Sorry or goodbye, always seem to me, to be the hardest words.....at Tottenham!

Having supported Spurs since the 1961/62 season I can say that I do tend to pick up some of the trends pertaining to my side and our supporters. One, which particularly annoys me, concerns our inability nowadays to say goodbye to our better plays, when they choose to move on. Underlying this unhealthy trend is a belief that we are a top team and it is unlikely that players can go anywhere better than Tottenham! 

The result of this failure to allow 'exit strategies' is twofold. First, we have had more than our fair share of acrimony regarding transfers. Second, we are increasingly doing away with our on history with regard to our best players.

You may say it all comes down to loyalty and the contractual committments players make. That may be partly true but I am sick and tired of what the players did for us on the field over decent periods of time being 'written off' if they leave under a cloud. It is a weakness. In the USA you are remembered for what you have done...regardless of where you did it or whether you later played for someone else.
Sol Campbell was a great player for us....he literally carried a very ordinary Spurs side on his back for a decade..........he betrayed us I understand that. But Robbie Keane to Liverpool...Dimitar Berbatov to United ....Teddy Sheringham to United....Michael Carrick to United....Luka Modric to where ever are they all now written out of our club corporate memory. I hate that!
We will end up with no player history if this continues. We must just need to learn to
Just kiss and say Goodbye....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj96QFzOL5Y
or
Sorry seems to the hardest word......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3nScN89Klo