While Arsenal and Chelsea were fun when they came Neither did us much good at all, In our situation no sort of Cup game Can compensate for a League fall It´s the bread and butter matches which will show Just how we have fared, come this May, Particularly against other teams who are low Or scrapping for points that will pay And already so many points have been lost Which would have been good for our cause, And January might yet have a bigger cost If notables(*) leave through the doors * one in particular Young Mr. Maddison is naturally the name On many people´s lips and minds, Since that Tottenham youngster came to lay a claim I fear it may augur poor signs Our slight forward motion attained recently And feelings that ´possibly we might´, Should not fool anyone, after today´s spree For a top berth, our squad is too light.
