Here at 90min towers, we now have realised that there is at all times no less than one Premier League membership in relative disaster at any given time. In tribute, they’re christened because the ‘disaster membership of the week’.
But Tottenham Hotspur have crossed a line. You cannot stay steadily wrestling again the championship belt (you already know, proverbially – everyone knows concerning the trophy drought). There should be a worth to pay.
As such, we now have had to mud off the previous ‘who is to blame?’ gimmick as an alternative. So, who in reality is to blame for Spurs’ present misery?
Blame score: 0.1/10
Look at him. That giant smile. Those giant sneakers. Those giant wings.
He is the whole thing unsuitable with Tottenham Hotspur.
Blame score: 0.2/10
What’s worse than one giant large cockerel?
TWO giant large cockerels.
Blame score: 0.5/10
It’s time to hop within the time device. It’s time for some domino-effect interrogating.
Midway during the 2011/12 season, Tottenham had separated themselves from the top-four chasing pack and had been inside touching distance of Premier League name contenders Manchester City.
In a crunch recreation on the Etihad Stadium, Spurs fought again from two targets down to degree it at 2-2. Mario Balotelli by some means escaped a crimson card for stamping on Scott Parker’s head, and would ranking a stoppage time penalty to seal a win for Man City and ship Tottenham’s marketing campaign right into a tailspin.
That’s why they are nonetheless caught combating for top-four finishes now.
Blame score: 0.75/10
With Tottenham in the middle of that name battle, they recruited Ryan Nelsen and Louis Saha on loose transfers on time limit day.
How do you assume it went?
Blame score: 1/10
But the individual maximum at fault for any such cave in is Harry Redknapp. Or extra in particular, his canine Rosie.
During a tribulation of 2 counts of dishonest the general public income, Redknapp defined to a court docket that he arrange a Monaco checking account with Rosie’s identify as a result of he beloved her such a lot.
All the whilst, Spurs’ season used to be happening the pan and he used to be flirting with the England task.
How may you do that, Rosie?
Blame score: 1.5/10
At the top of Redknapp’s tenure, big name midfielder Luka Modric used to be offered to Real Madrid, with Spurs pronouncing that they had entered a unique ‘partnership settlement’ with the Spanish giants.
Gareth Bale joined Real Madrid a yr later.
Blame score: 2/10
Though Juande Ramos is additionally Real Madrid alumni, his connection to Tottenham is for an excessively other reason why.
He used to be the closing supervisor to win a trophy with Spurs. Much higher managers have adopted in his wake and failed. What a lottery.
Blame score: 2.1/10
Ramos gained the cup, however that group spiritually belonged to Martin Jol. He’s simply as culpable.
Blame score: 2.5/10
Because you’ll’t blame who Spurs are and what they are about with out referencing Lasagna-gate 2006. I are not looking for to move into it, although. Too painful.
Hometown glory. ?
Congratulations at the new album, @Adele! ? pic.twitter.com/kKW0dWGJfY
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 19, 2021
Blame score: 3/10
One of Tottenham’s most famed fanatics simply occurs to be any individual who too can promote out Wembley – how are Spurs meant to reside with that drive?
But talking of Wembley…
Blame score: 3.5/10
Tottenham had outgrown their previous White Hart Lane stadium and had to transfer on. During development of a brand new flooring, that they had to play at Wembley – a soulless stadium which used to be a nightmare to get to and from.
Spurs had been unbeaten of their ultimate season at White Hart Lane and misplaced their first recreation at Wembley. Go determine.
Blame score: 4/10
Tottenham have not reasonably felt the advantages of their new house simply but. Why now not? Why cannot a stadium play at wing-back?
Blame score: 4.1/10
Among proposals for Tottenham Hotspur Stadium had been a cheese room as a part of the membership’s luxurious choices.
It didn’t make the general blueprints.
Blame score: 4.5/10
Beavertown have a microbrewery throughout the new stadium. They now run a pub the place the previous price tag place of business stood. I’m the proud proprietor of Beavertown x Spurs products.
They really run the arena.
Blame score: 5/10
The NFL have a 10-year settlement to play fits at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. There is a specific-use American soccer pitch beneath the football one.
It’s simply now not soccer anymore.
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Blame score: 5.1/10
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium featured on an episode of Richard Hammond’s Big.
Did the membership additional want their ego stroked? No.
Is the episode any excellent? Oh yeah, in reality nice. Rivalries apart, without a doubt move watch it.
Blame score: 5.2/10
Do podcasters even say the rest fascinating? Anything noteworthy? Are they well worth the trouble? Everyone’s were given a bloody podcast nowadays.
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Blame score: 5.5/10
The referee who gave a handball towards Moussa Sissoko 22 seconds into the one Champions League ultimate Tottenham would possibly ever play.
I’m hoping you might be pleased with your self. You ruined it for everybody.
Blame score: 5.6/10
Off the again of attaining that Champions League ultimate, Spurs made an audacious transfer to signal Paulo Dybala from Juventus.
He did not appear overly prepared at the deal anyway, however a transfer fell aside on time limit day as Tottenham may now not legally paintings their method round a subject matter with the ahead’s symbol rights.
Great.
Blame score: 6/10
Jose Mourinho used to be employed to get Tottenham over the road of their pursuit of a trophy.
He took the membership backwards as an alternative.
Blame score: 6.1/10
Tottenham had been passed a spice up of their 2020/21 UEFA Europa League closing 16 tie with Dinamo Zagreb when it used to be showed that supervisor Zoran Mamic have been sentenced to 4 years in jail.
Spurs controlled to blow a two-goal lead and misplaced the second one leg 3-0. Maybe if Mamic used to be let off the hook issues would had been other.
Blame score: 6.2/10
Off the again of that wonder removal, the social media supervisor of Joe Hart – who spent only one season at Spurs – praised the end result at the goalkeeper’s Instagram web page, assuming that Tottenham do not need ballsed it up.
Hart issued a public apology for the incident, however the injury used to be completed.
Blame score: 6.5/10
This in reality used to be a time the place bashing Tottenham used to be the bottom of striking culmination. Even Dulux – who had turn out to be the membership’s professional paint provider days previous – posted tweets mocking their empty trophy cupboard.
Blame score: 6.6/10
“Lads, it’s Tottenham.”
This utterance from Fergie arrange a technology of Spurs jokes.
Blame score: 6.7/10
Ah, the person in the back of the fashionable particular person’s Spurs proverb.
“It is in the history of the Tottenham.”
That’s some other technology taken care of.
Blame score: 7/10
The highest fried rooster in north London, why should you at all times tempt us again to N17?
Sources (Matt Le Tissier and David Cotterill) counsel the name of the game element is Chirpy.
Blame score: 7.5/10
Ok, I’m simplest being half-satirical with this record. 75% at a push. 100% if you happen to assume I’m a moron.
But there are in reality Tottenham fanatics who assume that Beyonce enjoying live shows on the stadium this summer season is an terrible factor which by some means ties to the membership’s ambitions.
Blame score: 8/10
Is it a excellent factor when your managing director of soccer may well be banned from soccer for two-and-a-half years for monetary irregularities?
Probably now not.
Blame score: 8.6/10
Antonio Conte used to be supposed to be other. He used to be employed to get Tottenham over the road of their pursuit of a trophy. He took the membership backwards inst- whats up, did not I say this already?
Blame score: 8.7/10
The unlikeliest of heroes, all issues thought to be. 271 targets for Tottenham Hotspur, and via dumb modern day common sense, none of them imply the rest.
What a tragic little existence, Harry.
Blame score: 8.8/10
Well, Tactics Tim, you at all times sought after to take credit for Kane changing into some of the highest avid gamers on the earth.
Time to have your cake and consume it.
Blame score: 9/10
Whooooo recalls ‘4th – Arsenal’ jokes?
No however critically the Gunners have made the jump Spurs had been meant to and it is inflicting distress down the opposite finish of the Seven Sisters Road and I hate it.
Blame score: 9.1/10
Lord Sugar used to be the landlord of Tottenham all over some of the worst stretches in their whole historical past. Nowadays, he simply tweets discriminatory issues and hosts The Apprentice.
Quite a broom for the membership to be tarred with.
Blame score: 9.5/10
Objectively and subjectively, Tottenham have made large strides below Daniel Levy’s chairmanship.
They’ve additionally stagnated lately on account of some in reality deficient selections and refusal to be informed from errors.
Levy giveth, Levy taketh away.
Blame score: 10/10
Here he is. The guy who raised the bar, who made fashionable Tottenham Hotspur the membership they’re lately.
It’s simplest proper that he will have to be pressured to go back and kind out this mess. Who’s with me?