Okay, now it's serious. Time for all hands to the pump, and this includes we supporters getting behind the team and not in their way. A crescendo of criticism followed yesterday's 4-1 humbling by our beloved neighbours, and you must be blindly biased if you did not think the Gunners deserved their crushing victory.

Has there ever been anything so mortifying as Arsenal fans 'ole-ing' us as their team played keep ball, passing us to a slow death. It was almost as humiliating as being the former Prince Andrew......

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At the end of his first week as interim coach, Igor Tudor faced the toughest of opposition and after our second 4-1 thrashing of the season by our local rivals, he said this:-

"I am sad because we did not do enough. Arsenal were much better. This time there was too much gap between the two teams. Even the physical problems we made to make 11 players (on the pitch) plus three (substitutes). It is good to show and see this kind of team (like Arsenal), to show us where we need to be. It shows work and hard, because we struggle in a lot of things. Psychologically we need to come out of this moment, the only way is work. Stay quiet, stay humble. And look in the future day by day, growing and growing day-by-day and week. It is too strong in this moment.

"We need to work. There were too many bad habits in the past. Each of us, each part of the team needs to look at ourselves, grow and be humble. It is all about work. We need to run more, work, win duels and second balls. We prepare this for four or five days, but they were faster. The players showed their passion, they wanted to run and they wanted to do. But we pressed high and do not arrive and take the ball, they are stronger, they have more power and energy. They believe more, that is the key in the end. That is it. Take the lessons."

It is fair to say Igor now has a full realisation of his task ahead.......

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Matchday 26 in the Premier League. Spurs fell to their eleventh league defeat of this miserable season. In 13 home games, we've managed two wins and lost 7 at home. We've yet to win any league games in 2026 after 8 attempts. We've lost four of those games. Odobert limped off after 35 minutes and will presumably join our unprecedented long list of absentees.

West Ham drew at home to Manchester United (and that was only due to a late United equaliser), drawing one point closer to Spurs. Leeds came back from 2-0 down at Chelsea and climbed above Spurs. We've dropped to 16th place, and we are definitely in a relegation battle. Have we got the fight for that? The last 12 games of the season will tell. I am not at all confident.......

STOP PRESS:- Thomas Frank has been sacked as Tottenham Hotspur manager this morning (11/02/26) following the club's 11th defeat of the season.

The Club has taken the decision to make a change in the Men’s Head Coach position and Thomas Frank will leave today.

Thomas was appointed in June 2025, and we have been determined to give him the time and support needed to build for the future together.

However, results and… pic.twitter.com/mo82TaAXts

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) February 11, 2026

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Cristian Romero had been in the news for his outspoken comments following the Manchester City match. Today he was sent off after only 29 minutes. The game had been fairly well-balanced before his departure but tilted decisively in Manchester United's favour once Spurs had been reduced to ten men so early.

Yesterday was the 68th anniversary of the Munich air crash on 6 February 1958 which devastated the Manchester United club. The club commemorated that event today. The two managers Michael Carrick and Thomas Frank led the teams out and each placed a wreath beside the touchline. Both teams wore black armbands.

Thomas Frank made three changes from the team which came back to draw against Manchester City last weekend. van de Ven, Sarr and Odobert replaced Dragusin, Bissouma and Tel. Before the game it was thought that Frank would use a 3-4-2-1 formation with Palhinha in the back three and Gray and Udogie as wing-backs. In fact it was a 4-3-3 formation with Archie Gray at right back........

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Dominic Solanke's fourth goal in as many games since his return was so phenomenal in nature it was replayed on the four massive stadium screens four or five times. It was not simply a flick, as suggested on first appearances, but a brilliantly improvised scorpion kick that left ace goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma grabbing at thin air. The goal completed a remarkable Spurs comeback and a precious point that took us a little further away from the bottom three.

Rumours existed early on the morning of the game suggesting that not only Micky van de Ven would definitely not make the team, but also that Kevin Danso, Djed Spence and Wilson Odobert would not be available. Odobert at least made the bench, but there was no sign of the other three. Spurs have endured two seasons of injury woe........

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Despite the absence of no less than 14 injured and illegible players, and against expectations, Spurs have avoided the play-off round and marched straight through to the round of 16. Ending this Champions League (league phase) with three successive wins, Spurs have finished fourth - above the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester City and PSG! In doing so they have also guaranteed themselves a home second leg in the round of 16, and (if successful) the quarter-final.

Thomas Frank's formation was not disclosed until kick-off. He chose to match Eintracht's 3-4-3 formation with Joao Palhinha playing on the right of the back three next to Romero and Danso. Kolo Muani, who played for Eintracht between March 2022 and September 2023, got the nod ahead of Dominic Solanke. Apart from Solanke and the two goalkeepers, the Spurs bench was full of youngsters.........

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