Team selection was never really an issue when we were banging them in left, right and centre and
the side picked itself, but times are a-changing. While annus horribilis is probably a bit
strong, our form since the turn of the year has been worrying, reflected not only by poor results
and sloppy performances but now scrutiny of the line-up.
What ho. It's been a while, hasn't it – in fact we haven't had a league game this decade. When
we last wandered these parts our glorious heroes had gone into overdrive – four wins in five,
clean sheet after clean sheet and plenty of attacking brio. A pessimist might bemoan the fact that
the wintry interlude has rudely interrupted the momentum that had been gathering; but Hull at home
presents an excellent opportunity to pick up where we left off.
(Yes yes, it's about a year late. Sorry. Finishing touches being applied to the opus Spurs'
Cult Heroes)
It appears that "Just one of those days" is lined up to become ‘Arry's Triffic Phrase of the
Season 2009/10, following the success of "Two points, eight games" last year. The official company
line at least appears to be that the blank drawn against Hull is not something about which to get
too worked up, and in a sense one can appreciate the point – we may not have been at our fluid
best, but Gomes spent most of the game in smoking-jacket and slippers, puffing contentedly on cigar
and squinting down the far end of the pitch.
