De Zerbi actually coming in is genuinely so disappointing I don't even know what to say. Christ.

Can’t even have Spurs appoint Jermain Defoe as their interim manager. Because of Woking.

There's a parallel universe where Pochettino wins the Champions League, is convinced to stay by a smitten Daniel Levy who gives him a proper war-chest in the transfer market, and builds Spurs into the force we were on the cusp of being, perennial title-challengers, a genuinely elite club. *Sigh*

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Repeated a few things in here but bloody hell, I'm very angry. #NoToDeZerbi

This is the other point about RDZ that I can't shake: It's a remarkably shit deal for the club! If we do go down, he gets to hand-wave it as the club being too broken to fix and he can saunter off while we're left with another farcical managerial search.

The first thing he needs to do is fuck off.

Forget any notion that Tottenham Hotspur ever cared about you, or your friends, or your family. You are a Customer Reference Number. And if you walk away, as would be your right, over the RDZ debacle, the CRN will be replaced by someone else. And the cycle of shit continues.

News from spurs, combined with the Ipswich / Sunderland reform love in last week, should just reiterate in everyone’s mind that these clubs no longer feel they have a duty or goal to service the community. They’re now just businesses looking to further their interests by any means possible.

De Zerbi is not only a shit human being, he's not what Spurs need. Have seen a lot of sentiment that fans will be done with the club if he arrives but the only way to fight this is to present a united front against him. Stay. Organise. Resist.

Would have been incredible if she suffered three shattered legs tbh

Never much been one for period dramas and the like but The Other Bennett Sister was just lovely. A joyful antidote

No, fuck off.

it's really funny that the bbc still feels it has to write about games like this, imagine writing an article about the oscars and having to start it explaining that not all moviegoers are four-eyed perverts

Honestly, Spurs should be following this. I've said this for years, we never game the system but there's no punishment for it!

Think Spurs simply have to appoint someone with a degree of Premier League experience. We don't have any time for another Tudor-esque appointment to bed in and get to know the league. Need results now, so the idea of Hutter or anyone else is a non-starter

Why do I think Ben Davies would be a good option for Spurs manager? Why have we been reduced to this?!

So the Tudor Cinema Club was full of Bad Decisions, huh? Something Good Can Work, that's what we've got to hope for.

Igor Tudor gone. He gave it a go but he's destined to be an obscure pub quiz answer in a decade or so.

Truly monstrous

Even as Ipswich's CEO is trying to sorry-not-sorry his way out of allowing Nigel Farage to use the club to amplify its message of hate, Reform are trolling the Ipswich women's team. Perhaps now the CEO will finally realise what he's done and resign.

If anyone should know how to use a driver...

No to De Zerbi

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Fuck these Nazi ghouls

These two are genuinely the worst thing to ever happen to Tottenham Hotspur. Ever. I'm not being hyperbolic. Firing them isn't enough, they should never work in the sport again.

This is nonsensical. What the fuck are they playing at?! Get Redknapp in instead of this bloke!

How can this go on for another 3 years?

Also killing any semblance of SEO strategy. People are already losing their jobs because of this. It's dire out here.

It's only force majeure if it comes from the Majeure region of France. Otherwise it's just a sparkling shitshow.

I know it's easy to be bleak about Spurs atm, because of, well, everything but... it *is* still in our hands. Show some fight, lads, match what the fans gave you today, maybe make a change in the dugout, and perhaps we can scrabble together enough points to stay up. It's not done until it's done.

Just no creativity until it's too late. We've needed passing all season, and for 8 months, the central midfield was lava in our buildup. Kudus Gallagher and Pahlinha didn't address the loss of Maddison and Deki, and when we identified Eze and MGW we didn't get them done. 25 years in the making.

Call me a well-built house because I'm about to go mock Tudor

Losing a relegation six-pointer on the day Arsenal are almost certainly winning a trophy. What's the opposite of a Carlsberg day?! Because it's that

This has been a disgrace btw. Fans showed up. Romero does the performative message beforehand. And we play like this. Two shots on target in a six-pointer. Fuck the lot of them off

Udogie rivalling that Harry Winks cameo vs Everton here

One of the most performative players we've ever had. Gave it the bigg'un before this and he's playing like he's on the beach in a six-pointer. It's almost taking the piss out of the fans tbh

Vicario is a disgrace

Every single supporter with eyes can see that Spurs need Xavi on for his creativity and positivity, but Igor is keeping him sat on the bench. It's baffling

Michael Oliver absolutely on one

Got to think Micky was injured otherwise it's inexplicable.

Aina stopping a promising counter-attack with a cynical foul. No yellow.

Supporting Spurs is a never-ending Kafka-esque nightmare.

Carragher saying Romero tried to 'win a penalty'. Worth remembering that Carragher spits at children on days like this.

This is bullshit, VAR is bullshit, Oliver has been absurdly bullshit

I'm convinced half the refs in the country want us relegated and the other half are blind

THAT'S A PENALTY! HE'S DRAGGED ROMERO DOWN!

Absurd defending. Romero gives a captain's message beforehand and then lets that happen? Sound, yeah.

This game is on a knife-edge, it has lasted both all day and three minutes, I hate it!