Honest question, how would you describe who we are? What we’re about? I don’t know what our identity is at the moment.
I'd say the reaction to De Zerbi's first few games tells you all you need to know: everyone felt relieved. I wasn't into Postecoglou at all, but you can tell that despite finishing 17th, he will go down in the club's history as a much more beloved manager than Thomas Frank or Jose Mourinho.
First Spurs game I saw was the FA Cup final against Coventry, back in 1987. I'm not claiming to be an expert on Spurs or even the best fan in the world, but it did shape the way I see the club. I didn't know many of the players, mainly Ardiles and a few others I'd seen at the World Cup the year before, but as the game went on, it was obvious Spurs had the better players. In my memory, they played an expansive game. They were class - and yet they lost.
So, based on what hooked me in, winning isn't really part of the deal when you're a Spurs fan. What's paramount for me is a) playing the game a certain way and b) having outstanding players (not necessarily eleven of them, but a few of them).
I'm telling you anything you if I say that Arsenal fan, for instance, have a completely different ethics. The Wenger era was an anomaly for them. Arteta and George Graham are their heroes.
Do I feel like the club hasn't been itself in a while? Yeah, I agree. It's partly Levy's fault and partly due to the way football has evolved. There's not much room for players like Gascoigne, Hoddle or Ginola nowadays and the few that are left are just too expensive. Someone like Kudus is probably the closest thing we will ever get. In my opinion, we had arguably the best team in the world under Pochettino but we became obsessed with not winning trophies and we lost our way looking for someone who'd finally get us over the line.
De Zerbi, from what I've seen of him, is at least a step in the right direction but there's no doubt in my mind that we have been set back to where we were in the early 90s, assuming we don't go down on Sunday.
