I have no idea if this post will even work or if anyone will read it, but figured it can't do any harm, so here goes.
Just thought I'd throw in a theory as to why we've been so abysmal thus far.
Looking at the team we put out last night, the thing that stood out was that so few of them had been at the club for anything approaching a decent length of time.
I decided to have put together some stats to back this up, so I've taken the average period at the club for the first team squads (22 players) of Spurs, Arsenal, Man U and Chelsea.
I've got the full Excel spreadsheet I used if anyone's interested, but the averages are below.
Man U: 1744 days (4.78 years) Chelsea: 1257 days (3.44 years) Arsenal: 1010 days (2.77 years) Spurs: 616 days (1.69 years)
It's a pretty damning indictment of our revolving door policy if you ask me. How can we expect sustained success when we can't even sustain a squad?
Year in and year out we supposedly get rid of the deadwood and replace it with shining new stars, and though this is a great way to keep the fans buying replica shirts (after all, who wants a dependable, talented player like Steed Malbranque when you can have the 'next big thing' Luka Modric), it's evidently not the best way to go about mounting anything approaching a top four challenge.
Until the "chairman", "director of football" and all their associated underlings can bring something approaching stability to the club, there will be no progress, it really is that simple.
And so we move onto September, a month that saw points thrown away, an embarassing derby day defeat, and the start of our glorious Carling Cup victory.
Saturday 1st September
Premier League - Fulham 3 Spurs 3
When what should have been a routine victory over a poor Fulham side turned into an epic tale of comebacks and missed chances, Martin Jol must've known once and for all that only a miracle would save his job. An awesome performance from young Gareth Bale was the only real positive to come from a game that saw us throw away what was both a 2-0 and 3-1 lead, with Diomansy Kamara earning a point with his first league goal for his new club, a ridiculously acrobatic overhead kick deep into injury time.
Saturday 15th September
Premier League - Spurs 1 Arsenal 3
And so, with the club stuck very much in the Premier League doldrums, with only a solitary win over Derby to our name, the thing we needed least of all was a visit from our high flying neighbours to rub salt into our gaping wounds.
If Younes Kaboul wasn't on his way out of White Hart Lane already, then he certainly is now. The French defender brought in by Damien Comolli under the Martin Jol regime has let rip at our current gaffer Juande Ramos in the press.
He is annoyed at being over-looked for a berth at centre-half but given his performances when he was allowed to run out, I'm not surprised the Spaniard prefers Jonathan Woodgate, Michael Dawson and obviously Ledley King ahead of him.
But what's really funny is Kaboul's comment regarding our Carling Cup victory against Chelsea. Obviously Martin Jol set us off on the run that ended with that Wembley Stadium triumph, but Younes reckons the success was not down to Ramos and had the Dutchman still been there, we'd have lifted the trophy as well.
I never find it easy saying I'm wrong. Maybe you're the same. And I'll never apologise for saying Spurs were absolutely disgusting in the way they handled the departure of our former manager and all-round top bloke
Martin Jol.
But you can't argue that bringing in Juande Ramos, however this was done, has brought the kind of glory to Spurs us fans were crying out for, and something Martin Jol never did during his tenure.
A Cup is a Cup at the end of the day and we now have some silverware to parade after our Carling Final win over Chelsea just five months into Ramos' reign. That is a signal that further and even greater success is on the way.
So can you bring yourself to give Chairman Daniel Levy a pat on the back for identifying Juande Ramos and doing whatever was needed to get him to White Hart Lane?
In the final part of our look back at how we ended up in the Carling Cup Final, we relive the magic of this competition this season through some great picture memories. And make sure you check out the final image, for a reminder of the man who started us on the Road To Wembley in the first place.
You can also check out our written hark-backs to the games against Arsenal, Manchester City, Blackpool and Middlesbrough, using the links below. And if you don't know how it works, click the thumbnails on this page and the turn to get the larger images.
Let's hope we end up with a lot more happy memories to publish in pictures on Monday from tomorrow's game at Wembley Stadium against Chelsea in the Carling Cup Final. COYS!!
Fair play to Spurs fan Peter Joyce. He emailed Spurs Pies to tell us about his song on YouTube paying tribute to Juande Ramos.
A Tottenham supporter for more than 40 years, Peter has put together a wicked video to accompany his version of Elvis classic The Wonder Of You, which includes lines like "He came from Spain to White Hart Lane".
Whatever you think of his singing, and he admits it's not great, the Shelf-Sider deserves a massive round of applause for this effort. It made me smile and laugh throughout.
It's even being featuring on a website in Spain and it was sung by some fans in Prague last week for our UEFA Cup match. Good on you Peter - or IffyVoice as he is known on YouTube. You're no Chas or Dave but it's fans like you who make the Spurs support so special!
Can you do better? If you want to make a Spurs video, post it on YouTube and then send us the link. We'll feature the best...
Our road to Wembley began back in September, as we took a welcome break from our disappointing start to the league campaign to see off Middlesbrough.
The game was the only Carling Cup game Martin Jol presided over this season, and with only two wins against Derby and Anorthosis Famagusta to our name going into the game, there was no particular reason to feel confident about our chances.
The decision by Boro boss Gareth Southgate to rest a number of first-team players was perhaps the deciding factor in the game as both sides were distinctly lacking in confidence, but in the end, the extra quality and experience in the Spurs side was enough to see us through. His decision to rest Jonathan Woodgate in particular would pay dividends, as it enables Woodgate to play in the final on Sunday.
Stand-in Boro keeper Brad Jones was particularly impressive for the visitors, and he was on-hand to keep out first-half efforts from Gareth Bale, Younes Kaboul and Jermain Defoe, who was making a rare start under Jol.
Defoe was making his first start of the season, having been left out of the squad altogether for the trip to Bolton three days earlier. The ongoing struggle between Defoe and the club had been well documented, and having come on as a substitute to score two spectacular goals against Anorthosis, it came as a surprise to many to see him left out completely three days later.
Spurs' pressure continued throughout the match almost without reply, although Boro did pose a constant threat from set-pieces, with Kaboul and Michael Dawson failing to command the penalty area.
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