THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO AIM HIGH — GO FOR IT!
AS the third tottenham goal went in, there was a feeling we could be watching this season’s champions. And as West ham’s equaliser was scored, an even stranger thought: maybe we still were. It’s that kind of season. Does 3-0 up in the first half, 3-0 down in the second make tottenham any less likely to succeed than Manchester City, losing 5-2 at home to Leicester, or Liverpool conceding seven at Aston Villa? Most title-winning campaigns have a random result — think Watford 3 Liverpool 0 last season, or Manchester City 2 Crystal Palace 3 the year before. Yet the sheer weight of unpredictability to here is unique. Some clubs are not even five games in yet and we have already had more matches featuring at least six goals than graced the entire 2019-20 campaign. So this much is clear: go for it. Aston Villa, everton, Leeds, Leicester; or tottenham, Manchester City, Liverpool, Manchester United. For it might be that come May the same old names occupy the top four again. but what we have witnessed so far suggests there may be a wild card, or two — or at least the potential for it. that is why it did not feel entirely catastrophic for tottenham to surrender two points in such remarkable circumstances. even Jose Mourinho was forced to conclude that ‘football happened’. but not football as we have come to know it. this is a season without a safety net, one in which the old certainties have already been abandoned. there has never been a better time to be bold, and challenge presumptions. build a rocket, boys.