I'll try and give you this without the emotion. We are in danger of talking ourselves into 'fatigue.' It is being mentioned often, so often, that in fact it will become real. I remember '82 when we were going for everything.
We lost the League Cup Final to Liverpool AET, who we the fittest team in the country.
We were kicked to bits, and I do mean that, by Barcelona, yes Barcelona, in the Semi Final of the Cup Winners Cup. We finished forth in the League.
All of this was achieved by a small squad who had to endure a replay in the F.A. Cup final, but still found enough to win it. We have had the most intense week of the season against a fanatical West Ham and a very good Woolwich team. It is past and will not be repeated.
Let's look at where we are. I have long argued that I don't want to finish 4th. I want a manager who will build a team to win the Premiere League. I thought it would take 5 years. It hasn't, we are close. That is progress.
I know that Sky's bitches will strengthen again. I see the profane transfer values being banded about. Levy, whatever you think of him, retains a connection with the fans and the community, and is building a stadium which will not, despite what the anti -Spurs media - and they are legion - mire us in Woolwich levels of debt.
We are not leaving our ancestral home, just shifting it north a bit. We are still a real club with real fans. We had fans at the game on Saturday form all over the world. They are not tourist, they could pick any successful, nouveau riche club in Europe. They are humble and keen. Tottenham Hotspur did that to them.
We will play in the Champions League once again next season, we will not win it. I know it can all come crashing down but we have staff turning down Manchester United's job offers and top quality players queueing up to sign new, long term contracts.
Teams that once laughed at us, now fear us. There are nine managers out there saying 'Lads, it's Tottenham.'
It means something else now. Every Spurs fan know what it is to be 'Spursy.' It too means something else now.
This not the past, this is now.
I believe.