{"id":7173,"date":"2018-02-12T12:30:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T12:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talesfromthetopflight.com\/?p=7173"},"modified":"2018-02-12T12:06:34","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T12:06:34","slug":"power-shifts-vladimir-putin-lev-yashin-another-weekend-top-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthetopflight.com\/2018\/02\/12\/power-shifts-vladimir-putin-lev-yashin-another-weekend-top-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Shifts, Vladimir Putin and Lev Yashin: Another weekend in the Top Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ah, no topical football issue for me to take the moral high ground on this week so a brief intermission from criticising modern football and \u201cyer da\u201d shouts. The weekend, let\u2019s talk about it.<\/p>\n

Tottenham beat Arsenal 1-0 and prompted widespread \u201cPower Shift\u201d chat. In the same way that everyone has the Winter Break debate every Christmas, talk of a good ol\u2019 North London Power Shift only lasts two weekends a year.<\/p>\n

Possibly the most pointless debate in football, after whether diving is morally acceptable or not. What if both teams become really successful and trade league titles for a decade? Is there then a power shift? Is the power shared? Do Arsenal keep the meaningless imaginary power because they had it last? Oh, and don\u2019t forget that Spurs are building a new 62,000 seater stadium. It\u2019s really important to continuously include that in your argument several times per sentence in case people forget. Arsenal have St. Totteringham\u2019s day, Spurs should have Power Shift day.<\/p>\n

Arsenal fans don\u2019t take any shit though. They certainly know how to defend their club online, better than their team know how to defend real life footballers.<\/p>\n

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Apparently there\u2019s a \u2018Powershift\u2019 in North London. Our worst season in decades and they\u2019re only 7 points clear of us. <\/p>\n

London was Red, Is Red and always will be Red.<\/p>\n

— TheArseneView (@TheArseneView) February 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n