CanadaGooner
Even while we were all celebrating Thierry Henry’s goal this week, there were still some posts on onlinegooner about how Spurs are much better and how Harry has turned things around. Oh ye of feeble and fickle memory! Well, I have now had enough of all this talk about Tottenham and of how some people with short memories continue to talk about Spurs this season. My next door neighbour is a lifelong Spurs fan, and in the '80s and early '90s we used to argue all the time, and the rivalry was for real. But since Wenger (refer to above tables) arrived and brought TOTAL DOMINATION of Spurs, we just talk about the Premiership and my neighbour hasn’t had the guts to bring Spurs up when I’m talking about Arsenal.
The record speaks for itself, and Spurs/Harry will need much more than a good season in the Premiership to undo all that. Most Spurs fans can only dream about what Arsenal has achieved in the past 20 years (and that’s a long, long time): just look at the stats.
So, for you Spurs-wanna-be Arsenal fans coming on the onlinegooner to lament about how crap Arsenal is and how great Harry is, get on your bike or get real. Spurs won’t be anywhere near Arsenal for the next 100 years. I hear all the nonsense about Spurs’ wage bill being lower than Arsenal’s; so what? ONE top-four finish in 20 years compared to 16? Seriously people, stop being silly! I have admired some of their displays in recent seasons, and Gareth Bale is fast becoming a very consistent performer, but along with that they have had years of changing players and managers like you change shoes in winter: remember a certain Edgar Davids? They have steadily begun investing and now have a solid core of first-team players who will need to perform consistently for several seasons before Arsenal fans start to take notice.
No more nonsense about Spurs, please! Their record (as demonstrated by the table) simply doesn’t support it.
