- Aug 31, 2008
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To everyone who's suddenly going pessimistic after Saturday: did you support us in 2010?
03/04/2010, Spurs lose 3-1 at the Stadium of Light and see their Champions League hopes severely diminish. This is despite Gomes saving two penalties in an utterly inept performance. We fall behind Man City, and our last six games include Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea and a trip to Turf Moor.
10/04/2010, Spurs go to Wembley for an FA Cup semi-final against already-relegated and bankrupt Portsmouth. We lose 2-0. What's more, Palacios picks up his tenth booking of the season, meaning we take on Arsenal and Chelsea without a holding midfielder. Our season is over, it's disappointment yet again. Even Redknapp has largely given up, and proceeds to give a budget signing in the form of a teenager from Yorkshire his debut in the North London Derby four days later.
Then he scores a 35 yard volley after ten minutes, we beat Arsenal in the league for the first time in over a decade, proceed to smash Chelsea and Man City to boot, and qualify for the Champions League.
Things can change in an instant. A bad result in a cup game is not the end of the season. The gap's 4 points, not 14, and it's just as open as it was on Saturday morning. It's not about what happened at Wembley, it's about how both sides react to it - and if we react better, we might just do this. COYS.
if only i could like this a 100x