They are all getting a little bit obsessed in Hertfordshire.

It must be hard being a Tottenham fan. Especially one a similar age as me (born in 1984). They have had to cope with decade after decade of being dominated by their nearest rivals.

A 6-year period aside where Tottenham finished ahead of Arsenal, the last 40 odd years has seen the boys in red and white dominate. And even during that 6-year period, Tottenham won nothing, whilst The Arsenal picked up 2 FA Cups.

Normal service has, of course, now returned. And that leave Spurs fans back in a position where they can only celebrate Arsenal’s failures. And it all leads to them being more obsessed about us than they are about their own team.

We saw their unhinged selves rise a couple of weeks ago when, despite losing at home in the North London Derby, some of their fans acted like it was a victory because they had more possession. Well done lads.

That obsession continued throughout the week beyond the game.

As Arsenal moved quickly on to the Champions League and then Manchester City away, Tottenham 2ere still stuck on “how arsenal could only beat us by fouling our keeper”. They were right in one way. We beat them.

Then last week even their official X account got involved.

10 men and we never stopped playing our football 🤍 pic.twitter.com/YFes8yIU8l

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) September 27, 2024

Are they really trying to compare playing Carrier Bag at home with 10-men to Manchester City away?

Man City were unbeaten in the league at home last season. It is coming up to 2-years since they last lost at the Ethiad in the league – to Brentford in November 2022. They have suffered just 11 home league defeats since 2016. Yet Arsenal were expected to beat them whilst down to 10-men.

Meanwhile, Qarabag have won just 9 games away in the Europa League (excluding qualifying games). Those victories came against Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, PAOK, Vorskla Poltava, F91 Dudelange, Kairat, Omonia, Olympiacos, BK Häcken and Braga. I only found out these clubs existed when writing this blog, the two Greek sides and Braga aside.

Qarabag lost 5-0 on aggregate to Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League play-off game. the Croatian side sit bottom of the Champions League table having themselves lost 9-2 to Bayern Munich in the opening game. That highlights where Qarabag sit in the European pecking order.

Qarabag are nowhere near Man City’s level. That is obvious. So Spurs official account trying to compare their home win to our away draw is simply an obsession.

And the Cheshunt Ultra’s obsession peaked when Kai Havertz’s goal was given against Leicester City. Social media was quickly flooded with crying Spurs fans trying to compare Havertz fair goal with the one incorrectly ruled out by the officials in last seasons North London Derby.

The plonkers attempted to compare the two as they both took deflections off an opponent. But they ignored a key point – Havertz was in an onside position when Jurrien Timber played the ball towards him, whilst that Dutch FIFA centreback was in an offside position when James Maddison attempted his shot.

Tottenham fans are using the above picture in an attempt to show corruption in the league and favouritism towards Arsenal. But all the above shows is that the Leicester player clearly plays it towards Havertz.

Meanwhile, you go a few frames before the incident and you can clearly see Havertz was onside when Gabriel Jesus had his shot.

The fact Spurs fans think these two incidents are comparable really does show their obsession with us.

This obsession come from when you have been dominated for nearly 5 decades. It leads you to see the obvious incorrectly. To refuse to understand the rules and twist everything in an attempt to try and get a little bit of joy.

Whilst Arsenal march forward this week in the Champions League, Spurs will once more be playing Europa League football. They will continue to try and promote the two as equal, but like everything Tottenham do, it is inferior.

Enjoy your Monday.

Keenos