One season wonders. That seemed to be the Tottenham transfer system; until now. Our Ghanaian Prince topped that list with Younes Kaboul, Adel Taarabt, Giovani.. need I say more? These were the 'ones for the future,' the prospects that would play us into the Champions League and eventual winners of the league; I will never read so much irony again in my life. Instead, these players played us to the foot of the table leaving us to fight the likes of Sunderland and 'Boro to save us all the embarrassment of falling into the 'Coca-Cola' league and 'doing a Newcastle'- not including two fifth place finishes we enjoyed under Jol. Forget Arsenal and the Champions League, we were happy to remain in the league- by May.
'This is the season we will break the top four'. This statement has been quoted more times than the Gooners have sung songs, I feel a trend playing around N17. Crouch has just fallen into this trap. Although, this year seems to be different. Our problem was a consistency in purchasing more and more 'hot prospects' of late naive to the fact that the team of the present were priority. That seems to have altered slightly this summer. I read established names all over the back pages now; including the likes of Huntelaar and Luca Toni. Can it finally be the case that a Spurs manager is building a team for today? I feel the usual frustration and stressfulness dampen slightly each day as I read that the players being linked with moves have actually been through puberty and not just about to hit it.
I hate the morning papers, I really do, but I must admit that they follow a trend when linking us to a player now. The player is a fairly established one, known across the seas and not just by the football bods who hold a player database in their brains. Harry may have finally cracked what us fans have been pleading for, for years. Success, establishing Tottenham as a real force once again- not a team that gets done over by the likes of Hull and Sunderland at home each season.
I never feel to optimistic during a Spurs pre-season, and, I never will. Although, I dare smile to read the fact that finally we may be fielding established players next term. None of these unheard 19 year old foreign 'wonder-kids', leave the potential future success for the future and focus on bringing success to the present.
Harry has realised the fans' dream, and dare I say it, I look forward to it- ever so slightly.
Regards.
well said, but i still worry that we dont have a real leader on the pitch a Terry,a Gerrard, a Ferdinand. Without someone who can drive the team forward i am afraid we will never break into the top 4.
ReplyDeleteI stopped reading after the first paragraph! Played us to the foot of the table? The players you mentioned hardly got onto the pitch let alone kick a ball! The one player i would like to see is Gio, the poor lad has bags of talent and as yet not been given the chance to prove it. Give the kids a break!
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The top 4 is beyond us! Lets be realistic and focus on europa league. We keep setting ourselves up for a fall from a great height, time to start being realistic. What happened to a left winger/midfielder we have been wanting (needing) for the last 5 years?
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DOS SANTOS IS SHITE, TOO LIGHTWEIGHT AND IS ALWAYS ON THE PISS, YES HE LOOKED GOOD AGAINST THE USA C TEAM, FORGET ABOUT GIO, HES CARP, SOZZA CAPS
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty tired of the top 4 stuff, lets just do as well as we can. We haven't bought much so far because of money and nothing else. I always think you need a balance between the future and the present and commolli invested far too much in the future. But when we see Bostock and Parrett bossing our midfield in 3 or 4 years time just remember how they got here.
ReplyDeletewhen you look at our squad on paper we should be challenging the top 4 ,it certainly is'nt beyond us .Getting off to a good start would do us wonders! left winger would be good and poulsen wouldnt harm our chances! coys
ReplyDeleteYounes Kaboul, Taarabt and Giovani played us to the foot of the table, did they? That's weird, because I don't remember them playing very often. Kaboul wasn't even a spurs player last season.
ReplyDeleteAnother sub-par fan blog. *yawn*
Anyone who ever says "Let's be realistic" about their team wants f******* shooting.
ReplyDeleteI agree on the point about signing established players, and Harry has definitely said all along this is his aim.
ReplyDeleteLook at previous occasions when we've done this, it's always paid dividends - Lineker, Waddle, Sheringham, Klinsmann, Ginola - to name but a few. All signed in their prime and none of them really failed to hit the ground running. They all knew what was expected and did it. That's what we need now. If Everton can finish 4th with the squad they had at the time, then so can we with this squad.
Our 2 top 5 finishes were no flukes either - we just need some belief.