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Landing on Our Collective Feet

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by The Fighting Cock
Amid the various ifs, buts, maybes and “get your chequebook out Levy” tweets, thoughts and conversations occurring via social media, in pubs, houses and going home from games, one man propped up a bar and reflected upon the season past – but importantly not to comment too much on what has gone before. There are […]

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Amid the various ifs, buts, maybes and “get your chequebook out Levy” tweets, thoughts and conversations occurring via social media, in pubs, houses and going home from games, one man propped up a bar and reflected upon the season past – but importantly not to comment too much on what has gone before.

There are obvious statistics that will set the final standings apart from all others to-date. Spurs’ highest-ever Premier League points tally and the most points posted by a fifth-placing team. In addition there are cold comforts we Spurs fans can take, such a the inability of a certain Mr. Redknapp to live up to his “saviour” mantle, thereby consigning QPR to the Championship, or the relative stagnation of a wannabe-north London club.

Further, the emergence of Gareth Bale as a regular goalscorer and all-round scourge of PL defences – though it brings the inevitability of a summer filled with speculation concerning a potential future club – creates in itself various conundrums for both Chairman and Manager.

[linequote]One man’s overall reflection is this: Spurs have landed on their collective feet. With a manager in form following a full season under his belt and seemingly comfortable with the assembled squad.[/linequote]

So, to Sunday’s game. The thing that was heartening was the way the players performed. No panic, expedient play and a timely end product. Team selection used the best of available resources arguably wisely. Lots of unity on display too.

One man’s overall reflection is this: Spurs have landed on their collective feet. With a manager in form following a full season under his belt and seemingly comfortable with the assembled squad. The squad having some real cohesion with two notable absentees for the majority of the season who now have a sustained break in which to complete their respective returns safely. Also, lest we forget, a Chairman who – though typically vilified on the terraces – is an incredibly safe custodian. And of course the best fans in the world.

So while the summer may bring drama in the transfer market (or frustration), speculation, twists and turns, the club is in a healthy position generally and we should all look forward with some optimism. Yes, one season has only just closed and inevitably there will be stupid goals conceded, points dropped and injustice in the next, but the thing that is uppermost in this reflection is that the future is bright….and the Spurs go marching on!

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2 Comments

  1. exeter spurs
    23/05/2013 @ 8:20 pm

    The future does look good for Spurs. I think they should concentrate for now on getting the team playing well, and put the stadium development on hold – the necessary financing just doesn’t seem to be available at the moment. We don’t want to be like Arsenal have been these past few years, neglecting the team because of stadium repayments.

  2. Ph0n1k
    25/05/2013 @ 9:34 am

    For the want of a striker, I truly believe this could have been an exceptional season.
    I just hope we can do early business and have a settled squad going into the first game of the season, not having Adebayor for both the start and the when he was off for the ANC is one of the factors that cost us points IMHO.
    If AVB gets the players in he wants (Moutinho off the menu already, he off for tax free riches at monaco) he could go onto build something truly special.

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