Any Tottenham fan whose main concern is finishing above Arsenal needs to get their priorities straight.
Spurs' main concern, more so even than just finishing second, needs to be to beat Newcastle United.
That may all amount to the same thing, but the perspective is hugely significant.
A run of three without a win has knocked Mauricio Pochettino's side out of their stride and threatens to overshadow the end of a real breakthrough season as too many fans let the doubts and the Gooner-squabbling, creep back in.
Many of our fanbase have long used Arsenal as a measure for whether a season is successful or not. Continually reliving a battle they have fought since the playground just because it was indoctrinated at an early age.
It is good to have a healthy rivalry to fuel banter, pub arguments and to make good of those times when there really is nothing else to get excited about.
But this season it has taken a backseat to supporting the team and Spurs fans now have to get beyond using it as a main yardstick.
Even manager Pochettino, fresh from signing a contract extension until 2021, insists the days of neighbourly comparison are over. He said: “In football, the supporters and their feelings are very important but we are professional.
“To move on, we need to sometimes to put out the emotions, to be clever. We need to fight first to improve ourselves and be strong in our ideas.”
Since the 2-1 home defeat to Southampton, Spurs fans around my work were once again shrouded in a cloak of negativity - moping around, muttering “we've f***ed it", and worse still letting Arsenal fans wind them up.
"Of course you'll finish above us," one moaned. "It happens every year."
And when challenged on why he is not more optimistic, responded: "Because I've seen it all before. We get so close and undo a whole season's worth of good work."
Well, if you have seen it all before then you will know what happens at Newcastle on the final day and you can earn a tidy fortune at the bookies.
And the only people undoing any good work are those who let slip of the belief that had built up all season only to slide back into self-doubt and loathing at the first sign of adversity.
Firstly, fully grown adults should be able to better manage their emotions - were we not all saying the same of Danny Rose and Mousa Dembele after the Chelsea game?
But more importantly, it does not take a genius to see that Tottenham are going places, quicker than Arsenal.
The biggest problem with finishing third would not be that Arsenal had caught us on the line but that we had tailed off with some disappointing results when it mattered most to the fans.
Be it the pressure, the fitness, the workload, a run of four without a win would dampen the enthusiasm of a great campaign.
Maybe it is just a timely reminder for Tottenham's young squad of what happens when you start to believe your own hype.
What happens is that you stare into the distance, you drop your knife and fork and you cannot finish your dinner.
And put next to Leicester's display last week, it hints that we have much further to go than we were prepared to admit two weeks ago.
In case you do not know, the Foxes beat Everton 3-1 at home on Saturday evening at their Premier League coronation.
That's Leicester, who won the title against all odds. Well, against 5,000-1 odds.
Leicester, who we would all have forgiven for going out and getting so smashed they could not even field a team for their final two games.
But who instead look set to finish off their incredible season in a crisp, efficient and impressive manner.
The champions arrived at the King Power stadium as fresh as opening day back in August to put on a terrific show for the fans who had cheered them all the way.
Claudio Ranieri's Foxes now top the table by a massive ten points and it is difficult to believe we were technically still in the title race last Monday.
Spurs went into Sunday knowing that three points would secure second spot and their best top-flight finish since 1963.
But more importantly looking to draw a line under two throwaway results against west Brom and Chelsea that had cost us dear in the title race.
We failed to do that, but we have another chance at Newcastle, who were relegated on Wednesday with Sunderland's 3-0 win over Everton. We now have the opportunity to seize second place with both hands and erase all doubt.
The season is in danger of finishing with a whimper and, while beating our bitter rivals into second place may exorcise some demons, it is more important that we finish with a flourish and claim the campaign for our own rather than limp over the line.
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