Igor Tudor torn apart live on TV as under-fire Tottenham boss ‘lost’ | Football | Sport
Tim Sherwood has suggested that Igor Tudor “looks lost” in his role as Tottenham head coach, with the harsh realities of the Premier League becoming apparent – and he’s starting to offer excuses for the team’s subpar performances despite his initial confidence that they would avoid relegation.
The north London side haven’t secured a single point since the Croatian took over from Thomas Frank, with the team in a downward spiral. They’ve suffered defeats in all three matches under his leadership, with scant positives to cling to. Tudor had no prior coaching experience in England before securing the Tottenham job until the end of the season, but arrived claiming that the club would maintain their top-flight status despite their descent down the table.
Sherwood, a former Tottenham player and manager, believes Tudor already appears overwhelmed by the challenges he’s encountering in the Premier League.
He told Sky Sports: “I think he’s been slapped straight in the face by the competition in the Premier League. It ain’t easy. This is a tough competition. He looks lost at times on the touchline; he knew nothing about it.”
Tottenham have been defeated by Arsenal, Fulham and Crystal Palace following their managerial switch. The loss to the Eagles last week saw thousands of fans leave by half-time, seemingly reaching the peak of their disillusionment and frustration.
Tudor finds himself without several key players, including James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski, and has already highlighted numerous problems he’s inherited.
Tottenham are comfortably the poorest-performing side in the top division at the moment. They haven’t secured a league victory in 2026, an 11-match sequence that’s witnessed seven defeats and four draws.
They sit a point clear of the relegation zone, with Sherwood noticing that Tudor appears to have altered his approach.
“He’s gone from, ‘I 100 per cent guarantee we spend next season in the Premier League’, to, ‘the players are not fit enough, we’re not good in attack, we’re not good in the middle, we’re not good at the back, we need our injured players back to fitness’,” claimed Sherwood.
“You’ve got to get on with what you’ve got. Forget all that nonsense. Concentrate on the players who are fit at the moment and try and give them a lift. You don’t get that [new manager] bounce by having a stick and whacking them with it. Not if the downside looks like relegation.
“You have to give them a cuddle. You have to find the best solution. You have to give them an easy solution to how we’re going to play. This is how we play.”
