Tottenham Hotspur's season compromised by too many distractions

You can only spin plates for so long before they come crashing down to the ground and smash into a hundred pieces and Tottenham Hotspur are beginning to discover that right now.

For longer than anyone cares to remember at the club, Spurs have been attempting to sustain the momentum of an emerging young team, at the same time as keeping their ambitious manager, Mauricio Pochettino, out of the clutches of bigger, wealthier rivals.

And all of that at the same time as trying to bridge the gap between leaving White Hart Lane and moving into the state-of-the-art rebuilt stadium following a temporary stay at Wembley.

In many ways, Spurs have been doing the football equivalent of raising a young…