Gus Poyet says Tottenham need to actually win something before they can truly claim there’s been a power shift in North London.

Poyet became pretty much the only person in mainstream media to highlight that Spurs’ trophy drought is just continuing to grow longer, despite all the hype around Pochettino’s side.

“Spurs might have the balance of power but they have to start winning trophies,” said Gus in the Daily Star. “I said it when I left the club in 2008 as a coach. And the club are still waiting which isn’t right.

“It’s nine years already and teams, whoever you are, are judged on winning things.  Spurs are a very good team but they haven’t even won the Premier League and it’s been so long since they won the FA Cup. Even the League Cup seems a long time ago.

“Spurs fans can mock Arsenal and say we finished higher than you in the league and that we are in the Champions League while you are playing in the Europa League. But Arsenal did that to Spurs for years and years – and they won things on the way.

“Even though they are seen as a club no longer at the peak of their powers, they’ve won the FA Cup in three of the last four seasons.”

Poyet has pretty much hit the nail on the head here. The best that any Spurs fan can say to an Arsenal supporter at the moment is: ‘we’re doing what you were doing for 20 years in a row, except without the trophies’.

What have Spurs actually achieved? Second placed league finishes? Wenger has plenty of those under his belt, and three more Premier League titles than any Tottenham manager.

Finishing above Arsenal? Not really much of an achievement last year considering how poor the Gunners were, and right now still just a one-off over 20 years.

Beating Real Madrid and potentially finishing top of their group in the Champions League? Arsenal have been there and done that.

Unlike Tottenham, the Gunners have never lost to Real Madrid, and just last year they finished above Paris Saint-Germain to qualify for the knockout stage in top spot. It means nothing until you make the next step.

Until they do something more than put the pressure on better teams, Tottenham should be held to the same standards as everyone else is, and judged just as critically.