I don’t dream of impossibilities, I just dream of possibilities.
Far more enjoyable starting every game (these days) believing we will win, with good reason, rather than expecting the worst and then blaming it on Levy.
My way might mean more crash downs when it goes wrong, but at least I’m not starting out in a negative mind.
But each to their own. We all have different outlooks.
Sure, that's totally valid. But I'd also suggest that it's short-termist, in a way.
Today, for example, we were coming into the third vital game in a week, while Arsenal were coming off a full week of rest (with some second-string striplings playing and thrashing some no-name European club in the interval).
We were at a disadvantage from the start. And it got worse when Poch sat, mute and lost, for 80 minutes before making his subs - long after Emery had made all three of his.
But could it have been different? If we had a stronger squad, could we not have rotated more? Would Foyth have needed to play back-to-back against Chelsea and Arsenal? Would we have needed to play Sissoko throughout the month? Could we have rested some of the six players who have played throughout the week? If we hadn't done literally *nothing* in the window, might the outcome have been different?
It's fine if you take it week-by-week: totally valid. But I'd argue that, looking at it longer-term, some trends emerge that will ultimately prove more decisive than the day-to-day in individual games. And while the resurgence of Sissoko, the emergence of Foyth and the return of Aurier are all heartwarming mini-tales within a season, the broader picture suggests that we shouldn't necessarily be in a position where we have to rely on those things occurring to get us out of tough situations.
And that's just within a season. Then you think about what we need to get over our inherent Spurs.i.ness, and the ownership model we need to actually ensure some level of success commensurate with that ambition. And then you start thinking in terms of years, decades even.
At least for me, I've found thinking in that way takes the sting out of days like this. We're inherently limited in what we can do, because we have a middling, spendthrift ownership that actively restricts how far our otherwise fantastic manager can take us. They won't leave (for now), and they won't change. So why get too upset over something we're completely stuck with?
And, personally I prefer that to what it used to be like - which was falling into a pretty black f*cking place whenever we lost.
