Are we a club in crisis? While I hate to disappoint the doom-mongers and mischievous press-men, it is a little too hasty to go down that route just yet.

Come the full-time whistle we ought to have a clearer idea of where we stand. Naturally, this being White Hart Lane, moderation is not welcome.

Now we here at COS love good old fashioned reasoned debate, hell we also love a bit of in fighting and some good old fashioned swearing but we have noted an upturn in volume from complete headcases who seem to revel in the need to rile others and do so in a thoroughly unoriginal and pointless manner.