Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Fixture Focus–Spurs (EPL, 28 December 2010)

Tottenham Hotspur vs Newcastle United       

The win at Villa Park was exhilarating considering that we only had 10 men! Yet, we face another fixture in a space of 2 days and we will need to focus on the task at hand.

Newcastle has had interesting 3-1 scoreline games recently.  They lost 3-1 to West Brom, won 3-1 against Liverpool, and lost 3-1 to Manchester City.  All eyes will be on Andy Carroll as he will cause problems for our central defenders.  And all Yiddos can only wonder if Sol “judas” Campbell will get to take the field for the barcodes.

On paper, Spurs are the stronger team and the midfield attacking foursome of Bale, Modric, Lennon and van der Vaart can terrorize any team.  The problem we have today is who to play upfront as Defoe serves his suspension for the red card he received on Boxing Day.  My thinking is that Crouch will get to be upfront as the lone striker with van der Vaart sitting between him and the marauding midfield.

We must continue our good form and string of 9 games without defeat to keep up with the league leaders.  COYS!!!

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