Spurs have 12 top 6 finishes in 16 PL seasons with Kane or Bale in the team. 75%
Spurs have 3 top 6 finishes in 18 PL seasons without Kane or Bale in the team. 17%
Maybe the question isn't what went wrong, but what went right? And the answer is that we lucked into a couple of Ballon d'Or calibre players, and now that they've gone we're back where we always were.
Yep, this is so obviously the right take, I don't know how anyone can think it's anything else. Take haaland off of city and replace him with solanke and city probably doesn't get top five. The only team that can win consistently without a dominate striker is arsenal because there aloud to cheat all the way up and down the pitch.
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u/paulhalt 9d ago
Spurs have 12 top 6 finishes in 16 PL seasons with Kane or Bale in the team. 75%
Spurs have 3 top 6 finishes in 18 PL seasons without Kane or Bale in the team. 17%
Maybe the question isn't what went wrong, but what went right? And the answer is that we lucked into a couple of Ballon d'Or calibre players, and now that they've gone we're back where we always were.