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I would disagree, but then again you'd expect that wouldn't you.
Capitulation after they went to ten men isn't good. But it's the only game of the season where we've been done over like that. So though not happy at getting done over by a team already relegated and letting Arsenal above us in the table (currently the only thing they have to celebrate, and boy are they celebrating it!)
I'm not sure whose been blowing the Spurs to win it next season missives into your ear, spurs fans, media, other clubs fans? But don't think anyone with any sense is doing that.
Think we'll challenge, but win it all? That's a big ask with the added pressure of competing in the champions league, where we won't get the chance to sack it off, field the youngsters and concentrate on the league.Next season, hopefully the maturation of the side carries on, this defeat can be used as motivation that you need to play and compete in every game to succeed, (and sometimes being scarred by an experience is good, makes you not want it to happen again, drives you to do better, but we'll only know when it gets to the nitty gritty next season) and the Sheriff will gain more experience about how to manage a team at the sharp end.
As @Ramsaye said I'd have snatched your arm off for this placing and performances at the beginning of the season, and one duff match against relegation fodder, and a slipping of intensity after the league was won isn't something to be dismayed about.
Hopefully next season brings another challenge for a top three spot, and into the knockout stages of the champions league...
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On the subject of Verheijen http://www.football365.com/news/weird-fitness-bloke-criticises-liverpool-and-spurs
Your lot should have walked into second place but cocked things up spectacularly. Just look at the form table. With the Euros taking place plus CL to worry about than you'd think that @Markyboy isn't going to be far off the truth.
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I've been saying for a while now that all this talk of Spurs being the team win it next year is bullshit. The way they capitulated when the pressure started to kick in this season, was spectacular, but also says something fundamental about the manager and group of players. West Brom was one thing, the games since they lost it could be put down to the season being over (although they were desperate to finish above Arsenal for once), but the Chelsea draw was really telling. Not just giving up a 2-0 lead when it really mattered, but the indiscipline. Lucky not to have four players suspended. Poch's inability to cope with the pressure on the touch line spread through his team like a virus.
Yes they're a young squad, yes they've done better than they expected, but I reckon this collapse will scar them, even if they hang on to their best players. From contenders for champions of England to second best, yet again, in north London. That will hurt, and I don't think they'll respond well.