Relegation fears are sharpening while interim head coach grasps for solutions at a club hampered by inhibition, rage and injuries
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gor Tudor’s messaging was always going to be key. All eyes and ears were on the interim Tottenham head coach on Thursday night and how he would react; the tone he would look to set. Would there be another blast for the players? Goodness knows, the material was there.
It had been another impossibly awful occasion at the club’s home stadium, another defeat – this one by Crystal Palace. Spurs cannot buy a Premier League win at the Temple of Gloom; they have two all season, the basis for the worst home record in the division. As relegation fears sharpen to an incredibly uncomfortable point, the emotions in the stands ranged from apathy to anger. A lot of anger.
Tudor has been in the role for nearly three weeks, having replaced Thomas Frank, and before kick-off against Palace his words in public about the challenge he has taken on and the players he has inherited had largely been negative.
