Glenn Hoddle warns Jose Mourinho he’s currently doing something Spurs fans ‘won’t put up with’

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Tottenham Hotspur legend Glenn Hoddle has warned Jose Mourinho that Spurs fans “won’t put up” with negative football if they don’t keep winning.

Jose Mourinho’s charges locked horns with Wolves on Sunday and got off to the perfect start as Tanguy Ndombele opened the scoring after less than a minute.

A Conor Coady clearance from a Son Heung-min corner fell to Ben Davies, who set up Ndombele at the top of the area for a low, hard shot beyond the reach of Rui Patricio.

However, Tottenham’s subsequent cautious approach didn’t pay off, with Wolves dominant in the second half as they ended up with a deserved point through a late equaliser.

Romain Saiss headed in from Pedro Neto’s corner in the 87th minute, and Spurs’ opponents could have even won it late on, were it not for Fabio Silva’s header lacking power.

“It’s very frustrating looking at Spurs,” Hoddle told Optus Sport after the game.

“It’s a pattern, it looks like they’re playing with the handbrake on. There are players there who have more talent than he’s allowing them to [show].

“Whilst they’re winning matches and they might bring silverware to Tottenham, there’s a style that Tottenham have had for so many years and Spurs fans won’t put up with it if they don’t keep winning.

“They haven’t got that freedom that they’ve had in yesteryear. There are times now – enough of them where they’ve been 1-0 up, semi control of the game [and that’s happened].

“For Spurs to do anything this season and become more consistent they’ve got to go and look for the second goal and go for the throat rather than put the handbrake on.”

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While Mourinho’s tactics may have worked in previous games – the wins over Manchester City and Arsenal, plus the Chelsea draw – they have backfired more recently, with four games without a win now.

The draw with Wolves was especially frustrating, given the hosts’ defence – which hasn’t long switched to a back four after a long time with three at the back – was rattled early on and Spurs should’ve continued applying pressure.

Instead they sought to defend their lead, invited attacks, and gave Nuno Espirito Santo’s charges a chance to get back into the game, which they took.