I'm sitting in my lounge right now, in my house I bought in June 2006. The lounge looks great. There are things that are still wrong with it - but compared to the building site it was 12 months ago, its a palace. It took me over a year to get the right furniture, the right curtains, the floor, the tv, the rugs, I could go on.
Not everything in my lounge works perfectly all the time. Lightbulbs blow. The front door sticks when its raining outside. I've spilled the odd drink on the floor and like every batchelor, I am deficient in the gene that empowers people to dust.
My lounge though, to everyone who comes to visit, is lovely.
I can't think of a more apt analogy for the media fueled shite that is bouncing around about Spurs at the moment. Spurs have spent a lot of money over a long time getting in their expensive furniture - the players - and getting that furniture to do the job its supposed to do. Martin Jol has been at the centre of literally everything that has been successful these past 2 years. 5th in the league twice. Do those words not sink in with the cretins calling for his head after two games of a season which so far has seen every single one of the top five from last season drop points? Chelsea. Dropped points. Man Utd. Dropped points. Liverpool. Dropped points. Arsenal. Dropped points. Spurs. Dropped points. Need I go on?
Any rival fan outside of White Hart Lane looking in can see we're onto a good thing right now. Jol, Comolli, Levy, Hughton, all have contributed in their own way to giving the club stability, strength in depth, and genuine competition for places. Its only the idiots who claim to be supporters, who are baying for blood after two defeats. There's a saying that goes "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." Thats never more true than right now. We've got a top class individual in charge of our team. A man who has integrity, respect and dignity, a man who despite being under pressure still talks to the media, unlike the petulant Ferguson in the case of the BBC, who thinks his sh*t doesn't smell.
Not everything at WHL works all the time. To start a season without 3 left backs, 2 centre halves, and our best winger, only to then lose another centre half and or best striker in the first week, is bad luck. However whereas last season we would have been hoping that Mido fancied playing this weekend, Jol had Darren Bent to turn to. Thanks Damien for giving Martin the players needed. We're supposedly still after a leftie so there's a chance we'll be welcoming someone else to the lane in coming weeks, meaning another of the problem spots in the squad will be filled. Bottom line, we're fans of a club that is doing everything in its power to progress. And if we leave the situation as it is, we will progress, have no fear.
To all the "journalists" who over the weekend have presented their irrefutable evidence that there is a power struggle at Spurs, that mutiny is a given and that Jol is no longer respected, I say bollocks. Any business man worth his salt knows you don't go out and spent £40m on players then sack the coach chosen to manage these players after two games. Jol has spent two seasons and a bit at the Lane, and during that time has forged a strong relationship with the coaching staff, the players, the fans and the board. To suggest that all his efforts have been undone by 2 games, is nothing short of publishing lies.
So to the sensible fan, the confident fan, the faithful fan. I say fair play to you all. Support Jol, support Spurs and watch as once again this season turns into a memorable one. In the premier league. In the league cup. In the FA cup. In Europe.
COYS.