By 1970’s
Gooner
I doubt it
very much if Spurs will be challenging for a Champions League spot in the
foreseeable future.
Harry
Redknap was incredibly successful in putting a team together with enough flair
and steel to challenge quite seriously for one of
the top four spots in one of the most competitive leagues in the world.
The timing
was also right. Chelsea
were in the last few years beginning to suffer from old age and from their
owner's strange decisions on the managerial front.
In parallel
the other North London team was still having
to come to terms with the increased financial burden which the new stadium
demanded.
Liverpool too, the other usual contender, is still suffering from the over
excessive and ill advised transfer spending of their previous and current manager.
The goings
on at Spurs at the moment point to a breakdown of a successful team and more
importantly of its management which will inevitably result to an eventual
meltdown.
The
disruption will be so severe that it is doubtful whether spurs will finish
inside the top 10 next season.
The manager
and his coaching staff which master minded the meteoric rise of the club in
recent years has for some unfathomable reason sacked!
And the replacement looks
like being the biggest flop of the decade, AVB, who was quite obviously out of
his depth at Chelsea.
Additionally
key players like Modric and Van de Vart who are world class players and were
the key ingredient in making a good Spurs side an excellent one qualifying for
the Champions League and challenging the top Premier League sides on an equal
footing are set to depart.
This will
leave Spurs searching for a new identity on both the management front as well
as on the pitch.
And
Arsenal’s domination of North London looks
like being extended even further for a long time to come.
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