Many Tottenham Hotspur fans are fuming with Jose Mourinho over comments he has made on Troy Parrott following the north London club’s defeat on penalties to Norwich City in the FA Cup on Wednesday night.
This comes after journalist Alasdair Gold wrote an article for Football.London analysing Mourinho’s comments, leading with the Portuguese coach saying ‘now you can see’ after he was asked why the youngster was not getting as much game-time under him.
Parrott only managed a 6.2 rating on Sofascore, the lowest in the entire Spurs team after coming on in the 96th minute for Dele Alli, who was playing in the false-nine position. He did not see much action when he came on, as he only had eleven touches, the lowest on the pitch. He did come on quite late but Spurs fans and Jose would have hoped he would have had a bigger impact so the north London club would avoid the dreaded penalty shootout. Penalties are widely regarded as anyone’s game and unfortunately for Tottenham, Parrott missed his and THFC ended up losing the shootout.
These Spurs fans were fuming at Mourinho for his comments on the youngster and vented their opinions under Gold’s tweet, with one fan claiming Mourinho only made these comments to ‘stroke his own ego’:
Jose Mourinho's comments on Troy Parrott's performance and his penalty last night have slightly gone under the radar in the wake of everything that happened afterwards. What do you make of them? https://t.co/IPI8vnNYwn
— Alasdair Gold (@AlasdairGold) March 5, 2020
As usual he throws people under the bus. The kid was no worse than any other he’s tried there. In fact at least glue showed some energy and passion. Dele looked to have a right strip and didn’t look at all interested.
— John Tracey (@Johnthfc) March 5, 2020
Nice confidence booster for the kid there. Well done Jose. 😤
— COYS 🏴🇮🇱🇵🇹 (@COYS_Shelfside) March 5, 2020
He wasn’t that bad, it’s José’s job to make him have the confidence to play up front, and he hasn’t been helping with these comments
— James Abbott (@jamesabbott1) March 5, 2020
Sorry. I thought given his game fitness he did okay. Plus, I am not a fan Jose. Never have been. I still feel he is a better option that what we have available. Play time will allow him to gain confidence. I still say 20-30 mins is an option.
— Jobilinn (@Jobilinn) March 5, 2020
He did alright, I thought. Not sure what Mourinho’s trying to prove: no one is expecting Troy to be the finished article, but he’s obviously a very promising youngster and it seems bizarre to neg him like this.
— Mr Bish (@bishely) March 5, 2020
If hes ready or not couldnt think of a better situation to give him minutes than now. Imagine the encoragement he would be getting from managers like Ole or Lampard!
— Ben Jones (@benjones85) March 5, 2020
Unnecessary comments about a young player just so Mourinho can stroke his own ego and say ‘I told you so’
I’ll always support Spurs but I just can’t get behind Mourinhos principals. #COYS— Michael Clem (@MCleeve19) March 5, 2020
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Spurs fans, what do you make of Mourinho’s comments? Do you think Parrott is ready to get a run in the first-team now or would you rather play a false-nine with more experience? Let us know in the comments below.
