Season taking shape as Spurs drown in the hype

DASHING around to the ground on Saturday, late as ever, an Only Fools & Horses style t-shirt on one of the stalls caught my eye, featuring Harry Redknapp as Del Boy and a rib-tickling variation of his catchphrase: “This time next year we’ll be Champions League”.

Most of my Spurs mates have been downtrodden for so long, that they daren’t usually allow themselves to get carried away with early season flights of fancy.

Besides which, any pre-season optimistic stuffing has normally been well and truly knocked out of them, within the first couple of disappointing outings.