Tottenham Hotspur embarrassed themselves yet again on Thursday night, drawing 0-0 to Brentford in a totally apathetic performance that had Thomas Frank's finger prints all over it. Spurs fans can not believe how little improvement the team has shown over the past couple of months, as Frank knows he is 100 percent on the hot seat and yet continues to deliver these sorts of putrid performances and the most boring football in arguably the entire Premier League.
As Spurs head into this weekend's Premier League Matchday, they are in the bottom half of the table and look no closer to the top four than they were last season when they ultimately finished a historically inept 17th place.
Tottenham are less impressive now than they were then, and things are not going to get any easier against the darling team of the 2025/26 season, Sunderland, who boast one of the best defenses in European football this season.
Tottenham are down another key man
To make matters worse, Lucas Bergvall, who suffered an injury last weekend against Crystal Palace and was held out of the goal less draw with Brentford, is also expected to miss this weekend's Premier League matchup.
That is according to Tottenham Hotspur manager Thomas Frank, who said, via Football.London's Alasdair Gold, that Bergvall still remains a doubt to play for the Sunderland game.
Lucas Bergvall is one of the best midfielders on the team, and he has become even more important to Tottenham in the short term with star attacking midfielder Xavi Simons still out with a suspension after picking up a silly red card in a loss to Liverpool a couple of weeks ago.
Simons is a better fit for the 10 than Bergvall, but Bergvall is still a better 10 than the other options. Plus, not having either Simons nor Bergvall out there is a heavy loss to Tottenham's overall creativity and dynamism, as Spurs even more severely lack both, with the consequences of that being evident in the horrid 0-0 draw with Brentford.
Sunderland are a better side than Brentford with an even stronger defensive and midfield, led by former Arsenal captain Granit Xhaka, and thus things could get really, really ugly for Tottenham from an attacking perspective on Sunday. Tottenham supporters could be looking at yet another goose egg score line for their beloved team, and you can only imagine the nauseating excuses Frank will bring up at the press conference.