One game for survival - how has it come to this?
[BBC] [Getty Images] As the final whistle went at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday evening and Spurs were left just two points from relegation with one game to go, my friend asked me: "How has it come to this? " It's a fair question and one that will need answering with brutal honesty this summer, whether we survive the drop or not. This type of season is fast becoming the norm at Tottenham Hotspur and that is simply unacceptable.
Spurs fans will be feeling hard done by. It seems as though our team has been on the wrong end of baffling refereeing decisions and infuriating VAR outcomes all campaign. The most painful truth, however, is that our team has just not been good enough.
As frustrating as some of those key moments and decisions in matches have been, they are not to blame for our ultimate downfall. As much as the players have not performed well enough, it is the decision-makers in the boardroom who are the real monsters of this horror show. Their consistent incompetence has left us hanging on to our place in the Premier League by a thread, and not for the first time.
This capitulation has been years in the making. Not a sudden fever that takes hold in the night, but more like a post-viral fatigue that you can't quite shake. We have stumbled, disorientated and disorganised into oblivio as the board has made one bad decision after another.
So, it's going right down to the wire on the final day of the season. I am desperate for us to stay up, but my main concern with us surviving is that the board will simply breathe a sigh of relief, and we'll just be subjected to a repeat of this mess next term. Unless we want to get stuck in this recurring nightmare forever, significant changes are needed in the boardroom and everywhere else.