Supporters of Tottenham Hotspur have been reacting to a club announcement that was relayed to social media by Spurs’ official account.
On Monday, the North London club relayed a post to Twitter that announced that supporters would be able to appear in the stadium during their game with Manchester United via video (per Tottenham Hotspur).
As stated by the club, fans will be screened live on the big screens at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium intermittently throughout their clash with the Red Devils.
This is so that: ‘the players will know fans are watching and cheering them on’.
After the post was relayed to social media (per Tottenham Hotspur), lots of supporters flocked to it to air their thoughts.
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We are giving fans the chance to be part of a live video fan wall inside Tottenham Hotspur Stadium during our game against Manchester United on Friday! #SummerOfSpurs ?? #COYS
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) June 15, 2020
Class
— Sparks????????? (@THFCSparks) June 15, 2020
Massive no….
— TheresonlyoneEmmaM (@TheresonlyoneEm) June 15, 2020
The game against Manchester United which will see Jose Mourinho’s outfit return to action is set to take place on Friday 19th June (per BBC).
— Craig (@mrcraigo10) June 15, 2020
Great initative imo?
— ? / Dier Propaganda (@sacramentoszn) June 15, 2020
In their announcement, the club revealed that supporters would win their spot on the big screens by entering a competition.
Will you be entering the competition to appear on the big screens at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium?No, it's a terrible idea
Yes, it's a great idea
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For their competitions entries, the London Stadium faithful have to send an image of what their ‘matchday sofa scene’ will look like. However, fans continued airing their mixed responses.
Amazing ??
— Bradley Karl Anderson (@bektas9928) June 15, 2020
This way Lloris will see my face enlarged the minute our defenders lay the ball back pic.twitter.com/wJFksytWJC
— George (@georgebutcher97) June 15, 2020
As can be seen in the responses, it seems that there was an even split amongst fans, with some believing that it was a good idea and others not so sure.