Its not just absolute results though.
Its the way we were cruising in 3rd, 10 points clear of The Unclean, and in a CL place virtually all season, up until February. Everyone was frightened of Spurs and we looked the real deal. At long, long last. Before the NLD at the Death Star, Gooners were soiling their shreddies that they were going to get done over again by us. They were the underdogs at home..... for once! SAF said that Spurs were playing the best football in the league, and he was right. We were a joy to watch. A compliment indeed. Confidence must have been oozing with Spurs, and with the players we have, I cannot see why all that should suddenly, utterly and disastrously execute a complete U-turn. We changed from very, very good, into very, very bad. Very, very quickly.
Why?
At the end of January, we had just finished the transfer window, which, yet again, was unsatisfactory. Garbage incomings and highly questionable outgoings. We were/are weaker after than before the window!!! Not what is needed with a latter-half of season run-in, and to glory.
Shortly after there was the issue of Capello throwing his toys out of the pram, and resigning. He had said he was going to leave after Euro 2012. On the same day, Redknapp is aquitted in court, so that is nicely squared-off. Potential bad publicity/risk later for the FA, goes out of the window, if Redknapp is the new England manager-elect. That new comfort zone is obvious to all, and instantly, Redknapp is everyones total 100% stonewall successor to Capello. An Englishman who is doing very in the Premiership. Nailed on. Quote Lineker on MOTD: "I think there will be a phone call to Harry very shortly". Redknapp basks in the limelight, with interview after interview asking the same question. There is no rebuff of the possibility. Redknapp knows he is in a position of huge strength.
On the pitch, on Monday 6th February, we draw 0-0 at Liverpool, and IIRC, Redknapp was not there. Due to the legal case?
Capello resigned on Thursday February 9th. Ditto Redknapps trial conclusion.
On the pitch: we destroy Saudi Sportswashing Machine 5-0 on Saturday 11th February and it should have been more. Only 2 days after the initial resignation/trial conclusion. Then things come to a head , very suddenly and quickly, in the week after the Saudi Sportswashing Machine game?
Is it here in this week that 'something has happened'? Was Redknapp offered the England job in that week following the Saudi Sportswashing Machine game, with the FA acting quickly post-Saudi Sportswashing Machine thrashing, to 'secure their man', and the players found out? It is from that week that Spurs then dramatically bomb. 0-0 at Stevenage in the FA Cup, February 19th, and then the utter disaster and capitulation of 5-2 at The Emirates on 26th February.
The timing - precisely - of it all, is just far too much of a co-incidence. To suddenly change from brilliance to brick in such a short space of time must mean than some external/internal issue has played its part on team performance and results. We have bombed ever-since.
It is because of all this that I think its the worst Spurs collapse in my 47 years of being a Spurs fan. Are the Gods against us? On top of Lasagne Gate, it does start to look like there is some 'force' against us when we are starting to look like we are finally going places..... just like all of the shocking BIG decisisions against us in games against 'big' sides? Or is football just bent, plain and simple?
And Redknapp isn't responsible at all? Not for Capello's resignation, perhaps, but the rest......???
