The reposte to being small time, is that those who say we need to win a cup are small time.
That we are attempting to go for bigger prizes and build something that can achieve more than we have in our lifetimes.
It feels that we are entering a new place in spurs history, there is a large amount of us ST holders who spent 20yrs where nobody even knew which club we supported, apart from the NLD. The rest of the time we were treated like we now treat a Palace, oh you support palace thats nice, yes i like one of your players, i hope you have fun when you go.
Suddenly we have a load of fans all over the world (and locally who should know better) who vent at every opportunity, who want immediate success and have now starting walking into work calling out the other "big clubs"
Issue we have, is this if we arent careful this can all crumble around our ears, not because of levy not because of poch, but because of a fanbase who want to have the bragging rights now.
We aren't quite yet one of the big 6 yet, to become one of the big 6 isnt about winning a trophy, its about if we lose Kane we don't end up with Sherwood.
Its about building a infrastructure and a grounding so we are always in the champs league, its about having a 60k stadium, its about having training complexes.
If Rabiot turns us down after it looks like we offered him triple his wages, a signing on fee, thats the issue, and that wont be sorted by winning a Cup
Does that mean we can't pick up a cup along the way, no of course not, but it means that when we have fixture pile-up (inc a SF) and the worst injury season for years that we will have to take a risk against a mid-table PL team.
We did it v Watford and West Ham and won both, today it didnt come off. I'm p****sed off, i cant sleep and im ranting on a internet forum at 1am. But that doesn't mean i lose my logic
Basically the only way the project that both Poch and Levy seem to share is screwed up, is probably by the fans being impatient. The quickest way to get Poch to leave is to make him think we hate the project, you may have Levy, you may hate modern football, but the reality is this is our chance to build foundations, this is THEIR plan if not youre just kidding yourself. Forget Chelsea they owe the russian 1.2 billion, he didnt give them the money he wants it back, forget West Ham, they buy players and charge the club 20mil a year in interest for the pleasure, oh and still want the money back.
We are progressing every year, as we have for last 5, and with our players back and no world cup, and with the stadium sorted, im sure we will be better next year
Im sure those people who will shout and scream will just ignore any reason and say "oh we should be happy as we were brick in the 90's"
Yeah i watched the manager get sacked before a cup final, and then the owner and manager argue over who owned the club in the courts, whilst we kept battling relegation so yeah Levy seems to be doing a pretty good job.
Would i like him to release 100mil to Poch, of course, would Poch like that, of course, does that mean we will win something next year, probably not, but if we keep doing that sensibly, then yes it will, and when we get there it wont be a one off as the year ends in a 1
This time last year
League 44pts (3pts behind 4th & 18 behind 1st)
League Cup - Knocked out by West Ham 2nd round
FA Cup - Knocked out SF by Man Utd
CL - About to play Juve / Knocked out
Now
League - 51pts +7 (7pts above 5th and 9pts behind 1st
League Cup - SF knocked out by Chelsea
FA cup - Knocked out by Palace - 2nd round
CL - About to play Dortmund / Knocked out
Progress on the field - whilst basically everything has fallen apart off it with injuries, form and the stadium
