Are we being overly negative?

If we had played well and lost I would say yes but we have played like a bunch of bandits so no, I don't think we have been overly negative.

Greatteamswinit4times- A terrible enemy

Has it disintegrated though? For the last two months you must have thought you'd finish 5th-7th? That is where you'll finish.



Two months ago, Spurs were still in the hunt for top four, in a Cup Final and still had European football. So yes it has disintegrated.

Arrogant of you to think Spurs were not in the hunt for top four, when they were something like 5th or 6th and still with about 15 games to play.

redrob,

Has it disintegrated though? For the last two months you must have thought you'd finish 5th-7th? That is where you'll finish.

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I genuinely never contemplated finishing 7th!

5th would be considered acceptable, 6th absolute worst - never as low as 7th.

I know its seems like just a place or 2 but we have to be consistent here. 7th would not have been acceptable under less popular managers so it isn't acceptable now.

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Why are we being negative? Spurs are about to fall way short of last season`s points tally and won`t be getting bailed out by favourable refereeing like Liverpool do every year.

There has been no progression whatsoever in my opinion, we are just treading water season after season and are probably playing slightly worse football than under Sherwood.

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I don't think we have been. In an ideal world we'd be playing well and winning, but we've probably not played well for about 2 months. Those cracks were papered over in the games we won. In the last 5 or so weeks we've played against:

QPR A
Leicester H
Burnley A
Villa H

That's 4 teams who were probably all 16th and lower when we played them, yet didn't play well in any of them

As I say, when compared to last season there has been an improvement in enjoyment levels. We might not match the 69 points we accumulated last season, but I have enjoyed more aspects of this season regardless.

When I think back to last season and the capitulations to the big teams, the first half of the season which was dire in terms of creating chances despite the wins, and the faltering in all the cups in earlier rounds than this season, it's been better on each count.

Whatever work needs doing next season with the performances, players and managers, we can at least take solace in the fact it's been a little more enjoyable than last season.

Re: Poch not having a plan B as I've read on here and on other threads. In his defence, in order to have a plan B you need decent players to bring off the bench. Look at the players we do have on the bench, and you'll see why he doesn't have much of a plan B.

Spurtle

Re: Poch not having a plan B as I've read on here and on other threads. In his defence, in order to have a plan B you need decent players to bring off the bench. Look at the players we do have on the bench, and you'll see why he doesn't have much of a plan B.

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I disagree. Poch has plenty of players on the books to change his game plan but has simply chosen not to. He even went as far as loaning out a player (Lennon) just because he “allegedly” didn’t fit into Plan A.