it's articles like this that hurt me more than the result/performance.
the "Narrative" that there's some sort of "Spurs DNA" that will always over-promise & under-deliver. Perennial bottlers. etc it's ridiculous, players come and go and the club itself doesn't have human characteristics .
it's a nice story though, and until we win a trophy or 2 it'll remain the narrative.
some of the lines in this -
It’s a fascinating concept, an impossible clash of styles, of brands, between the manager who always wins things and the club that can go to extraordinary lengths and plumb unimaginable depths to avoid doing so.
It’s quite striking stuff from a manager who managed to take Chelsea from 10th to first in a single season five years ago.
But Chelsea are Chelsea and Spurs are Spurs.
Fundamentally, Conte’s reign at Spurs will come down to one thing: can Conte’s ability to Conte overcome Spurs’ ability to Spurs?
On the evidence at Stamford Bridge, your money would have to be on Spurs being just too potent a comedic, self-destructive force even for Conte.
For all that Spurs were several shades of awful, and that pratfall Spursiness has apparently consumed and defeated even a winning mentality as strong as Conte
Spurs’ slapstick first half in the Carabao Cup at Chelsea showed again the job Antonio Conte has on his hands.
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