Shearer: Tottenham need to win Cup to progress

Published on: 20 November 2017

Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer says Tottenham need to win a Cup to continue their progress.

Shearer wrote for The Sun: "Spurs fans celebrated finishing ahead of Arsenal in the league last season like they had won the European Cup. Yet the side that ended up holding a trophy was Arsenal — a third FA Cup in four seasons.

"Spurs have not won a trophy since the League Cup in 2008.

"Pochettino was saying this week how he would not swap the progression the club has made for trophies.

"Yet how is progression judged?

"When you look around stadiums, the pictures and murals that remind fans of past triumphs tend not to say 'second', 'third' or 'Champions League qualification'.

"They have images of trophies.

"Big occasions that the fans truly remember.

"Sacrificing cup runs for league places might impress the bean counters who increasingly seem to run football clubs nowadays.

"It does not, however, do it for the supporters."

Source: tribalfootball.com

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