Spurs are level on points with an absurd Manchester City, a point behind a flying Arsenal and have just won 6-2. So why do we still think they’re, well, a bit sh*t?
Over the years we’ve all had our fun with The Things That Brendan Rodgers Says, haven’t we?
He’s a fascinating character. Clearly and obviously a very good coach but one often prone to the most astonishing braggadocio and a man tragically doomed to be ever so very slightly less clever than he thinks he is. Believe me, that’s a horrible place to be.
After the 6-2 defeat to Spurs at the weekend, there was a moment in the post-match presser that should have been peak Brendan, yet more grist for the banter mill. But it wasn’t. And that’s because a) his face and voice and every utterance were those of a man who realised that he is doomed, that he won’t make it to the other side of the international break; b) despite the inherent and apparent absurdity of it all, he sort of had a point; and c) because we’re about to do a version of it in reverse, so strap in.
Anyway, what he said in attempting to mitigate a sixth straight league defeat included the phrase “four of the goals we conceded were…”.
And that’s the point where you have to stop, really, isn’t it? As soon as you hear the words “four of the goals we conceded” in a sentence that is supposed to be making things better you surely have to just stop talking and accept your fate. But he wasn’t entirely wrong: four of the goals Leicester conceded were from corners or daft individual errors. Lots of the other things Leicester did were very decent.
It was the least bad 6-2 defeat we’ve ever seen. And thus logically, and here’s where we’re going to try and avoid going full Brendan ourselves because nobody wants that, the worst 6-2 win. ‘Four of the goals Spurs scored…’ if you will.
Leicester didn’t play that badly at Spurs. And just as importantly Spurs didn’t play that well.
We absolutely cannot get our heads round this season’s Spurs. They confuse us. We are confused. Angry and confused. Angry and confused and tired. And hungry.
Spurs have a whole bunch of extremely good players. That feels uncontroversial to say, doesn’t it? All over the pitch, really good footballers. Some of them are truly exceptional. The manager, he’s absolutely excellent as well, isn’t he? A brilliant coach, one of the very best in the game. No question about that.
But we’ve watched every Spurs game this season…
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