As an egotistical blogger should, I check google analytics every morning to see how ‘ol S&P is doing. You know, what kind of traffic, where its coming from, etc etc etc. Well to my surprise, the last few days we have generated a decent chunk of traffic from a Tottenham Hotspur fan message board. (You can’t sift around unless you’re a member. You also can’t join – I tried – because they have reached their limit, sigh).

This is fantastic! Welcome fans ‘o the Hotspur! Not only do I love that we’re generating traffic from across the pond, but this also gives me an official reason to finally settle on a Premier League team! I’ve been waffling for months, having decided a while back to start seriously following PL. But I really had no idea who to pick for my team. No matter how I went through with it, every method felt stupid and superficial, kind of like Bill Simmons’ goofy process back in ‘06.

I considered Man U because people have told me I look like Wayne Rooney, but I’m already a Yankees fan so I couldn’t do that. I might as well buy a Christian Laettner throwback and denounce my Knicks for the Lakers if I did. I then thought I settled on Liverpool because my friend Jeff is a fan of them and since he’s from Philly, we thought it would be fun to actually root on the same side for something (Eagles suck, fyi). But I soon realized that rooting with a Philly fan for anything just feels dirty. I would have to resort to throwing batteries at Chelsea fans, and I’m really not into that.

Finally, I thought I had it down. My father-in-law is a die hard Arsenal fan and has pressured me numerous times in my process to pick them as my team. I finally caved one night and agreed. But I’ve never felt any allegiance to them whatsoever.

Now, I have a reason to swear my allegiance to a team! The Hotspur fanbase has given S&P love. I give them love. To dare is to do!!! Go Hotspur!