25 Apr 2026 10:40:17
A lot of ITK folks on X are claiming Premier League is pushing for saving Spurs from relegation. Sounds crap, but if anything funky happens in games involving Hammers it won't be a nice look for the league.
Hammers have the blues today while Spurs visit the Wolves. I expect Spurs and Hammers both to win.
25 Apr 2026 12:18:24
West Ham to beat Everton I'd be very surprised at that.
25 Apr 2026 12:31:16
Sounds plausible...
They are doing everything for Arsenhole to win the league, so why not help Spuds stay up as well... The revenue for those 2 games must be heavenly for the PL.
25 Apr 2026 12:38:18
I never understood why Spurs have always been one of the establishment's favourites. I swear they gaslit themselves into being a "big club."
When I was a child, Spurs were a midtable/bottom half team, but the media always talked about them like their rightful place was in the Champions League. In reality, Leeds, Newcastle, and Villa were bigger at the time, and historically. Spurs don't have much of a history in Europe or of winning things.
They eventually got to the Champions League, but I feel the media's positive portrayal of them helped in a way.
Would some of those players have joined if they weren't perceived as a "big club"? There was a period when we were losing out on players to Spurs. Villa are consistently getting into Europe now, and the media almost treat them like interlopers, even though Villa have actually won the European Cup.
The way Spurs received a permanent seat at the table for the failed European Super League was the biggest shock to me. One of those things was not like the others.
25 Apr 2026 13:00:36
The league isn't doing a very good job of trying to make Arsenal win since City won their game against them and are now leading the table. ;)
25 Apr 2026 13:05:41
Spurs are like Everton, living on past glories. They are both big teams, both have new grounds, both have struggled at the wrong end of the league, and both have gone through managers like there is no tomorrow.
I think Spurs will stay up by skin of their teeth and Everton will get a European place.
25 Apr 2026 13:10:55
That's on Arteta, Drac... If ever there was a manager more scared of taking risks, it's him.
A******** should have been champs a month back already...
25 Apr 2026 13:16:05
Don't forget Spurs won a European trophy last season.
25 Apr 2026 13:27:14
It's because Spurs have a high European coefficient compared to other clubs.
Losing Spurs means automatically fewer CL positions next year.
However, if Villa and Palace win their respective European trophies this year, Spurs won't be missed much.
25 Apr 2026 13:32:51
Babbity, Spurs have won 4 European trophies. Villa have won 1 and still sing about it. Spurs are a bigger club than Villa.
25 Apr 2026 13:56:57
Rome, that's a disingenuous statistic.
Spurs have won 1 Cup Winners' Cup and 3 Europa Leagues, the latest being last year. Villa won the European Cup.
Spurs have won just 2 league titles in their entire history. Villa have won 7.
25 Apr 2026 14:10:05
You put forward a good argument for Villa, Babbity, but my loathing of them can't persuade me to agree with you. Also, most of their league titles came in the 1800s, which is still on the record books, but it's stretching things a tad.
Regarding the argument from other posters that the powers that be are pushing for Arsenal to win the PL and Spurs to stop up. In a word, Tosh.
25 Apr 2026 14:29:01
Yeah, I'm with Babbity on this. Spurs maybe make top 10 clubs.
25 Apr 2026 14:29:13
So how are the League doing everything to win Arsenal the League then? If anything, Arsenal are doing everything not to win it! More conspiracy nonsense.
25 Apr 2026 14:47:26
Babbitt, you said Spurs have no history. They were the first team after the war, to do the double, and they were the first British team to win a European trophy.
25 Apr 2026 17:26:42
Babbity, obviously they're not on par with the likes of us or Utd but they do have a fairly large fanbase. I believe they're ranked about 6th or 7th for most trophies won in England, depending on what you include, and ranked similarly for fanbase too. They were part of the original "big 5" along with Everton back in the 80's before Chelsea and City bought their way in.
You could argue that it should have stayed big 5 and that Tottenham should have been dropped from the conversation along with Everton as they were shocking during the 90's, but they did manage to stay fairly relevant by comparison, outside of poor periods where form did fluctuate quite drastically, they have managed to finish top 5/6 on many occasions since the early 2000's.
25 Apr 2026 17:32:55
I'm with Rome. Just garbage talk all that.
25 Apr 2026 17:41:49
Elliott, I wouldn't say no history, but not enough to justify the media gassing them up during periods when they were completely average as a team.
I'm not sure whether it's a London bias thing or if it's because their owners Alan Sugar and then Joe Lewis have connections to the media, but the media seem to have had an agenda to push Spurs for a few decades.
25 Apr 2026 18:14:37
Since 2005 they've finished top 5 13 times including 2x 3rd place and 1x 2nd place finish. Exactly what part of that is "an average team"? Sorry, mate, but you're dead wrong on this one and need to rejig what you think constitutes average.
For reference, the next closest for top 5 finishes in the same period are:
Everton: 4.
Newcastle: 3.
Villa: 1.
25 Apr 2026 19:10:30
I'm talking before 2005. The media have always gassed Spurs up.