As is customary with Spurs, some of our fans come racing out of the blocks to criticise the team when things don't go totally right. Even after the 3-2 UEFA Cup-tie win at SC Braga, some supporters commented that "Robbie Keane didn't do anything apart from his two goals." If they complain at that, it's no surprise that the "Martin Jol's negativity cost us the game" comments were out after Chelsea came back to draw 3-3 at the Bridge.

While Jol's switch of formation in the Carling Cup semi-final first leg may well have cost us that game, the draw on Sunday was not Jol's fault. Before the game, any fan would have taken 3-3 and while it is hard to stomach letting in the equaliser so late, Chelsea were always going to come out guns blazing in the second half. This was Stamford Bridge, remember.

A few weeks ago, Tottenham's players never really looked up for it in away matches, but six games and 20 goals later Spurs, and Jol, have turned things round. Sunday was an excellent example of this, as Spurs took the game to Chelsea and could even have added a fourth goal.

To the fans who are complaining, think about it; Spurs looked like scoring every time they went forward. When was the last time we had a Spurs team that played like that away from home? Not in a long while.

And while things didn't go so well after Dimitar Berbatov and Aaron Lennon went off, Jol's hand was forced on these issues. Berbatov was carrying a groin strain (as all Spurs fans should have read before they started complaining about him being taken off) and while the chance of a Cup Final would be wonderful, it makes no sense to risk our talisman possibly being out for the rest of the season.

Jol knew at half-time that the striker had a groin strain and still put him on in the second half to try and do something because, like us, he knows how important Berbatov is. After a while, though, there was just no point risking him, especially with Braga and Watford coming up so soon (two games that are just as important to our season, on other fronts).

Lennon, too, look knackered and had to be taken off. Jol had no choice, and on top of that, how can we say Jol was negative when he replaced Berbatov with Mido (another striker), and Lennon with Steed Malbranque (an attacking midfielder for an attacking midfielder)? It's not Jol's fault that Mido ended up doing an Emile Heskey imitation. Neither is it Jol's fault that Anthony Gardner (who has been playing decently in recent weeks) decided to admire Didier Drogba's jump instead of challenging him for the ball, which led to the equaliser.

Jol can only use the resources he had, which he did. Once on the field, if a player decides to have the worst game of his life (which, arguably, Mido did), the manager can do nothing. This was the same Mido with those two great knock-ons against Fulham, and who almost salvaged the Carling Cup semi-final for us. Surely Jol couldn't have known that he would play so badly.

At 3-3, the Spurs of a few weeks ago would probably have caved in and let in a fourth. This time, however, Jermain Defoe almost scored and Didier Zokora had a decent chance. Even at West Ham, the 'old' Spurs would have just died at 3-2 and probably lost 4-2 in the end - but not this time. The team is beginning to tick, we're scoring loads of goals in every game and surely Jol has to take the credit for this. A few months ago, the 'negative' tag may have been justified, but surely not now.

While I'm on the topic of Spurs being an attacking team, I would just like to say that Berbatov is extremely important to the team and we look a totally different side without him. He's really beginning to shine now and I'm sure that more than a few envious eyes have been cast at Spurs in recent weeks and the board should do everything in their power to keep him at the Lane.

In the past 13 years, two men have stood out as players who had the potential to lift the team - Jurgen Klinsmann and David Ginola. Klinsmann had a wonderful first season at Spurs, but left too soon, while Ginola mesmerised occasionally but was never consistent enough to really propel the team forward.

Berbatov has shown that he cannot only score, but pass, hold the ball up, play as a lone striker and most importantly, be the cog that propels Spurs one level higher whenever he plays at his best. If Berbatov is still here next season and continues to play like he is now, the boy from Bulgaria may well prove to be more important to Spurs than both Ginola and King Jurgen were.

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