Tottenham fans on Twitter have loved seeing comments from the media that claim that they’re not a team of bottlers but are instead massive overachievers given how far they’ve come in the last five years under Mauricio Pochettino. The comments have come from Robbie Savage, a very unlikely source, and you can read them in The Mirror.
Robbie Savage: “Tottenham Hotspur continue to punch above their weight – they are overachievers, NOT bottlers.”
“Spurs have had a horrible run of injuries.”#THFC #COYShttps://t.co/tS0jwn6swa
— Ricky Sacks (@RickSpur) 25 January 2019
The Lilywhites have come in for a lot of stick for being bottle jobs as they made it three semi-final defeats in a row when they lost to Chelsea on penalties in the Carabao Cup, having previously being beaten in the last four of the FA Cup in the last two seasons. That, though, doesn’t necessarily mean that the Lilywhites are bottlers, especially when you consider all the circumstances of their situation.
Of the Premier League’s ‘big six’, Tottenham have spent significantly less than the other five and also boast a much lower wage bill. The lack of spending is one thing, but when you factor in that this season alone has seen the club have to contend with a whopping 37 injuries whilst playing every game away from home as they’ve been at Wembley, and if you were to put any of the other top six clubs into that scenario it’s hard to see how they’d cope as well as Spurs have.
You can read the Lilywhites’ verdict on Savage’s comments here:
https://twitter.com/lazqetjohnson/status/1088897683060899841
https://twitter.com/MiraculousMoura/status/1088953036184141824
The most positive things I’ve read Robbie Savage say about us…
— zavy80 (@zavy80) January 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/Pinky4367/status/1088897145984466945
https://twitter.com/chrisjohnwood18/status/1088910674380685312
https://twitter.com/mrSEan1/status/1088905232929701889
https://twitter.com/RickySpurs101/status/1088928210660683776
At least some people working in the media are getting it right COYS
— Dean Sutton (@deanlsutton) January 25, 2019
The Lilywhites have loved seeing Savage’s comments on their club, even if they didn’t expect to hear it from him.
