am i the only one who fears a slide ?

[Ironskull]

I really do feel that we fans ( and on the evidence of Sunday the players and coaching staff too ) are unbelievably complacent about our League position. We are only 7 points away from the bottom 3 and yet we are resting key players to save them for the UEFA Cup, which we have already qualified for next season. Personally I do not rate the UEFA Cup as a competition with its ridiculous inclusion of failed CL teams half way through. The only real benefit of being in it apart from the money is that new transfer targets can be offered European football ( albeit B grade ) as a carrot.
I have no problem with having a go at winning a second trophy but not if it takes our eye off our league form. That should be our priority and our next games against West Ham, Man City ,Chelsea and Portsmouth are not easy. Then we have 5 of the folowing 6 matches against fellow strugglers. Let's hope they are not 6 pointers.
Too good to go down ? Of course we should be .But then we should be too good to be where we are right now.
Before I get slated as a doom and gloom merchant let me add that if we play our strongest available team in the league matches then we will be fine. But if we keep playing players either out of form or out of position we could be in trouble.

It's a legitimate concern. Spurs once got relegated after having been 6th at easter. They had 38 points and that was in the days of 2 points for a win. That's roughly equal to 45 points now. It is not inconceivable that Spurs take their collective eyes off the ball and go off the rails. Unlikely but not impossible, and it needs to be guarded against.