The state of Tottenham Hotspur

After Tuesday's defeat at the King Power,Tottenham find themselves in 5th at the time of writing with the potential of dropping to 7th if results go against them.

The question now is are we entering a mini-crisis of sorts. Of course not. If fans on social media are to be believed then, the manager should be sacked and all the high profile players need to be dropped. Spurs fans are acting like wolves without teeth, this meaning that they are tearing the side apart without any real evidence to support them. We are not in crisis, we are just in a spot of poor form. If you cast your mind back to October/November last season we endured another sticky run of form and look where we ended up.

Fans need to get off of the managers back , the progress the side has made since his arrival in 2014 is huge. Back then was the time we were in crisis. We had spent the Gareth Bale money poorly and had a team that weren't taking pride in playing for the club and were only there to pick up their paycheck at the end of the week. Now we have a squad that is young and hungry, with a manager that gets the best from his players. Then why aren't we closer to the top than we have been, the reason is simple, money. 

We have set out a transfer and wage policy that is not comparable to other sides in the top six and even the top ten. The two Manchester clubs invested heavily again in the summer, even pinching our right back. Both Liverpool and Arsenal spent big in the summer to narrow the gap on us. We left it late in the window to do our business in comparison to others, we didn't make our first signing till mid August and didn't add another first team player till deadline day. The only real failing of Pochettino is that he was slow to react to what was happening around him. 

The sides around us have a lot of depth in their squad in comparison to ours. This is because of our strict transfer and wage policy. As long as we stick to this we aren't going to able to attract players who are of a high enough level. No player will want to sit on the bench at Spurs on 30k a week when they could go to City or Chelsea and double their money for the same job. We need to get our head out of the clouds and understand that this season will be hard and maybe even the first couple in the new ground will be just as hard. 

We have a side that works for the badge on the shirt and when there is a lack of depth, they will fatigue and go through rocky stages but you can hear in their voices that they care about the club. We also have a boss, who wants to get us titles and tries his best to achieve this. We also need to start creating an atmosphere at Wembley and hopefully the performances will follow. 


Remember the days when we were delighted to finish in the Europa League spaces and now we are unhappy that we are almost out of the title race. Doesn't that show how fickle we are as fans.