Jol pleased with Spurs' progress

Tottenham boss Martin Jol feels his side have made great strides this season - even if Chelsea knock them out of the FA Cup.

The Dutchman knows ending the club's eight-year trophy drought is of huge importance but believes reaching the latter stages of three cup competitions shows progress is being made.

"We still have nothing but I feel we have done better than other Spurs teams over the last 20 years so that is a great feeling," said Jol. "If we didn't manage to win the UEFA Cup or FA Cup I still feel we are doing better than before, we had 28 wins this year."

He added: "We are close to convincing people we have a talented squad, hopefully people will give us a bit of credit now, I don't think there are teams outside the four who challenge in all the cups.

"At Spurs the only important thing is to win silverware. For me it is important to challenge all the time. We've had five quarter-finals in two-and-a-half seasons so that is good but it's not good enough."

The quarter-final replay against Chelsea will be Spurs' sixth game in 16 days, with the congestion continuing after the international break as their UEFA Cup campaign continues.

"On Monday, after the game there is a very tough scenario for us," said Jol. "I know the schedule and it's even more difficult than we had over the last couple of weeks."

Goalkeeper Paul Robinson, who scored a remarkable 95-yard goal in the win over Watford on Saturday, added: "We're optimistic, especially at the Lane.

"We rested a few of our so-called key players against Watford and hopefully that will benefit us on Monday."