managers. You can see the thought process, and it’s very immature. They had Pochettino, who did a good job but didn’t win anything, so they went for “serial winners” in Mourinho and Conte. Their football was “boring”, so they went for the most “fun” manager in Europe with Postecoglou. Defensively, the team was disastrous, so they went for the most “solid” coach available.
Every managerial appointment is a drastic reaction to the last. There is no sporting vision for how to build something that lasts and takes the club to the top. Ironically, Spurs are one of the easiest projects to solve because of the financial scale of the club and the squad at hand. All they need is competence.
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When you sack the previous manager for winning the club its first trophy in about 20 years and saying it’s “not enough” and “we must compete on all four fronts”, fans are within their right to hold the club and the new manager accountable to those expectations.
