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Same shit every window?
Granted last window sucked but the previous window saw us sign Lucas, who has contributed heavily to our thus far excellent season.
The window before that saw us sign Sanchez and Foyth, thank fuck we have both of them given the injuries and contract situations surrounding the Belgians.
The January before that was blank, but the summer before that saw Wanyama (who proceeded to have a sensation season) and Sissoko (who is currently having a sensational season) arrive.
The summer before that saw Alderweireld, Trippier, Son and Wimmer arrive. The former three are still currently in our best xi, the fourth was pivotal in us finishing 3rd and qualifying for the champions league for the first time since 2010.
The January before that? Dele Alli, who made immediate impact and is one of our most important players still. The summer before that? Ben Davies and Eric Dier, the former finishing last season as the league’s top assisting defender, the latter making an immediate impact and to this day remaining a first choice player via a multitude of international caps.
Same old shit every window? We’ve had one bad summer, and other than that have been very successful throughout Pochettino’s tenure, with no fewer than 12 players across 8 windows before last summer who have made significant contributions to our magnificent improvement as a club,
Absolutely brilliant post.
Nobody linked to the club wanted to see us sign nobody last summer but there's no changing the past, we need to let go of that now and recognise that it hasn't actually held us back this season. We're still performing above all our expectations. Not even the most optimistic of Spurs fans would have expected us to be in 3rd, 2 points off 2nd and 6 points off 1st with 21 games played.
January is a notoriously difficult time to sign anyone so again, our expectations should be that we'll sign nobody. If we go another summer with no new players in then it will absolutely be cause for major concern but right now we need to have a little perspective as @BringBack_leGin has kindly provided above.