I'd just be happy to have 3rd locked up with a game or two left.
& points behind Utd and City says why we won't.
You can if you want.
But, win our game in hand, and we still have to play Citeh and united...do that and that would nullify your argument.
Like most, I would be ecstatically happy with third, but we can still aspire to higher, can't we :shrug:
We can and should always aspire to be better.
But then realistically, do we have the chance to go that far... I don't think so. We simply make things hard for ourselves, always have done. I cannot see us getting a result at City, and we always just roll over for Utd.
I hope it's not the case, I really do, but I'm just being more realistic and I cannot jump up about what might be.
But, I'm on unlucky Spurs fan though. I've never seen us win live, and the only time I was at the Lane when we did win, I missed all 3 goals because I needed to piss ;-)
This season, I've watched us twice, and seen us lose both times. So I don't even watch us on TV anymore, and whenever I bet us to lose, we win - really fucked up reverse thinking, but those are my rituals and sacrifices for the greater good!!
There's no point in asking whether we can or can't. The important thing to ask is how we do it.
That means buying well in Jan, preparing tactically for every game, managing the squad so that players don't get tired, etc. These are things we can do, not just say, or think.
Confidence doesn't come from just saying we need it. Confidence comes from preparation. Confidence comes from working our arses off in training. It comes before you've kicked a ball, because you already know what to do in your head and even if they're shaking you up now you know you have a plan to get back on track.
Self-belief is important, but it is meaningless without real action. If we really, really want it, we'll do everything possible to give ourselves the best chance of success, leaving the rest up to Fate.
When you ask whether we "can" be champions, that's like asking whether Fate is on our side. But that's out of our hands, whereas there are so many things we could do to try to win each and every game. Let's focus on those things before dreaming of luck to flow our way. Now that we "believe", let's do our best to fulfill those beliefs!