Tottenham face Everton on Sunday as Thomas Frank aims to get back to winning ways.
Spurs suffered a 2-1 defeat against Aston Villa last time out in the Premier League, before a miserable 0-0 draw against Monaco in the UEFA Champions League on Thursday.
Guglielmo Vicario was required to make eight saves on a night where Spurs were fortunate to avoid defeat, as Monaco recorded 21 shots in total.
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If that poor display had not already sapped the confidence from Tottenham fans, the involvement of Craig Pawson on Sunday might well do it.
Craig Pawson will oversee Everton vs Tottenham despite sparking anger at Spurs last season
Some fans may recall that it was Pawson who officiated the 1-0 defeat against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last term, where he took as long as six minutes to determine whether a goal from Pape Sarr should have stood.
It caused a real stir in the Tottenham camp, with Ange Postecoglou visibly frustrated at the delay, while Graham Roberts even posted an outburst on X (previously known as Twitter) which read: “The PGMOL should suspend the referee Craig Pawson and whoever the referee was in VAR – they are ruining the game.”
It was a shambles in every sense of the word.
Postecoglou – who Nottingham Forest sacked after just eight games – even sounded like he wanted to quit football entirely after the game, dejectedly admitting: “It’s going to be refereed by AI soon. We might as well dispense with the players when some genius comes up with a game with no participants at some point, as referees aren’t refereeing.
“Whether I think its a foul or not, does not matter. VAR was called in for clear and obvious errors. How long did it take tonight? Six minutes. For a clear and obvious error?”
Entire officiating team for Everton vs Tottenham
Referee: Craig Pawson Assistants: Lee Betts, Mat Wilkes Fourth official: Tony Harrington VAR: Stuart Attwell Assistant VAR: Constantine Hatzidakis
Stuart Attwell – another to have left Tottenham baffled – is on VAR duty
Pawson will be supported by Stuart Attwell on VAR duty for the clash against Everton on Sunday, but he too has caused confusion in the Spurs camp before.
Back in February 2023, the 43-year-old showed Hakim Ziyech a straight red card just as the players prepared to head down the tunnel for the interval following a scuffle with Emerson Royal.
However, Attwell did so before checking the incident himself.
Ziyech was then advised not to go down the tunnel before he could check the incident, eventually changing his decision to a yellow card, but the incident caused controversy as he actually underwent his refereeing duties in the wrong order, technically.
Therefore, Tottenham fans will have little faith in both Pawson and Attwell for the trip to Merseyside on Sunday.