‘Gone backwards’ – Spurs legend name drops five ex-players in bleak review

Former Tottenham Hotspur defender Graham Roberts has claimed that the club have gone backwards after watching the North Londoners suffer a 1-0 defeat at West Ham United.

Nuno Espirito Santo took the decision to rest the eleven players who won at Newcastle United when they faced Vitesse Arnhem on Thursday night and saw his side on the receiving end of a defeat.

The Portuguese recalled all of his Newcastle starting eleven to return to action at the London Stadium, where at least a point would have taken Spurs into the top four of the Premier League table.

Spurs’ awful form in London derbies continued courtesy of a second-half goal from Michail Antonio which now means that Nuno’s side have an ugly 10-1 scoreline aggregate in their losses against Arsenal, Chelsea, Crystal Palace and West Ham.

Roberts believes that Spurs once had the best three full-backs in the top flight when they had Kyle Walker, Kieran Trippier and Danny Rose within their ranks and believes that the club have failed to replace Mousa Dembele and Christian Eriksen in helping to provide a creative spark in the final third.

The 62-year-old, who lifted the UEFA Cup and FA Cup during his time as a player believes that Spurs are now considerably behind the top seven clubs in the Premier League.

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It has been a spectacular fall from grace from the side which was so pleasing on the eye during Mauricio Pochettino’s tenure at Tottenham with Daniel Levy passing up the opportunity to strengthen his squad during two transfer windows when it looked as if the club were so close to silverware – now we are a million miles away.

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