Loads of Tottenham Hotspur fans have slammed pundit Tony Cascarino for his recent comments about their manager, Jose Mourinho.
The former Aston Villa and Chelsea striker has been heavily critical of the Portuguese following Spurs’ 1-0 defeat against RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday.
Speaking on the White and Sawyer show on talkSPORT, Cascarino suggested that Mourinho offered “very little in tactics” against the Bundesliga outfit and that he has been “left behind.”
In fairness to Cascarino, Spurs were not great against Leipzig and were it not for the heroics of Hugo Lloris (BT Sport), they could be heading to the Red Bull Arena more than one goal down. However, it also must be considered that the north London club were without star striker Harry Kane who is out until April (tottenhamhotspur.com) and their other key forward player Son Heung-min who picked up a fractured arm against Aston Villa and has also been sidelined for a while (BBC Sport).
Added to that when the ex-Real Madrid boss took over, Tottenham were 14th in the Premier League and 11 points adrift of the top four (Evening Standard). They are now up in fifth place, just one point behind fourth-placed Chelsea (BBC Sport).
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After hearing Cascarino’s comments, most Spurs fans were fuming about what he had to say and took to Twitter to slam him and suggest that he is wrong. Here is what some had to say…
Good lord what a muppet
— Dan (@Daniely79) February 20, 2020
Left behind where???? Absolutely ridiculous!!! He’s been in charge how long?? Despite all the injuries he’s still pushing through steadily He wasn’t left behind when he took spurs form 14th to 5th? Jose is the only manager that can’t lose its just sad how much hate he gets
— G POWER 2.0 🆙 (@KwasiSwatson) February 20, 2020
Jose 25 titles, cascarino ZERO
— Ian Kenealy (@ianjk23) February 20, 2020
Lazy analysis to get clicks imo
— Jorgan Michaels (@michael_jorgan) February 20, 2020
Utter tosh. Tactics don’t change. Press, shape, defending, passing. Players need to want it. They need heart, desire, a fighting spirit. Spurs showed none of that for 75 mins against Leipzig. It’s not Jose’s fault he just doesn’t have any leaders on the pitch.
— Jamie Robinson (@JamieR1882) February 20, 2020
This is rubbish, you don’t win what he has without being tactically aware.
— Ashley Braunton (@Asherzzz87) February 20, 2020
That’s very unfair, firstly as is well known we have injuries to key players and secondly José has not even had a full year with with a pre season. If that game was played next season with Spurs having some of our key players back then there would be some merit
— Thomas Cursley (@ThomasCursley) February 21, 2020
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