Its a faith thing. Trust. Belief. Devotion. Hope.

But mainly trust.

Unfortunately, God wasn’t available when AVB was sacked so we’ve got Tim Sherwood instead. Same difference.

Obviously Tim is not the holy of holies, he’s not the Divine Creator of All Eternity!, he’s not the Master of the Universe. I appreciate all that.
Furthermore, the real God would never support Arsenal.

But Tim’s what we’ve got, so we must trust him. And I really really believe that.

We’ve had shitty managers, we’ve had good managers, we’ve even had some truly great managers at Spurs, but when they’re with us I want to keep them. Because what I really believe in is the managerial system. That you (the club; I often forget that I don’t actually get a vote even though I’m the most important fan EVER) employ a man to run the team and then you let him do it for the very reasons you selected him, in the way he said he would. And you don’t hinder the manager, nor compromise his autonomy by appointing a ‘director of football’, an ironic title because they have precious little to do with the actual playing of the game. And when you have a chairman as active in all transfers as Daniel Levy, the last thing needed is someone else trying to justify an exorbitant salary and his place in the world.

So, much as I dearly loved Glen Hoddle, adored Martin Jol, loathed Jacques Santini and George Graham, worshipped Bill Nicholson and Keith Burkinshaw, I am totally indifferent to Tim Sherwood as a person. Yet I’ll stand by his every move because I am loyal and supportive to ‘the Manager’ whoever that incumbent may be. I’m like a fucking labrador in a Spurs hat.

So we won yesterday. Brilliant. Struggled to beat the bottom team in the league. But who cares? Free points is free points. We’ll take ’em to the bank.
Unspectacular? So what. Unconvincing? I’m convinced. Undeserving? You don’t always get what you deserve, and that can be for the better as well as worse.

Sam Allardyce is in a ‘skin-of-the-teeth’ situation at West Ham, David Moyes having a very shaky start at Man United, I’m worried for Gus Poyet’s sanity (never started from a high baseline in the first place) and about 6 managers have already gone this year.

Have some faith. Have some trust.

And have a lovely Sunday. I hope the ice melts in time for your tennis game, unlike mine.

A xxxx