When you have to go on an ‘exotic’ trip with work, that’s generally something special. And when Lila’s daddy announced months ago that he was going away for a few days in September, it was all very exciting. Ahhhh, fabulous. A week in Mexico. Mexico??? Who knew then about Irma? Who knew his arrival would be heralded by the worst earthquake in centuries? Just to say: he wasn’t sent as some kind of punishment. It was supposed to be a nice thing, a good thing, a lovely thing.

But whatever thing it is, the upshot is, Lila and mummy are staying with us for the duration. So this morning we sat in bed to read the papers. As ya do. She’s very bright. Even Lila asked why we were reading total shite in the Mail when the Times was available? Because, darling Lila, you have to know what the shit-stirrers, the gossip-mongers, the lying scumbags are talking about. You need to keep your enemies close. Oh, and read the football.

Because when Spurs win we read all the reports. And when they really win well we read EVERYTHING. Ok, Arsenal won too. They beat a reportedly abysmal Bournemouth team 3-0. Whilst we beat a fairly abysmal but theoretically much better Everton team 3-0 as well. Theoretically? Yeah. Because Everton sold Lukaku for 75 mil they had a big spend up this summer. Bought in some new ‘stars’, grabbed a few old bargains (Rooney), and have every intention of being ‘contenders’ this year. Pretty much like they have every year, but with bigger outgoings.

Arsenal is not a happy place this year. Pretty much like last year. The Bournemouth game papered over a few cracks, but very superficially. They’ve never had much trouble beating poor teams. Its against stiffer opposition that their numerous frailties become more disastrous.

But Spurs are a bit different. Because, as everybody moaned, ‘we didn’t buy anyone’, we are pretty much the same team that’s played together for the last 2 seasons. Yet better. And what that continuity does is make the team much more fluent, much stronger, much more cohesive than teams that have spent vast amounts on players of great individual merit who may not be comfortable with each other.

We did buy Llorente, but chose not to play him yesterday, even late on. I don’t question Pochettino’s ways. Only God can do that. And he scored two yesterday. The first a bit of a fluke, the second a typical Kane goal. Welcome to September, Harry. But new defender Sanchez played and was apparently brilliant. Guessing a bit there but why not. We simply outplayed Everton right across the pitch. And that makes me happy.

Mexico has always been a bit of a ‘disaster magnet’. That was where the meteorite struck in the Jurassic period which resulted in the end of the dinosaurs. Acts of God. Odd that no-one ever says that about good things. Well, insurance companies don’t.

Happy Sunday

A xxxx