Friday, January 29, 2010

Fixture Focus - Spurs (30 Jan 10)



Birmingham City FC vs Tottenham Hotspur







The real threat to our quest for fourth position is none other than Manchester City. With 2 games in hand, they could potentially leapfrog us with an extra 3 points should they win both.

Spurs would be meeting the Blues at their own turf in Birmingham City. The last time both sides met at White Hart Lane, our boys fought all the way till injury time to grab the winning goal. Recently, Birmingham had a very good run and is now sitting pretty at 8th position, and 8 points behind us.

Yes, the hype of having Gudjohnsen on loan to our side would boost our striking capability, and so is the return of Kaboul and goalie Bergovic from Pompey (the latter supposedly to replace injured Cudicini). Gudjohnsen for sure would not be going up to the West Midlands, though.

As mentioned earlier, Birmingham had an unbeaten 15-game run before meeting their defeat with Chelsea in the last round of the EPL a few days ago. Whether this would be just a glitch in their run or the "beginning of the end" would depend very much on their stand in their home ground.

Ironically, Birmingham is interested in signing the sidelined striker Pavlyuchenko, though details at this moment remain sketchy.

Yes, it is pressurizing to maintain at fourth, but through these we hope to become a better and fitter team, both physically and mentally.

COYS!!!!!

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