Cast your minds back to start of the year... Everything was looking spot on, challenging the Manchester duo for the title, The Scum and Chelsea were in free fall and England still had FAB! 'Arry was tipped to take the England hot seat after the Euros and Spurs were going to do the double and 'Arry would get the blessing of the mighty Spurs fans has he went on his way to bring the World Cup trophy back to England! Former Lane hero Robbie Keane had just arrived back in the Premiership on loan @ Villa park and all the press wanted to do was ask him about Spurs possibly winning the title!
As 2012 started to unwind, the wheels started to wobble. Spurs played a blinder away to City yet lost to a last minute pen! If only BAE had let that ball run out for a throw and more to the point if the ref had spotted Bad boy Balotelli's stamp on Parker earlier on in the second half! Meanwhile 'Arry was clearing his name in the courts regarding TAX issues.
An unfortunate sequence of events then unfolded in a matter of hours... 'Arry got the all clear from the big wigs in court and then FAB held a meeting @ F.A head quarters and then shortly after a few cups of tea it was decided that England and FAB were no more! Rumors started to circle that 'Arry would walk away from the Lane! With no official approach from the F.A the media served up a storm in a tea cup! All the fans wanted to hear from 'Arry was that he was committed to the club.... what we heard via the press was he had a job to do @ the Lane. Although in fairness, All 'Arry was saying was that "he hasn't been approached!" @ first it didn't seem to cast any negativity around the club.... A 5-0 win against Newcastle pushed Spurs further away from the scum! and gave us are biggest league win since 'Arrys boys stuck 9 past Wigan a few seasons back! The top team in London had a nice ring to it and with shouts of Mind the gap, there wasn't a chance they could catch us!!
A 3-1 win over Swansea then followed, and the players and fans a like all believed we were right back on track! Even Lawro predicted maximum points from our Easter schedule! A boring 0-0 draw away to Sunderland Failed to dampen our top 4 hopes, after all the scum had to play City! By tea time yesterday the scum had beaten City and today's game against Norwich became a must win! Norwich @ the Lane! What could go wrong? 'Arry shuffled his pack and made a few changes, 90 odd minutes later Spurs had lost their 3rd home game this season! (last season we only lost one @ home) Meanwhile the surprise package of the season in Newcastle had won their game and found themselves only out the top 4 on goal difference!
So for all the highs we've had this season has 'Arry been a victim of his own success? After all every team hits a blip! Look @ City! So with our league form looking more like relegation standard than champions league standard, can the lads regain their form for the remainder of the season and put some breathing space between ourselves and the chasing pack? But more importantly can the lads regain their early season form for the weekends FA cup semi final tie against Chelsea?
Now Although a top four finish would be great, a trophy in my view would be better! Look@ the scum, they ain't won a bean since 2006! And how we love to rub that into their scummy little brains! Don't they know it! How great would it be if we brought the FA cup back to North London! After all... the history books don't care who finished 2nd, 3rd or 4th! Can anyone without going on a stats site name the teams that finished 2nd ,3rd or 4th in 1999 or 2003? What i can tell ya is that the Champions league didn't do Leeds any favors!
History books care about winners! And a bonus to that is a cracking day out @ Wembley! COYS
