Tottenham Hotspur vs Fulham 
It will be exactly a month ago that Spurs went to Craven Cottage and drew 0 – 0 with Fulham thanks to some heroic goalkeeping from Gomes. So this tie is no walk in the park for us.
Fulham will clearly not be at full strength with injuries to several key players. But Bobby Zamora looks to have recovered from his injury and should be starting. Clinton Demsey, Paul Konchesky and John Pantsil are out so I am hoping that Spurs will be able to penetrate the defense a little easier.
That said, we are a very different team without the pace of Aaron Lennon. In the past few matches, we have shown a lack of width. Lennon tends to run along the edge of the field which draws at least one or two players along with him. This makes space for the strikers to get into position in the goal area. However, Modric and Kranjcar tends to want to bring the ball inside and hence the edge of the penalty area gets very crowded. So ‘arry has to figure out how to break the opponent down. Perhaps we should let Giovani Dos Santos have a crack at playing winger?
If you are looking for an omen, apparently Spurs have never lost to Fulham whenever they play on the 26th of any month (UK dates of course). We have met 8 times so far and have won 4 and drawn 4. But in order to get back on track, we really need 3 points from this match.
COYS!
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