There were rumours of Spurs fans returning tickets to the exchange in their hundreds. Rumours of Arsenal fans hoovering them up. In a way, the entire Postecoglou project is a magnificent act of misdirection, an exercise in making the same failure taste better. If stopping Arsenal from winning the league makes Spurs fans feel good, then who is anyone to begrudge that? But when you detach your project so thoroughly from results, you don’t get to act surprised when fans start to do the same.

Source: Sky sports May 15, 2024 12:45 UTC