Friday, March 26, 2010

Fixture Focus - Spurs (27 March 2010)



Tottenham Hotspur vs Portsmouth FC






What is seen as a dress rehearsal for the upcoming FA Cup semi-final, beleagured Portsmouth will travel up to north London tomorrow to face our boys.

Redknapp will be facing his old team with a few injuries in the squad. Players with a "maybe" status are Pavlyuchenko, Bassong and Palacios. Definite "out" are Corluka, Jenas and Defoe, as well as our missed-for-a-long-time King, Woodgate and Lennon. This means that we may see our Icelandic striker Gudjohnsen partnering with Crouch up front, our midfield stalwarts Bale, Bentley, Modric and Huddlestone, and our defence Dawson, Kaboul and Assou-Ekotto, in the game.

Though being thrashed by another London club during the midweek, Grant's Pompey would still want to show their resilience despite their financial situation and position in the league table, though I would say they are facing an uphill task in containing a resurgent Spurs.

Villa had slipped up, and so did Manchester City. We would need a win to boost our distance further up in the table to maintain our 4th spot.

COYS!

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