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Amongst the transfer rumours surrounding David Villa, Christian Benteke & now Roberto Soldado, we have ignored the outbreak of the Tottenham Syndrome epidemic.
Tottenham Syndrome can be diagnosed by observing the symptoms of paranoia, excessive negativity and extreme cases of insecurity.
Soldado reports have gone cold for 12 hours, we must be getting outbid! Another team has snuck in to seal the deal! Gareth Bale announces his intentions of leading Tottenham to Champions League qualification and AVB says that he has received guarantees that Bale would not be sold yet the slightest report from Marca drives us all into a tizzy. The paranoia is ridiculous and infuriating.
We have overlooked the positive effects of Franco Baldini. Paulinho was signed quickly when his value was at its highest and Nacer Chadli was bought for a low fee despite having an abundance of ability due to the crafty work of Signor Baldini. We have underestimated our club as a destination. AVB & Bale headline the attractiveness of our project to other players. Yet time and time again, we allow ourselves to be paranoid and afraid of the advances from teams like Liverpool towards our targets despite them being a 6-10 team in the table.
We've got arguably the best central midfield in the league with Paulinho, Dembele, Sandro, Holtby, Sigurdsson and Carroll along with a sturdy defence in front of one of the top keepers on the planet. Our depth which was a weakness last year is becoming a strength and our rotation promises to be strong and able to match up with any team in the Premier League. Somehow, we still find pessimism because we don't have a bonafide #9. I agree, a player like Soldado will help us challenge for the title but we are also coming off of our best points campaign with injuries to both Adebayor and Defoe throughout the season.
We love our club and are the best fans in the Premier League yet we suffer from the worst case of an inferiority complex. Our biggest psychological enemy is ourselves; we need to have the belief that we can challenge for a title and project that belief onto our lads on the pitch. Players like Benteke and Soldado want to join our club for a reason and we are a huge part of it but we need to accept that good things can happen to us. Until then, the Tottenham Syndrome epidemic will continue to spread and infect even the most eternal optimists among us.
@MarcAron22
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Marc A. Ashed
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I thought Tottenham syndrome was thinking your averaged sized club was big and 2 seasons of decent football entitle you to believe you'v go a divine right to finish in the champions league spots??
ReplyDeleteAt last a sensible comment on the off-season lunacy of the media and its impact
ReplyDeleteGood article. I'm guilty of 'starting to say WTF', but you are right we are going places and the faith must be kept.
ReplyDeleteNo chance Spurs have the best fans in the league .I`m a Spurs fan but damn Spurs fans are the most annoying .We talk the talk but don`t walk the walk
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong with an occasional lapse of optimism though, eh?
ReplyDeleteTreating the first comment with the contempt it so richly deserves.
Couldn't agree more with the sensible fan who admits Spurs fans are the most infuriating of all. What planet are you on thinking you have the best central midfield in the league? And that you ought to be challenging for the title? Not even close. Clinging on to the second tier of the PL clubs with the likes of Liverpool and Everton. No more. The epitome of a one man team and clueless without Bale, as you'll see when he finally leaves (be that this window or in the next one or two). Only the West Ham/Spurs-loving London media propagate the idea that Spurs are a big club. Just as they convinced everyone that Scott Parker was a world class player. How's he getting on these days? Not even Hammers fans want him back now.
ReplyDeleteI love the notion of the Spurs "project". This project seems to consist of spending good money buying talented international footballers to play in a 4-3-3 system. Don't get me wrong, Spurs have a good side and AVB is a good manager, I just find it hilarious that people call it a "project" when it's the most common and obvious strategy to have!
ReplyDeleteLinguistics aside, good luck for the new season. I'm looking forward to watching another great battle for the champions league spots. With new managers at 4 of the clubs around you it's going to be interesting.
Go and google all time average attendances of English clubs the table reads:
ReplyDeleteMan Utd
Liverpool
Tottenham
arsenal
that is what a big club is about HISTORY not the last 20 years, now jog on !
So you used to be a big club 30-40 years ago? Where do you draw the line. If it's only about history then after another 30 years of achieving nothing will you accept then that your history of mediocrity will make you a small team?
ReplyDeleteAnd how is attendance the measure of a big club?
Cretins
MUFC - Van Persie, Rooney, Hernandez
ReplyDeleteMCFC - Aguerro,Dzeko, Negredo
CFC - Torres, Lukaku, Ba
AFC - Giroud, Poldolski, Gervinho
THFC - Defoe, Pepperami Worrier, Kane
Therein lies the problem, we have one striker and those that finished above ushave three. Defoe was carrying an injury for much of last season, Adebayor looks as if he doesn't give a shit and Kane wasn't exactly ozzing class and scoring prolificly at Norwich, Millwall or Leicester. Without 2 new class strikers, you can't keep relying on Gareth Bale to score all the goals, optimism starts fading to pessimism.
Appreciate the banter on here...obviously some fans from other clubs commenting a bit.
ReplyDelete1. Who has a comparable central midfield to Dembele, Paulinho, Sandro, Holtby & Sigurdsson?
2. Whoever mentioned Gervinho as evidence that Arsenal's strikers set us apart is an idiot; Gervinho is absolutely dreadful, Podolski & Giroud, I will consider but then does that mean Bale is a striker since he plays a similar role to Podolski?
3. It is a Spurs project because AVB is taking a team consisting of Ryan Nelsen, Louis Saha, Tom Huddlestone, William Gallas and David Bentley and turning it into Paulinho, Nacer Chadli, and possibly Soldado. The culture of the club is being transformed.
Reading some of the jealous children on here makes me laugh. They don't have the guts to say who they are.
ReplyDelete1)It's hard to compare like for like as Spurs have persisted longer than most with 442 and orthodox wide men. As such they play with 2 central midfielders who don't need to be skillful or creative (luckily with Dembele and Sandro being two of them).
ReplyDeleteMan City, Chelsea, Arsenal all use one or 2 tacklers with another 1 or 2 creative players in a central role.
Which of the mentioned players would start in any of those midfields? All mediocre and non-creative on the ball. Paulinho hasn't even played a game yet so cannot yet be judged in this league.
Essien/Mikel, Oscar, Lampard, Ramires. All would start for Spurs and occasionally Hazard and Mata play centrally too.
Toure, Barry, Rodwell, Fernandinho, Garcia. Similar story and they can also use Milner, Silva or Navas.
Arteta, Cazorla, Wilshere, Rosicky, Ramsey would walk into the Spurs side. Not even comparable to the Spurs players in terms of technical ability (No i'm not a gnooner).
Spurs sold their one good midfielder to Madrid and replaced him with Swansea/Fulham players.
2) Correct. Gervinho is abysmal. So Arsenal finished 4th with Giroud as their only striker and were occasionally forced to use podolski through the middle when they prefer him as a wide player. Proof that Spurs' weakness goes beyond a lack of fit strikers.
3) Fair comment. Some areas are being improved. However, a midfield that 2 years ago consisted of Bale, Van der Vaart, Lennon, now consists of Dembele, dempsey, sigurdsson, sandro and Bale is having to resuce you by playing further up.
Finally...I apologise for not having enough guts to identify myself as fully as 'Caveman' has. Thanks for clearing up who you are.
Dembele was chased by Madrid & United before we activated his release clause...Paulinho & Sandro are usually the two starters in the Brazilian National Team...to say they are Fulham/Swansea players shows your bias. Out of all the central mids that you listed, Toure, Cazorla, Wilshere, maybe Lampard & Oscar are on the level of our top options. As much as I loved Van der Vaart, he couldnt play a full 90.
ReplyDeleteI dont know what team you support but youre obviously very biased in your opinions to not give us any credit.
Bit outdated this: Tekkers is stopping at Villa and Villa isn't coming to you
ReplyDeleteI think most fans are pretty negative when their targets appear to cold, or perhaps not even arrive at all. Spurs play good football but I don't think they are big a club. Unfortunately the likes of ManC, ManU and Chelski have the buying power to render most clubs out of the market when it comes to the elite players. I've just read Manu are in for Ronaldo again. I think if that happens Spurs can kiss goodbye to Bale and the fans will realise that without Bale they are pretty ordinary. It's a shame football is like this, but I suppose it's just like every other walk of life....
ReplyDeleteBut you play with 2 centre midfielders. So if you accept Oscar/Lampard and Cazorla/Wilshere, that's already demoted you to third best central midfield pairing (which is still wrong, but closer to the truth).
ReplyDeleteI'm not a Spurs or Arsenal fan so have no reason to be biased or overtaken by sentiment/emotion. Unlike you.
The Fulham/Swansea players referred to are Sigurdsson, Dembele and Dempsey. From Swansea and Fulham. No bias. They're average players. Are you suggesting United and Madrid bid for Dembele and he chose Spurs? The delusion deepens. Or were there one or press reports suggesting those clubs were interested which turned out to be untrue. If united or madrid and spurs want a player and bid for him, he doesn't end up at spurs. He goes to the big club.
Argue all you want. You may even end up convincing yourself. But in May next year, the table will show at least 4 teams ahead of Spurs, just as there have been in all but one of the recent years.
No class
LOL. If Dembele was coveted by Madrid and United, he would've gone there.
ReplyDeleteSpurs fans need to wake up and see what's going on and stop believing the hype that the media creates for you.
Dembele is decent, as is Sandro. Paulinho should be good but we don't know yet. The others are NOT good enough to get into any team in the top 10-12. Holtby has shown flashes but so have many and he will not start every week as not good enough and Sigurrdsson is just overrated. Open your eyes Spurs fans, there is life outside WHL.
Benteke did NOT want to go to your place because (as all your fans think) everyone in the world wants to go there.
He wanted more money as you offered 70k+ compared to Villa's 45k.
"advances from teams like Liverpool towards our targets despite them being a 6-10 team in the table"
LOL and 5th place is so different??? It's still Europa league and a waste of money and resources.
Chadli looks good and good luck to you but there are more than 1 team in the world.
Recently you lot sound like Man'ure fans and that's sad as you used to be a likeable team before the smugness and delusions of grandeur set in.
I am a villa fan :)i think paranoia, excessive negativity and extreme cases of insecurity is not just a spurs thing you get it at every club i blame scum newspapers,they just print lies everyday..i like spurs.they are a top team i think they will be alot stronger this year if you had of got benteke i would have bet on spurs to win the premiership..
ReplyDeletethe my club is a big club argument is stupid i would curse to but but keep it PG for any kids on this..its so childish my club is bigger than yours nobody chooses there team by how big it is and if they do then they are not a true football supporter..good luck to everyones club this season...
ps villas front 3 gabby benteke wiemann will give anyone a run for there money this season..utv
Jez people on here think Chelsea and City are bigger clubs than Tottenham just because they are cash rich.
ReplyDeleteALL TIME attendance figures are about the fanbase since the club was formed, granddads, fathers, sons. loyal fanbase takes generations to gain....glory hunters come and go with whoevers winning at the time.
Of course if Spurs win nothing for the next 20 years and the Chavs and Mancs do they will become bigger clubs. For me it all hinges on the new stadium and FFP being inforced. Any big bucks Charlie can throw money at their club, but what happens when they get bored....just ask Blackburn fans.