Towards the end of last season, on the way to a game, I was asked if I considered the season a success or not. We finished fifth in the league and made the quarter finals of the Champions League. I said no, we set out at the start of the season to finish in the top 4 and failed to do so.
Ask me that two seasons earlier and I probably would say yes, as supporters expectations shift the more successful their team is. Take Manchester United, they may win the Premier league, but will their fans consider it a successful season, maybe not.
This season there has been a shift in power. Manchester City has risen and Chelsea and Arsenal have fallen. Tottenham only six weeks ago had a great chance to push on to challenge for the title. Unfortunately for Spurs it wasn’t to be.
So I go back to my proposition. How do I rate this season?
It seems events have conspired against Tottenham this season. In the summer we had the Modric saga followed by the riots. The season began with defeat against the two Manchester clubs followed by eleven wins in twelve games.
Things were going well for us until the Fabio Capello resignation and since then the season has fallen apart. The Manchester City defeat I can accept, although Balotelli should not have been on the pitch to win the penalty, but the home defeat to Manchester United and surrendering a two goal lead and conceding five to Arsenal is really unacceptable.
In my opinion we are suffering now because Redknapp has not rotated the squad enough so when players are injured those that come in are not ready.
It is conceivable that we can finish anywhere from third to sixth and need 20 points to guarantee our Champions league position, although if Chelsea were to win the Champions league then that may not happen at all.
Even if Tottenham were to win the FA Cup, then anything less than third to me would be failure from where we were in February.
Any thoughts?
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