Harry Redknapp's Tottenham Hotspur are a Hard Team to Stop

As Man City will find out later on today, Tottenham's position in the league table is deceptive. 

Indeed underestimate Tottenham at your own peril. 

Tottenham are flying high at the moment. Just a few weeks ago, you would have been able to strike up a conversation with any football fan by cracking a Spurs joke.

Not any more.

After an efficient performance against Bolton, a superb fightback against Arsenal and a Herculean effort to overcome league leaders Liverpool, Tottenham's season is effectively back on track. 

To add icing to the cake, Harry Redknapp showed that Tottenham's form is not confined to domestic football as their mid-week 4-0 win over Dinamo Zagreb showed that they can make the rest of Europe tremble as well. 

The rise of Tottenham has largely been directed at the brilliance of Harry Redknapp.

Termed "The Harry Redknapp Effect", football analysts have written countless columns and dedicated endless airtime to point out that good old 'Arry is performing his magic down at the Lane.

Tonight, the resurgent Tottenham face another difficult task. They meet fellow big spenders Manchester City, in what will be an interesting battle. Both teams have spent big with the intent of breaking into the esteemed top four.

Both teams now know that not everyone can be Chelsea.

Essentially, the core foundations of the football club still needs to be present. Money simply cannot propel a mediocre team into stardom overnight.

Still, Man City have been doing better than Tottenham. With Robinho pulling the strings, Man City have been impressing their fans with a series of impressive performances. Although they are still not championship winning material, the blue half of Manchester will undoubtedly be there or thereabouts in the top half of the league come the end of this season.

For Tottenham, the time has come for yet another big scalp to build on their single digit haul in the league this season.

After overcoming Liverpool, no one can fault the White Hart Lane crowd for having the same belief as those Obama faithfuls in America, adopting their slogan, "Yes, We Can".

Anything is possible under Barack Obama, oops, Harry Redknapp.

Redknapp has effectively brought about the change that Tottenham have so desired.

With this kind of belief firmly rooted in the Tottenham side, it seems hard to stop Tottenham Hotspur.