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.
It's no surprise that David Bentley has now come out and said he wants to leave Blackburn and Ewood Park this summer. Mark Hughes' departure to Manchester City was the best thing that could have happened for Bentley, after the gaffer had constantly refused to entertain talk of a move.
I've made my admiration for the player plain in the last few weeks and think he'd be a brilliant buy for our new-look midfield. Playing David on the right with Luka Modric in the middle instantly makes the centre of our park look exciting and thrown in dos Santos to the mix and my £670 season ticket might finally see some value for money.
I'm sure we'll be in for Bentley, we have looked at him before. I don't think getting rid of Aaron Lennon is the answer though. Keeping both the right-sided players will encourage some decent competition for the position and bring Lennon on and make him stronger.
Given the fact Luka Modric won Sunday's game for Croatia against Austria with a penalty, it's a bit too early to really praise him to the hilt. But his all-round performance in the game was great and the signs are certainly encouraging for next season.
At least if we get a repeat of our horrible UEFA Cup penalty shootout, we'll have someone who is brave enough to step up and take a spotkick and perhaps will actually put the ball in the back of the net this time.
But Croatian team-mate and Portsmouth star Niko Kranjcar thinks he'll be a massive hit when he starts his career at White Hart Lane in the Premier League this August.
He told the Daily Star: "I really do think Luka has got everything. He has the potential to have a lot of success in the Premier League. He has every single component to make it."
Congratulations to our Hotspur Hero Robbie Keane who married his long-term girlfriend Claudine Palmer at the weekend. The beautiful 25-year-old bride looked striking in her wedding dress and Keano cut a stylish figure swapping his shorts for a suit.
The nuptials took place in south Dublin and I wonder whether it holds the key to a couple of future Tottenham Hotspur targets. Robbie's Republic of Ireland team-mate Richard Dunne was there, already in the rumour mix for a move to White Hart Lane.
And with news that goalie Shay Given may be on the way out of Newcastle, perhaps Juande Ramos could consider a bid to bring him to N17 and play alongside his countryman. In attendance from the Spurs ranks were Jermaine Jenas, Jonathan Woodgate and Ledley King, joined by former Lilywhites Jamie Redknapp and Michael Carrick.
As you can see from our collection of wedding snaps, Irish eyes were certainly smiling - and I bet Irish (and non-Irish) heads were pretty sore after the party and all that Guinness.
Pictures: PA Photos (click the thumbnails for the larger versions)
Sir Alex Ferguson, a man I have huge respect for, seems to think Paul Gascoigne's problems could have been avoided if he'd have signed for Man United back in 1988 instead of moving to Tottenham.
In an interview screened on Sky Sports last night, the tough Scot said London is a hard place for a young player to come to and admitted moving to N17 as a 19-year-old from
Newcastle might not have been the best thing.
He said: "Could I have helped him? Well I think about what we would have taken away - we'd have taken London out of the road for him. We had Bobby Charlton, a Geordie, Bryan Robson, a Geordie, Steve Bruce, a Geordie.
"We had a structure of players who could have helped him and I think it would have given him some discipline. Maybe it would have helped him, too."
It's so depressing to see the state Gazza is in right now. A prolific footballer and Hotspur Hero, he has sunk to an all-time low and it's unclear exactly what could turn his life around right now.
Our purchase of 16-year-old John Bostock was confirmed on Saturday after we supposedly beat other Premier League sides and some top European names to the signature of the Crystal Palace youngster.
Crucially, Sporting Director Damien Comolli said he won't be rush and "will have time to develop and will be working within a very talented development squad."
But are we missing a trick not looking at making a move for Cardiff's young wizard Aaron Ramsey. The 17-year-old is said to be being tracked by Manchester United and possibly Arsenal but surely we have a couple of aces up our sleeve with Chris Gunter and Gareth Bale in our ranks.
The Welsh pair could do a reasonable job in trying to persuade Ramsey that a move to N17 could work out in his favour, especially as Gunter is a former team-mate and friend of eight years. It's got to be worth a go as Aaron has been impressive for Cardiff this season.
Chris said: "Aaron has a decision to make but whichever club he goes to, he is going to improve and at his age that is what he needs to do. In terms of the young players I have
worked with, he is the best I have seen and if he was at Spurs he would be very close to the first team."
OK, well a few readers complained that our Player of the Season poll was pointless because Robbie Keane was always going to win. I say that doesn't make it pointless, because Robbie Keane deserves every bit of thanks we can muster for such a terrific season - and the more polls he wins, the better.
Anyway, to keep things balanced, let's find out who you rated our worst player of the campaign. It can't be anywhere near as cut and dried as the Keano win - which was by 60 per cent.
So you know how it works. Cast your vote below from the squad and then leave us a comment as to why you picked who you did. The results should make for some very interesting reading indeed!
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