Tottenham Hotspur - The Most Successful Failed Football Club 

One wise man once said, “It is the history of the Tottenham

As a spurs fan I want to give my opinion on why spurs can’t win anything: 1. The mentality: The mentality in the club right now is that European football is success. Throughout the club- the board, owners, players and a large amount of fans. 2. The incompetence of the board: Daniel Levy has been our chairman for 23 years. In that time we have had more stadiums than trophies and one successful manager. 3. Recruitment: Our recruitment is awful. We spent 150 mill this summer and none of them have been successful so far 4. Fans A lot of the fans have the mentality that I spoke of earlier: top four is success. A lot of them also refuse to criticise the owners and the board because ‘there is worse’. I’d say the fault is mainly of the chairman who has managed to turn Tottenham, one of the most respected teams in England, into a laughing stock. As Keith Burkinshaw said: ‘there used to be a football club there, now it’s just a business’

Imagine Tottenham about to win some silverware, just to fire the guy with a trackrecord of 100% win ratio in finals and lose the final.

This is going to be a painful watch coys

I love how ambitious jose was when he first arrived. I remember in his first press conference he actually said "We cannot win the PL this season. We can next season" He quickly understood where he was at

I'm so sorry Tottenham fans

It's also important to remember that under jose they played man city 3 times and actually won twice. So beating man city could have definitely been possible in that final and the fact he won a trophy straight away at roma the season after.... What more can I say? IITHOTT

To this very day, I will never understand why Poch didn't start Lucas Moura in the ucl final.

My father became a fan in the 60s. Me and my two two brothers still love Tottenham Hotspur Football Business, but our children are not allowed to support. We are breaking the circle of abuse😅

On a real, how viz is underrated for how consistent he is with such long content, especially considering how much he has in his life. Bro really said "I'm a dad now... So let me start doing stuff that's more time consuming" Anyway, love the vids and the work ethic behind the scenes. Never change Liam

As an Ajax-fan, that 2018-19 UCL season is just painful to watch, but three things that stick out: 1) Too much focus on finishing top 4 and chasing UCL success instead of (even for only one season) maybe completely prioritising domestic cups would alleviate a lot of pressure in terms of trophies, even if it's "just" a League Cup. You can start building a winning mentality with that; 2) Failure does seem to run in the club's DNA if you look at Man Utd this season winning a League Cup when they were in complete shambles before the start (and even at the start) of the season but with a few key signings (ETH, Casemiro, Martinez, Antony and even Weghorst) winning a trophy nonetheless, thus ending Utd's (much shorter) trophy drought; and 3) Who the f*ck thought it was a good idea to sack Jose before the final? If it's one thing that man has proven is that he knows how to win finals.

I truly think that had they not kicked out José, they would have beaten City, won the cup, and probably began moving forward and become a serious team. I honestly think that the magament is what is killing the club, and I mean the managers perse, but rather Levy and company.

Imagine if Son and Kane played for Bayern Munich ? They could have achieved so much more .... two amazing players that are also insane teamwork players wasting their time on a small club like Tottenham . From the Top 6 , they are the ones that never win anything lmao.

It's easy to laugh from the outside but can you imagine the pain supporting them. I have had to endure that pain for a while now and it's torture

Even as an Arsenal fan, I can look bakc in the Poch era of Spurs and think that they're a side who at least deserved one trophy. Imagine if Harry Kane retires w/o having won even one trophy in his career.

As a Chelsea supporter I think this is my new favourite video, I love seeing how many times we’ve broken spurs hearts 🤣🥹

Would be amazing to see you do a documentary about the fall and rise of Brighton. From a potential game away from extinction to arguably the best run club in the country

Conte spoke the truth: “The players are used to failure, they are selfish, in fact they have a loser Mentality“ . This club has many world class mangers like me, The club gives the players too much money , players who show no sense of responsibility, for me this is unacceptable, because this is the first time in my career to see a situation like this, the situation here is becoming worse because the players are used to losing and they accept losing Because that’s the way this club is been ran, to find excuses for the players, who have No confidence, no spirit, the players and I are professionals, this is why the club pays us a lot of money , but the players show nothing to deserve. The History : “The history of the Tothnemn is the same owner with no friends, never win something, is always blame the manger, always protect the players , he (Daniel Levy) will protect everyone and destroy a mangers future, he wants Beyoncé to stay here more than anything! Before I try to hide the situation but now I had to say the truth. I feel bad for the fans because the Owner has no respect for the fans who pay the tickets to see this team, we have nothing to fight for because the players have no fire , I am very Upset! It’s time for the players to take responsibility and for Tothenm to change this situation, if they want to sack me the can sack me but this will not change the situation “.

We have basically done everything possible to make sure we remain at the top level (i.e. not get relegated) Every decision we’ve made since 2018 has been wrong tbh

Vizeh videos have gotten deeper over these last few. I think he is becoming the man he was supposed to be. Your child most definitely had this effect. Your videos have become more and more intellectually pleasant.

Would love more videos like this. 10-15 year timeline of a club

NAH CMON THE AUDI CUP IS THE GREATEST TROPHY EVER!11!!

As a Spurs fan, I think it's mentality at this point. I think the stereotype of Tottenham always bottling the game and never going to be able to win a trophy ever again is starting to get to the heads of the players and fans to the point that it becomes reality. What we need most is someone that truly believes whether a player, manager, or hopefully a new board, that doesn't care about a stereotype

tottenham need a complete overhaul of the squad and front office, another banger of a vid from Vizeh

Imagine getting knocked out of the Champions League by a team that did not even exist by the time you won your last trophy

Hi Vizeh and update from the Gazélec Ajaccio video you did a couple months ago about two weeks after you posted the video the club was officially dissolved and ceased all football operations by order of the French Courts

You're the best, Vizeh. I gotta be honest man ive only been a football fan for around a year and your videos have been without a doubt the best I've seen. It's no diss on the other guys who make football content, i just think your videos are on a different level. Big ups man 🙏

Watching this after the 3-4 game against Liverpool lol. Anyway sacking Mourinho right before a cup final was baffling. In time we will maybe get an answer to why since it made no sense. If anything it just killed all momentum and it has probably haunted them since.

Tottenham proves that you don’t need trophies to be a successful club, but you draw the opposite conclusion. The question is why, to both of these points.

Incredible stuff Viz, another banger! Proud to be able to support the work in any way too!

all that i can think back then is after new stadium complete, the board will go back focusing on the football side like support poch and rejuvenate team, but somehow they go for the business and commercial side

I was able to know about the reason why Tottenham Hotspurs didn't win anything than the 2008 Football League Cup. When I watched the videos from "What If? Football", I realized that the 2005-06 Premier League was a precursor for the future failure. Despite exiting two cup competitions too early at the hands of Grimsby Town and Leicester City (who were in EFL Championship at that time before the historic Premier League season exactly a decade later with Claudio Ranieri and Jamie Vardy), Spurs had a relatively consistent results in the Premier League, which saw them sitting in fourth place ahead of Arsene Wenger's Arsenal, after both sides had an identical results, including a double 1-1 draw at two North London derbies. In the last game, Spurs only need to defeat West Ham United without relying on their big rivals' result at Highbury (the last one for Arsenal's old stadiums) against Wigan Athletic. However, before the last game of Premier League commenced, it is revealed that most of Spurs players were refused to play because they were hit by strange illness relating to the lasagne poisoning. Spurs wanted to postpone the game to allow recovery, but the Premier League rejected it because the last games must be played simultaneously and not higher than evening to prevent hooliganism. At the end, Spurs lost 1-2 and Arsenal won 4-2, with Spurs' Champions League qualification seemingly assured at the end of halftime because Arsenal were still 1-2 down. If Spurs managed to score the winning goal instead of West Ham at the end of the game, the outcome of future will be changed like this: 1.Spurs will play in the Champions League football and managed to reach the last 8, where they lost to eventual runners up Liverpool, after beating (in order of competitions stages) Dinamo Zagreb, CSKA Moscow, Hamburg (assuming that Spurs will follow Arsenal's path in real life). However, they still failed to qualify for the Champions League the next season after finishing fifth in 2006/07 Premier League. 2.Arsenal will play in UEFA Cup, given that they also lost 1-2 to Barcelona in the final, but somehow, they managed to end the European trophy drought after beating Espanyol in the final held at Glasgow. They also secured the fourth place of Premier League at the same season and immediate return to Champions League. 3.Spurs might win 3 Football League Cups during that period in 2007, 2008, and 2015. The 2009 one remains intact with a defeat. 4.Spurs will play in the Champions League for 2012/13 season because Chelsea failed to win the Champions League 2011/12 after losing to Bayern Munich, which means Europa League qualification for Chelsea (proved immaterial because Chelsea failed to defend the Champions League title by finishing third below Juventus and Shakhtar Donetsk, but still won the Europa League the same year).

The title of the video perfectly sums up what I’ve been telling people about my club for years. The best club ever to fail countless world class individuals and achieve nothing in the process. If people question my loyalty, I tell them I’ve supported spurs all my life, it’s normally enough to counter that argument

This just reminds me of my favourite ever moment of my life: my ex girlfriend once asked me an incredibly great question!!! What is a spurs? It was amazing, I think I had good influence on her Irons ⚒❤

You should make a video on Arda Turans antics, guy had some memorable moments off the pitch

At one point they had bale, modric, van de vaart together in a team

This was an excellent documentary. Thoroughly enjoyed watching

Hes only gone and released another banger. Youre honestly on a role mate

Really enjoyed this, well put together as usual

I’m a spurs fan and I know what happens, 1. Incompetent board Daniel Levy has been our chairman for 20+ years now, and he doesn’t want to spend money on good players, we missed out on Bruno, Dybala and Bastoni because Levy doesn’t want to spend money on good players, yet spends 60 million on a mid Richarlison, which I find absurd. 2. Less attraction to managers, In result of this lack of financial backing makes good managers look away, which means we can’t get a solid project down, 3. Lack of recruitment options, As a result of the non-solid project, players don’t want to come to the club, which means we can’t get a good team, That’s what I think has happened at Spurs.

keep it going vizeh as a totnaham fan myself great vid keep this up❤

My dads company designed Tottenham’s stadium. Haven’t been yet since we live in the United States but planning a trip to go there this summer!

David Ginola what a talent that guy was . He was a true pleasure to watch that could pull a piece of pure brilliance out of his hat at any time

Love your pronounciation of Heung Ming Son. It sounds like you saying Human Son

Thank you for the wonderful video! Watched it while working out and gave me so much joy and strength to push on 😜🤣 COYG 🔴⚪

Great vid as always lad. Was going to say you made a mistake missing out Leicester in the intro. But they have 3 pieces of silverware compared to them 😂

Never stop doing these videos (thank you in advance) they are amazing

Can’t even beat a Second Team Sheffield United side with there First team 😂😂😂😂🔴⚪️🔴⚪️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️

I'm often baffled by how bitter Spurs fans can be toward us Liverpool fans. But honestly, seeing the wider context behind that CL final loss (and now being able to freely admit they were actually the better team on the night), it's kind of understandable. Anyway, great video!

A great watch. Really interesting and informative 👍... - From a random Arsenal fan.

As a new spurs fan started watching in January, yes im insane

Absolutely brilliant Vid. Make one about Everton next pls.

Vizeh i want you to know when you were making more fifa videos, my favorite videos were the non fifa ones because i just like you as a speaker. Good stuff

Spurs in London Richest city in Europe That's the reason successful but failed clib😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 As a indian spurs fan it's very disturbed me but a loyal fan always loyal with club Love spurs from india But india have city and United fans more than spurs

Would love to see a in depth liverpool video just to see what he would talk about

"Chicken Ball FC" -one wise guy

Damn this was painful But it made me reremember how good we were when Poch was here and now that we are searching for a manager we can go back for Poch or Nagelsmann(he just got sacked) or Enrique

This is easier to watch than most Spurs games atm 😅😭

I’m blaming the board and some of our fans. To me, I demand trophies. I would be fine with playing in the Europa League if it meant we won it. Top four is not success to me. Trophies is. Unfortunately, this board does not have the same ambition.

As an Arsenal fan, this has been the best video I’ve watched this week.

This is sensational work Vizeh 💯🔥

Need a " West Ham way" video

painful watch but you're spot on again we are a business not a football club.

Tottenham are like a Greek drama so close yet so far, they need need to spend on players

Things might have been different if they'd managed to hold on to Paul Mitchell as DoF. His departure was a big loss.

What I've learned from playing FUT, don't try to score goals you'll only concede because you're making rash decisions that 9 times out of 10 don't work out. Tottenham are in the same boat where they did make the champions league final though some now decision making but ultimately they're are no where near that at tge moment. Though as an arsenal fan I do like to see them struggle😂😂

You are making great content week in week out 👍

Great to fill my sunday with some spurs missery on a international break. Thank you 😅

Enic but more specifically Daniel Levy and Joe Lewis are the only common denominator throughout all of this failure. #ENICOUT #LEVYOUT

Another banger ! Nice one Vizeh

Only Spurs can have great players like Kane and Son but still wins nothing in the end. Let me emphasize it, Arsenal and Manchester United on their worst era still won silverware while Spurs on their best era won nothing. The legacy of failure is the Spurs way. It's the history of the Tottenham.

I think you can look at it two ways. On one hand they are bigger than 95% of the club's in England so they should win things, but on the other they have had to grow financially during these times, and have maintained consistent levels for quite a while with plenty of seasons in the top four and champions league whilst having about the same budget as Everton had. They have not always had the revenues and then built the stadium, and once the debt for that is cleared revenue should enable further expansion. This does not excuse them for some of the cup losses though. The Chelsea ones hurt but it's the ones to smaller clubs that are inexcusable and just makes a mockery of the alleged 'desperation for a trophy'from those that are there. It also doesn't excuse a lack of financial backing for managers at key times.. Joe Lewis should have injected funds for players at least twice, but in truth they have often (not always) recruited poorly anyway and is why there is £100m of players on loan. Finally you can't underestimate the muscle of the bigger clubs in this day and age even if there are only a relative few. Having five financial powerhouses ahead makes it almost as hard for Spurs as anyone. In some ways they have done well to rub shoulders in these times with those clubs and disrupting the top four regularly. Everton have a history about the same but Spurs have outperformed them in the last 35 years. Same regarding the other closest in historical stature clubs like Villa and Newcastle. The final thing to note is Chelsea and City. Without either or both of these clubs doing what they have in the last 20 years, I am certain Spurs pick up a number of cups and would have been seen as one of the big four with Liverpool, Utd and the other lot but it is what it is.

A very interesting insight into spurs

I was not aware the Carling Cup was a major trophy...

Don't have much to comment about, but I like your content and comments help with the RU-vid algorithm 👍🏼

I only watch these Tottenham history videos because of Mislav Oršić Hat-trick in Zagreb.

A wise bald Italian man once said: Its da history of Tottenham

Anyone here after Tottenham is top of the table in matchweek 8?

Selling Kyle Walker for Davinson Sanchez is CRIMINAL

I love my spurs but lets be real... We've been HELLAVA lucky to have had, 1st Bale to drag us up into the higher tier of the PL and 2nd the perfect timing of Kane to keep us up there, without those 2 guys we would of been a mid table team and this video would be called. "Spurs - how do they get into the top 4"

I've been alive as long as Levy has had his job and we have the same number of trophies as a sporting director

26:18 The way you say Dynamo Zabreg cracks me up 😂 It's DEE-namo ZAG-reg, not DYNAMITE ZORGABUNA or whatever it is you said 🤣🤣

seems only right to go back to this vid now ahaha spuds are in the mud!!

I haven't finished the video but it is a mystery to me. I am a Spurs fan and luckily am old enough to remember one FA cup and two League cups (just missed the last UEFA cup Glory). I don't know why we keep falling at the last hurdle. Reasonably, we should have at least one more FA cup in the 21st century and were better than Liverpool IMO in the Champions League final. At the same time it doesn't hugely matter as when we do win it is all the sweeter and we have a fabulous club, with a great history and many of the best players of all time/all English time have played for us. What does suck is when we stop playing front foot, progressive football and play horrible dross and still fail to win.

“I want to Cry” -every Spurs every season

As a Feyenoord fan... I love this quite a lot.

Also with the conference league what makes it worse is Jose won it with Roma

I'm convinced Levy like causing spurs fans pain cuz why would he keep sacking managers on the verge of doing great things for the club? Poch sacked after a UCL Final, Jose sacked days before league Cup final and now Conte after he rightfully points out that no one at Spurs seems to want the very trophies the fans have been begging for, FOR DECADES. Jose called it FOOTBALL HERITAGE!

My friend is a Tottenham fan and I'm a Southampton fan so we both know we can't win any trophies😂

Love the narration

you should make a podcast channel i could play fifa and listen tbh

I wouldn't pretend to know what they should have done, but it is obvious that they could have carried momentum in the mid 2010's when they were on the rise, while all other big 6 teams were out of contention. Man United had just fallen from grace after a very long run of success and needed time to rebuild, Man City had ended its first era under UAE ownership and would have a 3 years spell with less success, Liverpool wasn't back on top yet, Arsenal was a bit sterile, and Chelsea was good but unreliable. At that point they should have built up on their rise to the top and won several titles. Pochettino was doing so great. This was Tottenham's occasion to rise as one of the very best european clubs, and a EPL title contender in 2015-2016, 2016-2017, and be in the fight with City and Liverpool once they were back on top. It's hard to explain I must say, because I think Pochettino did a great job and they could have done more. Maybe the stadium wasn't at the right time actually, a bit like for Arsenal it made them fall from grace.

this gonna be a tough watch coys

I've been a spurs fan since 14/15 when I got into football. It's so frustrating that there's a cycle repeating itself in this club and nothing is changing to fix that except changing managers every 18 months and wasting money on players we don't need. Regardless, Tottenham Hotspur is my club till I die - we will win silverware soon - COYS!

Someone in another video stated that Tottenham exist solely to make Arsenal fans feel better...

Owners are not ready to give time to the coach to settle in and build synergy with the players. When your players are down on morale, you need time to up their morale and inject winning mentality. Sacking Mourinho and now Conte is beyond ridiculous.

Funny how clips of Gazza and Hoddle are shown as if to suggest Spurs were different back then. Nope,the Spurs sides Hoddle and Gazza played for were actually worse in the league than the recent sides.

9:43 that happened in reverse this champions league year

As a spurs fan it fucking hurts.

Spurs always start the season strong but always fizzle out dropping g points