Fans wonder how this team didn’t win anything and clearly the players do too, based on Victor Wanyama’s insight from an interview in The Athletic.
Over the course of the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons we accumulated more points than any other Premier League team, conspiring somehow to not win the title on either occasion. The Kenyan midfielder was a key figure in that second campaign, starting 35 games as we pushed Chelsea all the way.
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That feels a long time ago now, and I imagine it does for Wanyama too considering his injury-ravaged decline in the interim. The 28-year-old has been vocal about his time at Spurs since leaving for Montreal Impact on a free transfer in March. Much of what he has said has been negative, sadly yet understandably. Bitterness over how it ended for him, and now his frustration over the club’s failure to get over the line for a major trophy.
He told The Athletic of the group’s ambitions prior to the 2017-18 season: “We thought we could win the league the next season but it didn’t go as well for me. I was injured (starting only eight league games). It frustrated me a lot that we didn’t win anything at Spurs. We had strong players in every position. We had the best defence, the best midfield, the best attack. We had the best team but we couldn’t win. I wonder why it didn’t happen for us.”
I know why it didn’t happen for us in 2017-18 – Man City racked up 100 points. The two seasons prior though, it is difficult to see where it got away.
Look at the lot down the road, had less debt than us on their stadium and 12 years after building it they are further away from what they were doing at their old place than ever.
These people that think a new stadium is some kind of miracle ticket to success are hopeless idiots. Show us one example anywhere in the world where a new stadium without massive on pitch investment has helped win anything.
700m of debt only hinders progress, especially when your owners are cheapskate losers…
Agree mate and it sucks.
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I’ll have what you’re drinking.
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‘Nothing Or Nothing’ your choices under ENIC…
“The tech giant are currently filming at Spurs for their All or Nothing docuseries”.
Should’ve been called “Nothing and No Chance” with ENIC at the helm.
It was an opportunity missed, we were on the cusp. Levy don’t back Poch and Fenway backed Klopp. I was there when we beat Liverpool 4-1 at Wembley, we were a markedly better side but they spent to fix problems and Levy stopped spending to create problems.
Nice to see the stadium being used to help the North Mid out, 2nd worst hospital in London on their doorstep.
Did a u turn over paying their staff though after the supporters dug their heels in! Great people ENIC, very caring indeed…
ENIC OUT.
Better players than them coming. Better manager than him here. The futures bright. I have no doubt about that. COYS.
The closest we’ll ever come under our wonderful owners I’m afraid. The stars will not align in that way again.
The right manager working with an age group hungry to listen and improve. It was the only chance we’ve ever had under the crooks because they won’t sign established players of quality so you have to improve a group over a cycle.
New stadium but for the Spurs team, it’s downhill from here I’m afraid. Unless the venture capitalists sell up…
ENIC OUT.
City racked up 100 points because they also had a bench to win them games. Spurs 1st XI was superb, few options after. We had Jansen and one of the N’ brigade. You need a squad to win these days, unfortunately the 1980s are not coming back.
Big up the Tottenham Hotspur stadium. Doing fine work.
Just so very Spurs to be the best team over season but not win anything.
Morning amusement from the Daily Mail.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8223223/Amazon-emerge-contenders-Tottenhams-main-stadium-naming-rights.html