Despite their footballing talents, Kaboul quickly realised he wasn’t exactly in the company of great beauty

Where this blog is from, three wins on the spin, including two away from home and one against a team being billed as top four elect, is pretty good going. Especially when you consider the depths from where this winning streak has been born from. Whether Spurs are to end up back in fourth at the end of this season is a discussion for another time but what can’t be doubted is that they’re playing a quality of football that will stand them in very good stead for the upcoming battle.

The team has unquestionably been galvanised by the key acquisitions of Parker and Adebayor – the former providing the necessary blend of defensive aggression and intelligence on the ball that Wilson Palacios once threatened to produce and the latter proving in just three games to be the goalscoring (and ultimately superior)version of Peter Crouch. The entire squad looks revitalised as a result and even injuries that were initially diagnosed as long term are happily disappearing ahead of schedule (Sandro, King, van der Vaart). There’ll be low points to come, sure, but there’s a prevailing sense that this side can go far this year.

Saturday’s win was both a tantalising glimpse of Tottenham’s attacking might and a harsh reminder of our defensive and mental frailties. The first half was an exhibition of football from the heavens, with Bale the tormentor-in-chief, cutting Wigan’s defence to shreds in a manner not unlike his best form from the past two seasons.

Adebayor’s guile (not to mention some fairly casual home defending) created the first goal for van der Vaart, who is making a habit of arriving late in the box to finish off chances. It’s not just with Crouch in tandem – he can scores goals in any side with any players.

Bale’s headed second was another welcome departure from convention. How often do Spurs ever score from corners? Yet the Welshman added yet another string to his bow (and perhaps a few extra millions to his price tag) and directed a fine header home from Modric’s outswinging corner. If you didn’t see the goal, just picture his header against Blackburn last season and add a little more precision and finesse. You didn’t see that goal either? Well then, there’s just no pleasing you, is there?

Despite proliferation of missed opportunities in the first half, there was so little about Wigan as an attacking force that you sensed the second half could be just as one-sided. But after BAE’s mindlessly wayward pass allowed the home side a route back into the game, we took on the form of Tottenham from seasons gone and started to panic. Were it not for the resolution and calm presence of King, we might well have left with only a point.

But hold on, we did and it’s now a highly satisfactory three wins from three, with the North London Derby to come on Sunday. With Arsenal looking so incredibly shaky in recent weeks and our mini-resurgence, the form book surely points to the Cockerel. But, with this being Spurs and all, it’s best to throw conventional logic and wisdom out of the window. Expect goals. And red cards. And Wenger complaints. And van der Vaart to score.