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below the line comment from a spurs fan, on the loss to West Ham...
We're 2/3 of the way through the season and playing at least 2 games a week against very good sides. Spurs haven't got a squad full of experienced world class players. Its a young team with players who have over-achieved thanks to hard work. but all those games take their toll as does the rotation. This is not Liverpool 2013/2014. If we could field our best 11 once a week then we'd be okay. But we cant so occasionally we'll have to field a side containing guys Chadli, Trippier, Carroll, Mason against full strength and fully rested opposition. Its a grind and it would be totally unrealistic to expect the squad to maintain the high standards they've set in every single game.
It doesn't get easier from here on in. In the space of 6 days we'll have Arsenal, Dortmund and Bournemouth. That will be followed by tough fixtures against Liverpool and United. But whatever happens fans need to put things into context. None of us expected to be this high up at the beginning of the season. A team with no back up striker, the youngest average age in the premiership and relying on what looked like a makeshift midfield of Dier and Dembele at the beginning of the season, asked to juggle domestic and European football and doing rather well at it.