For a start, I have (a) few talents but predicting the future ain't one, rather unfortunately. So nope, I'm not shitting on everything the club will do in the future, cause I just don't friggin know. And I'm also a big believer that things, no matter how set in stone they appear to be, can always change.
As for our present. If you go back to that list with your eyes & mind open, you'll notice that there were players I was positive about: Danso, Porro, Bergvall...I'm also very happy we signed Thomas Frank & I'm positively intrigued about Vinnie...so no, it ain't all doom & gloom. Many times on here I've also defended 6 outta 10 Ben, said how excited I was about kids like Mikey. And even those players I criticize for their shortcomings, I know how to give them credit where it's due eg Vicario is an unreal shotstopper, Udogie is a proper athlete, Romero is pure class when his head is in the right place, fair play to Djed & his character for breaking through after troubled beginnings, Bentancur is an elegant high IQ player, Sarr has an unbelievable engine, Madders can pick locks like few can in the PL, Brennan is top at that one specialist thing he does, massive respect to big Dom for how hard he works for the team etc etc. And it ain't all about the players, I also give Levy & his gang their props...for the new stadium & training facilities, for sourcing all those commercial opportunities that make us financially solid, for the work being done in the community, for not acting like Liverpool/Arse/Chelsea in the media.
Re our past, I'll leave you with a wee list of the things that the club done that made me weak at the knees and even weep like a baby, knowing I'm a rather tough emotionless bastard most of the time. Probably could have kept going on, but I've just spent the night watching clips of Sonny and wanna get a few hours' kip before the Legend's farewell game.
- Winning the glorious FA Cup in 1991 is one of my most cherished memories as a Spurs fan...can't wait to win it again
- That Jonny Woodgate header to defeat the scum in '08
- Bagging another 25-30 trophies...not bad for a club that never wins anything
- That Ajax night
- All our great wins & goals vs the cunts down the road: Gazza's crack, Danny Rose's volley, that insane curler from Kane, Coco's rabona...
- The old White Hart Lane and the first games I attended with my dad as a kid before football became all about business
- Signing/producing great players like Glenn, Kane, Gazza, Klinsmann, Ossie, Waddle, Mabbutt, Anderton, Ginola, Lineker, Berbatov, Rafa, Bale, Eriksen, Modric, Sonny...
- Our illustrious old guard: Jimmy Greaves, Chivers, Mullery, Roberts, Steve P, Dave Mackay, the Allen trio, Peters, Jennings...
- Our legendary managers...and those who could've been like BMJ, Poch or Tim Sherwood (lol)
- Meeting Harry before he became Kane, many other players over the years like Toby, BAE, Dawson, Jenas, Huddlestone, Freund, Kanoute...
- Meeting AVB and receiving a lovely letter from him a few weeks afterwards
- And of course Bilbao: God knows Ange and the squad drove me nuts last season, but fuck me how insanely good that felt. Seeing Sonny lift the trophy, I cried for 2 or 3 hours straight (the heavy partying & injuring my leg probably played a part, though)
COYS
