Spurs don’t win because you don’t think like winners

Why Tottenham Hotspur Fans Don’t Understand Winning – And How That’s Holding the Club Back

The science behind winning mindsets — and why most fans don’t have one

🟨 Stop Blaming the Club. Start Looking in the Mirror

The blame game - Spurs fans need to look in the mirroe

Tottenham Hotspur are three wins (5 games - 3 rounds) away from lifting a major European trophy again.

Three wins away from our 7th cup final under Daniel Levy.

Three wins away from Champions League qualification.

Three wins away from ending a painful, barren chapter.

And what are sections of the fanbase doing?

• Protesting against the manager

• Abusing players online

• Protesting against the chairman

• Abusing the chairman online

• Protesting against the owners

• Abusing the owners online

• Abusing the club online

• Abusing the recruitment team online

• Debating which coach should replace the current one — while he’s still fighting for silverware

• Booing substitutions and chanting “You don’t know what you’re doing” during a live match

This isn’t frustration.

This isn’t “passion.”

This is mental sabotage — and the worst part? 

It’s self-inflicted.

“You don’t understand winning if you think this is how winners behave.”

Seriously, you don’t understand winning if you think this is how winners behave, they don't

The significance of that will still be lost on losing mentalities!

Tottenham fans are not losing because of tactics.

They're not falling short because of a lack of talent, of skilled players.

They’re losing because...

The atmosphere around this club is poisoned by a misunderstanding of what support actually is.

Support is different in the social media age than the 1960's and 70's.

When a fan protest is scheduled three days before a European quarter-final…

Protest, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Game... 

God, you have to explain every detail to these people.

When social media is a warzone of negativity...

While the team prepares for its biggest match of the season…

Don’t be surprised when trophies stay out of reach.

By no stretch of the imagination can that be helpful.

🗯️ Quote block (for social media):

“If you plant doubt Monday to Wednesday, don’t expect belief on Thursday.”

If you plant doubt on social media Monday to Wednesday, don’t expect belief on Thursday

 Belief wins, but Spurs fans create a lack of belief and expect to win. It's absurd.

🎨 THBN Graphic Idea:
A split image of:

• Left side: Fans protesting, booing, tweeting angrily

• Right side: Players walking out for a European quarter-final under pressure

Caption:

“Which side is helping Tottenham win?”

It's a damn good question!

🟥 The Harsh Truth – Most People Don’t Think Like Winners

Spurs fans - The harsh truth they cop a deaf'un to

You think you’re a “passionate fan.”

You think your opinions are sharp, insightful and based on “standards.”

But here’s what science — not opinion — says:

You probably don’t have a winning mentality.
In fact, statistically, you almost certainly don’t.

Science tells you the facts: You don't have a winning mentality

Science is wrong and you are right - nope.

🧪 The 100 Schoolchildren Study

Let’s start with a shocking long-term study involving 100 schoolchildren followed into adulthood:

• 1 became truly successful — independently wealthy, impactful and fulfilled

• 4 stayed afloat — managing life without falling into hardship

• 95 either required government assistance, underachieved, or gave up on their ambitions

🧠 That’s 95% who either survived or sank — not because they lacked talent…
…but because they never developed the mindset required to win.

“Success isn’t a birthright — it’s a mentality. And 95 out of 100 never get it.”

Mentality: 95/100 don't have it.

 Science tells it like it is - you complainers ain't got it

📊 Real Studies. Real Numbers.

1️⃣ Growth Mindset? Rare.

Only 40% of people show traits of a growth mindset — believing they can improve, overcome, and rise.
The rest either doubt themselves or believe talent is fixed and life is unfair.
📚 (Sisk et al., 2018 – Psychological Science)

2️⃣ Accountability? Even Rarer.

Only 30–40% of people believe they control their own success.
The rest blame referees. Managers. Other fans.
📚 (Rotter, 1966 – Locus of Control)

3️⃣ Resilience Under Pressure? Just 1 in 3.

Repeated studies on challenge and failure show:

• 33% persist under pressure

• 67% either quit, freeze, or self-sabotage
  📚 (Martin Seligman, 1975 – Learned Helplessness)

4️⃣ Fear of Failure? Rampant.

More than 60% of people fear failing more than they desire success.
And guess what fear creates?
Toxicity. Blame. Anxiety.
📚 (Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 – Fear of Failure in Performance Settings)

🎯 So let’s be clear:

• Most fans screaming “Spurs always bottle it”

• Most fans abusing players on X all week

• Most fans slamming the manager’s every decision
  Are part of the 70–95% of people who think like losers.

They don't know how to win — because they’ve never lived, breathed, or understood what winning actually takes.

🗯️ Quote block (for social media):

“If you're in the 95% — sit down, shut up and stop sabotaging the 5% who are trying to win.”

“Spurs complainers — sit down, shut up and stop sabotaging the 5% who are trying to win.”

Proper supporters support

🎨 THBN Graphic Idea:
A bar chart labelled:

• “1% = Winners”

• “4% = Survivors”

• “95% = Blamers, Quitters, and Critics”

Caption:

“Which one are you really?”

This next section is where I really strip it down...

And show the fanbase exactly what a winning mentality looks like… 

And why most Spurs fans are nowhere near it.

🟩 What the Science Says About Mentality

A winning mentality is lacking among Spurs fans

Everyone talks about “mentality.”

But most people have no idea what that actually means.

So I'll break it down for you…

Not with opinions — with scientific truths.

🧠 Winning Mentality vs Losing Mentality: Side by Side

“If you criticise like a loser, doubt like a loser and blame like a loser…
Don’t act surprised when the club plays like losers.”

📚 The Science Behind Each Trait

• Growth Mindset (Dweck, 2006): Those with a belief in self-improvement outperform others long term — even when starting with less talent.

• Locus of Control (Rotter, 1966): Those with internal control earn more, lead more and succeed more — while externals make excuses.

• Pressure Performance (Beilock, 2011): Athletes under pressure perform worse when they focus on judgement, not action. Constant fan abuse increases self-consciousness, which triggers more errors.

• Emotional Contagion (Kramer, 2014): Fan negativity is contagious. If fans are toxic, players absorb that energy — subconsciously or not.
  
  

  Spurs players absorb fan toxicity — subconsciously or not

  
  

🎯 Here’s what this means for Spurs:

You want the team to go into the UEFA Europa League quarter-final full of belief and aggression.

But if their social feeds...

And matchday atmosphere...

Are dripping in doubt and derision…

You’re asking them to climb a mountain with a fanbase standing on their backs.

🗯️ Quote block (for social media):

“Mentality wins finals. But only when fans bring one too.”

Mentality wins finals, it takes more than just turning up on the day to support

 You're either helping or you're not

🎨 THBN Graphic Idea: A split image of two stadium crowds:

• Left: Arms raised, chanting with belief — green-tinted overlay

• Right: Arms folded, phones out, booing — red-tinted overlay
  Text:

“One drives momentum. The other kills it. Be honest — which are you?”

The Winning mentality vs Losing mentality image you can share on social media

 Don't forget to link the image back to the article

In the next section...

I'll expose the hypocrisy of so-called “support...” 

And force Spurs fans to confront their behaviour...

Before it's too late.

#ProperSupportersSupport

🟦 Why Spurs Fans Think They Support — But Don’t

Let’s be clear:

Supporting your club doesn’t mean showing up for 90 minutes on a Saturday after spouting six days of online poison.

Spouting online poison for 6 days to cheer for 90 minutes is hypocricy

That’s not support.

That’s not loyalty.

That’s not helping the team.

That’s performance support — and it’s doing more damage than you realise.

You say:

“We want the best for the club.”

But you tweet:

“Ange out. He’s clueless.”

You chant:

“Come on you Spurs!”

But three days earlier you posted:

“We’re never winning anything with this lot.”

You call yourself a supporter…

…but behave like a saboteur with a scarf.

🎯 Example: Chelsea Away — The Turning Point of Hypocrisy

Let’s talk facts.

Tottenham Hotspur were still in the game. Still in the hunt for a trophy this season.

And what did sections of the away end do?

• Booed Ange’s substitutions

• Chanted that he didn’t know what he was doing

• Turned on their own players — in a game against big rivals with a European quarter-final looming

What kind of “support” is that?

Meanwhile, a fan protest is planned days before the Europa League quarter-final... 

The last chance for silverware… 

And possibly the only route into Europe next season.

You couldn’t write this.

“This isn’t tough love. This is emotional cowardice dressed up as passion.”

📡 Djed Spence: The Darling You Can’t Criticise

Against Chelsea...

It was Djed Spence who failed to close down Palmer...

And prevent the cross...

The root cause of the decisive goal.

The exact problem I highlighted weeks before...

And got abused for...

Clearly by non-coaches.

Any coach sees that. 

Every elite analyst sees that.

Thomas Tuchel sees that.

But what did the fanbase do?

• Ignored the initial error

• Turned on the centre-backs

• Protected Spence like he’s above criticism

This isn’t support.

It’s delusion.

Spence isn’t the best right-back in the Premier League.

England didn’t pick him.

So he's not even the best English right-back in the league.

Tuchel would rather use a midfielder at right-back than pick him.

That tells you everything.

But some fans...

And clueless pundits...

Act like it’s sacrilege to critique him.

🗯️ Quote block (for social media):

“You’re not supporting Spurs. You’re defending your favourites — and blaming everyone else.”

You're not supporting Spurs if you're supporting part-time when your conditions are met!

You're not supporting Spurs, you're supporting your ego

🗯️ Quote block (for social media):

Monday: “This team bottles everything.”
Tuesday: “Ange has to go.”
Wednesday: “Our players are frauds.”
Thursday: “COME ON YOU SPURS!! 💪🔥”

Caption:

“Support isn’t a costume you put on for 90 minutes.”

Complain all week, support for 90 minutes and claim to be a supporter LOL

 "Support isn't a 90 minute costume."

“Are you part of the solution, or part of the bottling culture?”

🟪 Serial Winners Think Differently — So Do Their Fans

Winners (like I am) think differently to the rest of you

If you want to understand why some clubs win and others choke...

Don’t just look at formations and signings.

Look at the mentality of the fans.

Because the most successful clubs in the world have one thing in common...

Their supporters don’t shrink.

They believe first, criticise constructively later.

They stand with...

Not above...

Their club.

🏆 What Winning Fanbases Do:

• Back the manager when it gets tough

• Create intimidating atmospheres that lift their own team and rattle the opposition

• Build energy before a big game — not anxiety

• Stick together until the job is done

Go to Anfield on a European night.

Go to the Westfalenstadion.

Watch Boca Juniors fans before a final.

You’ll find belief, not bickering.

Roar, not rage.

Unity, not ultras with ego.

🤡 What Losing Fanbases Do:

• Overreact to every mistake

• Focus more on proving themselves right than pushing the team forward

• Destroy belief before the players even get on the pitch

• Turn up with folded arms and folded minds

“Losers want to be right. Winners want to lift trophies — even if they’re wrong along the way.”

The protestors support their ego, not the club

The protestors put their ego before the club, a loser's mentality, as science has proven.

🧠 Backed by Science:

📚 Dr. Sian Beilock’s studies on pressure (2011) show that athletes under pressure perform worse when they feel judged or unsupported.

📚 Emotional contagion studies (Kramer et al., 2014) prove that negativity spreads faster than belief — especially online.

📚 Mindset research (Dweck, 2006) confirms that belief in improvement triggers better performance, more resilience and faster recovery after failure.

So when a fanbase fills the air...

And the internet...

With doubt, sarcasm and fatalism…

It’s not “just opinions.” It’s poison in the bloodstream.

🟧 The Callout — Fans, You’re Holding the Club Back

Tottenham Hotspur fans are always asking:

“Why don’t we win trophies?”

But maybe the better question is:

“How can we win with this kind of negative energy around the club?”

Because right now, the squad isn’t being carried by its fans…

It’s dragging them behind like dead weight.

And here’s the truth no one wants to say out loud:

“The club isn’t just fighting the opposition.
It’s fighting the culture that’s developed around its own name.”

A losing culture, masked as “support.”

The club are having to fight the culture the fans have created

 The club didn't invent Spursy - negative (losing) fans mentality did

You can change managers.

You can sign new players.

You can rebuild the stadium a dozen times.

But if the energy around the badge is toxic, anxious and self-entitled...

The outcome will always be the same:

• Doubt.

• Blame.

• Bottling.

• Repeat.

💥 The Final: Thursday 10th April

This isn’t just a quarter-final.

It’s the last shot at a trophy.

The last route into the Champions League.

Possibly the last chance to keep certain top players.

And what are we seeing?

• Fans protesting.

• Fans plotting the manager’s exit.

• Fans still convinced they know more than the coach.

• Fans still thinking they represent “standards” — when they don’t even recognise winning standards when they see them.

You want to know how you support a team in a moment like this?

You turn up on social media with positivity all week.

You turn up early.

You make noise.

You shut down the critics.

You light the place up with belief.

You light up social media with belief.

You carry them over the line — because that’s what real supporters do.

🗯️ Final Quote Block (for social media):

“If you don’t have a winning mentality…
Stop pretending you’re the one who knows how to fix Tottenham Hotspur.”

🎨 THBN Graphic Idea:
Large bold headline on black background:

“Fans. You’re Either the 12th Man… or the 12th Excuse.”

Subheading in yellow:

“It’s time to choose.”

🔚 CTA (Call to Action):

💬 What to Do Next:

If you truly want Tottenham Hotspur to win this Thursday:

• Stop moaning.

• Stop undermining.

• Stop pretending your tweets are helping.

• Start supporting.

📲 Share this article with every fan who needs to hear it.

Because the biggest change Tottenham Hotspur could make right now…
Isn’t on the pitch.

It’s in the stands.

And in the mirror.

Proper Supporters Support

COYS