13 seconds of fame

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.