One of the major problems with Spurs, I feel, is their sportsmanship.This is in an age when winning is the be all and end all of everything. Once again, Tottenham are topping the Fair Play League, and perhaps this is one factor behind our inability to finish off opponents when we have had them by the throats.

Last season at Highbury, all Spurs supporters admired Martin Jol's refusal to bow down to 'le Professor', merely laughing at Arsene Wenger's protestations when it was obvious to all that Arsenal were up to their usual antics of gamesmanship or, to use another term, cheating. Well, enough's enough, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.  I mean, he was almost smiling when the 'goal' that never was happened at Old Trafford. We at Spurs love Martin for his honesty, integrity, humour and so on -.unfortunately he's playing the game alone.

Jol reminds me of a country bumpkin playing 'chase the ace' against some of the sharpest sharks in the world of football. "It's in the middle cup!" I would imagine him saying to the man who had bet him £500,000 to guess where the lady was. "Bad luck, old son..another go?" "Oh he's good, Chris, isn't he?" he says to Chris Hughton

Friendly, approachable, warm and  honest after-match interviews, rarely criticising opponents or officials, even after being victim of  some blatent miscarriages of justice such as Cristiano Ronaldo's dive for the penalty that turned a competitive match into a one-sided farce.

Perhaps he should purchase a pair of Wenger's specs or a Ferguson hair-dryer in time for next season. I would like to see more Hulk than Shrek in the future, our players in the officials' faces for 90 minutes. As much as it hurts me to say it, bad guys win time and time again, whereas all the good guys get is the possibility of the chance to get into the UEFA Cup via the Fair Play League. I 'd prefer us to go for the Champions League and our opponents' throats next season.

Ghosts of Graham Roberts, Dave Mackay, Steve Perryman etc still evoke in my memory that passion that is sadly missing from our side at the moment. It's there, believe me, it just needs to be brought out of the locker, not for the home game against the Gooners, but for every match from  August until May.

I want to see the frightening sight of Jol, seething about this and that, regardless how petty, just so officials will think twice about giving poor decisions against us with apparent ease. Did you see Jol complain about the ref, who after giving a penalty against Chelsea, didn't even consider sending the player off, although it was an obvious red-card offence?

The handling of both legs against Sevilla should have been investigated by the fraud squad, but not a murmur came out of our mouths. Can you imagine if that sort of thing happened across the road, south of the river or up the M6? Next season brings new hope, new cash and new players, but out of the locker must come that steel backbone and desire for success, not  a shrug of the shoulders, platitudes and entrance into the Fair Play League again!

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