A lot of Tottenham Hotspur fans have been reacting to a tweet that was recently posted by the club’s official Twitter account which shared some footage of Spurs’ squad playing a version of noughts and crosses in training.
This footage was posted a day before the Lilywhites’ UEFA Europa League clash with Ludogorets Razgrad on Thursday. Tottenham will go on to face Chelsea in Premier League action on Sunday to cap off a busy nine days of post-international break action, beginning with their 2-0 Premier League win over Manchester City last Saturday. The busy nature of their schedule doesn’t end there, as they face a trip to LASK in the Europa League next Thursday.
Judging by this footage, though, it seems that Jose Mourinho and his coaching staff are keeping spirits high during this period, as Spurs’ players seem to be enjoying themselves in this training footage.
So, how did these Tottenham Hotspur fans respond to this tweet?
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Great games and good vibes in training as the players play noughts and crosses – ????? ?????! ?#THFC ?? #COYS pic.twitter.com/B5itQsoeyC
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 25, 2020
Perhaps it is difficult to criticise Mourinho and his coaching staff for their training methods given that they currently sit atop the Premier League table and plenty of the Tottenham Hotspur fans who replied to this tweet certainly seemed pleased by this training footage, as many of them shared a positive reaction to this tweet.
A number of Spurs fans spotted Moussa Sissoko nudging Harry Kane.
Sissoko should be careful..
— Juan (@kennyjuan98) November 25, 2020
Me when Sissoko pushed our National Treasure pic.twitter.com/ZzfbPVlAi2
— snowflakes (@Blessbreezy1) November 25, 2020
Sissoko pushing Kane midair
— Trevor Lloyd (@Trevorlloyd92) November 25, 2020
Other supporters were simply delighted by the footage.
Our squad mentality >>>
— Matt™? (@xthfcmatt) November 25, 2020
Fabulous
— Gillian (@gilvan2416) November 25, 2020
Some Spurs supporters specifically stated that they think Tanguy Ndombele looks to be in good spirits.
Tanguy looks so happy pic.twitter.com/2oe77wozN8
— Oliver James Nolan (@JamesOjames929) November 25, 2020
I’ve never seen Tanguy this happy. Beautiful!
— Freddie (@AstroLaRoche) November 25, 2020
Back in September, some reports claimed that Mourinho faced ‘a dressing room backlash’ at Spurs, but this footage would suggest that this is certainly not the case at present and with that in mind, it may be understandable why some Lilywhites fans shared a seemingly sarcastic response to this tweet.
One particular Spurs supporter sarcastically stated that the squad looks unhappy while another Tottenham fan stated in a similar fashion that ‘negative’ Mourinho is ‘destroying’ the north London club.
Look at how unhappy they are , Jose out??
— ? (@thfcwill7) November 25, 2020
Negative jose destroying our club ?
— Alex (@_10kanee) November 25, 2020
Does this training footage make you happy?
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So, judging by these replies to Spurs’ tweet, it’s clear that this training footage has gone down well with plenty of the north London club’s fans.