Jamie O’Hara has reacted to the suggestion that Daniel Levy picked the Tottenham team that got knocked out of the EFL Cup by Fulham on Tuesday.
It’s still August and the inevitable meltdown has begun. If Ange Postecoglou didn’t know what Tottenham is about, well, he does now.
That defeat to Fulham, which came via a penalty shootout, has resulted in a number of Spurs fans going in on the club, including the unpopular, Daniel Levy. It was put to O’Hara that the Spurs chairman ‘again’ picked the team for Fulham because he wants Champions League football, and Champions League football only, as he isn’t concerned about winning trophies.
But the former midfielder stated that ‘you are going to make changes’ because it’s the League Cup and how fans should get behind the club’s new manager because he has made a difference, as he told talkSPORT.
Before O’Hara shared his response to that quite incredible claim from a fan, former Chelsea man Jason Cundy told the furious caller that ‘they all do it’, in regards to changes to the XI – Spurs ended up making nine from their win at Bournemouth.
Spurs caller: “I spoke to you last season, straight after we got beat by Sheffield United, and you cussed Conte for playing a weakened side in the FA Cup. You said ‘Daniel Levy has got nothing to do with picking that side’.
“Well, I can tell you now, today’s team was again picked by Daniel Levy, because regardless of what you say, what Daniel wants from every single manager, is the top four. That’s all he wants. He doesn’t care about winning League Cups and FA Cups. He wants the top four. Hence why Pochettino doesn’t play his strongest. Hence why Mourinho doesn’t.”
“At the end of the day, you are going to make changes in the Carabao Cup,” responded O’Hara. “But our second string isn’t good enough, it’s as simple as that. There is deadwood there. On criticism of the Spurs board: “I know, but you have to get behind on the manager.”
Will things ever change with Levy in charge?
The issue seems to be that you can rinse and repeat a lot of what Spurs fans say season in and season out.
Whether it’s Postecoglou in charge, Mourinho, Mauricio Pochettino or Fabio Paratici dealing with the transfer side of things.
Yet, whilst a lot of things have changed at Spurs over the years, the one constant has been Levy, so perhaps that indicates, the quicker he heads for the exit door, the better it is for the club’s long-term future.
