TOTTENHAM'S CHALLENGE STARTING TO CRUMBLE?
Today,
many frustrated Spurs fans will be experiencing a feeling of de ja vu.
Seasoned supporters will most probably have woken up to the realisation
that we are slowly throwing away the dream of Champions League
football. I suppose those optimists amongst us, myself included, should
never have signed up to the hype machine in the first place really.
Hansen may be a bas*ard but he was right on last night's MOTD. Just
when you start to believe...
However, it's not all doom and
gloom because this season has generally been a good one - much more
enjoyable than the last campaign at any rate! Unfortunately our lofty
position makes it easy to paper over the cracks though. Let us not
forget that Liverpool remain the only top 4 club we have managed to
nick any points off, newly promoted Wolves have now mugged 6 points off
us and we've been unable to put Villa to the sword when it mattered.
Sloppy defending and no cutting edge has cost us dear in recent weeks,
we seem to be developing a worrying trend of dominating games and then
not winning them. The only hope for us now is to put together a 4 or 5
game run of wins. We absolutely must beat Wigan, Everton and then Man
City to keep the dream alive. Draws will get us nowhere.
The
problem is that Spurs have been found out. They simply do not know how
to get past the "team bus", particularly without Lennon. Sides who come
to the Lane and sling 10 men behind the ball have a very good chance of
coming away with something. You can't blame them, when teams have a go
we tend to tear them to pieces, which is fantastic, but we do lack a
Plan B.
My mistake, we have a Plan B - it's having Dawson,
Bassong and now Kaboul punt hopeful 60 yard balls up field in a
miserable attempt to land them on the snowcapped head of Mr. Beanpole.
Well Harry, it's not working - and don't even try to tell me we're not
a long ball team because against those who come to defend that is
exactly what we are. It's becoming extremely irritating.
Not
that for one second I condone any Harry Bashing. I like him, he has
progressed the club more in a year than I've seen in the last 3. If
nothing else we look like we SHOULD be winning a lot more games than we
actually seem to be. He's allowed to make the odd mistake here and
there, of which last night was probably one. Kaboul at RB, and Jenas...
well anywhere seem like strange choices but giving some game time to
Gudjohnsen was a good idea, even if he didn't set the world on fire, as
he undoubtedly has the quality to reintroduce Peter Crouch to the bench
he should have been sitting on for the last month.
A lot of
people seem to be having a pop at the team selection yesterday but with
Bolton in the cup on Saturday I think he has a decent excuse. That 4th
spot is still a massive ask, but chin up fellas as the FA Cup is still
extremely winnable. Should our Premiership campaign crumble, as seems
likely, an FA Cup final should beadequate compensation.
Thu Jan 21 2021, 20:01 by BazSpur
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