OPINION
Most, if not all, Tottenham fans will admit that barring a surprise turn of events either in the Premier League or the Champions League this will once again be a season without silverware.
The frustrations in north London have been growing over the last decade since their League Cup triumph and this season cannot have been easy watching, the supporters forced to see their side crash out of two competitions in a matter of days.
In the past Mauricio Pochettino has been quite clear about where his priorities lie, disregarding the domestic cups to focus on succeeding in the top flight as well as on the European stage – likely to the disappointment of supporters who want to see their side fending off rivals to pick up a trophy.
However, now the Lilywhites are out of the cup competitions the manager has spoken about how a club the size of Tottenham’s cannot afford to be taking one competition more seriously than another – and the hypocrisy should have fans tearing their hair out.
He told Football.London: “When you are at a club like Tottenham you cannot take one or another competition more seriously.
“You need to try to compete at your best and win every single game and in every single competition to try to go as far as you can. After the defeats against Chelsea and Crystal Palace we are out of the domestic cups and then of course tomorrow we have the Champions League and then the Premier League.
“We prepare and want to win every single game.”
He might say that they prepare to win every single game but in the past he has already said how he has eyes on another match over the cup competitions and when that is the case, the players are simply not going to be prepared.
Spurs have not pushed as hard as they could have to pick up a cup this season and with Pochettino’s hypocrisy simply deafening this time around the fans cannot be best pleased.