Spurs in line for a good Champions League
The UEFA Champions League will soon be upon us and the draw takes place at 5pm UK time today.
Spurs are in Pot 2 so we can't be drawn against Manchester United (UK), Borussia Dortmund (Germany), Porto (Portugal), Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine), Benfica (Portugal), Napoli (Italy) or Roma (Italy).
That I feel makes a significant difference to last year when we were in Pot 3. If you look at who is in Pot 3 and Pot 4 I don't think we will get an overly tough draw, regardless of who we get in Pot 1.
We can't be drawn against Liverpool from Pot 3 either so that just leaves 7 others.
Why change when change is not necessary?
Spurs are in Pot 2 so we can't be drawn against Manchester United (UK), Borussia Dortmund (Germany), Porto (Portugal), Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine), Benfica (Portugal), Napoli (Italy) or Roma (Italy).
That I feel makes a significant difference to last year when we were in Pot 3. If you look at who is in Pot 3 and Pot 4 I don't think we will get an overly tough draw, regardless of who we get in Pot 1.
We can't be drawn against Liverpool from Pot 3 either so that just leaves 7 others.
Why change when change is not necessary?
This was the question asked by Tottenham in summer.
OK so Tottenham tried to sign some players, but only top players who could bring something to the squad. One such target was Anthony Martial who Manchester United simply refused to release.
Against Tottenham at Old Trafford the Frenchman, who missed out on a squad place at the World Cup, wasn't even in the matchday squad, yet it is claimed they wanted a ridiculous £100 million (€110.3m) for him!
If a side won't release a player you can't sign them. I think a few fans forget this.
Spurs remained the same team, same ambitions. The moment to raise some trophies to the sky has arrived. Pochettino starts again with the same group and the season has begun with three straight wins.
The young squad have twelve months more experience after being eliminated from the UEFA Champions League by Juventus, when quite frankly we should have gone through. We fell to a sucker punch conceding two goals in each tie in quick succession.
THE STAR: Harry Kane - The Tottenham man is one of the top strikers in the world, not just the Premier League. His goalscoring record is phenomenal.
He continually resists all talk over a transfer insisting Tottenham is his club and it's where he wants to stay and win things. He has signed a new contract until 2024 which will see him earn £15.87 million (€17.5m) net per season.
His goals do all the talking, last year 41 goals in 48 games, including 7 goals in the UEFA Champions League. He picked up the Golden Boot at the World Cup leading England to a semi-final spot.
THE TRAINER: Mauricio Pochettino - He too, like Harry Kane, has resisted the interest of Spanish giants Real Madrid.
The new Tottenham seems more solid than last year. The game against Manchester United showed so much potential after a sticky first half.
But now is the point where the club needs to start winning trophies and the players are now talking about that as being their goal.
Tottenham Hotspur 2018-2019:
GOALKEEPERS - Paulo Gazzaniga, Hugo Lloris, Michel Vorm
DEFENDERS - Toby Alderweireld, Serge Aurier, Ben Davies, Juan Foyth, Danny Rose, Davinson Sanchez, Kieran Trippier, Jan Vertonghen, Kyle Walker-Peters
MIDFIELDERS - Dele Alli, Luke Amos, Mousa Dembelè, Eric Dier, Chtistian Eriksen, Erik Lamela, Lucas Moura, Victor Wanyama, Harry Winks
STRIKERS - Vincent Janssen, Harry Kane, Fernando Llorente, Georges-Kevin N'Koudou, Josh Onomah, Heung-min Son
MANAGER: Mauricio Pochettino
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