This simply cannot happen. For at least the fifth time this season alone, Guglielmo Vicario made a costly error for Tottenham Hotspur in an eventual loss to an inferior opponent, as Spurs surrendered two goals within 10 minutes, with VIcario completely getting caught out like a bumbling fool to concede a goal that ended up effectively dooming Spurs to defeat.
Tottenham have now lost back to back games in the Premier League to Arsenal and Fulham in embarrassing fashion, and while Thomas Frank is a far bigger villain in this story, Spurs are in a sore spot right now and have more than enough room to spread the blame around.
While Vicario is a talented goalkeeper with cat like reflexes who can single handedly keep Spurs in games, as he did against Bournemouth and Monaco this season alone, when you add it up, he's had more games where he as cost Spurs points with mistakes than he has had points earned for Spurs with those very saves.
Guglielmo Vicario has the wrong mentality
Like so many other players on Tottenham, as well as the new coach, Vicario has the mentality of a bottom feeder club. He plays like he did at Empoli. He lacks focus, he is more concerned with throwing himself wildly at shots for the highlight reel, and he must have no interest in the basics, because at his age, it is simply inexcusable for him to be making this many fundamental errors that screw his team over completely.
Tottenham fans have not felt safe with Vicario in goal, regardless of his raw talent or highlight reels. They don't feel safe because he flails at crosses, he has no security on the ball, he runs out of his goal like a headless chicken, and when he makes mistakes, he repeats them. He never learns from them. If anything, he tries to throw his teammates under the bus by immediately yelling at everyone around him instead of saying "My bad" and taking accountability for his errors.
Sure, he'll apologize to the fans after the game after roundly being booed so he can look like the good guy. But on the pitch? To his teammates? Vicario acts like a relegation goalkeeper, which is his background from Empoli. He has to be the hero making the big stops. And if he isn't doing that and he makes an error, it's everyone else's fault.
That's not how the best goalkeepers at the real Premier League title contenders act, and if Spurs want to finally reach that level, they have to be ruthless when planning their future. There are bigger fish to fry than Vicario, but, deep down, Spurs fan know as important as he can be when things are going good, goalkeepers and leaders are defined by how they are when things aren't. And when things aren't, Vicario is a problem.