I remember feeling concern the moment I saw Spurs drawn with Inter Milan and Werder Bremen in the first CL go-round. That worked out rather nicely after our boys found their footing. Who will we be calling a taxi for this time?
If there's anything to build optimism on - apart from the great quality of our squad and manager - it's the fact that it we'll have a big group of players with CL experience playing at Wembley. And you can even factor in the FA Cup semi against a title-winning side. Hopefully, that loss burns awhile.
But with this top-level experience and a number of regular season PL matches, the whole Wembley thing will have become much more ordinary match-day routine. Nothing about the place should leave our players unsettled. Quite the opposite.
So let's have a quality group of opponents. Wembley will be rammed and the atmosphere will be sizzling. Which can only help our support grow overall.
When we move back into MegaLane, it will seem like a cosy, intimate 62,000-seat shoebox.