- Apr 10, 2006
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Inevitably we have all had some difficult recent conversations with friends and acquaintances who know we support
Tottenham. Almost unwittingly I have developed an 'alternative to the mainstream' explanation of what happened. It goes like this:
When we were in the UEFA League the club justifiably ranked it second to getting into the UCL places and then eventually having a crack at winning the EPL itself. The received opinion being that it is too difficult to compete on several or multiple fronts (1982 comes to mind). Thus we exited quite meekly to what was certainly a more committed Dortmund side.
On reflection I believe that that exit in some ways contributed to what came later in our season. Up until that point we were rotating many players....the full backs come to mind but also Mason, Chadli and Carroll were all playing regularly....as was Wimmer. Once we went out of the UEFA League many of those blokes hardly got any time on the field and would have lost match fitness. As we know the bans for Dembele and Alli demanded changes for the first team and I think their replacements were off the pace for the job we needed them to do.
Am I clutching at straws here to explain our demise or is there some value in this explanation
Tottenham. Almost unwittingly I have developed an 'alternative to the mainstream' explanation of what happened. It goes like this:
When we were in the UEFA League the club justifiably ranked it second to getting into the UCL places and then eventually having a crack at winning the EPL itself. The received opinion being that it is too difficult to compete on several or multiple fronts (1982 comes to mind). Thus we exited quite meekly to what was certainly a more committed Dortmund side.
On reflection I believe that that exit in some ways contributed to what came later in our season. Up until that point we were rotating many players....the full backs come to mind but also Mason, Chadli and Carroll were all playing regularly....as was Wimmer. Once we went out of the UEFA League many of those blokes hardly got any time on the field and would have lost match fitness. As we know the bans for Dembele and Alli demanded changes for the first team and I think their replacements were off the pace for the job we needed them to do.
Am I clutching at straws here to explain our demise or is there some value in this explanation