Tottenham Hotspurs have rised a lot over the last two years, climbing the table and showing great ambition. Now they are probably one of the 4th strongest English clubs in the transfer market (and no I dont mean QPR, City, Chelsea and Spurs 
). I now feel they are just a couple of top players away from a title competing side.
But they were not always this way. In fact just a few years ago they were possible Engish footballs biggest underachievers. Despite having some really decent players and well respected managers they found them selves averaging in mid table and spending time kicking around the relegation zone.
They have a lot of comparisons to us. Like us they tried to solve their problems with expensive British transfers. Darren Bent and David Bentley gave Spurs fans a feeling that we are currently very familiar with. Jermaine Defoe left for Pompey only to be resigned 6 months later for a much higher fee (over double in fact).
But they seemed to learn from that and take a different strategy, gaining a beady eye for a bargain. Players like Van Der Vaart, Holtby and Adebayor arriving.
They saw the bright side of loosing top players like Modric and investing the funds gained on balancing the talent out through out the team.
They also spent big money on some promising young talent and brought through some talented youngsters. When Gareth Bale first arrived he seemed to bring a lot of bad luck. But now he is the face of the club. Aaron Lennon has become a big part of the team. Young defenders Walker and Caulker have matured in to decent players who I'm sure will have bright futures.
You would never believe now that not to long ago Spurs were underachieving so heavily. But they set a good example of how a well run team can break the big 4 with out spending huge amounts on transfer fees. It just takes a little longer than Manchester City.
Spurs are far from the finished article. But you have to admire how well they have advanced. We can do that to.
). I now feel they are just a couple of top players away from a title competing side.But they were not always this way. In fact just a few years ago they were possible Engish footballs biggest underachievers. Despite having some really decent players and well respected managers they found them selves averaging in mid table and spending time kicking around the relegation zone.
They have a lot of comparisons to us. Like us they tried to solve their problems with expensive British transfers. Darren Bent and David Bentley gave Spurs fans a feeling that we are currently very familiar with. Jermaine Defoe left for Pompey only to be resigned 6 months later for a much higher fee (over double in fact).
But they seemed to learn from that and take a different strategy, gaining a beady eye for a bargain. Players like Van Der Vaart, Holtby and Adebayor arriving.
They saw the bright side of loosing top players like Modric and investing the funds gained on balancing the talent out through out the team.
They also spent big money on some promising young talent and brought through some talented youngsters. When Gareth Bale first arrived he seemed to bring a lot of bad luck. But now he is the face of the club. Aaron Lennon has become a big part of the team. Young defenders Walker and Caulker have matured in to decent players who I'm sure will have bright futures.
You would never believe now that not to long ago Spurs were underachieving so heavily. But they set a good example of how a well run team can break the big 4 with out spending huge amounts on transfer fees. It just takes a little longer than Manchester City.
Spurs are far from the finished article. But you have to admire how well they have advanced. We can do that to.
Villa are a bit of a warning now to clubs, they over reached trying to get 4th and when it didn't happen their whole plan fell apart.