It is not Levy. It is not Ramos. It is not the players. It is not even Comolli. Because they are all doing what they can to resurrect the sleeping giant which is Tottenham Hotspur. The elements that are blocking Spurs’ way are the newspaper- and fan-driven hysteria that has erupted on the basis of a few bad results.
Why is it that a lot of fans can see no longer than the score line? Booing your favourite team is not acceptable in my book. We stand by the team at all times – even more so in troubled times. And you always have to ask yourself: Did the players put in the effort?
Right now, the team is struggling to find the flow in their game. But how can it be any different with so many new players? Ask yourself how fast you adopted to full use when you last changed jobs. The game plan for Spurs this season has to be totally different without Keane/Berbatov. But it will take a while to get that going. Accept that and keep perspective. We are not relegated a couple of weeks into October. In fact we are still competing in all four competitions.
OK, so we are not playing to our full potential. But it will come – not least with the competent help of enthusiastic and positive supporters. Don’t get carried away by the media coverage.
Why is it that reporters and pundits are totally unable to analyse beyond the score line? Well, they have their fixed agenda: they think that drama sells newspapers. And they will dramatise everything they get their hands on.
This means that they have specific modus operandi for the situation in which Spurs find themselves right now: That is to foresee the imminent sacking of the manager, to go back 92 years in the annals for completely irrelevant statistics, to take players’ quotes out of context to highlight the angle which holds most drama etc…and then to excel in the media's latest favourite pass time: To quote each other relentlessly with no questions asked – and thus creating a veritable storm out of even the slightest breeze.
But nowhere in the M.O. is there a place for perspective and for intelligent analysis. Because that is far too complex for anyone in the media. And it doesn’t serve their purpose.
When we are subjected to this one-dimensional hot air media coverage, we have to keep our own perspective. I, for one, purposely avoid reading any of it. I have no use for it. It is in my book simply useless. It has no relevant purpose. It doesn’t offer anything positive or constructive.
I know that wins in the end are all that matter. And I like Spurs to win just as much as the next supporter. But ‘in the end’ really means May. And we will climb up the table before that. But until we do, the team need unconditional support, and the players will gel eventually.
Ramos did not become a lousy manager over night. The players did not lose their huge potential over night. Levy might have been a little too fixated on getting the most out of player sales this summer. But we can’t use any of the Monday morning quarterbacking or other hindsight right now. All the negative hype that the more fickle minded supporters and the media create will only serve to undermine the team and the results we really want. So get behind the team and don’t get sucked into the all-destroying media spiral.
Why is it that a lot of fans can see no longer than the score line? Booing your favourite team is not acceptable in my book. We stand by the team at all times – even more so in troubled times. And you always have to ask yourself: Did the players put in the effort?
Right now, the team is struggling to find the flow in their game. But how can it be any different with so many new players? Ask yourself how fast you adopted to full use when you last changed jobs. The game plan for Spurs this season has to be totally different without Keane/Berbatov. But it will take a while to get that going. Accept that and keep perspective. We are not relegated a couple of weeks into October. In fact we are still competing in all four competitions.
OK, so we are not playing to our full potential. But it will come – not least with the competent help of enthusiastic and positive supporters. Don’t get carried away by the media coverage.
Why is it that reporters and pundits are totally unable to analyse beyond the score line? Well, they have their fixed agenda: they think that drama sells newspapers. And they will dramatise everything they get their hands on.
This means that they have specific modus operandi for the situation in which Spurs find themselves right now: That is to foresee the imminent sacking of the manager, to go back 92 years in the annals for completely irrelevant statistics, to take players’ quotes out of context to highlight the angle which holds most drama etc…and then to excel in the media's latest favourite pass time: To quote each other relentlessly with no questions asked – and thus creating a veritable storm out of even the slightest breeze.
But nowhere in the M.O. is there a place for perspective and for intelligent analysis. Because that is far too complex for anyone in the media. And it doesn’t serve their purpose.
When we are subjected to this one-dimensional hot air media coverage, we have to keep our own perspective. I, for one, purposely avoid reading any of it. I have no use for it. It is in my book simply useless. It has no relevant purpose. It doesn’t offer anything positive or constructive.
I know that wins in the end are all that matter. And I like Spurs to win just as much as the next supporter. But ‘in the end’ really means May. And we will climb up the table before that. But until we do, the team need unconditional support, and the players will gel eventually.
Ramos did not become a lousy manager over night. The players did not lose their huge potential over night. Levy might have been a little too fixated on getting the most out of player sales this summer. But we can’t use any of the Monday morning quarterbacking or other hindsight right now. All the negative hype that the more fickle minded supporters and the media create will only serve to undermine the team and the results we really want. So get behind the team and don’t get sucked into the all-destroying media spiral.