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Originally Posted by Bagor
Actually, no. This year everyone is not back. Don't delude yourself.
Arsenal are out in the wilderness at the moment. Both United and City are stuttering. Both CAN be a lot better.
This is my point. Spurs are NOT holding their own. Chelsea are back on form of a PL winning team. Spurs are 10 points off that pace yet their supporters tell themselves they are doing ok? This is exactly the level of mediocrity that I am referring to.
You say that they are not many pieces away from being odds on favorites yet you appear unbothered if they were titleless in the next three years and now say winning the league will be tough?
I don't feel like making excuses for Chelsea. I believe they are worthy of being 10 points clear. Many a team before them has won the PL whilst playing in Europe at the same time. Not an impossible feat by a long shot.
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You bring this up as though Spurs haven't had their issues this year though? You brush off City and United "stuttering" while clearly when we didn't have Kane at our disposal it was a significant problem, and I think that the lack of depth for Tottenham was exposed with the CL and PL.
And yeah, winning the league is tough. You need a lot of things to go right and its not just based on having a good team. I wouldn't say that I would be unbothered if they don't win, because I definitely want to see a title. I just don't think its a certainty by any stretch and to turf an excellent looking young manager might be a mistake (it's hard to say what happens over the next 3 years).
And yeah, Spurs are 10 points off the pace. That sucks. I would've liked to see a few wins along the way that ended up as draws. But there are some nice positives shaping up. We're still chasing Chelsea and while they're not losing anything it seems, it could happen. We also have a bit of cushion on 4th and 5th at this point which is nice.
I think the biggest difference is that I expect Spurs to be competitive and in the race. At this point, from a realistic perspective, that's where we should be. I want them to win, and truth be told I put money on them to win the league this year a few months ago (or maybe a little sooner). But I'm also a realist. The league has a lot of parity and even if we ran the table here and went 11-0 to close out the season it might not be enough. That's not settling though, it's just a realistic view of the league as it stands.