Former Tottenham midfielder blasts players who were ‘miles off it’ after woeful display against Wolves

Jamie O’Hara pulled no punches with his thoughts on Tottenham Hotspur’s performance against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Wolves came into the Premier League fixture without a win in their opening five top flight fixtures and came up against a Tottenham side who were well below their best.

Despite having the best chances in the first half, Tottenham were unable to make any count with Mohammed Kudus going the closest when his headed effort was tipped onto the crossbar.

Destiny Udogie saw plenty of the ball in attacking phases down the left in the opening half, but with Xavi Simons also playing on the same flank, there was little creativity.

Jamie O’Hara blasts Tottenham’s efforts in Wolves draw

O’Hara was not impressed by what he saw from Tottenham, who had the opportunity to capitalise on the likes of Chelsea and Liverpool both suffering defeats on Saturday afternoon.

Wolves took the lead in the 54th minute when Guglielmo Vicario decided to palm the ball away, rather than catch it, which allowed Santiago Bueno to react quickest and prod the ball into the net.

Thomas Frank’s men barely created a single chance after falling behind and looked clueless of how to unlock the Wolves defence with Xavi Simons putting in his worst performance since joining Tottenham in the summer transfer window.

Joao Palhinha scored a wonderful equaliser in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time to spare Tottenham blushes and salvage a point.

O’Hara took to social media platform X to write: “Paulinha just got us out of a massive hole, let’s be honest though we were absolutely terrible, some of them are miles off it, same performances from players I saw all last season”

Thomas Frank got his team selection wrong

Frank may not have admitted it after the match, but he got it wrong when he picked his starting eleven to face Wolves.

Joao Palhinha and Rodrigo Bentancur struggle to play alongside each other due to their similar strengths, Pape Matar Sarr would have been a more logical option instead of Bentancur due to the tireless running which the Senegalese puts in each game.

Xavi Simons will certainly not want to watch this game back, he was miles off it. His first touch evaded him on more than one occasion. It’s baffling why Frank did not start him under the number ten role following his cameo at Brighton, or at least react during the game and look to move him inside.

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