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Should I console myself by playing on the Redknapps’ Wii?
HULL, Stoke, Aston Villa, and Fulham, they’ve lost to them during this topsy-turvy season. But enough about Tottenham Hotspur.
Arsenal’s four league defeats by November show the title tilt is as brittle as Theo Walcott’s shoulder. The Gunners are a team of world beaters one week, chasing shadows the next.
Four defeats means four boycotts of Match Of The Day – I’d rather go round Jamie Redknapp’s house for a go on his Wii than watch Hansen and Lawrenson dissect the tracking back of Arsenal’s defence.
It means four boycotts of the Sunday papers – I’d rather go round Harry Redknapp’s house for a go on his Wii than read about Arsenal losing.
Four miserable weeks of feeling like a Spurs fan. Four weeks where the girl in the office who knows nothing about football goes out of her way to say: “Innit a shame about the Arsenal?” Four weeks of not being able to go to Faces, the hottest spot in Gant’s Hill, for fear of being mocked by partying Spurs players.
Four weeks of babbling on about Michael Thomas scoring in the last minute as if, 20 years on, it can still win all football arguments. Four worrying weeks where you think winning the Rumbelows Cup might be worthwhile after all.
It’s four weeks of having nothing to crow about. Let’s hope Robinho and co don’t make it five.
MY respect for Liverpool fans has grown immeasurably this week. For years now it seems they’ve been out of the title race by Christmas.
In fact, if I remember correctly, last season it was October. Yet their belief in their club remains as strong as ever.
In contrast, Arsenal fans all over London are throwing in the towel in mid-November, their loyalty waning as they watch their lightweight midfield and lacklustre attacking players effectively rule them out of yet another title race.
The abject performances on the pitch (United aside) are perfectly complemented by the despondency of the fans.
Arsene Wenger always says: “The first sign of quality is consistency.” If only he could apply his notoriously high cake-baking standards to the football team he manages.
Meanwhile, at Spurs, we’ve been enjoying our side’s inconsistency for years. We can accept the ups and downs, and always have hope that things will come good. We are 19th in the league and we can still smile. You poor Gooners have lost the joy of football – you are sitting fourth, yet you’re still disconsolate.
Spurs must retain a sense of humour and good-natured disbelief for as long as Heurelho Gomes remains our keeper, otherwise we may also find ourselves in the gloomy, lightless world of the Arsenal fan. |
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