POOL: BACK DOWN WHERE THEY BELONG

What a pleasure to watch a Spurs side play so convincingly well against an Everton team with so many excellent players. The crowd seemed on top form too. I credit the home supporters for responding in kind to the Spurs players upping their game and application.

Looking more broadly at the league table, it seems as though both ourselves and Manchester United are starting to open a gap on Brendan Rodgers 240 million pound men.

It is indeed strange that the worse Spurs and United sides for many years are now looking so comfortably superior Liverpool. After all, Liverpool finished second last season and then strengthened with another £140 million of new signings. Pre-season, their supporters were talking up a title challenge and mocking both Spurs and United as inferior sides. Their supporters were convinced they would be finishing 20 points ahead of United at a bare minimum.

Taken in context, it's difficult to explain their collapse. The only answer is some variation of small club syndrome. For all that money spent, they are still a midtable club with midtable players.

So despite having one good season in years, they are now back down to where they belong. Behind both Spurs and United forever.

Here's to midtable clubs knows their place .