{"id":501846,"date":"2026-03-29T13:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T13:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/501846\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T13:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T13:42:11","slug":"danny-murphy-names-tottenham-disadvantage-in-relegation-fight-with-west-ham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/501846\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Murphy names Tottenham disadvantage in relegation fight with West Ham"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\/ Add as preferred source on Google <\/a> <\/p>\n

Danny Murphy has predicted the outcome of the Premier League relegation battle and named the major disadvantage facing Spurs in the fight with West Ham.<\/p>\n

Just one point is separating\u00a0West Ham<\/a>\u00a0and bitter rivals Tottenham Hotspur going into the final seven games of the Premier League<\/a> relegation run-in.<\/p>\n

The fight for survival has been between the Hammers, Spurs, Nottingham Forest and Leeds of late.<\/p>\n

But after defeats to Aston Villa and Forest respectively last time out, many believe it may now be a straight shootout between West Ham and Tottenham to avoid dropping into the Championship.<\/p>\n

Murphy: West Ham\u2019s togetherness will keep them up over Spurs<\/p>\n

Nuno Espirito Santo\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0side will climb above Tottenham Hotspur with a win over Wolves when the action resumes after the international break.<\/p>\n

That would mark some turnaround which highlights the big difference between the Irons and their rivals from north London.<\/p>\n

This team stays up ahead of Spurs \ud83d\ude0e <\/p>\n

Only debate is Dinos or Todibo\u2026.<\/p>\n

\"ACredit: GRV Media <\/p>\n

While West Ham have been on the up with just three defeats from their last 13 games, Tottenham have fallen off a cliff and are yet to win a domestic game this year.<\/p>\n

That has seen Nuno\u2019s Hammers close a 12-point gap on Tottenham to a solitary point with seven games to go.<\/p>\n

While Spurs potentially being relegated for the first time in half a century has been making all the headlines, most feel the north Londoners will find the wins needed to survive.<\/p>\n

\"PunditCredit: Pool\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

But Danny Murphy<\/a> has named the major disadvantage facing Tottenham in the relegation fight with West Ham.<\/p>\n

Murphy has stated he feels Spurs will be the ones to drop, highlighting the fact West Ham and Forest have togetherness, organisation and \u2018a bit about them\u2019 whereas \u2018capitulating\u2019 Tottenham simply do not.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey (Tottenham) look all over the place,\u201d Murphy said on talkSPORT<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey showed a bit of resilience second half of Liverpool. Other than that, the games I\u2019ve seen have been pretty woeful. And they don\u2019t look together\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2018Capitulating\u2019 Tottenham destined for drop over West Ham says Murphy<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re fighting down on the bottom, the one thing you\u2019ve got to have is a resilience and togetherness and a desire to defend. The really worrying thing (against Forest) was the capitulation. The energy didn\u2019t go the other way, which it should do when you\u2019re 1-0 down in terms of your reaction. They shrunk. They shrunk and it looked, there was a bit of fear in them, which is understandable because they\u2019ve struggled at home so badly. And the expectation of the crowd is there, the disgruntlement\u2019s there and it takes a strong mindset to play through that. <\/p>\n

\u201cDefensively, you have to be clued up, switched on, do the basics right. And they don\u2019t. They don\u2019t. And that\u2019s the coach\u2019s fault..<\/p>\n

Is this the WORST prediction of the season? \ud83d\ude02 <\/p>\n

Rob Earnshaw predicts West Ham to get just 3 more points\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know, I\u2019ve got a feeling no (Spurs won\u2019t stay up) at the minute\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I watch Forest second half against Tottenham, they didn\u2019t half have a good shape without the ball. Really good shape. <\/p>\n

\"NunoPhoto by Kevin Hodgson\/MI News\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cWest Ham now under Nuno. They\u2019ve got a good shape, good platform. I know Villa beat them. Villa are a good side. You know, you can go to Villa when you\u2019re playing well, never mind when you\u2019re (down the bottom) and get beat.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut that was only West Ham\u2019s second defeat in seven. So they\u2019ve got a bit about them. They\u2019re having a go. And the reason I think Tottenham, if they keep the manager, will go is because I don\u2019t see anybody who\u2019s just about to get fit or sitting on the bench waiting in the wings who\u2019s got the capability of grabbing a game and calming everybody down and getting them playing\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve looked at all the teams\u2019 fixtures down there and I think they (Tottenham) are struggling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Murphy was keen to stress a change of coach from Igor Tudor could give Spurs the spark to turn it around.<\/p>\n

Adolf Hutter looks set to become Tottenham boss<\/a>, according to reports this week after Roberto De Zerbi turned them down.<\/p>\n

West Ham will have more than one eye on who is appointed with fears a new manager bounce could condemn them to the Championship.<\/p>\n

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