I have very little joyous sporting moments in my life, especially following Spurs. When they do come I am usually away somewhere. I started following Spurs as an eleven year old in Australia. The only trophy Spurs have won when I have been in England was the 1982 FA cup and the 1999 and 2008 League Cup.
I am currently taking a long sabbatical in the Philippines and low and behold, my beloved Spurs are having their best seasons for many a year. Added to this my local team Woking are 14 points clear at the top of the Conference South. Maybe I should stay away for longer.
As I trawl through the articles published on Newsnow, I see so many comments about Spurs winning the title, from Redknapp and current and former players to the pundits and other managers. Headlines reading "Spurs go for the title".
I find this all quite amusing and ridiculous. Doesn't every football side strive to win every game they play? Do we just decide well boys today we will try and win the premier league so we will win today or no we will get relegated this season so make sure you lose?
I am the sort of person who always downplays every result because I expect every good result will be followed by a bad one. I suppose after 30 years of following Spurs I am conditioned for failure.
Yes we are doing well. On corresponding matches from last season we are about ten points better off. It would seem Spurs have all of a sudden become a force and many look at Parker and Adebayor as the reasons behind this. But if we had won half the games we had drawn last season we would have been up there win United and Chelsea.
The difference this season is purely better results, I don't think there is a whole lot of difference about the way we are playing, although not seeing Crouch fall over everywhere has been an improvement.
But please to all past and present Tottenham players and supporters. Can we stop the talk of winning the league and just take every game as it comes, win all the games we can and see where we are come May.
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