Smashing Time

Newcastle. Home or away, one team always gets smashed. More the case that we tend to get smashed at theirs whilst we dish it out at ours.

So, with that in mind; nervous much?

No Solanke. Richy is in a perpetual state of ‘no’. Spurs owe us for the calamities of prior visits. Window has shut until January and we can finally focus on the games ahead of us, domestic and European. The season starts now. But what exactly do you expect from it?

Spurs are progressing but some might say (no, I didn’t get tickets) that the steps are too slow. Others will remark that the steps are far too grounded. No skip or attempted jump. But we’ve attempted that before and fallen to the dirt. Tottenham are seeking to build something, short term into long term but doing so with genuine commitment to the philosophy they have embraced.

Is it enough?

What is enough?

What are the expectations?

There is no short cut to success if success is competing with Manchester City. There is no magic formula other than to somehow discover it through belief and focused management; generating relentless momentum that might still not be enough. But reaching our capacity means we’re doing everything to impact the Premier League with a lasting flavour of THFC, the type that others will struggle to remove from their mouth. The flavour of THFC in this analogy is the salty taste of tears from every other club as Spurs finally take over.

Arsenal (the absolute gits) found their way through the simple art of backing their manager even when it looked like he was lost, caught between a rock and a Pep.

We are in season 2 of a reset. We can’t keep leaning on this. But we do need time, as grating as that is. Considering we have given our lives (over dramatic klaxon).

This season needs to be one that illustrates that the blueprint we’re working from has depth and output. Success is top four because top four means we’ve been competitive and consistent. Actual quantifiable success is winning a tin pot. But in the grand scheme of things, once more, to be the best you have to force them to want to fight you and fight to get away from you.

I do like the fact that whatever happens in this new cycle, the club won’t need to reset the next time round. That’s the future. The present is in the hands of our gaffer.

We have a squad. Can it and will it be stretched? Can we avoid an injury implosion? Can Angeball be a thing that sees us persist with possession but result with more goals?

Are we contending this season?

Will the next big window give us those big final piece signings?

Is there even a point to any of it as long as City have that big show-off oaf up front?

For now, let’s just try and get all three points on Sunday.

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