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Aside from Son momentarily turning into the Korean Ricky Vila, that was a distinctly unmemorable experience.

It’s easy to get sucked into a maelstrom of theories.

We were tired.

Foolishly thought we already had it in the bag?

Perhaps, in the final analysis, whilst it’s been a good season, it was never going to be a great one, because we fundamentally aren’t good enough?


Whether you want to hear it or not, our current total of 70 points has only been good enough for 4th or 5th place in 10 of the last 14 seasons.

In two of those seasons 70 points would have secured 3rd.

And in another two seasons 70 points would only have only landed us 6th place.


Nobody is denying Poch is up to some good, but if you adamantly refuse to factor in that Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal all had comparatively mediocre seasons then that’s down to you.

In fact, for those you still waiting for the Leicester City bubble to burst, still waiting for half the Leicester City team to be busted on illegal doping charges, then the situation is even worse!

Those who will be screaming at anyone that will listen about progress under Levy are seriously out of their minds.

It is a prerequisite of any forward looking club with grand aspirations to secure the best training facilities a multimillion pound business can secure. Not a treat, deserving of our reverential gratitude.

After dicking about for 15 years, we’ve eventually given a manager an opportunity to build a team.

Yahoo!


The good news – the undeniable good news – is that Poch’s philosophy is a good one.

However we’re doing a good impression of a team that has run out of steam.

Our form needs to 180° turn in fortune if our trip to Sid James Park isn’t going to leave us all sick as proverbial parrots come full time.

Arsenal, laugh a minute Arsenal, are at home to Aston Villa.


Next season, Poch cannot simply reel out the same old mantra about having the youngest squad in the league.

Conte comes to Chelsea, Pep to City and Klopp will be a busy boy this summer.

Leicester City are unlikely to sail off the edge of the world and into a dragon’s mouth.

Then there is the matter of increased TV monies and FFP. This means that the divide between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’ in the Premier League is now not so much a divide, more of a blurred line.


Harry Kane scores lots of goals, but beyond these wondrous strikes we are left with just his mind-numbing greed and Clinton flippin’ Cards.

Come the demolition of The Lane, the meter will be running in earnest, so Poch must grab his players now.

January is a waste of everyone’s time and next summer the chairman’s piggy bank will be bare.

It will be bare for many a season.


Clinton doesn’t have a Premier League future.

Chadli appears to be going backwards.

Our midfield minus Mousa is lightweight.

Mason needs to fight for his place and not simply be gifted it when we’re a bit short.

Groaning at Mason isn’t an answer, it’s an unhelpful response.

Son has a future but not as a striker.


With a dash of good luck, Spurs will qualify for Champions League football – but anyone believing this to be an easier competition than the Europa League (which yet again we came a cropper in the moment we played a decent side) needs to have a word with themselves.

 

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