And the Spurs go marching on.
There’s something very unnerving about being widely tipped to win a game of football as a Tottenham fan, especially when that game is away from home. Even Mark ‘Lawro’ Lawrenson had us down for a win.
The first half was, at times, luscious. Illness/headphone related injury had ruled Defoe out of action before KO, but with Rafa ready to step up to replace him; it meant that on paper, it was probably our best side. Personnel wise at least, if not formation fluidity wise. Not that we showed any signs of struggling with a newish set up as we set about proving that sending out quality footballers with a will to win generally gets the job done.
Bale was excellent for a second game in a row, appearing to have remembered that running at defenders usually equals chances for us, and his glanced header was a thing of beauty. Sandro still isn’t fully fit, but showed enough to remind us of what he’s all about, and Captain Combover had the most touches (106) of any player in the Premier League this weekend, according to Garth Crooks and his team of the week. I’m no fan of stats, but that one summed up nicely the effect he’s had since his arrival.
Modric was quiet, having been deployed at right of centre, we were unable to fully adapt to Wigan’s half-time shuffle, and we didn’t really figure out how to play against 10-men for the second week in a row, are mere grumbles and not anything to lose sleep over. We’re nicely poised for a good go on Sunday. Interesting will be whether Sandro makes do with a start from the bench, what with it being a home game ‘n’ all, or whether Krankie and Defoe will return for VdV and the blue haired beast.
One other thing that caught the eye this weekend. Following our erstwhile goal getting umbrella man scoring against United on Saturday, young Crouchy, having missed a couple of other decent efforts by all accounts, made the following snarling, ruthless and vitriolic statement:
‘’I could have got the winner, but then you can't be greedy’’
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah.
A humorous article, I like it, esp the part abt Crouchy. Haha. Ruthlessless means being as greedy as u can be!
ReplyDeleteThis said, 3 points are 3 points, I'll take that over the one we got at the DW last yr. That's being ruthless; now the ARSEs next.
i think harry needs to take some credit for the parker signing. we (a lot of spurs fans anyway) were dismissive of how good a player he was as he was a west hammer.
ReplyDeletenot sure who identified adebayor and made him a priority, but levy wants a knighthood for getting him playing for us all while having his wages heavily subsidised by city.
it's amazing how these 2 players can suddenly make sense given a new context (and a genius, not so sulky now, croatian to get them playing)