With the appointment of Roberto de Zerbi, Tottenham are on to their third manager this season and they are in serious relegation trouble. How, I ask, can a club with so much going for it end up in such a mess?

In the past few years, Spurs have developed a state-of-the art stadium and training facilities which are the match of anything across the globe.

Both are something I'm sure the club's hierarchy are extremely proud of but, with that in mind, I'd like to recall a quote from one of these islands' greatest football legends, Bill Shankly, who once asked if you had a choice of a great stadium and no team, or a poor stadium and a great team, which would you choose?

Bill followed it up by saying he'd have a poor stadium and a great team because the people come to see the team.

He's right, of course. Football is about the players and the game, not the surrounds.

From my perspective as a former manager, I know supporters just want to see their teams win, and they will...