History

What a past few seasons we have had, from early 21 century mid-table wonderers... into a team fighting for honors at the right end of the premiership, if AVB can keep this squad together then our first title since 1961 will be a lot nearer than under previous bosses!

Last nights win over Lyon showed character, and although we left it till the last kick of the game to take a 2-1 advantage over to France, the fact is we are in poll position to push on to the next round, where we could end up facing Inter, the first time since Gareth Bale destroyed them in the CL Group stage a few seasons back! There are still some top-drawer teams in the Europa league, but on our day we can beat anybody! so could we dare dream of our first European trophy since 84?

The Glory days have taken a lot longer to return to The Lane than most would of liked, but we are on the cusp of achieving greatness, and for once i feel we will push on and stop being the underachievers, the oh-so nearly men!

Looking back through our history we have always had great individuals, from Greaves to Sheringham, Ginola to King, these individuals have brought us moments of pure magic, but for what ever reason we never hit them heights that we should of been hitting, Sir Bill sent the bench mark in 61, and ever since then we have never been able to regain that magic!

"It's better to fail aiming high than to succeed aiming low"

Our last major trophy came in 2008, which may only seem a few years ago but in them 5 years we have become stronger, added better players to our ranks and have almost got rid of that monkey off our backs when it comes to beating the big spending elite in their own back yards... The only ground we haven't won at since the premiership started is Stamford bridge... how AVB would love to put that right!

So as we head deeper into 2013 are we about to enter another period of them Glory days? COYS

Is Levy the problem

Daniel Levy, some fans love him some fans hate him, but lets look into the facts over the last 24 months.

Flash back to when we had just beaten Arsenal at the Emirates. We we're going well in the Champions League, Bale and VDV we're pulling the strings and things we're looking good. A few weeks later the transfer window opened. Yet we didn't take advantage of it, had we signed for example a Scotty Parker or an Aguero, the latter not as far fetched as you may have thought! We more than likely would of made decent progress from the season before. Instead we carried on with what we had and we ended up finishing 5th and got to the quarter finals of the Champions league, which in fairness wasn't too bad of a season, compared to recent times.

That summer there was alot of unrest, 'Arry and Levy's relationship started to breakdown over the Modric situation, add to that the sales of target man Crouch, *who played a big part in getting us to the CL! 'Captain Keane' and our number one right back at the time in Hutton and you could see that it was going to be a long season. The arrival of Parker and Ade lifted the fans and we went on up to the new year with a shout of winning the title! That January again we we're all hoping to kick on from our strong position. We were all hoping for a Kaka, or a Tevez but what happened, 'Arry wasn't backed and we sold our no 3 striker in Pav, and replaced him with a free signing in Saha, add to the mix an aging centre back to cover the injured Dawson and that combined with off the field issues ment we missed out on the champions league by one point!

The summer saw 'Arry getting the chop, with the unconvincing AVB given the job at the Lane, throw in former Cult hero Steffen Freund as part of the back room staff *Can just imaging out of all the people AVB wanted as his no two.... Freund was his first choice! Now AVB has seen 2 of his big game players sold during the summer, and it was totally out of his hands, he can't be blamed for taking a job where the Chairman doesn't really want to spend the dosh if he can help it. So is it a case of AVB being sold a dud, or has Levy got it wrong with sacking the man that gave us wins against the might of the premiership and the giants of Europe?

Now we're heading into the final few weeks of 2012 and we are now looking more like a mid-table Spurs team from the mid 90's than a Champions league team of 2010!

AVB it's easy as one, two, three

So we've all been brought down to earth after the start we have made to the season, but have we got a cause for concern? Or are we just after instant success, like the coffee we get served at the local Starbucks? Let's go back to last season, City stuck five past us at the Lane, Luka wasn't sure if he wanted to stay or go and Parker was going to be the new Dave Mackay.

After an unbelievable mid season we then decided to go on our summer holidays a few months too early, resulting in the premierships most unlucky team in its history to miss out on the Champions league due to a rule that should never of been written in the first place! And it to make matters worse It was Chelsea that took our place!

So during the summer cult hero 'Arry had been sacked and AVB had walked through the newly fixed revolving door of White Hart Lane. Out that door went a fair few of 'Arrys favourites including VDV and so nearly Dawson.

Rewind a few weeks and off we went to Newcastle, a game where we wanted 3 points but would of settled for 1.... We ended up with none!

Not to worry the White Hart Lane faithful chanted we've got WBA and Norwich at the Lane that's 6 points in the bag...... Ok we didn't lose to them but 2 points from them 2 games hasn't really gone down well, with even the most pesimistic of fans couldn't of predicted this start!

The signings of Dembele and Clint are a master stroke, although was it down to the board or did AVB have his say? One things for sure Lloris ain't too pleased with his new manager! With no one really sure what is going on at the Lane at the moment are we in for a transitional season? Or is it a case of the summer time blues?

So with our next game against Reading a must win can the players rally round AVB and kick start this slow horse into motion?

The Pride of North London

Let's get one thing straight we haven't won anything yet, but my word we are only a few steps away from changing that! With the possibility of a title and an FA cup, memories of 61 maybe updated to the class of 2012!
With the other side of north London crashing out of the cup and getting a good old fashion hiding by AC Milan earlier on in the week (a team we knocked out of the CL last season) things are looking great for the original boys of North London and their following. Ask any fan who has been the out standing player of our season so far and you could pick anyone from 12/13 players. From King to Kaboul every player has played their part! And with the second North London derby of the season only a matter of days away, it's unusual for us to feel like we could really batter them on their home soil! Last seasons win there shows that we have nothing to fear! And the A*****l team of today is miles behind that of recent seasons! Watching them crash out of the cup against Sunderland brought a massive smile to my face, that idiot of a boss they have looked like a dead man walking! Has the golden bubble around Wenger finally burst? Let's hope we can stick another nail in that ageing coffin!
So with uncertainty surrounding 'Arry beyond this current campaign, wouldn't it be great if he could leave on a high! Over the last few seasons we have pushed on! With the additions of VDV, Parker and Sandro we have finally added quality depth to the middle of the park and with young Livermore looking better with every game played. The likes of Tom Hudd and Jenas will have a hard time forcing their way back into the squad next season. (Thats if Jenas is welcomed back from his loan) Meanwhile the red side have been selling off the crown jewels like there is no tomorrow, I wonder if we could tempt RVP  to cross the divide... a bit like Sol did all them years ago? What comes around goes around springs to mind! but in all fairness would you swap any of our players for theirs? For the first time in ages we can turn around and stick two fingers up @ them! The highlight of their season? The return of that 30+ past it icon.... How quick that past, 3 goals scored against the so called lesser teams, doesn't really sound like a story book ending. I've just heard he has landed back in New York ready to play in that part-time league called the MLS!
What ever happens come the end of the season, we have had more highs than lows and we have been playing some of the greatest football man has ever seen, just ask Sir Alex.
With Bale telling everyone he has no intention of leaving The Lane for Real Madrid or Barcelona it's a great time to be part of a Spurs revolution!
It's been a long time coming but we have finally taken back that title of Pride of North London. After all Spurs are on their way to Wembley!