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And there you have it.I see it as potentially season defining. Even more so now, after the Palace game. If we had won that, I feel like the Pool result was borderline irrelevant. So now, we bookend this six game maelstrom with the Foxes and for me, it is paramount for the squad’s confidence that we win. It also sends a signal to other teams. We gave Liverpool a game, that very easily could have flipped the other way. We beat Vardy and Co. I think it cements us as a force with staying power... and that does have a psychological impact on other teams. We lose, and that is 1 point out of 9. Blood in the water. We look vulnerable and ready for a full on wobble. We need teams to fear us. Losing this game will undue a lot of good work that we achieved so far. It also impacts the Stoke game too. We win on Sunday, I believe Tues will be a stroll. We lose, this looks like a banana skin.
Amazing, as we know how fragile confidence and form can be at this level.
Hence, I feel, much like the Palace game, this is season defining match that we have to win. Otherwise I’ve seen this Spurs film before and know there’s a very good chance we slide after a loss and it has a negative cascading impact on the rest of our season. Sorry to be a doom merchant, but as I said, I’ve seen this happen to not only us, but others too over the years.
Remember the season the Foxes won the league? With about nine or ten games to go we played that home and beat on their door for 88 mins. Horrible missed chances. World Class saves and last ditch blocks and some stupid decision making led to us not being able to score. They have one corner. One header. They win.
I truly believe, we beat them that day, and their wheels would have come off. Whether that means we would have gone on to win the league, who knows? But they were balancing on the fence at that juncture. We take the wind outta their sails, I don’t think it comes back quite the same way again. Such is the nature of football. Just ask Liverpool fans and Newcastle fans about their infamous season meltdowns.
Confidence is everything. Win this, and our fans know, our boys know, other fans know, other teams know, pundits will finally accept... whether they like it or not, we are a force to be reckoned with.
This is Spurs this season.
Bummer.