We have so far gifted 19 points to the bottom five. With these points in hand - or rather on the table - Manchester United would have had a fight for the title right to the end. This shows both the Spurs team's potential and the disappointment that we are feeling at the end of an otherwise great season.
And the disappointment shows how far Spurs have come in the course of just a couple of years. It is not so long ago that qualification for the then UEFA Cup was rated as a huge success. Now it is not good enough - and rightly so.
This season the team has lived up to the famous Bill Nicholson quote of aiming so high that even failure had in it an echo of glory.
And we must remember the glorious performances - Inter, Milan, Ar23nal etc. - before we pass a too harsh judgement on the strikers' inability to score, the officials who cheated us and the 19 points that went missing.
We got a fabulous taste of Champions League football that we want to repeat. And even if we don't beat the odds and sneak into fourth this time, there is always next year.
If we should manage to grab a Europa League spot then use the Thursday matches to blood some of the youngsters and give the fringe players a night out. Rack up some UEFA coefficient points for the coming years, but primarily concentrate on challenging for the Premiership title. Let's win the title next season!!!
We have the talent and the potential. We have the in-depth squad to cope, and just add a proven goalscorer or two without disrupting the squad and the continuity too much over the summer.
I believe it is just a matter of adding the last 5% of mental strength to some of the key players. They have already shown that they can come back from falling behind. But I would like to see that capability developed into a United'esque 'refuse to surrender/refuse to loose' attitude, which ensures that we take the 19 points next year along with...let's say 65 more...
Looking forward to next season. COYS !
And the disappointment shows how far Spurs have come in the course of just a couple of years. It is not so long ago that qualification for the then UEFA Cup was rated as a huge success. Now it is not good enough - and rightly so.
This season the team has lived up to the famous Bill Nicholson quote of aiming so high that even failure had in it an echo of glory.
And we must remember the glorious performances - Inter, Milan, Ar23nal etc. - before we pass a too harsh judgement on the strikers' inability to score, the officials who cheated us and the 19 points that went missing.
We got a fabulous taste of Champions League football that we want to repeat. And even if we don't beat the odds and sneak into fourth this time, there is always next year.
If we should manage to grab a Europa League spot then use the Thursday matches to blood some of the youngsters and give the fringe players a night out. Rack up some UEFA coefficient points for the coming years, but primarily concentrate on challenging for the Premiership title. Let's win the title next season!!!
We have the talent and the potential. We have the in-depth squad to cope, and just add a proven goalscorer or two without disrupting the squad and the continuity too much over the summer.
I believe it is just a matter of adding the last 5% of mental strength to some of the key players. They have already shown that they can come back from falling behind. But I would like to see that capability developed into a United'esque 'refuse to surrender/refuse to loose' attitude, which ensures that we take the 19 points next year along with...let's say 65 more...
Looking forward to next season. COYS !