Return of the Crouch

Hello etcetera.

A few ground-breaking headlines to come out of Spurs this week. Apparently someone is going to ‘earn his Spurs’ Like, when you earn *actual* spurs for your achievements in combat, but we’re called Spurs so it’s a really clever and highly original use of ‘spurs’. There have been other things that have Spur’d us on. How do they come up with this stuff?

Stoke away conjures up pictures, as opposed to full on game recollections. Have we ever played particularly well or badly up there? Is the Wallpaper (Britannia, I’m being told) Stadium just one of those places where everyone says exists, but it’s all a big lie? Like the lost City of Atlantis, or South London? Eidur getting the winner in the game that, pour moi, confirmed us as a Champions League team. More recently, that lush volley from the lad Garth and his surprised (slash) ‘did you see that?’ face. Still further back in time, before both of those, Gomes doing his ‘boo boo’ routine. I believe there was also an ambulance present? I’m struggling with much else.

But wallpaper, while being largely easy to ignore, can be really annoying and stubborn to shift when you’re forced to face it head on, which is exactly what we can expect from the stripy chaps on Sunday. Among their number are former Tottering favourites Woody, Wilson and Crouchy… well, maybe not Crouchy, but the other 2 always enjoyed a largely affectionate place in our lilywhite hearts. They still do, although largely because we probably know we’ve seen the best of them, and are unlikely to do us much harm. Peter, on the other hand, who had a scoring record of around 1 goal every calendar, will be greeted with far greater caution. A penny for every one of us who says: ‘you just know he’s going to score’.

Ledley’s ‘banged’ his knee, while Defoe and Bale have wonkys that sound as if they’ll be easily shaken off. Ledley’s absence is a worry but if Gallas can find some of the form of last year, we should have too much for them.

7 wins on the spin? We’re already record breakers with 6, perhaps the promise of a 7^th will ‘spur’ us on even further. Hahahahahaha. Classic me.