Shambles: Twitter Reacts To AVB Sacking

After 18 months in charge of Tottenham Hotspur, Andre Villas-Boas was today sacked as Spurs boss and the north London club are now on the search for a new man to lead them up the table. The pressure had been getting to him over the last few weeks as he watched his side get torn apart 6-0 by Manchester City and then 5-0 by Liverpool yesterday.

It seems harsh on the Portuguese coach as his side sit just five points outside the top four with 16 games gone, but nothing surprises us in football anymore. Here are a selection of the best tweets concerning the departure.

The general feel amongst football fans was that the amount of players that he had to bed in demanded more time from the Spurs hierarchy.

#FACT André Villas-Boas had the highest win percentage (53.7%) from any Spurs manager in the Premier League era. pic.twitter.com/5e939xpqo2

— BT Sports Panel (@BTSP) December 16, 2013

AVB had 7 new players in his Tottenham squad who had never played in the Premier League before…..no time.

— FootballFacts101 (@FootballFact101) December 16, 2013

Tottenham Hotspur’s next manager will be their 12th different manager during Arsene Wenger’s time at Arsenal.

— Uber Football Facts (@UberFotbalFacts) December 16, 2013

 Arsenal fans were obviously enjoying it, though!

Trust good old Daniel Levy to brighten up Arsenal fan’s day after the Champions Lg draw. Tottenham Hotspur are the biggest joke in football!

— Freddie Wright (@FreddieWright) December 16, 2013

Former Manchester United right-back and current England coach Gary Neville reacted strongly to the news, and it was clear to see who he thought was in the wrong.

So AVB gone now! Had to incorporate 7 new players which takes TIME/ TIME/ TIME! Rubbish! Let him finish his work!!

— Gary Neville (@GNev2) December 16, 2013

Prime Ministers and Presidents get 4/5 years for a reason!

— Gary Neville (@GNev2) December 16, 2013

How is a club supposed to achieve any sort of stability if the manager is sacked as soon as they have a wobble? Shambles

— Patrick Gleeson (@PattyGlee) December 16, 2013