Eyes on the prize!
Last week, I got excited about the fact that no less than 5 of our team which faced Manchester United (and beat them 3-0!) scored 8 or more on the spursometer.
This week, the team exceeded that standard. On the official site, it was the whole team which was voted "Man of the Match", but here on Spurs Odyssey you don't get the option to vote in such terms. You have however voted so positively that 7 of the 11 starters scored 8 or more. That is unprecedented in the history of this site. The level of praise - all justified, of course - on Sky's Monday Night Football, and in the wider media has been just as high. It certainly is a wonderful time to be a Spurs fan.
Harry Kane just edged your vote here, ahead of Dele Alli. Both got two goals, but the whole team does deserve that equal praise, with Rose, Alderweireld, Lamela and Eriksen all accorded your highest marks.
Similarly your marks for the team performance and for Mauricio Pochettino's selection, tactics and substitutions have never been so high. Not even when beating Man City at home and away, or when we thrashed West Ham 4-1. You have clearly stated this was the best team performance of this wonderful season. Four more performances of that nature could yet give us the ultimate prize and the realisation of all our dreams.
Several teams have been playing catch-up this week, with most relevant games in hand affecting Spurs now played. We are five points clear of Arsenal, and seven ahead of Man City. We are mathematically close now to securing top four (one win), and two wins will secure top three. Those are great prizes, but all Spurs fans want to see us above Arsenal (for the first time in 21 years, and therefore the first time in Wenger's reign). Incidentally, Arsenal still have to play Man City away in the penultimate game of the season. One way or another the result of that game should be good for Spurs!
Most of all, of course, we want to see that League Title, and although that is a tough task, all eyes are on the prize!
· See this week's spursometer
Results 16-21.04.16
Norwich 0-3 S'derland
Everton 1-1 S'hampton
Man Utd 1-0 A. Villa
Newcastle 3-0 Swansea
West Brom 0-1 Watford
Chelsea 0-3 Man City
B'mouth 1-2 Liverpool
Leicester 2-2 West Ham
Arsenal 1-1 C. Palace
Stoke 0-4 Spurs
Newcastle 1-1 Man City
West Ham 3-1 Watford
Liverpool 4-0 Everton
Man Utd 2-0 C. Palace
Arsenal 2-0 West Brom
Barclays Premier League Table
P W D L F-A GD Pts
1. Leicester 34 21 10 3 59-33 26 73
2. Spurs 34 19 11 4 64-25 39 68
3. Arsenal 34 18 9 7 58-34 24 63
4. Man City 34 18 7 9 62-34 28 61
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5. Man Utd 34 17 8 9 42-30 12 59
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6. West Ham 34 14 14 6 57-43 14 56
7. Liverpool 33 15 9 9 56-43 13 54
8. S'hampton 34 14 9 11 45-35 10 51
9. Stoke 34 13 8 13 37-47 -10 47
10. Chelsea 33 11 11 11 49-45 4 44
11. Everton 34 9 14 11 53-48 5 41
12. Watford 34 11 8 15 33-40 -7 41
13. B'mouth 34 11 8 15 41-57 -16 41
14. Swansea 34 10 10 14 34-45 -11 40
15. West Brom 34 10 10 14 31-42 -11 40
16. C. Palace 35 10 9 16 36-45 -9 39
17. Norwich 34 8 7 19 35-60 -25 31
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18. S'derland 33 7 9 17 39-57 -18 30
19. Newcastle 34 7 8 19 36-62 -26 29
20. A. Villa 34 3 7 24 23-65 -42 16 R
