Harry Redknapp has called on Tottenham's fans to get behind Heurelho Gomes and insists he has no plans to ditch the goalkeeper this summer.
With the arrival of goalkeeping coach Tony Parks, the Brazilian quickly improved his performances, but a couple of mistakes in the last few weeks have raised doubts about his future at the club.
Gomes spilled Cristiano Ronaldo's routine shot to hand Real Madrid victory at White Hart Lane last month and the stopper's error also led to Frank Lampard's winner at Chelsea last week, although replays showed the keeper successfully scrambled back to prevent the ball from crossing the line.
Redknapp was disappointed to hear Spurs fans ironically cheering Gomes every time he made a save following Lampard's strike at Stamford Bridge, and he does not want the same thing to happen when his team take on Blackpool at White Hart Lane.
Tottenham supporters rallied around Peter Crouch after his costly sending off in the 4-0 defeat in the Bernabeu, and he replied by scoring two goals in his first game back to help the team beat Stoke 3-2.
Redknapp has warned that Gomes' confidence could dip to an all-time low if the fans do not offer their number one the same kind of support.
"He needs the crowd to support him," Redknapp said.
"I don't want to hear ironic cheers when he makes his first save.
"It doesn't help his confidence or the team. It doesn't help anyone.
"The fans were fantastic here with Crouchy in the game after he got sent off. We need them to back Gomes. We need everyone to stick with him now and not just suddenly turn on him.
"We don't need it. It doesn't help us. It makes everyone edgy."
Gomes' performance after Lampard's goal, which plunged Tottenham to sixth in the league, was far from assured.
Redknapp insists that the 30-year-old will bounce back from his latest clanger though and says he has no plans to replace him with another keeper next season.
"I've never thought about getting rid of him," Redknapp said.
"He is a great character, a lovely man, a fantastic fella and a top goalkeeper.
"He made a couple of mistakes but it's up to him now to come through that. He has been fine in training. He has to come out on Saturday and have a great game."
With Spurs now all but certain to be out of the running for Champions League football next year, Redknapp has turned his attention to how he hopes to boost his squad to make sure they qualify next year.
The 64-year-old is keen on making at least two top-class additions to his squad and also wants to get rid of the fringe players who are out on loan.
"Jamie has done well at Wolves, but the others haven't done so well," Redknapp said.
"That could make it harder for us to sell them but we need to trim the squad. What we need to do is sell five or six players and bring in two or three top-quality players so we can start challenging the top four teams every year."
Redknapp has reluctantly agreed to let Niko Kranjcar leave the club this summer after a meeting with the wantaway Croatian this week.
Rumours of Redknapp's displeasure with Aaron Lennon's decision to pull out of Tottenham's game in Madrid through illness have prompted reports that the Spurs boss is unhappy with the winger, but he denies that is the case.
"I want Aaron to stay. He's never had a bust-up with me, that's absolute rubbish," Redknapp said.
"I have never, ever crossed words with the boy. How do they dream these things up? I have never had an argument with him."
Vedran Corluka's hamstring injury means that Danny Rose could be in line to make his first appearance since he scored a fierce volley in last April's north London derby at White Hart Lane.
