There are a number of individuals at Tottenham Hotspur coming under increasing scrutiny and fire after another unacceptable performance this past weekend, as Spurs replayed their worst of the 4-1 North London Derby lost by getting their doors blown off by Nottingham Forest 3-0 on Sunday, with Sean Dyche looking like a Jose Mourinho clone in comparison to an ill prepared Thomas Frank.
The Spurs manager has more doubters than supporters at this stage, and that number only seemingly doubled with his latest disasterclass against Forest. But just as many Spurs fans are beginning to turn on goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario, who was viewed as a star and a top Premier League goalkeeper just a year ago.
But slowly but surely, Spurs fans are beginning to turn the narrative on the Italian goalkeeper with each gaffe between the sticks. Although Vicario's mistakes as a shot stopper are concerning, the former Empoli man is still one of the top keepers in the Premier League statistically in terms of his literal goal saving ability.
Guglielmo Vicario loses Tottenham points
The problem is that the stats do not capture all the points in the table that Vicario is hemorrhaging while he points fingers at his teammates and yells at the them as a fake leader. Vicario is the one making inexcusable errors, such as two against Nottingham Forest, that are literally costing Spurs points in the table, all the while he is throwing young players like Lucas Bergvall and Archie Gray under the bus instead of taking a modicum of accountability.
And Spurs fans are understandably sick of it. Whereas the other goalkeepers at the top Premier League clubs like Gianluigi Donnarumma, Alisson Becker, and David Raya rarely make mistakes and are the epitome of class as true professionals who take accountability, Vicario plays the game like a petulant child who whines and complains while showing no focus or discipline.
Goalkeepers, especially at the elite level, are measured by their maturity and their mistakes. They are measured by consistency and their ability to avoid throwing games away. By that measure, Vicario is a complete failure and deserves to be playing at a club like Empoli where he can dive and make flashy plays for the camera, where he is heralded as a hero for a few highlight reel plays and can be absolved of his comedic errors and poor decision making on the ball because the margins are not so fine.
Vicario is not a top goalkeeper and does not have the character, mentality, or all around ability to play for a club like Tottenham. Unless, you know, the new goal for Spurs is to be Brentford 2.0 and Vicario their Mark Flekken 2.0.