I write this a few days after the delight of the Manchester City game.
I
call it a delight, well I don't need to explain my sarcasm, but instead
you have to look at what you can learn from a mauling such as that by
City. Yes Spurs lost 6-0, yes we played well for 10 minutes and yes, we
had excellent possession considering.
However
the negatives take too long to write and are well covered elsewhere -
AVB's lack of a plan b, the mistakes made by an otherwise excellent
goalkeeper, defenders who cannot defend, midfielders who don't know each
other and a striker who relies on service and gets none.
As
for me, well as I tweeted during the game I had no plans to switch off
as the torture will weigh heavy until we can turn it around. I saw lots
of comments around giving up, switching over to the F1, and attention
being elsewhere. Ok so I am guilty of the last one, but Twitter is
permitted!
You stick by the team you chose.
Whether it is Barnet languishing in the conference, or Arsenal
surprisingly at the top of the Premier League, you have to take the
rough with the smooth.
For Spurs fans, the
late 1990s were a process of endurance of bad players and misinformed
management who seemed out of touch on what Campbell and Co could
achieve.
For the current crop, the excuse will
long be used that the current team with so many new names is still
"bedding in", well three months in and we need to see progress. We have
looked organised and are scoring goals in the Europa league, but we took
Hull City to penalties in the league cup and looked assembled in the
league before Sunday.
This weekend champions
Manchester United visit, another team in transition. If we can put the
right team out and play as a unit, as United seem to be able to do so
far this season albeit not as impressively as they were under Ferguson,
then this will be a success. Lose, and we'll be a long way off the lead.
