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Nacer Chadli relishing free role for Mauricio Pochettino’s Spurs

Gaz_Gammon

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When was the last time Lennon beat his man?


He's a one trick pony. An out and out old fashioned winger who's main job is to hog the wing and run at or around the opponents left back. In Poch's system (summed up perfectly in pre-season) the deep by-line cross is the least of his priorities from the left or right wing forward. Lennon was little boy lost.

His time i fear as a starter has passed and if we can get half decent money for him (and we should) he should be sold.
 

Gaz_Gammon

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The league is not the same as it was when 4 clubs had the CL places sewn up over a decade-long period. Dynasties do not last forever and now we have a league in which any one of 7 clubs, given a good manager and a favourable run with injuries, has a strong enough squad to qualify.

That includes us, but the realisation seems to have dawned collectively at SC this summer that we are still the 6th most powerful club financially and have a stadium that is considerably lower down the rankings than 6th. Expectation has thus been tempered by reality, after 4 consecutive years of 'nearly': that everything has to go right for us to qualify.

I think it's a case of Spurs chasing one of two places, as Man Citeh and Chel$ea have too many options, with just too much quality mainly because of their financial position to spend big and get rid if the player fails to produce.

Out new stadium will bring us a little closer to the promised land, and provide the Club with more income, some of which will be used to improve the quality of the squad.

Currently we have say four World class potential players, whereas the main title contenders have possibly seven or eight. That's where the wheat is seperated from the chaffe.

So in summing up, finishing aywhere between fourth and sixth is and should be considered a good season, and if we should do that with a new coach, using a new system then i would be really happy bearing in mind that the squad should improve season on season going forward.
 
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