Faith

Article by e-Spurs Correspondent David Levy

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“Belief…is the insistence that the truth is what one would ‘lief’ or wish to be…Faith is an unreserved opening of the mind to the truth, whatever it may turn out to be. Faith has no preconceptions; it is a plunge into the unknown. Belief clings, but faith let’s go…”

Alan Watts.

If there is one thing you can count on as a Spurs fan, your faith will be seriously tested at some point in the season.

The years have mostly been anything but kind to us, the fans, as we endure disappointment after disappointment often by the slimmest margins and sometimes through the most ludicrous of circumstances.

The manner of the defeat to Norwich last week had hit some hard, unsurprisingly so. It was a game where simply put, the more clinical team won. We had chances to score beyond just shots inside the box but everything was just a little bit off.

Our talisman, Ade, while not his ghost like self we got used to seeing last year, just couldn’t get going and we had no other spark on the pitch to bring us to life.

You don’t need to be at your best to win these kind of games. No team is playing consistently great football at the moment and all teams at the top have suffered from an inability to be clinical. Its those that find that ability more consistently than not who appear to be the strongest contenders for the top 4 and in turn, the title.

Every week there is a top team struggling to get a result against a lower placed team only to have a last minute chance that they put away or their lesser opposition missing their last minute chance. Last Sunday, we couldn’t find a clinical finish despite having the same amount of shots in the area as them and good enough chances to win the game. It was a tough result to take as it had made the quest for 4th considerably harder but we all need to dig deep now, our comeback against Dnipro is exactly the kind of thing that can kickstart our final push for the Champions League places.

This season was ALWAYS and I mean, unquestionably ALWAYS going to be one of transition. Unfortunately it has become one of double transition and Tottenham fans seem to be waning in their support and faith in our great club.

I am not going to sit here and say that no one has a right to feel disappointed, dejected, frustrated by what we have seen on and off the pitch. I know I have had my moments when any or all of those emotions have had their grip around me, chocking my ability to see a light at the end of the tunnel. But as quickly as these feelings come, they go, and reality seeps in to bolster my faith.

Somewhere along the line we have become a slightly spoilt bunch. We were extraordinarily blessed to have 2 or so years being dubbed by many if not every pundit as the most exciting team to watch in the league. You remember those years….. i know you do as it was only a few years ago.

The Modric/VDV/Bale years with a sprinkling of Adebayor in their last season together brought something to White Hart Lane that had not been witnessed for a good long while.

Glorious football.

We didn’t win anything, but they way we would play….. coming out the blocks like men possessed, thrashings of Liverpool, VDV kissing grandma’s, giant comebacks against Arsenal, games at the San Siro and even the Bale wonder goals of last year. Such was the entertainment, our deficiencies took a back seat to an extent as there were enough positives to focus our attentions on what the future may hold.

The promise of a bright future, one of consistently competing at the highest level was taken in by all of us like a drug, and now we are gagging for more. Unfortunately, at the moment our dealer is on holiday and he took all his produce with him.

As Modric, VDV and Bale’s influence on the pitch departed so did our ability to picture the futures positive light. What we have now once again is the building blocks on which to create. The promise is still there but we don’t have anything consistently visible to inspire us to dream again. It can feel like the step backwards we always have to take by selling our best players when were on the cusp of something amazing is giving us an always the bridesmaid never the bride syndrome.

This is where my faith kicks in, giving myself to Tottenham unreservedly and patiently. I know Rome wasn’t built in a day as no great empire was and footballing empires aren’t any different. These things take time and yes, the disappearance of the glorious football has been a bitter pill to swallow but the truth is, if you thought this wasn’t going to happen under the circumstances we have found ourselves its likely you are placing more value in what you believe should be happening rather than looking at the facts objectively.

Despite everything that is getting people down we are still the 5th placed team in the country. Manchester United, with 3 of the best players in the country have struggled harder with their transition despite having arguably less to deal with than we have through ours.

And don’t tell me seeing Sandro the pirate back in action in the Europa league victory didn’t bring a smile to your face. He Eriksen and Ade can inspire this entire team and in turn, us. I don’t know what is going to happen the rest of this season or even who is going to be in charge of us at he start of next. I just have to keep on putting my faith in Spurs and go with them wherever it takes me. Glorious football isn’t as far away as some people will make out, we as just have to persevere and allow for the football to come naturally rather than just get disappointed when its not happening in the time frame we expect it to.

We are here, the business end of the season and i expect some pretty big twists and turns still to come. I'm strapped in and ready for the ride.

COYS

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