“USUALLY in my second season I win things.”
Ange Postecoglou’s bold claim about Tottenham’s chances of ending a long wait without silverware this campaign.
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And in a week that sees them in Carabao Cup semi final action and kicking off their FA Cup journey, you’d be daft not to notice the significance the next few days are to that prediction.
The inconsistency of the North Londoners is bordering on ridiculous.
Particularly when noticing only runaway leaders Liverpool have scored more Premier League goals than Ange’s men – yet sit away down in 12th.
When they’re good, they’re very good. When they’re rubbish, they’re you-know-what.
That’s why you wouldn’t completely put it past them beating Arne Slot’s high-flying Reds in the first leg of their Carabao semi tonight.
And why you also wouldn’t completely put it past them being dumped out the FA Cup at non-league Tamworth a few days later.
It’d undoubtedly be the most ‘Spursy’ thing ever. But just how likely is it to happen?
Well bookmakers talkSPORT BET have priced them up at 17/5 to beat Liverpool on Wednesday.
And Tamworth are firm outsiders at 12/1 (though they were 14/1 earlier in the week…) meaning the double has been priced up at a monster 56/1.
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