It’s hard to believe that none of us have posted anything to State of the Game in the past six months. Maybe last season took it’s toll, maybe we’ve been flogging our logs elsewhere (and for other competing sites!) or maybe the spark for football just left us a little. The start of the new season always brings a new feeling of hope renewed however and in that frame of mind I’m going to take a pop at a large part of my fellow Tottenham fanbase.

Stop crying over the indignity of Spurs trying to remove Martin Jol behind his back. He is not the new messiah, not the new Keith Burkinshaw, definitely not the new “Sir” Bill Nicholson and, while Mr. Sugar might disagree, he’s not even as good as old “hand in the till” El Tel. The bleeding hearts on internet message boards such as my favourite, From The Lane, have been incensed by the callous attitude of their board and fellow supporters who have long cried the unimaginable truth that Jol is not fit to take us into the hallowed land of the top four (more on that later) or bring home a long awaited trophy. We’d even take the Carling Cup they cry, he won the Peace Cup you know and finished fifth twice in a row and as far as I can make out that’s the sum total of Martin Jol’s talents. He also looks like he’d give you a nice big cuddle which, I’m told, makes him indispensable as a football coach.
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