Friday, August 22, 2008

Fixture Focus - Spurs (23 Aug 2008)


Tottenham Hotspur vs Sunderland AFC

Not only this is the first game on home soil since the start of the season, it is also a sort of reunion for the Spurs players. Malbranque, Tainio and Chimbonda will return to the Lane, though in the colours of red and white, not lilywhite.

After a dismal start at the Riverside Stadium (where, ironically, an ex-Spurs player, Mido, had scored against us), Spurs should be one-up this time, with home ground advantage and the "statistic" of Sunderland never won at the Lane since the start of the Premiership.

The new Spurs team (most importantly, midfield) must gel well and show its tenacity as what was demonstrated to AS Roma in the pre-season friendly. Also, our "beloved" Berbatov, though his fate in Spurs is still not known, must show us his "last burst of fire" nevertheless.

Spurs must convert this game with 3 points in order to be a true blue potential Top 4.

Outcome of the game? I would say it's a Spurs win.

COYS!

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