Come on you spurs!!!

I love this team.  Not that I would ever give up hope and I would completely support Tottenham if that played in the Championship, or any league for that matter.  They are playing so fantastically.  Beating Liverpool 2X in a season!  Wow!  It just proves the resiliency of this team and how much difference a coach who the team believes in can make a difference.  

Which brings me to my topic for this post.  While I was completely confident that Tottenham was going to come out of this funk, what if they did not?  Of course I would still support them, but that would suck.  And I don't say that lightly (I am not allowed to at work).  If the Spurs played in the Championship I would barely ever get to watch them.  We don't get any of those games on any of the channels.  I don't even think we get any at the bars in NYC.  

I love the fact that teams are completely held accountable for playing well.  If a team finishes at the bottom of the league, why shouldn't they go to the league below.  Their should be a standard of play that is in the top league in the world and who are we to decide who upholds that standard.  And why shouldn't a team who is playing amazingly in the Championship be able to play with the big boys?

I think that this is such a fantastic part of the Premiership and European football.  It makes such great underdog stories.  I know that any team can play any other team in England in the Carling and FA Cup, which is also amazing.  But to have teams that one year are in what Americans would think of as the minor leagues, and the next year, battling with the best teams in the entire world is such a motivating factor.  

This is also a testament to the loyalty of the football fans in England.  Footy fans truly put the saying "through thick and thin" to the test.  People have followed the same team for generations and they truly do love their teams.  That is one of the main aspects of the culture of football that I like so much.  

OK.  I guess this is as good a time as any to wrap this up as I can go on for hours with most of these topics.  

Already out of the relegation zone.  Sitting pretty in 16th.  Top 10 here we come.  

New Era

OK.  Well I just watched a fantastic game of football where the spurs were able to win against Liverpool.  Imagine that, the team at the bottom of the table beating the top team in the league.  What a difference a week can make.  So, I figured this would be a good time to post some new thoughts.

As for being able to fire a manager at any point, why not?  I mean, I can understand that players need to have some security for contracts as they can get injured and no one can play their best every day.  But a manager is completely different.  Their sole job is to make sure that the team executes as they should.  If a team is not doing well, especially when they have potential (example: finishing top 5 2 years in a row), you can't expect to fire all your players and hire new ones.  But you have to be able to change something.  The coach is the logical choice.  Ramos was running the team poorly, and as you can see, they do have potential.  

I am not saying that a team should not have loyalty to their managers, because they should. However, it should only be given when it is due.  Ramos was coach for all of half a season.  Someone like Sir Alex should absolutely be given loyalty from Manchester.  He is a knight after all.  I love Redknapp.  Jamie used to play for us Spurs, and there is some history there.    From what I am told, their was a bit of a language barrier for Ramos and the team.  (It would be a whole other post to talk about the fact that a coach does not need to speak the same language as most of the players on their team).  

Well, I guess the moral of the story is that managers should be up for review at all times.  That comes with the territory.  Hey, as long as Tottenham keep on winning, they can have anyone manage them.  Welcome Harry and the new era of Tottenham football.