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15th August
2011 - Spurs need to come of age and
forget Champions League hangover What is the best way to get over not qualifying for the Champions League? Go out and grab another bite at the competition. Last season was an absolute roller coaster…the Champions League adventure was beyond expectations, even if our league form dipped as a result. We seemed to be treading water towards the end, but that victory at Anfield certainly gave the season a nice end of term gloss. Each summer is filled with speculation about who is joining and more worryingly, who is going. On the latter point, it is crucial that we hang on, for at least one more year, to the key performers. Who knows, if we do, then we might get back into Champions League on merit. Transfer speculation is always associated with Spurs, but my concern is never who we are linked with, as that always seems like a conveyor belt of tittle-tattle, more so the slowness and delay in obtaining new signatures. We always seem to leave it so late…why? We know the areas in which we need improvement and maybe if we gambled or were bolder, we could snatch those courted by our rivals. I watched the friendly against Last season began with a let’s wait and see how we cope with Champions League football, now it has to be how will we cope without. Surely, if we are ambition as a club, then the pain of missing out should (forgive the pun) Spurs us on. Yes, the Europa League is a secondary event, but it is still a trophy and we don’t have the luxury of treating anything as a mere cast off. The postponement of Saturday’s game was a frustration, but in the bigger scheme of things, surely there are local residents and business people in Tottenham who have been truly suffering of late. The club have a big opportunity this season of rekindling a community spirit in this much deprived area, and as a club, we need to show that a club thrives not on balance sheets alone, but as a focal point for fans everywhere to place a smile on our faces and raise the spirits at times when we are feeling low. |
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