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Andre Villas-Boas faces a backlash from Tottenham fans tomorrow night after claiming they gave his players "no help."

The Spurs manager launched an astonishing attack on his own supporters after the narrow 1-0 win against Hull, accusing them of generating a "negative" atmosphere at White Hart Lane.

As Tottenham fans responded angrily on Twitter, branding AVB's tactics dull and over-cautious, the affiliated Tottenham Hotspur Supporters Trust offered Villas-Boas qualified support for his outburst.

But with Spurs facing a sequel against the Tigers in the Capital One Cup, a section of their fanbase - whose cheapest adult season tickets cost £730 - warned the Portugese is playing with fire.

One blogger from Colchester warned: "Now hang on a minute Andre! We are accused of creating "much anxiety" on the pitch... the tactics we have been employing have created much anxiety.

"We come to the Lane to be entertained by the team so, Andre, if you do your part of the bargain, then we will do ours. Spurs have become boring to watch and it's your job to fix it."

And another fan wrote: "I hate watching us just now. We are so negative and pedestrian in our play."

Games involving Tottenham have so far produced fewer goals - 14 in nine games - than any other Premier League team to date this season.

In three of their wins, the only goal has come from the penalty spot. Roberto Soldado made no mistake again on Sunday, although Hull were incensed by referee Michael Oliver's handball verdict against Ahmed Elmohamady.

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And two holding midfielders in AVB's preferred 4-2-3-1 formation have often stifled their creativity against opponents who park the bus.

Twelve clean sheets in 15 games, and fourth place in the table - just three points behind leaders Arsenal - has not been enough to satisfy sections of Tottenham's famously critical support.

Darren Alexander, vice-chairman of the THST, said: "We back AVB on what he said about the atmosphere at White Hart Lane - it has been getting worse over the last three or four years.

"It's easy to be negative because Sunday's game was dull and we didn't enjoy it, which is a fairly new phenomenon for Tottenham supporters.

"But we are fourth in the table, we've made our best-ever start in the Premier League era and there are lots of reasons not to fall out with AVB.

"All the jigsaw pieces are there to make us successful and exciting, but he is still putting the puzzle together. Let's not fall out now - but let's also remember this is a partnership. Fans need to get behind the team, and the team needs to excite the crowd."

Tottenham's damage limitation machine went into overdrive yesterday, revealing that England defender Kyle Walker, 23, had signed a new five-and-a-half year contract to keep him in north London until 2019.

Meanwhile, Andre Villas-Boas believes the language barrier is preventing £30m record signing Erik Lamela from reproducing his best form.

The 21-year-old Argentina international has yet to start a Premier League game for Spurs, and AVB admitted: "He knows he is not producing half of what he can produce, but he understands that he has to compete for his place.

"We have been speaking a lot with him. I think getting acquainted to the Premier League is important but he doesn't know the language. (Roberto) Soldado had some knowledge of the language before he arrived at the club, so it was a little bit easier for him.

"With Erik it was a little bit more difficult but we have given him massive, massive help and his family arrived this week."