'Hit and hope is no longer the Tottenham way'

[BBC] [Getty Images] Many of us had forgotten what it feels like to watch a functioning Tottenham Hotspur side. It had become a distant memory, reserved for social media posts titled "On this day". It felt consigned to a different age.

We had grown used to facing teams that were better prepared, more organised and more efficient. We had given up hope of seeing our team construct an attacking move born out of training and organisation. Our players have tried, they have run their socks off on occasion, but without ever stopping to think, "Why am I doing this?

". Our primary tactic seemed to involve endless sideways passes out to Pedro Porro. I had started to resent the Spaniard, but it was never his fault.

It was the system. That has now changed. Hit and hope is no longer the Tottenham way.