As hundreds of Tottenham followers streamed out of their stadium at half-time on Thursday, nobody might have been in any doubt about the specter of relegation.
After taking an early lead towards Crystal Palace, three targets for the guests in 12 first-half minutes – sparked by a penalty conceded and pink card for Micky van de Ven – condemned Igor Tudor’s aspect to a different depressing defeat.
Spurs stay the one Premier League aspect and not using a victory in 2026. Their 11-match winless league run is the membership’s longest since 1935, after they went 15 video games with out successful.
With 9 matches to go, they continue to be one level above the relegation zone and in actual hazard of shedding their Premier League standing for the primary time.
The hundreds of empty seats had been telling. The followers who remained till the top met the ultimate whistle with loud jeers as perception of survival seems to be draining from them.
“Nervousness was all by the stadium,” former Chelsea and England winger Joe Cole mentioned on TNT Sports activities. “The entire efficiency was tepid.
“There was no chew and no anger and the followers had been feeling that. It appears like they’ve given up.
“It seems just like the followers are disillusioned, disenchanted and never believing it.”
When Tudor was appointed as interim boss final month, he mentioned Tottenham “100%” would not go down. It could take a courageous particular person to say that now.
“In fact i perceive the followers [leaving]. It is regular, they needed extra,” mentioned the Croat, whose has misplaced all three of his matches in cost.
“I would like to decide on the suitable guys: Who’s within the boat and who will go away the boat.”
Tudor refused to be drawn into conversations about his future after full-time, regardless of questions already being raised about whether or not he would see out the season.
Spurs fan Chris Cowlin instructed BBC Radio 5 Stay: “I am misplaced for phrases over what I’ve seen tonight. You need battle, need and most significantly factors.
“It’s an excessive amount of for lots of people and that is the truth that Spurs would possibly get relegated.
“Once we moved to this stadium in 2019 it was meant to be a sport changer for us, the springboard for achievement and at all times competing for high honours. I’ve by no means identified a time like this.
“We have gone by so many managers since transferring to this stadium; six everlasting managers and 4 interim appointments. Spurs have gone spherical in circles.”
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