The scenes from Tottenham Hotspur supporters before the home game against Nottingham Forest on Sunday were a sight to behold. Unison, chants, plumes of smoke, and a raucous showing that would have rivaled celebratory Champions League victories at other clubs awaited a Tottenham squad that, in truth, was not deserving of such a beautiful response from their fans.
But no matter how often these supporters, who pay more money than most fan bases to watch their team, have been let down by the self inflated "stars" of Tottenham this season, nothing about the past mattered to these souls behind the barricades. All they wanted was to give their players that extra bit of strength to go out there and win a crucial, relegation six pointer against Nottingham Forest that, no exaggeration, carried strong implications for the club's future.
Instead of taking this unbridled support that they had been criticizing the fan base for not giving them all season long, the Spurs players took this unconditional love and spat it back onto the street without any semblance of decency.
Tottenham's players are not good enough
This 3-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest was as poor of a performance, especially considering the context of the match, as Spurs fans will ever see in their lifetime's of supporting this self sabotaging club. And it was the same culprits who did not show up. Cristian Romero is barely fit to wear the arm band despite the impassioned defenses in his favor from several fans. Micky van de Ven looks like his head is in the clouds in Barcelona. Dominic Solanke just feels like a ginormous waste of money. And Pape Matar Sarr, Richarlison, and so many other don't look like they are good enough.
We have seen players like Pedro Porro and Van de Ven screaming at fans after terrible performances. We watched as Thomas Frank threw the supporters under the bus for booing him and the team's poor displays, hoping that the jeers would get them to step up. But now with only love and unity behind them, all Tottenham could do was somehow lower their level even further.
For Tottenham fans who have followed this club their whole lives through thick and thin - mostly thin, if we are being blunt - Sunday's blowout loss to Nottingham Forest had to have been the most soul crushing of them all. Spurs fans gave it their all, only to receive less than nothing in return. At this point, if Spurs go down, it is nothing more than they deserve.