Spurs in crisis meltdown: Demonstration planned
Monday, March 5, 2012 at 8:59PM Dear Mr Levy,
My beloved Tottenham Hotspur are in crisis.
Two successive, devastating defeats have seen us concede eight goals as we plummet down from third place into the abyss of no recovery. We are a broken side. Momentum has deserted us. Lady luck preferring to lift her skirt up for teams that parade in the colour red whilst we stand in the distance unable to catch a glimpse of her panties. The brazen little hussy. Teasing us for so long and giving us nothing in the end. We had it all in the grasp of our hands and lost it. This is Tottenham in a state of capitulation. Surrendering, waving the Lilywhite flag of despondency whilst we fall to our knees and beg for the comfort of mid-table mediocrity where hope was nothing but a deluded dream. This is Tottenham, with six gut wrenching defeats in total that leaves us shattered in our quest for the title.
This is meant to be the best Spurs side of recent years and yet we roll over at home against Utd, schooled on how to suck in pressure and counter attack. Naive at the back, wasteful at the front. All the while, Harry sat on the bench doing nothing, watching from the bench rather than animating himself on the touchline when everyone knows that you only win games if the gaffer is dominating his technical box with various dramatic hand movements or jumping up from his seat and celebrating every goal like he's just beaten the tax man in the high court.
Okay, so we had 60% of the possession but I ask you, why did we not have 70%? Or 75%? Or perhaps just had the 2% or 3% that United used up when Rooney and Young scored? Elsewhere, Parker and van der Vaart were anonymous and Bale lost and alone once more marauding off somewhere between a black hole and supernova instead of remaining on the left wing. Yeah sure, we bossed it. But we bossed it like a club bouncer that stands tall in front of the main entrance, throwing punches but never landing any and then skipping off to the toilet leaving the entrance unattended for uninvited guests to dart in for free. Soul destroying Harry called it. I call it old habits die hard.
Stick. The. Ball. In. The. Net. It's not exactly a difficult ask. The universe doesn't collapse in on its self if you happen to score against United. Or did we dedicate the game in honour of Howard Webb, who unfortunately is no longer with us (technically speaking not dead, but wasn't present during the duration of the match).
I didn't get to hear any of Alan Smith's commentary on Sky Sports, however I completely agree with whatever it was he said. He always has it nailed down that lad. An unbiased harbinger of truth. You might want to cite the controversy over the disallowed goal and had it stood we might have gone on to win. Watched it again. I'm positively certain the ball crossed the line. Mendes was robbed, blatantly.
I've simply had enough of the mismanagement that is costing us the potential to dare to achieve to aim to capture to possibly attain sustained progression that might lead to silverware. At the start of the season if you had said 'challenge for fourth spot?' I would have responded with 'no chance, we have to challenge for the very top'. Think back, I know you remember it as clearly as I do, like it was yesterday. We had higher expectations for the season ahead. Fourth is simply not good enough. I remember it just like it was yesterday. Except it wasn't yesterday was it? Because yesterday I was crying into my hands uncontrollably.
Mind the gap? Mind the gap? What ******* gap? There is no gap. We've eaten it like a zombie savaging its own limbs, feasting on its own flesh and blood. WHAT AM I MEANT TO DO WITH THE LONDON UNDERGROUND TATTOO ON MY CHEST? I had to have my nipples surgically repositioned to fit it in. Then spent more money having it recoloured when I realised the tattoo was red (never red). I've got lopsided nipples now because I trusted all those photo-shopped images shared on the internet via Twitter and message boards. The only gap I can see is the one in the face of Tottenham, teeth smashed out, black gaping holes where brilliant white once shined. We've lost our bragging rights and everybody knows you can only ever smile in public when you're winning. You're turning me into a social media hermit. You and him.
Redknapp has cost us 18 points this season and you, Mr Chairman, have fuelled the disappointment by not being speculative enough in the transfer market in January. A prime time to consolidate. Instead you preferred to amputate. We should have signed several players. You know who I'm talking about. Them lot. The ones that got mentioned. We needed them. We all agreed as supporters when watching You Tube footage. Even the press linked us. We could have done with them to give us more options. One for that position one for the other position. Years and years of splashing out money on crap players when we were crap and now that we're supposedly good we can't be bothered to spend money on top drawer targets to consolidate our position. Six defeats the outcome of your incompetence and insubordination to act with ambitious ruthlessness. Six defeats that Redknapp could have avoided if he was a (better) tactically astute coach, say if he was someone else altogether with different ideas and methods to apply them. How can we accept such negligence?
Here's the Roll of Shame in full technicolor:
5 - 1 City (H) - Destroyed at home by total football. A catalyst for our future collapse.
3 - 0 Utd (A) - Seasoned orchestrated dance recital consisting mostly of ballet performed by the team in white, a prelude ceremony to handing over the three points. Let's dispense with the formalities next time and just forfeit the game.
2 - 1 Stoke (A) - Typical Spurs, losing to a side that likes to get 'stuck in' because we don't have the foresight to knit in towels to our players shirts.
3 - 2 City (A) - Ledley King costing us points. He's past it. This game and the one up next in the list proves this to be the case, above and beyond all the games where he never made any mistakes. It's irrefutable. Go and read the blogs if you don't believe me. Bloggers know what they're talking about because unlike ordinary fans they go to the trouble of setting up a website to share their soundbites.
5 - 2 Arse (A) - Expected result. Let's be honest, everyone predicted this. The home side a far superior footballing beast with exquisite talent playing with technicality and expansive movement. With rapturous loyal support behind them, we froze like a rabbit in the headlight. The brilliant Walcott, a beautiful hybrid of Neo and Henry, showcasing the effectiveness that the Emirates (or should I say 'The Matrix') have applauded all season long. An eleven man team of colossus performers that are not at all concerned with little old Spurs. No really, ignore all the insistent references and quotes alluding to Spurs. A simple misunderstanding of language from spoken word to print. They haven't even noticed us. That Wenger, what a genius. He's still got it.
3 - 1 Utd (H) - Defeated before the whistle was blown. It's a contractual thing. Had we won this game we'd be back in the title hunt again. Instead we are free falling.
Four out of the above six defeats were against the Manchester sides. Astonishing. Embarrassing.
How can we accept the indignity of losing points to these teams in the manner that we did? Imagine had we failed to win any of our other matches in addition to these ones. We'd be in the midst of serious relegation fears. I pinned my hopes on a title challenge and yet here I am having to accept the mundane in comparison with the additional distraction of some mickey mouse cup polluting our fixture list. Any chance you can drop a brown envelope round to Harry's home tomorrow, I'll call the HMRC in advance, they can photograph the drop off and we could have another court case again to inspire the team into action. Perhaps invite Newcastle back to the Lane? Or better yet tell the players Chirpy is in hospital and in a coma and they need to raise their game for him, finish third in his honour. Seriously do it, because otherwise I just wasted time and effort breaking his knee-caps. I stink of blood and sweat. It's not easy you know, especially when they plead for mercy as you stand over them with a baseball bat. And roosters, damn, the mess they make when they're scared. Don't get me started on the smell.
The last two defeats prove that Harry is way over his head, incapable of producing the knowledge in the form of tactical reshuffles and selections to out-think his opponents. The past few seasons have been virtue of the talented squad he possesses. It's plain luck. Anyone can hug a few players, turn up periodically to training sessions and then sit on the bench to woo and aaah the action ongoing on the pitch. He's not good enough. We should be doing better than this. This is not good enough. In fact had you the foresight to employ someone else at the start of the season, by my calculations we'd be 5 points clear at the top now. You have ruined the opportunity for us to win the title in full blooded HD. We've overachieved for twenty-seven games and now we find ourselves crushing back to the harsh reality of averageness. We were only in a position of elevation because others around us are under performing. It's a false position. A crown of thorns. If this was any other season, say five years back or so, we'd have spent all season long in and around 6th place. We've been fooled, hook line and sinker.
Harry's still with us but his head isn't. It's been turned by England, which means he isn't actually here. We've just got an empty shell. Can you not see the cracks? England is seductively flirting with him. Yes, England, the bewildered wh*re that offers herself to anyone that wishes to spend a night in her bed and will no doubt kick him out when she experiences his limp efforts between the sheets. Not even a semi, a quarter probably...and that will hardly touch the sides.
He's taken us as far as he can. Seated in the departure lounge to oblivion.
We need to act quick, much like Chelsea have done. Bring in new blood to rejuvenate this tired weary dog. Football, it's all about inches, as Al Pacino once said in a film about strapping big Americans that are so insecure they need to pad out in amour to throw a rugby ball and chase it around with endless breaks puncturing the play. We could do with some of that padding. Inches? Pacino couldn't save us now. We're struggling with far longer distances and I'm about to bury my head in a bowl of coke screaming 'say hello to my little friend...Aaron Lennon'. And what use is he all on his own? There are only so many bullets in his magazine. It's not going to end well.
Spurs will always let you down. Fact. Sure, we qualified for the Champions League that one time, but did we win it? No. Thus, let down. You're only as good as your last game and we are nothing more than an apologetic mess too polite to score, always inviting to concede soft goals.
This is the crux of why I'm writing to you Mr Levy. Not to offer you a solution of any type but as a gentleman, to offer you notice of a demonstration at the next game to be played at White Hart Lane. It's time to make a stand and visually assassinate your senses and those that dare to look into the eyes of the revolution.
I will be bringing with me to the game a pack of Bassetts Jelly Babies, just eleven of them, each one representative of the first team and laying them on my seat post-game then leaving the ground. The Jelly Babies are post-modern effigies (all heads will be bitten off and spat towards the directors box), a statement of transparency that I will not ignore or be quiet as you stand and allow my club to die of footballing leprosy.
I hope others will join me in this defiant stand against the current upheaval we are being put through. My vision is to see entire blocks, empty seated, covered with Jelly Babies with the supporters leaving the ground willing to sacrifice their support for the greater good. For the long term.
This was a pinnacle point in our season and we failed the test. We are in free-fall. It's all beautifully illustrated by our distinct lack of creativity with taking set pieces. A very subtle inception, if you will, that has been placed deep in the minds of THFC, unaware of its poison and influence. An inception that sees us losing 5-8 points minimum per season because we can never take one with any genuine intent and hit the target convincingly consistently. This is holding us back. How can a top tier side (if that's what we're disguising ourselves as) not be competent in taking free-kicks with bullish confidence? I'll tell why, because you know you'll make more money selling Bale and Modric in the summer than qualifying for the Champions League. Hence why no set piece expert was signed in the last window. You can't fool me. I see it all. The hurtful truth screams out to me.
11 games to go. Just 11 games. Have you even looked at the fixture list? Daunting. 3rd place. Seven points above 5th spot. Four points ahead of 4th spot. A poor demoralised showing for our endeavours. Doomed. We are doomed. This is no position for our club to be in. We are stranded in the ocean without a paddle for our surf board. The crest of a wave nowhere to be seen. Sharks circling us. Slowly sinking.
This, Mr Levy, is the end of days. The dawn of the Jelly Babies is upon us.
Biting regards,
Spooky
Reader Comments (112)
Ano, i understand that some teams normally have one brilliant individual. I am certainly not an idiot. You my friend are a different story. If you cant tell the difference between Man U - great team who had ronaldo ronaldo - an exceptional individual in a team of great players - and you having RVP - a one man team having an exceptional player and 9/10 very very average ones. Dont for a second tell me you wouldnt take even Jermaine Defoe (9 goals) over any one of your benched strikers - dont tell me you wouldnt have Bale (10 gaols, 8 assists) over Theo Walcott (5 goals 8 assists) even our Left back has scored and assisted more than most of your midfield. Statistically over the course of the season (not one freak game) our players, on average score more, assist more and generally collectively win games as a team. You rely on one man. that is sad, i feel bad for you because when he goes you guys are in real trouble.
I'll hunt you down Chiefy, hunt you down...
Well said, davedajew. If I were a gooner, I'd be elated over the last 2 results but hope quietly that the team sustains its run. I'd go as far as to say that RvP is the most impactful, arguably the "best", player in the league. Arsenal better hope he stays, as we've seen what happened with Cesc and Nasri. And coolblue is just a trolling fucktard of the highest order. No world-class players at Spurs? I guess Chelsea's 40m quid for Modric is small change for a chump journeyman? Idiot.
EVERYONE OFF! This ship's going down.
bale and modric world class my arse , bale is not any better than walcott and is far more incosistent than theo and modric world-class really , how many assists or goals he has in total throughout his spurs career..
Okay, only because I'm on a 'tea break'.
Defining a player as world class means what exactly? If Messi is world class then practically 99% of all players in the Prem are not world class. Stop dancing around the fact (and ignoring) that the likes of Bale and Modric are brilliant footballers.What is it with these types of arguments that end up with petty childish 'he's rubbish' comments based purely on the fact the person who claims they're rubbish supports a rival team. Excellent punditry.
Walcott has never developed or progressed since joining Arsenal. When he has a purple patch that's him excelling, not attaining a new level of play. Now compare him to Bale's progression. Let's enjoy the silence for a second.
Nice.
Most pragmatic Arsenal fans don't disagree. He's (Theo) nothing more than a Jenas.
The fact you are citing assists and lack of goals to criticise Modric more or less proves that you don't really watch football. And once more points towards you trolling for reactions. This also means I just wasted my tea break. Not so nice.
Zing.
spooky messi is not just world class , he is probably the best player in the history of the game so dont compare these mini-tini players like modric and bale with him , and what progression has bale made exactly, from being a player who set record of being part ofa non-winning side to a player who performs every 5 th match ( it doesnt matter what u think walcott is better than bale and their records are living proof ) and as far as modric he cant assist neither score or has deadball skills , he is just little improve version of david ohara..and chelsea are known for spending big on much shitter players like modric ( they splashed out millions on ferreria for godsake )..
spooky messi is not just world class , he is probably the best player in the history of the game so dont compare these mini-tini players like modric and bale with him , and what progression has bale made exactly, from being a player who set record of being part ofa non-winning side to a player who performs every 5 th match ( it doesnt matter what u think walcott is better than bale and their records are living proof ) and as far as modric he cant assist neither score or has deadball skills , he is just little improve version of david ohara..and chelsea are known for spending big on much shitter players like modric ( they splashed out millions on ferreria for godsake )..
Sorry mate. No point discussing this further because either you're very young and don't quite grasp how football works or you have misplaced loyalty and passion for your own club that is blinding you to the point where no matter what I said you'd still disagree just because the players I'm defending play for Spurs.
You got time for irony? Vast majority of Spurs fans would happily agree to 'rating' players from other clubs because we are neither insecure or obsessive to the point where we wont admit to the truth. I think you worry far too much about how you're perceived.
And I don't have any more tea breaks to waste. It's been fun though.
x
@ spooky , oh really ! , no wonder spuds are known as most delusional bunch of fans and spooky u r one of
them...
Debate with me on a level then instead of throwing around opinions that have no foundation.
Delusional:
"Spurs wont finish 7th"
"Spurs wont finish in the top five"
"You'll never get into the top four"
"You'll get knocked out in the qualifying round"
"You'll finish bottom of your group"
"You'll get humiliated by Milan"
"Top four again? No chance"
"You're only 3rd because everyone else is having a bad season"
I'll let YOU work out the trend of delusion there.
Like I said, debate with me on a level instead of running away.
The headline 'Spooks' MELTDOWN DEMONSTRATIONS PLANNED sparked an interest from all these trolls. Don't be surprised if they all disappear when the blip is over.
coolblue, gareth bale goals for spurs 21 in 102 games = 1 goal every 4.85 games - he started as a left back as well remember. Theo for arsenal 140 games and 23 goals....thats 1 goal every 6.1 games.....just to break it down for you - Gareth Bales Goal per game ratio is lower and therefore better than theo's. Which records were you talking about because im not sure what else there is to go on.
Ahhhh trying to disguise the blatently clear fact that you have thrown away 6 points of your 'shout from the rooftops' 10 point lead over the far superior 13 titles 'Gunners'.
Dress it anyway you want it - with all the cocky talk from the likes of Defoe and 'Arry, it's egg on your face.
WAIT until the race is over before you go mouthing off! As always - deluded yidiots shooting their bolt before the 'Climax' of the end of the season. This article shows you are in actual fact concerned as to your current form, and so you try the antidote fo trying to make light of it!
Let me know if any of you are unable to understand this reply, I'm sure plenty of my fellow AFC fans can run through it.
COYG
BRING BACK GEORGE GRAHAM!!!
A great satirical piece, credit where it's due that was very amusing (and i'm a Gooner).
Came on your site last week to guage reaction, not posted before (and certainly not 'trolling' or whatever you call it) but thought this piece worthy of a comment.
Nice work, and game on!..... cue abuse.....
My word. This was the longest example of sarcasm mixed with a touch of irony that I have ever seen. I presume it continued along the sarcastic note because after a while I realised I had to go and do my Christmas shopping so I didn't get to complete it.
COYG - heed your own words - WAIT until the race is over before you go mouthing off! No one from here has approached you peronally and said anything so stop being such a typical hypocritical Arsenal Fan.
DB047 - any level headed football fan is welcome here i am sure. Game on indeed - nothing wrong with a rivalry. I think what pisses people off on here is when other fans come on and hurl abuse at us and make crazy unfounded points based on nothing more than the imaginary gooner tinted glasses they wear.
Great post - funny and depressing at the same time.
What we've been great at all season is beating teams lower than us rather than drawing with them. I think we had 11 draws last season. We've only got Chelsea left to play from the top 7 - all the other games are very winnable - it's just a matter of winning them rather than drawing.
Coolblue - you're very funny! I thought Spooky's article had the whole sarcasm thing nailed but you've really put him to shame.
Yeah, sack the lot i say!! and that Roy Carroll is a cheating 'arris
Firstly I welcome any pragmatic Arsenal fans much like I hope for pragmatic Spurs fans and let's face facts there are delusions on both sides of the fence. Idiots also, on both sides of the fence. Nothing wrong with banter.
But say this:
"WAIT until the race is over before you go mouthing off!"
Is that similar to disappearing for almost a year and not showing your face because its far safer to hide until there is something to gloat about? Best you leave a bin bag in place of your next post.
DB0407 - Thanks. It's a tradition.
Coolblue is it just me or does his name sound like a product i could find on the shelf next to the toilet duck in tesco's ?
I think the fundamental difference is that (and this is based on a stereotype) Arsenal fans are very much about how they wish and want to be perceived by others. They are mostly obsessive about it.
Pre-Wenger, the football was dire for generations but when they achieved success, the football was of no consequence. The result mattered more. Post-Wenger, they've been spoilt. And now conflicted. Let's not pretend to ignore how Tottenhamesque they've sounded all season long. Their players have never stopped talking about us. And their fans have gone loopy post-NLD (almost a backhanded complement). Apparently one result changes everything.
In comparison most other clubs support their side unconditionally, win/lose/draw/success/no success and don't give a fuck what others think.
I wonder if the pragmatic Arsenal fans are 16+ years of age.
Fantastic post spooky. The voice of reason.
To all the kneejerkers I hope you choke on the sh*te you are spewing. According to the blogs I've seen:
Walker - gone, lost it, worse right back in the league, needs to be benched.
King - Past it too old. Get rid.
Harry - Well he's on his horse, out the door. England is on his mind.
we've had our time at the top table, It's all down hill now.
Numpties everywhere.
I shall not be reading blogs until after our next win when everything is rosy again.
So much negativity, believe people believe!
harry is ok motivating our players against 90% of clubs that harry himself feels he should be beating or even could manage himself
but harry does not think himself worthy of the other 10% creme of the world clubs and therefore his motivational skills dont work as he simply doesnt believe he or we can beat them
all we lacked against utd was belief
the players didnt think they could beat utd cos harry didnt make them believe they could win
as harry doesnt believe it the players wil not believe it
same every time against utd and other big clubs
COYS
Great stuff Spooky, made me chuckle several times.
Let's for a moment take Arsenal out of the equation and look at where we are at this stage of the season. We've got to be happy with it surely? Go back to August and we would have taken 3rd spot by 4 points with 11 to go. CL qualification is our goal as a club with regard to the club's progression. Of course, I know how important it is to Spurs fans to finish higher than Arsenal and this would be a great achievment if we pull it off, purely based on the fact that we need to finish 4th or above to do it. As I get older, I find I can deal with idiot fans of other clubs much more easily. The level of stick you get should be measured by how much you give out, but unfortunately I have discovered this is not the case. I have kept very quiet and have been careful no "give out" to the Arsenal fans I know over the past 3 or 4 months, but this has not made a blind bit of difference this past week, so I smile, nod and think to myself "twat", respect them as people less than I did before and smile again at how much they have been crapping it recently. So, really Spurs have made great progress on all fronts.
COYS!
I completely forgot we've lost only SIX matches this term. The only teams who have lost less are the Manchester sides.
I stopped reading when I got to the 'in our quest for the title' part.
You're joking - right ?
Man City fan.
I dont give a damn if this article is serious or not!! The plain fact is we bottle it against da big boys time n time again! ledley needs to b pensioned off da saga needs to end now! We need a boss like Mourhinho to instil the mental strength thats been forever lacking in our club! Da games with Man U should b cancelled cos u kno the outcome its become THE joke fixture of da Prem!
It was always gonna be a gamble this part of the season with the games we had lined up. I'm glad we had a 10 point cushion that gave us a bit of breathing space and were still 3rd in March with 11 games to go. Redknapp's gotta sort himself out though. He looked like a dead beetroot, stuffed in a cosy chair. He's usually a lot more animated and offering some direction and encouragement to the players during games. I'm more worried about him.
This is a parody of uptight 'this year will be our year' Liverpool fans right?
I haven't read through all the comments, but some seem to be taking this seriously, or are they just playing along?
It happens, it's football. We have a couple more tough games coming up but we should be equal to them. If you'd offered me this at the start of the season I would have bitten your whole arm off.
Empty seats at the Emirates? They must be too busy posting on Spurs blogs.
I'm guessing they're now all quickly trying to get to the stadium for the second half.
There was an article by James Lawton in The Independent today suggesting that Moyes should take over at Chelski to build a dynasty. Would anyone want him at Spurs if Harry does go?
If Chelsea had patience and sense...but they don't.
I'm uncertain about Moyes. Although there is something about giving him the job and allowing him to build (long term). It's something we are more likely to do than Roman.
Was on train to Glasgow and felt nauseated, but couldn't figure out why. Looking at a laptop as the train moved around or watching Goons getting to three nil by HT. Anyway, I feel better and they go home crying into their black bin bags. If you're down by four goals against a team from Milan then you need a different North London team and a taxi waiting back home.
We beat Milan. It's because they're shit. Arsenal beat them 3-0 and they're unlucky.
LOL
12..10..7..4..2..Spurs off 3rd. Well done for imploding in the NLD and giving the worst Arsenal team in 15 years the confidence and momentum to claim 3rd above the best Spurs team in over 40. Still 7 points clear of fifth though 7..4..2..5th
For a second there I thought we were about to be treated to the Fibonacci sequence.
By the way, it's not the worst Arsenal team in 15 years. It's the current Arsenal team. Be proud of what you've got. Support them. Don't be afraid of doing so. You might actually enjoy football again if you left the bin bags alone and were vocal everywhere all the time rather than piping up and being all brave when its safe to do so.
I'm Tottenham mate. And I couldn't give a fuck about your franchised entity of shit. 3rd. Midtable or relegated. I know what I am. I have an identity.
You keep searching for yours.
x
I actually support Spurs and agree whole heartedly with you about that plastic club and its spoilt blinkered follwers. I was just trying to troll in the spirit of your, as always, marvelous article. I mean there is no point trying to troll an Arsenal blog, they seem to have all mysteriously shut down or gone very quiet in the last year for some reason. ;-)
See now my replies, they don't read as fancy as they did when you were an 'Arsenal fan'.
Oh and by the way good come back, a real Troll would of been utterly bested (50s style round of appluse)
So, is today's result a sign of more progress by the Goons and pressure on us? Or will RVP's astonishing miss haunt him when he plays against The Toon? Surely, Pardew will have a strong midfield and I'm hoping that their front two will be on fire. Hopefully, we will beat Everton on Saturday. Please, Spurs, please find your mojo!
If I may offer a little perspective:
1. Against Arsenal, we simply had a bad day, although there were elements of complancency after we went two-nil up so early in the game.
2. Against Man U, how unlucky are we? On any other day, it could have been a draw. We dont have as much guile and streetsmart as them, but I also believe M Atkinson did us no favours.
So we are not in a bad position. Calm down and focus.
3. A little concerned about young Walker. He is still learning though. He looks better going forward, but needs to learn how to defend better, methinks. Some of the gaps (first goal by Man City, Rooney's goal, Arsenal's first goal) could have been better dealt with (although to be fair he's not the only one who was lacking)
4. We are still third with 4 points in front, and only Chelsea left in the top 7 to play. We got into this position because we beat everyone else below, not above. Of course we will still need to beat everyone else below the top 7 but it also means that the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and Newcastle still have to do much better than us if they want to overtake us. Not an easy proposition.
5. So assume the scenario: if we save our best for the lower-placed teams, and beat the whole lot, except we lose to Chelsea, then we remain 3rd, and still above Arsenal, by 1 point (!) assuming Arsenal win all their remaining games. Cannot put it more simple than that. It's up to the team to pick themselves up and achieve this.
COYS.
Unfortunately we had two of the most mportant games (from a seniority and sharpness) point of view and we failed miserably. All down to Harry's tactical niavity. He has to either forget about England and concentrate on bringing this Spurs team up to the level required to genuinely rub shoulders with the big boys (he has the squad and team), or hand over the reins to someone who will. Pitting your wits against the likes of SAF and AW needs wileyness and , although Harry has it in abundance, he let it slip in these two games and this can only be put down to the England managerial position. Myself, I think he should get his head down and work this squad over the next 2 months where, not only can we finish 3rd and win the FA Cup, our players can take their summer holidays looking forward to a very good season with spurs next season. But again, this will only happen if Harry gets his head down and concentrates. If we blow it it's definately down to Harry's shennanagins.