Oh when the Spurs… get left behind!

Article by Joseph Dale

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With Roy Hodgson recently announcing his World Cup squad heading for the likely sweaty and disappointment-filled playing fields of Brazil, comes the revelation that this is the first time since 1954 that there are no Spurs players named in the squad. For a team that has, in past years, boasted about its retention of English players in an ever more culturally diverse Premier League, this seems like a bit of a kick in the teeth. When you factor in that this season was Spurs’ lowest Premier League finish since the 2008/09 season, this year hasn’t been the roaring success that was so highly anticipated by so many Spurs fans.

Granted 6th place is not a bad position by any means, especially when you consider the arrival of so many new additions to the team as well as a mid-season managerial change, but many a Spurs fan will agree that the quality of football witnessed this season has, as a whole, been dreadful at best. The free-flowing attacking football that so many of us Spurs fans have become accustomed to watching has become a tedious battle of attrition with the defence of the majority of our Premier League opponents normally coming out on top.

So am I suggesting that we should invest in only English talent and stick to the classic English approach of 4-4-2? Far from it. The majority of our summer signings still have the potential to be fan favourites at the Lane, with Eriksen already well on his way. Bur if they do, it will have been a long time coming. Too many times have we seen hyped-up foreign players come to an English Premier League club only to be bossed about in midfield and be caught with too much time on the ball. The intensity and passion of the Premier League is something which is known world-wide and, I don’t want to sound like Tim, but it is exactly what we, as a club, have been lacking this season. The players look bored and frustrated with the managers’ tactics and this rubbed off on the fans, which has created some truly awful atmospheres at the Lane this season. The only players that showed any passion and desire to play have been on loan elsewhere.

Although I was not fond of Tim Sherwood and disagreed with his public antics, his promoting of the youth team and the long-awaited success in front of goal for Harry Kane was a step in the right direction. The players who have been at the club as youngsters and know the Spurs footballing philosophy and the dedication of the fans might just bring the passion and intensity to next season what we severely lacked this season.

And if we are to go and spend another £100million on fresh faces in the summer then so be it, but regardless of who our next manager is and the quality of the football we play next season, we as fans need to get behind our team and give them the same rampant, energetic backing and support that we sent the King of the Lane off with on Monday evening.

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