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Tottenham lost 2-3 to Aston Villa in Matchday 5 of the Premier League on September 19, 2026, leaving them winless with 2 draws and 3 losses through five matches and dropping to the bottom of the table for the first time since 2009 — a 17-year low. Coming right after a summer spending spree of over £300 million (roughly ¥64.5 billion), the slump split opinion on 5ch threads between shock that “they’re way too weak for the money spent” and voices pointing to a “structural problem with the club itself,” the same complaint past managers like Mourinho and Conte have voiced before.
Tottenham of England’s Premier League have fallen to the bottom of the league table for the first time since 2009. Roberto De Zerbi’s side are winless through five matches, with 2 draws and 3 losses. Despite a summer spending spree of over £300 million (roughly ¥64.5 billion), the results haven’t followed, giving the club its worst start since the 2008/09 season.
Dropping to Last Place
Tottenham faced Aston Villa in Matchday 5, played on the 19th local time. Johann Manzambi opened the scoring in first-half stoppage time, and Villa doubled their lead through Nicolas Jackson and Emiliano Buendia in the second half, putting Tottenham 3-0 down. Connor Gallagher and Jan Paul van Hecke pulled two goals back late on, but Tottenham fell 2-3.
Source: footballchannel.jp / Original article here
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It's still early days lol.
Come back and freak out once we hit the final 5 matches.
By then relegation'll probably already be confirmed
There's basically zero chance they ever win a title, right?
Aren't you just wasting your life?
Well, they could always win a lower division (´・ω・`)
I mean, it's basically like cheering for Japan at the World Cup, right?
But if they ever pull off a miracle title run like Leicester did, the adrenaline rush would be insane
Normally it's because it's your hometown club.
Japanese fans who support Premier League clubs are basically glory hunters (グロハン),
though some of them are more like sports snobs
Like supporting Real Madrid or Barcelona, or the Yomiuri Giants here in Japan I guess?
So what, are those guys about to jump ship to PSG next?
Barcelona have been scoring like crazy and are red hot since Rodri joined — Barcelona's the pick right now
And it's not like they're broke and can't afford proper signings either —
with this much experienced coaching staff and this much squad depth, this might genuinely be beyond saving
He was already thinning before he retired as a player so that tracks.
Honestly impressive he's held on this long without a hair transplant
The sight of them calmly filing out like it's a fire drill is kind of heartbreaking
I remember Ben Mabry being a Spurs supporter back in the top flight, delighted that whenever Spurs were above their rivals in the table, the derby got nicknamed the North "UP" London Derby.
The individual players are all famous names and age isn't really the issue, but way too many of them seem to be past their peak.
And up front, Xavi Simons, Tel, and Marmoush have all been busts too.
The usual routine:
Mourinho: "The one club I could never love is Tottenham."
Conte: "This is the story of a Tottenham that hasn't won anything in 20 years."
Postecoglou: "This club has no foundations. Not inside, not outside."
Frank: "Give me more time. Nobody could pull this off."
De Zerbi: "In 14 years as a coach, I've never seen a team like this. This fragile, this inconsistent." ←New‼︎
They've got the popularity and the money, so why does it keep ending up like this?
Genuinely baffling
Even if they ignore the manager and get frozen out, they're still guaranteed a salary big enough to live comfortably for the rest of their lives
At first it was a thrown-together squad in a World Cup year, so a lack of chemistry was somewhat forgivable,
but if it's still like this by the end of the year, it's over
1 Manchester City 15
2 Arsenal 12
3 Brighton 10
4 Brentford 9
5 Leeds 9
6 Liverpool 9
7 Everton 9
8 Hull City 8
9 Newcastle 8
10 Chelsea 7
11 Ipswich 6
12 Manchester United 5
13 Nottingham Forest 5
14 Sunderland 4
15 Crystal Palace 4
16 Aston Villa 4
17 Bournemouth 3
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18 Coventry City 3
19 Fulham 2
20 Tottenham 2
Man United are turning back into 'Weak United' again…
Background and Talking Points
Tottenham last won a league title back in 1961, and haven’t lifted a major cup since the 2008 League Cup, earning them a reputation as the club with plenty of money but nothing to show for it. The quotes from departed managers Mourinho, Conte, and Postecoglou cited in the thread show that this same complaint has surfaced under manager after manager, so De Zerbi’s current struggles aren’t really anything new. It’s also worth noting that “bottom of the table for the first time since 2009” doesn’t mean this is the worst moment in club history — it’s simply their position in this season’s table so far, a distinction that’s easy to misread. This summer’s spending was among the largest in the entire Premier League, so pressure on the manager is likely to keep building if results don’t turn around.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “[Football] Tottenham Fall to Bottom of the Table for First Time Since 2009 as ~£300M Signings Fail to Deliver — The 17-Year-Old Nightmare Returns.”
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